# Sura  40 - The Believer

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> SURA XL (40) - THE BELIEVER      (Mecca - 85 Verses)       (LXXVIII - 240)     
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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> 40:1   Ha. Mim.  The Revelation (sending down) of the Book is from God the
> Almighty, the All-knowing,
>  
>        Forgiver of sin, and receiver of penitence, - vehement in chastisement,
>  
>        Long-suffering!  There is no God but He: to Him shall be the final
> gathering.
>  
>        None but infidels gainsay the signs of God: but let not their prosperity
> in the land deceive thee.
>  
>        The people of Noah, and the confederates after them, have brought the
> charge of imposture before these Meccans: each nation schemed against their
> apostle to lay violent hold on him, and disputed with vain words to refute the
> truth.  Therefore did I lay violent hold on them; and how greater was my
> chastisement!
>  
>        Thus is it that thy Lord's sentence, that inmates shall they be of the
> fire, was accomplished upon the infidels.
>  
>        They who bear the throne and they who encircle it, celebrate the praise
> of their Lord and believe in Him, and implore forgiveness for the believers: -
> "O our Lord! thou embracest all things in mercy and knowledge; forgive,
> therefore, those who turn to thee and follow thy path; keep them from the pains
> of hell:
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>        O our Lord! and bring them into the Gardens of Eden which thou hast
> promised to them, and to the righteous ones of their fathers and their wives
> and their children; for thou art the All-mighty, the All-wise:
>  
>        And keep them from evil: for on him hast thou mercy whom on that day
> thou shalt keep from evil;" and this will be the great felicity.
>  
> 40:10  But to the infidels shall a voice cry, "Surely the hatred of God is more
> grievous than your hatred of yourselves, when ye were called to the faith, and
> remained unbelievers."
> 
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>        They shall say, "Twice, O our Lord, hast thou given us death, and twice
> hast thou given us life: and we acknowledge our sins: is there no way to
> escape?"
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>        "This hath befallen you, for that when One God was proclaimed to you, ye
> believed not: but when partners had been united with him, ye believed:  But
> judgment belongeth unto God, the High, the Great."
>  
>        It is He who sheweth you his signs, and sendeth down supplies to you
> from Heaven: but none will receive warning save he who turneth to God.
>  
>        Call then on God, offering him a pure worship, though the infidels abhor
> it.
>  
>        Of exalted grade, of the throne possessed, He sendeth forth the Spirit
> at His own behest on whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth, that He may warn
> of the day of meeting,
>  
>        The day when they shall come forth from their graves, when nought that
> concerneth them shall be hidden from God.  With whom shall be the power supreme
> on that day?  With God, the One, the Almighty.
>  
>        On that day shall every soul be recompensed as it hath deserved: no
> injustice on that day!  Verily, God will be swift to reckon.
>  
>        Warn them, then, of the approaching day, when men's hearts shall rise
> up, choking them, into their throats.
>  
>        The evil-doers shall have no friend or intercessor who shall prevail.
>  
> 40:20  God knoweth the deceitful of eye, and what men's breasts conceal.
>  
>        And everything will God decide with truth:  But nothing shall those gods
> whom men call on beside him, decide.  Verily, God! the Hearer, the Beholder,
> He!
>  
>        Have they never journeyed in this land, and seen what hath been the end
> of those who flourished before them?  Mightier were they in strength than these
> Meccans, and their races remain in the land:  Yet God took them in their sins,
> and there was none to defend them against God.
>  
>        This, because they apostles had come to them with proofs of their
> mission, and they believed not: so God took them in hand; for He is mighty,
> vehement in punishing.
>  
>        Moreover we had sent Moses of old with our signs and with clear
> authority.
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>        To Pharaoh, and Haman, and Karun: and they said, "Sorcerer, impostor."
>  
>        And when he came to them from our presence with the truth, they said,
> "Slay the sons of those who believe as he doth, and save their females alive;"
> but the stratagem of the unbelievers issued only in failure.
>  
>        And Pharaoh said, "Let me alone, that I may kill Moses; and let him call
> upon his Lord:  I fear lest he change your religion, or cause disorder to dhew
> itself in the land."
>  
>        And Moses said, "I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord from every
> proud one who believeth not in the day of reckoning."
