I am home:*)
I am in Amman, just arrived few hours ago.
will tell you more later inshalla....
me*
will tell you more later inshalla....
me*
posted by khalid jarrar at 10:18 PM
As We Say... Your Secret Is In a Deep Well
posted by khalid jarrar at 10:18 PM
107 Comments:
happy you are safe, eager to hear your report. peace.
K, are you on double probation?
You are free, thank god!!
Welcome back! A lot of people were worried about you, it's a big relief to know you're safe.
Thank God! Auntie has been worried, you asked me not to, but I was, we all were. Blessings
Khalid,
Are you a 'muhandis' yet?
Julie
God bless, bro.
thank god. we were about to lose the only human (read: not mainstream-media, not "embedded") account of the occupation.
what did they want from you?
I am so glad to hear you are out and safe! I thought about you a lot when I heard you were first missing. I was so worried about you, as were many people. So glad to know that you are safe now. God Bless you and your family.
K,
I am so glad you and your mom are back home in Amman. I was very very worried. Rest up and relax for awhile, then back to work defeating the lies and liars.
peace, Susan
Susan that would be the Baathist scum and sunni mafia you're refering to..correct!
glad you are safe; many, many people you have never met are touched by your family and your individual works. rest up, be well, and tell us what you can--a whole world of friends is waiting.
My warmest congratulations to the whole family on the very good news!
I am so happy that you are safe.
You have many people all around the world that care about you and your family (and other Iraqis) very much.
After I saw your mothers photos, id love to fuck her.
Thank G-d you're safe!!!
Many people here in Canada were praying for you.
Rest. Be with your family. Enjoy life.
-K.
It's nice to see you're alright. I thought I'd have to bust in to that place with an AK and get you out. I'm not ready to do that again.
mabrook wa al 7amdulillah wa mar7aba ya Khalid
hey, "mabrouk" represents about 15 % of my arabic knowledge ! Very appropriate !
I hope there will be huge celebrations with the Jarrar family and their friends ! There are great happiness worldwide too !
Have you see the number of people who signed a petition for your freedom, Khalid ? We are all overjoyed !
810 people, and I could recognise names from Japan, South America, Greece, Scandinavia, Italy, France, USA, England, Ireland, Germany, etc...
Yours was a terrible ordeal, but we in the world were there, feeling your pain and fears, and that of your family ! You were not alone !
I forgot, that's the link to that petition, if you want to see the list of your friends:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/820522461
If all good people of the world unite, there is nothing we can't achieve.
Your friend in Paris
It's great news to know you're safe and out of the country. As a couple of commenters have noted, a lot of people have been watching and petitioning. You have a great family.
We look forward to hearing from you, once you've been able to rest and recover. Cheers.
Please keep safe, Khalid. We were all very worried about you and also very sorry for Faiza who must have been suffering greatly during your ordeal. It is so sad that you have to leave Iraq to be safe. Love to you and all your family.
Khalid,
Though not knowing you and your wonderful family directly, I feel like I do and and was overjoyed when CSH left a message at Free Iraq that you are FREE! Having signed the petition for your freedom I am so proud to note the company I keep with people around the world. The scourge of what has been visited upon Iraq is hideous. The people of Iraq (and elsewhere) are wonderful. That is something to celebrate. May we live to see freedom come to your land and all its people. Peace to you and yours.
Welcome back, Khalid! :-)
This is all I can say at the moment because I'm too (^_^) (emoticon a-la Japonais(e)) for words.
from Tokyo
Khalid,
I am ashamed that I was the last to know of your ordeal. I would have been worried sick. 7amdulillah you are safe now. Someday, inshalla, I will rejoice with you in person. Alla bil-kheir!
Julie
dear khalid
i am MORE THAN happy to know taht you are safe now ...i prayed so much for you ..i wrote to raed too ..take good care of your self ..
Huma from Pakistan
dear khalid
i am MORE THAN happy to know taht you are safe now ...i prayed so much for you ..i wrote to raed too ..take good care of your self ..
Huma from Pakistan
Blessings on you and your family. I am so glad you are safe
Welcome back. I dont know, but I wish I did. Your courage has helped us in the USA understand the awful reality of what our government is doing to Iraq, and the world. We have begun the uphill fight...
I am very happy that you are safe. I'll admit it now - I was not at all optimistic, one hears such terrible things.
Rachel, a Brit in London
Hey dude! I knew you'd be ok because you're a tough guy, even though you don't believe in violence.
I'm glad you're safe and your family can now relax a little bit.
Take care, ok?
Wonderful news.
Glad to hear you are safe. You were in my prayers. Sometimes things do go right.
All of these wonderful voices Khalid from all over the world, are there enough of us yet, have we reached critical mass to join, to finally come together as one and start or buck up an organization that will truly work for human rights in Iraq. There are so many organizations, we need to link up someway, to gather as a strong voice. In God, in truth and for Peace.
I will work my fingers to the bone, but I am not a natural leader.
One of you must be a natural leader capable of coalescing this ragtag group of idealists into a force to be reckoned with. Friends for Peace/Costa Rica stands with you.
Wonderful, look after yourself.
welcome back to the world. rest, eat, be with your family.
and THEN write a detailed account on what exactly happened -- the world should know what's going on in "iraq - new and (not exactly) improved"
--raf
As an American blogger I felt the need to seek you out and say Thank God you are free.
Please do tell us of what is happening there and we will do our best to pass it on.
Peace be with your family. We are relieved you are safe.
You can find us here
www.rebellenation.blogspot.com
Thank God. Your life touched us in Canada and around the world. We care very much.
It's amazing how lovable he is.. :)
He is a cutie, it's true.
Khalid,
I just heard about your abduction from a comment on Salam Pax's blog...even though I don't know you, I was very worried! Thank GOD that you're okay! I hope that this blog hasn't brought you too much trouble. I really enjoy reading it.
Whew...what a relief!
Can't wait to hear the story behind this one, Khalid. VERY glad you are safe.
-max
congratulations on your safe return. forgive me if i do not cut/paste the entire bible. just like if you were killed i would not blame God, I do not attribute your safekeeping to him either. the only thing that can protect us from each another is to stop playing the game of vengeance. if my own christian mother is killed by al Qaeda the most efficient thing for me to do for mankind is exactly nothing. too bad neither bush, nor muslims, nor anyone i know for that matter, has been selfless enough to do ever this. gee, i guess that is why the story of jesus is so popular. people think it is "cute" to make up some perfect guy who does everything we humans are supposed to do, then proceed to do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE! ah humans, we're so rediculously stupid, aren't we? anyway, i digress! :) i'm glad you are alive.
Thank Allah for your safe return, dear friend.. try to stay safe now, man.. once bitten twice shy لا يلدغ المؤمن من جحر مرتين
be careful my friend.. salam to Majid and the family, congratulations again..
http://captaincynic.com/thread.php3/thrdid=36318-u-frmid=23-u-page=1
I found your link from the above quoted story.
I am glad that you are okay, and I hope things will start getting better soon.
Keep reporting the truth as best as you can, people do listen.
Roger - The Okcitykid
Khalid,
I don't usually agree with your opinions or your politics, but I am glad you have been released. It is only right that the innocent be treated like they are.
Nice to see that you are free, waiting for your report. Peace wishes from the Basque Country
welcome back khalid ...^^v^^
Hey big guy! Nice to see you safe and sound. Take it easy a little and we'll read your posts when you're nice and relaxed.
This is the first time I've come across your site and I'm very happy that you are alright. It must feel good to be with your family again.
I'm anxious to hear about your travails, so I'll keep checking back here.
Take care.
Mark
VERY happy you are safe. Write about your experiences and tell the story of the thousands rotring in American jails in Iraq!
Peace!
That's rotting....
I am so happy to learn you are safe. all blessings with you and your family.
it's mark thats rotting
I am glad you are free. Please post the whole story soon.
---Dan
Welcome back Khalid!
I'll mail you today. I'm very happy that no 'accident' befell you while in custody...
I am glad to hear you are safe. I've learned much about Iraq and its people from your family and hope to learn more. I pray Iraq is in the hands of Iraqi's soon and peace comes to you and your countrymen.
Dude I'm so glad you're safe. May God bless you and your family. :)
Khalid,
I was so pleased to log on the other day and learn that you had been released! I'm another one of those people you don't know, but you've been much in my thoughts these last two weeks. I learned of your disappearance on Riverbend's blog. (A portion of her blog was printed in a magazine here in the U.S., and I've been checking in with it periodically since learning about it.) Now I am reading the blogs of you and your family members as well. (I think your mom is amazing!) I am thankful to you and all the bloggers for your words. You make the world a smaller place, and you inspire me to work harder against injustices. I pray for the day when your country is returned to you.
Rebecca
Good to see you back.
Welcome back. I am glad you are safe. Take care
this is for the anonymous guy.
this is Waleed Rabiaa, and if i had the chance right now, or if i knew where you at, i would come and chop ur GOd damn head off, you stupid fuck, you listen you nasty pig, don't you ever dare talk like that about khalid's mother, stupid dumb ass.
This comment is for the person who said( after i saw ur mother's picture, i'd like to fuck her).
well i'll fuck you up you stupid shit if you ever said something like that, fucking bitch.
THIS WALEED THE IRAQI.
Ironically, had you been imprisoned by Saddam's regime, you would likely have been tortured to death and never seen again, or at least maimed.
And let's not even go into what Saddam's goons would do to your sisters and mother for criticizing their regime the way you do your freely elected gov't.
You should be glad you're in the New Iraq.
Of course, I hasten to add it's good you were released. Sadly, I doubt you or many others here will grasp the essental difference in the way you were treated versus the people still being pulled out of mass graves Saddam put them in.
Oh well. You can lead a horse to water...
So happy you are safe and okay! Sleep well and long.
Two questions for Tall Dave:
1) Are you now, or have you ever been, in Iraq? (Just curious.)
2) Have you read Khalid's mother's latest postings?
Good to see you are safe.
Keep us posted!!!
May this all end soon.
stay safe!!!
Peace
this is to tall daiv.
if i were you i would read more about the new Iraq, obviously you're Iraq, but it's obvious too that you've been a way for a while.
so i would suggest that you contact your relatives or whomever you have in Iraq and ask them what are the differences between saddam and the americans meanwhile.
and jsut a question; if you're so proud of the new Iraq? are yuo plannig to go there at least for a visit?
this is Waleed Rabiaa, and jsut for the record i left Iraq 9 months ago, i was born rasied over there.
Just as a matter of curiosity, did the real Mukhabarat(spelling?) allow their detainees to "phone home"?
Also, after reading the absolute drivel that Faiza wrote about her visit to the U.S., how is anyone with half a brain supposed to believe what she has to say about Iraq?
Good to hear you're back. Ignore the haters (that includes the trolls on this thread), and focus on what's good in life.
Take care!
Khalid > I was sleeping, relaxfully...
...
Khalid > I am in Amman, just arrived few hours ago.
will tell you more later inshalla...
I look forward to read your story, Khalid!
One question which constantly comes
to mind: Do you think you (or whoever
else from your family) was lured
back to Iraq through this breakin?
RobinH
For Dave, while certain things are relative, if you TRULY believe in a democratic society run according to prinicples of free speech, etc., it really doesn't matter if you are in the "new" Iraq or the "old" Iraq, this sort of thing is not supposed to happen and should not be tolerated. And btw, how neo-colonialist of you to imply that one should be grateful that human rights get abused just a little in the new Iraq and should Iraqis not be properly grateful, things could easily go back to what they were.
A little course in colonial history WOULD NOT kill you , bud.
R.
Fantastic news. Hope you are well and there are no lasting ill effects on you and the family, (physically & emtionally). When you are bouncing your grandchildren on your knee you will have a story to tell them.
All the best.
Regards
Greg
Glad you are back home and safe. Look forward to hearing your story
Welcome back Khalid! I am glad to here you're safe.
WALEED THE IRAQI
call 1-202-326-2502
Thank god! you made it home I'm so happy for you and your family.
Alexx
Welcome back :-)
Is there someone reading this thread who is pro "New Iraq" and living in or recently departed from Iraq? This in not a rhetorical question. In the interest of full disclosure I will reveal that I am a politically liberal American, but I am seeking understanding and a more balanced view of the situation in Iraq. What I seem to be encountering most (here and elsewhere) is anti-occupation Iraqis vs. Americans and other foreigners telling Iraqis what is best for them. I'm not discounting the right of each of these groups to speak up (though I dislike it when the debate slips for discussion into unhelpful name-calling), but I would love to hear from someone who represents what seems to me to be the missing part. Have I missed it (perhaps because of the anonymity of many posters)? Is there someone in/from Iraq who would like refute Faiza's (Kahlid's mother's) portrait of life in current Iraq (with specific counterpoints, not vague mud slinging, please). Thank you.
I am glad to hear that you are home and safe.
I am elated that you've come home safely. It is fantastic to hear good news in the present climate when everything seems disasterous.
-Linnea
Anonymous at 10:04:02,
Vague mud slinging? Perhaps. More like impatience with one woman's politcally skewed, half-baked assessment of the U.S.
There are other Iraqi blogs besides the Jarrars who give a little fairer analysis of what is going on in Iraq. Is it perfect? Hardly. But Faiza's mockery and innuendo do not seem like an unbiased account. Try
Hmmm, another blog that doesn't like that link command. O.K., try this:
Iraq the Model
Thank you, lynette.
You're welcome, Anonymous.
khaaalid WHERE ARE U? :( We want to know what happened? Or did you promise the mukhabarat you won't blog again if released? :S
I told you i wasnt arrested by the mukhabarat. it was sunni terrorist dogs.
So glad you are safe & sound - peace to your family, especially to your parents.
im sure that after everything khalid's been through, the last thing he wants to do right now is relive it straight away so that we can know what happened... let him rest and recover and be with his family, let him enjoy his freedom that so many others are denied, and not think about his ordeal so soon... we know he is safe and he knows that he is loved and that is enough for now
:*)
and whoever is so obviously trying (and failing) to imitate, you are usually beneath my notice but... really, what a pathetic, small, person you must be and what a meaningless life you must lead if this is what you do with your spare time. a waste of life.
inchab ya wal inchab...
Khalid, alhamdulillah you are safe... I pray for you and your family. Keep strong and keep writing. May Allah be with you always.
You've been in my thoughts and prayers; I'm so happy to read that you are ok. Be safe!
are you serious Khalid, or just yanking my chain? It was Sunni's that kidnapped you?
Anonymous
That wasn't Khalid who said that. It was some smart assed imposter. Click on the name. By the way, Khalid, I am glad you are safe and I know you will blog again when you are able. Keep safe!
I really love that family.. :-)
Don't pay any mind to those haters, Khalid. WE LOVE YOU! :) I sure am glad you are safe. I'm gonna continue to think and pray for those innocent Iraqis who are still locked away. Much love! <3
Those haters must really HATE how much we LOVE khalid and his family :-).
Khalid,
I just wanted you to know that if you are having nightmares and feeling anxious, it is very normal after your experience.
I hope of course, that you are feeling well! When you are ready, I hope you will share your experience.
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THE MEANING OF THE Glorious Quran
001.001 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
001.002 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
001.003 The Beneficent, the Merciful.
001.004 Master of the Day of Judgment,
001.005 Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
001.006 Show us the straight path,
001.007 The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who
earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.
002.001 Alif. Lam. Mim.
002.002 This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who
ward off (evil).
002.003 Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We
have bestowed upon them;
002.004 And who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that
which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter.
002.005 These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.
002.006 As for the Disbelievers, Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not it is
all one for them; they believe not.
002.007 Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a
covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.
002.008 And of mankind are some who say: We believe in Allah and the Last Day,
when they believe not.
002.009 They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none
save themselves; but they perceive not.
002.010 In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A painful
doom is theirs because they lie.
002.011 And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We
are peacemakers only.
002.012 Are not they indeed the mischief-makers ? But they perceive not.
002.013 And when it is said unto them: believe as the people believe, they say: shall
we believe as the foolish believe ? are not they indeed the foolish ? But they know
not.
002.014 And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe; but
when they go apart to their devils they declare: Lo! we are with you; verily we did but
mock.
002.015 Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their
contumacy.
002.016 These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their
commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.
002.017 Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it
sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in
darkness, where they cannot see,
002.018 Deaf, dumb and blind; and they return not.
002.019 Or like a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder and the flash
of lightning. They thrust their fingers in their ears by reason of the thunder-claps, for
fear of death, Allah encompasseth the disbelievers (in His guidance, His omniscience
and His omnipotence).
002.020 The lightning almost snatcheth away their sight from them. As often as it
flasheth forth for them they walk therein, and when it darkeneth against them they
stand still. If Allah willed, He could destroy their hearing and their sight. Lo! Allah is
able to do all things.
002.021 O mankind! worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you,
so that ye may ward off (evil).
002.022 Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy;
and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for
you. And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know (better).
002.023 And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave
(Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside
Allah if ye are truthful.
002.024 And if ye do it not - and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves against
the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.
002.025 And give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good
works; that theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are
regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime;
and it is given to them in resemblance. There for them are pure companions; there for
ever they abide.
002.026 Lo! Allah disdaineth not to coin the similitude even of a gnat. Those who
believe know that it is the truth from their Lord; but those who disbelieve say: What
doth Allah wish (to teach) by such a similitude ? He misleadeth many thereby, and He
guideth many thereby; and He misleadeth thereby only miscreants;
002.027 Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that
which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: Those are
they who are the losers.
002.028 How disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to you!
Then He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him ye will return.
002.029 He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the
heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of all things.
002.030 And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in
the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will
shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee ? He said: Surely I
know that which ye know not.
002.031 And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying:
Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.
002.032 They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast
taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.
002.033 He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed
them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens
and the earth ? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide.
002.034 And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they
fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever.
002.035 And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye
freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become
wrong-doers.
002.036 But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the
(happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the
other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time.
002.037 Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented
toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.
002.038 We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you
from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come
upon them neither shall they grieve.
002.039 But they who disbelieve, and deny Our revelations, such are rightful Peoples
of the Fire. They will abide therein.
002.040 O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you, and
fulfil your (part of the) covenant, I shall fulfil My (part of the) covenant, and fear Me.
002.041 And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already
(of the Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and part not with My
revelations for a trifling price, and keep your duty unto Me.
002.042 Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.
002.043 Establish worship, pay the poor-due, and bow your heads with those who
bow (in worship).
002.044 Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to
practise it) ? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense ?
002.045 Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-
minded,
002.046 Who know that they will have to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are
returning.
002.047 O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and
how I preferred you to (all) creatures.
002.048 And guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another,
nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it,
nor will they be helped.
002.049 And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk, who were
afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women: that
was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
002.050 And when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned
the folk of Pharaoh in your sight.
002.051 And when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude), and then ye
chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrong-doers.
002.052 Then, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give thanks.
002.053 And when We gave unto Moses the Scripture and the criterion (of right and
wrong), that ye might be led aright.
002.054 And when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Ye have wronged
yourselves by your choosing of the calf (for worship) so turn in penitence to your
Creator, and kill (the guilty) yourselves. That will be best for you with your Creator
and He will relent toward you. Lo! He is the Relenting, the Merciful.
002.055 And when ye said: O Moses! We will not believe in thee till we see Allah
plainly; and even while ye gazed the lightning seized you.
002.056 Then We revived you after your extinction, that ye might give thanks.
002.057 And We caused the white cloud to overshadow you and sent down on you
the manna and the quails, (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have
provided you - they wronged Us not, but they did wrong themselves.
002.058 And when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which is
therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: "Repentance." We will forgive you your
sins and will increase (reward) for the right-doers.
002.059 But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for
another saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their
evil-doing.
002.060 And when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with thy
staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so that) each tribe
knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which Allah hath provided, and do
not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth.
002.061 And when ye said: O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call upon
thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth - of its herbs
and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions. He said: Would ye
exchange that which is higher for that which is lower ? Go down to settled country,
thus ye shall get that which ye demand. And humiliation and wretchedness were
stamped upon them and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because
they disbelieved in Allah's revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully. That was for
their disobedience and transgression.
002.062 Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad),
and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah
and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there
shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
002.063 And (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you
and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have
given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
002.064 Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of
Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.
002.065 And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto
them: Be ye apes, despised and hated!
002.066 And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and
an admonition to the God-fearing.
002.067 And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye
sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us ? He answered: Allah forbid
that I should be among the foolish!
002.068 They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she
is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith, Verily she is a cow neither with calf nor
immature; (she is) between the two conditions; so do that which ye are commanded.
002.069 They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour
she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her
colour, gladdening beholders.
002.070 They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she
is. Lo! cows are much alike to us; and Lo! if Allah wills, we may be led aright.
002.071 (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth
not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou
bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.
002.072 And (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah
brought forth that which ye were hiding.
002.073 And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life
and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.
002.074 Then, even after that, your hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or
worse than rocks, for hardness. For indeed there are rocks from out which rivers gush,
and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so that water floweth from them. And
indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of
what ye do.
002.075 Have ye any hope that they will be true to you when a party of them used to
listen to the word of Allah, then used to change it, after they had understood it,
knowingly ?
002.076 And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe. But
when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah
hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it
? Have ye then no sense ?
002.077 Are they then unaware that Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and
that which they proclaim ?
002.078 Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from
hearsay. They but guess.
002.079 Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and
then say, "This is from Allah," that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe
unto them for that their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they earn
thereby.
002.080 And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain
number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah - truly Allah will not
break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not ?
002.081 Nay, but whosoever hath done evil and his sin surroundeth him; such are
rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
002.082 And those who believe and do good works: such are rightful owners of the
Garden. They will abide therein.
002.083 And (remember) when We made a covenant with the Children of Israel,
(saying): Worship none save Allah (only), and be good to parents and to kindred and
to orphans and the needy, and speak kindly to mankind; and establish worship and
pay the poor-due. Then, after that, ye slid back, save a few of you, being averse.
002.084 And when We made with you a covenant (saying): Shed not the blood of
your people nor turn (a party of) your people out of your dwellings. Then ye ratified
(Our covenant) and ye were witnesses (thereto).
002.085 Yet ye it is who slay each other and drive out a party of your people from
their homes, supporting one another against them by sin and transgression ? - and if
they came to you as captives ye would ransom them, whereas their expulsion was
itself unlawful for you - Believe ye in part of the Scripture and disbelieve ye in part
thereof ? And what is the reward of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the
world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most grievous
doom. For Allah is not unaware of what ye do.
002.086 Such are those who buy the life of the world at the price of the Hereafter.
Their punishment will not be lightened, neither will they have support.
002.087 And verily We gave unto Moses the Scripture and We caused a train of
messengers to follow after him, and We gave unto Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of
Allah's sovereignty), and We supported him with the Holy spirit. Is it ever so, that,
when there cometh unto you a messenger (from Allah) with that which ye yourselves
desire not, ye grow arrogant, and some ye disbelieve and some ye slay ?
002.088 And they say: Our hearts are hardened. Nay, but Allah hath cursed them for
their unbelief. Little is that which they believe.
002.089 And when there cometh unto them a scripture from Allah, confirming that in
their possession - though before that they were asking for a signal triumph over those
who disbelieved - and when there cometh unto them that which they know (to be the
truth) they disbelieve therein. The curse of Allah is on disbelievers.
002.090 Evil is that for which they sell their souls: that they should disbelieve in that
which Allah hath revealed, grudging that Allah should reveal of His bounty unto
whom He will of His slaves. They have incurred anger upon anger. For disbelievers
is a shameful doom.
002.091 And when it is said unto them: Believe in that which Allah hath revealed,
they say: We believe in that which was revealed unto us. And they disbelieve in that
which cometh after it, though it is the truth confirming that which they possess. Say
(unto them, O Muhammad): Why then slew ye the prophets of Allah aforetime, if ye
are (indeed) believers ?
002.092 And Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), yet,
while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were wrong-doers.
002.093 And when We made with you a covenant and caused the Mount to tower
above you, (saying): Hold fast by that which We have given you, and hear (Our
Word), they said: We hear and we rebel. And (worship of) the calf was made to sink
into their hearts because of their rejection (of the covenant). Say (unto them): Evil is
that which your belief enjoineth on you, if ye are believers.
002.094 Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of Allah is
indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye pretend), then long for
death (for ye must long for death) if ye are truthful.
002.095 But they will never long for it, because of that which their own hands have
sent before them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.
002.096 And thou wilt find them greediest of mankind for life and (greedier) than the
idolaters. (Each) one of them would like to be allowed to live a thousand years. And
to live (a thousand years) would be no means remove him from the doom. Allah is
Seer of what they do.
002.097 Say (O Muhammad, to mankind): Who is an enemy to Gabriel! For he it is
who hath revealed (this Scripture) to thy heart by Allah's leave, confirming that which
was (revealed) before it, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers;
002.098 Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel
and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.
002.099 Verily We have revealed unto thee clear tokens, and only miscreants will
disbelieve in them.
002.100 Is it ever so that when they make a covenant a party of them set it aside ?
The truth is, most of them believe not.
002.101 And when there cometh unto them a messenger from Allah, confirming that
which they possess, a party of those who have received the Scripture fling the
Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they knew not,
002.102 And follow that which the devils falsely related against the kingdom of
Solomon. Solomon disbelieved not; but the devils disbelieved, teaching mankind
magic and that which was revealed to the two angels in Babel, Harut and Marut. Nor
did they (the two angels) teach it to anyone till they had said: We are only a
temptation, therefore disbelieve not (in the guidance of Allah). And from these two
(angles) people learn that by which they cause division between man and wife; but
they injure thereby no-one save by Allah's leave. And they learn that which harmeth
them and profiteth them not. And surely they do know that he who trafficketh therein
will have no (happy) portion in the Hereafter; and surely evil is the price for which
they sell their souls, if they but knew.
002.103 And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would
be better, if they only knew.
002.104 O ye who believe, say not (unto the Prophet): "Listen to us" but say "Look
upon us," and be ye listeners. For disbelievers is a painful doom.
002.105 Neither those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture nor the
idolaters love that there should be sent down unto you any good thing from your
Lord. But Allah chooseth for His mercy whom He will, and Allah is of Infinite
Bounty.
002.106 Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be
forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that
Allah is Able to do all things ?
002.107 Knowest thou not that it is Allah unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of
the heavens and the earth; and ye have not, beside Allah, any guardian or helper ?
002.108 Or would ye question your messenger as Moses was questioned aforetime ?
He who chooseth disbelief instead of faith, verily he hath gone astray from a plain
road.
002.109 Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your
belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto
them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is
Able to do all things.
002.110 Establish worship, and pay the poor-due; and whatever of good ye send
before (you) for your souls, ye will find it with Allah. Lo! Allah is Seer of what ye do.
002.111 And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.
These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.
002.112 Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his
reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they
grieve.
002.113 And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians say
the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak
those who know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection
concerning that wherein they differ.
002.114 And who doth greater wrong than he who forbiddeth the approach to the
sanctuaries of Allah lest His name should be mentioned therein, and striveth for their
ruin. As for such, it was never meant that they should enter them except in fear.
Theirs in the world is ignominy and theirs in the Hereafter is an awful doom.
002.115 Unto Allah belong the East and the West, and whithersoever ye turn, there is
Allah's Countenance. Lo! Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
002.116 And they say: Allah hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He glorified! Nay, but
whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are subservient unto Him.
002.117 The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He
saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
002.118 And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto us,
or some sign come unto us ? Even thus, as they now speak, spake those (who were)
before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made clear the revelations for people
who are sure.
002.119 Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad
tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire.
002.120 And the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians, till thou
follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah (Himself) is Guidance. And if thou
shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then
wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting guardian nor helper.
002.121 Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the right
reading, those believe in it. And whoso disbelieveth in it, those are they who are the
losers.
002.122 O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and
how I preferred you to (all) creatures.
002.123 And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail
another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to
it; nor will they be helped.
002.124 And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and he
fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Abraham)
said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders) ? He said: My covenant includeth
not wrong-doers.
002.125 And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and
sanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to
pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and Ishmael, (saying): Purify My
house for those who go around and those who meditate therein and those who bow
down and prostrate themselves (in worship).
002.126 And when Abraham prayed: My Lord! Make this a region of security and
bestow upon its people fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day, He
answered: As for him who disbelieveth, I shall leave him in contentment for a while,
then I shall compel him to the doom of Fire - a hapless journey's end!
002.127 And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House,
(Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art
the Hearer, the Knower.
002.128 Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation
submissive unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and relent toward us. Lo!
Thou, only Thou, art the Relenting, the Merciful.
002.129 Our Lord! And raise up in their midst a messenger from among them who
shall recite unto them Thy revelations, and shall instruct them in the Scripture and in
wisdom and shall make them grow. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, Wise.
002.130 And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth himself
? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he is among the
righteous.
002.131 When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the
Lord of the Worlds.
002.132 The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my
sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men
who have surrendered (unto Him).
