Sura 25 The Criterion (Al-Furqan)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[25:1] Blessed is the One who brought down the Criterion upon His servant so that it would be a warner to all the people.

[25:2] He is the One to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He has not taken a son, and He does not have a partner in the sovereignty. He created everything and proportioned it with utmost precision.

[25:3] They have taken up gods besides Him who do not create anything but are themselves created. They do not possess the power to harm or benefit themselves, nor do they possess the power over death, life, or resurrection.

[25:4] Those who disbelieved said, "This is a falsehood which he fabricated, and some other people helped him with it." They have come up with injustice and lies.

[25:5] And they said, "Tales of the previous ones which he wrote down, for they are being dictated to him morning and evening."

[25:6] Say, "It was brought down by the One who knows the secrets in the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is Forgiver, Merciful."

[25:7] And they said, "How come this messenger eats food and walks in the markets? If only an angel was brought down to him so as to be a warner alongside him?

[25:8] Or for a treasure to be dropped down to him, or that he would have a garden from which he eats!" The transgressors said, "You are following none other than a bewitched man."

[25:9] Look what descriptions they ascribe to you! They were led astray and so they cannot find the way.

[25:10] Blessed is the One who, if He wills, can grant you better than that: Gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He can grant you palaces.

[25:11] In fact, they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

[25:12] When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear it raging and fuming.

[25:13] And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein, all shackled, they will plead there for destruction.

[25:14] Do not plead today for one destruction. Plead for many destructions.

[25:15] Say, "Is that better, or the eternal Paradise that was promised to the reverent?" It is, for them, a reward and destination.

[25:16] Therein, they shall have what they wish for, eternally. It is a promise that is binding upon your Lord.

[25:17] On the Day He gathers them, together with what they worshipped besides God, He will say, "Have you misled these, My servants, or was it they who strayed off the path?"

[25:18] They said, "Glory to You, it was not for us to take any allies besides You, but You lavished enjoyments on them and their fathers until they forgot the Reminder and became a wasted people."