# Sura  43 - Ornaments of Gold

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> SURA XLIII (43) - ORNAMENTS OF GOLD    (Mecca - 89 Verses)         (LXI - 135) 
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
>  
>        Ha. Mim.  By the Luminous Book!
>  
>        We have made it an Arabic Koran that ye may understand:
>  
>        And it is a transcript of the archetypal Book, kept by us; it is lofty,
> filled with wisdom,
>  
>        Shall we then turn aside this warning form you because ye are a people
> who transgress?
>  
>        Yet how many prophets sent we among those of old!
>  
>        But no prophet came to them whom they made not the object of their
> scorn:
>  
>        Wherefore we destroyed nations mightier than these Meccans in strength;
> and the example of those of old hath gone before!
>  
>        And if thou ask them who created the Heavens and the Earth, they will
> say:  "The Mighty, the Sage, created them both,"
>  
>        Who hath made the Earth as a couch for you, and hath traced out routes
> therein for your guidance;
>  
> 43:10  And who sendeth down out of Heaven the rain in due degree, by which we
> quicken a dead land; thus shall ye be brought forth from the grave:
>  
>        And who hath created the sexual couples, all of them, and hath made for
> you the ships and beasts whereon ye ride:
>  
>        That ye may sit balanced on their backs and remember the goodness of
> your Lord as ye sit so evenly therein, and say:  "Glory to Him who hath
> subjected these to us!  We could not have attained to it of ourselves:
>  
>        And truly unto our Lord shall we return."
>  
>        Ye do they assign to him some of his own servants for offspring!  Verily
> man is an open ingrate!
>  
>        Hath God adopted daughters from among those whom he hath created, and
> chosen sons for you?
>  
>        But when that is announced to any one of them, which he affirmeth to be
> the case with the God of Mercy, his face settleth into darkness and he is
> silent-sad.
>  
>        What! make they a being to be the offspring of God who is brought up
> among trinkets, and is every contentious without reason?
>  
>        And they make the angels who are the servants of God of Mercy, females.
> What! did they witness their creation?  Their witness shall be taken down, and
> they shall hereafter be enquired at.
>  
>        And they say:  "Had the God of Mercy so willed it we should never have
> worshipped them."  No knowledge have they in this: they only lie.
>  
> 43:20  Have we ere this given them a Book? and do they possess it still?
>  
>        But say they:  "Verily we found our fathers of that persuasion, and
> verily, by their footsteps do we guide ourselves."
>  
>        And thus never before thy time did we send a warner to any city but its
> wealthy ones said:  "Verily we found our fathers with a religion, and in their
> tracks we tread."
>  
>        Say, - such was our command to that apostle - "What! even if I bring you
> a religion more right than that ye found your fathers following?"  And they
> said, "Verily we believe not in your message."
>  
>        Wherefore we took vengeance on them, and behold what hath been the end
> of those who treated our messengers as liars!
>  
>        And bear in mind when Abraham said to his father and to his people,
> "Verily I am clear of what ye worship,
>  
>        Save Him who hath created me; for he will vouchsafe me guidance."
>  
>        And this he established as a doctrine that should abide among his
> posterity, that to God might they be turned.
>  
>        In sooth to these idolatrous Arabians and to their fathers did I allow
> their full enjoyments, till the truth should come to them, and an undoubted
> apostle:
>  
>        But now that the truth hath come to them, they say, "'Tis sorcery, and
> we believe it not."
>  
> 43:30  And they say, 'Had but this Koran been sent down to some great one of
> the two cities. . .!"
>  
>        Are they then the distributors of thy Lord's Mercy?  It is we who
> distribute their subsistence among them in this world's life; and we raise some
> of them by grades above others, that the one may take the other to serve him:
> but better is the mercy of thy Lord than all their hoards.
>  
>        But for fear that all mankind would have become a single people of
> unbelievers, verily we would certainly have given to those who believe not in
> the God of Mercy roofs of silver to their houses, and silver stairs to ascend
> by;
>  
>        And doors of silver to their houses, and couches of silver to recline
> on;
>  
>        And ornaments of gold: for all these are merely the good things of the
> present life; but the next life doth thy Lord reserve for those who fear Him.
>  
>        And whoso shall withdraw from the Warning of the God of Mercy, we will
> chain a Satan to him, and he shall be his fast companion:
>  
>        For the Satans will turn men aside from the Way, who yet shall deem
> themselves rightly guided;
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>        Until when man shall come before us, he shall say, "O Satan, would that
> between me and thee were the distance of the East and West."  And a wretched
> companion is a Satan.
>  
>        But it shall not avail you on that day, because ye were unjust: partners
> shall ye be in the torment.
>  
>        What! Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind and him
> who is in palpable error?
>  
> 43:40  Whether therefore we take thee off by death, surely will we avenge
> ourselves on them;
>  
>        Or whether we make thee a witness of the accomplishment of that with
> which we threatened them, we will surely gain the mastery over them.