002.133 Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his sons:
What will ye worship after me ? They said: We shall worship thy God, the God of thy
fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One God, and unto Him we have
surrendered.
002.134 Those are a people who have passed away. Theirs is that which they earned,
and yours is that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do.
002.135 And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided. Say
(unto them, O Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of Abraham, the
upright, and he was not of the idolaters.
002.136 Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and
that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the
tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received
from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have
surrendered.
002.137 And if they believe in the like of that which ye believe, then are they rightly
guided. But if they turn away, then are they in schism, and Allah will suffice thee (for
defence) against them. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
002.138 (We take our) colour from Allah, and who is better than Allah at colouring.
We are His worshippers.
002.139 Say (unto the People of the Scripture): Dispute ye with us concerning Allah
when He is our Lord and your Lord ? Ours are our works and yours your works. We
look to Him alone.
002.140 Or say ye that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes
were Jews or Christians ? Say: Do ye know best, or doth Allah ? And who is more
unjust than he who hideth a testimony which he hath received from Allah ? Allah is
not unaware of what ye do.
002.141 Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned
and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do.
002.142 The foolish of the people will say: What hath turned them from the qiblah
which they formerly observed ? Say: Unto Allah belong the East and the West. He
guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
002.143 Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that ye may be witnesses
against mankind, and that the messenger may be a witness against you. And We
appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who
followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his heels. In truth it was a hard
(test) save for those whom Allah guided. But it was not Allah's purpose that your faith
should be in vain, for Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful toward mankind.
002.144 We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O
Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah
which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye
(O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo!
Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from
their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
002.145 And even if thou broughtest unto those who have received the Scripture all
kinds of portents, they would not follow thy qiblah, nor canst thou be a follower of
their qiblah; nor are some of them followers of the qiblah of others. And if thou
shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then
surely wert thou of the evil-doers.
002.146 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise (this revelation) as they
recognise their sons. But lo! a party of them knowingly conceal the truth.
002.147 It is the Truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of those who
waver.
002.148 And each one hath a goal toward which he turneth; so vie with one another in
good works. Wheresoever ye may be, Allah will bring you all together. Lo! Allah is
Able to do all things.
002.149 And whencesoever thou comest forth (for prayer, O Muhammad) turn thy
face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship. Lo! it is the Truth from thy Lord. Allah
is not unaware of what ye do.
002.150 Whencesoever thou comest forth turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of
Worship; and wheresoever ye may be (O Muslims) turn your faces toward it (when ye
pray) so that men may have no argument against you, save such of them as do
injustice - Fear them not, but fear Me! - and so that I may complete My grace upon
you, and that ye may be guided.
002.151 Even as We have sent unto you a messenger from among you, who reciteth
unto you Our revelations and causeth you to grow, and teacheth you the Scripture and
wisdom, and teacheth you that which ye knew not.
002.152 Therefore remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me, and reject
not Me.
002.153 O ye who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Lo! Allah is with
the steadfast.
002.154 And call not those who are slain in the way of Allah "dead." Nay, they are
living, only ye perceive not.
002.155 And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of
wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the steadfast,
002.156 Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto
Him we are returning.
002.157 Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. Such are
the rightly guided.
002.158 Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of
Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of God) or
visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his
own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.
002.159 Lo! Those who hide the proofs and the guidance which We revealed, after
We had made it clear to mankind in the Scripture: such are accursed of Allah and
accursed of those who have the power to curse.
002.160 Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth). These it
is toward whom I relent. I am the Relenting, the Merciful.
002.161 Lo! Those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbelievers; on them is the
curse of Allah and of angels and of men combined.
002.162 They ever dwell therein. The doom will not be lightened for them, neither
will they be reprieved.
002.163 Your God is One God; there is no God save Him, the Beneficent, the
Merciful.
002.164 Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night
and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and
the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its
death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds,
and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty)
for people who have sense.
002.165 Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship
which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that which is the due)
of Allah (only) - those who believe are stauncher in their love for Allah - Oh, that
those who do evil had but known, (on the day) when they behold the doom, that
power belongeth wholly to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment!
002.166 (On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed
(them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with them.
002.167 And those who were but followers will say: If a return were possible for us,
we would disown them even as they have disowned us. Thus will Allah show them
their own deeds as anguish for them, and they will not emerge from the Fire.
002.168 O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and wholesome in the earth, and
follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
002.169 He enjoineth upon you only the evil and the foul, and that ye should tell
concerning Allah that which ye know not.
002.170 And when it is said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they
say: We follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers
were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance ?
002.171 The likeness of those who disbelieve (in relation to the messenger) is as the
likeness of one who calleth unto that which heareth naught except a shout and cry.
Deaf, dumb, blind, therefore they have no sense.
002.172 O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you,
and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He Whom ye worship.
002.173 He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that
which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah. But he who is
driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
002.174 Lo! those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed and
purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire. Allah
will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow.
Theirs will be a painful doom.
002.175 Those are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, and torment at
the price of pardon. How constant are they in their strife to reach the Fire!
002.176 That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those
who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism.
002.177 It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the West; but
righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the
Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for love of Him, to kinsfolk and to
orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free;
and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their
treaty when they make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of
stress. Such are they who are sincere. Such are the God-fearing.
002.178 O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the
murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave, and the female for
the female. And for him who is forgiven somewhat by his (injured) brother,
prosecution according to usage and payment unto him in kindness. This is an
alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. He who transgresseth after this will have a
painful doom.
002.179 And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that ye may
ward off (evil).
002.180 It is prescribed for you, when death approacheth one of you, if he leave
wealth, that he bequeath unto parents and near relatives in kindness. (This is) a duty
for all those who ward off (evil).
002.181 And whoso changeth (the will) after he hath heard it - the sin thereof is only
upon those who change it. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
002.182 But he who feareth from a testator some unjust or sinful clause, and maketh
peace between the parties, (it shall be) no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
002.183 O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for
those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
002.184 (Fast) a certain number of days; and (for) him who is sick among you, or on
a journey, (the same) number of other days; and for those who can afford it there is a
ransom: the feeding of a man in need - but whoso doeth good of his own accord, it is
better for him: and that ye fast is better for you if ye did but know -
002.185 The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for
mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong).
And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is
sick or on a journey, (let him fast the same) number of other days. Allah desireth for
you ease; He desireth not hardship for you; and (He desireth) that ye should complete
the period, and that ye should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that
peradventure ye may be thankful.
002.186 And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I
answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call
and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
002.187 It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast.
They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them. Allah is Aware that ye were
deceiving yourselves in this respect and He hath turned in mercy toward you and
relieved you. So hold intercourse with them and seek that which Allah hath ordained
for you, and eat and drink until the white thread becometh distinct to you from the
black thread of the dawn. Then strictly observe the fast till nightfall and touch them
not, but be at your devotions in the mosques. These are the limits imposed by Allah,
so approach them not. Thus Allah expoundeth His revelation to mankind that they
may ward off (evil).
002.188 And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by it to
gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a portion of the property
of others wrongfully.
002.189 They ask thee, (O Muhammad), of new moons, say: They are fixed seasons
for mankind and for the pilgrimage. It is not righteousness that ye go to houses by the
backs thereof (as do the idolaters at certain seasons), but the righteous man is he who
wardeth off (evil). So go to houses by the gates thereof, and observe your duty to
Allah, that ye may be successful.
002.190 Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not
hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.
002.191 And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places
whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not
with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if
they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
002.192 But if they desist, then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
002.193 And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah. But if
they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrong-doers.
002.194 The forbidden month for the forbidden month, and forbidden things in
retaliation. And one who attacketh you, attack him in like manner as he attacked you.
Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is with those who ward off (evil).
002.195 Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands
to ruin; and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent.
002.196 Perform the pilgrimage and the visit (to Makka) for Allah. And if ye are
prevented, then send such gifts as can be obtained with ease, and shave not your
heads until the gifts have reached their destination. And whoever among you is sick
or hath an ailment of the head must pay a ransom of fasting or almsgiving or offering.
And if ye are in safety, then whosoever contenteth himself with the visit for the
pilgrimage (shall give) such gifts as can be had with ease. And whosoever cannot find
(such gifts), then a fast of three days while on the pilgrimage, and of seven when ye
have returned; that is, ten in all. That is for him whoso folk are not present at the
Inviolable Place of Worship. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is
severe in punishment.
002.197 The pilgrimage is (in) the well-known months, and whoever is minded to
perform the pilgrimage therein (let him remember that) there is (to be) no lewdness
nor abuse nor angry conversation on the pilgrimage. And whatsoever good ye do
Allah knoweth it. So make provision for yourselves (Hereafter); for the best
provision is to ward off evil. Therefore keep your duty unto Me, O men of
understanding.
002.198 It is no sin for you that ye seek the bounty of your Lord (by trading). But,
when ye press on in the multitude from 'Arafat, remember Allah by the sacred
monument. Remember Him as He hath guided you, although before ye were of those
astray.
002.199 Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hasteneth onward,
and ask forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
002.200 And when ye have completed your devotions, then remember Allah as ye
remember your fathers or with a more lively remembrance. But of mankind is he who
saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world," and he hath no portion in the Hereafter.
002.201 And of them (also) is he who saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that
which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of
Fire."
002.202 For them there is in store a goodly portion out of that which they have
earned. Allah is swift at reckoning.
002.203 Remember Allah through the appointed days. Then whoso hasteneth (his
departure) by two days, it is no sin for him, and whoso delayeth, it is no sin for him;
that is for him who wardeth off (evil). Be careful of your duty to Allah, and know that
unto Him ye will be gathered.
002.204 And of mankind there is he whoso conversation on the life of this world
pleaseth thee (Muhammad), and he calleth Allah to witness as to that which is in his
heart; yet he is the most rigid of opponents.
002.205 And when he turneth away (from thee) his effort in the land is to make
mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle; and Allah loveth not mischief.
002.206 And when it is said unto him: Be careful of thy duty to Allah, pride taketh
him to sin. Hell will settle his account, an evil resting-place.
002.207 And of mankind is he who would sell himself, seeking the pleasure of Allah;
and Allah hath compassion on (His) bondmen.
002.208 O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow
not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
002.209 And if ye slide back after the clear proofs have come unto you, then know
that Allah is Mighty, Wise.
002.210 Wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the
shadows of the clouds with the angels ? Then the case would be already judged. All
cases go back to Allah (for judgment).
002.211 Ask of the Children of Israel how many a clear revelation We gave them! He
who altereth the grace of Allah after it hath come unto him (for him), lo! Allah is
severe in punishment.
002.212 Beautified is the life of the world for those who disbelieve; they make a jest
of the believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah will be above them on the
Day of Resurrection. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.
002.213 Mankind were one community, and Allah sent (unto them) prophets as
bearers of good tidings and as warners, and revealed therewith the Scripture with the
truth that it might judge between mankind concerning that wherein they differed. And
only those unto whom (the Scripture) was given differed concerning it, after clear
proofs had come unto them, through hatred one of another. And Allah by His Will
guided those who believe unto the truth of that concerning which they differed. Allah
guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
002.214 Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you
the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you ? Affliction and
adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of
Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh Allah's help ? Now
surely Allah's help is nigh.
002.215 They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which ye
spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and
the wayfarer. And whatsoever good ye do, lo! Allah is Aware of it.
002.216 Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen
that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing
which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.
002.217 They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred
month. Say: Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way
of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to
expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing.
And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades
from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his
disbelief: such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter.
Such are rightful owners of the Fire: they will abide therein.
002.218 Lo! those who believe, and those who emigrate (to escape the persecution)
and strive in the way of Allah, these have hope of Allah's mercy. Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
002.219 They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In both is
great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is greater than their
usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to spend. Say: that which is
superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you (His) revelations, that haply ye may
reflect.
002.220 Upon the world and the Hereafter. And they question thee concerning
orphans. Say: To improve their lot is best. And if ye mingle your affairs with theirs,
then (they are) your brothers. Allah knoweth him who spoileth from him who
improveth. Had Allah willed He could have overburdened you. Allah is Mighty,
Wise.
002.221 Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is
better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in
marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a believing slave is better than an
idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the
Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to
mankind that haply they may remember.
002.222 They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. Say: It is an
illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them till they are
cleansed. And when they have purified themselves, then go in unto them as Allah
hath enjoined upon you. Truly Allah loveth those who turn unto Him, and loveth
those who have a care for cleanness.
002.223 Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as ye will,
and send (good deeds) before you for your souls, and fear Allah, and know that ye
will (one day) meet Him. Give glad tidings to believers, (O Muhammad).
002.224 And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being righteous and
observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind. Allah is Hearer,
Knower.
002.225 Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths.
But He will take you to task for that which your hearts have garnered. Allah is
Forgiving, Clement.
002.226 Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they change
their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
002.227 And if they decide upon divorce (let them remember that) Allah is Hearer,
Knower.
002.228 Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three
(monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which
Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And
their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a
reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in
kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
002.229 Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in
honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women
aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they
may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they
may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them
if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress
them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers.
002.230 And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him
thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband)
divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider
that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He
manifesteth them for people who have knowledge.
002.231 When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain
them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye
transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the
revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's
grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of
wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that
Allah is Aware of all things.
002.232 And when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not
difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in
kindness. This is an admonition for him among you who believeth in Allah and the
Last Day. That is more virtuous for you, and cleaner. Allah knoweth; ye know not.
002.233 Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those
who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers
in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond
his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should
he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the
(father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If
they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin
for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide
that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know
that Allah is Seer of what ye do.
002.234 Such of you as die and leave behind them wives, they (the wives) shall wait,
keeping themselves apart, four months and ten days. And when they reach the term
(prescribed for them) then there is no sin for you in aught that they may do with
themselves in decency. Allah is informed of what ye do.
002.235 There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds
concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But
plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And
do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah
knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving,
Clement.
002.236 It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them,
nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means,
and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty
for those who do good.
002.237 If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto
them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the
women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie.
To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer
of what ye do.
002.238 Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with
devotion to Allah.
002.239 And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when ye are
again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that which (heretofore) ye
knew not.
002.240 (In the case of) those of you who are about to die and leave behind them
wives, they should bequeath unto their wives a provision for the year without turning
them out, but if they go out (of their own accord) there is no sin for you in that which
they do of themselves within their rights. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
002.241 For divorced women a provision in kindness: a duty for those who ward off
(evil).
002.242 Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations so that ye may understand.
002.243 Bethink thee (O Muhammad) of those of old, who went forth from their
habitations in their thousands, fearing death, and Allah said unto them: Die; and then
He brought them back to life. Lo! Allah is a Lord of Kindness to mankind, but most
of mankind give not thanks.
002.244 Fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearer, Knower.
002.245 Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, so that He may give it
increase manifold ? Allah straiteneth and enlargeth. Unto Him ye will return.
002.246 Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they
said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's
way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you
? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from
our dwellings with our children ? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they
turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.
002.247 Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a king for
you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are more deserving of
the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given wealth enough ? He said: Lo!
Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath increased him abundantly in wisdom and
stature. Allah bestoweth His Sovereignty on whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing,
All-Knowing.
002.248 And their Prophet said unto them: Lo! the token of his kingdom is that there
shall come unto you the ark wherein is peace of reassurance from your Lord, and a
remnant of that which the house of Moses and the house of Aaron left behind, the
angels bearing it. Lo! herein shall be a token for you if (in truth) ye are believers.
002.249 And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the
ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and
whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of
his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the
river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day
against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah
exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's
leave! Allah is with the steadfast.
002.250 And when they went into the field against Goliath and his hosts they said:
Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against
the disbelieving folk.
002.251 So they routed them by Allah's leave and David slew Goliath; and Allah gave
him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of that which He willeth. And if Allah
had not repelled some men by others the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah
is a Lord of Kindness to (His) creatures.
002.252 These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Muhammad) with
truth, and lo! thou art of the number of (Our) messengers;
002.253 Of those messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and of
whom there are some unto whom Allah spake, while some of them He exalted (above
others) in degree; and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah's
Sovereignty) and We supported him with the holy Spirit. And if Allah had so wiled it,
those who followed after them would not have fought one with another after the clear
proofs had come unto them. But they differed, some of them believing and some
disbelieving. And if Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought one with
another; but Allah doeth what He will.
002.254 O ye who believe! spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a day
come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession. The
disbelievers, they are the wrong-doers.
002.255 Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor
sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and
whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave ?
He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they
encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the
heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime,
the Tremendous.
002.256 There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct
from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a
firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
002.257 Allah is the Protecting Guardian of those who believe. He bringeth them out
of darkness into light. As for those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities.
They bring them out of light into darkness. Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They
will abide therein.
002.258 Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord,
because Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My Lord is He
Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life and cause death. Abraham
said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from
the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
002.259 Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had
fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its
death ? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He
said: How long hast thou tarried ? (The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a
day. (He) said: Nay, but thou hast tarried for a hundred years. Just look at thy food
and drink which have not rotted! Look at thine ass! And, that We may make thee a
token unto mankind, look at the bones, how We adjust them and then cover them with
flesh! And when (the matter) became clear unto him, he said: I know now that Allah
is Able to do all things.
002.260 And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou
givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe ? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask)
in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and
cause them to incline unto thee, then place a part of them on each hill, then call them,
they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.
002.261 The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way is as the likeness
of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah giveth
increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
002.262 Those who spend their wealth for the cause of Allah and afterward make not
reproach and injury to follow that which they have spent; their reward is with their
Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them, neither shall they grieve.
002.263 A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury.
Allah is Absolute, Clement.
002.264 O ye who believe! Render not vain your almsgiving by reproach and injury,
like him who spendeth his wealth only to be seen of men and believeth not in Allah
and the Last Day. His likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a
rainstorm smiteth it, leaving it smooth and bare. They have no control of aught of that
which they have gained. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.
002.265 And the likeness of those who spend their wealth in search of Allah's
pleasure, and for the strengthening of their souls, is as the likeness of a garden on a
height. The rainstorm smiteth it and it bringeth forth its fruit twofold. And if the
rainstorm smite it not, then the shower. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
002.266 Would any of you like to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, with rivers
flowing underneath it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein; and old age hath stricken
him and he hath feeble offspring; and a fiery whirlwind striketh it and it is (all)
consumed by fire. Thus Allah maketh plain His revelations unto you, in order that ye
may give thought.
002.267 O ye who believe! Spend of the good things which ye have earned, and of
that which We bring forth from the earth for you, and seek not the bad (with intent) to
spend thereof (in charity) when ye would not take it for yourselves save with disdain;
and know that Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
002.268 The devil promiseth you destitution and enjoineth on you lewdness. But
Allah promiseth you forgiveness from Himself with bounty. Allah is All-Embracing,
All-knowing.
002.269 He giveth wisdom unto whom He will, and he unto whom wisdom is given,
he truly hath received abundant good. But none remember except men of
understanding.
002.270 Whatever alms ye spend or vow ye vow, lo! Allah knoweth it. Wrong-doers
have no helpers.
002.271 If ye publish your almsgiving, it is well, but if ye hide it and give it to the
poor, it will be better for you, and will atone for some of your ill-deeds. Allah is
Informed of what ye do.
002.272 The guiding of them is not thy duty (O Muhammad), but Allah guideth
whom He will. And whatsoever good thing ye spend, it is for yourselves, when ye
spend not save in search of Allah's Countenance; and whatsoever good thing ye
spend, it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged.
002.273 (Alms are) for the poor who are straitened for the cause of Allah, who cannot
travel in the land (for trade). The unthinking man accounteth them wealthy because of
their restraint. Thou shalt know them by their mark: They do not beg of men with
importunity. And whatsoever good thing ye spend, lo! Allah knoweth it.
002.274 Those who spend their wealth by night and day, by stealth and openly, verily
their reward is with their Lord, and their shall no fear come upon them neither shall
they grieve.
002.275 Those who swallow usury cannot rise up save as he ariseth whom the devil
hath prostrated by (his) touch. That is because they say: Trade is just like usury;
whereas Allah permitteth trading and forbiddeth usury. He unto whom an admonition
from his Lord cometh, and (he) refraineth (in obedience thereto), he shall keep (the
profits of) that which is past, and his affair (henceforth) is with Allah. As for him who
returneth (to usury) - Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
002.276 Allah hath blighted usury and made almsgiving fruitful. Allah loveth not the
impious and guilty.
002.277 Lo! those who believe and do good works and establish worship and pay the
poor-due, their reward is with their Lord and there shall no fear come upon them
neither shall they grieve.
002.278 O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what remaineth
(due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers.
002.279 And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His
messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong
not, and ye shall not be wronged.
002.280 And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be)
postponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as almsgiving would be
better for you if ye did but know.
002.281 And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to
Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not
be wronged.
002.282
002.283 If ye be on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a pledge in hand (shall
suffice). And if one of you entrusteth to another let him who is trusted deliver up that
which is entrusted to him (according to the pact between them) and let him observe
his duty to Allah his Lord. Hide not testimony. He who hideth it, verily his heart is
sinful. Allah is Aware of what ye do.
002.284 Unto Allah (belongeth) whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth; and whether ye make known what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will bring
you to account for it. He will forgive whom He will and He will punish whom He
will. Allah is Able to do all things.
002.285 The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his
Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His
scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His
messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our
Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying.
002.286 Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath
earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if
we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay
on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength
to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us
victory over the disbelieving folk.
003.001 Alim. Lam. Mim.
003.002 Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal.
003.003 He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth, confirming
that which was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.
003.004 Aforetime, for a guidance to mankind; and hath revealed the Criterion (of
right and wrong). Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, theirs will be a
heavy doom. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).
003.005 Lo! nothing in the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah.
003.006 He it is Who fashioneth you in the wombs as pleaseth Him. There is no God
save Him, the Almighty, the Wise.
003.007 He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are
clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are)
allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is
allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its
explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe
therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.
003.008 Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to stray after Thou hast guided us, and
bestow upon us mercy from Thy Presence. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Bestower.
003.009 Our Lord! Lo! it is Thou Who gatherest mankind together to a Day of which
there is no doubt. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.
003.010 (On that Day) neither the riches nor the progeny of those who disbelieve will
aught avail them with Allah. They will be fuel for Fire.
003.011 Like Pharaoh's folk and those who were before them, they disbelieved Our
revelations and so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in
punishment.
003.012 Say (O Muhammad) unto those who disbelieve: Ye shall be overcome and
gathered unto Hell, an evil resting-place.
003.013 There was a token for you in two hosts which met: one army fighting in the
way of Allah, and another disbelieving, whom they saw as twice their number,
clearly, with their very eyes. Thus Allah strengtheneth with His succour whom He
will. Lo! herein verily is a lesson for those who have eyes.
003.014 Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and
offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their
mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him
is a more excellent abode.
003.015 Say: Shall I inform you of something better than that ? For those who keep
from evil, with their Lord, are Gardens underneath which rivers flow wherein they
will abide, and pure companions, and contentment from Allah. Allah is Seer of His
bondmen,
003.016 Those who say: Our Lord! Lo! we believe. So forgive us our sins and guard
us from the punishment of Fire;
003.017 The steadfast, and the truthful, and the obedient, those who spend (and hoard
not), those who pray for pardon in the watches of the night.
003.018 Allah (Himself) is Witness that there is no God save Him. And the angels
and the men of learning (too are witness). Maintaining His creation in justice, there is
no God save Him the Almighty, the Wise.
003.019 Lo! religion with Allah (is) the Surrender (to His Will and Guidance). Those
who (formerly) received the Scripture differed only after knowledge came unto them,
through transgression among themselves. Whoso disbelieveth the revelations of Allah
(will find that) lo! Allah is swift at reckoning.
003.020 And if they argue with thee, (O Muhammad), say: I have surrendered my
purpose to Allah and (so have) those who follow me. And say unto those who have
received the Scripture and those who read not: Have ye (too) surrendered ? If they
surrender, then truly they are rightly guided, and if they turn away, then it is thy duty
only to convey the message (unto them). Allah is Seer of (His) bondmen.
003.021 Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slay the prophets
wrongfully, and slay those of mankind who enjoin equity: promise them a painful
doom.
003.022 Those are they whose works have failed in the world and the Hereafter; and
they have no helpers.
003.023 Hast thou not seen how those who have received a portion of the Scripture
invoke the Scripture of Allah (in their disputes) that it may judge between them; then
a faction of them turn away, being opposed (to it) ?
003.024 That is because they say: The Fire will not touch us save for a certain number
of days. That which they used to invent hath deceived them regarding their religion.
003.025 How (will it be with them) when We have brought them all together to a Day
of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned,
and they will not be wronged.
003.026 Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty! Thou givest sovereignty unto whom
Thou wilt, and Thou withdrawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest
whom Thou wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good. Lo!
Thou art Able to do all things.
003.027 Thou causest the night to pass into the day, and Thou causest the day to pass
into the night. And Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest
forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou choosest,
without stint.
003.028 Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to
believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but
guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware
(only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.
003.029 Say, (O Muhammad): Whether ye hide that which is in your breasts or reveal
it, Allah knoweth it. He knoweth that which is in the heavens and that which is in the
earth, and Allah is Able to do all things.
003.030 On the Day when every soul will find itself confronted with all that it hath
done of good and all that it hath done of evil (every soul) will long that there might be
a mighty space of distance between it and that (evil). Allah biddeth you beware of
Him. And Allah is Full of Pity for (His) bondmen.
003.031 Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will
love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
003.032 Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth
not the disbelievers (in His guidance).
003.033 Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the
Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.
003.034 They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
003.035 (Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto
Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo!
Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower!
003.036 And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a
female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female;
and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her
offspring from Satan the outcast.
003.037 And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her a
goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah went into the
sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He said: O Mary! Whence
cometh unto thee this (food) ? She answered: It is from Allah. Allah giveth without
stint to whom He will.
003.038 Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me of
Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.
003.039 And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary: Allah
giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who cometh) to confirm a
word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the righteous.
003.040 He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me
already and my wife is barren ? (The angel) answered: So (it will be). Allah doeth
what He will.
003.041 He said: My Lord! Appoint a token for me. (The angel) said: The token unto
thee (shall be) that thou shalt not speak unto mankind three days except by signs.
Remember thy Lord much, and praise (Him) in the early hours of night and morning.
003.042 And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made
thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.
003.043 O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who
bow (in worship).
003.044 This is of the tidings of things hidden. We reveal it unto thee (Muhammad).
Thou wast not present with them when they threw their pens (to know) which of them
should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou present with them when they
quarrelled (thereupon).
003.045 (And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad
tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary,
illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).
003.046 He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of
the righteous.
003.047 She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me
? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith
unto it only: Be! and it is.
003.048 And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the
Gospel,
003.049 And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying): Lo! I
come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you out of clay the
likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by Allah's leave. I heal him
who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allah's leave. And I
announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily
is a portent for you, if ye are to be believers.
003.050 And (I come) confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to
make lawful some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come unto you with a sign
from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
003.051 Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.
003.052 But when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who will be
my helpers in the cause of Allah ? The disciples said: We will be Allah's helpers. We
believe in Allah, and bear thou witness that we have surrendered (unto Him).
003.053 Our Lord! We believe in that which Thou hast revealed and we follow him
whom Thou hast sent. Enrol us among those who witness (to the truth).
003.054 And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and
Allah is the best of schemers.
003.055 (And remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and
causing thee to ascend unto Me, and am cleansing thee of those who disbelieve and
am setting those who follow thee above those who disbelieve until the Day of
Resurrection. Then unto Me ye will (all) return, and I shall judge between you as to
that wherein ye used to differ.
003.056 As for those who disbelieve I shall chastise them with a heavy chastisement
in the world and the Hereafter; and they will have no helpers.
003.057 And as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them their
wages in full. Allah loveth not wrong-doers.
003.058 This (which) We recite unto thee is a revelation and a wise reminder.
003.059 Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created
him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is.
003.060 (This is) the truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of those
who waver.
003.061 And whoso disputeth with thee concerning him, after the knowledge which
hath come unto thee, say (unto him): Come! We will summon our sons and your sons,
and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then we will pray
humbly (to our Lord) and (solemnly) invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie.
003.062 Lo! This verily is the true narrative. There is no God save Allah, and lo!
Allah, He verily is, is the Mighty, the Wise.
003.063 And if they turn away, then lo! Allah is Aware of (who are) the corrupters.
003.064 Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you:
that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him,
and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah. And if they turn away,
then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto Him).
003.065 O People of the Scripture! Why will ye argue about Abraham, when the
Torah and the Gospel were not revealed till after him ? Have ye then no sense ?
003.066 Lo! ye are those who argue about that whereof ye have some knowledge:
Why then argue ye concerning that whereof ye have no knowledge ? Allah knoweth.
Ye know not.
003.067 Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who
had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.
