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The Crouching

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ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

Ha, Meem.

— Ali Quli Qarai

tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, All-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi la-ʾāyātin li-l-muʾminīna

In the heavens and the earth there are indeed signs for the faithful,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-fī khalqikum wa-mā yabuththu min dābbatin ʾāyātun li-qawmin yūqinūna

There are signs for people who have certainty in your own creation and in animals, He scatters abroad.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-khtilāfi l-layli wa-n-nahāri wa-mā ʾanzala llāhu mina s-samāʾi min rizqin fa-ʾaḥyā bihi l-ʾarḍa baʿda mawtihā wa-taṣrīfi r-riyāḥi ʾāyātun li-qawmin yaʿqilūna

There are signs for people who exercise their reason in the alternation of night and day, in the provision that Allah sends down from the sky, with which He revives the earth after its death, and in the changing of the winds.

— Ali Quli Qarai

tilka ʾāyātu llāhi natlūhā ʿalayka bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-bi-ʾayyi ḥadīthin baʿda llāhi wa-ʾāyātihī yuʾminūna

These are the signs of Allah that We recite for you in truth. So what discourse will they believe after Allah and His signs?

— Ali Quli Qarai

waylun li-kulli ʾaffākin ʾathīmin

Woe to every sinful liar,

— Ali Quli Qarai

yasmaʿu ʾāyāti llāhi tutlā ʿalayhi thumma yuṣirru mustakbiran ka-ʾan lam yasmaʿhā fa-bashshirhu bi-ʿadhābin ʾalīmin

who hears the signs of Allah being recited to him, yet persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So inform him of a painful punishment.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidhā ʿalima min ʾāyātinā shayʾan-i ttakhadhahā huzuwan ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun muhīnun

Should he learn anything about Our signs, he takes them in derision. For such there is a humiliating punishment.

— Ali Quli Qarai

min warāʾihim jahannamu wa-lā yughnī ʿanhum mā kasabū shayʾan wa-lā mā ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi ʾawliyāʾa wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

Ahead of them is hell, and neither what they have earned, nor what they had taken as guardians besides Allah will avail them in any way, and there is a great punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hādhā hudan wa-lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim lahum ʿadhābun min rijzin ʾalīmun-i

This is [true] guidance, and there is a painful punishment due to defilement for those who defy the signs of their Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

allāhu lladhī sakhkhara lakumu l-baḥra li-tajriya l-fulku fīhi bi-ʾamrihī wa-li tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakuma

It is Allah who disposed the sea for you[r benefit] so that the ships may sail in it by His command, that you may seek of His bounty and that you may give thanks.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-sakhkhara lakum mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi jamīʿan minhu ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

He has disposed for you[r benefit] whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth; all is from Him. There are indeed signs in that for a people who reflect.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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qul li-lladhīna ʾāmanū yaghfirū li-lladhīna lā yarjūna ʾayyāma llāhi li-yajziya qawman bi-mā kānū yaksibūna

Say to the faithful to forgive those who do not expect Allah’s days, that He may [Himself] requite every people for what they used to earn.

— Ali Quli Qarai

man ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-li-nafsihī wa-man ʾasāʾa fa-ʿalayhā thumma ʾilā rabbikum turjaʿūna

Whoever acts righteously, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its own detriment, then you will be brought back to your Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-qad ʾātaynā banī ʾisrāʾīla l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata wa-razaqnāhum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti wa-faḍḍalnāhum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

Certainly We gave the Children of Israel the Book, judgement and prophethood and We provided them with all the good things. We gave them an advantage over all the nations,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾātaynāhum bayyinātin mina l-ʾamri fa-mā khtalafū ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum ʾinna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

and We gave them manifest precepts. But they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. Indeed your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.

