16:1The command of God has come, so do not rush it. Glory be to Him; exalted above what they associate.

16:2He sends down the angels with the Spirit by His command, upon whom He wills of His servants: “Give warning that there is no god but Me, and fear Me.”

16:9It is for God to point out the paths, but some of them are flawed. Had He willed, He could have guided you all.

16:18And if you tried to enumerate the favors of God, you will not be able to count them. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

16:19And God knows what you hide and what you disclose.

16:20Those they invoke besides God create nothing, but are themselves created.

16:22Your God is one God. As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial, and they are arrogant.

16:23Without a doubt, God knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He does not like the arrogant.

16:26Those before them also schemed, but God took their structures from the foundations, and the roof caved in on them. The punishment came at them from where they did not perceive.

16:28Those wronging their souls while the angels are taking them away—they will propose peace: “We did no wrong.” Yes you did. God is aware of what you used to do.”

16:30And it will be said to those who maintained piety, “What has your Lord revealed?” They will say, “Goodness.” To those who do good in this world is goodness, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better. How wonderful is the residence of the pious.

16:31The Gardens of Perpetuity, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow, where they will have whatever they desire. Thus God rewards the pious.

16:33Are they but waiting for the angels to come to them, or for the command of your Lord to arrive? Those before them did likewise. God did not wrong them, but they used to wrong their own souls.

16:35The idolaters say, “Had God willed, we would not have worshiped anything besides Him, neither us, nor our ancestors, nor would we have prohibited anything besides His prohibitions.” Those before them did likewise. Are the messengers responsible for anything but clear communication?

16:36To every community We sent a messenger: “Worship God, and avoid idolatry.” Some of them God guided, while others deserved misguidance. So travel through the earth, and see what the fate of the deniers was.

16:37Even though you may be concerned about their guidance, God does not guide those who misguide. And they will have no saviors.

16:38And they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, “God will not resurrect anyone who dies.” Yes indeed, it is a promise binding on Him, but most people do not know.

16:41Those who emigrate for God’s sake after being persecuted, We will settle them in a good place in this world; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

16:45Do those who scheme evils feel secure that God will not cause the earth to cave in with them, or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

16:48Have they not observed what God has created? Their shadows revolve from the right and the left, bowing to God as they shrink away.

16:49To God bows down everything in the heavens and everything on earth—every living creature, and the angels, and without being proud.

16:51God has said: “Do not take two gods; He is only One God; so fear only Me.”

16:52To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth; and to Him obedience is due always. Do you, then, fear anyone other than God?

16:53Whatever blessing you have is from God. And when harm touches you, it is to Him that you groan.

16:56And they allocate, to something they do not know, a share of what We have provided for them. By God, you will be questioned about what you have been inventing.

16:57And they attribute to God daughters—exalted is He—and for themselves what they desire.

16:60Those who do not believe in the Hereafter set a bad example, while God sets the Highest Example. He is the Mighty, the Wise.

16:61If God were to hold mankind for their injustices, He would not leave upon it a single creature, but He postpones them until an appointed time. Then, when their time arrives, they will not delay it by one hour, nor will they advance it.

16:62And they attribute to God what they themselves dislike, while their tongues utter the lie that theirs is the goodness. Without a doubt, for them is the Fire, and they will be neglected.

16:63By God, We sent messengers to communities before you, but Satan made their deeds appear alluring to them. He is their master today, and they will have a painful punishment.

16:65God sends down water from the sky, with which He revives the earth after its death. In this is a sign for people who listen.

16:69Then eat of all the fruits, and go along the pathways of your Lord, with precision. From their bellies emerges a fluid of diverse colors, containing healing for the people. Surely in this is a sign for people who reflect.

16:70God created you; then He takes you away. Some of you will be brought back to the worst age, so that he will no longer know anything, after having acquired knowledge. God is Omniscient and Omnipotent.

16:71God has favored some of you over others in livelihood. Those who are favored would not give their properties to their servants, to the extent of making them partners in it. Will they then renounce God’s blessings?

16:72God has given you mates from among yourselves; and has produced for you, from your mates, children and grandchildren; and has provided you with good things. Will they then believe in falsehood, and refuse God’s favors?

16:73And yet they serve besides God what possesses no provisions for them in the heavens, nor on earth, nor are they capable.

16:74So do not cite the examples for God. God knows, and you do not know.

16:75God cites the example of a bonded slave, who has no power over anything; and someone to whom We have given plentiful provision, from which he gives secretly and openly. Are they equal in comparison? All praise belongs to God, but most of them do not know.

