89 "O my people, let not your hostility towards me cause you to suffer what was suffered by the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh. The people of Lot are not far away from you."
90 "And ask your Lord for forgiveness, and repent to Him. My Lord is Merciful and Loving."
91 They said, "O Shuaib, we do not understand much of what you say, and we see that you are weak among us. Were it not for your tribe, we would have stoned you. You are of no value to us."
92 He said, "O my people, is my tribe more important to you than God? And you have turned your backs on Him? My Lord comprehends everything you do."
93 "O my people, do as you may, and so will I. You will know to whom will come a punishment that will shame him, and who is a liar. So look out; I am on the lookout with you."
94 And when Our command came, We saved Shuaib and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us, and the Blast struck the wrongdoers, and they became motionless bodies in their homes.
95 As though they never flourished therein. Away with Median, as was done away with Thamood.
96 And We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear mandate.
97 To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not wise.
98 He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will lead them into the Fire. Miserable is the place he placed them in.
99 They were followed by a curse in this, and on the Day of Resurrection. Miserable is the path they followed.
100 These are of the reports of the towns-We relate them to you. Some are still standing, and some have withered away.
101 We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. Their gods, whom they invoked besides God, availed them nothing when the command of your Lord arrived. In fact, they added only to their ruin.
102 Such is the grip of your Lord when He seizes the towns in the midst of their sins. His grip is most painful, most severe.
103 In that is a sign for whoever fears the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which humanity will be gathered together-that is a Day to be witnessed.
104 We only postpone it until a predetermined time.
105 On the Day when it arrives, no soul will speak without His permission. Some will be miserable, and some will be happy.
106 As for those who are miserable, they will be in the Fire. They will have therein sighing and wailing.
107 Remaining therein for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills. Your Lord is Doer of whatever He wills.
108 And as for those who are happy, they will be in Paradise, remaining therein for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills-a reward without end.
109 So be not in doubt regarding what these people worship. They worship only as their ancestors worshiped before. We will pay them their due in full, without any reduction.
110 We gave Moses the Scripture, but it was disputed. Were it not for a prior word from your Lord, it would have been settled between them. They are in serious doubt concerning it.
111 Your Lord will repay each one of them in full for their deeds. He is Aware of everything they do.
112 So be upright, as you are commanded, along with those who repented with you, and do not transgress. He is Seeing of everything you do.
113 And do not incline towards those who do wrong, or the Fire may touch you; and you will have no protectors besides God, and you will not be saved.
114 Perform the prayer at the borders of the day, and during the approaches of the night. The good deeds take away the bad deeds. This is a reminder for those who remember.
115 And be patient. God will not waste the reward of the virtuous.
116 If only there were, among the generations before you, people with wisdom, who spoke against corruption on earth-except for the few whom We saved. But the wrongdoers pursued the luxuries they were indulged in, and thus became guilty.
117 Your Lord would never destroy the towns wrongfully, while their inhabitants are righteous.
118 Had your Lord willed, He could have made humanity one community, but they continue to differ.
119 Except those on whom your Lord has mercy-for that reason He created them. The Word of your Lord is final: "I will fill Hell with jinn and humans, altogether."
120 Everything We narrate to you of the history of the messengers is to strengthen your heart therewith. The truth has come to you in this, and a lesson, and a reminder for the believers.
121 And say to those who do not believe, "Act according to your ability; and so will we."
122 "And wait; we too are waiting."
123 To God belongs the future of the heavens and the earth, and to Him all authority goes back. So worship Him, and rely on Him. Your Lord is never unaware of what you do.
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1 Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Clear Book.
2 We have revealed it an Arabic Quran, so that you may understand.
3 We narrate to you the most accurate history, by revealing to you this Quran. Although, prior to it, you were of the unaware.
4 When Joseph said to his father, "O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them bowing down to me."
5 He said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest they plot and scheme against you. Satan is man's sworn enemy.
6 And thus your Lord will choose you, and will teach you the interpretation of events, and will complete His blessing upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He has completed it before upon your forefathers Abraham and Isaac. Your Lord is Knowing and Wise.
7 In Joseph and his brothers are lessons for the seekers.
8 When they said, "Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, although we are a whole group. Our father is obviously in the wrong.
9 "Kill Joseph, or throw him somewhere in the land, and your father's attention will be yours. Afterwards, you will be decent people."
10 One of them said, "Do not kill Joseph, but throw him into the bottom of the well; some caravan may pick him up-if you must do something."
11 They said, "Father, why do you not trust us with Joseph, although we care for him?"
12 "Send him with us tomorrow, that he may roam and play; we will take care of him."
13 He said, "It worries me that you would take him away. And I fear the wolf may eat him while you are careless of him."
14 They said, "If the wolf ate him, and we are many, we would be good for nothing."
15 So they went away with him, and agreed to put him at the bottom of the well. And We inspired him, "You will inform them of this deed of theirs when they are unaware."
16 And they came to their father in the evening weeping.
17 They said, "O father, we went off racing one another, and left Joseph by our belongings; and the wolf ate him. But you will not believe us, even though we are being truthful."
18 And they brought