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These files are electronically scanned versions of M.H. Shakir's
translation of the Holy Qur'an, as published by Tahrike Tarsile
Qur'an, Inc., P.O. Box 1115, Elmhurst, New York 11373. The text has
passed through a preliminary editing, but is not yet error free. The
authentic version of this translation remains the hardcopy offered by
the aforementioned publishers, and can be purchased in many
bookstores.
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* The Opening *
1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
2. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
3.The Beneficent, the Merciful.
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
6. Keep us on the right path.
7. The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors.
Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down,
nor of those who go astray.
* The Cow *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who
guard (against evil).
3. Those who believe in the unseen and keep up prayer and
spend out of what We have given them.
4. And who believe in that which has been revealed to you
and that which was revealed before you and they are sure of the
hereafter.
5. These are on a right course from their Lord and these it is
that shall be successful.
6. Surely those who disbelieve, it being alike to them whether
you warn them, or do not warn them, will not believe.
7. Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their
hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a
great punishment for them.
8. And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah
and the last day; and they are not at all believers.
9. They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and
they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive.
10. There is a disease in their hearts, so Allah added to their
disease and they shall have a painful chastisement because they
11. And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the
land, they say: We are but peace-makers.
12. Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they
do not perceive.
13. And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe
they say: Shall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they
themselves are the fools, but they do not know.
14. And when they meet those who believe, they say: We believe;
and when they are alone with their Shaitans, they say: Surely we
are with you, we were only mocking.
15. Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and He leaves them
alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
16. These are they who buy error for the right direction, so
their bargain shall bring no gain, nor are they the followers of
the right direction.
17. Their parable is like the parable of one who kindled a fire
but when it had illumined all around him, Allah took away their
light, and left them in utter darkness-- they do not see.
18. Deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they will not turn back.
19. Or like abundant rain from the cloud in which is utter
darkness and thunder and lightning; they put their fingers into
their ears because of the thunder peal, for fear of death, and
Allah encompasses the unbelievers.
20. The lightning almost takes away their sight; whenever it
shines on them they walk in it, and when it becomes dark to them
they stand still; and if Allah had pleased He would certainly
have taken away their hearing and their sight; surely Allah has
power over all things.
21. O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you
so that you may guard (against evil).
22. Who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a
canopy and (Who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth
with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set
up rivals to Allah while you know.
23. And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to
Our servant, then produce a chapter like it and call on your
witnesses besides Allah if you are truthful.
24. But if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be
on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the
fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers.
25. And convey good news to those who believe and do good
deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow;
whenever they shall be given a portion of the fruit thereof, they
shall say: This is what was given to us before; and they shall be
given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them,
and in them, they shall abide.
26. Surely Allah is not ashamed to set forth any parable-- (that
of) a gnat or any thing above that; then as for those who
believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord, and as
for those who disbelieve, they say: What is it that Allah means
by this parable: He causes many to err by it and many He leads
aright by it! but He does not cause to err by it (any) except the
transgressors,
27. Who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and
cut asunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and make
mischief in the land; these it is that are the losers.
28. How do you deny Allah and you were dead and He gave you life?
Again He will cause you to die and again bring you to life, then
you shall be brought back to Him.
29. He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He
directed Himself to the heaven, so He made them complete seven
heavens, and He knows all things.
30. And when your Lord said to the angels, I am going to place in
the earth a khalif, they said: What! wilt Thou place in it such
as shall make mischief in it and shed blood, and we celebrate Thy
praise and extol Thy holiness? He said: Surely I know what you do
not know.
31. And He taught Adam all the names, then presented them to the
angels; then He said: Tell me the names of those if you are
right.
32. They said: Glory be to Thee! we have no knowledge but that
which Thou hast taught us; surely Thou art the Knowing, the Wise.
33. He said: O Adam! inform them of their names. Then when he had
informed them of their names, He said: Did I not say to you that
I surely know what is ghaib in the heavens and the earth and
(that) I know what you manifest and what you hide?
34. And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam they
did obeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He refused and he was
proud, and he was one of the unbelievers.
35. And We said: O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the
garden and eat from it a plenteous (food) wherever you wish and
do not approach this tree, for then you will be of the unjust.
36. But the Shaitan made them both fall from it, and caused them
to depart from that (state) in which they were; and We said: Get
forth, some of you being the enemies of others, and there is for
you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time.
37. Then Adam received (some) words from his Lord, so He turned
to him mercifully; surely He is Oft-returning (to mercy), the
Merciful.
38. We said: Go forth from this (state) all; so surely there
will come to you a guidance from Me, then whoever follows My
guidance, no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve.
39. And (as to) those who disbelieve in and reject My
communications, they are the inmates of the fire, in it they
shall abide.
40. O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed
on you and be faithful to (your) covenant with Me, I will fulfill
(My) covenant with you; and of Me, Me alone, should you be
afraid.
41. And believe in what I have revealed, verifying that which is
with you, and be not the first to deny it, neither take a mean
price in exchange for My communications; and Me, Me alone should
you fear.
42. And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the
truth while you know (it).
43. And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and bow down with
those who bow down.
44. What! do you enjoin men to be good and neglect your own souls
while you read the Book; have you then no sense?
45. And seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most
surely it is a hard thing except for the humble ones,
46. Who know that they shall meet their Lord and that they shall
return to Him.
47. O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed
on you and that I made you excel the nations.
48. And be on your guard against a day when one soul shall not
avail another in the least, neither shall intercession on its
behalf be accepted, nor shall any compensation be taken from it,
nor shall they be helped.
49. And when We delivered you from Firon's people, who subjected
you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing your women,
and in this there was a great trial from your Lord.
50. And when We parted the sea for you, so We saved you and
drowned the followers of Firon and you watched by.
51. And when We appointed a time of forty nights with Musa, then
you took the calf (for a god) after him and you were unjust.
52. Then We pardoned you after that so that you might give
thanks.
53. And when We gave Musa the Book and the distinction that you
might walk aright.
54. And when Musa said to his people: O my people! you have
surely been unjust to yourselves by taking the calf (for a god),
therefore turn to your Creator (penitently), so kill your people,
that is best for you with your Creator: so He turned to you
(mercifully), for surely He is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the
Merciful.
55. And when you said: O Musa! we will not believe in you until
we see Allah manifestly, so the punishment overtook you while you
looked on.
56. Then We raised you up after your death that you may give
thanks.
57. And We made the clouds to give shade over you and We sent to
you manna and quails: Eat of the good things that We have given
you; and they did not do Us any harm, but they made their own
souls suffer the loss.
58. And when We said: Enter this city, then eat from it a
plenteous (food) wherever you wish, and enter the gate making
obeisance, and say, forgiveness. We will forgive you your wrongs
and give more to those who do good (to others).
59. But those who were unjust changed it for a saying other than
that which had been spoken to them, so We sent upon those who
were unjust a pestilence from heaven, because they transgressed.
60. And when Musa prayed for drink for his people, We said:
Strike the rock with your staff So there gushed from it twelve
springs; each tribe knew its drinking place: Eat and drink of the
provisions of Allah and do not act corruptly in the land, making
mischief.
61. And when you said: O Musa! we cannot bear with one food,
therefore pray Lord on our behalf to bring forth for us out of
what the earth grows, of its herbs and its cucumbers and its
garlic and its lentils and its onions. He said: Will you exchange
that which is better for that which is worse? Enter a city, so you
will have what you ask for. And abasement and humiliation were
brought down upon them, and they became deserving of Allah's
wrath; this was so because they disbelieved in the
communications of Allah and killed the prophets unjustly; this
was so because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits.
62. Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the f
Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the
Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their
Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.
63. And when We took a promise from you and lifted the mountain
over you: Take hold of the law (Tavrat) We have given you with
firmness and bear in mind what is in it, so that you may guard
(against evil).
64. Then you turned back after that; so were it not for the grace
of Allah and His mercy on you, you would certainly have been
among the losers.
65. And certainly you have known those among you who exceeded the
limits of the Sabbath, so We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised
and hated.
66. So We made them an example to those who witnessed it and
those who came after it, and an admonition to those who guard
(against evil).
67. And when Musa said to his people: Surely Allah commands you
that you should sacrifice a cow; they said: Do you ridicule us?
He said: I seek the protection of Allah from being one of the
ignorant.
68. They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to
us what she is. Musa said: He says, Surely she is a cow neither
advanced in age nor too young, of middle age between that (and
this); do therefore what you are commanded.
69. They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to
us what her color is. Musa said: He says, Surely she is a yellow
cow; her color is intensely yellow, giving delight to the
beholders.
70. They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to
us what she is, for surely to us the cows are all alike, and if
Allah please we shall surely be guided aright.
71. Musa said: He says, Surely she is a cow not made submissive
that she should plough the land, nor does she irrigate the tilth;
sound, without a blemish in her. They said: Now you have brought
the truth; so they sacrificed her, though they had not the mind
to do (it).
72. And when you killed a man, then you disagreed with
respect to that, and Allah was to bring forth that which you were
going to hide.
73. So We said: Strike the (dead body) with part of the
(Sacrificed cow), thus Allah brings the dead to life, and He
shows you His signs so that you may understand.
74. Then your hearts hardened after that, so that they were like
rocks, rather worse in hardness; and surely there are some rocks
from which streams burst forth, and surely there are some of them
which split asunder so water issues out of them, and surely there
are some of them which fall down for fear of Allah, and Allah is
not at all heedless of what you do.
75. Do you then hope that they would believe in you, and a party
from among them indeed used to hear the Word of Allah, then
altered it after they had understood it, and they know (this).
