Surah 36

And that you should worship Me [Alone - Islâmic Monotheism, and set up not rivals, associate-gods with Me]. That is the Straight Path.[3]

And indeed he (Satan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand?

This is Hell which you were promised!

Burn therein this Day, for that you used to disbelieve.[4]

This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn. (It is said that one’s left thigh will be the first to bear the witness). [Tafsir At-Tabarî,]

And if it had been Our Will, We would surely have wiped out (blinded) their eyes, so that they would struggle for the Path, how then would they see?

And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (into animals or lifeless objects) in their places. Then they would have been unable to go forward (move about) nor they could have turned back.[5]

And he whom We grant long life - We reverse him in creation (weakness after strength). Will they not then understand?

And We have not taught him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) poetry, nor is it suitable for him. This is only a Reminder and a plain Qur’ân.

That he or it (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم or the Qur’ân) may give warning to him who is living (a healthy minded - the believer), and that Word (charge) may be justified against the disbelievers (dead, as they reject the warnings).

Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands have created the cattle, so that they are their owners.

And We have subdued them unto them so that some of them they have for riding and some they eat.

And they have (other) benefits from them, and they get (milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful?

And they have taken besides Allâh âlihah (gods), hoping that they might be helped (by those so-called gods).

They cannot help them, but they will be brought forward as a troop against those who worshipped them (at the time of Reckoning).

So let not their speech, then, grieve you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal.

Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge - semen drops). Yet behold he (stands forth) as an open opponent.

And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust?"

Say: (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!"

He Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold you kindle therewith.