— Ali Quli Qarai

thumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā sharīʿatin mina l-ʾamri fa-ttabiʿhā wa-lā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾa lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

Then We set you upon a clear course of the Law; so follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnahum lan yughnū ʿanka mina llāhi shayʾan wa-ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna baʿḍuhum ʾawliyāʾu baʿḍin wa-llāhu waliyyu l-muttaqīna

Indeed they will not avail you in any way against Allah. Indeed the wrongdoers are allies of one another, but Allah is the ally of the Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hādhā baṣāʾiru li-n-nāsi wa-hudan wa-raḥmatun li-qawmin yūqinūna

These are eye-openers for mankind, and guidance and mercy for a people who have certainty.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾam ḥasiba lladhīna jtaraḥū s-sayyiʾāti ʾan najʿalahum ka-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sawāʾan maḥyāhum wa-mamātuhum sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna

Do those who have perpetrated misdeeds suppose that We shall treat them like those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their life and death being equal? Evil is the judgement that they make!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-khalaqa llāhu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-li-tujzā kullu nafsin bi-mā kasabat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

Allah created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom, so that every soul may be requited for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾa-fa-raʾayta mani ttakhadha ʾilāhahū hawāhu wa-ʾaḍallahu llāhu ʿalā ʿilmin wa-khatama ʿalā samʿihī wa-qalbihī wa-jaʿala ʿalā baṣarihī ghishāwatan fa-man yahdīhi min baʿdi llāhi ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna

Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, set a seal upon his hearing and heart, and put a blindfold on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah [has consigned him to error]? Will you not then take admonition?

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-qālū mā hiya ʾillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wa-naḥyā wa-mā yuhlikunā ʾillā d-dahru wa-mā lahum bi-dhālika min ʿilmin ʾin hum ʾillā yaẓunnūna

They say, ‘There is nothing but the life of this world: we live and we die, and nothing but time destroys us.’ But they do not have any knowledge of that, and they only make conjectures.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾtū bi-ʾābāʾinā ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

When Our manifest signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say, ‘Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

quli llāhu yuḥyīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

Say, ‘It is Allah who gives you life, then He makes you die. Then He will gather you on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. But most people do not know.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-yawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yawmaʾidhin yakhsaru l-mubṭilūna

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and when the Hour sets in, the falsifiers will be losers on that day.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-tarā kulla ʾummatin jāthiyatan kullu ʾummatin tudʿā ʾilā kitābihā l-yawma tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

And you will see every nation fallen on its knees. Every nation will be summoned to its book: ‘Today you will be requited for what you used to do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hādhā kitābunā yanṭiqu ʿalaykum bi-l-ḥaqqi ʾinnā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum taʿmalūna

This is Our book, which speaks truly against you. Indeed We used to record what you used to do.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾammā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-yudkhiluhum rabbuhum fī raḥmatihī dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-mubīnu

As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is the manifest success!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾammā lladhīna kafarū ʾa-fa-lam takun ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-stakbartum wa-kuntum qawman mujrimīna

But as for the faithless, [they will be asked,] ‘Were not My signs recited to you? But you were disdainful, and you were a guilty lot.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidhā qīla ʾinna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-s-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qultum mā nadrī mā s-sāʿatu ʾin naẓunnu ʾillā ẓannan wa-mā naḥnu bi-mustayqinīna

When it was said, ‘‘Allah’s promise is indeed true, and there is no doubt about the Hour,’’ you said, ‘‘We do not know what the Hour is. We know nothing beyond conjectures, and we do not possess any certainty.’’ ’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-badā lahum sayyiʾātu mā ʿamilū wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

The evils of what they had done will appear to them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-qīla l-yawma nansākum ka-mā nasītum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā wa-maʾwākumu n-nāru wa-mā lakum min nāṣirīna

And it will be said, ‘Today We will forget you, just as you forgot the encounter of this day of yours. The Fire will be your abode, and you will not have any helpers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālikum bi-ʾannakumu ttakhadhtum ʾāyāti llāhi huzuwan wa-gharratkumu l-ḥayātu d-dunyā fa-l-yawma lā yukhrajūna minhā wa-lā hum yustaʿtabūna

That is because you took the signs of Allah in derision, and the life of the world had deceived you.’ So today, they will not be brought out of it, nor will they be asked to propitiate [Allah].

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-li-llāhi l-ḥamdu rabbi s-samāwāti wa-rabbi l-ʾarḍi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

So all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all the worlds.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lahu l-kibriyāʾu fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

To Him belongs all supremacy in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai