21:1Mankind’s reckoning has drawn near, but they turn away heedlessly.

21:3Their hearts distracted, the wrongdoers confer secretly, “Is this anything but a mortal like you? Will you take to sorcery, with open-eyes?”

21:6None of the towns We destroyed before them had believed. Will they, then, believe?

21:10We have sent down to you a Book, containing your message. Do you not understand?

21:13Do not run, but come back to your luxuries, and to your homes, that you may be questioned.

21:15This continued to be their cry, until We made them silent ashes.

21:19To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth. Those near Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they waver.

21:22If there were in them gods other than God, they would have gone to ruin. So glory be to God, Lord of the Throne, beyond what they allege.

21:23He will not be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

21:26And they say, “The Most Merciful has taken to himself a son.” Be He glorified; they are but honored servants.

21:27They never speak before He has spoken, and they only act on His command.

21:29And whoever of them says, “I am a god besides Him,” We will reward him with Hell. Thus We reward the wrongdoers.

21:30Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?

21:31And We placed on earth stabilizers, lest it sways with them, and We placed therein signposts and passages, that they may be guided.

21:32And We made the sky a protected ceiling; yet they turn away from its wonders.

21:33It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit.

21:36When those who disbelieve see you, they treat you only with ridicule: “Is this the one who mentions your gods?” And they reject the mention of the Merciful.

21:39If those who disbelieve only knew, when they cannot keep the fire off their faces and off their backs, and they will not be helped.

21:40In fact, it will come upon them suddenly, and bewilder them. They will not be able to repel it, and they will not be reprieved.

21:42Say, “Who guards you against the Merciful by night and by day?” But they turn away from the mention of their Lord.

21:44We have given these enjoyments, and their ancestors, until time grew long upon them. Do they not see how We gradually reduce the land from its extremities? Are they then the victors?

21:45Say, “I am warning you through inspiration.” But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are being warned.

21:47We will set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will suffer the least injustice. And even if it be the weight of a mustard-seed, We will bring it up. Sufficient are We as Reckoners.

21:48We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion, and illumination, and a reminder for the righteous.

21:56He said, “Your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the One who created them, and I bear witness to that.

21:57“By God, I will have a plan for your statues after you have gone away.”

21:59They said, “Who did this to our gods? He is certainly one of the wrongdoers.”

21:60They said, “We heard a youth mentioning them. He is called Abraham.”

21:62They said, “Are you the one who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”

21:64Then they turned to one another, and said, “You yourselves are the wrongdoers.”

21:67Fie on you, and on what you worship instead of God. Do you not understand?”

21:69We said, “O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham.”

21:74And Lot—We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town that practiced the abominations. They were wicked and perverted people.

21:75And We admitted him into Our mercy; for He was one of the righteous.

21:78And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the field, when some people’s sheep wandered therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

21:79And so We made Solomon understand it, and to each We gave wisdom and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains along with David to sing Our praises, and the birds as well—surely We did.

21:81And to Solomon the stormy wind, blowing at His command towards the land that We have blessed. We are aware of everything.

21:85And Ishmael, and Enoch, and Ezekiel; each was one of the steadfast.

21:86And We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the righteous.

21:87And Jonah, when he stormed out in fury, thinking We had no power over him. But then He cried out in the darkness, “There is no god but You! Glory to You! I was one of the wrongdoers!”

21:88So We answered him, and saved him from the affliction. Thus We save the faithful.

21:89And Zechariah, when he called out to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone, even though you are the Best of heirs.”

21:90So We answered him, and gave him John. And We cured his wife for him. They used to vie in doing righteous deeds, and used to call on Us in love and awe, and they used to humble themselves to Us.

21:91And she who guarded her virginity. We breathed into her of Our spirit, and made her and her son a sign to the world.

21:92This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

21:93But they splintered themselves into factions. They will all return to Us.

21:95There is a ban on the town that We had destroyed—that they will not return.

21:97The promise of truth has drawn near. The eyes of those who disbelieved will stare in horror: “Woe to us. We were oblivious to this. In fact, we were wrongdoers.”

21:104On the Day when We fold the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as We began the first creation, We will repeat it—a promise binding on Us. We will act.

21:108Say, “It is revealed to me that your God is One God. Are you going to submit?”

21:110He knows what is said openly, and He knows what you conceal.