Surah Al-Ankabut

Alif Lam Mim

Do the people reckon that they will be left to say 'We believe,' and will not be tried?

We certainly tried those that were before them, and assuredly God knows those who speak truly, and assuredly He knows the liars.

Or do they reckon, those who do evil deeds, that they will outstrip Us? Ill they judge!

Whoso looks to encounter God, God's term is coming; He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

Whosoever struggles, struggles only to his own gain; surely God is All-sufficient nor needs any being.

And those who believe, and do righteous deeds, We shall surely acquit them of their evil deeds, and shall recompense them the best of what they were doing.

We have charged man, that he be kind to his parents; but if they strive with thee to make thee associate with Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge, then do not obey them; unto Me you shall return, and I shall tell you what you were doing.

And those who believe, and do righteous deeds assuredly We shall admit them among the righteous.

Some men there are who say, 'We believe in God,' but when such a man is hurt in God's cause, he makes the persecution of men as it were God's chastisement; then if help comes from thy Lord, he will say 'We were with you.' What, does not God know very well what is in the breasts of all beings?

God surely knows the believers, and He knows the hypocrites.

The unbelievers say to the believers, 'Follow our path, and let us carry your offences'; yet they cannot carry anything, even of their own offences; they are truly liars.

They shall certainly carry their loads, and other loads along with their loads, and upon the Day of Resurrection they shall surely be questioned concerning that they were forging.

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years, all but fifty; so the Flood seized them, while they were evildoers.

Yet We delivered him, and those who were in the ship, and appointed it for a sign unto all beings.