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

16:3He created the heavens and the earth with justice. He is exalted above the associations they attribute.

16:7And they carry your loads to territory you could not have reached without great hardship. Your Lord is Clement and Merciful.

16:16And landmarks. And by the stars they guide themselves.

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

16:21They are dead, not alive; and they do not know when they will be resurrected.

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.

16:24And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord sent down?” They say, “Legends of the ancients.”

16:25So let them carry their loads complete on the Day of Resurrection, and some of the loads of those they misguided without knowledge. Evil is what they carry.

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.

16:34So the evils of their deeds assailed them, and what they used to ridicule engulfed them.

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.

16:39To clarify for them what they differed about, and for the faithless to know that they were liars.

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.

16:42Those who endure patiently, and in their Lord they put their trust.

16:44With the clarifications and the scriptures. And We revealed to you the Reminder, that you may clarify to the people what was revealed to them, and that they may reflect.

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?

16:46Or that He will not seize them during their activities? And they will not be able to prevent it.

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.

16:50They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

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.

16:59He hides from the people because of the bad news given to him. Shall he keep it in humiliation, or bury it in the dust? Evil is the decision they make.

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.

16:64We revealed to you the Scripture only to clarify for them what they differ about, and guidance and mercy for people who believe.

16:68And your Lord inspired the bee: “Set up hives in the mountains, and in the trees, and in what they construct.”

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.

16:75God 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.

16:79Have 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.

16:82But if they turn away, your only duty is clear communication.

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

16:84On the Day when We raise up a witness from every community—those who disbelieved will not be permitted, nor will they be excused.

16:85When those who did wrong see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

16:86And when the idolaters see their associates, they will say, “Our Lord, these are our associates whom we used to invoke besides You.” They will strike back at them with the saying, “Surely you are liars.”

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.

16:97Whoever 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.

16:101When 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.

16:103We are well aware that they say, “It is a human being who is teaching him.” But the tongue of him they allude to is foreign, while this is a clear Arabic tongue.

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.

16:109There is no doubt that in the Hereafter they will be the losers.

16:111On the Day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and they will not be wronged.

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.

16:113A messenger from among them had come to them, but they denounced him, so the punishment seized them in the midst of their wrongdoing.

16:117A brief enjoyment—then they will have a painful punishment.

16:118For those who are Jews, We have prohibited what We related to you before. We did not wrong them, but they used to wrong their own selves.