003.068 Lo! those of mankind who have the best claim to Abraham are those who
followed him, and this Prophet and those who believe (with him); and Allah is the
Protecting Guardian of the believers.
003.069 A party of the People of the Scripture long to make you go astray; and they
make none to go astray except themselves, but they perceive not.
003.070 O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve ye in the revelations of Allah,
when ye (yourselves) bear witness (to their truth) ?
003.071 O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and
knowingly conceal the truth ?
003.072 And a party of the People of the Scripture say: Believe in that which hath
been revealed unto those who believe at the opening of the day, and disbelieve at the
end thereof, in order that they may return;
003.073 And believe not save in one who followeth your religion - Say (O
Muhammad): Lo! the guidance is Allah's Guidance - that anyone is given the like of
that which was given unto you or that they may argue with you in the presence of
their Lord. Say (O Muhammad): Lo! the bounty is in Allah's hand. He bestoweth it on
whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
003.074 He selecteth for His mercy whom He will. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
003.075 Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him with a
weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there is he who, if thou
trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it to thee unless thou keep standing over
him. That is because they say: We have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie
concerning Allah knowingly.
003.076 Nay, but (the chosen of Allah is) he who fulfilleth his pledge and wardeth off
(evil); for lo! Allah loveth those who ward off (evil).
003.077 Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their
oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will neither speak to them nor look
upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a
painful doom.
003.078 And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their tongues,
that ye may think that what they say is from the Scripture, when it is not from the
Scripture. And they say: It is from Allah, when it is not from Allah; and they speak a
lie concerning Allah knowingly.
003.079 It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given the
Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards have said unto
mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah; but (what he said was): Be ye faithful
servants of the Lord by virtue of your constant teaching of the Scripture and of your
constant study thereof.
003.080 And he commanded you not that ye should take the angels and the prophets
for lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after ye had surrendered (to Allah) ?
003.081 When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold that
which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And afterward there will
come unto you a messenger, confirming that which ye possess. Ye shall believe in
him and ye shall help him. He said: Do ye agree, and will ye take up My burden
(which I lay upon you) in this (matter) ? They answered: We agree. He said: Then
bear ye witness. I will be a witness with you.
003.082 Then whosoever after this shall turn away: they will be miscreants.
003.083 Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth
whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him
they will be returned.
003.084 Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us
and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the
tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from
their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have
surrendered.
003.085 And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not
be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.
003.086 How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and (after)
they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear proofs (of Allah's
Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
003.087 As for such, their guerdon is that on them rests the curse of Allah and of
angels and of men combined.
003.088 They will abide therein. Their doom will not be lightened, neither will they
be reprieved;
003.089 Save those who afterward repent and do right. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
003.090 Lo! those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and afterward
grow violent in disbelief: their repentance will not be accepted. And such are those
who are astray.
003.091 Lo! those who disbelieve, and die in disbelief, the (whole) earth full of gold
would not be accepted from such an one if it were offered as a ransom (for his soul).
Theirs will be a painful doom and they will have no helpers.
003.092 Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love. And
whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware thereof.
003.093 All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel, save that which Israel
forbade himself, (in days) before the Torah was revealed. Say: Produce the Torah and
read it (unto us) if ye are truthful.
003.094 And whoever shall invent a falsehood after that concerning Allah, such will
be wrong-doers.
003.095 Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the upright. He
was not of the idolaters.
003.096 Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a blessed
place, a guidance to the peoples;
003.097 Wherein are plain memorials (of Allah's guidance); the place where
Abraham stood up to pray; and whosoever entereth it is safe. And pilgrimage to the
House is a duty unto Allah for mankind, for him who can find a way thither. As for
him who disbelieveth, (let him know that) lo! Allah is Independent of (all) creatures.
003.098 Say: O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve ye in the revelations of
Allah, when Allah (Himself) is Witness of what ye do ?
003.099 Say: O People of the Scripture! Why drive ye back believers from the way of
Allah, seeking to make it crooked, when ye are witnesses (to Allah's guidance) ?
Allah is not unaware of what ye do.
003.100 O ye who believe! If ye obey a party of those who have received the
Scripture they will make you disbelievers after your belief.
003.101 How can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom Allah's revelations are
recited, and His messenger is in your midst ? He who holdeth fast to Allah, he indeed
is guided unto a right path.
003.102 O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah with right observance, and die
not save as those who have surrendered (unto Him)
003.103 And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not separate.
And remember Allah's favour unto you: How ye were enemies and He made
friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by His grace; and (how)
ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. Thus Allah
maketh clear His revelations unto you, that haply ye may be guided,
003.104 And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin
right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.
003.105 And be ye not as those who separated and disputed after the clear proofs had
come unto them. For such there is an awful doom,
003.106 On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will be
blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened, it will be said unto
them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of) belief ? Then taste the punishment for
that ye disbelieved.
003.107 And as for those whose faces have been whitened, in the mercy of Allah they
dwell for ever.
003.108 These are revelations of Allah. We recite them unto thee in truth. Allah
willeth no injustice to (His) creatures.
003.109 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth; and unto Allah all things are returned.
003.110 Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind. Ye enjoin
right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah. And if the People of the
Scripture had believed it had been better for them. Some of them are believers; but
most of them are evil-livers.
003.111 They will not harm you save a trifling hurt, and if they fight against you they
will turn and flee. And afterward they will not be helped.
003.112 Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they are found save (where they
grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men. They have incurred anger from their
Lord, and wretchedness is laid upon them. That is because they used to disbelieve the
revelations of Allah, and slew the prophets wrongfully. That is because they were
rebellious and used to transgress.
003.113 They are not all alike. Of the People of the Scripture there is a staunch
community who recite the revelations of Allah in the night season, falling prostrate
(before Him).
003.114 They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin right conduct and forbid
indecency, and vie one with another in good works. These are of the righteous.
003.115 And whatever good they do, they will not be denied the meed thereof. Allah
is Aware of those who ward off (evil).
003.116 Lo! the riches and the progeny of those who disbelieve will not avail them
aught against Allah; and such are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.
003.117 The likeness of that which they spend in this life of the world is as the
likeness of a biting, icy wind which smiteth the harvest of a people who have
wronged themselves, and devastateth it. Allah wronged them not, but they do wrong
themselves.
003.118 O ye who believe! Take not for intimates others than your own folk, who
would spare no pains to ruin you; they love to hamper you. Hatred is revealed by (the
utterance of) their mouths, but that which their breasts hide is greater. We have made
plain for you the revelations if ye will understand.
003.119 Lo! ye are those who love them though they love you not, and ye believe in
all the Scripture. When they fall in with you they say: We believe; but when they go
apart they bite their finger-tips at you, for rage. Say: Perish in your rage! Lo! Allah is
Aware of what is hidden in (your) breasts.
003.120 If a lucky chance befall you, it is evil unto them, and if disaster strike you
they rejoice thereat. But if ye persevere and keep from evil their guile will never harm
you. Lo! Allah is Surrounding what they do.
003.121 And when thou settedst forth at daybreak from thy housefolk to assign to the
believers their positions for the battle, Allah was Hearer, Knower.
003.122 When two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting
Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.
003.123 Allah had already given you the victory at Badr, when ye were contemptible.
So observe your duty to Allah in order that ye may be thankful.
003.124 When thou didst say unto the believers: Is it not sufficient for you that your
Lord should support you with three thousand angels sent down (to your help) ?
003.125 Nay, but if ye persevere, and keep from evil, and (the enemy) attack you
suddenly, your Lord will help you with five thousand angels sweeping on.
003.126 Allah ordained this only as a message of good cheer for you, and that thereby
your hearts might be at rest - Victory cometh only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise -
003.127 That He may cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or overwhelm them so
that they retire, frustrated.
003.128 It is no concern at all of thee (Muhammad) whether He relent toward them or
punish them; for they are evil-doers.
003.129 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
003.130 O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum
lent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
003.131 And ward off (from yourselves) the Fire prepared for disbelievers.
003.132 And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy.
003.133 And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise
as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);
003.134 Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given them) in ease and in
adversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving toward mankind; Allah
loveth the good;
003.135 And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember
Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only ? -
and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.
003.136 The reward of such will be forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever - a bountiful reward
for workers!
003.137 Systems have passed away before you. Do but travel in the land and see the
nature of the consequence for those who did deny (the messengers).
003.138 This is a declaration for mankind, a guidance and an admonition unto those
who ward off (evil)
003.139 Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed) believers.
003.140 If ye have received a blow, the (disbelieving) people have received a blow
the like thereof. These are (only) the vicissitudes which We cause to follow one
another for mankind, to the end that Allah may know those who believe and may
choose witnesses from among you; and Allah loveth not wrong-doers.
003.141 And that Allah may prove those who believe, and may blight the
disbelievers.
003.142 Or deemed ye that ye would enter paradise while yet Allah knoweth not
those of you who really strive, nor knoweth those (of you) who are steadfast ?
003.143 And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field). Now ye
have seen it with your eyes!
003.144 Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed
away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your
heels ? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward
the thankful.
003.145 No soul can ever die except by Allah's leave and at a term appointed. Whoso
desireth the reward of the world, We bestow on him thereof; and whoso desireth the
reward of the Hereafter, We bestow on him thereof. We shall reward the thankful.
003.146 And with how many a prophet have there been a number of devoted men
who fought (beside him). They quailed not for aught that befell them in the way of
Allah, nor did they weaken, nor were they brought low. Allah loveth the steadfast.
003.147 Their cry was only that they said: Our Lord! forgive us for our sins and
wasted efforts, make our foothold sure, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
003.148 So Allah gave them the reward of the world and the good reward of the
Hereafter. Allah loveth those whose deeds are good.
003.149 O ye who believe! if ye obey those who disbelieve, they will make you turn
back on your heels, and ye turn back as losers.
003.150 But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best of Helpers.
003.151 We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve because they
ascribe unto Allah partners, for which no warrant hath been revealed. Their habitation
is the Fire, and hapless the abode of the wrong-doers.
003.152 Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His
leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the
order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that for which ye long. Some of you
desired the world, and some of you desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee
from them, that He might try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of
Kindness to believers.
003.153 When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to anyone, while the messenger,
in your rear, was calling you (to fight). Therefor He rewarded you grief for (his) grief,
that (He might teach) you not to sorrow either for that which ye missed or for that
which befell you. Allah is Informed of what ye do.
003.154 Then, after grief, He sent down security for you. As slumber did it overcome
a party of you, while (the other) party, who were anxious on their own account,
thought wrongly of Allah, the thought of ignorance. They said: Have we any part in
the cause ? Say (O Muhammad): The cause belongeth wholly to Allah. They hide
within themselves (a thought) which they reveal not unto thee, saying: Had we had
any part in the cause we should not have been slain here. Say: Even though ye had
been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places
where they were to lie. (All this hath been) in order that Allah might try what is in
your breasts and prove what is in your hearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the
breasts (of men).
003.155 Lo! those of you who turned back on the day when the two hosts met, Satan
alone it was who caused them to backslide, because of some of that which they have
earned. Now Allah hath forgiven them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
003.156 O ye who believe! Be not as those who disbelieved and said of their brethren
who went abroad in the land or were fighting in the field: If they had been (here) with
us they would not have died or been killed: that Allah may make it anguish in their
hearts. Allah giveth life and causeth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.
003.157 And what though ye be slain in Allah's way or die therein ? Surely pardon
from Allah and mercy are better than all that they amass.
003.158 What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah ye are gathered ?
003.159 It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast lenient with them (O
Muhammad), for if thou hadst been stern and fierce of heart they would have
dispersed from round about thee. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and
consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And when thou art resolved, then put
thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah loveth those who put their trust (in Him).
003.160 If Allah is your helper none can overcome you, and if He withdraw His help
from you, who is there who can help you after Him ? In Allah let believers put their
trust.
003.161 It is not for any prophet to embezzle. Whoso embezzleth will bring what he
embezzled with him on the Day of Resurrection. Then every soul will be paid in full
what it hath earned; and they will not be wronged.
003.162 Is one who followeth the pleasure of Allah as one who hath earned
condemnation from Allah, whose habitation is the Fire, a hapless journey's end ?
003.163 There are degrees (of grace and reprobation) with Allah, and Allah is Seer of
what they do.
003.164 Allah verily hath shown grace to the believers by sending unto them a
messenger of their own who reciteth unto them His revelations, and causeth them to
grow, and teacheth them the Scripture and wisdom; although before (he came to
them) they were in flagrant error.
003.165 And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with
a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this ? Say (unto them, O
Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
003.166 That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by
permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;
003.167 And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight
in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of
fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief than faith. They
utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of
what they hide.
003.168 Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting
for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain.
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful.
003.169 Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are
living. With their Lord they have provision.
003.170 Jubilant (are they) because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of
His bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those who have not joined them but are left
behind: That there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
003.171 They rejoice because of favour from Allah and kindness, and that Allah
wasteth not the wage of the believers.
003.172 As for those who heard the call of Allah and His messenger after the harm
befell them (in the fight); for such of them as do right and ward off (evil), there is
great reward.
003.173 Those unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you,
therefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of them and they
cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust!
003.174 So they returned with grace and favour from Allah, and no harm touched
them. They followed the good pleasure of Allah, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
003.175 It is only the devil who would make (men) fear his partisans. Fear them not;
fear Me, if ye are true believers.
003.176 Let not their conduct grieve thee, who run easily to disbelief, for lo! they
injure Allah not at all. It is Allah's Will to assign them no portion in the Hereafter, and
theirs will be an awful doom.
003.177 Those who purchase disbelief at the price of faith harm Allah not at all, but
theirs will be a painful doom.
003.178 And let not those who disbelieve imagine that the rein We give them bodeth
good unto their souls. We only give them rein that they may grow in sinfulness. And
theirs will be a shameful doom.
003.179 It is not (the purpose) of Allah to leave you in your present state till He shall
separate the wicked from the good. And it is not (the purpose of) Allah to let you
know the Unseen. But Allah chooseth of His messengers whom He will, (to receive
knowledge thereof). So believe in Allah and His messengers. If ye believe and ward
off (evil), yours will be a vast reward.
003.180 And let not those who hoard up that which Allah hath bestowed upon them
of His bounty think that it is better for them. Nay, it is worse for them. That which
they hoard will be their collar on the Day of Resurrection. Allah's is the heritage of
the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Informed of what ye do.
003.181 Verily Allah heard the saying of those who said, (when asked for
contributions to the war): "Allah, forsooth, is poor, and we are rich!" We shall record
their saying with their slaying of the prophets wrongfully and We shall say: Taste ye
the punishment of burning!
003.182 This is on account of that which your own hands have sent before (you to the
judgment). Allah is no oppressor of (His) bondmen.
003.183 (The same are) those who say: Lo! Allah hath charged us that we believe not
in any messenger until he bring us an offering which fire (from heaven) shall devour.
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Messengers came unto you before me with miracles,
and with that (very miracle) which ye describe. Why then did ye slay them ? (Answer
that) if ye are truthful!
003.184 And if they deny thee, even so did they deny messengers who were before
thee, who came with miracles and with the Psalms and with the Scripture giving light.
003.185 Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of
Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed from the Fire
and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant. The life of this world is but
comfort of illusion.
003.186 Assuredly ye will be tried in your property and in your persons, and ye will
hear much wrong from those who were given the Scripture before you, and from the
idolaters. But if ye persevere and ward off (evil), then that is of the steadfast heart of
things.
003.187 And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the
Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it. But they flung
it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain. Verily evil is that which they
have gained thereby.
003.188 Think not that those who exult in what they have given, and love to be
praised for what they have not done - Think not, they are in safety from the doom. A
painful doom is theirs.
003.189 Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. Allah is
Able to do all things.
003.190 Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of
night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding,
003.191 Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the
creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in
vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.
003.192 Our Lord! Whom Thou causest to enter the Fire: him indeed Thou hast
confounded. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.
003.193 Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: "Believe ye in your
Lord!" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins, and remit from us our
evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.
003.194 Our Lord! And give us that which Thou hast promised to us by Thy
messengers. Confound us not upon the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Thou breakest not
the tryst.
003.195 And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith): Lo! I suffer not the work of
any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from another. So those who
fled and were driven forth from their homes and suffered damage for My cause, and
fought and were slain, verily I shall remit their evil deeds from them and verily I shall
bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow - A reward from Allah. And
with Allah is the fairest of rewards.
003.196 Let not the vicissitude (of the success) of those who disbelieve, in the land,
deceive thee (O Muhammad).
003.197 It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be hell, an ill
abode.
003.198 But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, wherein they will be safe for ever. A gift of welcome from their
Lord. That which Allah hath in store is better for the righteous.
003.199 And lo! of the People of the Scripture there are some who believe in Allah
and that which is revealed unto you and that which was revealed unto them, humbling
themselves before Allah. They purchase not a trifling gain at the price of the
revelations of Allah. Verily their reward is with their Lord. Lo! Allah is swift to take
account.
003.200 O ye who believe! Endure, outdo all others in endurance, be ready, and
observe your duty to Allah, in order that ye may succeed.
004.001 O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a
single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a
multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty toward Allah in Whom ye
claim (your rights) of one another, and toward the wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah
hath been a watcher over you.
004.002 Give unto orphans their wealth. Exchange not the good for the bad (in your
management thereof) nor absorb their wealth into your own wealth. Lo! that would be
a great sin.
004.003 And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the
women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do
justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess.
Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.
004.004 And give unto the women (whom ye marry) free gift of their marriage
portions; but if they of their own accord remit unto you a part thereof, then ye are
welcome to absorb it (in your wealth).
004.005 Give not unto the foolish (what is in) your (keeping of their) wealth, which
Allah hath given you to maintain; but feed and clothe them from it, and speak kindly
unto them.
004.006 Prove orphans till they reach the marriageable age; then, if ye find them of
sound judgment, deliver over unto them their fortune; and devour it not by
squandering and in haste lest they should grow up Whoso (of the guardians) is rich,
let him abstain generously (from taking of the property of orphans); and whoso is
poor let him take thereof in reason (for his guardianship). And when ye deliver up
their fortune unto orphans, have (the transaction) witnessed in their presence. Allah
sufficeth as a Reckoner.
004.007 Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of that which parents and near
kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which parents and near kindred
leave, whether it be little or much - a legal share.
004.008 And when kinsfolk and orphans and the needy are present at the division (of
the heritage), bestow on them therefrom and speak kindly unto them.
004.009 And let those fear (in their behaviour toward orphans) who if they left behind
them weak offspring would be afraid for them. So let them mind their duty to Allah,
and speak justly.
004.010 Lo! Those who devour the wealth of orphans wrongfully, they do but
swallow fire into their bellies, and they will be exposed to burning flame.
004.011 Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision for) your children: to the male
the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if there be women more than two,
then theirs is two-thirds of the inheritance, and if there be one (only) then the half.
And to each of his parents a sixth of the inheritance, if he have a son; and if he have
no son and his parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third; and if
he have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth, after any legacy he may
have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). Your parents and your children: Ye know
not which of them is nearer unto you in usefulness. It is an injunction from Allah. Lo!
Allah is Knower, Wise.
004.012 And unto you belongeth a half of that which your wives leave, if they have
no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth of that which they leave,
afte r any legacy they may have bequeathed, or debt (they ma y have contracted, hath
been paid). And unto them belon geth the fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no
ch ild, but if ye have a child then the eighth of that whi ch ye leave, after any legacy
ye may have bequeathed, o r debt (ye may have contracted, hath been paid). And if a
man or a woman have a distant heir (having left neit her parent nor child), and he (or
she) have a brother o r a sister (only on the mother's side) then to each of them twain
(the brother and the sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they shall be
sharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeat hed or debt
(contracted) not injuring (the heirs by wil ling away more than a third of the heritage)
hath been
004.013 These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso obeyeth Allah and His
messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where
such will dwell for ever. That will be the great success.
004.014 And whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger and transgresseth His limits,
He will make him enter Fire, where he will dwell for ever; his will be a shameful
doom.
004.015 As for those of your women who are guilty of lewdness, call to witness four
of you against them. And if they testify (to the truth of the allegation) then confine
them to the houses until death take them or (until) Allah appoint for them a way
(through new legislation).
004.016 And as for the two of you who are guilty thereof, punish them both. And if
they repent and improve, then let them be. Lo! Allah is ever relenting, Merciful.
004.017 Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward those who do evil in
ignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to Allah. These are they toward
whom Allah relenteth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
004.018 The forgiveness is not for those who do ill-deeds until, when death attendeth
upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are
disbelievers. For such We have prepared a painful doom.
004.019 O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of
your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may
take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant
lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that
ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good.
004.020 And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given unto one
of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it. Would ye take it by
the way of calumny and open wrong ?
004.021 How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath gone in unto the other, and
they have taken a strong pledge from you ?
004.022 And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath
already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! it was ever lewdness and
abomination, and an evil way.
004.023 Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters,
and your father's sisters, and your mother's sisters, and your brother's daughters and
your sister's daughters, and your foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your
mothers-in-law, and your step-daughters who are under your protection (born) of your
women unto whom ye have gone in - but if ye have not gone in unto them, then it is
no sin for you (to marry their daughters) - and the wives of your sons who (spring)
from your own loins. And (it is forbidden unto you) that ye should have two sisters
together, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! Allah is
ever Forgiving, Merciful.
004.024 And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom
your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all
beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock,
not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek content (by marrying them), give unto
them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual
agreement after the duty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
004.025 And whoso is not able to afford to marry free, believing women, let them
marry from the believing maids whom your right hands possess. Allah knoweth best
(concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed) one from another; so wed them by permission
of their folk, and give unto them their portions in kindness, they being honest, not
debauched nor of loose conduct. And if when they are honourably married they
commit lewdness they shall incur the half of the punishment (prescribed) for free
women (in that case). This is for him among you who feareth to commit sin. But to
have patience would be better for you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
004.026 Allah would explain to you and guide you by the examples of those who
were before you, and would turn to you in mercy. Allah is Knower, Wise.
004.027 And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires
would have you go tremendously astray.
004.028 Allah would make the burden light for you, for man was created weak.
004.029 O ye who believe! Squander not your wealth among yourselves in vanity,
except it be a trade by mutual consent, and kill not one another. Lo! Allah is ever
Merciful unto you.
004.030 Whoso doeth that through aggression and injustice, we shall cast him into
Fire, and that is ever easy for Allah.
004.031 If ye avoid the great (things) which ye are forbidden, We will remit from you
your evil deeds and make you enter at a noble gate.
004.032 And covet not the thing in which Allah hath made some of you excel others.
Unto men a fortune from that which they have earned, and unto women a fortune
from that which they have earned. (Envy not one another) but ask Allah of His
bounty. Lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things.
004.033 And unto each We have appointed heirs of that which parents and near
kindred leave; and as for those with whom your right hands have made a covenant,
give them their due. Lo! Allah is ever Witness over all things.
004.034 Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to
excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women).
So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded.
As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds
apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo!
Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
004.035 And if ye fear a breach between them twain (the man and wife), appoint an
arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her folk. If they desire amendment Allah will
make them of one mind. Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Aware.
004.036 And serve Allah. Ascribe no thing as partner unto Him. (Show) kindness
unto parents, and unto near kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and unto the
neighbour who is of kin (unto you) and the neighbour who is not of kin, and the
fellow-traveller and the wayfarer and (the slaves) whom your right hands possess. Lo!
Allah loveth not such as are proud and boastful,
004.037 Who hoard their wealth and enjoin avarice on others, and hide that which
Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty. For disbelievers We prepare a
shameful doom;
004.038 And (also) those who spend their wealth in order to be seen of men, and
believe not in Allah nor the Last Day. Whoso taketh Satan for a comrade, a bad
comrade hath he.
004.039 What have they (to fear) if they believe in Allah and the Last Day and spend
(aright) of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them, when Allah is ever Aware of
them (and all they do) ?
004.040 Lo! Allah wrongeth not even of the weight of an ant; and if there is a good
deed, He will double it and will give (the doer) from His presence an immense
reward.
004.041 But how (will it be with them) when We bring of every people a witness, and
We bring thee (O Muhammad) a witness against these ?
004.042 On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will wish
that they were level with the ground, and they can hide no fact from Allah.
004.043 O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye
know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the
road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from
the closet, or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean
soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving.
004.044 Seest thou not those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been given,
how they purchase error, and seek to make you (Muslims) err from the right way ?
004.045 Allah knoweth best (who are) your enemies. Allah is sufficient as a
Guardian, and Allah is sufficient as a Supporter.
004.046 Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and say: "We
hear and disobey; hear thou as one who heareth not" and "Listen to us!" distorting
with their tongues and slandering religion. If they had said: "We hear and we obey:
hear thou, and look at us" it had been better for them, and more upright. But Allah
hath cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, save a few.
004.047 O ye unto whom the Scripture hath been given! Believe in what We have
revealed confirming that which ye possess, before We destroy countenances so as to
confound them, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers (of old time). The
commandment of Allah is always executed.
004.048 Lo! Allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto Him. He
forgiveth (all) save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners to Allah, he hath
indeed invented a tremendous sin.
004.049 Hast thou not seen those who praise themselves for purity ? Nay, Allah
purifieth whom He will, and they will not be wronged even the hair upon a date-
stone.
004.050 See, how they invent lies about Allah! That of itself is flagrant sin.
004.051 Hast thou not seen those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been
given, how they believe in idols and false deities, and how they say of those
(idolaters) who disbelieve: "These are more rightly guided than those who believe" ?
004.052 Those are they whom Allah hath cursed, and he whom Allah hath cursed,
thou (O Muhammad) wilt find for him no helper.
004.053 Or have they even a share in the Sovereignty ? Then in that case, they would
not give mankind even the speck on a date-stone.
004.054 Or are they jealous of mankind because of that which Allah of His bounty
hath bestowed upon them ? For We bestowed upon the house of Abraham (of old) the
Scripture and wisdom, and We bestowed on them a mighty kingdom.
004.055 And of them were (some) who believed therein and of them were (some)
who turned away from it. Hell is sufficient for (their) burning.
004.056 Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire.
As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they
may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.
004.057 And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall make them enter
Gardens underneath which rivers flow - to dwell therein for ever; there for them are
pure companions - and We shall make them enter plenteous shade.
004.058 Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners, and, if ye
judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is this which Allah
admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer.
004.059 O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you
who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah
and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is
better and more seemly in the end.
004.060 Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is
revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for
judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they have been ordered to abjure
them ? Satan would mislead them far astray.
004.061 And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed
and unto the messenger, thou seest the hypocrites turn from thee with aversion.
004.062 How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own
hands have sent before (them) ? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah
that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness.
004.063 Those are they, the secrets of whose hearts Allah knoweth. So oppose them
and admonish them, and address them in plain terms about their souls.
004.064 We sent no messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah's leave. And
if, when they had wronged themselves, they had but come unto thee and asked
forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger, they would have found
Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
004.065 But nay, by thy Lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they make thee
judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of that
which thou decidest, and submit with full submission.
004.066 And if We had decreed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from your
dwellings, but few of them would have done it; though if they did what they are
exhorted to do it would be better for them, and more strengthening;
004.067 And then We should bestow upon them from Our presence an immense
reward,
004.068 And should guide them unto a straight path.
004.069 Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom
Allah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs and the
righteous. The best of company are they!
004.070 That is bounty from Allah, and Allah sufficeth as Knower.
004.071 O ye who believe! Take your precautions, then advance the proven ones, or
advance all together.
004.072 Lo! among you there is he who loitereth; and if disaster overtook you, he
would say: Allah hath been gracious unto me since I was not present with them.
004.073 And if a bounty from Allah befell you, he would surely cry, as if there had
been no love between you and him: Oh, would that I had been with them, then should
I have achieved a great success!
004.074 Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the
other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We
shall bestow a vast reward.
004.075 How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the feeble among men
and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord! Bring us forth from out
this town of which the people are oppressors! Oh, give us from thy presence some
protecting friend! Oh, give us from Thy presence some defender!
004.076 Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve
do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's
strategy is ever weak.
004.077 Hast thou not seen those unto whom it was said: Withhold your hands,
establish worship and pay the poordue, but when fighting was prescribed for them
behold! a party of them fear mankind even as their fear of Allah or with greater fear,
and say: Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us ? If only Thou wouldst
give us respite yet a while! Say (unto them, O Muhammad): The comfort of this
world is scant; the Hereafter will be better for him who wardeth off (evil); and ye will
not be wronged the down upon a date-stone.
004.078 Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in
lofty towers. Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if
an evil thing befalleth them they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto
them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with these people that they come not nigh to
understand a happening ?
004.079 Whatever of good befalleth thee (O man) it is from Allah, and whatever of ill
befalleth thee it is from thyself. We have sent thee (Muhammad) as a messenger unto
mankind and Allah is sufficient as Witness.
004.080 Whoso obeyeth the messenger hath obeyed Allah, and whoso turneth away:
We have not sent thee as a warder over them.
