Quranic Verses: Revelation, Creation, and Divine Power

Quranic Verses on Revelation and Divine Authority

Section 1: The Book and the Unbelievers

Tā Sīn Mīm.

1. These are verses of the Book that makes things clear.
2. It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.
3. If such were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.
4. But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from Allah Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.
5. They have indeed rejected the Message: so they will know soon enough the truth of what they mocked at!
6. Do they not look at the earth—how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?
7. Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
8. And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
9. Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity—"

Section 2: The Mother of the Book and the Mockers

Hā Mīm.

1. By the Book that makes things clear—
2. We have made it a Quran in Arabic, that you may be able to understand and learn wisdom.
3. And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high in dignity, full of wisdom.
4. Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel you, for that you are a people transgressing beyond bounds?
5. But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old?
6. And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.
7. So We destroyed them—stronger in power than these—and thus has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
8. If thou wert to question them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" They would be sure to reply, they were created by Him, the Exalted in Power, Full of Knowledge.
9. Yea, the same that has made for you the earth like a carpet spread out, and has made for you roads and channels therein, in order that you may find guidance on the way.

Section 3: The Blessed Night and the Day of Smoke

Hā Mīm.

1. By the Book that makes things clear.
2. We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We ever wish to warn against Evil.
3. In the Night is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
4. By command, from Our Presence. For We ever send revelations,
5. As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows all things;
6. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if you but have an assured faith.
7. There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death—The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
8. Yet they play about in doubt.
9. Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible.