Quran — Page 451
Uthmani · القرآن الكريم برسم العثماني (uthmani)
But they gave him the lie: and therefore they will most surely be arraigned [on Judgment Day],
excepting only [those who were] God’s true servants;
and him We left thus to be remembered among later generations:
“Peace be upon Elijah and his followers!”
Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good –
for he was truly one of Our believing servants!
AND, BEHOLD, Lot was indeed one of Our message-bearers;
[and so,] when [We decreed the doom of his sinful town,] We saved him and his household,
except an old woman who was among those that stayed behind;
and then We utterly destroyed the others:
and, verily, [to this day] you pass by the remnants of their dwellings at morning-time
and by night. Will you not, then, use your reason?
AND, BEHOLD, Jonah was indeed one of Our message-bearers
when he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.
And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;
[and they cast him into the sea,] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.
And had he not been of those who [even in the deep darkness of their distress are able to] extol God’s limitless glory,
he would indeed have remained in its belly till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:
but We caused him to be cast forth on a desert shore, sick [at heart] as he was,
and caused a creeping plant to grow over him [out of the barren soil].
And [then] We sent him [once again] to [his people,] a hundred thousand [souls] or more:
and [this time] they believed [in him] and so We allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them?
AND NOW ask them to enlighten thee: Has thy Sustainer daughters, whereas they would have [only] sons?
- or is it that We have created the angels female, and they [who believe them to be divine] have witnessed [that act of creation]?
Oh, verily, it is out of their own [inclination to] falsehood that some people assert,
“God has begotten [a son]”; and, verily, they are lying [too, when they say],
“He has chosen daughters in preference to sons”!
Muhammad Asad · Asad