حمٓ

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Ḥâ-Mĩm.

˹This is˺ a revelation from the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

˹It is˺ a Book whose verses are perfectly explained—a Quran in Arabic for people who know,

delivering good news and warning. Yet most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

They say, “Our hearts are veiled against what you are calling us to, there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between us and you. So do ˹whatever you want˺ and so shall we!”

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I am only a man like you, ˹but˺ it has been revealed to me that your God is only One God. So take the Straight Way towards Him, and seek His forgiveness. And woe to the polytheists—

those who do not pay alms-tax and are in denial of the Hereafter.

˹But˺ those who believe and do good will certainly have a never-ending reward.

Ask ˹them, O  Prophet˺, “How can you disbelieve in the One Who created the earth in two Days? And how can you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of all worlds.

He placed on the earth firm mountains, standing high, showered His blessings upon it, and ordained ˹all˺ its means of sustenance—totaling four Days exactly¹—for all who ask.

Then He turned towards the heaven when it was ˹still like˺ smoke, saying to it and to the earth, ‘Submit, willingly or unwillingly.’ They both responded, ‘We submit willingly.’