004.081 And they say: (It is) obedience; but when they have gone forth from thee a
party of them spend the night in planning other than what thou sayest. Allah recordeth
what they plan by night. So oppose them and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient
as Trustee.
004.082 Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an ? If it had been from other than
Allah they would have found therein much incongruity.
004.083 And if any tidings, whether of safety or fear, come unto them, they noise it
abroad, whereas if they had referred it to the messenger and to such of them as are in
authority, those among them who are able to think out the matter would have known
it. If it had not been for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy ye would have
followed Satan, save a few (of you).
004.084 So fight (O Muhammad) in the way of Allah Thou art not taxed (with the
responsibility for anyone) except thyself - and urge on the believers. Peradventure
Allah will restrain the might of those who disbelieve. Allah is stronger in might and
stronger in inflicting punishment.
004.085 Whoso interveneth in a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whoso
interveneth in an evil cause will bear the consequence thereof. Allah overseeth all
things.
004.086 When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it or return it.
Lo! Allah taketh count of all things.
004.087 Allah! There is no God save Him. He gathereth you all unto a Day of
Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Who is more true in statement than Allah ?
004.088 What aileth you that ye are become two parties regarding the hypocrites,
when Allah cast them back (to disbelief) because of what they earned ? Seek ye to
guide him whom Allah hath sent astray ? He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him thou
(O MUhammad) canst not find a road.
004.089 They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be
upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their
homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them
wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them,
004.090 Except those who seek refuge with a people between whom and you there is
a covenant, or (those who) come unto you because their hearts forbid them to make
war on you or make war on their own folk. Had Allah willed He could have given
them power over you so that assuredly they would have fought you. So, if they hold
aloof from you and wage not war against you and offer you peace, Allah alloweth you
no way against them.
004.091 Ye will find others who desire that they should have security from you, and
security from their own folk. So often as they are returned to hostility they are
plunged therein. If they keep not aloof from you nor offer you peace nor hold their
hands, then take them and kill them wherever ye find them. Against such We have
given you clear warrant.
004.092 It is not for a believer to kill a believer unless (it be) by mistake. He who
hath killed a believer by mistake must set free a believing slave, and pay the blood-
money to the family of the slain, unless they remit it as a charity. If he (the victim) be
of a people hostile unto you, and he is a believer, then (the penance is) to set free a
believing slave. And if he cometh of a folk between whom and you there is a
covenant, then the blood-money must be paid unto his folk and (also) a believing
slave must be set free. And whoso hath not the wherewithal must fast two consecutive
months. A penance from Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.
004.093 Whoso slayeth a believer of set purpose, his reward is hell for ever. Allah is
wroth against him and He hath cursed him and prepared for him an awful doom.
004.094 O ye who believe! When ye go forth (to fight) in the way of Allah, be careful
to discriminate, and say not unto one who offereth you peace: "Thou art not a
believer," seeking the chance profits of this life (so that ye may despoil him). With
Allah are plenteous spoils. Even thus (as he now is) were ye before; but Allah hath
since then been gracious unto you. Therefore take care to discriminate. Allah is ever
Informed of what ye do.
004.095 Those of the believers who sit still, other than those who have a (disabling)
hurt, are not on an equality with those who strive in the way of Allah with their
wealth and lives. Allah hath conferred on those who strive with their wealth and lives
a rank above the sedentary. Unto each Allah hath promised good, but He hath
bestowed on those who strive a great reward above the sedentary;
004.096 Degrees of rank from Him, and forgiveness and mercy. Allah is ever
Forgiving, Merciful.
004.097 Lo! as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong
themselves, (the angels) will ask: In what were ye engaged ? They will say: We were
oppressed in the land. (The angels) will say: Was not Allah's earth spacious that ye
could have migrated therein ? As for such, their habitation will be hell, an evil
journey's end;
004.098 Except the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are
unable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.
004.099 As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is ever Clement,
Forgiving.
004.100 Whoso migrateth for the cause of Allah will find much refuge and abundance
in the earth, and whoso forsaketh his home, a fugitive unto Allah and His messenger,
and death overtaketh him, his reward is then incumbent on Allah. Allah is ever
Forgiving, Merciful.
004.101 And when ye go forth in the land, it is no sin for you to curtail (your)
worship if ye fear that those who disbelieve may attack you. In truth the disbelievers
are an open enemy to you.
004.102 And when thou (O Muhammad) art among them and arrangest (their)
worship for them, let only a party of them stand with thee (to worship) and let them
take their arms. Then when they have performed their prostrations let them fall to the
rear and let another party come that hath not worshipped and let them worship with
thee, and let them take their precaution and their arms. Those who disbelieve long for
you to neglect your arms and your baggage that they may attack you once for all. It is
no sin for you to lay aside your arms, if rain impedeth you or ye are sick. But take
your precaution. Lo! Allah prepareth for the disbelievers shameful punishment.
004.103 When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing,
sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at
fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.
004.104 Relent not in pursuit of the enemy. If ye are suffering, lo! they suffer even as
ye suffer and ye hope from Allah that for which they cannot hope. Allah is ever
Knower, Wise.
004.105 Lo! We reveal unto thee the Scripture with the truth, that thou mayst judge
between mankind by that which Allah showeth thee. And be not thou a pleader for the
treacherous;
004.106 And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
004.107 And plead not on behalf of (people) who deceive themselves. Lo! Allah
loveth not one who is treacherous and sinful.
004.108 They seek to hide from men and seek not to hide from Allah. He is with them
when by night they hold discourse displeasing unto Him. Allah ever surroundeth what
they do.
004.109 Ho! ye are they who pleaded for them in the life of the world. But who will
plead with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will then be their
defender ?
004.110 Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of
Allah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
004.111 Whoso committeth sin committeth it only against himself. Allah is ever
Knower, Wise.
004.112 And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the blame)
thereof upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood and a flagrant crime.
004.113 But for the grace of Allah upon thee (Muhammad), and His mercy, a party of
them had resolved to mislead thee, but they will mislead only themselves and they
will hurt thee not at all. Allah revealeth unto thee the Scripture and wisdom, and
teacheth thee that which thou knewest not. The grace of Allah toward thee hath been
infinite.
004.114 There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who
enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the people. Whoso
doeth that, seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall bestow on him a vast reward.
004.115 And whoso opposeth the messenger after the guidance (of Allah) hath been
manifested unto him, and followeth other than the believer's way, We appoint for him
that unto which he himself hath turned, and expose him unto hell - a hapless journey's
end!
004.116 Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He
pardoneth all save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah hath
wandered far astray.
004.117 They invoke in His stead only females; they pray to none else than Satan, a
rebel
004.118 Whom Allah cursed, and he said: Surely I will take of Thy bondmen an
appointed portion,
004.119 And surely I will lead them astray, and surely I will arouse desires in them,
and surely I will command them and they will cut the cattle' ears, and surely I will
command them and they will change Allah's creation. Whoso chooseth Satan for a
patron instead of Allah is verily a loser and his loss is manifest.
004.120 He promiseth them and stirreth up desires in them, and Satan promiseth them
only to beguile.
004.121 For such, their habitation will be hell, and they will find no refuge therefrom.
004.122 But as for those who believe and do good works We shall bring them into
Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. It is a
promise from Allah in truth; and who can be more truthful than Allah in utterance ?
004.123 It will not be in accordance with your desires, nor the desires of the People of
the Scripture. He who doeth wrong will have the recompense thereof, and will not
find against Allah any protecting friend or helper.
004.124 And whoso doeth good works, whether of male or female, and he (or she) is
a believer, such will enter paradise and they will not be wronged the dint in a date-
stone.
004.125 Who is better in religion than he who surrendereth his purpose to Allah while
doing good (to men) and followeth the tradition of Abraham, the upright ? Allah
(Himself) chose Abraham for friend.
004.126 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth. Allah ever surroundeth all things.
004.127 They consult thee concerning women. Say: Allah giveth you decree
concerning them, and the Scripture which hath been recited unto you (giveth decree),
concerning female orphans and those unto whom ye give not that which is ordained
for them though ye desire to marry them, and (concerning) the weak among children,
and that ye should deal justly with orphans. Whatever good ye do, lo! Allah is ever
Aware of it.
004.128 If a woman feareth ill treatment from her husband, or desertion, it is no sin
for them twain if they make terms of peace between themselves. Peace is better. But
greed hath been made present in the minds (of men). If ye do good and keep from
evil, lo! Allah is ever Informed of what ye do.
004.129 Ye will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however much ye
wish (to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one), leaving her as in suspense. If
ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
004.130 But if they separate, Allah will compensate each out of His abundance. Allah
is ever All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
004.131 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before you, and (We charge)
you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if ye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah
belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is
ever Absolute, Owner of Praise.
004.132 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the
earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.
004.133 If He will, He can remove you, O people, and produce others (in your stead).
Allah is Able to do that.
004.134 Whoso desireth the reward of the world, (let him know that) with Allah is the
reward of the world and the Hereafter. Allah is ever Hearer, Seer.
004.135 O ye who believe! Be ye staunch in justice, witnesses for Allah, even though
it be against yourselves or (your) parents or (your) kindred, whether (the case be of) a
rich man or a poor man, for Allah is nearer unto both (them ye are). So follow not
passion lest ye lapse (from truth) and if ye lapse or fall away, then lo! Allah is ever
Informed of what ye do.
004.136 O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the Scripture
which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture which He revealed
aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His
messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath wandered far astray.
004.137 Lo! those who believe, then disbelieve and then (again) believe, then
disbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never pardon them, nor will He
guide them unto a way.
004.138 Bear unto the hypocrites the tidings that for them there is a painful doom;
004.139 Those who chose disbelievers for their friends instead of believers! Do they
look for power at their hands ? Lo! all power appertaineth to Allah.
004.140 He hath already revealed unto you in the Scripture that, when ye hear the
revelations of Allah rejected and derided, (ye) sit not with them (who disbelieve and
mock) until they engage in some other conversation. Lo! in that case (if ye stayed) ye
would be like unto them. Lo! Allah will gather hypocrites and disbelievers, all
together, into hell;
004.141 Those who wait upon occasion in regard to you and, if a victory cometh unto
you from Allah, say: Are we not with you ? and if the disbelievers meet with a
success say: Had we not the mastery of you, and did we not protect you from the
believers ? - Allah will judge between you at the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will
not give the disbelievers any way (of success) against the believers.
004.142 Lo! the hypocrites seek to beguile Allah, but it is He Who beguileth them.
When they stand up to worship they perform it languidly and to be seen of men, and
are mindful of Allah but little;
004.143 Swaying between this (and that), (belonging) neither to these nor to those.
He whom Allah causeth to go astray, thou (O Muhammad) wilt not find a way for
him:
004.144 O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place of
believers. Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you ?
004.145 Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the Fire, and thou wilt find
no helper for them;
004.146 Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their
religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on
the believers an immense reward.
004.147 What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His
mercies) and believe (in Him) ? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware.
004.148 Allah loveth not the utterance of harsh speech save by one who hath been
wronged. Allah is ever Hearer, Knower.
004.149 If ye do good openly or keep it secret, or forgive evil, lo! Allah is ever
Forgiving, Powerful.
004.150 Lo! those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers, and seek to make
distinction between Allah and His messengers, and say: We believe in some and
disbelieve in others, and seek to choose a way in between;
004.151 Such are disbelievers in truth; and for disbelievers We prepare a shameful
doom.
004.152 But those who believe in Allah and His messengers and make no distinction
between any of them, unto them Allah will give their wages; and Allah was ever
Forgiving, Merciful.
004.153 The people of the Scripture ask of thee that thou shouldst cause an (actual)
Book to descend upon them from heaven. They asked a greater thing of Moses
aforetime, for they said: Show us Allah plainly. The storm of lightning seized them
for their wickedness. Then (even) after that) they chose the calf (for worship) after
clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And We forgave them that!
And We bestowed on Moses evident authority.
004.154 And We caused the Mount to tower above them at (the taking of) their
covenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate, prostrate! and We bode them:
Transgress not the Sabbath! and We took from them a firm covenant.
004.155 Then because of their breaking of their covenant, and their disbelieving in
the revelations of Allah, and their slaying of the prophets wrongfully, and their
saying: Our hearts are hardened - Nay, but Allah set a seal upon them for their
disbelief, so that they believe not save a few -
004.156 And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a
tremendous calumny;
004.157 And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary,
Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto
them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no
knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain.
004.158 But Allah took him up unto Himself. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.
004.159 There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in him before
his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them -
004.160 Because of the wrongdoing of the Jews We forbade them good things which
were (before) made lawful unto them, and because of their much hindering from
Allah's way,
004.161 And of their taking usury when they were forbidden it, and of their
devouring people's wealth by false pretences, We have prepared for those of them
who disbelieve a painful doom.
004.162 But those of them who are firm in knowledge and the believers believe in
that which is revealed unto thee, and that which was revealed before thee, especially
the diligent in prayer and those who pay the poor-due, the believers in Allah and the
Last Day. Upon these We shall bestow immense reward.
004.163 Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, as We
inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job
and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We imparted unto David the Psalms;
004.164 And messengers We have mentioned unto thee before and messengers We
have not mentioned unto thee; and Allah spake directly unto Moses;
004.165 Messengers of good cheer and of warning, in order that mankind might have
no argument against Allah after the messengers. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.
004.166 But Allah (Himself) testifieth concerning that which He hath revealeth unto
thee; in His knowledge hath He revealed it; and the angels also testify. And Allah is
sufficient Witness.
004.167 Lo! those who disbelieve and hinder (others) from the way of Allah, they
verily have wandered far astray.
004.168 Lo! those who disbelieve and deal in wrong, Allah will never forgive them,
neither will He guide them unto a road,
004.169 Except the road of hell, wherein they will abide for ever. And that is ever
easy for Allah.
004.170 O mankind! The messenger hath come unto you with the Truth from your
Lord. Therefor believe; (it is) better for you. But if ye disbelieve, still, lo! unto Allah
belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
004.171 O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught
concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a
messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from
Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not "Three" - Cease! (it is)
better for you! - Allah is only One God. Far is it removed from His Transcendent
Majesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in
the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.
004.172 The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favoured
angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him;
004.173 Then, as for those who believed and did good works, unto them will He pay
their wages in full, adding unto them of His bounty; and as for those who were
scornful and proud, them will He punish with a painful doom. And they will not find
for them, against Allah, any protecting friend or helper.
004.174 O mankind! Now hath a proof from your Lord come unto you, and We have
sent down unto you a clear light;
004.175 As for those who believe in Allah, and hold fast unto Him, them He will
cause to enter into His mercy and grace, and will guide them unto Him by a straight
road.
004.176 They ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: Allah hath pronounced for you
concerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a sister, hers is half the
heritage, and he would have inherited from her had she died childless. And if there be
two sisters, then theirs are two-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and
women, unto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females. Allah expoundeth
unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things.
005.001 O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures. The beast of cattle is made lawful
unto you (for food) except that which is announced unto you (herein), game being
unlawful when ye are on the pilgrimage. Lo! Allah ordaineth that which pleaseth
Him.
005.002 O ye who believe! Profane not Allah's monuments nor the Sacred Month nor
the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking the
grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have left the sacred territory, then go
hunting (if ye will). And let not your hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going
to the inviolable place of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another
unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression,
but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment.
005.003 Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh, and that
which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead
through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been
killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye
make lawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols.
And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This is an abomination.
This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever harming) your religion; so fear
them not, fear Me! This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My
favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam. Whoso is forced by
hunger, not by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
005.004 They ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful for them. Say: (all) good
things are made lawful for you. And those beasts and birds of prey which ye have
trained as hounds are trained, ye teach them that which Allah taught you; so eat of
that which they catch for you and mention Allah's name upon it, and observe your
duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is swift to take account.
005.005 This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who
have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And
so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who
received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when ye give them their marriage
portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret
concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers
in the Hereafter.
005.006 O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your
hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the
ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or
one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find
not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some
of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would
perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
005.007 Remember Allah's grace upon you and His covenant by which He bound you
when ye said: We hear and we obey; And keep your duty to Allah. Lo! He knoweth
what is in the breasts (of men).
005.008 O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not
hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to
your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
005.009 Allah hath promised those who believe and do good works: Theirs will be
forgiveness and immense reward.
005.010 And they who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, such are rightful owners
of hell.
005.011 O ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how a people were
minded to stretch out their hands against you but He withheld their hands from you;
and keep your duty to Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust.
005.012 Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised
among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish
worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and
lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring
you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after
this will go astray from a plain road.
005.013 And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and
made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that
whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all
save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
005.014 And with those who say: "Lo! we are Christians," We made a covenant, but
they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up
enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform
them of their handiwork.
005.015 O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you,
expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and
forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture,
005.016 Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of
peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them
unto a straight path.
005.017 They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of
Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the
Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth ? Allah's is the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth
what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.
005.018 The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say:
Why then doth He chastise you for your sins ? Nay, ye are but mortals of His
creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him
is the journeying.
005.019 O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make
things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should
say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a
messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things.
005.020 And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember
Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings,
and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures.
005.021 O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn
not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:
005.022 They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in
till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not
till then).
005.023 Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah
had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be
victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.
005.024 They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So
go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.
005.025 He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so
distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.
005.026 (Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty
years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So grieve not over the
wrongdoing folk.
005.027 But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how they
offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them and it was not
accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered:
Allah accepteth only from those who ward off (evil).
005.028 Even if thou stretch out thy hand against me to kill me, I shall not stretch out
my hand against thee to kill thee, lo! I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
005.029 Lo! I would rather thou shouldst bear the punishment of the sin against me
and thine own sin and become one of the owners of the fire. That is the reward of
evil-doers.
005.030 But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew
him and became one of the losers.
005.031 Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide
his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven
and so hide my brother's naked corpse ? And he became repentant.
005.032 For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a
human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he
had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved
the life of all mankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of
Allah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth.
005.033 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and
strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have
their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such
will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful
doom;
005.034 Save those who repent before ye overpower them. For know that Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
005.035 O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah, and seek the way of
approach unto Him, and strive in His way in order that ye may succeed.
005.036 As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is in the earth were theirs, and as
much again therewith, to ransom them from the doom on the Day of Resurrection, it
would not be accepted from them. Theirs will be a painful doom.
005.037 They will wish to come forth from the Fire, but they will not come forth
from it. Theirs will be a lasting doom.
005.038 As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of
their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
005.039 But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and amendeth, lo! Allah will
relent toward him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
005.040 Knowest thou not that unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth ? He punisheth whom He will, and forgiveth whom He will. Allah is
Able to do all things.
005.041 O Messenger! Let not them grieve thee who vie one with another in the race
to disbelief, of such as say with their mouths: "We believe," but their hearts believe
not, and of the Jews: listeners for the sake of falsehood, listeners on behalf of other
folk who come not unto thee, changing words from their context and saying: If this be
given unto you, receive it, but if this be not given unto you, then beware! He whom
Allah doometh unto sin, thou (by thine efforts) wilt avail him naught against Allah.
Those are they for whom the Will of Allah is that He cleanse not their hearts. Theirs
in the world will be ignominy, and in the Hereafter an awful doom;
005.042 Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for illicit gain! If then they have
recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between them or disclaim jurisdiction. If thou
disclaimest jurisdiction, then they cannot harm thee at all. But if thou judgest, judge
between them with equity. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
005.043 How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah, wherein
Allah hath delivered judgment (for them) ? Yet even after that they turn away. Such
(folk) are not believers.
005.044 Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by which the
prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the Jews, and the rabbis and the priests
(judged) by such of Allah's Scripture as they were bidden to observe, and thereunto
were they witnesses. So fear not mankind, but fear Me. And My revelations for a little
gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers.
005.045 And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the
eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and
for wounds retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be
expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are
wrong-doers.
005.046 And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, confirming
that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the
Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before
it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil).
005.047 Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein.
Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.
005.048 And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming
whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by
that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth
which hath come unto thee. For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out
way. Had Allah willed He could have made you one community. But that He may try
you by that which He hath given you (He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with
another in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then inform you of
that wherein ye differ.
005.049 So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not
their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which
Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to
smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers.
005.050 Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan) ignorance that they are seeking ? Who
is better than Allah for judgment to a people who have certainty (in their belief) ?
005.051 O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are
friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them.
Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
005.052 And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them, saying:
We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen that Allah will
vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment from His presence. Then will
they repent them of their secret thoughts.
005.053 Then will the believers say (unto the people of the Scripture): are these they
who swore by Allah their most binding oaths that they were surely with you ? Their
works have failed, and they have become the losers.
005.054 O ye who believe! Whoso of you becometh a renegade from his religion,
(know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people whom He loveth and who love Him,
humble toward believers, stern toward disbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and
fearing not the blame of any blamer. Such is the grace of Allah which He giveth unto
whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
005.055 Your guardian can be only Allah; and His messenger and those who believe,
who establish worship and pay the poordue, and bow down (in prayer).
005.056 And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and those who believe for
guardian (will know that), lo! the party of Allah, they are the victorious.
005.057 O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such of those who received the
Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as make a jest and sport of your religion.
But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true believers.
005.058 And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is because
they are a folk who understand not.
005.059 Say: O People of the Scripture! Do ye blame us for aught else than that we
believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed
aforetime, and because most of you are evil-livers ?
005.060 Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with Allah ?
(Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom His wrath hath
fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to apes and swine, and who serveth
idols. Such are in worse plight and further astray from the plain road.
005.061 When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they came in
unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best what they were
hiding.
005.062 And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and transgression
and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what they do.
005.063 Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their
devouring of illicit gain ? Verily evil is their handiwork.
005.064 The Jews say: Allah's hand is fettered. Their hands are fettered and they are
accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His hands are spread out wide in bounty. He
bestoweth as He will. That which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is
certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them, and We have cast
among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection. As often as they light a
fire for war, Allah extinguisheth it. Their effort is for corruption in the land, and Allah
loveth not corrupters.
005.065 If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil), surely
We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them into Gardens
of Delight.
005.066 If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed
unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been nourished from above them
and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who are moderate, but
many of them are of evil conduct.
005.067 O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy
Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. Allah will
protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.
005.068 Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe
the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord. That
which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the
contumacy and disbelief of many of them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk.
005.069 Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Sabaeans, and Christians
- Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there shall no fear
come upon them neither shall they grieve.
005.070 We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent unto
them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that which their souls
desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them) they denied and some they
slew.
005.071 They thought no harm would come of it, so they were wilfully blind and
deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward them. Now (even after that) are
many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is Seer of what they do.
005.072 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The
Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.
Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His
abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.
005.073 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is
no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall
on those of them who disbelieve.
005.074 Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him ? For Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
005.075 The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the
like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman.
And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for
them, and see how they are turned away!
005.076 Say: Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth for you neither hurt nor
use ? Allah it is Who is the Hearer, the Knower.
005.077 Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the
truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray,
and erred from a plain road.
005.078 Those of the Children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of
David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to
transgress.
005.079 They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil
was that they used to do!
005.080 Thou seest many of them making friends with those who disbelieve. Surely
ill for them is that which they themselves send on before them: that Allah will be
wroth with them and in the doom they will abide.
005.081 If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed unto
him, they would not choose them for their friends. But many of them are of evil
conduct.
005.082 Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who
believe (to be) the Jews and the idolaters. And thou wilt find the nearest of them in
affection to those who believe (to be) those who say: Lo! We are Christians. That is
because there are among them priests and monks, and because they are not proud.
005.083 When they listen to that which hath been revealed unto the messengers, thou
seest their eyes overflow with tears because of their recognition of the Truth. They
say: Our Lord, we believe. Inscribe us as among the witnesses.
005.084 How should we not believe in Allah and that which hath come unto us of the
Truth. And (how should we not) hope that our Lord will bring us in along with
righteous folk ?
005.085 Allah hath rewarded them for that their saying - Gardens underneath which
rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of the good.
005.086 But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of hell-
fire.
005.087 O ye who believe! Forbid not the good things which Allah hath made lawful
for you, and transgress not, Lo! Allah loveth not transgressors.
005.088 Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good, and
keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers.
005.089 Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths,
but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation
thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed
your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who
findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the expiation of
your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto
you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks.
005.090 O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining
arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may
succeed.
005.091 Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong
drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from
(His) worship. Will ye then have done ?
005.092 Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away, then
know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of the message).
005.093 There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works
for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your duty (to Allah), and
believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful of your duty, and believe; and
once again: be mindful of your duty, and do right. Allah loveth the good.
005.094 O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the
game which ye take with your hands and your spears, that Allah may know him who
feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth after this, for him there is a painful doom.
005.095 O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are on the pilgrimage. Whoso
of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its forfeit in the equivalent of that which
he hath killed, of domestic animals, the judge to be two men among you known for
justice, (the forfeit) to be brought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or, for expiation, he
shall feed poor persons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil
consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind) may have happened
in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take retribution from him. Allah is
Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).
005.096 To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for
you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the
pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered.
005.097 Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind,
and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know
that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and
that Allah is Knower of all things.
005.098 Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but that Allah (also) is Forgiving,
Merciful.
005.099 The duty of the messenger is only to convey (the message). Allah knoweth
what ye proclaim and what ye hide.
005.100 Say: The evil and the good are not alike even though the plenty of the evil
attract thee. So be mindful of your duty to Allah, O men of understanding, that ye
may succeed.
005.101 O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if they were made unto you,
would trouble you; but if ye ask of them when the Qur'an is being revealed, they will
be made known unto you. Allah pardoneth this, for Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
005.102 A folk before you asked (for such disclosures) and then disbelieved therein.
005.103 Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature of a Bahirah or a Sa'ibah or a
Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve invent a lie against Allah. Most of them
have no sense.
005.104 And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed
and unto the messenger, they say: Enough for us is that wherein we found our fathers.
What! Even though their fathers had no knowledge whatsoever, and no guidance ?
005.105 O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth cannot
injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye will all return; and then He will
inform you of what ye used to do.
005.106 O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death draweth
nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses, just men from among
you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye are campaigning in the land and the
calamity of death befall you. Ye shall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye
doubt, they shall be made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even
though it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the testimony of Allah,
for then indeed we should be of the sinful.
005.107 But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit (the suspicion
of) sin, let two others take their place of those nearly concerned, and let them swear
by Allah, (saying): Verily our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not
transgressed (the bounds of duty), for them indeed we should be of the evil-doers.
005.108 Thus it is more likely that they will bear true witness or fear that after their
oaths the oaths (of others) will be taken. So be mindful of your duty (to Allah) and
hearken. Allah guideth not the froward folk.
005.109 In the day when Allah gathereth together the messengers, and saith: What
was your response (from mankind) ? they say: We have no knowledge. Lo! Thou,
only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden,
005.110 When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee
and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou
spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture
and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it
were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird
by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My
permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I
restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them
with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else
than mere magic;
005.111 And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My
messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered (unto Thee)
"we are muslims".
005.112 When the disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Is thy Lord able to send down
for us a table spread with food from heaven ? He said: Observe your duty to Allah, if
ye are true believers.
005.113 (They said:) We wish to eat thereof, that we may satisfy our hearts and know
that thou hast spoken truth to us, and that thereof we may be witnesses.
005.114 Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a table
spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for the first of us and for
the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us sustenance, for Thou art the Best of
Sustainers.
005.115 Allah said: Lo! I send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you
afterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment wherewith I have not punished
any of (My) creatures.
005.116 And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind:
Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah ? he saith: Be glorified! It was not
mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then Thou knewest it.
Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou,
only Thou, art the Knower of Things Hidden ?
005.117 I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying): Worship
Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I dwelt among them,
and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over them. Thou art Witness over
all things.
005.118 If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo!
they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.
005.119 Allah saith: This is a day in which their truthfulness profiteth the truthful, for
theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they are secure for ever,
Allah taking pleasure in them and they in Him. That is the great triumph.
005.120 Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and
whatsoever is therein, and He is Able to do all things.
006.001 Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the heavens and the earth, and hath
appointed darkness and light. Yet those who disbelieve ascribe rivals unto their Lord.
006.002 He it is Who hath created you from clay, and hath decreed a term for you. A
term is fixed with Him. Yet still ye doubt!
006.003 He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knoweth both your secret and
your utterance, and He knoweth what ye earn.
006.004 Never came there unto them a revelation of the revelations of Allah but they
did turn away from it.
006.005 And they denied the truth when it came unto them. But there will come unto
them the tidings of that which they used to deride.
006.006 See they not how many a generation We destroyed before them, whom We
had established in the earth more firmly than We have established you, and We shed
on them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers flow beneath them. Yet
we destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation.
006.007 Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual) writing upon parchment,
so that they could feel it with their hands, those who disbelieve would have said: This
is naught else than mere magic.