76. And when they meet those who believe they say: We believe,
and when they are alone one with another they say: Do you talk to
them of what Allah has disclosed to you that they may contend
with you by this before your Lord? Do you not then understand?
77. Do they not know that Allah knows what they keep secret and
what they make known?
78. And there arc among them illiterates who know not the Book
but only lies, and they do but conjecture.
79. Woe, then, to those who write the book with their hands and
then say: This is from Allah, so that they may take for it a
small price; therefore woe to them for what their hands have
written and woe to them for what they earn.
80. And they say: Fire shall not touch us but for a few days.
Say: Have you received a promise from Allah, then Allah will not
fail to perform His promise, or do you speak against Allah what
you do not know?
81. Yeal whoever earns evil and his sins beset him on every side,
these are the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide.
82. And (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, these are
the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.
83. And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You
shall not serve any but Allah and (you shall do) good to (your)
parents, and to the near of kin and to the orphans and the needy,
and you shall speak to men good words and keep up prayer and pay
the poor-rate. Then you turned back except a few of you and (now
too) you turn aside.
84. And when We made a covenant with you: You shall not
shed your blood and you shall not turn your people out of your
cities; then you gave a promise while you witnessed.
85. Yet you it is who slay your people and turn a party from
among you out of their homes, backing each other up against
them unlawfully and exceeding the limits; and if they should come
to you, as captives you would ransom them-- while their very
turning out was unlawful for you. Do you then believe in a part
of the Book and disbelieve in the other? What then is the re ward
of such among you as do this but disgrace in the life of this
world, and on the day of resurrection they shall be sent back to
the most grievous chastisement, and Allah is not at all heedless
of what you do.
86. These are they who buy the life of this world for the
hereafter, so their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall
they be helped.
87. And most certainly We gave Musa the Book and We sent apostles
after him one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium,
clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, What!
whenever then an apostle came to you with that
which your souls did not desire, you were insolent so you called
some liars and some you slew.
88. And they say: Our hearts are covered. Nay, Allah has cursed
them on account of their unbelief; so little it is that they
believe.
89. And when there came to them a Book from Allah verifying that
which they have, and aforetime they used to pray for victory
against those who disbelieve, but when there came to them
(Prophet) that which they did not recognize, they disbelieved in
him; so Allah's curse is on the unbelievers.
90. Evil is that for which they have sold their souls-- that they
should deny what Allah has revealed, out of envy that Allah
should send down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He
pleases; so they have made themselves deserving of wrath upon
wrath, and there is a disgraceful punishment for the unbelievers.
91. And when it is said to them, Believe in what Allah has
revealed, they say: We believe in that which was revealed to us;
and they deny what is besides that, while it is the truth
verifying that which they have. Say: Why then did you kill
Allah's Prophets before if you were indeed believers?
92. And most certainly Musa came to you with clear arguments,
then you took the calf (for a god) in his absence and you were
unjust.
93. And when We made a covenant with you and raised the mountain
over you: Take hold of what We have given you with firmness and
be obedient. They said: We hear and disobey. And they were made
to imbibe (the love of) the calf into their hearts on account of
their unbelief Say: Evil is that which your belief bids you if
you are believers.
94. Say: If the future abode with Allah is specially for you to
the exclusion of the people, then invoke death if you are
truthful.
95. And they will never invoke it on account of what their hands
have sent before, and Allah knows the unjust.
96. And you will most certainly find them the greediest of men
for life (greedier) than even those who are polytheists; every
one of them loves that he should be granted a life of a thousand
years, and his being granted a long life will in no way remove
him further off from the chastisement, and Allah sees what they
97. Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel-- for surely he revealed
it to your heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is
before it and guidance and good news for the believers.
98. Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His apostles
and Jibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the
unbelievers.
99. And certainly We have revealed to you clear communications
and none disbelieve in them except the transgressors.
100. What! whenever they make a covenant, a party of them cast it
aside? Nay, most of them do not believe.
101. And when there came to them an Apostle from Allah verifying
that which they have, a party of those who were given the Book
threw the Book of Allah behind their backs as if they knew
nothing.
102. And they followed what the Shaitans chanted of sorcery in
the reign of Sulaiman, and Sulaiman was not an unbeliever, but
the Shaitans disbelieved, they taught men sorcery and that was
sent down to the two angels at Babel, Harut and Marut, yet these
two taught no man until they had said, "Surely we are only a
trial, therefore do not be a disbeliever." Even then men learned
from these two, magic by which they might cause a separation
between a man and his wife; and they cannot hurt with it any one
except with Allah's permission, and they learned what harmed
them and did not profit them, and certainly they know that he who
bought it should have no share of good in the hereafter and evil
was the price for which they sold their souls, had they but
known this.
103. And if they had believed and guarded themselves (against
evil), reward from Allah would certainly have been better; had
they but known (this).
104. O you who believe! do not say Raina and say Unzurna and
listen, and for the unbelievers there is a painful chastisement.
105. Those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book do
not like, nor do the polytheists, that the good should be sent
down to you from your Lord, and Allah chooses especially whom He
pleases for His mercy, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
106. Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be
forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not
know that Allah has power over all things?
107. Do you not know that Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or
helper?
108. Rather you wish to put questions to your Apostle, as Musa
was questioned before; and whoever adopts unbelief instead of
faith, he indeed has lost the right direction of the way.
109. Many of the followers of the Book wish that they could turn
you back into unbelievers after your faith, out of envy from
themselves, (even) after the truth has become manifest to them;
but pardon and forgive, so that Allah should bring about His
command; surely Allah has power over all things.
110. And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and whatever good
you send before for yourselves, you shall find it with Allah;
surely Allah sees what you do.
111. And they say: None shall enter the garden (or paradise)
except he who is a Jew or a Christian. These are their vain
desires. Say: Bring your proof if you are truthful.
112. Yes! whoever submits himself entirely to Allah and he is
the doer of good (to others) he has his reward from his Lord, and
there is no fear for him nor shall he grieve.
113. And the Jews say: The Christians do not follow anything
(good) and the Christians say: The Jews do not follow anything
(good) while they recite the (same) Book. Even thus say those who
have no knowledge, like to what they say; so Allah shall
judge between them on the day of resurrection in what they
differ.
114. And who is more unjust than he who prevents (men)
from the masjids of Allah, that His name should be remembered
in them, and strives to ruin them? (As for) these, it was not
proper for them that they should have entered them except in
fear; they shall meet with disgrace in this world, and they shall
have great chastisement in the hereafter.
115. And Allah's is the East and the West, therefore, whither
you turn, thither is Allah's purpose; surely Allah is
Amplegiving,
Knowing.
116. And they say: Allah has taken to himself a son. Glory be
to Him; rather, whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His;
all are obedient to Him.
117. Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and
when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it
is.
118. And those who have no knowledge say: Why does not
Allah speak to us or a sign come to us? Even thus said those
before them, the like of what they say; their hearts are all alike.
Indeed We have made the communications clear for a people
who are sure.
119. Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of
good news and as a warner, and you shall not be called upon to
answer for the companions of the flaming fire.
120. And the Jews will not be pleased with you, nor the
Christians until you follow their religion. Say: Surely Allah's
guidance, that is the (true) guidance. And if you follow their
desires after the knowledge that has come to you, you shall have
no guardian from Allah, nor any helper.
121. Those to whom We have given the Book read it as it
ought to be read. These believe in it; and whoever disbelieves in
it, these it is that are the losers.
122. O children of Israel, call to mind My favor which I
bestowed on you and that I made you excel the nations.
123. And.be on your guard against a day when no soul shall
avail another in the least neither shall any compensation be
accepted from it, nor shall intercession profit it, nor shall
they be
helped.
124. And when his Lord tried Ibrahim with certain words, he
fulfilled them. He said: Surely I will make you an Imam of men.
Ibrahim said: And of my offspring? My covenant does not
include the unjust, said He.
125. And when We made the House a pilgrimage for men and a (place
of) security, and: Appoint for yourselves a place of prayer on
the standing-place of Ibrahim. And We enjoined Ibrahim and Ismail
saying: Purify My House for those who visit (it) and those who
abide (in it) for devotion and those who bow down (and) those who
prostrate themselves.
126. And when Ibrahim said: My Lord, make it a secure town and
provide its people with fruits, such of them as believe in Allah
and the last day. He said: And whoever disbelieves, I will grant
him enjoyment for a short while, then I will drive him to the
chastisement of the fire; and it is an evil destination.
127. And when Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the
House: Our Lord! accept from us; surely Thou art the Hearing, the
Knowing:
128. Our Lord! and make us both submissive to Thee and (raise)
from our offspring a nation submitting to Thee, and show us our
ways of devotion and turn to us (mercifully), surely Thou art the
Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
129. Our Lord! and raise up in them an Apostle from among them
who shall recite to them Thy communications and teach them the
Book and the wisdom, and purify them; surely Thou art the Mighty,
the Wise.
130. And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes
himself a fool, and most certainly We chose him in this world,
and in the hereafter he is most surely among the righteous.
131. When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim, he said: I submit
myself to the Lord of the worlds.
132. And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did)
Yaqoub. O my sons! surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith,
therefore die not unless you are Muslims.
133. Nay! were you witnesses when death visited Yaqoub, when he
said to his sons: What will you serve after me? They said: We
will serve your God and the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and
Ismail and Ishaq, one God only, and to Him do we submit.
134. This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what
they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not
be called upon to answer for what they did.
135. And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the
right course. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the
Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.
136. Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that which had been
revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and
Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that which
was given to Musa and Isa, and (in) that which was given to the
prophets from their Lord, we do not make any distinction between
any of them, and to Him do we submit.
137. If then they believe as you believe in Him, they are indeed
on the right course, and if they turn back, then they are only in
great opposition, so Allah will suffice you against them, and He
is the Hearing, the Knowing.