>  
>        Hold thou fast therefore what hath been revealed to thee, for thou art
> on a right path:
>  
>        For truly to thee and to thy people it is an admonition; and ye shall
> have an account to render for it at last.
>  
>        And ask our Sent Ones whom we have sent before thee, "Appointed we gods
> beside the God of Mercy whom they should worship?"
>  
>        Of old sent we Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles: and he
> aid, "I truly am the Apostle of the Lord of the world."
>  
>        And when he presented himself before them with our signs, lo!
> they laughed at them,
>  
>        Though we shewed them no sign that was not greater than its fellow: and
> therefore did we lay hold on them with chastisement, to the intent that they
> might be turned to God.
>  
>        Then they said, "O Magician! call on thy Lord on our behalf to do as he
> hath engaged with thee, for truly we would fain be guided."
>  
>        But when we relieved them from the chastisement, lo! they broke their
> pledge.
>  
> 43:50  And Pharaoh made proclamation among his people.  Said he, "O my people!
> is not the kingdom of Egypt mine, and these rivers which flow at my feet?  Do
> ye not behold?
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>        Am I not mightier than this despicable fellow,
>  
>        And who scarce can speak distinctly?
>  
>        Have bracelets of gold then been put upon him, or come there with him a
> train of Angels?"
>  
>        And he inspired his people with levity, and they obeyed him; for they
> were a perverse people:
>  
>        And when they had angered us, we took vengeance on them, and we drowned
> them all.
>  
>        And we made them a precedent and instance of divine judgments to those
> who came after them.
>  
>        And when the Son of Mary was set forth as an instance of divine power,
> lo! thy people cried out for joy thereat:
>  
>        And they said, "Are our gods or is he the better?"  They put this forth
> to thee only in the spirit of dispute.  Yea, they are a contentious people.
>  
>        Jesus is no more than a servant whom we favoured, and proposed as an
> instance of divine power to the children of Israel.
>  
> 43:60  (And if we pleased, we could from yourselves bring forth Angels to
> succeed you on earth:)
>  
>        And he shall be a sign of the last hour; doubt not then of it, and
> follow ye me: this is the right way;
>  
>        And let not Satan turn you aside from it, for he is your manifest foe.
>  
>        And when Jesus came with manifest proofs, he said, "Now am I come to you
> with wisdom; and a part of those things about which ye are at variance I will
> clear up to you; fear ye God therefore and obey me.
>  
>        Verily, God is my Lord and your Lord; wherefore worship ye him: this is
> a right way."
>  
>        But the different parties feel into disputes among themselves; but woe
> to those who thus transgressed, because of the punishment of an afflictive day!
>  
>        For what wait they but for the hour "to come suddenly on them, while
> they expect it not?"
>  
>        Friends on that day shall become foes to one another, except the
> God-fearing:-
>  
>        "O my servants! on this day shall not fear come upon you, neither shall
> ye be put to grief,
>  
>        Who have believed in our signs and become Muslims:
>  
> 43:70  Enter ye and your wives into Paradise, delighted."
>  
>        Dishes and bowls of gold shall go round unto them: there shall they
> enjoy whatever their souls desire, and whatever their eyes delight in; and
> therein shall ye abide for ever.
>  
>        This is Paradise, which ye have received as your heritage in recompense
> for your works;
>  
>        Therein shall ye have fruits in abundance, of which ye shall eat.
>  
>        But in the torment of Hell shall the wicked remain for ever:
>  
>        It shall not be mitigated to them,. and they shall be mute for despair
> therein,
>  
>        For it is not we who have treated them unjustly, but it was they who
> were unjust to themselves.
>  
>        And they shall cry, "O Malec! would that thy Lord would make an end of
> us!"  He saith:  "Here must ye remain."
>  
>        We have come to you with the truth (O Meccans), but most of you abhor
> the truth.
>  
>        Have they drawn tight their toils for thee?  We too will tighten ours.
>  
> 43:80  Think they that we hear not their secrets and their private talk?  yes,
> and our angels who are at their sides write them down.
>  
>        Say:  If the God of Mercy had a son, the first would I be to worship
> him:
>  
>        But far be the Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, the Lord of
> the Throne, from that which they impute to Him!
>  
>        Wherefore let them alone, to plunge on, and sport, until they meet the
> day with which they are menaced.
>  
>        He who is God in the Heavens is God in earth also: and He is the Wise,
> the Knowing.
>  
>        And Blessed be He whose is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth
> and of all that is between them; for with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and
> to Him shall ye be brought back.
>  
>        The gods whom they call upon beside Him shall not be able to intercede
> for others: they only shall be able who bore witness to the truth and knew it."
>  
>        If thou ask them who hath created them, they will be sure to say, "God."
>  How then hold they false opinions?
>  
>        And one saith, "O Lord! verily these are people who believe not."
>  
>        Turn thou then from them, and say, "Peace:"  In the end they shall know
> their folly.
>
> — *Sura  43 - Ornaments of Gold*