006.008 They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down unto him ? If We sent
down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no further time would be allowed
them (for reflection).
006.009 Had we appointed him (Our messenger) an angel, We assuredly had made
him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth)
they (now) obscure.
006.010 Messengers (of Allah) have been derided before thee, but that whereat they
scoffed surrounded such of them as did deride.
006.011 Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature of the
consequence for the rejecters!
006.012 Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth ? Say:
Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all together
to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will
not believe.
006.013 Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in the night and the day. He is the
Hearer, the Knower.
006.014 Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of
the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed ? Say: I am ordered to be the
first to surrender (unto Him). And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.
006.015 Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful Day.
006.016 He from whom (such retribution) is averted on that day, (Allah) hath in truth
had mercy on him. That will be the signal triumph.
006.017 If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is none that can relieve therefrom
save Him, and if He touch thee with good fortune (there is none that can impair it);
for He is Able to do all things.
006.018 He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower.
006.019 Say (O Muhammad): What thing is of most weight in testimony ? Say: Allah
is Witness between me and you. And this Qur'an hath been inspired in me, that I may
warn therewith you and whomsoever it may reach. Do ye in sooth bear witness that
there are gods beside Allah ? Say: I bear no such witness. Say: He is only One God.
Lo! I am innocent of that which ye associate (with Him).
006.020 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise (this revelation) as they
recognise their sons. Those who ruin their own souls will not believe.
006.021 Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or denieth
His revelations ? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be successful.
006.022 And on the day We gather them together We shall say unto those who
ascribed partners (unto Allah): Where are (now) those partners of your make-believe
?
006.023 Then will they have no contention save that they will say: By Allah, our
Lord, we never were idolaters.
006.024 See how they lie against themselves, and (how) the thing which they devised
hath failed them!
006.025 Of them are some who listen unto thee, but We have placed upon their hearts
veils, lest they should understand, and in their ears a deafness. If they saw every token
they would not believe therein; to the point that, when they come unto thee to argue
with thee, the disbelievers say: This is naught else than fables of the men of old.
006.026 And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and they ruin none save
themselves, though they perceive not.
006.027 If thou couldst see when they are set before the Fire and say: Oh, would that
we might return! Then would we not deny the revelations of our Lord but we would
be of the believers!
006.028 Nay, but that hath become clear unto them which before they used to hide.
And if they were sent back they would return unto that which they are forbidden. Lo!
they are liars.
006.029 And they say: There is naught save our life of the world, and we shall not be
raised (again).
006.030 If thou couldst see when they are set before their Lord! He will say: Is not
this real ? They will say: Yea, verily, by our Lord! He will say: Taste now the
retribution for that ye used to disbelieve.
006.031 They indeed are losers who deny their meeting with Allah until, when the
Hour cometh on them suddenly, they cry: Alas for us, that we neglected it! They bear
upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil is that which they bear!
006.032 Naught is the life of the world save a pastime and a spot. Better far is the
abode of the Hereafter for those who keep their duty (to Allah). Have ye then no
sense ?
006.033 We know well how their talk grieveth thee, though in truth they deny not
thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the revelations of Allah.
006.034 Messengers indeed have been denied before thee, and they were patient
under the denial and the persecution till Our succour reached them. There is none to
alter the decisions of Allah. Already there hath reached thee (somewhat) of the tidings
of the messengers (We sent before).
006.035 And if their aversion is grievous unto thee, then, if thou canst, seek a way
down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky that thou mayst bring unto them a portent
(to convince them all)! - If Allah willed, He could have brought them all together to
the guidance - So be not thou among the foolish ones.
006.036 Only those can accept who hear. As for the dead, Allah will raise them up;
then unto Him they will be returned.
006.037 They say: Why hath no portent been sent down upon him from his Lord ?
Say: Lo! Allah is Able to send down a portent. But most of them know not.
006.038 There is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings,
but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the Book (of Our
decrees). Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.
006.039 Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb in darkness. Whom
Allah will sendeth astray, and whom He will He placeth on a straight path.
006.040 Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of Allah come upon you or the
Hour come upon you, (calling upon other than Allah) ? Do ye then call (for help) to
any other than Allah ? (Answer that) if ye are truthful.
006.041 Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He removeth that because of which ye call
unto Him, if He will, and ye forget whatever partners ye ascribed unto Him.
006.042 We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited
them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.
006.043 If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had been humble! But their
hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!
006.044 Then, when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened
unto them the gates of all things till, even as they were rejoicing in that which they
were given, We seized them unawares, and lo! they were dumbfounded.
006.045 So of the people who did wrong the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to
Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
006.046 Say: Have ye imagined, if Allah should take away your hearing and your
sight and seal your hearts, Who is the God Who could restore it to you save Allah ?
See how We display the revelations unto them! Yet still they turn away.
006.047 Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of Allah come upon you
unawares or openly ? Would any perish save wrongdoing folk ?
006.048 We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners.
Whoso believeth and doeth right, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall
they grieve.
006.049 But as for those who deny Our revelations, torment will afflict them for that
they used to disobey.
006.050 Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not unto you (that) I possess
the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of the Unseen; and I say not unto
you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind
man and the seer equal ? Will ye not then take thought ?
006.051 Warn hereby those who fear (because they know) that they will be gathered
unto their Lord, for whom there is no protecting ally nor intercessor beside Him, that
they may ward off (evil).
006.052 Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His
Countenance. Thou art not accountable for them in aught, nor are they accountable
for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and be of the wrong-doers.
006.053 And even so do We try some of them by others, that they say: Are these they
whom Allah favoureth among us ? Is not Allah best Aware of the thanksgivers ?
006.054 And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say: Peace
be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you doeth
evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward thereof and doeth right, (for him) lo!
He is Forgiving, Merciful.
006.055 Thus do We expound the revelations that the way of the unrighteous may be
manifest.
006.056 Say: I am forbidden to worship those on whom ye call instead of Allah. Say:
I will not follow your desires, for then should I go astray and I should not be of the
rightly guided.
006.057 Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from my Lord, while ye deny Him. I have
not that for which ye are impatient. The decision is for Allah only. He telleth the truth
and He is the Best of Deciders.
006.058 Say: If I had that for which ye are impatient, then would the case (ere this)
have been decided between me and you. Allah is Best Aware of the wrong-doers.
006.059 And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He knoweth them. And
He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He knoweth it, not a
grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear
record.
006.060 He it is Who gathereth you at night and knoweth that which ye commit by
day. Then He raiseth you again to life therein, that the term appointed (for you) may
be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is your return. Then He will proclaim unto
you what ye used to do.
006.061 He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth guardians over you until,
when death cometh unto one of you, Our messengers receive him, and they neglect
not.
006.062 Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord, the Just. Surely His is the
judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners.
006.063 Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the land and the sea ? Ye call
upon Him humbly and in secret, (saying): If we are delivered from this (fear) we truly
will be of the thankful.
006.064 Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all affliction. Yet ye attribute
partners unto Him.
006.065 Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from
beneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and make you taste the tyranny
one of another. See how We display the revelations so that they may understand.
006.066 Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though it is the Truth. Say: I am
not put in charge of you.
006.067 For every announcement there is a term, and ye will come to know.
006.068 And when thou seest those who meddle with Our revelations, withdraw from
them until they meddle with another topic. And if the devil cause thee to forget, sit
not, after the remembrance, with the congregation of wrong-doers.
006.069 Those who ward off (evil) are not accountable for them in aught, but the
Reminder (must be given them) that haply they (too) may ward off (evil).
006.070 And forsake those who take their religion for a pastime and a jest, and whom
the life of the world beguileth. Remind (mankind) hereby lest a soul be destroyed by
what it earneth. It hath beside Allah no protecting ally nor intercessor, and though it
offer every compensation it will not be accepted from it. Those are they who perish
by their own deserts. For them is drink of boiling water and a painful doom, because
they disbelieved.
006.071 Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah, unto that which neither profiteth us
nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after Allah hath guided us, like one bewildered
whom the devils have infatuated in the earth, who hath companions who invite him to
the guidance (saying): Come unto us ? Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah is Guidance,
and we are ordered to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds,
006.072 And to establish worship and be dutiful to Him, and He it is unto Whom ye
will be gathered.
006.073 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth. In the day when He
saith: Be! it is. His Word is the Truth, and His will be the Sovereignty on the day
when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, He is the Wise,
the Aware.
006.074 (Remember) when Abraham said unto his father Azar: Takest thou idols for
gods ? Lo! I see thee and thy folk in error manifest.
006.075 Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that
he might be of those possessing certainty:
006.076 When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my
Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.
006.077 And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But
when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk
who are astray.
006.078 And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my Lord! This is
greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from all that ye
associate (with Him).
006.079 Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the
earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters.
006.080 His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye with me concerning Allah
when He hath guided me ? I fear not at all that which ye set up beside Him unless my
Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all things in His knowledge. Will ye not then
remember ?
006.081 How should I fear that which ye set up beside Him, when ye fear not to set
up beside Allah that for which He hath revealed unto you no warrant ? Which of the
two factions hath more right to safety ? (Answer me that) if ye have knowledge.
006.082 Those who believe and obscure not their belief by wrongdoing, theirs is
safety; and they are rightly guided.
006.083 That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham against his folk. We raise
unto degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.
006.084 And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and
Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and
Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good.
006.085 And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the
righteous.
006.086 And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We
prefer above (Our) creatures,
006.087 With some of their forefathers and their offspring and their brethren; and We
chose them and guided them unto a straight path.
006.088 Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He guideth whom He will of His
bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside Him, (all) that they did
would have been vain.
006.089 Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture and command and
prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall entrust it to a
people who will not be disbelievers therein.
006.090 Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow their guidance. Say (O
Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it. Lo! it is naught but a Reminder
to (His) creatures.
006.091 And they measure not the power of Allah its true measure when they say:
Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say (unto the Jews who speak thus):
Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance for mankind,
which ye have put on parchments which ye show, but ye hide much (thereof), and (by
which) ye were taught that which ye knew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers
(know it) ? Say: Allah. Then leave them to their play of cavilling.
006.092 And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed, confirming that
which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of Villages and those
around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe herein, and they are careful of
their worship.
006.093 Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah, or
saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal the
like of that which Allah hath revealed ? If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers
reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up
your souls. This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake
concerning Allah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.
006.094 Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We did create you at the first, and ye
have left behind you all that We bestowed upon you, and We behold not with you
those your intercessors, of whom ye claimed that they possessed a share in you. Now
is the bond between you severed, and that which ye presumed hath failed you.
006.095 Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain of corn and the date-stone (for
sprouting). He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and is the bringer-forth of the
dead from the living. Such is Allah. How then are ye perverted ?
006.096 He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath appointed the night for
stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That is the measuring of the
Mighty, the Wise.
006.097 And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your course by
them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We have detailed Our revelations for
a people who have knowledge.
006.098 And He it is Who hath produced you from a single being, and (hath given
you) a habitation and a repository. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who
have understanding.
006.099 He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and therewith We bring forth
buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade from which We bring forth the
thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm, from the pollen thereof, spring pendant
bunches; and (We bring forth) gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate,
alike and unlike. Look upon the fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its
ripening. Lo! herein verily are portents for a people who believe.
006.100 Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him the jinn, although He did create them,
and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and daughters unto Him. Glorified be He
and High Exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him).
006.101 The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when
there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things ?
006.102 Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all
things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.
006.103 Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the
Subtile, the Aware.
006.104 Proofs have come unto you from your Lord, so whoso seeth, it is for his own
good, and whoso is blind is blind to his own hurt. And I am not a keeper over you.
006.105 Thus do We display Our revelations that they may say (unto thee,
Muhammad): "Thou hast studied," and that We may make (it) clear for people who
have knowledge.
006.106 Follow that which is inspired in thee from thy Lord; there is no God save
Him; and turn away from the idolaters.
006.107 Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous. We have not set thee as a
keeper over them, nor art thou responsible for them.
006.108 Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they wrongfully
revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their deed
seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and He will tell them what they used to
do.
006.109 And they swear a solemn oath by Allah that if there come unto them a
portent they will believe therein. Say; Portents are with Allah and (so is) that which
telleth you that if such came unto them they would not believe.
006.110 We confound their hearts and their eyes. As they believed not therein at the
first, We let them wander blindly on in their contumacy.
006.111 And though We should send down the angels unto them, and the dead should
speak unto them, and We should gather against them all things in array, they would
not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit, most of them are ignorant.
006.112 Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an adversary - devils of
humankind and jinn who inspire in one another plausible discourse through guile. If
thy Lord willed, they would not do so; so leave them alone with their devising;
006.113 That the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter may incline thereto,
and that they may take pleasure therein, and that they may earn what they are earning.
006.114 Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He it is Who hath revealed unto
you (this) Scripture, fully explained ? Those unto whom We gave the Scripture
(aforetime) know that it is revealed from thy Lord in truth. So be not thou (O
Muhammad) of the waverers.
006.115 Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that
can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
006.116 If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would mislead thee far from
Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess.
006.117 Lo! thy Lord, He knoweth best who erreth from His way; and He knoweth
best (who are) the rightly guided.
006.118 Eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been mentioned, if ye are
believers in His revelations.
006.119 How should ye not eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been
mentioned, when He hath explained unto you that which is forbidden unto you unless
ye are compelled thereto. But lo! many are led astray by their own lusts through
ignorance. Lo! thy Lord, He is Best Aware of the transgressors.
006.120 Forsake the outwardness of sin and the inwardness thereof. Lo! those who
garner sin will be awarded that which they have earned.
006.121 And eat not of that whereon Allah's name hath not been mentioned, for lo! it
is abomination. Lo! the devils do inspire their minions to dispute with you. But if ye
obey them, ye will be in truth idolaters.
006.122 Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him a light
wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness whence
he cannot emerge ? Thus is their conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers.
006.123 And thus have We made in every city great ones of its wicked ones, that they
should plot therein. They do but plot against themselves, though they perceive not.
006.124 And when a token cometh unto them, they say: We will not believe till we
are given that which Allah's messengers are given. Allah knoweth best with whom to
place His message. Humiliation from Allah and heavy punishment will smite the
guilty for their scheming.
006.125 And whomsoever it is Allah's will to guide, He expandeth his bosom unto the
Surrender, and whomsoever it is His Will to send astray, He maketh his bosom close
and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer ascent. Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon
those who believe not.
006.126 This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path. We have detailed Our revelations
for a people who take heed.
006.127 For them is the abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their Protecting
Friend because of what they used to do.
006.128 In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye assembly
of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among
humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at
the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will say: Fire is your home.
Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is
Wise, Aware.
006.129 Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of
what they are wont to earn.
006.130 O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you
messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the
meeting of this your Day ? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of
the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were
disbelievers.
006.131 This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their
people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).
006.132 For all there will be ranks from what they did. Thy Lord is not unaware of
what they do.
006.133 Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove you
and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed
of other folk.
006.134 Lo! that which ye are promised will surely come to pass, and ye cannot
escape.
006.135 Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work according to your power. Lo! I too
am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us will be the happy sequel. Lo!
the wrong-doers will not be successful.
006.136 They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a portion,
and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners
in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not
Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil
is their ordinance.
006.137 Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their
children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make
their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So
leave them alone with their devices.
006.138 And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat of them
save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle
over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He
will repay them for that which they invent.
006.139 And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our
males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be
partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto
Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.
006.140 They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge,
and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against
Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.
006.141 He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and untrellised, and the date-palm,
and crops of divers flavour, and the olive and the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye
of the fruit thereof when it fruiteth, and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and
be not prodigal. Lo! Allah loveth not the prodigals.
006.142 And of the cattle (He produceth) some for burdens, some for food. Eat of that
which Allah hath bestowed upon you, and follow not the footsteps of the devil, for lo!
he is an open foe to you.
006.143 Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He
forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two
females contain ? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are truthful.
006.144 And of the camels twain and of the oxen twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the
two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain; or
were ye by to witness when Allah commanded you (all) this ? Then who doth greater
wrong than he who deviseth a lie concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray
without knowledge. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
006.145 Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater
that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or swineflesh - for that
verily is foul - or the abomination which was immolated to the name of other than
Allah. But whoso is compelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him)
lo! thy Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
006.146 Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal with claws. And of the
oxen and the sheep forbade We unto them the fat thereof save that upon the backs or
the entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone. That we awarded them for their
rebellion. And lo! we verily are truthful.
006.147 So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say: Your Lord is a Lord of All-
Embracing Mercy, and His wrath will never be withdrawn from guilty folk.
006.148 They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah willed, we had not ascribed (unto
Him) partners neither had our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught. Thus did those
who were before them give the lie (to Allah's messengers) till they tasted of the fear
of Us. Say: Have ye any knowledge that ye can adduce for Us ? Lo! ye follow naught
but an opinion, Lo! ye do but guess.
006.149 Say - For Allah's is the final argument - Had He willed He could indeed have
guided all of you.
006.150 Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear witness that Allah forbade
(all) this. And if they bear witness, do not thou bear witness with them. Follow thou
not the whims of those who deny Our revelations, those who believe not in the
Hereafter and deem (others) equal with their Lord.
006.151 Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred
duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to
parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you
and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed.
And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of
justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.
006.152 And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better, till
he reach maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in justice. We task not any soul
beyond its scope. And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be
(against) a kinsman; and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that
haply ye may remember.
006.153 And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow it.
Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for
you, that ye may ward off (evil).
006.154 Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do
good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in
the meeting with their Lord.
006.155 And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed. So follow it and
ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy.
006.156 Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us,
and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;
006.157 Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely
had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof
from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who
denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them ? We award unto those
who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.
006.158 Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto
them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the portents from thy
Lord ? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth
naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works).
Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
006.159 Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no
concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell
them what they used to do.
006.160 Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while
whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be
wronged.
006.161 Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right
religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater.
006.162 Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for
Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
006.163 He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who
surrender (unto Him).
006.164 Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things ?
Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load.
Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein ye differed.
006.165 He it is Who hath placed you as viceroys of the earth and hath exalted some
of you in rank above others, that He may try you by (the test of) that which He hath
given you. Lo! Thy Lord is swift in prosecution, and Lo! He verily is Forgiving,
Merciful.
007.001 Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.
007.002 (It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) - so let there be no
heaviness in thy heart therefrom - that thou mayst warn thereby, and (it is) a
Reminder unto believers.
007.003 (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and
follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!
007.004 How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they
slept at noon, Our terror came unto them.
007.005 No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo!
We were wrong-doers.
007.006 Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been
sent, and verily We shall question the messengers.
007.007 Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We
were not absent (when it came to pass).
007.008 The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is
heavy, they are the successful.
007.009 And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their souls
because they used to wrong Our revelations.
007.010 And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you
therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks!
007.011 And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye
prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those
who make prostration.
007.012 He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade
thee ? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou
didst create of mud.
007.013 He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here, so go
forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded.
007.014 He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the dead).
007.015 He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved.
007.016 He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in
ambush for them on Thy Right Path.
007.017 Then I shall come upon them from before them and from behind them and
from their right hands and from their left hands, and Thou wilt not find most of them
beholden (unto Thee).
007.018 He said: Go forth from hence, degraded, banished. As for such of them as
follow thee, surely I will fill hell with all of you.
007.019 And (unto man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat
from whence ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.
007.020 Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which
was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this
tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.
007.021 And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.
007.022 Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their
shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some
of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid
you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you ?
007.023 They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and
have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!
007.024 He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There will
be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while.
007.025 He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence shall ye be
brought forth.
007.026 O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your
shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of restraint from evil, that is best. This is
of the revelations of Allah, that they may remember.
007.027 O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first)
parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence)
that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from
whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who
believe not.
007.028 And when they do some lewdness they say: We found our fathers doing it
and Allah hath enjoined it on us. Say: Allah, verily, enjoineth not lewdness. Tell ye
concerning Allah that which ye know not ?
007.029 Say: My Lord enjoineth justice. And set your faces upright (toward Him) at
every place of worship and call upon Him, making religion pure for Him (only). As
He brought you into being, so return ye (unto Him).
007.030 A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for
lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead of Allah and deem that
they are rightly guided.
007.031 O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and
eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals.
007.032 Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought
forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing ? Say: Such, on the Day
of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus
do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge.
007.033 Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and
such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah
that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that
which ye know not.
007.034 And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it
off an hour nor yet advance (it).
007.035 O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto you who
narrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from evil and amendeth -
there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
007.036 But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each are rightful
owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
007.037 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or
denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny)
reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say: Where (now)
is that to which ye cried beside Allah ? They say: They have departed from us. And
they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
007.038 He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who
passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till,
when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith
unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of
the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not.
007.039 And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than
us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn.
007.040 Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of
heaven will nor be opened not will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth
through the needle's eye. Thus do We requite the guilty.
007.041 Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We
requite wrong-doers.
007.042 But (as for) those who believe and do good works - We tax not any soul
beyond its scope - Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein.
007.043 And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow
beneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We
could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the messengers
of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye
inherit it for what ye used to do.
007.044 And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have
found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that
which your Lord promised the Truth ? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between
them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers,
007.045 Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who
are disbelievers in the Last Day.
007.046 Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by
their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They
enter it not although they hope (to enter).
007.047 And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our
Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk.
007.048 And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their
marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail
you ?
007.049 Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy ?
(Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it
ye who will grieve.
007.050 And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden: Pour on
us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath
forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance),
007.051 Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the
world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting
of this their Day and as they used to deny Our tokens.
007.052 Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with
knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.
007.053 Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof ? On the day when the
fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The
messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may
intercede for us ? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise
than we used to act ? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath
failed them.
007.054 Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days,
then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to
follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His
command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of
the Worlds!
007.055 (O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not
aggressors.
007.056 Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on
Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.
007.057 And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy, till,
when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead land, and then cause
water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of every kind. Thus bring We
forth the dead. Haply ye may remember.
007.058 As for the good land, its vegetation cometh forth by permission of its Lord;
while as for that which is bad, only the useless cometh forth (from it). Thus do We
recount the tokens for people who give thanks.
007.059 We sent Noah (of old) unto his people, and he said: O my people! Serve
Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an Awful
Day.
007.060 The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error.
007.061 He said: O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a messenger from
the Lord of the Worlds.
007.062 I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and give good counsel unto you,
and know from Allah that which ye know not.
007.063 Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by
means of a man among you, that he may warn you, and that ye may keep from evil,
and that haply ye may find mercy.
007.064 But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship, and
We drowned those who denied Our tokens. Lo! they were blind folk.
007.065 And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O my
people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
007.066 The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we surely see
thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
007.067 He said: O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger
from the Lord of the Worlds.
007.068 I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and am for you a true adviser.
007.069 Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by
means of a man among you, that he may warn you ? Remember how He made you
viceroys after Noah's folk, and gave you growth of stature. Remember (all) the
bounties of your Lord, that haply ye may be successful.
007.070 They said: Hast come unto us that we should serve Allah alone, and forsake
what our fathers worshipped ? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us
if thou art of the truthful!
007.071 He said: Terror and wrath from your Lord have already fallen on you. Would
ye wrangle with me over names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which
no warrant from Allah hath been revealed ? Then await (the consequence), lo! I (also)
am of those awaiting (it).
007.072 And We saved him and those with him by a mercy from Us, and We cut the
root of those who denied Our revelations and were not believers.
007.073 And to (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my
people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. A wonder from your Lord hath
come unto you. Lo! this is the camel of Allah, a token unto you; so let her feed in
Allah's earth, and touch her not with hurt lest painful torment seize you.
007.074 And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station in
the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings. So
remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth.
007.075 The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said unto those whom they
despised, unto such of them as believed: Know ye that Salih is one sent from his Lord
? They said: Lo! In that wherewith he hath been sent we are believers.
007.076 Those who were scornful said: Lo! in that which ye believe we are
disbelievers.
007.077 So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of
their Lord, and they said: O Salih! Bring upon us that thou threatenest if thou art
indeed of those sent (from Allah).
007.078 So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their
dwelling-place.
007.079 And (Salih) turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's
message unto you and gave you good advice, but ye love not good advisers.
007.080 And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit
abomination such as no creature ever did before you ?
007.081 Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton
folk.
007.082 And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn
them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure.
007.083 And We rescued him and his household, save his wife, who was of those
who stayed behind.
007.084 And We rained a rain upon them. See now the nature of the consequence of
evil-doers!
007.085 And unto Midian (We sent) their brother, Shu'eyb. He said: O my people!
Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! a clear proof hath come unto you
from your Lord; so give full measure and full weight and wrong not mankind in their
goods, and work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering thereof. That will be
better for you, if ye are believers.
007.086 Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from Allah's
path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked. And remember, when
ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see the nature of the consequence for
the corrupters!
007.087 And if there is a party of you which believeth in that wherewith I have been
sent, and there is a party which believeth not, then have patience until Allah judge
between us. He is the Best of all who deal in judgment.
007.088 The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said: Surely we will drive
thee out, O Shu'eyb, and those who believe with thee, from our township, unless ye
return to our religion. He said: Even though we hate it ?
007.089 We should have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your religion
after Allah hath rescued us from it. It is not for us to return to it unless Allah our Lord
should (so) will. Our Lord comprehendeth all things in knowledge. In Allah do we
put our trust. Our Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou art the
best of those who make decision.
007.090 But the chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: If ye follow
Shu'eyb, then truly ye shall be the losers.
007.091 So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their
dwelling-place.
007.092 Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. Those
who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers.
007.093 So he turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's
messages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can I sorrow for a people that
rejected (truth) ?
007.094 And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with
tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.
007.095 Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said:
Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when
they perceived not.
007.096 And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely
We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto
every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they
used to earn.
007.097 Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath
upon them as a night-raid while they sleep ?
007.098 Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath
upon them in the daytime while they play ?
007.099 Are they then secure from Allah's scheme ? None deemeth himself secure
from Allah's scheme save folk that perish.
007.100 Is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its people (who thus
reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if We will, We can smite them for their
sins and print upon their hearts so that they hear not ?
007.101 Such were the townships. We relate some tidings of them unto thee
(Muhammad). Their messengers verily came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's
Sovereignty), but they could not believe because they had before denied. Thus doth
Allah print upon the hearts of disbelievers (that they hear not).
007.102 We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of them
We found wrong-doers.
007.103 Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his
chiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see the nature of the consequence for the
corrupters!
007.104 Moses said: O Pharaoh! Lo! I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,
007.105 Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the truth.
I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with a clear proof from your Lord. So let the
Children of Israel go with me.
007.106 (Pharaoh) said: If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou art of
those who speak the truth.
007.107 Then he flung down his staff and lo! it was a serpent manifest;
007.108 And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom), and lo! it was white for the
beholders.
007.109 The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: Lo! this is some knowing wizard,
007.110 Who would expel you from your land. Now what do ye advise ?
007.111 They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother - and
send into the cities summoners,
007.112 To bring each knowing wizard unto thee.
007.113 And the wizards came to Pharaoh, saying: Surely there will be a reward for
us if we are victors.
007.114 He answered: Yes, and surely ye shall be of those brought near (to me).
007.115 They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers ?
007.116 He said: Throw! And when they threw they cast a spell upon the people's
eyes, and overawed them, and produced a mighty spell.
007.117 And We inspired Moses (saying): Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed up
their lying show.
007.118 Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made
vain.
007.119 Thus were they there defeated and brought low.
007.120 And the wizards fell down prostrate,
007.121 Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
007.122 The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
007.123 Pharaoh said: Ye believe in Him before I give you leave! Lo! this is the plot
that ye have plotted in the city that ye may drive its people hence. But ye shall come
to know!
007.124 Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides. Then I
shall crucify you every one.
007.125 They said: Lo! We are about to return unto our Lord!
007.126 Thou takest vengeance on us only forasmuch as we believed the tokens of
our Lord when they came unto us. Our Lord! Vouchsafe unto us steadfastness and
make us die as men who have surrendered (unto Thee).
007.127 The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: (O King), wilt thou suffer Moses and his
people to make mischief in the land, and flout thee and thy gods ? He said: We will
slay their sons and spare their women, for lo! we are in power over them.
007.128 And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo! the
earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is
for those who keep their duty (unto Him).
007.129 They said: We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, and since thou hast
come unto us. He said: It may be that your Lord is going to destroy your adversary
and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may see how ye behave.
007.130 And we straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and dearth of fruits, that
peradventure they might heed.
007.131 But whenever good befell them, they said: This is ours; and whenever evil
smote them they ascribed it to the evil auspices of Moses and those with him. Surely
their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most of them knew not.
007.132 And they said: Whatever portent thou bringest wherewith to bewitch us, we
shall not put faith in thee.
007.133 So We sent against them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and the
frogs and the blood - a succession of clear signs. But they were arrogant and became a
guilty folk.
007.134 And when the terror fell on them they cried: O Moses! Pray for us unto thy
Lord, because He hath a covenant with thee. If thou removest the terror from us we
verily will trust thee and will let the Children of Israel go with thee.