138. (Receive) the baptism of Allah, and who is better than Allah
in baptising? and Him do we serve.
139. Say: Do you dispute with us about Allah, and He is our Lord
and your Lord, and we shall have our deeds and you shall have
your deeds, and we are sincere to Him.
140. Nay! do you say that Ibrahim and Ismail and Yaqoub and the
tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Are you better knowing or
Allah? And who is more unjust than he who conceals a testimony
that he has from Allah? And Allah is not at all heedless of what
you do.
141. This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what
they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you
shall not be called upon to answer for what they did.
142. The fools among the people will say: What has turned them
from their qiblah which they had? Say: The East and the West
belong only to Allah; He guides whom He likes to the right path.
143. And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation that you
may be the bearers of witness to the people and (that) the
Apostle may be a bearer of witness to you; and We did not make
that which you would have to be the qiblah but that We might
distinguish him who follows the Apostle from him who turns back
upon his heels, and this was surely hard except for those whom
Allah has guided aright; and Allah was not going to make your
faith to be fruitless; most surely Allah is Affectionate,
Merciful to the people.
144. Indeed We see the turning of your face to heaven, so We
shall surely turn you to a qiblah which you shall like; turn then
your face towards the Sacred Mosque, and wherever you are, turn
your face towards it, and those who have been given the Book most
surely know that it is the truth from their Lord; and Allah is
not at all heedless of what they do.
145. And even if you bring to those who have been given the
Book every sign they would not follow your qiblah, nor can you be
a follower of their qiblah, neither are they the followers of
each other's qiblah, and if you follow their desires after the
knowledge that has come to you, then you shall most surely be
among the unjust.
146. Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as they
recognize their sons, and a party of them most surely conceal the
truth while they know (it).
147. The truth is from your Lord, therefore you should not be of
the doubters.
148. And every one has a direction to which he should turn,
therefore hasten to (do) good works; wherever you are, Allah will
bring you all together; surely Allah has power over all things.
149. And from whatsoever place you come forth, turn your
face towards the Sacred Mosque; and surely it is the very truth
from your Lord, and Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.
150. And from whatsoever place you come forth, turn your
face towards the Sacred Mosque; and wherever you are turn
your faces towards it, so that people shall have no accusation
against you, except such of them as are unjust; so do not fear
them, and fear Me, that I may complete My favor on you and
that you may walk on the right course.
151. Even as We have sent among you an Apostle from among you who
recites to you Our communications and purifies you and teaches
you the Book and the wisdom and teaches you that which you did
not know.
152. Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful
to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.
153. O you who believe! seek assistance through patience and
prayer; surely Allah is with the patient.
154. And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah's way as
dead; nay, (they are) alive, but you do not perceive.
155. And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and
hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good
news to the patient,
156. Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are
Allah's and to Him we shall surely return.
157. Those are they on whom are blessings and mercy from their
Lord, and those are the followers of the right course.
158. Surely the Safa and the Marwa are among the signs appointed
by Allah; so whoever makes a pilgrimage to the House or pays a
visit (to it), there is no blame on him if he goes round them
both; and whoever does good spontaneously, then surely Allah is
Grateful, Knowing.
159. Surely those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance
that We revealed after We made it clear in the Book for men,
these it is whom Allah shall curse, and those who curse shall
curse them (too).
160. Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the
truth), these it is to whom I turn (mercifully); and I am the
Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
161. Surely those who disbelieve and die while they are
disbelievers, these it is on whom is the curse of Allah and the
angels and men all;
162. Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor
shall they be given respite.
163. And your God is one God! there is no god but He; He is the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
164. Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth
and the alternation of the night and the day, and the ships that
run in the sea with that which profits men, and the water that
Allah sends down from the cloud, then gives life with it to the
earth after its death and spreads in it all (kinds of) animals, and
the changing of the winds and the clouds made subservient
between the heaven and the earth, there are signs for a people
who understand.
165. And there are some among men who take for themselves
objects of worship besides Allah, whom they love as they love
Allah, and those who believe are stronger in love for Allah and
O, that those who are unjust had seen, when they see the
chastisement, that the power is wholly Allah's and that Allah is
severe in requiting (evil).
166. When those who were followed shall renounce those who
followed (them), and they see the chastisement and their ties are
cut asunder.
167. And those who followed shall say: Had there been for us a
return, then we would renounce them as they have renounced us.
Thus will Allah show them their deeds to be intense regret to
them, and they shall not come forth from the fire.
168. O men! eat the lawful and good things out of what is in the
earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he
is your open enemy.
169. He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may
speak against Allah what you do not know.
170. And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has
revealed, they say: Nay! we follow what we found our fathers
upon. What! and though their fathers had no sense at all, nor did
they follow the right way.
171. And the parable of those who disbelieve is as the parable of
one who calls out to that which hears no more than a call and a
cry; deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they do not understand.
172. O you who believe! eat of the good things that We have
provided you with, and give thanks to Allah if Him it is that you
serve.
173. He has only forbidden you what dies of itself, and blood,
and flesh of swine, and that over which any other (name) than
(that of) Allah has been invoked; but whoever is driven to
necessity, not desiring, nor exceeding the limit, no sin shall be
upon him; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
174. Surely those who conceal any part of the Book that
Allah has revealed and take for it a small price, they eat
nothing but fire into their bellies, and Allah will not speak to
them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, and
they shall have a painful chastisement.
175. These are they who buy error for the right direction and
chastisement for forgiveness; how bold they are to encounter
fire.
176. This is because Allah has revealed the Book with the truth;
and surely those who go against the Book are in a great
opposition.
177. It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the
East and the West, but righteousness is this that one should
believe in Allah and the last day and the angels and the Book and
the prophets, and give away wealth out of love for Him to the
near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and
the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep
up prayer and pay the poor-rate; and the performers of their
promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and
affliction and in time of conflicts-- these are they who are {rue
(to themselves) and these are they who guard (against evil).
178. O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the
matter of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the
slave, and the female for the female, but if any remission is
made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the
bloodwit) should be made according to usage, and payment should
be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation
from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after
this he shall have a painful chastisement.
179. And there is life for you in (the law of) retaliation, O men
of understanding, that you may guard yourselves.
180. Bequest is prescribed for you when death approaches
one of you, if he leaves behind wealth for parents and near
relatives, according to usage, a duty (incumbent) upon those
who guard (against evil).
181. Whoever then alters it after he has heard it, the sin of it
then is only upon those who alter it; surely Allah is Hearing,
Knowing.
182. But he who fears an inclination to a wrong course or an
act of disobedience on the part of the testator, and effects an
agreement between the parties, there is no blame on him. Surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
183. O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was
prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against
evil).
184. For a certain number of days; but whoever among you is
sick or on a journey, then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other
days; and those who are not able to do it may effect a redemption
by feeding a poor man; so whoever does good spontaneously
it is better for him; and that you fast is better for you if you
know.
185. The month of Ramazan is that in which the Quran was
revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and
the distinction; therefore whoever of you is present in the month,
he shall fast therein, and whoever is sick or upon a journey, then
(he shall fast) a (like) number of other days; Allah desires ease
for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty, and (He
desires) that you should complete the number and that you
should exalt the greatness of Allah for His having guided you
and that you may give thanks.
186. And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am
very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on
Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may
walk in the right way.
187. It is made lawful to you to go into your wives on the
night of the fast; they are an apparel for you and you are an
apparel for them; Allah knew that you acted unfaithfully to
yourselves, so He has turned to you (mercifully) and removed from
you (this burden); so now be in contact with them and seek
what Allah has ordained for you, and eat and drink until the
whiteness of the day becomes distinct from the blackness of the
night at dawn, then complete the fast till night, and have not
contact with them while you keep to the mosques; these are the
limits of Allah, so do not go near them. Thus does Allah make
clear His communications for men that they may guard (against
evil).
188. And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by
false means, neither seek to gain access thereby to the judges,
so that you may swallow up a part of the property of men
wrongfully while you know.
189. They ask you concerning the new moon. Say: They are times
appointed for (the benefit of) men, and (for) the pilgrimage; and
it is not righteousness that you should enter the houses at their
backs, but righteousness is this that one should guard (against
evil); and go into the houses by their doors and be careful (of
your duty) to Allah, that you may be successful.
190. And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you,
and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those
who exceed the limits.
191. And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out
from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than
slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque
until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay
them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
192. But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
193. And fight with them until there is no persecution, and
religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there
should be no hostility except against the oppressors.
194. The Sacred month for the sacred month and all sacred things
are (under the law of) retaliation; whoever then acts
aggressively against you, inflict injury on him according to the
injury he has inflicted on you and be careful (of your duty) to
Allah and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
195. And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to
perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely
Allah loves the doers of good.
196. And accomplish the pilgrimage and the visit for Allah, but
if, you are prevented, (send) whatever offering is easy to
obtain, and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches
its destination; but whoever among you is sick or has an ailment
of the head, he (should effect) a compensation by fasting or alms
or sacrificing, then when you are secure, whoever profits by
combining the visit with the pilgrimage (should take) what
offering is easy to obtain; but he who cannot find (any offering)
should fast for three days during the pilgrimage and for seven
days when you return; these (make) ten (days) complete; this is
for him whose family is not present in the Sacred Mosque, and be
careful (of your duty) to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in
requiting (evil).
197. The pilgrimage is (performed in) the well-known months; so
whoever determines the performance of the pilgrimage therein,
there shall be no intercourse nor fornication nor quarrelling
amongst one another; and whatever good you do, Allah knows it;
and make provision, for surely the provision is the guarding of
oneself, and be careful (of your duty) to Me, O men of
understanding.
