Surah Al-Ankaboot

وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّنْخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَسَخَّرَٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَلَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُفَأَنَّىٰيُؤْفَكُونَ

And thus it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth, and made the sun and the moon subservi­ent [to His laws]?” - they will surely answer, “God.” How perverted, then, are their minds!

ٱللَّهُيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦوَيَقْدِرُلَهُۥٓإِنَّٱللَّهَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌۭ

God grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, to whichever He wills of His crea­tures: for, behold, God has full knowledge of every­thing.

وَلَئِنسَأَلْتَهُممَّننَّزَّلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۭفَأَحْيَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَمِنۢبَعْدِمَوْتِهَالَيَقُولُنَّٱللَّهُقُلِٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْقِلُونَ

And thus it is: if thou ask them, “Who is it that sends down water from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless?” - they will surely answer, “God.” Say thou: “[Since this is so,] all praise is due to God [alone]!” But most of them will not use their reason:

وَمَاهَٰذِهِٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَآإِلَّالَهْوٌۭوَلَعِبٌۭوَإِنَّٱلدَّارَٱلْءَاخِرَةَلَهِىَٱلْحَيَوَانُلَوْكَانُوا۟يَعْلَمُونَ

for, [if they did, they would know that] the life of this world is nothing but a passing delight and a play - whereas, behold, the life in the hereafter is indeed the only [true] life: if they but knew this!

فَإِذَارَكِبُوا۟فِىٱلْفُلْكِدَعَوُا۟ٱللَّهَمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَفَلَمَّانَجَّىٰهُمْإِلَىٱلْبَرِّإِذَاهُمْيُشْرِكُونَ

And so, when they embark on a ship [and find themselves in danger], they call unto God, [at that moment] sincere in their faith in Him alone; but as soon as He has brought them safe ashore, they [begin to] ascribe to imaginary powers a share in His divinity:

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟بِمَآءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْوَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟فَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَ

and thus they show utter ingratitude for all that We have vouchsafed them, and go on [thoughtlessly] enjoying their worldly life.

أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟أَنَّاجَعَلْنَاحَرَمًاءَامِنًۭاوَيُتَخَطَّفُٱلنَّاسُمِنْحَوْلِهِمْأَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِيُؤْمِنُونَوَبِنِعْمَةِٱللَّهِيَكْفُرُونَ

Are they, then, not aware that We have set up a sanctuary secure [for those who believe in Us], the while all around them men are being carried away [by fear and despair]? Will they, then, [continue to] believe in things false and vain, and thus deny God’s blessings.

وَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَوْكَذَّبَبِٱلْحَقِّلَمَّاجَآءَهُۥٓأَلَيْسَفِىجَهَنَّمَمَثْوًۭىلِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And who could be more wicked than he who attributes his own lying inventions to God, or gives the lie to the truth when it comes unto him [through revelation]? Is not hell the [proper] abode for all who [thus] deny the truth?

وَٱلَّذِينَجَٰهَدُوا۟فِينَالَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْسُبُلَنَاوَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَمَعَٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

But as for those who strive hard in Our cause -We shall most certainly guide them onto paths that lead unto Us: for, behold, God is indeed with the doers of good.