007.135 But when We did remove from them the terror for a term which they must
reach, behold! they broke their covenant.
007.136 Therefore We took retribution from them; therefore We drowned them in the
sea: because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them.
007.137 And We caused the folk who were despised to inherit the eastern parts of the
land and the western parts thereof which We had blessed. And the fair word of thy
Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their endurance; and We
annihilated (all) that Pharaoh and his folk had done and that they had contrived.
007.138 And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a
people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us
a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know not.
007.139 Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are doing is in
vain.
007.140 He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath favoured
you above (all) creatures ?
007.141 And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were
afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women.
That was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
007.142 And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added to
them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his Lord of forty nights; and
Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my place among the people. Do right, and
follow not the way of mischief-makers.
007.143 And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken unto
him, he said: My Lord! Show me (Thy Self), that I may gaze upon Thee. He said:
Thou wilt not see Me, but gaze upon the mountain! If it stand still in its place, then
thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord revealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it
crashing down. And Moses fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory
unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true) believers.
007.144 He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and
by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the
thankful.
007.145 And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all
things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command
thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall show thee the
abode of evil-livers.
007.146 I shall turn away from My revelations those who magnify themselves
wrongfully in the earth, and if they see each token believe it not, and if they see the
way of righteousness choose it nor for (their) way, and if they see the way of error
choose if for (their) way. That is because they deny Our revelations and are used to
disregard them.
007.147 Those who deny Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter, their
works are fruitless. Are they requited aught save what they used to do ?
007.148 And the folk of Moses, after (he left them), chose a calf (for worship),
(made) out of their ornaments, of saffron hue, which gave a lowing sound. Saw they
not that it spake not unto them nor guided them to any way ? They chose it, and
became wrong-doers.
007.149 And when they feared the consequences thereof and saw that they had gone
astray, they said: Unless our Lord have mercy on us and forgive us, we verily are of
the lost.
007.150 And when Moses returned unto his people, angry and grieved, he said: Evil
is that (course) which ye took after I had left you. Would ye hasten on the judgment
of your Lord ? And he cast down the tablets, and he seized his brother by the head,
dragging him toward him. He said: Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me
weak and almost killed me. Oh, make not mine enemies to triumph over me and place
me not among the evil-doers.
007.151 He said: My Lord! Have mercy on me and on my brother; bring us into Thy
mercy, Thou the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
007.152 Lo! Those who chose the calf (for worship), terror from their Lord and
humiliation will come upon them in the life of the world. Thus do We requite those
who invent a lie.
007.153 But those who do ill-deeds and afterward repent and believe - lo! for them,
afterward, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
007.154 Then, when the anger of Moses abated, he took up the tablets, and in their
inscription there was guidance and mercy for all those who fear their Lord.
007.155 And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst and,
when the trembling came on them, he said: My Lord! If Thou hadst willed Thou hadst
destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt thou destroy us for that which
the ignorant among us did ? It is but Thy trial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt
astray and guidest whom Thou wilt: Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive
us and have mercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who show forgiveness.
007.156 And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that
which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment
whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those
who ward off (evil) and pay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations;
007.157 Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor
write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with
them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong.
He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and
he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those
who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent
down with him: they are the successful.
007.158 Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you all
- (the messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and
the earth. There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and He giveth death. So believe
in Allah and His messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who
believeth in Allah and in His Words, and follow him that haply ye may be led aright.
007.159 And of Moses' folk there is a community who lead with truth and establish
justice therewith.
007.160 We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and We inspired Moses, when
his people asked him for water, saying: Smite with thy staff the rock! And there
gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each tribe knew their drinking-place.
And we caused the white cloud to overshadow them and sent down for them the
manna and the quails (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith we have provided
you. They wronged Us not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.
007.161 And when it was said unto them: Dwell in this township and eat therefrom
whence ye will, and say "Repentance," and enter the gate prostrate; We shall forgive
you your sins; We shall increase (reward) for the right-doers.
007.162 But those of them who did wrong changed the word which had been told
them for another saying, and We sent down upon them wrath from heaven for their
wrongdoing.
007.163 Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they did
break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their Sabbath day
and on a day when they did not keep Sabbath came they not unto them. Thus did We
try them for that they were evil-livers.
007.164 And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom
Allah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free
from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil).
007.165 And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We rescued
those who forbade wrong, and visited those who did wrong with dreadful punishment
because they were evil-livers.
007.166 So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto
them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!
007.167 And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them
till the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment. Lo! verily
thy Lord is swift in prosecution and lo! verily He is Forgiving, Merciful.
007.168 And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of them
are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with good things and
evil things that haply they might return.
007.169 And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They
grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven
us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and
would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf
that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth ? And they have
studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who
ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense ?
007.170 And as for those who make (men) keep the Scripture, and establish worship -
lo! We squander not the wages of reformers.
007.171 And when We shook the Mount above them as it were a covering, and they
supposed that it was going to fall upon them (and We said): Hold fast that which We
have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
007.172 And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam,
from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not
your Lord ? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the
Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;
007.173 Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah
of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that
which those who follow falsehood did ?
007.174 Thus we detail the revelations, that haply they may return.
007.175 Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he
sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.
007.176 And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung
to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a
dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he
panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our
revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may
take thought.
007.177 Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont
to wrong themselves.
007.178 He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah
sendeth astray - they indeed are losers.
007.179 Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having
hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and
having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse!
These are the neglectful.
007.180 Allah's are the fairest names. Invoke Him by them. And leave the company
of those who blaspheme His names. They will be requited what they do.
007.181 And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the Truth
and establish justice therewith.
007.182 And those who deny Our revelations - step by step We lead them on from
whence they know not.
007.183 I give them rein (for) lo! My scheme is strong.
007.184 Have they not bethought them (that) there is no madness in their comrade ?
He is but a plain warner.
007.185 Have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and
what things Allah hath created, and that it may be that their own term draweth nigh ?
In what fact after this will they believe ?
007.186 Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth
them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.
007.187 They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it come to port. Say:
Knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will manifest it at its proper time.
It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh not to you save unawares. They
question thee as if thou couldst be well informed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is
with Allah only, but most of mankind know not.
007.188 Say: For myself I have no power to benefit, nor power to hurt, save that
which Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should have abundance of
wealth, and adversity would not touch me. I am but a warner, and a bearer of good
tidings unto folk who believe.
007.189 He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did make his
mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her she bore a light burden,
and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when it became heavy they cried unto Allah,
their Lord, saying: If thou givest unto us aright we shall be of the thankful.
007.190 But when He gave unto them aright, they ascribed unto Him partners in
respect of that which He had given them. High is He Exalted above all that they
associate (with Him).
007.191 Attribute they as partners to Allah those who created naught, but are
themselves created,
007.192 And cannot give them help, nor can they help themselves ?
007.193 And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye call
them or are silent is all one for you.
007.194 Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call on
them now, and let them answer you, if ye are truthful!
007.195 Have they feet wherewith they walk, or have they hands wherewith they
hold, or have they eyes wherewith they see, or have they ears wherewith they hear ?
Say: Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allah), and then contrive against me,
spare me not!
007.196 Lo! my Protecting Friend is Allah Who revealeth the Scripture. He
befriendeth the righteous.
007.197 They on whom ye call beside Him have no power to help you, nor can they
help you, nor can they help themselves.
007.198 And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou
(Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not.
007.199 Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away
from the ignorant.
007.200 And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in Allah. Lo!
He is Hearer, Knower.
007.201 Lo! those who ward off (evil), when a glamour from the devil troubleth
them, they do but remember (Allah's Guidance) and behold them seers!
007.202 Their brethren plunge them further into error and cease not.
007.203 And when thou bringest not a verse for them they say: Why hast thou not
chosen it ? Say: I follow only that which is inspired in me from my Lord. This
(Qur'an) is insight from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people that
believe.
007.204 And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may
obtain mercy.
007.205 And do thou (O Muhammad) remember thy Lord within thyself humbly and
with awe, below thy breath, at morn and evening. And be not thou of the neglectful.
007.206 Lo! those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to do Him service, but
they praise Him and adore Him.
008.001 They ask thee (O Muhammad) of the spoils of war. Say: The spoils of war
belong to Allah and the messenger, so keep your duty to Allah, and adjust the matter
of your difference, and obey Allah and His messenger, if ye are (true) believers.
008.002 They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah is
mentioned, and when His revelations are recited unto them they increase their faith,
and who trust in their Lord;
008.003 Who establish worship and spend of that We have bestowed on them.
008.004 Those are they who are in truth believers. For them are grades (of honour)
with their Lord, and pardon, and a bountiful provision.
008.005 Even as thy Lord caused thee (Muhammad) to go forth from thy home with
the Truth, and lo! a party of the believers were averse (to it).
008.006 Disputing with thee of the Truth after it had been made manifest, as if they
were being driven to death visible.
008.007 And when Allah promised you one of the two bands (of the enemy) that it
should be yours, and ye longed that other than the armed one might be yours. And
Allah willed that He should cause the Truth to triumph by His words, and cut the root
of the disbelievers;
008.008 That He might cause the Truth to triumph and bring vanity to naught,
however much the guilty might oppose;
008.009 When ye sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): I will help
you with a thousand of the angels, rank on rank.
008.010 Allah appointed it only as good tidings, and that your hearts thereby might be
at rest. Victory cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
008.011 When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent
down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove
from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.
008.012 When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those
who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then
smite the necks and smite of them each finger.
008.013 That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeth
Allah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment.
008.014 That (is the award), so taste it, and (know) that for disbelievers is the torment
of the Fire.
008.015 O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn not
your backs to them.
008.016 Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless manoeuvring for battle or
intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath from Allah, and his habitation
will be hell, a hapless journey's end.
008.017 Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah slew them. And thou (Muhammad)
threwest not when thou didst throw, but Allah threw, that He might test the believers
by a fair test from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
008.018 That (is the case); and (know) that Allah (it is) Who maketh weak the plan of
disbelievers.
008.019 (O Qureysh!) If ye sought a judgment, now hath the judgment come unto
you. And if ye cease (from persecuting the believers) it will be better for you, but if
ye return (to the attack) We also shall return. And your host will avail you naught,
however numerous it be, and (know) that Allah is with the believers (in His
Guidance).
008.020 O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger, and turn not away from
him when ye hear (him speak).
008.021 Be not as those who say, we hear, and they hear not.
008.022 Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who have no
sense.
008.023 Had Allah known of any good in them He would have made them hear, but
had He made them hear they would have turned away, averse.
008.024 O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and the messenger when He calleth you to
that which quickeneth you, and know that Allah cometh in between the man and his
own heart, and that He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered.
008.025 And guard yourselves against a chastisement which cannot fall exclusively
on those of you who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.
008.026 And remember, when ye were few and reckoned feeble in the land, and were
in fear lest men should extirpate you, how He gave you refuge, and strengthened you
with His help, and made provision of good things for you, that haply ye might be
thankful.
008.027 O ye who believe! Betray not Allah and His messenger, nor knowingly
betray your trusts.
008.028 And know that your possessions and your children are a test, and that with
Allah is immense reward.
008.029 O ye who believe! If ye keep your duty to Allah, He will give you
discrimination (between right and wrong) and will rid you of your evil thoughts and
deeds, and will forgive you. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
008.030 And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound
thee fatally, or to kill thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but Allah (also) plotteth;
and Allah is the best of plotters.
008.031 And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If
we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
008.032 And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain
down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom!
008.033 But Allah would not punish them while thou wast with them, nor will He
punish them while they seek forgiveness.
008.034 What (plea) have they that Allah should not punish them, when they debar
(His servants) from the Inviolable Place of Worship, though they are not its fitting
guardians. Its fitting guardians are those only who keep their duty to Allah. But most
of them know not.
008.035 And their worship at the (holy) House is naught but whistling and hand-
clapping. Therefore (it is said unto them): Taste of the doom because ye disbelieve.
008.036 Lo! those who disbelieve spend their wealth in order that they may debar
(men) from the way of Allah. They will spend it, then it will become an anguish for
them, then they will be conquered. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto
hell,
008.037 That Allah may separate the wicked from the good, The wicked will He
place piece upon piece, and heap them all together, and consign them unto hell. Such
verily are the losers.
008.038 Tell those who disbelieve that if they cease (from persecution of believers)
that which is past will be forgiven them; but if they return (thereto) then the example
of the men of old hath already gone (before them, for a warning).
008.039 And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. But
if they cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do.
008.040 And if they turn away, then know that Allah is your Befriender - a
Transcendent Patron, a Transcendent Helper!
008.041 And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for
Allah, and for the messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need) and orphans and
the needy and the wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and that which We revealed unto
Our slave on the Day of Discrimination, the day when the two armies met. And Allah
is Able to do all things.
008.042 When ye were on the near bank (of the valley) and they were on the yonder
bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast plain). And had ye trysted to meet
one another ye surely would have failed to keep the tryst, but (it happened, as it did,
without the forethought of either of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must
be done; that he who perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of His
Sovereignty) and he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of His
Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower.
008.043 When Allah showed them unto thee (O Muhammad) in thy dream as few in
number, and if He had shown them to thee as many, ye (Muslims) would have
faltered and would have quarrelled over the affair. But Allah saved (you). Lo! He
knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).
008.044 And when He made you (Muslims), when ye met (them), see them with your
eyes as few, and lessened you in their eyes, (it was) that Allah might conclude a thing
that must be done. Unto Allah all things are brought back.
008.045 O ye who believe! When ye meet an army, hold firm and think of Allah
much, that ye may be successful.
008.046 And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute not one with another lest ye
falter and your strength depart from you; but be steadfast! Lo! Allah is with the
steadfast.
008.047 Be not as those who came forth from their dwellings boastfully and to be
seen of men, and debar (men) from the way of Allah, while Allah is surrounding all
they do.
008.048 And when Satan made their deeds seem fair to them and said: No-one of
mankind can conquer you this day, for I am your protector. But when the armies came
in sight of one another, he took flight, saying: Lo! I am guiltless of you. Lo! I see that
which ye see not. Lo! I fear Allah. And Allah is severe in punishment.
008.049 When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease said: Their
religion hath deluded these. Whoso putteth his trust in Allah (will find that) lo! Allah
is Mighty, Wise.
008.050 If thou couldst see how the angels receive those who disbelieve, smiting
faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning!
008.051 This is for that which your own hands have sent before (to the Judgment),
and (know) that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves.
008.052 (Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they
disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took them in their sins. Lo! Allah is
Strong, severe in punishment.
008.053 That is because Allah never changeth the grace He hath bestowed on any
people until they first change that which is in their hearts, and (that is) because Allah
is Hearer, Knower.
008.054 (Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they
denied the revelations of their Lord, so We destroyed them in their sins. And We
drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers.
008.055 Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not
believe.
008.056 Those of them with whom thou madest a treaty, and then at every
opportunity they break their treaty, and they keep not duty (to Allah).
008.057 If thou comest on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those
who are behind them, that haply they may remember.
008.058 And if thou fearest treachery from any folk, then throw back to them (their
treaty) fairly. Lo! Allah loveth not the treacherous.
008.059 And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's
Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape.
008.060 Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered,
that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside
them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of
Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged.
008.061 And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo!
He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
008.062 And if they would deceive thee, then lo! Allah is Sufficient for thee. He it is
Who supporteth thee with His help and with the believers,
008.063 And (as for the believers) hath attuned their hearts. If thou hadst spent all that
is in the earth thou couldst not have attuned their hearts, but Allah hath attuned them.
Lo! He is Mighty, Wise.
008.064 O Prophet! Allah is Sufficient for thee and those who follow thee of the
believers.
008.065 O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty steadfast
they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a hundred (steadfast) they
shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers)
are a folk without intelligence.
008.066 Now hath Allah lightened your burden, for He knoweth that there is
weakness in you. So if there be of you a steadfast hundred they shall overcome two
hundred, and if there be of you a thousand (steadfast) they shall overcome two
thousand by permission of Allah. Allah is with the steadfast.
008.067 It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the
land. Ye desire the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and
Allah is Mighty, Wise.
008.068 Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before, an awful
doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.
008.069 Now enjoy what ye have won, as lawful and good, and keep your duty to
Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
008.070 O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knoweth
any good in your hearts He will give you better than that which hath been taken from
you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
008.071 And if they would betray thee, they betrayed Allah before, and He gave
(thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
008.072 Lo! those who believed and left their homes and strove with their wealth and
their lives for the cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them: these
are protecting friends one of another. And those who believed but did not leave their
homes, ye have no duty to protect them till they leave their homes; but if they seek
help from you in the matter of religion then it is your duty to help (them) except
against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
008.073 And those who disbelieve are protectors one of another - If ye do not so,
there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption.
008.074 Those who believed and left their homes and strove for the cause of Allah,
and those who took them in and helped them - these are the believers in truth. For
them is pardon, and bountiful provision.
008.075 And those who afterwards believed and left their homes and strove along
with you, they are of you; and those who are akin are nearer one to another in the
ordinance of Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.
009.001 Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger
toward those of the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty.
009.002 Travel freely in the land four months, and know that ye cannot escape Allah
and that Allah will confound the disbelievers (in His Guidance).
009.003 And a proclamation from Allah and His messenger to all men on the day of
the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation to the idolaters, and (so is)
His messenger. So, if ye repent, it will be better for you; but if ye are averse, then
know that ye cannot escape Allah. Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to
those who disbelieve,
009.004 Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a treaty, and
who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you.
(As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who
keep their duty (unto Him).
009.005 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye
find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each
ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave
their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
009.006 And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then
protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward convey him to his
place of safety. That is because they are a folk who know not.
009.007 How can there be a treaty with Allah and with His messenger for the
idolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the Inviolable Place of Worship ?
So long as they are true to you, be true to them. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their
duty.
009.008 How (can there be any treaty for the others) when, if they have the upper
hand of you, they regard not pact nor honour in respect of you ? They satisfy you with
their mouths the while their hearts refuse. And most of them are wrongdoers.
009.009 They have purchased with the revelations of Allah a little gain, so they debar
(men) from His way. Lo! evil is that which they are wont to do.
009.010 And they observe toward a believer neither pact nor honour. These are they
who are transgressors.
009.011 But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they
your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have
knowledge.
009.012 And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you)
and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no binding
oaths - in order that they may desist.
009.013 Will ye not fight a folk who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed to
drive out the messenger and did attack you first ? What! Fear ye them ? Now Allah
hath more right that ye should fear Him, if ye are believers
009.014 Fight them! Allah will chastise them at your hands, and He will lay them low
and give you victory over them, and He will heal the breasts of folk who are
believers.
009.015 And He will remove the anger of their hearts. Allah relenteth toward whom
He will. Allah is Knower, Wise.
009.016 Or deemed ye that ye would be left (in peace) when Allah yet knoweth not
those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none save Allah and His messenger and
the believers ? Allah is Informed of what ye do.
009.017 It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing witness against
themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are vain and in the Fire they will
abide.
009.018 He only shall tend Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the Last
Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and feareth none save
Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they can be of the rightly guided.
009.019 Count ye the slaking of a pilgrim's thirst and tendance of the Inviolable Place
of Worship as (equal to the worth of) him who believeth in Allah and the Last Day,
and striveth in the way of Allah ? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah
guideth not wrongdoing folk.
009.020 Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth
and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are
they who are triumphant.
009.021 Their Lord giveth them good tidings of mercy from Him, and acceptance,
and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs;
009.022 There they will abide for ever. Lo! with Allah there is immense reward.
009.023 O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if
they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends,
such are wrong-doers.
009.024 Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and
your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise for which ye fear that
there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are dearer to you than Allah and His
messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass.
Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
009.025 Allah hath given you victory on many fields and on the day of Huneyn, when
ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you naught, and the earth, vast as it is, was
straitened for you; then ye turned back in flight;
009.026 Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and
upon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished those who
disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
009.027 Then afterward Allah will relent toward whom He will; for Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
009.028 O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near
the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss
of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Lo! Allah is
Knower, Wise.
009.029 Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not
in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His
messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily,
being brought low.
009.030 And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The
Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the
saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How
perverse are they!
009.031 They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks and the
Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One God. There is no
God save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
009.032 Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah
disdaineth (aught) save that He shall perfect His light, however much the disbelievers
are averse.
009.033 He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the Religion of
Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion, however much the idolaters
may be averse.
009.034 O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian)
monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men) from the way of
Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah, unto
them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom,
009.035 On the day when it will (all) be heated in the fire of hell, and their foreheads
and their flanks and their backs will be branded therewith (and it will be said unto
them): Here is that which ye hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what ye used to
hoard.
009.036 Lo! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's
ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are
sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them. And wage war on
all of the idolaters as they are waging war on all of you. And know that Allah is with
those who keep their duty (unto Him).
009.037 Postponement (of a sacred month) is only an excess of disbelief whereby
those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it one year and forbid it (another) year,
that they may make up the number of the months which Allah hath hallowed, so that
they allow that which Allah hath forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made
fairseeming unto them. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.
009.038 O ye who believe! What aileth you that when it is said unto you: Go forth in
the way of Allah, ye are bowed down to the ground with heaviness. Take ye pleasure
in the life of the world rather than in the Hereafter ? The comfort of the life of the
world is but little in the Hereafter.
009.039 If ye go not forth He will afflict you with a painful doom, and will choose
instead of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot harm Him at all. Allah is Able to do
all things.
009.040 If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve drove
him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave, when he said unto his
comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then Allah caused His peace of
reassurance to descend upon him and supported him with hosts ye cannot see, and
made the word of those who disbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was
that became the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
009.041 Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your
lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but knew.
009.042 Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey they had followed thee, but
the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they swear by Allah (saying): If we had
been able we would surely have set out with you. They destroy their souls, and Allah
knoweth that they verily are liars.
009.043 Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefor didst thou grant them leave ere
those who told the truth were manifest to thee and thou didst know the liars ?
009.044 Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest they
should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of those who keep their
duty (unto Him).
009.045 They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last Day, and
whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver.
009.046 And if they had wished to go forth they would assuredly have made ready
some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth and held them back
and it was said (unto them): Sit ye with the sedentary!
009.047 Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble
and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and
among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil-
doers.
009.048 Aforetime they sought to cause sedition and raised difficulties for thee till the
Truth came and the decree of Allah was made manifest, though they were loth.
009.049 Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt me not.
Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo! hell verily is all around
the disbelievers.
009.050 If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if calamity
befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased.
009.051 Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us. He is our
Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!
009.052 Say: Can ye await for us aught save one of two good things (death or victory
in Allah's way) ? while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with a doom from
Him or at our hands. Await then! Lo! We are awaiting with you.
009.053 Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not be accepted
from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk.
009.054 And naught preventeth that their contributions should be accepted from them
save that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His messenger, and they come not to
worship save as idlers, and pay not (their contribution) save reluctantly.
009.055 So let not their riches nor their children please thee (O Muhammad). Allah
thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and that their souls shall
pass away while they are disbelievers.
009.056 And they swear by Allah that they are in truth of you, when they are not of
you, but they are folk who are afraid.
009.057 Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter, they surely had
resorted thither swift as runaways.
009.058 And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms. If they are
given thereof they are content, and if they are not given thereof, behold! they are
enraged.
009.059 (How much more seemly) had they been content with that which Allah and
His messenger had given them and had said: Allah sufficeth us. Allah will give us of
His bounty, and (also) His messenger. Unto Allah we are suppliants.
009.060 The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them,
and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors,
and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is
Knower, Wise.
009.061 And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say: He is only a hearer. Say:
A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and is true to the believers, and a
mercy for such of you as believe. Those who vex the messenger of Allah, for them
there is a painful doom.
009.062 They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) to please you, but Allah, with His
messenger, hath more right that they should please Him if they are believers.
009.063 Know they not that whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, his verily is
fire of hell, to abide therein ? That is the extreme abasement.
009.064 The hypocrites fear lest a surah should be revealed concerning them,
proclaiming what is in their hearts. Say: Scoff (your fill)! Lo! Allah is disclosing what
ye fear.
009.065 And if thou ask them (O Muhammad) they will say: We did but talk and jest.
Say: Was it at Allah and His revelations and His messenger that ye did scoff ?
009.066 Make no excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your (confession of) belief. If We
forgive a party of you, a party of you We shall punish because they have been guilty.
009.067 The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one from another. They
enjoin the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they withhold their hands (from
spending for the cause of Allah). They forget Allah, so He hath forgotten them. Lo!
the hypocrites, they are the transgressors.
009.068 Allah promiseth the hypocrites, both men and women, and the disbelievers
fire of hell for their abode. It will suffice them. Allah curseth them, and theirs is
lasting torment.
009.069 Even as those before you who were mightier than you in strength, and more
affluent than you in wealth and children. They enjoyed their lot awhile, so ye enjoy
your lot awhile even as those before you did enjoy their lot awhile. And ye prate even
as they prated. Such are they whose works have perished in the world and the
Hereafter. Such are they who are the losers.
009.070 Hath not the fame of those before them reached them - the folk of Noah,
A'ad, Thamud, the folk of Abraham, the dwellers of Midian and the disasters (which
befell them) ? Their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with proofs (of Allah's
Sovereignty). So Allah surely wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.
009.071 And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another;
they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay
the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger. As for these, Allah will have
mercy on them. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
009.072 Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden.
And - greater (far)! - acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph.
009.073 O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with
them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end.
009.074 They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the
word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they
purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by
His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for
them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world
and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.
009.075 And of them is he who made a covenant with Allah (saying): If He give us of
His bounty we will give alms and become of the righteous.
009.076 Yet when He gave them of His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away,
averse;
009.077 So He hath made the consequence (to be) hypocrisy in their hearts until the
day when they shall meet Him, because they broke their word to Allah that they
promised Him, and because they lied.
009.078 Know they not that Allah knoweth both their secret and the thought that they
confide, and that Allah is the Knower of Things Hidden ?
009.079 Those who point at such of the believers as give the alms willingly and such
as can find naught to give but their endeavours, and deride them - Allah (Himself)
derideth them. Theirs will be a painful doom.
009.080 Ask forgiveness for them (O Muhammad), or ask not forgiveness for them;
though thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not forgive them. That
is because they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and Allah guideth not
wrongdoing folk.
009.081 Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of
Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way.
And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Say: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if
they but understood.
009.082 Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they
used to earn.
009.083 If Allah bring thee back (from the campaign) unto a party of them and they
ask of thee leave to go out (to fight), then say unto them: Ye shall never more go out
with me nor fight with me against a foe. Ye were content with sitting still the first
time. So sit still, with the useless.
009.084 And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his
grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they
were evil-doers.
009.085 Let not their wealth nor their children please thee! Allah purposeth only to
punish them thereby in the world, and that their souls shall pass away while they are
disbelievers.
009.086 And when a surah is revealed (which saith): Believe in Allah and strive along
with His messenger, the men of wealth among them still ask leave of thee and say:
Suffer us to be with those who sit (at home).
009.087 They are content that they should be with the useless and their hearts are
sealed, so that they apprehend not.
009.088 But the messenger and those who believe with him strive with their wealth
and their lives. Such are they for whom are the good things. Such are they who are the
successful.
009.089 Allah hath made ready for them Gardens underneath which rivers flow,
wherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph.
009.090 And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order that
permission might be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and His messenger
sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.
009.091 Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find naught to
spend is any fault (to be imputed though they stay at home) if they are true to Allah
and His messenger. Not unto the good is there any road (of blame). Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
009.092 Nor unto those whom, when they came to thee (asking) that thou shouldst
mount them, thou didst tell: I cannot find whereon to mount you. They turned back
with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that they could not find the means to spend.
009.093 The road (of blame) is only against those who ask for leave of thee (to stay at
home) when they are rich. They are content to be with the useless. Allah hath sealed
their hearts so that they know not.
009.094 They will make excuse to you (Muslims) when ye return unto them. Say:
Make no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah hath told us tidings of you. Allah
and His messenger will see your conduct, and then ye will be brought back unto Him
Who knoweth the Invisible as well as the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used
to do.
009.095 They will swear by Allah unto you, when ye return unto them, that ye may
let them be. Let them be, for lo! they are unclean, and their abode is hell as the reward
for what they used to earn.
009.096 They swear unto you, that ye may accept them. Though ye accept them.
Allah verily accepteth not wrongdoing folk.
009.097 The wandering Arabs are more hard in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more
likely to be ignorant of the limits which Allah hath revealed unto His messenger. And
Allah is Knower, Wise.
009.098 And of the wandering Arabs there is he who taketh that which he expendeth
(for the cause of Allah) as a loss, and awaiteth (evil) turns of fortune for you (that he
may be rid of it). The evil turn of fortune will be theirs. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
009.099 And of the wandering Arabs there is he who believeth in Allah and the Last
Day, and taketh that which he expendeth and also the prayers of the messenger as
acceptable offerings in the sight of Allah. Lo! verily it is an acceptable offering for
them. Allah will bring them into His mercy. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
009.100 And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin and the Ansar, and those who
followed them in goodness - Allah is well pleased with them and they are well
pleased with Him, and He hath made ready for them Gardens underneath which rivers
flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the supreme triumph.
