أَلا يَعلَمُ مَن خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطيفُ الخَبيرُ
Wouldn’t He know, He who created? He is the Kind, the Expert.
هُوَ الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ ذَلولًا فَامشوا في مَناكِبِها وَكُلوا مِن رِزقِهِ ۖ وَإِلَيهِ النُّشورُ
It is He who made the earth manageable for you. So traverse its tracks and eat from His provision. To Him is the resurgence.
أَأَمِنتُم مَن فِي السَّماءِ أَن يَخسِفَ بِكُمُ الأَرضَ فَإِذا هِيَ تَمورُ
Are you certain that the One in the heavens won’t cause the earth to swallow you as it shakes?
أَم أَمِنتُم مَن فِي السَّماءِ أَن يُرسِلَ عَلَيكُم حاصِبًا ۖ فَسَتَعلَمونَ كَيفَ نَذيرِ
Are you sure that the One in the heavens won’t send upon you a violent wind? Then you will know how My warning was.
وَلَقَد كَذَّبَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم فَكَيفَ كانَ نَكيرِ
Those before them also denied. So, how was My condemnation?
أَوَلَم يَرَوا إِلَى الطَّيرِ فَوقَهُم صافّاتٍ وَيَقبِضنَ ۚ ما يُمسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحمـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ بَصيرٌ
Don’t they see the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Merciful. He is watchful over all things.
أَمَّن هـٰذَا الَّذي هُوَ جُندٌ لَكُم يَنصُرُكُم مِن دونِ الرَّحمـٰنِ ۚ إِنِ الكافِرونَ إِلّا في غُرورٍ
Who could be an army to aid you, other than the Most Merciful? The unbelievers are in nothing but delusion.
أَمَّن هـٰذَا الَّذي يَرزُقُكُم إِن أَمسَكَ رِزقَهُ ۚ بَل لَجّوا في عُتُوٍّ وَنُفورٍ
Who will sustain you if He withholds His provision? Yet, they persist in defiance and aversion.
أَفَمَن يَمشي مُكِبًّا عَلىٰ وَجهِهِ أَهدىٰ أَمَّن يَمشي سَوِيًّا عَلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ
Who is better guided: the one who walks face down, or the one who walks upright on a straight path?
قُل هُوَ الَّذي أَنشَأَكُم وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمعَ وَالأَبصارَ وَالأَفئِدَةَ ۖ قَليلًا ما تَشكُرونَ
Say, “It is He who created you and endowed you with hearing, sight, and hearts. Yet, little do you give thanks.”
قُل هُوَ الَّذي ذَرَأَكُم فِي الأَرضِ وَإِلَيهِ تُحشَرونَ
Say, “It is He who multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him, you will be gathered.”