198. There is no blame on you in seeking bounty from your Lord,
so when you hasten on from "Arafat", then remember Allah near the
Holy Monument, and remember Him as He has guided you, though
before that you were certainly of the erring
ones.
199. Then hasten on from the Place from which the people hasten
on and ask the forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
200. So when you have performed your devotions, then laud Allah
as you lauded your fathers, rather a greater lauding. But
there are some people who say, Our Lord! give us in the world,
and they shall have no resting place.
201. And there are some among them who say: Our Lord! grant us
good in this world and good in the hereafter, and save us from
the chastisement of the fire.
202. They shall have (their) portion of what they have earned,
and Allah is swift in reckoning.
203. And laud Allah during the numbered days; then whoever
hastens off in two days, there is no blame on him, and whoever
remains behind, there is no blame on him, (this is) for him who
guards (against evil), and be careful (of your duty) to Allah,
and
know that you shall be gathered together to Him.
204. And among men is he whose speech about the life of this
world causes you to wonder, and he calls on Allah to witness as
to what is in his heart, yet he is the most violent of
adversaries.
205. And when he turn,s back, he runs along in the land that he
may cause mischief in it and destroy the tilth and the stock, and
Allah does not love mischief-making.
206. And when it is said to him, guard against (the punish ment
of) Allah; pride carries him off to sin, therefore hell is
sufficient for him; and certainly it is an evil resting place.
207. And among men is he who sells himself to seek the pleasure
of Allah; and Allah is Affectionate to the servants.
208. O you who believe! enter into submission one and all and do
not follow the footsteps of Shaitan; surely he is your open
enemy.
209. But if you slip after clear arguments have come to you, then
know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.
210. They do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in
the shadows of the clouds along with the angels, and the matter
has (already) been decided; and (all) matters are returned to
Allah.
211. Ask the Israelites how many a clear sign have We given them;
and whoever changes the favor of Allah after it has come to him,
then surely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
212. The life of this world is made to seem fair to those who
disbelieve, and they mock those who believe, and those who guard
(against evil) shall be above them on the day of resurrection;
and Allah gives means of subsistence to whom he pleases without
measure.
213. (All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets
as bearers of good news and as warners, and He revealed with them
the Book with truth, that it might judge between people in that
in which they differed; and none but the very people who were
given it differed about it after clear arguments had come to
them, revolting among themselves; so Allah has guided by His will
those who believe to the truth about which they differed and
Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path.
214. Or do you think that you would enter the garden while yet
the state of those who have passed away before you has not come
upon you; distress and affliction befell them and they were
shaken violently, so that the Apostle and those who believed with
him said: When will the help of Allah come? Now surely the help
of Allah is nigh!
215. They ask you as to what they should spend. Say: Whatever
wealth you spend, it is for the parents and the near of kin and
the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, and whatever good you
do, Allah surely knows it.
216. Fighting is enjoined on you, and h is an object of dislike
to you; and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good
for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for
you, and Allah knows, while you do not know.
217. They ask you concerning the sacred month about fighting in
it. Say: Fighting in it is a grave matter, and hindering (men)
from Allah's way and denying Him, and (hindering men from) the
Sacred Mosque and turning its people out of it, are still graver
with Allah, and persecution is graver than slaughter; and they
will not cease fighting with you until they turn you back from
your religion, if they can; and whoever of you turns back from
his religion, then he dies while an unbeliever-- these it is whose
works shall go for nothing in this world and the hereafter, and
they are the inmates of the fire; therein they shall abide.
218. Surely those who believed and those who fled (their home)
and strove hard in the way of Allah these hope for the mercy of
Allah and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
219. They ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In
both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men,
and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as
to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does
Allah make clear to you the communications, that you may ponder
220. On this world and the hereafter. And they ask you concerning
the orphans Say: To set right for them (their affairs) is good,
and if you become co-partners with them, they are your brethren;
and Allah knows the mischief-maker and the pacemaker, and if
Allah had pleased, He would certainly have caused you to fall
into a difficulty; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
221. And do not marry the idolatresses until they believe, and
certainly a believing maid is better than an idolatress woman,
even though she should please you; and do not give (believing
women) in marriage to idolaters until they believe, and certainly
a believing servant is better than an idolater, even though he
should please you; these invite to the fire, and Allah invites to
the garden and to forgiveness by His will, and makes clear His
communications to men, that they may be mindful.
222. And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is a
discomfort; therefore keep aloof from the women during the
menstrual discharge and do not go near them until they have
become clean; then when they have cleansed themselves, go in to
them as Allah has commanded you; surely Allah loves those who
turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify themselves.
223. Your wives are a tilth for you, so go into your tilth when
you like, and do good beforehand for yourselves, and be careful
(of your duty) to Allah, and know that you will meet Him, and
give good news to the believers.
224. And make not Allah because of your swearing (by Him) an
obstacle to your doing good and guarding (against evil) and
making peace between men, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
225. Allah does not call you to account for what is vain in your
oaths, but He will call you to account for what your hearts have
earned, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.
226. Those who swear that they will not go in to their wives
should wait four months; so if they go back, then Allah is surely
Forgiving, Merciful.
227. And if they have resolved on a divorce, then Allah is surely
Hearing, Knowing.
228. And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for
three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they should
conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in
Allah and the last day; and their husbands have a better right to
take them back in the meanwhile if they wish for reconciliation;
and they have rights similar to those against them in a just
manner, and the men are a degree above them, and Allah is Mighty,
Wise.
229. Divorce may be (pronounced) twice, then keep (them) in good
fellowship or let (them) go with kindness; and it is not lawful
for you to take any part of what you have given them, unless both
fear that they cannot keep within the limits of Allah; then if
you fear that they cannot keep within the limits of Allah, there
is no blame on them for what she gives up to become free thereby.
These are the limits of Allah, so do not exceed them and whoever
exceeds the limits of Allah these it is that are the unjust.
230. So if he divorces her she shall not be lawful to him
afterwards until she marries another husband; then if he divorces
her there is no blame on them both if they return to each other
(by marriage), if they think that they can keep within the limits
of Allah, and these are the limits of Allah which He makes clear
for a people who know.
231. And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed
time, then either retain them in good fellowship or set them free
with liberality, and do not retain them for injury, so that you
exceed the limits, and whoever does this, he indeed is unjust to
his own soul; and do not take Allah's communications
for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah upon you, and
that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the Wisdom,
admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to) Allah,
and know that Allah is the Knower of all things.
232. And when you have divorced women and they have ended-- their
term (of waiting), then do not prevent them from marrying their
husbands when they agree among themselves in a lawful manner;
with this is admonished he among you who believes in Allah and
the last day, this is more profitable and purer for you; and
Allah knows while you do not know.
233. And the mothers should suckle their children for two whole
years for him who desires to make complete the time of suckling;
and their maintenance and their clothing must be-- borne by the
father according to usage; no soul shall have imposed upon it a
duty but to the extent of its capacity; neither shall a mother be
made to suffer harm on account of her child, nor a father on
account of his child, and a similar duty (devolves) on the
(father's) heir, but if both desire weaning by mutual consent and
counsel, there is no blame on them, and if you wish to engage a
wet-nurse for your children, there is no blame on you
so long as you pay what you promised for according to usage;
and be careful of (your duty to) Allah and know that Allah sees
what you do.
234. And (as for) those of you who die and leave wives behind,
they should keep themselves in waiting for four months and ten
days; then when they have fully attained their term, there is no
blame on you for what they do for themselves in a lawful manner;
and Allah is aware of what you do.
235. And there is no blame on you respecting that which you speak
indirectly in the asking of (such) women in marriage or keep (the
proposal) concealed within your minds; Allah knows that you win
mention them, but do not give them a promise in secret unless you
speak in a lawful manner, and do not confirm the marriage tie
until the writing is fulfilled, and know that Allah knows what is
in your minds, therefore beware of Him, and know that Allah is
Forgiving, Forbearing.
236. There is no blame on you if you divorce women when you have
not touched them or appointed for them a portion, and make
provision for them, the wealthy according to his means and the
straitened in circumstances according to his means, a provision
according to usage; (this is) a duty on the doers of good (to
others).
237. And if you divorce them before you have touched them
and you have appointed for them a portion, then (pay to them)
ha!f of what you have appointed, unless they relinquish or he
should relinquish in whose hand is the marriage tie; and it is
nearer to righteousness that you should relinquish; and do not
neglect the giving of free gifts between you; surely Allah sees
what you do.
238. Attend constantly to prayers and to the middle prayer and
stand up truly obedient to Allah.
239. But if you are in danger, then (say your prayers) on foot or
on horseback; and when you are secure, then remember Allah, as.
He has taught you what you did not know.
240. And those of you who die and leave wives behind, (make) a
bequest in favor of their wives of maintenance for a year without
turning (them) out, then if they themselves go away, there is no
blame on you for what they do of lawful deeds by themselves, and
Allah is Mighty, Wise.
241. And for the divorced women (too) provision (must be made)
according to usage; (this is) a duty on those who guard (against
evil).
242. Allah thus makes clear to you His communications that you
may understand.
243. Have you not considered those who went forth from their
homes, for fear of death, and they were thousands, then Allah
said to them, Die; again He gave them life; most surely Allah is
Gracious to people, but most people are not grateful.
244. And fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
245. Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will
multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies,
and you shall be returned to Him.
246. Have you not considered the chiefs of the children of Israel
after Musa, when they said to a prophet of theirs: Raise up for
us a king, (that) we may fight in the way of Allah. He said: May
it not be that you would not fight if fighting is ordained for
you? They said: And what reason have we that we should not
fight in the way of Allah, and we have indeed been compelled to
abandon our homes and our children. But when fighting was
ordained for them, they turned back, except a few of them, and
Allah knows the unjust.