009.101 And among those around you of the wandering Arabs there are hypocrites,
and among the townspeople of Al-Madinah (there are some who) persist in hypocrisy
whom thou (O Muhammad) knowest not. We, We know them, and We shall chastise
them twice; then they will be relegated to a painful doom.
009.102 And (there are) others who have acknowledged their faults. They mixed a
righteous action with another that was bad. It may be that Allah will relent toward
them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
009.103 Take alms of their wealth, wherewith thou mayst purify them and mayst
make them grow, and pray for them. Lo! thy prayer is an assuagement for them. Allah
is Hearer, Knower.
009.104 Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His
bondmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting, the
Merciful.
009.105 And say (unto them): Act! Allah will behold your actions, and (so will) His
messenger and the believers, and ye will be brought back to the Knower of the
Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.
009.106 And (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish
them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
009.107 And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and
disbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an outpost for
those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear:
We purposed naught save good. Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars.
009.108 Never stand (to pray) there. A place of worship which was found upon duty
(to Allah) from the first day is more worthy that thou shouldst stand (to pray) therein,
wherein are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loveth the purifiers.
009.109 Is he who founded his building upon duty to Allah and His good pleasure
better; or he who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling, overhanging
precipice so that it toppled with him into the fire of hell ? Allah guideth not
wrongdoing folk.
009.110 The building which they built will never cease to be a misgiving in their
hearts unless their hearts be torn to pieces. Allah is Knower, Wise.
009.111 Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because
the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be
slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the
Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah ? Rejoice then in your bargain
that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.
009.112 (Triumphant) are those who turn repentant (to Allah), those who serve
(Him), those who praise (Him), those who fast, those who bow down, those who fall
prostrate (in worship), those who enjoin the right and who forbid the wrong and those
who keep the limits (ordained) of Allah - And give glad tidings to believers!
009.113 It is not for the Prophet, and those who believe, to pray for the forgiveness of
idolaters even though they may be near of kin (to them) after it hath become clear that
they are people of hell-fire.
009.114 The prayer of Abraham for the forgiveness of his father was only because of
a promise he had promised him, but when it had become clear unto him that he (his
father) was an enemy to Allah he (Abraham) disowned him. Lo! Abraham was soft of
heart, long-suffering.
009.115 It was never Allah's (part) that He should send a folk astray after He had
guided them until He had made clear unto them what they should avoid. Lo! Allah is
Aware of all things.
009.116 Lo! Allah! Unto Him belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth.
He quickeneth and He giveth death. And ye have, instead of Allah, no protecting
friend nor helper.
009.117 Allah hath turned in mercy to the Prophet, and to the Muhajirin and the
Ansar who followed him in the hour of hardship. After the hearts of a party of them
had almost swerved aside, then turned He unto them in mercy. Lo! He is Full of Pity,
Merciful for them.
009.118 And to the three also (did He turn in mercy) who were left behind, when the
earth, vast as it is, was straitened for them, and their own souls were straitened for
them till they bethought them that there is no refuge from Allah save toward Him.
Then turned He unto them in mercy that they (too) might turn (repentant unto Him).
Lo! Allah! He is the Relenting, the Merciful.
009.119 O ye who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah, and be with the truthful.
009.120 It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them of the
wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his
life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicteth them in the way of
Allah, nor step they any step that angereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the
enemy a gain, but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the
wages of the good.
009.121 Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they cross a valley, but it
is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best of what they used to do.
009.122 And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of them, a
party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may gain sound knowledge
in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they return to them, so that they
may beware.
009.123 O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and
let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty
(unto Him).
009.124 And whenever a surah is revealed there are some of them who say: Which
one of you hath thus increased in faith ? As for those who believe, it hath increased
them in faith and they rejoice (therefor).
009.125 But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only addeth wickedness to their
wickedness, and they die while they are disbelievers.
009.126 See they not that they are tested once or twice in every year ? Still they turn
not in repentance, neither pay they heed.
009.127 And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another (as who should
say): Doth anybody see you ? Then they turn away. Allah turneth away their hearts
because they are a folk who understand not.
009.128 There hath come unto you a messenger, (one) of yourselves, unto whom
aught that ye are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you, for the believers
full of pity, merciful.
009.129 Now, if they turn away (O Muhammad) say: Allah sufficeth me. There is no
God save Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is Lord of the Tremendous
Throne.
010.001 Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Wise Scripture.
010.002 Is it a wonder for mankind that We have inspired a man among them, saying:
Warn mankind and bring unto those who believe the good tidings that they have a
sure footing with their Lord ? The disbelievers say: Lo! this is a mere wizard.
010.003 Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days,
then He established Himself upon the Throne, directing all things. There is no
intercessor (with Him) save after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so
worship Him. Oh, will ye not remind ?
010.004 Unto Him is the return of all of you; it is a promise of Allah in truth. Lo! He
produceth creation, then reproduceth it, that He may reward those who believe and do
good works with equity; while, as for those who disbelieve, theirs will be a boiling
drink and painful doom because they disbelieved.
010.005 He it is Who appointed the sun a splendour and the moon a light, and
measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years, and the
reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in truth. He detaileth the revelations for
people who have knowledge.
010.006 Lo! in the difference of day and night and all that Allah hath created in the
heavens and the earth are portents, verily, for folk who ward off (evil).
010.007 Lo! those who expect not the meeting with Us but desire the life of the world
and feel secure therein, and those who are neglectful of Our revelations,
010.008 Their home will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.
010.009 Lo! those who believe and do good works, their Lord guideth them by their
faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight,
010.010 Their prayer therein will be: Glory be to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting
therein will be: Peace. And the conclusion of their prayer will be: Praise be to Allah,
Lord of the Worlds!
010.011 If Allah were to hasten on for men the ill (that they have earned) as they
would hasten on the good, their respite would already have expired. But We suffer
those who look not for the meeting with Us to wander blindly on in their contumacy.
010.012 And if misfortune touch a man he crieth unto Us, (while reclining) on his
side, or sitting or standing, but when We have relieved him of the misfortune he goeth
his way as though he had not cried unto Us because of a misfortune that afflicted him.
Thus is what they do made (seeming) fair unto the prodigal.
010.013 We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong; and their
messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of His Sovereignty) but
they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.
010.014 Then We appointed you viceroys in the earth after them, that We might see
how ye behave.
010.015 And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, they who look not for
the meeting with Us say: Bring a Lecture other than this, or change it. Say (O
Muhammad): It is not for me to change it of my accord. I only follow that which is
inspired in me. Lo! if I disobey my Lord I fear the retribution of an awful Day.
010.016 Say: If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to you nor would He
have made it known to you. I dwelt among you a whole lifetime before it (came to
me). Have ye then no sense ?
010.017 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah and
denieth His revelations ? Lo! the guilty never are successful.
010.018 They worship beside Allah that which neither hurteth them nor profiteth
them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah. Say: Would ye inform
Allah of (something) that He knoweth not in the heavens or in the earth ? Praised be
He and High Exalted above all that ye associate (with Him)!
010.019 Mankind were but one community; then they differed; and had it not been for
a word that had already gone forth from thy Lord it had been judged between them in
respect of that wherein they differ.
010.020 And they will say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord!
Then say, (O Muhammad): The Unseen belongeth to Allah. So wait! Lo! I am waiting
with you.
010.021 And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy after some adversity which
had afflicted them, behold! they have some plot against Our revelations. Say: Allah is
more swift in plotting. Lo! Our messengers write down that which ye plot.
010.022 He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and the sea till, when ye are in the
ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze and they are glad therein, a storm-
wind reacheth them and the wave cometh unto them from every side and they deem
that they are overwhelmed therein; (then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure
for Him only: If Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.
010.023 Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth wrongfully.
O mankind! Your rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye have) enjoyment of the
life of the world; then unto Us is your return and We shall proclaim unto you what ye
used to do.
010.024 The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which We send down
from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men and cattle eat mingleth with it
till, when the earth hath taken on her ornaments and is embellished, and her people
deem that they are masters of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and
We make it as reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound
the revelations for people who reflect.
010.025 And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and leadeth whom He will to a
straight path.
010.026 For those who do good is the best (reward) and more (thereto). Neither dust
nor ignominy cometh near their faces. Such are rightful owners of the Garden; they
will abide therein.
010.027 And those who earn ill-deeds, (for them) requital of each ill-deed by the like
thereof; and ignominy overtaketh them - They have no protector from Allah - as if
their faces had been covered with a cloak of darkest night. Such are rightful owners of
the Fire; they will abide therein.
010.028 On the day when We gather them all together, then We say unto those who
ascribed partners (unto Us): Stand back, ye and your (pretended) partners (of Allah)!
And We separate them, the one from the other, and their (pretended) partners say: It
was not us ye worshipped.
010.029 Allah sufficeth as a witness between us and you, that we were unaware of
your worship.
010.030 There doth every soul experience that which it did aforetime, and they are
returned unto Allah, their rightful Lord, and that which they used to invent hath failed
them.
010.031 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Who provideth for you from the sky and the
earth, or Who owneth hearing and sight; and Who bringeth forth the living from the
dead and bringeth forth the dead from the living; and Who directeth the course ? They
will say: Allah. Then say: Will ye not then keep your duty (unto Him) ?
010.032 Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth what is there saving
error ? How then are ye turned away!
010.033 Thus is the Word of thy Lord justified concerning those who do wrong: that
they believe not.
010.034 Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah) one that
produceth Creation and then reproduceth it ? Say: Allah produceth Creation, then
reproduceth it. How then, are ye misled!
010.035 Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah) one that leadeth
to the Truth ? Say: Allah leadeth to the Truth. Is He Who leadeth to the Truth more
deserving that He should be followed, or he who findeth not the way unless he
(himself) be guided. What aileth you ? How judge ye ?
010.036 Most of them follow not but conjecture. Assuredly conjecture can by no
means take the place of truth. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do.
010.037 And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be invented in despite of Allah; but
it is a confirmation of that which was before it and an exposition of that which is
decreed for mankind - Therein is no doubt - from the Lord of the Worlds.
010.038 Or say they: He hath invented it ? Say: Then bring a surah like unto it, and
call (for help) on all ye can besides Allah, if ye are truthful.
010.039 Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could not compass,
and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet come unto them. Even so did
those before them deny. Then see what was the consequence for the wrong-doers!
010.040 And of them is he who believeth therein, and of them is he who believeth not
therein, and thy Lord is Best Aware of the corrupters.
010.041 And if they deny thee, say: Unto me my work, and unto you your work. Ye
are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what ye do.
010.042 And of them are some who listen unto thee. But canst thou make the deaf to
hear even though they apprehend not ?
010.043 And of them is he who looketh toward thee. But canst thou guide the blind
even though they see not ?
010.044 Lo! Allah wrongeth not mankind in aught; but mankind wrong themselves.
010.045 And on the day when He shall gather them together, (when it will seem) as
though they had tarried but an hour of the day, recognising one another, those will
verily have perished who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided.
010.046 Whether We let thee (O Muhammad) behold something of that which We
promise them or (whether We) cause thee to die, still unto Us is their return, and
Allah, moreover, is Witness over what they do.
010.047 And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger
cometh (on the Day of Judgment) it will be judged between them fairly, and they will
not be wronged.
010.048 And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful ?
010.049 Say: I have no power to hurt or benefit myself, save that which Allah willeth.
For every nation there is an appointed time. When their time cometh, then they cannot
put it off an hour, nor hasten (it).
010.050 Say: Have ye thought: When His doom cometh unto you as a raid by night,
or in the (busy) day; what is there of it that the guilty ones desire to hasten ?
010.051 Is it (only) then, when it hath befallen you, that ye will believe ? What!
(Believe) now, when (until now) ye have been hastening it on (through disbelief) ?
010.052 Then will it be said unto those who dealt unjustly Taste the torment of
eternity. Are ye requited aught save what ye used to earn ?
010.053 And they ask thee to inform them (saying): Is it true ? Say: Yea, by my Lord,
verily it is true, and ye cannot escape.
010.054 And if each soul that doeth wrong had all that is in the earth it would seek to
ransom itself therewith; and they will feel remorse within them, when they see the
doom. But it hath been judged between them fairly and they are not wronged.
010.055 Lo! verily all that is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's. Lo! verily Allah's
promise is true. But most of them know not.
010.056 He quickeneth and giveth death, and unto Him ye will be returned.
010.057 O mankind! There hath come unto you an exhortation from your Lord, a
balm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a mercy for believers.
010.058 Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let them rejoice. It is
better than what they hoard.
010.059 Say: Have ye considered what provision Allah hath sent down for you, how
ye have made of it lawful and unlawful ? Hath Allah permitted you, or do ye invent a
lie concerning Allah ?
010.060 And what think those who invent a lie concerning Allah (will be their plight)
upon the Day of Resurrection ? Lo! Allah truly is Bountiful toward mankind, but
most of them give not thanks.
010.061 And thou (Muhammad) art not occupied with any business and thou recitest
not a Lecture from this (Scripture), and ye (mankind) perform no act, but We are
Witness of you when ye are engaged therein. And not an atom's weight in the earth or
in the sky escapeth your Lord, nor what is less than that or greater than that, but it is
(written) in a clear Book.
010.062 Lo! verily the friends of Allah are (those) on whom fear (cometh) not, nor do
they grieve ?
010.063 Those who believe and keep their duty (to Allah).
010.064 Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the Hereafter - There is
no changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme Triumph.
010.065 And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power belongeth
wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
010.066 Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and
whosoever is in the earth ? Those who follow aught instead of Allah follow not (His)
partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do but guess.
010.067 He it is Who hath appointed for you the night that ye should rest therein and
the day giving sight. Lo! herein verily are portents for a folk that heed.
010.068 They say: Allah hath taken (unto Him) a son - Glorified be He! He hath no
needs! His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Ye have no warrant
for this. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not ?
010.069 Say: Verily those who invent a lie concerning Allah will not succeed.
010.070 This world's portion (will be theirs), then unto Us is their return. Then We
make them taste a dreadful doom because they used to disbelieve.
010.071 Recite unto them the story of Noah, when he told his people: O my people! If
my sojourn (here) and my reminding you by Allah's revelations are an offence unto
you, in Allah have I put my trust, so decide upon your course of action you and your
partners. Let not your course of action be in doubt for you. Then have at me, give me
no respite.
010.072 But if ye are averse I have asked of you no wage. My wage is the concern of
Allah only, and I am commanded to be of those who surrender (unto Him).
010.073 But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship, and
made them viceroys (in the earth), while We drowned those who denied Our
revelations. See then the nature of the consequence for those who had been warned.
010.074 Then, after him, We sent messengers unto their folk, and they brought them
clear proofs. But they were not ready to believe in that which they before denied.
Thus print We on the hearts of the transgressors.
010.075 Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron unto Pharaoh and his chiefs with
Our revelations, but they were arrogant and were a guilty folk.
010.076 And when the Truth from Our presence came unto them, they said: Lo! this
is mere magic.
010.077 Moses said: Speak ye (so) of the Truth when it hath come unto you ? Is this
magic ? Now magicians thrive not.
010.078 They said: Hast thou come unto us to pervert us from that (faith) in which we
found our fathers, and that you two may own the place of greatness in the land ? We
will not believe you two.
010.079 And Pharaoh said: Bring every cunning wizard unto me.
010.080 And when the wizards came, Moses said unto them: Cast your cast!
010.081 And when they had cast, Moses said: That which ye have brought is magic.
Lo! Allah will make it vain. Lo! Allah upholdeth not the work of mischief-makers.
010.082 And Allah will vindicate the Truth by His words, however much the guilty
be averse.
010.083 But none trusted Moses, save some scions of his people, (and they were) in
fear of Pharaoh and their chiefs, that he would persecute them. Lo! Pharaoh was
verily a tyrant in the land, and lo! he verily was of the wanton.
010.084 And Moses said: O my people! If ye have believed in Allah then put trust in
Him, if ye have indeed surrendered (unto Him)!
010.085 They said: In Allah we put trust. Our Lord! Oh, make us not a lure for the
wrongdoing folk;
010.086 And, of Thy mercy, save us from the folk that disbelieve.
010.087 And We inspired Moses and his brother, (saying): Appoint houses for your
people in Egypt and make your houses oratories, and establish worship. And give
good news to the believers.
010.088 And Moses said: Our Lord! Lo! Thou hast given Pharaoh and his chiefs
splendour and riches in the life of the world, Our Lord! that they may lead men astray
from Thy way. Our Lord! Destroy their riches and harden their hearts so that they
believe not till they see the painful doom.
010.089 He said: Your prayer is heard. Do ye twain keep to the straight path, and
follow not the road of those who have no knowledge.
010.090 And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh with his
hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning
overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no God save Him in Whom the
Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him).
010.091 What! Now! When hitherto thou hast rebelled and been of the wrong-doers ?
010.092 But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a portent for those
after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.
010.093 And We verily did allot unto the Children of Israel a fixed abode, and did
provide them with good things; and they differed not until the knowledge came unto
them. Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning
that wherein they used to differ.
010.094 And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto
thee, then question those who read the Scripture (that was) before thee. Verily the
Truth from thy Lord hath come unto thee. So be not thou of the waverers.
010.095 And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of Allah, for then wert
thou of the losers.
010.096 Lo! those for whom the word of thy Lord (concerning sinners) hath effect
will not believe,
010.097 Though every token come unto them, till they see the painful doom.
010.098 If only there had been a community (of all those that were destroyed of old)
that believed and profited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah! When they believed
We drew off from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the world and gave them
comfort for a while.
010.099 And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed
together. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are believers ?
010.100 It is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of Allah. He hath set
uncleanness upon those who have no sense.
010.101 Say: Behold what is in the heavens and the earth! But revelations and
warnings avail not folk who will not believe.
010.102 What expect they save the like of the days of those who passed away before
them ? Say: Expect then! I am with you among the expectant.
010.103 Then shall We save Our messengers and the believers, in like manner (as of
old). It is incumbent upon Us to save believers.
010.104 Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! If ye are in doubt of my religion, then
(know that) I worship not those whom ye worship instead of Allah, but I worship
Allah Who causeth you to die, and I have been commanded to be of the believers.
010.105 And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as a man by
nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to Allah).
010.106 And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee nor hurt thee,
for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers.
010.107 If Allah afflicteth thee with some hurt, there is none who can remove it save
Him; and if He desireth good for thee, there is none who can repel His bounty. He
striketh with it whom He will of his bondmen. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
010.108 Say: O mankind! Now hath the Truth from your Lord come unto you. So
whosoever is guided, is guided only for (the good of) his soul, and whosoever erreth
erreth only against it. And I am not a warder over you.
010.109 And (O Muhammad) follow that which is inspired in thee, and forbear until
Allah give judgment. And He is the Best of Judges.
011.001 Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture the revelations whereof are perfected and
then expounded. (It cometh) from One Wise, Informed,
011.002 (Saying): Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a warner and a
bringer of good tidings.
011.003 And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant. He
will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed. He giveth His bounty unto
every bountiful one. But if ye turn away, lo! (then) I fear for you the retribution of an
awful Day.
011.004 Unto Allah is your return, and He is Able to do all things.
011.005 Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their thoughts) from
Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing, Allah
knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware
of what is in the breasts (of men).
011.006 And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof dependeth on
Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its repository. All is in a clear Record.
011.007 And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His
Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct.
Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who
disbelieve will surely say: This is naught but mere magic.
011.008 And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely
say: What withholdeth it ? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be
averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them.
011.009 And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward withdraw it
from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless.
011.010 And if We cause him to taste grace after some misfortune that had befallen
him, he saith: The ills have gone from me. Lo! he is exultant, boastful;
011.011 Save those who persevere and do good works. Theirs will be forgiveness and
a great reward.
011.012 A likely thing, that thou wouldst forsake aught of that which hath been
revealed unto thee, and that thy breast should be straitened for it, because they say:
Why hath not a treasure been sent down for him, or an angel come with him ? Thou
art but a warner, and Allah is in charge of all things.
011.013 Or they say: He hath invented it. Say: Then bring ten surahs, the like thereof,
invented, and call on everyone ye can beside Allah, if ye are truthful!
011.014 And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is revealed only in the
knowledge of Allah; and that there is no God save Him. Will ye then be (of) those
who surrender ?
011.015 Whoso desireth the life of the world and its pomp, We shall repay them their
deeds herein, and therein they will not be wronged.
011.016 Those are they for whom is naught in the Hereafter save the Fire. (All) that
they contrive here is vain and (all) that they are wont to do is fruitless.
011.017 Is he (to be counted equal with them) who relieth on a clear proof from his
Lord, and a witness from Him reciteth it, and before it was the Book of Moses, an
example and a mercy ? Such believe therein, and whoso disbelieveth therein of the
clans, the Fire is his appointed place. So be not thou in doubt concerning it. Lo! it is
the Truth from thy Lord; but most of mankind believe not.
011.018 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah ?
Such will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: These are they
who lied concerning their Lord. Now the curse of Allah is upon wrong-doers,
011.019 Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who
are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
011.020 Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they any protecting friends beside
Allah. For them the torment will be double. They could not bear to hear, and they
used not to see.
011.021 Such are they who have lost their souls, and that which they used to invent
hath failed them.
011.022 Assuredly in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.
011.023 Lo! those who believe and do good works and humble themselves before
their Lord: such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will abide therein.
011.024 The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and
the hearer. Are they equal in similitude ? Will ye not then be admonished ?
011.025 And We sent Noah unto his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain warner unto
you.
011.026 That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful
Day.
011.027 The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a mortal
like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without
reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars.
011.028 He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord
and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath been made
obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto ?
011.029 And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is the concern
only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who believe - Lo! they have to
meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk that are ignorant.
011.030 And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them away ?
Will ye not then reflect ?
011.031 I say not unto you: "I have the treasures of Allah" nor "I have knowledge of
the Unseen," nor say I: "Lo! I am an angel!" Nor say I unto those whom your eyes
scorn that Allah will not give them good - Allah knoweth best what is in their hearts -
Lo! then indeed I should be of the wrong-doers.
011.032 They said: O Noah! Thou hast disputed with us and multiplied disputation
with us; now bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the
truthful.
011.033 He said: Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and ye can by no
means escape.
011.034 My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you, if Allah's will
is to keep you astray. He is your Lord and unto Him ye will be brought back.
011.035 Or say they (again): He hath invented it ? Say: If I have invented it, upon me
be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) that ye commit.
011.036 And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will believe save
him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because of what they do.
011.037 Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and speak not unto Me
on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned.
011.038 And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people
passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We
mock at you even as ye mock;
011.039 And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh,
and upon whom a lasting doom will fall.
011.040 (Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven
gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair (the male and
female), and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already,
and those who believe. And but a few were they who believed with him.
011.041 And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its
mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
011.042 And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah cried unto his
son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride with us, and be not with the
disbelievers.
011.043 He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from the
water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of
Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them,
so he was among the drowned.
011.044 And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of
clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled.
And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal
for wrongdoing folk!
011.045 And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my
household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges.
011.046 He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so
ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be
among the ignorant.
011.047 He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should
ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have
mercy on me I shall be among the lost.
011.048 It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with
peace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations (that will spring) from those
with thee. (There will be other) nations unto whom We shall give enjoyment a long
while and then a painful doom from Us will overtake them.
011.049 This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad).
Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it) before this. Then have
patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward off (evil).
011.050 And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O my
people! Serve Allah! Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! ye do but invent.
011.051 O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. Lo! my reward is the concern
only of Him Who made me. Have ye then no sense ?
011.052 And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto Him
repentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will add unto you
strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty!
011.053 They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not going
to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not believers in thee.
011.054 We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in an evil way.
He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear witness, that I am innocent of
(all) that ye ascribe as partners (to Allah)
011.055 Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no respite.
011.056 Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an animal but
He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a straight path.
011.057 And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I was
sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot
injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is Guardian over all things.
011.058 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those who
believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh doom.
011.059 And such were A'ad. They denied the revelations of their Lord and flouted
His messengers and followed the command of every froward potentate.
011.060 And a curse was made to follow them in the world and on the Day of
Resurrection. Lo! A'ad disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for A'ad, the folk of
Hud!
011.061 And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my
people! Serve Allah, Ye have no other God save Him. He brought you forth from the
earth and hath made you husband it. So ask forgiveness of Him and turn unto Him
repentant. Lo! my Lord is Nigh, Responsive.
011.062 They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that wherein our
hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our fathers worshipped ? Lo!
we verily are in grave doubt concerning that to which thou callest us.
011.063 He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on clear proof from my
Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from Him, who will save me from Allah if
I disobey Him ? Ye would add to me naught save perdition.
011.064 O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so suffer her to
feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with harm lest a near torment seize you.
011.065 But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place
three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.
011.066 So, when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who
believed with him, by a mercy from Us, from the ignominy of that day. Lo, thy Lord!
He is the Strong, the Mighty.
011.067 And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found
them prostrate in their dwellings,
011.068 As though they had not dwelt there. Lo! Thamud disbelieved in their Lord. A
far removal for Thamud!
011.069 And Our messengers cam unto Abraham with good news. They said: Peace!
He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf.
011.070 And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and
conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of Lot.
011.071 And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the
birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.
011.072 She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and
this my husband is an old man ? Lo! this is a strange thing!
011.073 They said: Wonderest thou at the commandment of Allah ? The mercy of
Allah and His blessings be upon you, O people of the house! Lo! He is Owner of
Praise, Owner of Glory!
011.074 And when the awe departed from Abraham, and the glad news reached him,
he pleaded with Us on behalf of the folk of Lot.
011.075 Lo! Abraham was mild, imploring, penitent.
011.076 (It was said) O Abraham! Forsake this! Lo! thy Lord's commandment hath
gone forth, and lo! there cometh unto them a doom which cannot be repelled.
011.077 And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was distressed and knew not
how to protect them. He said: This is a distressful day.
011.078 And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before then they
used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are my daughters! They
are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me not in (the person of) my guests.
Is there not among you any upright man ?
011.079 They said: Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy daughters, and
well thou knowest what we want.
011.080 He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support
(among you)!
011.081 (The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they shall
not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part of the night, and let not one of you
turn round - (all) save thy wife. Lo! that which smiteth them will smite her (also). Lo!
their tryst is (for) the morning. Is not the morning nigh ?
011.082 So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and
rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
011.083 Marked with fire in the providence of thy Lord (for the destruction of the
wicked). And they are never far from the wrong-doers.
011.084 And unto Midian (We sent) their brother Shu'eyb. He said: O my people!
Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him! And give not short measure and short
weight. Lo! I see you well-to-do, and lo! I fear for you the doom of a besetting Day.
011.085 O my people! Give full measure and full weight in justice, and wrong not
people in respect of their goods. And do not evil in the earth, causing corruption.
011.086 That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are believers; and I
am not a keeper over you.
011.087 They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we should
forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we (should leave off) doing
what we will with our own property. Lo! thou art the mild, the guide to right
behaviour.
011.088 He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear proof from
my Lord and He sustaineth me with fair sustenance from Him (how can I concede
aught to you) ? I desire not to do behind your backs that which I ask you not to do. I
desire naught save reform so far as I am able. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I
trust and unto Him I turn (repentant).
011.089 And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that there
befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of Hud, and the folk of
Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from you.
011.090 Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant). Lo! my Lord is
Merciful, Loving.
011.091 They said: O Shu'eyb! We understand not much of that thou tellest, and lo!
we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family, we should have stoned thee,
for thou art not strong against us.
011.092 He said: O my people! Is my family more to be honoured by you than Allah
? and ye put Him behind you, neglected! Lo! my Lord surroundeth what ye do.
011.093 And, O my people! Act according to your power, lo! I (too) am acting. Ye
will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase him, and who it is that
lieth. And watch! Lo! I am a watcher with you.
011.094 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and those
who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those who
did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
011.095 As though they had not dwelt there. A far removal for Midian, even as
Thamud had been removed afar!
011.096 And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant
011.097 Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they did follow the command of Pharaoh,
and the command of Pharaoh was no right guide.
011.098 He will go before his people on the Day of Resurrection and will lead them
to the Fire for watering-place. Ah, hapless is the watering-place (whither they are)
led.
011.099 A curse is made to follow them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection.
Hapless is the gift (that will be) given (them).
011.100 That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were destroyed of
old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of them are standing and some
(already) reaped.
011.101 We wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves; and their gods on
whom they call beside Allah availed them naught when came thy Lord's command;
they added to them naught save ruin.
011.102 Even thus is the grasp of thy Lord when He graspeth the townships while
they are doing wrong. Lo! His grasp is painful, very strong.
