Revealed before the Hijrah. This chapter has 99 verses.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. Alif. Lám. Rá. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qurán that makes things clear. 2. Often will those who disbelieve, wish that they had been Muslims.
3. Leave them alone, to eat and enjoy, and let (false) hope distract them soon. For they will soon know.
4. Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
5. Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
6. They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
7. "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
8. We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
9. We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
