Verses 98–113

إِنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًۭا﴿٩٨﴾

20:98Indeed your God is Allah. There is no god except Him. He embraces all things in [His] knowledge.’

كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًۭا﴿٩٩﴾

20:99Thus do We relate to you some accounts of what is past. Certainly, We have given you a Reminder from Ourselves.¹

مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وِزْرًا﴿١٠٠﴾

20:100Whoever disregards it shall bear a burden [of punishment] on the Day of Resurrection,²

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ حِمْلًۭا﴿١٠١﴾

20:101remaining in it [forever]. Evil is their burden on the Day of Resurrection

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ زُرْقًۭا﴿١٠٢﴾

20:102—the day the Trumpet will be blown; on that day We shall muster the guilty with blind eyes.³

يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًۭا﴿١٠٣﴾

20:103They will whisper to one another: ‘You have stayed only for ten [days].’

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًۭا﴿١٠٤﴾

20:104We know best what they will say, when the smartest of them in approach will say, ‘You stayed only a day!’

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًۭا﴿١٠٥﴾

20:105They question you concerning the mountains. Say, ‘My Lord will scatter them [like dust].’

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًۭا صَفْصَفًۭا﴿١٠٦﴾

20:106Then He will leave it a level plain.

لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًۭا وَلَآ أَمْتًۭا﴿١٠٧﴾

20:107You will not see any crookedness or unevenness in it.

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًۭا﴿١٠٨﴾

20:108On that day they will follow the summoner without zigzagging. Their voices will be muted before the All-beneficent, and you will hear nothing but a murmur.

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًۭا﴿١٠٩﴾

20:109Intercession will not avail that day except from him whom the All-beneficent allows and approves of his word.

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًۭا﴿١١٠﴾

20:110He knows what is before them and behind them, though they do not comprehend Him in their knowledge.

۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًۭا﴿١١١﴾

20:111All faces shall be humbled before the Living One, the All-sustainer, and those who bear [the burden of] wrongdoing will fail.

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًۭا وَلَا هَضْمًۭا﴿١١٢﴾

20:112But whoever does righteous deeds, being faithful, will neither fear any injustice or disparagement.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًۭا﴿١١٣﴾

20:113Thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran and We have paraphrased the warnings in it variously so that they may be Godwary, or it may prompt them to remembrance.