011.103 Lo! herein verily there is a portent for those who fear the doom of the
Hereafter. That is a day unto which mankind will be gathered, and that is a day that
will be witnessed.
011.104 And We defer it only to a term already reckoned.
011.105 On the day when it cometh no soul will speak except by His permission;
some among them will be wretched, (others) glad.
011.106 As for those who will be wretched (on that day) they will be in the Fire;
sighing and wailing will be their portion therein,
011.107 Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which
thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will.
011.108 And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in the Garden,
abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord
willeth: a gift unfailing.
011.109 So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship. They
worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! we shall pay them their
whole due unabated.
011.110 And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was strife thereupon;
and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, the case
would have been judged between them, and lo! they are in grave doubt concerning it.
011.111 And lo! unto each thy Lord will verily repay his works in full. Lo! He is
Informed of what they do.
011.112 So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and those who turn
(unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.
011.113 And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you, and ye
have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would not be helped.
011.114 Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some watches of the
night. Lo! good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder for the mindful.
011.115 And have patience, (O Muhammad), for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the
good.
011.116 If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a
remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a
few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which
they were made sapless, and were guilty.
011.117 In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously while their folk
were doing right.
011.118 And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one nation,
yet they cease not differing,
011.119 Save him on whom thy Lord hath mercy; and for that He did create them.
And the Word of thy Lord hath been fulfilled: Verily I shall fill hell with the jinn and
mankind together.
011.120 And all that We relate unto thee of the story of the messengers is in order
that thereby We may make firm thy heart. And herein hath come unto thee the Truth
and an exhortation and a reminder for believers.
011.121 And say unto those who believe not: Act according to your power. Lo! We
(too) are acting.
011.122 And wait! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
011.123 And Allah's is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth, and unto Him the
whole matter will be returned. So worship Him and put thy trust in Him. Lo! thy Lord
is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.
012.001 Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain.
012.002 Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.
012.003 We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have
inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the heedless.
012.004 When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven
planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me.
012.005 He said: O my dear son! Tell not thy brethren of thy vision, lest they plot a
plot against thee. Lo! Satan is for man an open foe.
012.006 Thus thy Lord will prefer thee and will teach thee the interpretation of
events, and will perfect His grace upon thee and upon the family of Jacob as He
perfected it upon thy forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. Lo! thy Lord is Knower, Wise.
012.007 Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for the
inquiring.
012.008 When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than
we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain aberration.
012.009 (One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's
favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk.
012.010 One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him
into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.
012.011 They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when lo! we
are good friends to him ?
012.012 Send him with us to-morrow that he may enjoy himself and play. And lo! we
shall take good care of him.
012.013 He said: Lo! in truth it saddens me that ye should take him with you, and I
fear less the wolf devour him while ye are heedless of him.
012.014 They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band,
then surely we should have already perished.
012.015 Then, when they led him off, and were of one mind that they should place
him in the depth of the pit, We inspired in him: Thou wilt tell them of this deed of
theirs when they know (thee) not.
012.016 And they came weeping to their father in the evening.
012.017 Saying: O our father! We went racing one with another, and left Joseph by
our things, and the wolf devoured him, and thou believest not our saying even when
we speak the truth.
012.018 And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds
have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is
Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe.
012.019 And there came a caravan, and they sent their waterdrawer. He let down his
pail (into the pit). He said: Good luck! Here is a youth. And they hid him as a
treasure, and Allah was Aware of what they did.
012.020 And they sold him for a low price, a number of silver coins; and they
attached no value to him.
012.021 And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him
honourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as a son. Thus
we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of
events. And Allah was predominant in His career, but most of mankind know not.
012.022 And And when he reached his prime We gave him wisdom and knowledge.
Thus We reward the good.
012.023 And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted the
doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my lord, who hath
treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper.
012.024 She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not been that
he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might ward off from him evil
and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.
012.025 And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt from
behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said: What shall be his
reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or a painful doom ?
012.026 (Joseph) said: She it was who asked of me an evil act. And a witness of her
own folk testified: If his shirt is torn from before, then she speaketh truth and he is of
the liars.
012.027 And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of the
truthful.
012.028 So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: Lo! this is of the guile of
you women. Lo! the guile of you is very great.
012.029 O Joseph! Turn away from this, and thou, (O woman), ask forgiveness for
thy sin. Lo! thou art of the faulty.
012.030 And women in the city said: The ruler's wife is asking of her slave-boy an ill-
deed. Indeed he has smitten her to the heart with love. We behold her in plain
aberration.
012.031 And when she heard of their sly talk, she sent to them and prepared for them
a cushioned couch (to lie on at the feast) and gave to every one of them a knife and
said (to Joseph): Come out unto them! And when they saw him they exalted him and
cut their hands, exclaiming: Allah Blameless! This is no a human being. This is not
other than some gracious angel.
012.032 She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an evil
act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily shall be imprisoned,
and verily shall be of those brought low.
012.033 He said: O my Lord! Prison is more dear than that unto which they urge me,
and if Thou fend not off their wiles from me I shall incline unto them and become of
the foolish.
012.034 So his Lord heard his prayer and fended off their wiles from him. Lo! He is
Hearer, Knower.
012.035 And it seemed good to them (the men-folk) after they had seen the signs (of
his innocence) to imprison him for a time.
012.036 And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed
that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head
bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see
thee of those good (at interpretation).
012.037 He said: The food which ye are given (daily) shall not come unto you but I
shall tell you the interpretation ere it cometh unto you. This is of that which my Lord
hath taught me. Lo! I have forsaken the religion of folk who believe not in Allah and
are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
012.038 And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob. It never was for us to attribute aught as partner to Allah. This is of the bounty
of Allah unto us (the seed of Abraham) and unto mankind; but most men give not
thanks.
012.039 O my fellow-prisoners! Are divers lords better, or Allah the One, Almighty ?
012.040 Those whom ye worship beside Him are but names which ye have named, ye
and your fathers. Allah hath revealed no sanction for them. The decision rests with
Allah only, Who hath commanded you that ye worship none save Him. This is the
right religion, but most men know not.
012.041 O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his
lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so that the birds will eat from
his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which ye did inquire.
012.042 And he said unto him of the twain who he knew would be released: Mention
me in the presence of thy lord. But Satan caused him to forget to mention it to his
lord, so he (Joseph) stayed in prison for some years.
012.043 And the king said: Lo! I saw in a dream seven fat kine which seven lean
were eating, and seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry. O notables! Expound
for me my vision, if ye can interpret dreams.
012.044 They answered: Jumbled dreams! And we are not knowing in the
interpretation of dreams.
012.045 And he of the two who was released, and (now) at length remembered, said:
I am going to announce unto you the interpretation, therefore send me forth.
012.046 (And when he came to Joseph in the prison, he exclaimed): Joseph! O thou
truthful one! Expound for us the seven fat kine which seven lean were eating and the
seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry, that I may return unto the people, so
that they may know.
012.047 He said: Ye shall sow seven years as usual, but that which ye reap, leave it in
the ear, all save a little which ye eat.
012.048 Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that ye have
prepared for them, save a little of that which ye have stored.
012.049 Then, after that, will come a year when the people will have plenteous crops
and when they will press (wine and oil).
012.050 And the king said: Bring him unto me. And when the messenger came unto
him, he (Joseph) said: Return unto thy lord and ask him what was the case of the
women who cut their hands. Lo! my Lord knoweth their guile.
012.051 He (the king) (then sent for those women and) said: What happened when ye
asked an evil act of Joseph ? They answered: Allah Blameless! We know no evil of
him. Said the wife of the ruler: Now the truth is out. I asked of him an evil act, and he
is surely of the truthful.
012.052 (Then Joseph said: I asked for) this, that he (my lord) may know that I
betrayed him not in secret, and that surely Allah guideth not the snare of the
betrayers.
012.053 I do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil, save that
whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
012.054 And the king said: Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my person.
And when he had talked with him he said: Lo! thou art to-day in our presence
established and trusted.
012.055 He said: Set me over the storehouses of the land. Lo! I am a skilled
custodian.
012.056 Thus gave We power to Joseph in the land. He was the owner of it where he
pleased. We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We lose not the reward of the
good.
012.057 And the reward of the Hereafter is better, for those who believe and ward off
(evil).
012.058 And Joseph's brethren came and presented themselves before him, and he
knew them but they knew him not.
012.059 And when he provided them with their provision he said: Bring unto me a
brother of yours from your father. See ye not that I fill up the measure and I am the
best of hosts ?
012.060 And if ye bring him not unto me, then there shall be no measure for you with
me, nor shall ye draw near.
012.061 They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will surely do.
012.062 He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their saddlebags, so
that they may know it when they go back to their folk, and so will come again.
012.063 So when they went back to their father they said: O our father! The measure
is denied us, so send with us our brother that we may obtain the measure, surely we
will guard him well.
012.064 He said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his brother to you
aforetime ? Allah is better at guarding, and He is the Most Merciful of those who
show mercy.
012.065 And when they opened their belongings they discovered that their
merchandise had been returned to them. They said: O our father! What (more) can we
ask ? Here is our merchandise returned to us. We shall get provision for our folk and
guard our brother, and we shall have the extra measure of a camel (load). This (that
we bring now) is a light measure.
012.066 He said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking in the
name of Allah that ye will bring him back to me, unless ye are surrounded. And when
they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is the Warden over what we say.
012.067 And he said: O my sons! Go not in by one gate; go in by different gates. I
can naught avail you as against Allah. Lo! the decision rests with Allah only. In Him
do I put my trust, and in Him let all the trusting put their trust.
012.068 And when they entered in the manner which their father had enjoined, it
would have naught availed them as against Allah; it was but a need of Jacob's soul
which he thus satisfied; and lo! he was a lord of knowledge because We had taught
him; but most of mankind know not.
012.069 And when they went in before Joseph, he took his brother unto him, saying:
Lo! I, even I, am thy brother, therefore sorrow not for what they did.
012.070 And when he provided them with their provision, he put the drinking-cup in
his brother's saddlebag, and then a crier cried: O camel-riders! Lo! ye are surely
thieves!
012.071 They cried, coming toward them: What is it ye have lost ?
012.072 They said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who bringeth it shall have a
camel-load, and I (said Joseph) am answerable for it.
012.073 They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land, and
are no thieves.
012.074 They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars ?
012.075 They said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the cup) is found, he is the
penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.
012.076 Then he (Joseph) began the search with their bags before his brother's bag,
then he produced it from his brother's bag. Thus did We contrive for Joseph. He could
not have taken his brother according to the king's law unless Allah willed. We raise
by grades (of mercy) whom We will, and over every lord of knowledge there is one
more knowing.
012.077 They said: If he stealeth, a brother of his stole before. But Joseph kept it
secret in his soul and revealed it not unto them. He said (within himself): Ye are in
worse case, and Allah knoweth best (the truth of) that which ye allege.
012.078 They said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he hath a very aged father, so take one of
us instead of him. Lo! we behold thee of those who do kindness.
012.079 He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we found our
property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.
012.080 So, When they despaired of (moving) him, they conferred together apart. The
eldest of them said: Know ye not how your father took an undertaking from you in
Allah's name and how ye failed in the case of Joseph aforetime ? Therefore I shall not
go forth from the land until my father giveth leave or Allah judgeth for me. He is the
Best of Judges.
012.081 Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath stolen. We
testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of the Unseen.
012.082 Ask the township where we were, and the caravan with which we travelled
hither. Lo! we speak the truth.
012.083 (And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him) he said:
Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely
patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me. Lo! He, only He, is the
Knower, the Wise.
012.084 And he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph! And his
eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing.
012.085 They said: By Allah, thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till thy
health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!
012.086 He said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know from
Allah that which ye know not.
012.087 Go, O my sons, and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother, and despair
not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit of Allah save disbelieving
folk.
012.088 And when they came (again) before him (Joseph) they said: O ruler!
Misfortune hath touched us and our folk, and we bring but poor merchandise, so fill
for us the measure and be charitable unto us. Lo! Allah will requite the charitable,
012.089 He said: Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your ignorance
?
012.090 They said: Is it indeed thou who art Joseph ? He said: I am Joseph and this is
my brother. Allah hath shown us favour. Lo! he who wardeth off (evil) and endureth
(findeth favour); for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the kindly.
012.091 They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were
indeed sinful.
012.092 He said: Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you, and He is the Most
Merciful of those who show mercy.
012.093 Go with this shirt of mine and lay it on my father's face, he will become
(again) a seer; and come to me with all your folk.
012.094 When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious of the
breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard.
012.095 (Those around him) said: By Allah, lo! thou art in thine old aberration.
012.096 Then, when the bearer of glad tidings came, he laid it on his face and he
became a seer once more. He said: Said I not unto you that I know from Allah that
which ye know not ?
012.097 They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us, for lo! we were
sinful.
012.098 He said: I shall ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Lo! He is the Forgiving,
the Merciful.
012.099 And when they came in before Joseph, he took his parents unto him, and
said: Come into Egypt safe, if Allah will!
012.100 And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him
prostrate, and he said: O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream of old. My
Lord hath made it true, and He hath shown me kindness, since He took me out of the
prison and hath brought you from the desert after Satan had made strife between me
and my brethren. Lo! my Lord is tender unto whom He will. He is the Knower, the
Wise.
012.101 O my Lord! Thou hast given me (something) of sovereignty and hast taught
me (something) of the interpretation of events - Creator of the heavens and the earth!
Thou art my Protecting Guardian in the world and the Hereafter. Make me to die
muslim (unto Thee), and join me to the righteous.
012.102 This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad).
Thou wast not present with them when they fixed their plan and they were scheming.
012.103 And though thou try much, most men will not believe.
012.104 Thou askest them no fee for it. It is naught else than a reminder unto the
peoples.
012.105 How many a portent is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by
with face averted!
012.106 And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners
(unto Him).
012.107 Deem they themselves secure from the coming on them of a pall of Allah's
punishment, or the coming of the Hour suddenly while they are unaware ?
012.108 Say: This is my Way: I call on Allah with sure knowledge. I and whosoever
followeth me - Glory be to Allah! - and I am not of the idolaters.
012.109 We sent not before thee (any messengers) save men whom We inspired from
among the folk of the townships - Have they not travelled in the land and seen the
nature of the consequence for those who were before them ? And verily the abode of
the Hereafter, for those who ward off (evil), is best. Have ye then no sense ? -
012.110 Till, when the messengers despaired and thought that they were denied, then
came unto them Our help, and whom We would was saved. And Our wrath cannot be
warded from the guilty.
012.111 In their history verily there is a lesson for men of understanding. It is no
invented story but a confirmation of the existing (Scripture) and a detailed
explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for folk who believe.
013.001 Alif. Lam. Mim. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture. That which is
revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, but most of mankind believe not.
013.002 Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then mounted
the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of service, each runneth unto
an appointed term; He ordereth the course; He detaileth the revelations, that haply ye
may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.
013.003 And He it is Who spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills and
flowing streams, and of all fruits He placed therein two spouses (male and female).
He covereth the night with the day. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take
thought.
013.004 And in the Earth are neighbouring tracts, vineyards and ploughed lands, and
date-palms, like and unlike, which are watered with one water. And we have made
some of them to excel others in fruit. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who
have sense.
013.005 And if thou wonderest, then wondrous is their saying: When we are dust, are
we then forsooth (to be raised) in a new creation ? Such are they who disbelieve in
their Lord; such have carcans on their necks; such are rightful owners of the Fire, they
will abide therein.
013.006 And they bid thee hasten on the evil rather than the good, when exemplary
punishments have indeed occurred before them. But lo! thy Lord is rich in pardon for
mankind despite their wrong, and lo! thy Lord is strong in punishment.
013.007 Those who disbelieve say: If only some portent were sent down upon him
from his Lord! Thou art a warner only, and for every folk a guide.
013.008 Allah knoweth that which every female beareth and that which the wombs
absorb and that which they grow. And everything with Him is measured.
013.009 He is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Great, the High
Exalted.
013.010 Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he
who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the daytime.
013.011 For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by
Allah's command. Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until they (first)
change that which is in their hearts; and if Allah willeth misfortune for a folk there is
none that can repel it, nor have they a defender beside Him.
013.012 He it is Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and raiseth the
heavy clouds.
013.013 The thunder hymneth His praise and (so do) the angels for awe of Him. He
launcheth the thunderbolts and smiteth with them whom He will while they dispute
(in doubt) concerning Allah, and He is mighty in wrath.
013.014 Unto Him is the real prayer. Those unto whom they pray beside Allah
respond to them not at all, save as (is the response to) one who stretcheth forth his
hands toward water (asking) that it may come unto his mouth, and it will never reach
it. The prayer of disbelievers goeth (far) astray.
013.015 And unto Allah falleth prostrate whosoever is in the heavens and the earth,
willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and the evening hours.
013.016 Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth ? Say: Allah.
Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves,
have neither benefit nor hurt ? Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness
equal to light ? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation
so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them ? Say:
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.
013.017 He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their
measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they
smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus
Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it
passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it
remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.
013.018 For those who answered Allah's call is bliss; and for those who answered not
His call, if they had all that is in the earth, and therewith the like thereof, they would
proffer it as ransom. Such will have a woeful reckoning, and their habitation will be
hell, a dire abode.
013.019 Is he who knoweth that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the truth
like him who is blind ? But only men of understanding heed;
013.020 Such as keep the pact of Allah, and break not the covenant;
013.021 Such as unite that which Allah hath commandeth should be joined, and fear
their Lord, and dread a woeful reckoning;
013.022 Such as persevere in seeking their Lord's Countenance and are regular in
prayer and spend of that which We bestow upon them secretly and openly, and
overcome evil with good. Theirs will be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home,
013.023 Gardens of Eden which they enter, along with all who do right of their
fathers and their helpmeets and their seed. The angels enter unto them from every
gate,
013.024 (Saying): Peace be unto you because ye persevered. Ah, passing sweet will
be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.
013.025 And those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that
which Allah hath commanded should be joined, and make mischief in the earth: theirs
is the curse and theirs the ill abode.
013.026 Allah enlargeth livelihood for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He
will); and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of the world is but
brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.
013.027 Those who disbelieve say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from
his Lord! Say: Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth unto Himself all
who turn (unto Him),
013.028 Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah.
Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!
013.029 Those who believe and do right: Joy is for them, and bliss (their) journey's
end.
013.030 Thus We send thee (O Muhammad) unto a nation, before whom other
nations have passed away, that thou mayst recite unto them that which We have
inspired in thee, while they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Say: He is my Lord;
there is no God save Him. In Him do I put my trust and unto Him is my recourse.
013.031 Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the
earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would have done so). Nay,
but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah
willed, He could have guided all mankind ? As for those who disbelieve, disaster
ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth near their home
until the threat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.
013.032 And verily messengers (of Allah) were mocked before thee, but long I bore
with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how (awful) was My
punishment!
013.033 Is He Who is aware of the deserts of every soul (as he who is aware of
nothing) ? Yet they ascribe unto Allah partners. Say: Name them. Is it that ye would
inform Him of something which He knoweth not in the earth ? Or is it but a way of
speaking ? Nay but their contrivance is made seeming fair for those who disbelieve
and they are kept from the right road. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is
no guide.
013.034 For them is torment in the life of the world, and verily the doom of the
Hereafter is more painful, and they have no defender from Allah.
013.035 A similitude of the Garden which is promised unto those who keep their duty
(to Allah): Underneath it rivers flow; its food is everlasting, and its shade; this is the
reward of those who keep their duty, while the reward of disbelievers is the Fire.
013.036 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in that which is revealed
unto thee. And of the clans there are who deny some of it. Say: I am commanded only
that I serve Allah and ascribe unto Him no partner. Unto Him I cry, and unto Him is
my return.
013.037 Thus have We revealed it, a decisive utterance in Arabic; and if thou
shouldst follow their desires after that which hath come unto thee of knowledge, then
truly wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting friend nor defender.
013.038 And verily We sent messengers (to mankind) before thee, and We appointed
for them wives and offspring, and it was not (given) to any messenger that he should
bring a portent save by Allah's leave. For everything there is a time prescribed.
013.039 Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth (what He will), and with Him is
the source of ordinance.
013.040 Whether We let thee see something of that which We have promised them,
or make thee die (before its happening), thine is but conveyance (of the message).
Ours the reckoning.
013.041 See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts ?
(When) Allah doometh there is none that can postpone His doom, and He is swift at
reckoning.
013.042 Those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's. He knoweth
that which each soul earneth. The disbelievers will come to know for whom will be
the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.
013.043 They who disbelieve say: Thou art no messenger (of Allah). Say: Allah, and
whosoever hath knowledge of the Scripture, is sufficient witness between me and
you.
014.001 Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture which We have revealed unto thee
(Muhammad) that thereby thou mayst bring forth mankind from darkness unto light,
by the permission of their Lord, unto the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
014.002 Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is
in the earth. and woe unto the disbelievers from an awful doom;
014.003 Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar
(men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray.
014.004 And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk, that he
might make (the message) clear for them. Then Allah sendeth whom He will astray,
and guideth whom He will. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
014.005 We verily sent Moses with Our revelations, saying: Bring thy people forth
from darkness unto light. And remind them of the days of Allah. Lo! therein are
revelations for each steadfast, thankful (heart).
014.006 And (remind them) how Moses said unto his people: Remember Allah's
favour unto you when He delivered you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you
with dreadful torment, and were slaying your sons and sparing your women; that was
a tremendous trial from your Lord.
014.007 And when your Lord proclaimed: If ye give thanks, I will give you more; but
if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire.
014.008 And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove thankless, lo!
Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
014.009 Hath not the history of those before you reached you: the folk of Noah, and
(the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and those after them ? None save Allah knoweth
them. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs, but they thrust their hands
into their mouths, and said: Lo! we disbelieve in that wherewith ye have been sent,
and lo! we are in grave doubt concerning that to which ye call us.
014.010 Their messengers said: Can there be doubt concerning Allah, the Creator of
the heavens and the earth ? He calleth you that He may forgive you your sins and
reprieve you unto an appointed term. They said: Ye are but mortals like us, who
would fain turn us away from what our fathers used to worship. Then bring some
clear warrant.
014.011 Their messengers said unto them: We are but mortals like you, but Allah
giveth grace unto whom He will of His slaves. It is not ours to bring you a warrant
unless by the permission of Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust!
014.012 How should we not put our trust in Allah when He hath shown us our ways ?
We surely will endure the hurt ye do us. In Allah let the trusting put their trust.
014.013 And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will drive
you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them,
(saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers,
014.014 And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is for him
who feareth My Majesty and feareth My threats.
014.015 And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate was
bought to naught;
014.016 Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering water,
014.017 Which he sippeth but can hardly swallow, and death cometh unto him from
every side while yet he cannot die, and before him is a harsh doom.
014.018 A similitude of those who disbelieve in their Lord: Their works are as ashes
which the wind bloweth hard upon a stormy day. They have no control of aught that
they have earned. That is the extreme failure.
014.019 Hast thou not seen that Allah hath created the heavens and the earth with
truth ? If He will, He can remove you and bring (in) some new creation;
014.020 And that is no great matter for Allah.
014.021 They all come forth unto their Lord. Then those who were despised say unto
those who were scornful: We were unto you a following, can ye then avert from us
aught of Allah's doom ? They say: Had Allah guided us, we should have guided you.
Whether we rage or patiently endure is (now) all one for us; we have no place of
refuge.
014.022 And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah promised you
a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you
save that I called unto you and ye obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I
cannot help you, nor can ye help me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before
ascribed to me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.
014.023 And those who believed and did good works are made to enter Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, therein abiding by permission of their Lord, their
greeting therein: Peace!
014.024 Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly
tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,
014.025 Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord ? Allah coineth the
similitudes for mankind in order that they may reflect.
014.026 And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the
earth, possessing no stability.
014.027 Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world
and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray. And Allah doeth what He
will.
014.028 Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for
thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss,
014.029 (Even to) hell ? They are exposed thereto. A hapless end!
014.030 And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead (men) from His way.
Say: Enjoy life (while ye may) for lo! your journey's end will be the Fire.
014.031 Tell My bondmen who believe to establish worship and spend of that which
We have given them, secretly and publicly, before a day cometh wherein there will be
neither traffick nor befriending.
014.032 Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth, and causeth water to
descend from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you, and maketh the ships
to be of service unto you, that they may run upon the sea at His command, and hath
made of service unto you the rivers;
014.033 And maketh the sun and the moon, constant in their courses, to be of service
unto you, and hath made of service unto you the night and the day.
014.034 And He giveth you of all ye ask of Him, and if ye would count the bounty of
Allah ye cannot reckon it. Lo! man is verily a wrong-doer, an ingrate.
014.035 And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make safe this territory, and preserve
me and my sons from serving idols.
014.036 My Lord! Lo! they have led many of mankind astray. But whoso followeth
me, he verily is of me. And whoso disobeyeth me - Still Thou art Forgiving, Merciful.
014.037 Our Lord! Lo! I have settled some of my posterity in an uncultivable valley
near unto Thy holy House, our Lord! that they may establish proper worship; so
incline some hearts of men that they may yearn toward them, and provide Thou them
with fruits in order that they may be thankful.
014.038 Our Lord! Lo! Thou knowest that which we hide and that which we
proclaim. Nothing in the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah.
014.039 Praise be to Allah Who hath given me, in my old age, Ishmael and Isaac! Lo!
my Lord is indeed the Hearer of Prayer.
014.040 My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my posterity
(also); our Lord! and accept my prayer.
014.041 Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when the
account is cast.
014.042 Deem not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do. He but giveth them a
respite till a day when eyes will stare (in terror),
014.043 As they come hurrying on in fear, their heads upraised, their gaze returning
not to them, and their hearts as air.
014.044 And warn mankind of a day when the doom will come upon them, and those
who did wrong will say: Our Lord! Reprieve us for a little while. We will obey Thy
call and will follow the messengers. (It will be answered): Did ye not swear before
that there would be no end for you ?
014.045 And (have ye not) dwelt in the dwellings of those who wronged themselves
(of old) and (hath it not) become plain to you how We dealt with them and made
examples for you ?
014.046 Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah, though their
plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.
014.047 So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His messengers. Lo!
Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).
014.048 On the day when the earth will be changed to other than the earth, and the
heavens (also will be changed) and they will come forth unto Allah, the One, the
Almighty,
014.049 Thou wilt see the guilty on that day linked together in chains,
014.050 Their raiment of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces,
014.051 That Allah may repay each soul what it hath earned. Lo! Allah is swift at
reckoning.
014.052 This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned
thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that men of
understanding may take heed.
015.001 Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.
015.002 It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
015.003 Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will
come to know!
015.004 And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.
015.005 No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
015.006 And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art
indeed a madman!
015.007 Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful ?
015.008 We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the
disbelievers) would not be tolerated.
015.009 Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.
015.010 We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of
old.
015.011 And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.
015.012 Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:
015.013 They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone
before.
015.014 And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting
through it,
015.015 They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.
015.016 And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have
beautified it for beholders.
015.017 And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,
015.018 Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.
015.019 And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused
each seemly thing to grow therein.
015.020 And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye
provide not.
015.021 And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not
down save in appointed measure.
015.022 And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky,
and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.
015.023 Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the
Inheritor.
015.024 And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.
015.025 Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.
015.026 Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,
015.027 And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.
015.028 And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a
mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,
015.029 So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye
fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.
015.030 So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together
015.031 Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.
015.032 He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate ?
015.033 He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast
created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!
015.034 He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.
015.035 And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.
015.036 He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
015.037 He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved
015.038 Till the Day of appointed time.
015.039 He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the
path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,
015.040 Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.
015.041 He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:
015.042 Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the
froward as follow thee,
015.043 And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.
015.044 It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.
015.045 Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.
015.046 (And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.
015.047 And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face
to face, (they rest) on couches raised.
015.048 Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.
015.049 Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving,
the Merciful,
015.050 And that My doom is the dolorous doom.
015.051 And tell them of Abraham's guests,
015.052 (How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are
afraid of you.
015.053 They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing
wisdom.
015.054 He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me
? Of what then can ye bring good tidings ?
015.055 They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the
despairing.
015.056 He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are
astray ?
015.057 He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah) ?
015.058 They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,
015.059 (All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,
015.060 Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who
stay behind.
015.061 And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,
015.062 He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).
015.063 They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep
disputing,
015.064 And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.
015.065 So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their
backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.
015.066 And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong)
was to be cut at early morn.
015.067 And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).
015.068 He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!
015.069 And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!
015.070 They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone ?
015.071 He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).
015.072 By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching
death.
015.073 Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.
015.074 And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated
clay.
015.075 Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.
015.076 And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.
015.077 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
015.078 And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.
015.079 So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to
see.
015.080 And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.
015.081 And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.
015.082 And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt)
secure.
015.083 But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,
015.084 And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.
015.085 We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save
with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a
gracious forgiv