247. And their prophet said to them: Surely Allah has raised
Talut to be a king over you. They said: How can he hold kingship
over us while we have a greater right to kingship than
he, and he has not been granted an abundance of wealth? He
said: Surely Allah has chosen him in preference to you, and He
has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique, and
Allah grants His kingdom to whom He pleases, and Allah is
Amplegiving, Knowing.
248. And the prophet said to them: Surely the sign of His
kingdom is, that there shall come to you the chest in which there
is tranquillity from your Lord and residue of the relics of what
the children of Musa and the children of Haroun have left, the
angels bearing it; most surely there is a sign in this for those who
believe.
249. So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: Surely
Allah will try you with a river; whoever then drinks from it, he is
not of me, and whoever does not taste of it, he is surely of me,
except he who takes with his hand as much of it as fills the hand;
but with the exception of a few of them they drank from it. So
when he had crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they
said: We have today no power against Jalut and his forces.
Those who were sure that they would meet their Lord said: How
often has a small party vanquished a numerous host by Allah's
permission, and Allah is with the patient.
250. And when they went out against Jalut and his forces they
said: Our Lord, pour down upon us patience, and make our
steps firm and assist us against the unbelieving people.
251. So they put them to flight by Allah's permission. And
Dawood slew Jalut, and Allah gave him kingdom and wisdom,
and taught him of what He pleased. And were it not for Allah's
repelling some men with others, the earth would certainly be in a
state of disorder; but Allah is Gracious to the creatures.
252. These are the communications of Allah: We recite them
to you with truth; and most surely you are (one) of the
apostles.
253. We have made some of these apostles to excel the others
among them are they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them
He exalted by (many degrees of) rank; and We gave clear
miracles to Isa son of Marium, and strengthened him with the
holy spirit. And if Allah had pleased, those after them would not
have fought one with another after clear arguments had come to
them, but they disagreed; so there were some of them who
believed and others who denied; and if Allah had pleased they
would not have fought one with another, but Allah brings about
what He intends.
254. O you who believe! spend out of what We have given you
before the day comes in which there is no bargaining, neither any
friendship nor intercession, and the unbelievers-- they are the
unjust.
255. Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving,
the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not
overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever
is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but
by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is
behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His
knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the
heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires
Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.
256. There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has
become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever
disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Al}ah he indeed has
laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and
Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
257. Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them
out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who
disbelieve, their guardians are Shaitans who take them out of the
light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it
they shall abide.
258. Have you not considered him (Namrud) who disputed with
Ibrahim about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom?
When Ibrahim said: My Lord is He who gives life and causes to
die, he said: I give life and cause death. Ibrahim said: So
surely Allah causes the sun to rise from the east, then make it
rise from the west; thus he who disbelieved was confounded; and
Allah does not guide aright the unjust people.
259. Or the like of him (Uzair) who passed by a town, and it had
fallen down upon its roofs; he said: When will Allah give it life
after its death? So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years,
then raised him to life. He said: How long have you tarried? He
said: I have tarried a day, or a part of a day. Said He: Nay! you
have tarried a hundred years; then look at your food and
drink-- years have not passed over it; and look at your ass; and
that We may make you a sign to men, and look at the bones, how We
set them together, then clothed them with flesh; so when it
became clear to him, he said: I know that Allah has power over
all things.
260. And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! show me how Thou
givest life to the dead, He said: What! and do you not believe?
He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. He said: Then
take four of the birds, then train them to follow you, then place
on every mountain a part of them, then call them, they will come
to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.
261. The parable of those who spend their property in the way of
Allah is as the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a
hundred grains in every ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He
pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing
262. (As for) those who spend their property in the way.of Allah,
then do not follow up what they have spent with reproach
or injury, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and they
shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
263. Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed
by injury; and Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing.
264. O you who believe! do not make your charity worthless
by reproach and injury, like him who spends his property to be
seen of men and does not believe in Allah and the last day; so his
parable is as the parable of a smooth rock with earth upon it,
then a heavy rain falls upon it, so it leaves it bare; they shall not
be able to gain anything of what they have earned; and Allah
does not guide the unbelieving people.
265. And the parable of those who spend their property to
seek the pleasure of Allah and for the certainty 'of their souls is as
the parable of a garden on an elevated ground, upon which
heavy rain falls so it brings forth its fruit twofold but if heavy
rain does not fall upon it, then light rain (is sufficient); and Allah
sees what you do.
266. Does one of you like that he should have a garden of
palms and vines with streams flowing beneath it; he has in it all
kinds of fruits; and old age has overtaken him and he has weak
offspring, when, (lo!) a whirlwind with fire in it smites it so it
becomes blasted; thus Allah makes the communications clear to
you, that you may reflect.
267. O you who believe! spend (benevolently) of the good
things that you earn and or what We have brought forth for you
out of the earth, and do not aim at what is bad that you may
spend (in alms) of it, while you would not take it yourselves
unless you have its price lowered, and know that Allah is Self-sufficient,
Praiseworthy.
268. Shaitan threatens you with poverty and enjoins you to be
niggardly, and Allah promises you forgiveness from Himself and
abundance; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
269. He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted
wisdom, he indeed is given a great good and none but men of
understanding mind.
270. And whatever alms you give or (whatever) vow you vow, surely
Allah knows it; and the unjust shall have no helpers.
271. If you give alms openly, it is well, and if you hide it and
give it to the poor, it is better for you; and this will do away
with some of your evil deeds; and Allah is aware of what you do.
272. To make them walk in the right way is not incumbent on you,
but Allah guides aright whom He pleases; and whatever good thing
you spend, it is to your own good; and you do not spend but to
seek Allah's pleasure; and whatever good things you spend shall
be paid back to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.
273. (Alms are) for the poor who are confined in the way of
Allah-- they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks
them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging);
you can recognise them by their mark; they do not beg from men
importunately; and whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah
knows it.
274. (As for) those who spend their property by night and by day,
secretly and openly, they shall have their reward from their Lord
and they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
275. Those who swallow down usury cannot arise except as one whom
Shaitan has prostrated by (his) touch does rise. That is because
they say, trading is only like usury; and Allah has allowed
trading and forbidden usury. To whomsoever then the admonition
has come from his Lord, then he desists, he shall have what has
already passed, and his affair is in the hands of Allah; and
whoever returns (to it)-- these arc the inmates of the fire; they
shall abide in it.
276. Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds
to prosper, and Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.
277. Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer
and pay the poor-rate they shall have their reward from their
Lord, and they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
278. O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and
relinquish what remains (due) from usury, if you are believers.
279. But if you do (it) not, then be apprised of war from Allah
and His Apostle; and if you repent, then you shall have your
capital; neither shall you make (the debtor) suffer loss, nor shall
you be made to suffer loss.
280. And if (the debtor) is in straitness, then let there be
postponement until (he is in) ease; and that you remit (it) as alms
is better for you, if you knew.
281. And guard yourselves against a day in which you shall be
returned to Allah; then every soul shall be paid back in full
what it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
282. O you who believe! when you deal with each other in
contracting a debt for a fixed time, then write it down; and let a
scribe write it down between you with fairness; and the scribe
should not refuse to write as Allah has taught him, so he should
write; and let him who owes the debt dictate, and he should be
careful of (his duty to) Allah, his Lord, and not diminish anything
from it; but if he who owes the debt is unsound in understanding,
or weak, or (if) he is not able to dictate himself, let his
guardian dictate with fairness; and call in to witness from among
your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then one
man and two women from among those whom you choose to be
witnesses, so that if one of the two errs, the second of the two
may remind the other; and the witnesses should not refuse when
they are summoned; and be not averse to writing it (whether it is)
small or large, with the time of its falling due; this is more
equitable in the sight of Allah and assures greater accuracy in
testimony, and the nearest (way) that you may not entertain
doubts (afterwards), except when it is ready merchandise which
you give and take among yourselves from hand to hand, then
there is no blame on you in not writing it down; and have
witnesses when you barter with one another, and let no harm be
done to the scribe or to the witness; and if you do (it) then surely
it will be a transgression in you, and be careful of (your duty) to
Allah, Allah teaches you, and Allah knows all things.
283. And if you are upon a journey and you do not find a
scribe, then (there may be) a security taken into possession; but
if one of you trusts another, then he who is trusted should deliver
his trust, and let him be careful (of his duty to) Allah, his Lord;
and do not conceal testimony, and whoever conceals it, his heart
is surely sinful; and Allah knows what you do.
284. Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is
Allah's; and whether you manifest what is in your minds or hide
it, Allah will call you to account according to it; then He will
forgive whom He pleases and chastise whom He pleases, and Allah
has power over all things.
285. The apostle believes in what has been revealed to him from
his Lord, and (so do) the believers; they all believe in Allah
and His angels and His books and His apostles; We make no
difference between any of His apostles; and they say: We hear and
obey, our Lord! Thy forgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the
eventual course.
286. Allah does not impose upon any soul a duty but to the extent
of its ability; for it is (the benefit of) what it has earned and
upon it (the evil of) what it has wrought: Our Lord! do not
punish us if we forget or make a mistake; Our Lord! do not lay on
us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us, Our Lord do not
impose upon us that which we have not the strength to bear; and
pardon us and grant us protection and have mercy on us, Thou art
our Patron, so help us against the unbelieving people.
* The Family Of Imran *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting
by Whom all things subsist
3. He has revealed to you the Book with truth, verifying that
which is before it, and He revealed the Tavrat and the Injeel
aforetime, a guidance for the people, and He sent the Furqan.
