Read the Quran
- Was there not a period of time when man was nothing worth mentioning?
- We created man from a drop of mingled fluid so that We might try him; We gave him hearing and sight;
- We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful.
- [Now,] behold, for those who deny the truth, We have prepared chains, iron collars and a blazing fire, but
- the righteous shall drink from a cup mixed with the coolness of kafur,
- a spring from which God’s servants will drink, making it gush forth in branches.
- They keep their vows and fear a day the woe of which will spread far and wide;
- they give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives,
- saying, ‘We feed you for the sake of God alone, we seek neither recompense nor thanks from you.
- Truly, we fear from our Lord a woefully grim Day.’
- Therefore, God will ward off from them the woes of that Day, and make them find brightness and joy,
- and their reward for being patient will be a Garden and silk [clothing].
- Reclining upon couches, they will find therein neither the heat of the sun nor bitter, biting cold,
- the shading branches of trees will come down low over them, and their clusters of fruit, will hang down where they are the easiest to reach.
- Vessels of silver and goblets of pure crystal will be passed round among them
- and gleaming silver goblets which have been filled to the exact measure,
- and they will be given a cup to drink flavoured with ginger,
- from a flowing spring called Salsabil.
- They will be attended by youths who will not age—when you see them you will think them to be like sprinkled pearls—
- wherever you look, you will see bliss and a great kingdom:
- they will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade. They will be adorned with silver bracelets. And their Lord will give them a pure drink.
- This is your reward. Your endeavour is fully acknowledged.
- Truly, it is We who have revealed to you the Quran, a gradual revelation.
- So wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and do not yield to anyone among them who is sinful or ungrateful;
- and glorify your Lord morning and evening;
- and during the night prostrate yourself before Him, and extol His glory for a long part of the night.
- Those people [who are unmindful of God] aspire for immediate gains, and put behind them a Heavy Day.
- It was We who created them and made their constitution strong, but if We wish we can replace them with others like them.
- This is a reminder. Let whoever wishes, take the right path to his Lord.
- But you cannot will it unless God wills [to show you that way]—God is indeed all-knowing and wise—
- He admits whoever He will into His grace and has prepared a painful punishment for the evil doers.
76:1-3
The Quran was revealed in the seventh century A.D. At that time nobody in the whole world knew that the formation of a human being in the mother’s womb started with a drop or clot. It was only in the twentieth century that man came to know that a human being’s (as well as an animal’s) initial creative clot was formed by a combination of two parts—the ovum of a woman and the sperm of a man. When these two microscopic elements combined, that living thing started forming in the mother’s womb which finally took the shape of a human being. The occurrence of the expression, ‘a drop of mingled fluid’ (min nutfatin amshajin) in the Quran one thousand five hundred years ago proves that the Quran is the Book of God.
There are many such examples in the Quran. These exceptional cases clearly establish that the Quran was divinely inspired. And when it has once been established that the Quran is the Book of God, its every statement has to be accepted as true, solely on the basis of its having been recorded in the Quran.
Camphor—a sweet smelling herb.
76:4-16
Man has been created free in this world and then he has been shown two paths leading respectively towards a life of gratitude and a life of ingratitude. Now, it is for the concerned person to choose either of the two paths. For one who adopts the way of ingratitude, there will be the punishment of Hell in the Hereafter, and for one who adopts the way of gratitude, there will be the bounties of Paradise.
76:17-22
This is the description of a higher plane of Paradise where people of a higher level of faith will be settled. Royal bounties will fall to the lot of the inhabitants of this Paradise.
76:23-31
There are two particular reasons for the denial of Truth. Either man has his worldly interests in view, and the fear of being deprived of these prevents him from going ahead towards the Truth. Or man’s false pride prevents him from recognising greatness in anyone other than his own self. Both types of people create obstacles in the way of the mission of Truth. But the preacher of Truth has been commanded to carry on his work with patience and without paying any heed to the hurdles he must surmount.
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