20 verses Starts at As-Sajdah 11 Ends at As-Sajdah 30

Rub’ al-Hizb 166 of 240

Rub’ al-Hizb 166 ربع ١٦٦

A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.

From: As-Sajdah 11
To: As-Sajdah 30
Verses: 20

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

32:11

Say, ‘The Angel of Death put in charge of you will reclaim you, and then you will be brought back to your Lord.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:12

[Prophet], if only you could see the wrongdoers hang their heads before their Lord: ‘Our Lord, now that we have seen and heard, send us back and we shall do good. [Now] we are convinced.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:13

‘If it had been Our will, We could certainly have given every soul its true guidance, but My words have come true. “I shall be sure to fill Hell with jinn and men together.”

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:14

So since you ignored the meeting on this Day of yours, now We shall ignore you: taste the lasting suffering for all you have done.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:15

The only people who truly believe in Our messages are those who, when they are reminded of them, bow down in worship, cele-brate their Lord’s praises, and do not think themselves above this.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:16

Their sides shun their beds in order to pray to their Lord in fear and hope; they give to others some of what We have given them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:17

No soul knows what joy is kept hidden in store for them as a reward for what they have done.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:18

So, is someone who believes equal to someone who defies God? No, they are not equal.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:19

Those who believe and do good deeds will have Gardens awaiting them as their home and as a reward for what they have done.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:20

As for those who defy God, their home will be the Fire. Whenever they try to escape it, they will be driven back into it, and they will be told, ‘Taste the torment of the Fire, which you persistently denied.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:21

We shall certainly make them taste a nearer torment [in this life] prior to the greater torment, so that perhaps they may return [to the right path].

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:22

Who does more wrong than someone who, when messages from his Lord are recited to him, turns away from them? We shall inflict retribution on the guilty.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:23

We gave Moses the Scripture- so [Muhammad] do not doubt that you are receiving it- and We made it a guide for the Children of Israel.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:24

When they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our messages, We raised leaders among them, guiding them according to Our command.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:25

[Prophet], it is your Lord who will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning their differences.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:26

Is it not a lesson for them [to see] how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose homes they now walk? There truly are signs in this- do they not hear?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:27

Do they not consider how We drive rain to the barren land, and with it produce vegetation from which their cattle and they themselves eat? Do they not see?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:28

And they say, ‘When will this Decision be, if you are telling the truth?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:29

Say, ‘On the Day of Decision it will be no use for the disbelievers to believe; they will be granted no respite.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

32:30

So [Prophet], turn away from them and wait: they too are waiting.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of As-Sajdah

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