 Surah 76-80 of THE MEANING OF THE GLORIOUS CORON. In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, had there come upon man ever any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered, lo, we create man from a drop of thick and fluid to test him, so we make him hearing, knowing, lo, we have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving. Lo, we have prepared for disbelievers manacles and yokes and a raging fire. Lo, the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of kafur, a spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly, because they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is widespreading, and feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of him, saying, we feed you for the sake of Allah only, we wish for no reward nor thanks from you. Lo, we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate. Therefore Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and hath made them find brightness and joy, and hath awarded them for all that they endured, a garden and silk attire. Reclining therein upon couches they will find there neither heat of a sun nor bitter cold. The shade thereof is close upon them, and the clustered fruits thereof bow down. Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers as of glass, bright as glass but made of silver, which they themselves have measured to the measure of their deeds. There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil, the water of a spring therein, aim Salsabil. There wait on them immortal use, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for scattered pearls. When thou seest, thou wilt see their bliss and high estate. Their raiment will be fine green silk, and gold and broitery. Bracelets of silver will they wear. Their lord will slake their thirst with a pure drink. And it will be said unto them, Lo, this is a reward for you. Your endeavor upon earth hath found acceptance. Lo, we, even we, have revealed unto thee the Koran, a revelation, so submit patiently to thy lord's command, and obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever. Remember the name of thy lord at morn and evening, and worship him a portion of the night, and glorify him through the live-long night. Lo, these love-fleeting life, and put behind them the remembrance of a grievous day. We, even we, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when we will, we can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead. Lo, this is an admonishment, that whosoever will, that whosoever will, may choose away unto his lord. Yet you will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo, Allah is knower, wise. He maketh whom he will to enter his mercy, and for evildoers hath prepared a painful doom. Surah 77, the Emissaries, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. By the emissary winds, sent one after another, by the raging hurricanes, by those which cause earth's vegetation to revive, by those who winnow with the winnowing, by those who bring down the reminder, to excuse or to warn, surely that which ye are promised will befall. So when the stars are put out, and when the sky is riven asunder, and when the mountains are blown away, and when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed, for what day is the time appointed? For the day of decision. And what will convey unto thee what the day of decision is? Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Destroyed we not the former folk, then caused the latter folk to follow after? Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Did we not create you from a base fluid, which we laid up in a safe abode for a known term? Thus we arranged. How excellent is our arranging. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Have we not made the earth a receptacle, both for the living and the dead, and placed therein high mountains, and given you to drink sweet water therein? Woe unto the repudiators on that day. It will be said unto them, depart unto that doom which ye used to deny. Depart unto that doom which ye used to deny. Depart unto the shadow falling threefold, which yet is no relief nor shelter from the flame. Low it throweth up sparks like the castles, or as it might be camels of bright yellow hue. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. This is a day wherein they speak not, nor are they suffered to put forth excuses. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. This is the day of decision. We have brought you and the men of old together. If now ye have any wit, out with me. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Low those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains, and fruits such as they desire. Unto them it is said, eat, drink, and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what you did. Thus do we reward the good. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Eat and take your ease on earth a little. Low ye are guilty. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. When it is said unto them, bow down, they bow not down. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. In what statement after this will they believe? Surah 78. The Announcement. Revealed at Makkah. