Rowwad Translation Center — 411

31:1 Alif Lām Mīm[1].

31:2 These are the verses of the Book of wisdom[1],

31:3 a guidance and mercy for those who do good,

31:4 those who establish prayer and give zakah, and firmly believe in the Hereafter.

31:5 It is they who are upon guidance from their Lord, and it is they who are successful.

31:6 There are some people who engage in a discourse of amusements[1] in order to lead people away from the way of Allah without knowledge, and to make a mockery of it. For such there will be a humiliating punishment.

31:7 When Our verses are recited to him, he turns away in arrogance, as if he did not hear them, as if there were deafness in his ears. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

31:8 But those who believe and do righteous deeds, they will have Gardens of Bliss,

31:9 abiding therein forever; this is a true promise from Allah, and He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

31:10 He created the heavens without pillars that you can see; and He placed firm mountains on the earth so it does not shake with you; and He spread therein all kinds of creatures. We sent down rain from the sky and caused to grow therein all kinds of fine plants.

31:11 This is Allah’s creation. So show Me what others besides Him have created. In fact, the wrongdoers are clearly misguided.