>  
>        And a man of the family of Pharaoh, who was a believer, but hid his
> faith, said, "Will ye slay a man because he saith my Lord is god, when he hath
> already come to you with proofs of his mission from your Lord? and if he be a
> liar, on him will be his life: but if he be a man of truth, part at least of
> what he threateneth will fall upon you.  Truly God guideth not him who is a
> transgressor, a liar.
>  
> 40:30  O my people! this day is the kingdom yours, the eminent of the earth!
> but who shall defend us from the vengeance of God if it come on us?"  Pharaoh
> said, "i would have you see only what I see; and in a right way only will I
> guide you."
>  
>        Then said he who believed, "O my people! truly I fear for you the like
> of the day of the allies,
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>        The like of the state of the people of Noah and Ad and Themoud,
>  
>        And of those who came after them; yet God willeth not injustice to his
> servants.
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>        And, O my people! I indeed fear for you the day of mutual outcry -
>  
>        The day when ye shall be turned back from the Judgment into hell.  No
> protector shall ye have then against God.  And he whom God shall mislead no
> guide shall there be for him.
>  
>        Moreover, Joseph had come to you before with clear tokens, but ye
> ceased not to doubt of the message with which he came to you, until when he
> died, ye said, 'God will by no means raise up an apostle after him.'"  Thus God
> misleadeth him who is the transgressor, the doubter.
>  
>        They who gainsay the signs of the God without authority having come to
> them, are greatly hated by the God and by those who believe.  Thus God sealeth
> up every proud, contumacious heart.
>  
>        And Pharaoh said, "O Haman, Build for me a tower that I may reach the
> avenues,
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>        The avenues of the heavens, and may mount to the God of Moses, for I
> verily deem him a liar."
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> 40:40  And thus the evil of his doings was made fair-seeming to Pharaoh, and he
> turned away from the path of truth; but the artifice of Pharaoh ended only in
> his ruin.
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>        And he who believed said, "O my people! follow me: into the right way
> will I guide you.
>  
>        O my people! this present life is only a passing joy, but the life to
> come is the mansion that abideth.
>  
>        Whoso shall have wrought evil shall not be recompensed but with its
> life; but whoso shall have done the things that are right, whether male or
> female, and is a believer - these shall enter paradise:  good things unreckoned
> shall they enjoy therein.
>  
>        And, O my people! how is it that I bid you to salvation, but that ye bid
> me to the fire?
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>        Ye invite me to deny God, and to join with him gods of whom I know
> nothing; but I invite you to the Mighty, the Forgiving.
>  
>        No doubt is there that they to whom ye invite me are not to be invoked
> either in this world or in the world to come: and that unto God is our return,
> and that the transgressors shall be in the inmates of the fire.
>  
>        Then shall ye remember what I am saying unto you: and to God commit I my
> case:  Verily, God beholdeth his servants."
>  
>        So God preserved him from the evils which they had planned, and the woe
> of the punishment encompassed the people of Pharaoh.
>  
>        It is the fire to which they shall be exposed morning and evening, and
> on the day when "the Hour" shall arrive - "Bring in the people of Pharaoh into
> the severest punishment."
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> 40:50  And when they shall wrangle together in the fire, the weak shall say to
> those who had borne themselves so proudly, "It is your we followed: will ye
> therefore relieve us from aught of the fire?"
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>        And those proud ones shall say, "Verily we are all in it; for now hath
> God judged between his servants."
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>        And they who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of Hell, "Implore
> your Lord that he would give us ease but for one day from this torment."
>  
>        They shall say, "Came not your apostles to you with the tokens?"  They
> shall say, "Yes."  They shall say, "Cry ye then aloud for help:" but the cry of
> the unbelievers shall be only in vain.
>  
>        Assuredly, in this present life will we succour our apostles and those
> who shall have believed, and on the day when the witnesses shall stand forth;
>  
>        A day whereon the plea of the evil doers shall not avail them; but
> theirs shall be a curse, and theirs the woe of the abode in Hell.
>  
>        And of old gave we Moses the guidance, and we made the children of
> Israel the heritors of the Book, - a guidance and warning to men endued with
> understanding.
>  
>        Therefore be steadfast thou and patient; for true is the promise of God:
> and seek pardon for thy fault, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord at evening
> and at morning.
