HA-MEEM SAJDAH (HA-MEEM - PROSTRATION) Section 1 Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful [HMSajdah 41:1] Ha-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language - Allah, and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.) [HMSajdah 41:2] This (Qur’an) is sent down from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [HMSajdah 41:3] A Book the verses of which are explained in detail, the Qur’an in Arabic for people of intellect. [HMSajdah 41:4] Giving glad tidings and heralding warning; so most of them turned away, therefore they cannot listen (to the truth). [HMSajdah 41:5] And they say, “Our hearts are covered against the affair you call us to, and there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between us and you - therefore mind your own business, we are minding ours.” [HMSajdah 41:6] Proclaim (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), “Physically I am a human like you - I receive the divine revelation that your God is only One God, therefore be upright towards Him and seek forgiveness from Him”; and woe is to the polytheists. - [HMSajdah 41:7] Those who do not give the obligatory charity, and who deny the Hereafter. [HMSajdah 41:8] Indeed for those who believed and did good deeds, is a limitless reward. Section 2 [HMSajdah 41:9] Say “What! You disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two days, and you appoint equals to Him? He is the Lord Of The Creation!” [HMSajdah 41:10] And in it He placed mountains as anchors from above it, and blessings in it, and appointed the sustenance for those who dwell in it - all this in four days; a proper answer to those who question. [HMSajdah 41:11] He then inclined towards the heavens
and it was smoke - thereupon He said to it and to the earth, “Both of you
present yourselves, willingly or with reluctance”; they said, “We present
ourselves, with zeal.” |