4. Surely they who disbelieve in the communications of Allah
they shall have a severe chastisement; and Allah is Mighty, the
Lord of retribution.
5. Allah-- surely nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the
heaven.
6. He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He likes; there is
no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise
7. He it is Who has revealed the Book to you; some of its verses
are decisive, they are the basis of the Book, and others are
allegorical; then as for those in whose hearts there is
perversity they follow the part of it which is allegorical,
seeking to mislead and seeking to give it (their own)
interpretation. but none knows
its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted
in knowledge say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord; and
none do mind except those having understanding.
8. Our Lord! make not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast
guided us aright, and grant us from Thee mercy; surely Thou art
the most liberal Giver.
9. Our Lord! surely Thou art the Gatherer of men on a day
about which there is no doubt; surely Allah will not fail (His)
promise.
10. (As for) those who disbelieve, surely neither their wealth
nor their children shall avail them in the least against Allah,
and
these it is who are the fuel of the fire.
11. Like the striving of the people of Firon and those before
them; they rejected Our communications, so Allah destroyed
them on account of their faults; and Allah is severe in requiting
(evil).
12: Say to those who disbelieve: You shall be vanquished, and
driven together to hell; and evil is the resting-place.
13. Indeed there was a sign for you in the two hosts (which)
met together in encounter; one party fighting in the way of Allah
and the other unbelieving, whom they saw twice as.many as
themselves with the sight of the eye and Allah strengthens with
His aid whom He pleases; most surely there is a lesson in this for
those who have sight.
14. The love of desires, of women and sons and hoarded
treasures of gold and silver and well bred horses and cattle and
tilth, is made to seem fair to men; this is the provision of the life
of this world; and Allah is He with Whom is the good goal (of
life).
15. Say:Shall}I tell you what is better than these? For those
who guard (against evil) are gardens with their Lord, beneath
which rivers flow, to abide in them, and pure mates and Allah's
pleasure; and Allah sees the servants.
16. Those who say: Our Lord! surely we believe, therefore forgive
us our faults and save us from the chastisement of the
fire.
17. The patient, and the truthful, and the obedient, and those
who spend (benevolently) and those who ask forgiveness in the
morning times.
18. Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do)
the angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His
creation with justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the
Wise.
19. Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam, and those to
whom the Book had been given did not show opposition but after
knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves; and
whoever disbelieves in the communications of Allah then surely
Allah is quick in reckoning.
20. But if they dispute with you, say: I have submitted myself
entirely to Allah and (so) every one who follows me; and say to
those who have been given the Book and the unlearned people: Do
you submit yourselves? So if they submit then indeed they follow
the right way; and if they turn back, then upon you is only the
delivery of the message and Allah sees the servants.
21. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of
Allah and slay the prophets unjustly and slay those among men who
enjoin justice, announce to them a painful chastisement.
22. Those are they whose works shall become null in this world as
well as the hereafter, and they shall have no helpers.
23 Have you not considered those (Jews) who are given a portion
of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah that it might
decide between them, then a part of them turn back and they
withdraw.
24. This is because they say: The fire shall not touch us but for
a few days; and what they have forged deceives them in the matter
of their religion.
25. Then how will it be when We shall gather them together on a
day about which there is no doubt, and every soul shall be fully
paid what it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with
unjustly?
26. Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom
to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from
whomsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest
and abasest whom Thou pleasest in Thine hand is the good; surety,
Thou hast power over all things.
27. Thou makest the night to pass into the day and Thou makest
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 pleasest without
measure.
28. Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather
than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of
(the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves
against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious
of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual
coming.
29. Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or manifest it,
Allah knows it, and He knows whatever is in the heavens and
whatever is in the earth, and Allah has power over all things.
30. On the day that every soul shall find present what it has
done of good and what it has done of evil, it shall wish that
between it and that (evil) there were a long duration of time;
and Allah makes you to be cautious of (retribution from) Himself;
and Allah is Compassionate to the servants.
31. Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you
and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, MercifuL
32. Say: Obey Allah and the Apostle; but if they turn back, then
surely Allah does not love the unbelievers.
33. Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of
Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations.
34. Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
35. When a woman of Imran said: My Lord! surely I vow to Thee
what is in my womb, to be devoted (to Thy service); accept
therefore from me, surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing.
36. So when she brought forth, she said: My Lord! Surely I have
brought it forth a female-- and Allah knew best what she brought
forth-- and the male is not like the female, and I have named it
Marium, and I commend her and her offspring into Thy protection
from the accursed Shaitan.
37. So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her
grow up a good growing, and gave her into the charge of Zakariya;
whenever Zakariya entered the sanctuary to (see) her, he found
with her food. He said: O Marium! whence comes this to you? She
said: It is from Allah. Surely Allah gives to whom He pleases
without measure.
38. There did Zakariya pray to his Lord; he said: My Lord! grant
me from Thee good offspring; surely Thou art the Hearer of
prayer.
39. Then the angels called to him as he stood praying in the
sanctuary: That Allah gives you the good news of Yahya verifying
a Word from Allah, and honorable and chaste and a prophet from
among the good ones.
40. He said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to me, and
old age has already come upon me, and my wife is barren? He said:
even thus does Allah what He pleases.
41. He said: My Lord! appoint a sign for me. Said He: Your sign
is that you should not speak to men for three days except by
signs; and remember your Lord much and glorify Him in the evening
and the morning. f42. And when the angels said: O Marium! surely Allah has
chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women
of of the world.
43. O Marium! keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself,
and bow down with those who bow.
44. This is of the announcements relating to the unseen which We
reveal to you; and you were not with them when they cast
their pens (to decide) which of them should have Marium in his
charge, and you were not with them when they contended one with
another.
45. When the angels said: O Marium, surely Allah gives you
good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the '.
Messiah, Isa son of Marium, worthy of regard in this world and
the hereafter and of those who are made near (to Allah).
46. And he shall speak to the people when in the cradle and when
of old age, and (he shall be) one of the good ones.
47. She said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to
I me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates
what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to
it, Be, and it is.
48. And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the
Tavrat and the Injeel.
49. And (make him) an apostle to the children of Israel: That I
have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine for
you out of dust like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it
and it becomes a bird with Allah's permission and I heal the
blind and the leprous, and bring the dead to life with Allah's
permission and I inform you of what you should eat and what you
should store in your houses; most surely there is a sign in this
for you, if you are believers.
50. And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat and
that I may allow you part of that which has been forbidden t you,
and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be
careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me.
51. Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him;
this is the right path.
52. But when Isa perceived unbelief on their part, he said Who
will be my helpers in Allah's way? The disciples said: We
are helpers (in the way) of Allah: We believe in Allah and bear
witness that we are submitting ones.
53. Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed and we
follow the apostle, so write us down with those who bear witness.
54. And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is
the best of planners.
55. And when Allah said: O Isa, I am going to terminate the
period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me
and purify you of those who disbelieve and make those who
follow you above those who disbelieve to the day of resurrection;
then to Me shall be your return, so l will decide between you
concerning that in which you differed.
56. Then as to those who disbelieve, I will chastise them with
severe chastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they
shall have no helpers.
57. And as to those who believe and do good deeds, He will
pay them fully their rewards; and Allah does not love the unjust.
58. This We recite to you of the communications and the wise
reminder.
59. Surely the likeness of Isa is with Allah as the likeness of
Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him, Be, and he
was.
60. (This is) the truth from your Lord, so be not of the
disputers.
61. But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what
has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our
sons and your sons and our women and your women and our
near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in
prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars.
62. Most surely this is the true explanation, and there is no
god but Allah; and most surely Allah-- He is the Mighty, the
Wise.
63. But if they turn back, then surely Allah knows the mischief-makers.
64. Say: O followers of the Book! come to an equitable proposition
between us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah
and (that) we shall not associate aught with Him, and (that)
some of us shall not take others for lords besides Allah; but if
they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims.
65. O followers of the Book! why do you dispute about
Ibrahim, when the Taurat and the Injeel were not revealed till
after him; do you not then understand?
66. Behold! you are they who disputed about that of which
you had knowledge; why then do you dispute about that of
which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows while you do
not know.
67. Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright
(man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.
68. Most surely the nearest of people to Ibrahim are those who
followed him and this Prophet and those who believe and Allah is
the guardian of the believers.
69. A party of the followers of the Book desire that they should
lead you astray, and they lead not astray but themselves, and
they do not perceive.
70. O followers of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the
communications of Allah while you witness (them)?
71. O followers of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with
the falsehood and hide the truth while you know?
72. And a party of the followers of the Book say: Avow belief in
that which has been revealed to those who believe, in the first
part of the day, and disbelieve at the end of it, perhaps they go
back on their religion.
73. And do not believe but in him who follows your religion. Say:
Surely the (true) guidance is the guidance of Allah-- that one may
be given (by Him) the like of what you were given; or they would
contend with you by an argument before your Lord. Say: Surely
grace is in the hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He
pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
74. He specially chooses for His mercy whom He pleases; and Allah
is the Lord of mighty grace.
75. And among the followers of the Book there are some such that
if you entrust one (of them) with a heap of wealth, he shall pay
it back to you; and among them there are some such that if you
entrust one (of them) with a dinar he shall not pay it back to
you except so long as you remain firm in demanding it; this is
because they say: There is not upon us in the matter of the
unlearned people any way (to reproach); and they tell a lie
against Allah while they know.
76. Yea, whoever fulfills his promise and guards (against
evil)-- then surely Allah loves those who guard (against evil).