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. Whereof do they question one another? It is of the awful tidings, concerning which they are in disagreement. Nay, but they will come to know. Nay again, but they will come to know. Have we not made the earth an expanse, in the high hills, bulwarks? And we have created you in pairs, and have appointed your sleep for a pose, and have appointed the night as a cloak, and have appointed the day for livelihood. And we have built above you seven strong heavens, and have appointed a dazzling lamp, and have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water, thereby to produce grain and plant, and gardens of thick foliage. Lo, the day of decision is a fixed time. A day when the trumpet is blown, and ye come in multitudes, and the heaven is opened, and becomeeth as gates. And the hills are set in motion, and become as a mirage. Lo, hell lurketh in ambush, a home for the rebellious. They will abide therein for ages. Therein taste they neither coolness nor any drink, save boiling water and a paralyzing cold. Reward proportion to their evil deeds. For lo, they look not for a reckoning. They called our revelations false, with strong denial. Everything have we recorded in a book. So taste of that which ye have earned. No increase do we give you save of torment. Lo, for the duty is achievement. Gardens enclosed and vineyards, and voluptuous women of equal age, and a full cup. There here they never vain discourse nor lying, requital from the Lord, a gift in payment, Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, the beneficent, with whom none can converse. On the day when the angels and the spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him who the beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right. That is the true day. So who so will should seek recourse unto his Lord? Lo, we warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry, would that I were dust. Surah 79. Soul Snatchers. Revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. By those who drag forth to destruction, by the meteors rushing, by the lone stars floating, by the angels hastening, and those who govern the event. On the day when the first trump resoundeth and the second followeth it, on that day hearts beat painfully while eyes are downcast. Now they are saying, shall we really be restored to our first state even after we are crumbled bones? They say, then that would be a vain proceeding. Surely it will need but one shout, and lo, they will be awakened. Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses? How his Lord called him in the holy veil of Tuwah, saying, go thou unto Pharaoh, lo, he hath rebelled, and say unto him, hast thou will to grow in grace? Then I will guide thee to thy Lord, and thou shalt fear him. And he showed him the tremendous token. But he denied and disobeyed, then turned he away in haste. Then gathered he and summoned, and proclaimed, I Pharaoh am your Lord the Highest. So Allah seized him, and made him an example for the afterlife, and for the former. Lo, herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth. Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that he built? He raised the height thereof and ordered it. And he made dark the night thereof, and he brought forth the morn thereof. And after that he spread the earth, and produced therefrom the water thereof, and the pasture thereof. And he made fast the hills, a provision for you and for your cattle. But when the great disaster cometh, the day when man will call to mind his whole endeavour, and hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth. Then as for him who rebelled, and chose the life of the world, lo, hell will be his home. But as for him who feareth to stand before his Lord, and restraineth his soul from lust, lo, the garden will be his home. They ask thee of the hour. When will it come to port? Why ask they? What hast thou to tell thereof? Unto thy Lord belongeth knowledge of the term thereof. Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it. On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening, or the mourn thereof. Surah Adi. He frowned. Revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, he frowned and turned away, because the blind man came unto him. Who could inform thee that he might grow in grace, or take heed, and so the reminder might avail him? As for him who thinketh himself independent, unto him thou payest regard. Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not in grace. But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose, and hath fear, from him thou art distracted. Nay, but verily it is an admonishment, so let whosoever will pay heed to it, on honored leaves, exalted, purified, set down by scribes, noble, and righteous. Man is self-destroyed, how ungrateful. From what thing doth he create him? From a drop of seed. He created him, and proportioneth him. Then make it the way easy for him. Then causeth him to die, and buryeth him. Then, when he will, he bringeth him again to life. Nay, but man hath not done what he commanded him. Let man consider his food, how we pour water and showers, then split the earth in clefs, and cause the grain to grow therein, and grapes and green fodder, and olive-trees and palm-trees, and garden-closes of thick foliage, and fruits and grasses, provision for you and your cattle. But when the shout cometh, on the day when a man fleeeth his brother, and his mother, and his father, and his wife, and its children, every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless of others. On that day faces will be bright as dawn, laughing, rejoicing at good news, and other faces on that day with dust upon them, veiled in darkness. Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. End of Surah 76-80 When the sun is overthrown, and the stars fall, and the hills are moved, and when the camels big with young are abandoned, and when the wild beasts are herded together, and when the seas rise, and when the souls are reunited, and when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked for what sin she was slain, and when the pages are laid down, and when the sky is torn away, and when hell is lighted, and when the garden is brought nigh, and the soul will know what it hath made ready. Oh, but I call to witness the planets, the stars which rise and set, and the close of night, and the breath of mourning, that this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, one to be obeyed and trustworthy, and your comrade is not mad. Surely he beheld him on the clear horizon, and he is not avid of the unseen. Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned, whither then you go. This is not else than a reminder unto creation, unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight, and ye will not, unless it be that Allah willeth, the Lord of creation. Surah 82. The cleaving, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder, when the planets are dispersed, when the seas are poured forth, and the sepulchres are overturned, a soul will know what it hath set before it, and what left behind. O man, what hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the bountiful who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee. Into whatsoever form he will he casteth thee. Nay, but ye deny the judgment. Low, but there are above you guardians, generous in recording, who know all that ye do. Low, the righteous, verily will be in delight. And low, the wicked, verily will be in hell. They will burn therein on the day of judgment, and will not absent thence. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the day of judgment is? Again, what will convey unto thee what the day of judgment is? A day on which no soul hath power at all for any other soul. The absolute command on that day is Allah's. Surah 83. Defrauding, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful. Woe unto the defrauders. Those who, when they take the measure for mankind, demand it full. But if they measure unto them, or wait for them, they cause them lost. Do such men not consider that they will be raised again unto an awful day? The day when all mankind stand before the Lord of the world? Nay, but the record of the vile is in sujin. Ah, what will convey unto thee what sujin is? A written record. Woe unto the repudiators on that day. Those who deny the day of judgment, which none denyeth, save each criminal transgressor. Who, when thou readest unto him our revelation, sayeth, mere fables of the men of old. Nay, but that which they have earned is rest upon their hearts. Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from the mercy of their Lord. Then lo, they verily will burn in hell, and it will be said unto them, This is that which ye used to deny. Nay, but the record of the righteous is in illillian. Ah, what will convey unto thee what illillian is? A written record, attested by those who are brought near unto their Lord. Lo, the righteous verily are in delight, on couches, gazing. Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight. They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed, whose seal is musk. For this let all those who strive for bliss, and mixed with water of Tasnim, a spring whence those brought near to Allah to drink. Lo, the guilty used to laugh at those who believed, and wink to one another when they passed them, and when they returned to their own folk they returned to jesting, and when they saw them they said, Lo, these have gone astray. Yet they were not sent as guardians over them. This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers on high couches, gazing. Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do? Surah 84 The Sundering Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful. When the heaven has split asunder, and attentive to her Lord in fear, and when the earth is spread out, and hath cast out all that was in her and is empty, and attentive to her Lord in fear, Thou verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou will meet in his presence. Then whoso is given his account, in his right hand, he truly will have an easy reckoning, and will return unto his folk in joy. But whoso is given his account behind his back, he surely will invoke destruction, and be thrown into scorching fire. He verily lived joyous with his folk. He verily deemed that he would never return unto Allah. Nay, but Lo, his Lord is ever looking on him. O, I swear by the afterglow of sunset, and by the night, and all that it enshroudeth, and by the moon when she is at the full, that ye shall journey on from plane to plane, what aleth them, then, that they believe not, and when the Quran is recited unto them, worship not Allah. Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny, and Allah knoweth best what they are hiding. So give them tidings of a painful doom, save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing. Surah 85 The Mansions of the Stars Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, by the heaven holding mansions of the stars, and by the promised day, and by the witness that whereunto he beareth testimony, self-destroyed were the owners of the ditch, of the fuel-fed fire, when they sat by it, and were themselves the witness of what they did to the believers. They had not against them save that they believed in Allah, the mighty, the owner of praise, him unto whom belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is, of all things, the witness. Low, they who persecute, believing men and believing women, and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning. Low, those who believe and do good works, theirs will be gardens, underneath which rivers flow. That is the great success. Low, the punishment of thy Lord is stern. Low, he it is who produceeth, then reproduceeth, and he is the forgiving, the loving. Lord of the throne of glory, doer of what he will. Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts, of Pharaoh, and the tribe of Tamud? Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial, and Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them. Nay, but it is a glorious Quran on a guarded tablet. End of Surahs 81-85 Surahs 86-90 of the Meaning of the Glorious Quran. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. The Meaning of the Glorious Quran. Translated by Muhammad Marmadu Pikthal. Surah 86. The Morning Star. Revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. By the Heaven and the Morning Star. Ah, what will tell you what the Morning Star is? The Piercing Star. No human soul but hath a guardian over it. So let man consider from what he is created. He is created from a gushing fluid that issued from between the loins and ribs. Lo, he verily is able to return him unto life on the day when hidden thought shall be searched out. Then will he have no might nor any helper. By the Heaven which giveth the returning rain and the earth which spliteth with the growth of trees and plants. Lo, this Quran is a conclusive word. It is no pleasantry. Lo, they plot a plot against thee, O Muhammad, and I plot a plot against them. So give a respite unto the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while. Surah 87. The Most High. Revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord, the Most High. Who createetheth, then disposeseth. Who measureeth, then guideeth. Who bringeth forth the pastorage. Then turneth it to rusteth stubble. We shall make thee read, O Muhammad, so that thou shalt not forget. Save that which Allah willeth. Lo, he knoweth the disclosed and that which is still hidden. And we shall ease thy way unto the state of ease. Therefore, remind men, for of use is the reminder. He will heed who feareth. But the most hapless will flaunt it. He who will be flung to the great fire, wherein he will neither die nor live. He is successful who groweth, and remembereth the name of his Lord. So prayeth. But ye prefer the life of the world, although the hereafter is better and more lasting. Lo, this is in the former scrolls, the books of Abraham and Moses. Surah 88 The Overwhelming Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful, hath there come unto thee tidings of the overwhelming? On that day many faces will be downcast, toiling, weary, scorched by burning fire, drinking from a boiling spring. No food for them save bitter thorn fruit, which doth not nourish, nor release from hunger. In that day other faces will be calm, glad for their effort past, in a high garden, where they hear no idle speech, wherein is a gushing spring, wherein are couches raised, and goblets set at hand, and cushions ranged, and silken carpets spread. Will they not regard the camels how they are created, and the heaven how it is raised, and the hills how they are set up, and the earth how it is spread? Remind them, for thou art but an admonisher. Thou art not, at all, a water over them, but whoso is averse, and disbeliveth, Allah will punish him with direst punishment. Low unto us is their return, and ours thou reckoning. Surah 89 The Dawn Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful, by the dawn and ten nights, and even in the odd, and the night when it departeth, there surely is an oath for thinking man. Does thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with the tribe of Ahad, with many-columbed Imran, the like of which was not created in the lands, and with the tribe of Ta'mud, who clove the rocks in the valley, and with Pharaoh, firm of might, who all were rebellious to Allah in these lands, and multiplied iniquity therein? Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of his punishment. Low, thy Lord is ever watchful. As for man, whenever his Lord tryeth him by honouring him, and his gracious unto him, he sayeth, My Lord honoureth me. But whenever he tryeth him by straightening his means of life, he sayeth, My Lord despiseth me. Nay, but she, for your part, honour not the orphan, and urge not on the feeding of the poor, and ye devour heritages with devouring greed, and love wealth with abounding love. Nay, but when the earth is ground to Adams, grinding, grinding, and thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, and hell is brought near that day. On that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance then avail him? He will say, Ah, would that I had sent before me some provision for my life. None punisheth me as he will punish on that day. None bindeth as he will then bind. But, ah, thou soul at peace. Return unto thy Lord, content in his good pleasure. Enter thou among my bondmen. Enter thou my garden. Surah ninety, the city, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. Nay, I swear by this city, and thou art an indweller of this city, and the begetter, and that which he begat. We verily have created man in an atmosphere. Thinketh he that none hath power over him? And he sayeth, I have destroyed vast wealth. Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? And he sign unto him two eyes, and a tongue, and two lips, and guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? But he hath not attempted the ascent. