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

21:2No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it playfully.

21:5And they said, “A jumble of dreams,” and, “He made it up,” and, “He is a poet,” “let him bring us a sign, like those sent to the ancients.”

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

21:8We did not make them mere bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

21:12Then, when they sensed Our might, they started running away from it.

21:14They said, “Woe to us; we were unfair.”

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.

21:20They praise night and day, without ever tiring.

21:21Or have they taken to themselves gods from the earth who resurrect?

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.

21:24Or have they taken, besides Him, other gods? Say, “Bring your proof. This is a message for those with me, and a message of those before me.” But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

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.

21:28He knows what is before them, and what is behind them; and they do not intercede except for him whom He approves; and they tremble in awe of Him.

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.

21:34We did not grant immortality to any human being before you. Should you die, are they then the immortal?

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.

21:38And they say, “When will this promise come true, if you are truthful?”

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.

21:41Messengers before you were also ridiculed, but those who jeered were surrounded by what they had ridiculed.

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

21:43Or do they have gods who can defend them against Us? They cannot help themselves, nor will they be protected from Us.

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.

21:46And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were truly wicked.”

21:53They said, “We found our parents worshiping them.”

21:55They said, “Are you telling us the truth, or are you just playing?”

21:58So he reduced them into pieces, except for their biggest, that they may return to it.

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.”

21:61They said, “Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness.”

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

21:63He said, “But it was this biggest of them that did it. Ask them, if they can speak.”

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

21:65But they reverted to their old ideas: “You certainly know that these do not speak.”

21:68They said, “Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act.”

21:70They planned to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.

21:73And We made them leaders, guiding by Our command; and We inspired them to do good works, and to observe the prayer, and to give out charity. They were devoted servants to Us.

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.

21:77And We supported him against the people who rejected Our signs. They were an evil people, so We drowned them all.

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.

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

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.

21:93But 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.

21:96Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they swarm down from every mound.

21:99Had these been gods, they would not have descended into it. All will abide in it.

21:100In it they will wail. In it they will not hear.

21:102They will not hear its hissing, and they will forever abide in what their hearts desire.

21:109But if they turn away, say, “I have informed you sufficiently. Although I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far.”