77. (As for) those who take a small price for the covenant of
Allah and their own oaths-- surely they shall have no portion in
the hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them, nor will He look
upon them on the day of resurrection nor will He purify them, and
they shall have a painful chastisement.
78. Most surely there is a party amongst those who distort the
Book with their tongue that you may consider it to be (a part) of
the Book, and they say, It is from Allah, while it is not from
Allah, and they tell a lie against Allah whilst they know.
79. It is not meet for a mortal that Allah should give him the
Book and the wisdom and prophethood, then he should say to
men: Be my servants rather than Allah's; but rather (he would
say): Be worshippers of the Lord because of your teaching the
Book and your reading (it yourselves).
80. And neither would he enjoin you that you should take the
angels and the prophets for lords; what! would he enjoin you
with unbelief after you are Muslims?
81. And when Allah made a covenant through the prophets:
Certainly what I have given you of Book and wisdom-- then an
apostle comes to you verifying that which is with you, you must
believe in him, and you must aid him. He said: Do you affirm
and accept My compact in this (matter)? They said: We do
affirm. He said: Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the bearers
of witness with you.
82. Whoever therefore turns back after this, these it is that are
the transgressors.
83. Is it then other than Allah's religion that they seek (to
follow), and to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the
earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be
returned.
84. Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to
us, and what was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and
Yaqoub and the tribes, and what was given to Musa and Isa and
to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make any distinction
between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
85. And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall
not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of
the losers.
86. How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their
believing and (after) they had borne witness that the Apostle was
true and clear arguments had come to them; and Allah does not
guide the unjust people.
87. (As for) these, their reward is that upon them is the curse
of Allah and the angels and of men, all together.
88. Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor
shall they be respited.
89. Except those who repent after that and amend, then surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
90. Surely, those who disbelieve a,fter their believing, then
increase in unbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted, and
these are they that go astray.
91. Surely, those who disbelieve and die while they are unbelievers,
the earth full of gold shall not be accepted from one of
them, though he should offer to ransom himself with it, these it
is who shall have a painful chastisement, and they shall have no
helpers.
92. By no means shall you attain to righteousness until you
spend (benevolently) out of what you love; and whatever thing
you spend, Allah surely knows it.
93. All food was lawful to the children of Israel except that
which Israel had forbidden to himself, before the Taurat was
revealed. Say: Bring then the Taurat and read it, if you are
truthful.
94. Then whoever fabricates a lie against Allah after this,
these it is that are the unjust.
95. Say: Allah has spoken the truth, therefore follow the
religion of Ibrahim, the upright one; and he was not one of the
polytheists.
96. Most surely the first house appointed for men is the one at
Bekka, blessed and a guidance for the nations.
97. In it are clear signs, the standing place of Ibrahim, and
whoever enters it shall be secure, and pilgrimage to the House is
incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one
who is able to undertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves,
then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of
the worlds.
98. Say: O followers of the Book! why do you disbelieve in
the communications of Allah? And Allah is a witness of what
you do.
99. Say: O followers of the Book! why do you hinder him who
believes from the way of Allah? You seek (to make) it crooked,
while you are witness, and Allah is not heedless of what you do.
100. O you who believe! if you obey a party from among
those who have been given the Book, they will turn you back as
unbelievers after you have believed.
101. But how can you disbelieve while it is you to whom the
communications of Allah are recited, and among you is His
Apostle? And whoever holds fast to Allah, he indeed is guided to
the right path.
102. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah
with the care which is due to Him, and do not die unless you are
Muslims.
103. And hold fast by the covenant of Allah all together and
be not disunited, and remember the favor of Allah on you when
you were enemies, then He united your hearts so by His favor
you became brethren; and you were on the brink of a pit of fire,
then He saved you from it, thus does Allah make clear to you
His communications that you may follow the right way.
104. And from among you there should be a party who invite
to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these
it is that shall be successful.
105. And be not like those who became divided and disagreed
after clear arguments had come to them, and these it is that shall
have a grievous chastisement.
106. On the day when (some) faces shall turn white and
(some) faces shall turn black; then as to those whose faces turn
black: Did you disbelieve after your believing? Taste therefore
the chastisement because you disbelieved.
107. And as to those whose faces turn white, they shall be in
Allah's mercy; in it they shall-abide.
108. These are the communications of Allah which We recite
to you with truth, and Allah does not desire any injustice to the
creatures.
109. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's; and to Allah all things return
110. You are the best of the nations raised up for (the benefit
of) men; you enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and
believe in Allah; and if the followers of the Book had believed it
would have been better for them; of them (some) are believers
and most of them are transgressors.
111. They shall by no means harm you but with a slight evil;
and if they fight with you they shall turn (their) backs to you,
then shall they not be helped.
112. Abasement is made to cleave to them wherever they are
found, except under a covenant with Allah and a covenant with
men, and they have become deserving of wrath from Allah, and
humiliation is made to cleave to them; this is because they
disbelieved in the communications of Allah and slew the prophets
unjustly; this is because they disobeyed and exceeded the
limits.
113. They are not all alike; of the followers of the Book there
is an upright party; they recite Allah's communications in the
nighttime and they adore (Him).
114. They believe in Allah and the last day, and they enjoin
what is right and forbid the wrong and they strive with one
another in hastening to good deeds, and those are among the good.
115. And whatever good they do, they shall not be denied it, and
Allah knows those who guard (against evil).
116. (As for) those who disbelieve, surely neither their wealth
nor their children shall avail them in the least against Allah;
and these are the inmates of the fire; therein they shall abide.
117. The likeness of what they spend in the life of this world is
as the likeness of wind in which is intense cold (that) smites
the seed produce of a people who haw done injustice to their
souls and destroys it; and Allah is not unjust to them, but they
are unjust to themselves.
118. O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from
among others than your own people; they do not fall short of
inflicting loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement
hatred has already appeared from out of their mouths, and what
their breasts conceal is greater still; indeed, We have made the
communications clear to you, if you will understand.
119. Lo! you are they who will love them while they do not love
you, and you believe in the Book (in) the whole of it; and when
they meet you they say: We believe, and when they are alone, they
bite the ends of their fingers in rage against you. Say: Die in
your rage; surely Allah knows what is in the breasts.
120. If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if an evil afflicts
you, they rejoice at it; and if you are patient and guard yourselves,
their scheme will not injure you in any way; surely Allah
comprehends what they do.
121. And when you did go forth early in the morning from your
family to lodge the believers in encampments for war and
Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
122. When two parties from among you had determined that they
should show cowardice, and Allah was the guardian of them both,
and in Allah should the believers trust.
123. And Allah did certainly assist you at Badr when you were
weak; be careful of (your duty to) Allah then, that you may
give thanks.
124. When you said to the believers: Does it not suffice you that
your Lord should assist you with three thousand of the angels
sent down?
125. Yea! if you remain patient and are on your guard, and they
come upon you in a headlong manner, your Lord will assist you
with five thousand of the havoc-making angels.
126. And Allah did not make it but as good news for you, and
that your hearts might be at ease thereby, and victory is only
from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
127. That He may cut off a portion from among those who
disbelieve, or abase them so that they should return disappointed
of attaining what they desired.
128. You have no concern in the affair whether He turns to
them (mercifully) or chastises them, for surely they are unjust.
129. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's; He forgives whom He pleases and chastises
whom He pleases; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
130. O you who believe! do not devour usury, making it
double and redouble, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that
you may be successful.
131. And guard yourselves against the fire which has been
prepared for the unbelievers.
132. And obey Allah and the Apostle, that you may be shown
mercy.
133. And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden,
the extensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is
prepared for those who guard (against evil).
134. Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in
straitness, and those who restrain (their) anger and pardon men;
and Allah loves the doers of good (to others).
135. And those who when they commit an indecency or do
injustice to their souls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for
their faults-- and who forgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do
not knowingly persist in what they have done.
136. (As for) these-- their reward is forgiveness from their
Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them,
and excellent is the reward of the laborers.
137. Indeed there have been examples before you; therefore
travel in the earth and see what was the end of the rejecters.
138. This is a clear statement for men, and a guidance and an
admonition to those who guard (against evil).
139. And be not infirm, and be not grieving, and you shall
have the upper hand if you are believers.
140. If a wound has afflicted you (at Ohud), a wound like it
has also afflicted the (unbelieving) people; and We bring these
days to men by turns, and that Allah may know those who
believe and take witnesses from among you; and Allah does not
love the unjust.
141. And that He may purge those who believe and deprive the
unbelievers of blessings.
142. Do you think that you will enter the garden while Allah has
not yet known those who strive hard from among you, and (He has
not) known the patient.
143. And certainly you desired death before you met it, so indeed
you have seen it and you look (at it)
144. And Muhammad is no more than an apostle; the apostles have
already passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will
you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his
heels!s, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least and
Allah will reward the grateful.
145. And a soul will not die but with the permission of Allah the
term is fixed; and whoever desires the reward of this world, I
shall give him of it, and whoever desires the reward of the
hereafter I shall give him of it, and I will reward the grateful.
146. And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many
worshippers of the Lord; so they did not become weak-hearted on
account of what befell them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken,
nor did they abase themselves; and Allah loves the patient.
147. And their saying was no other than that they said: Our Lord!
forgive us our faults and our extravagance in our affair and make
firm our feet and help us against the unbelieving people.
148. So Allah gave them the reward of this world and better
reward of the hereafter and Allah loves those who do good (to
others).
149. O you who believe! if you obey those who disbelieve they
will turn you back upon your heels, so you will turn back losers.
150. Nay! Allah is your Patron and He is the best of the helpers.
151. We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve,
because they set up with Allah that for which He has sent down no
authority, and their abode is the fire, and evil is the abode of
the unjust.