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the ascent is? It is to free a slave, and to feed in the day of hunger, and orphan near of kin, or some poor wretch in misery, and to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance, and exhort one another to pity. Their place will be on the left hand. Fire will be an awning over them. End of Surah's 86-90 Surah's 91-95 This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org, recording by Julie Bynum. The meaning of the glorious Koran, translated by Muhammad Marmadukh Pikthal. Surah's 91-95 Surah 91 Ask Shams the Son Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful By the sun and his brightness And the moon when she follow with him, and the day when it revealeth him, and the night when it enshroudeth him, and the heaven and him who built it, and the earth and him who spread it, and a soul and him who perfected it, and inspired it with conscious of what is wrong for it and what is right for it. He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, and he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. The tribe of Thamud denied the truth in their rebellious pride when the basest of them broke forth, and the messenger of Allah said, it is the she- camel of Allah, so let her drink. But they denied him and strung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and raised their dwellings. He dreadeth not the sequel of events. End of Surah 91 Surah 92 Allel The Night Revealed at Mecca In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful By the night enshrouding and the day resplendent, and allel and female, lo, your effort is dispersed towards diverse ends, as for him who giveth and is dutiful toward Allah, and believeth in goodness, surely we will ease his way unto the state of ease, and as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent, and disbeliveth in goodness, surely we will ease his way unto adversity. His riches will not save him when we give the guidance, and lo, unto us belong the latter portion and the former. Therefore have I warned you of the flaming fire, which only the most wretched must endure. He who denyeth and turneth away, far removed from it will be the righteous, who giveth his wealth that he may grow in goodness. And none hath with him any favor for reward, except as seeking to fulfill the need. He verily will be content. End of Surah 92 Surah 93 Ad-duha, the morning hours, revealed at Mecca, in the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. By the morning hours and by the night when it is stillest, thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor doth he hate thee, and verily the portion will be better for thee than the former. And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content. Did he not find thee an orphan and protect thee? Did he not find thee wandering and direct thee? Did he not find the destitute and enrich thee? Therefore the orphan oppress not. Therefore the beggar drive not away. Therefore the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse. Surah 93 Surah 94 Al-inchirah, solace, revealed at Mecca, in the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Have we not caused thy bosom to dilate, and ease thee of thy burden, which weighed down thy back, and exalted thy fame? But low with hardship goeth ease, low with hardship goeth ease. So when thou art relieved, still toil, and strive to please thy Lord. End of Surah 94 Surah 95 At-teen, the fig, revealed at Mecca, in the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. By the fig and the olive, by Mount Sinai, and by this land made safe, surely we created man of the best year. Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low. Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing. So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment? Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges? End of Surah 91 Surah 95 Surah 96-100 of the meaning of the glorious Quran. This is a first recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Julie Bynum. The meaning of the glorious Quran. Translated by Muhammad Marmadouk Pikthal. Surah 96 Al-Allak, the clot, revealed at Mecca, in the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Read, in the name of thy Lord who created created man from a clot. Read, and thy Lord is the most bountyous, who teacheth by the pen, teacheth man that which he knew not. Nay, but verily man is rebellious, that he thinketh himself independent, lo, unto thy Lord is the return. Hast thou seen him who dissuaded the slave when he reeth? Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance of Allah or enjoineth piety? Hast thou seen if he denyeth Allah's guidance and his forward? Is he then unaware that Allah seeeth? Nay. But if he cease not, we will seize him by the forelock, the lying sinful forelock, then let him call upon his henchmen. We will call the guards of hell. Nay, obey not thou him, but prostrate thyself and draw near unto Allah. End of Surah 96 Surah 97 Al-Qarar Power, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Lo, we revealed it on the night of predestination. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the night of power is. The night of power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit end their end by the permission of their Lord with all decrees. The night is peace until the rising of the dawn. End of Surah 97 Surah 98 Al-Bayyina The clear proof, revealed at Al-Medina. In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off airing till the clear proof came unto them. A messenger from Allah reading purified pages containing correct Scriptures. Nor were the people of the Scripture divided until after the clear proof came unto them. And they are ordered not else than to serve Allah. Keeping religion pure for him as men by nature upright and to establish worship and to pay the poor due. That is true religion. Lo, those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture and the idolaters will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings. And lo, those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings. Their reward is with their Lord, gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell forever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they have pleasure in him. This is in store for him who feareth his Lord. End of Surah 98 Surah 99 Azizal the earthquake, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. When the earth is shaken with her final earthquake and the earth yieldeth up her burdens and man saith what aileth her. That day she will relate her chronicles because thy Lord inspireeth her. That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds. And whoso doeth good, and Adam's weight will see it then. And whoso doeth ill, and Adam's weight will see it then. End of Surah 99 Surah 100 Al-al-diyat the coursers, revealed at Mecca. In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. By the snorting coursers striking sparks of fire and scouring to the raid at dawn. Then therewith with their trail of dust, cleaving as one the center of the foe. Lo, man is an ingrate unto his Lord, and lo he is a witness unto that. And lo, in the love of wealth he is violent. Knoweth he not that when the contents of the graves are poured forth, and the secrets of the breasts are made known, on that day will their Lord perfectly informed concerning them. End of Surah 96 through 100 Surah 101 to 114 of the meaning of the glorious Quran. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org This reading by Cal Manchester 2008 The meaning of the glorious Quran Translated by Mohammed Marmaduke Pictol Surah 101 The Calamity Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful The Calamity What is the Calamity? Are what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is? A day wherein mankind will be as thickly scattered moths and the mountains will become Then as for him who scales a heavy with good works he will live a pleasant life but as for him who scales a light a bereft and hungry one will be his mother Are what will convey unto thee what she is? Raging fire Surah 102 Emulus desire Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful In worldly increase distracteth you until ye come to the graves Nay, but ye will come to know Nay, but ye will come to know Nay, would that ye knew now with a sure knowledge for ye will behold hellfire Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision Then on that day ye will be asked concerning pleasure Surah 103 Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful By the declining day low man is a state of loss save those who believe and do good works and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance Surah 104 The slanderer Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Woe unto every slandering traducer who hath gathered wealth of this world and arranged it He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal Nay, but verily he will be flung to the consuming one Aye, what will convey unto thee what the consuming one is It is the fire of Allah kindled which leapeth over the hearts of men and pushed in on them in outstretched columns Surah 105 The elephant Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Hast thou not seen how thy lord dealt with the owners of the elephant Did he not bring their stratagem to nought and send against them swarms of flying creatures which pelted them green crops devoured by cattle Surah 106 The tribe of Quraish Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful For the taming of Quraish For their taming we caused the caravans to set forth in winter and summer so let them worship the lord of this house who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear Surah 107 Small kindnesses Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Hast thou observed him who belieeth religion That is he who repelleth the orphan and urges not the feeding of the needy Ah woe unto worshippers who are heedless of their prayer who would be seen at worship yet refuse small kindnesses Surah 108 A river in paradise Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Lo we have given thee abundance so pray unto thy lord and sacrifice Lo it is thy insulter and not thou who is without posterity Surah 109 The disbelievers Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Say, O disbelievers I worship not that which ye worship nor worship ye that which I worship and I shall not worship that which ye worship nor will ye worship that which I worship unto you your religion and unto me my religion Surah 110 The help Revealed at Medina In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful When Allah's sucker and the triumph cometh and thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops then hymn the praises of thy lord and seek forgiveness of him Lo he is ever ready to show mercy Surah 111 The palm fibre Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful The power of Abu Lahab will perish and he will perish His wealth and gains will not exempt him He will be plunged into flaming fire and his wife the wood carrier will have upon her neck a halter of palm fibre Surah 112 Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Say He is Allah the one Allah the eternally besought of all He begeteth not nor was begotten and there is none comparable unto him Surah 113 Daybreak Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Say Surah 114 Revealed at Makkah In the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful Say