Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
64. Sūrat al-Taghābun 1
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
1 Whatever there is in the heavens glorifies Allah
and whatever there is in the earth.
To Him belongs all sovereignty
and to Him belongs all praise,
and He has power over all things.
2 It is He who created you.
Then some of you are faithless
and some of you are faithful,
and Allah sees best what you do.
3 He created the heavens and the earth
with reason,
and He formed you and perfected your forms,
and toward Him is the destination.
4 He knows whatever there is in the heavens and the earth,
and He knows whatever you hide
and whatever you disclose,
and Allah knows best what is in the breasts.
5 Has there not come to you the account
of those who were faithless before?
They tasted the evil consequences of their conduct,
and there is a painful punishment for them.
6 That was because their apostles used to bring them
1 The sūrah takes its name from “the day of dispossession” (yawm al-taghābun) mentioned in verse 9.