16:76And God cites the example of two men: one of them dumb, unable to do anything, and is a burden on his master; whichever way he directs him, he achieves nothing good. Is he equal to him who commands justice, and is on a straight path?

16:77To God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. The coming of the Hour is only as the twinkling of the eye, or even nearer. God has power over everything.

16:78God brought you out of your mothers’ wombs, not knowing anything; and He gave you the hearing, and the eyesight, and the brains; that you may give thanks.

16:79Have they not seen the birds, flying in the midst of the sky? None sustains them except God. In this are signs for people who believe.

16:80And God has given you in your homes habitats for you, and has provided for you out of the hides of livestock portable homes for you, so you can use them when you travel, and when you camp; and from their wool, and fur, and hair, furnishings and comfort for a while.

16:81And God has made for you shade out of what He has created, and has given you resorts in the mountains, and has given you garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you from your violence. Thus He completes His blessings upon you, so that you may submit.

16:83They recognize God’s blessing, but then deny it, as most of them are ungrateful.

16:87On that Day they will offer their submission to God, and what they had invented will abandon them.

16:88Those who disbelieve and obstruct from God’s path—We will add punishment to their punishment, on account of the mischief they used to make.

16:89On the Day when We raise in every community a witness against them, from among them, and bring you as a witness against these. We have revealed to you the Book, as an explanation of all things, and guidance, and mercy and good news for those who submit.

16:90God commands justice, and goodness, and generosity towards relatives. And He forbids immorality, and injustice, and oppression. He advises you, so that you may take heed.

16:91Fulfill God’s covenant when you make a covenant, and do not break your oaths after ratifying them. You have made God your guarantor, and God knows what you do.

16:92And do not be like her who unravels her yarn, breaking it into pieces, after she has spun it strongly. Nor use your oaths as means of deception among you, because one community is more prosperous than another. God is testing you thereby. On the Day of Resurrection, He will make clear to you everything you had disputed about.

16:93Had God willed, He would have made you one congregation, but He leaves astray whom He wills, and He guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

16:94And do not use your oaths to deceive one another, so that a foot may not slip after being firm, and you taste misery because you hindered from God’s path, and incur a terrible torment.

16:95And do not exchange God’s covenant for a small price. What is with God is better for you, if you only knew.

16:96What you have runs out, but what is with God remains. We will reward those who are patient according to the best of their deeds.

16:97Whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while being a believer, We will grant him a good life—and We will reward them according to the best of what they used to do.

16:98When you read the Quran, seek refuge with God from Satan the outcast.

16:101When We substitute a verse in place of another verse—and God knows best what He reveals—they say, “You are an impostor.” But most of them do not know.

16:102Say, “The Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord, truthfully, in order to stabilize those who believe, and as guidance and good news for those who submit.”

16:104Those who do not believe in God’s revelations—God will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.

16:105It is those who do not believe in God’s revelations who fabricate falsehood. These are the liars.

16:106Whoever renounces faith in God after having believed—except for someone who is compelled, while his heart rests securely in faith—but whoever willingly opens up his heart to disbelief—upon them falls wrath from God, and for them is a tremendous torment.

16:107That is because they have preferred the worldly life to the Hereafter, and because God does not guide the people who refuse.

16:108It is they whom God has sealed their hearts, and their hearing, and their sight. It is they who are the heedless.

16:112And God cites the example of a town that was secure and peaceful, with its livelihood coming to it abundantly from every direction. But then it turned unappreciative of God’s blessings, so God made it taste the robe of hunger and fear, because of what they used to craft.

16:114Eat of the lawful and good things God has provided for you, and be thankful for God’s blessings, if it is Him that you serve.

16:115He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and anything consecrated to other than God. But if anyone is compelled by necessity, without being deliberate or malicious, then God is Forgiving and Merciful.

16:116And do not say of falsehood asserted by your tongues, “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,” in order to invent lies and attribute them to God. Those who invent lies and attribute them to God will not succeed.

16:120Abraham was an exemplary leader, devoted to God, a monotheist, and was not of the polytheists.

16:122And We gave him goodness in this world, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

16:125Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice, and debate with them in the most dignified manner. Your Lord is aware of those who stray from His path, and He is aware of those who are guided.

16:127So be patient. Your patience is solely from God. And do not grieve over them, and do not be stressed by their schemes.

16:128God is with those who are righteous and those who are virtuous.