>  
>        As to those who cavil at the signs of God without authority having
> reached them, nought is there but pride in their breasts: but they shall not
> succeed.  Fly thou for refuge then to God, for He is the Hearer, the Beholder.
>  
>        Greater surely than the creation of man is the creation of the heavens
> and of the earth: but most men know it not.
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> 40:60  Moreover, the blind and the seeing, and the evil doer and they who
> believe and do the things that are right, shall not be deemed equal.  How few
> ponder this!
>  
>        Aye, "the Hour" will surely come: there is no doubt of it: but most men
> believe it not.
>  
>        And your Lord saith, "Call upon me - I will hearken unto you: but they
> who turn in disdain from my service shall enter Hell with shame."
>  
>        It is God who hath ordained the night for your rest, and the day to give
> you light: verily God is rich in bounties to men: but most men render not the
> tribute of thanks.
>  
>        This is God your Lord, Creator of all things: no god is there but He:
> why then do ye turn away from Him?
>  
>        Yet thus are they turned aisde who gainsay the signs of God.
>  
>        It is God who hath given you the earth as a sure foundation, and over it
> built up the Heaven, and formed you, and made your forms beautiful, and feedeth
> you with good things.  This is God your Lord.  Blessed then be Goid the Lord of
> the World!
>  
>        He is the Living One.  No God is there but He.  Call then upon Him and
> offer Him a pure worship.  Praise be to God the Lord of the Worlds!
>  
>        Say:  Verily I am forbidden to worship what ye call on beside God, after
> that the clear tokens have come to me from my Lord, and I am bidden to
> surrender myself to the Lord of the Worlds.
>  
>        He it is who created you of the dust, then of the germs of life, then of
> thick blood, then brought you forth infants: then he letteth you reach your
> full strength, and then become old men (but some of you die first), and reach
> the ordained term.  And this that haply ye may understand.
>  
> 40:70  It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He
> only saith of it, "Be," and it is.
>  
>        Seest thou not those who cavil at the signs of God? how are they turned
> aside!
>  
>        They who treat "the Book," and the message with which we have sent our
> Sent Ones, as a lie, shall know the truth hereafter.
>  
>        When the collars shall be on their necks and the chains to drag them
> into Hell: then in the fire shall they be burned.
>  
>        Then shall it be said to them, "Where are they whom ye made the objects
> of joint worship with God?"  They shall say, "They have vanished away from us.
> Yea, it was nought on which we called heretofore."  Thus God leadeth the
> unbelievers astray.
>  
>        - "This for you, because of your unrighteous insolence and immoderate
> joys on earth.
>  
>        Enter ye the portal of Hell to abide therein for ever.  And, wretched
> the abode of the haughty ones!"
>  
>        `Therefore be thou steadfast in patience: for the promise of God is
> truth: and whether we shall make thee see part of the woes with which we
> threatened them, or whether we cause thee first to die, unto us shall they be
> brought back.
>  
>        And we have already sent apostles before thee: of some we have told
> thee, and of others we have told you nothing: but no apostle had the power to
> work a miracle unless by the leave of God.  But when God's behest cometh,
> everything will be decided with truth: and then they perish who treated it as a
> vain thing.
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>        It is God who hath given you the cattle that on some of them ye may
> ride, and of some may eat:
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> 40:80  (Other advantages too do ye derive from them) - and that by them ye may
> effect the projects ye cherish in your breasts; for on them, and on ships are
> ye borne:
>  
>        And He sheweth you His signs: which, then, of the signs of God will ye
> deny?
>  
>        Have they not journeyed in this land, and seen what hath been the end of
> those who flourished before them?  More were they than these in number and
> mightier in strength, and greater are the traces of their power remaining in
> the land: yet their labours availed them nothing.
>  
>        And when their apostles had come to them with the tokens of their
> mission, they exulted in what they possessed of knowledge; but that retribution
> at which they scoffed, encompassed them.
>  
>        And when they beheld our vengeance they said, "We believe in God alone,
> and we disbelieve in the deities we once associated with Him."
>  
>        But their faith, after they had witnessed our vengeance, profited them
> not.  Such is the procedure of God with regard to his servants who flourished
> of old.  And then the unbelievers perished.
>
> — *Sura  40 - The Believer*