152. And certainly Allah made good to you His promise when you
slew them by His permission, until when you became weak-hearted
and disputed about the affair and disobeyed after He had shown
you that which you loved; of you were some who desired this world
and of you were some who desired the hereafter; then He turned
you away from them that He might try
you; and He has certainly pardoned you, and Allah is Gracious
to the believers.
153. When you ran off precipitately and did not wait for any
one, and the Apostle was calling you from your rear, so He gave
you another sorrow instead of (your) sorrow, so that you might
not grieve at what had escaped you, nor (at) what befell you; and
Allah is aware of what you do.
154. Then after sorrow He sent down security upon you, a
calm coming upon a party of you, and (there was) another party
whom their own souls had rendered anxious; they entertained
about Allah thoughts of ignorance quite unjustly, saying: We
have no hand in the affair. Say: Surely the affair is wholly (in the
hands) of Allah. They conceal within their souls what they
would not reveal to you. They say: Had we any hand in the
affair, we would not have been slain here. Say: Had you remained
in your houses, those for whom slaughter was ordained
would certainly have gone forth to the places where they would
be slain, and that Allah might test what was in your breasts and
that He might purge what was in your hearts; and Allah knows
what is in the breasts.
155. (As for) those of you who turned back on the day when
the two armies met, only the Shaitan sought to cause them to
make a slip on account of some deeds they had done, and
certainly Allah has pardoned them; surely Allah is Forgiving,
Forbearing.
156. O you who believe! be not like those who disbelieve and
say of their brethren when they travel in the earth or engage in
fighting: Had they been with us, they would not have died and
they would not have been slain; so Allah makes this to be an
intense regret in their hearts; and Allah gives life and causes
death and Allah sees what you do.
157. And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die,
certainly forgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what
they amass.
158. And if indeed you die or you are slain, certainly to Allah
shall you be gathered together.
159. Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal with
them gently, and had you been rough, hard hearted, they would
certainly have dispersed from around you; pardon them therefore
and ask pardon for them, and take counsel with them in the
affair; so when you have decided, then place your trust in Allah;
surely Allah loves those who trust.
160. If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome
you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist
you after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely.
161. And it is not attributable to a prophet that he should act
unfaithfully; and he who acts unfaithfully shall bring that in
respect of which he has acted unfaithfully on the day of
resurrection; then shall every soul be paid back fully what it
has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
162. Is then he who follows the pleasure of Allah like him who
has made himself deserving of displeasure from Allah, and his
abode is hell; and it is an evil destination.
163. There are (varying) grades with Allah, and Allah sees what
they do.
164. Certainly Allah conferred a benefit upon the believers when
He raised among them an Apostle from among themselves, reciting
to them His communications and purifying them, and teaching them
the Book and the wisdom, although before that they were surely in
manifest error.
165. What! when a misfortune befell you, and you had certainly
afflicted (the unbelievers) with twice as much, you began to say:
Whence is this? Say: It is from yourselves; surely Allah has
power over all things.
166. And what befell you on the day when the two armies met (at
Ohud) was with Allah's knowledge, and that He might know the
believers.
167. And that He might know the hypocrites; and it was said to
them: Come, fight in Allah's way, or defend yourselves. They
said: If we knew fighting, we would certainly have followed you.
They were on that day much nearer to unbelief than to belief.
They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, and Allah
best knows what they conceal.
168. Those who said of their brethren whilst they (themselves)
held back: Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.
Say: Then avert death from yourselves if you speak the truth.
169. And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's way as dead;
nay, they are alive (and) are provided sustenance from their
Lord;
170. Rejoicing in what Allah has given them out of His grace and
they rejoice for the sake of those who, (being left) behind them,
have not yet joined them, that they shall have no fear, nor shall
they grieve.
171. They rejoice on account of favor from Allah and (His) grace,
and that Allah will not waste the reward of the believers.
172. (As for) those who responded (at Ohud) to the call of Allah
and the Apostle after the wound had befallen them, those among
them who do good (to others) and guard (against evil)shall have a
great reward.
173. Those to whom the people said: Surely men have gathered
against you, therefore fear them, but this increased their faith,
and they said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is
the Protector.
174. So they returned with favor from Allah and (His) grace, no
evil touched them and they followed the pleasure of Allah; and
Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
175. It is only the Shaitan that causes you to fear from his
friends, but do not fear them, and fear Me if you are believers.
176. And let not those grieve you who fall into unbelief hastily;
surely they can do no harm to Allah at all; Allah intends that He
should not give them any portion in the hereafter, and they shall
have a grievous chastisement.
177. Surely those who have bought unbelief at the price of faith
shall do no harm at all to Allah, and they shall have a painful
chastisement.
178. And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them
respite is better for their souls; We grant them respite only
that they may add to their sins; and they shall have a
disgraceful chastisement.
179. On no account will Allah leave the believers in the
condition which you are in until He separates the evil from the
good; nor is Allah going to make you acquainted with the unseen,
but Allah chooses of His apostles whom He pleases; therefore
believe in Allah and His apostles; and if you believe and guard
(against evil), then you shall have a great reward.
180. And let not those deem, who are niggardly in giving away
that which Allah has granted them out of His grace, that it is
good for them; nay, it is worse for them; they shall have that
whereof they were niggardly made to cleave to their necks on the
resurrection day; and Allah's is the heritage of the heavens and
the earth; and Allah is aware of what you do.
181. Allah has certainly heard the saying of those who said:
Surely Allah is poor and we are rich. I will record what they
say, and their killing the prophets unjustly, and I will say:
Taste the chastisement of burning.
182. This is for what your own hands have sent before and because
Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants.
183. (Those are they) who said: Surely Allah has enjoined us that
we should not believe in any apostle until he brings us an
offering which the fire consumes. Say: Indeed, there came to you
apostles before me with clear arguments and with that which you
demand; why then did you kill them if you are truthful?
184. But if they reject you, so indeed were rejected before you
apostles who came with clear arguments and scriptures and the
illuminating book.
185. Every soul shall taste of death, and you shall only be
paid fully your reward on the resurrection day; then whoever is
removed far away from the fire and is made to enter the garden
he indeed has attained the object; and the life of this world is
nothing but a provision of vanities.
186. You shall certainly be tried respecting your wealth and
your souls, and you shall certainly hear from those who have
been given the Book before you and from those who are polytheists
much annoying talk; and if you are patient and guard
(against evil), surely this is one of the affairs (which should be)
determined upon.
187. And when Allah made a covenant with those who were
given the Book: You shall certainly make it known to men and
you shall not hide it; but they cast it behind their backs and took
a small price for it; so evil is that which they buy.
188. Do not think those who rejoice for what they have done
and love that they should be praised for what they have not
done-- so do by no means think them to be safe from the
chastisement, and they shall have a painful chastisement.
189. And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth,
and Allah has power over all things.
190. Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth
and the alternation of the night and the day there are signs for
men who understand.
191. Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and
lying on their sides and reflect on the creation of the heavens and
the earth: Our Lord! Thou hast not created this in vain! Glory be
to Thee; save us then from the chastisement of the fire:
192. Our Lord! surely whomsoever Thou makest enter the
fire, him Thou hast indeed brought to disgrace, and there shall
be no helpers for the unjust:
193. Our Lord! surely we have heard a preacher calling to the
faith, saying: Believe in your Lord, so we did believe; Our Lord!
forgive us therefore our faults, and cover our evil deeds and
make us die with the righteous.
194. Our Lord! and grant us what Thou hast promised us by
Thy apostles; and disgrace us not on the day of resurrection;
surely Thou dost not fail to perform the promise.
195. So their Lord accepted their prayer: That I will not waste
the work of a worker among you, whether male or female, the
one of you being from the other; they, therefore, who fled and
were turned out of their homes and persecuted in My way and
who fought and were slain, I will most certainly cover their evil
deeds, and I will most certainly make them enter gardens beneath
which rivers flow; a reward from Allah, and with Allah is yet
better reward.
196. Let it not deceive you that those who disbelieve go to and
fro in the cities fearlessly.
197. A brief enjoyment! then their abode is hell, and evil is the
resting-place.
198. But as to those who are careful of (their duty to) their
Lord, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding
in them; an entertainment from their Lord, and that which is
with Allah is best for the righteous.
199. And most surely of the followers of the Book there are
those who believe in Allah and (in) that which has been revealed
to you and (in) that which has been revealed to them, being
lowly before Allah; they do not take a small price for the
communications of Allah; these it is that have their reward with
their Lord; surely Allah is quick in reckoning.
200. O you who believe! be patient and excel in patience and
remain steadfast, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you
may be successful.
* Women *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created
you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and
spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your
rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches
over you.
2. And give to the orphans their property, and do not substitute
worthless (things) for (their) good (ones), and do not devour
their property (as an addition) to your own property; this is
surely a great crime.
3. And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards
orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two and
three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice
(between them), then (marry) only one or what your right hands
possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the
right course.
4. And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of
themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it
with enjoyment and with wholesome result.
S. And do not give away your property which Allah has made
for you a (means of) support to the weak of understanding, and
maintain them out of (the profits of) it, and clothe them and
speak to them words of honest advice.
6. And test the orphans until they attain puberty; then if you
find in them maturity of intellect, make over to them their
property, and do not consume it extravagantly and hastily, lest
they attain to full age; and whoever is rich, let him abstain
altogether, and whoever is poor, let him eat reasonably; then
when you make over to them their property, call witnesses in
their presence; and Allah is enough as a Reckoner.
7. Men shall have a portion of what the parents and the near
relatives leave, and women shall have a portion of what the
parents and the near relatives leave, whether there is little or
much of it; a stated portion.
8. And when there are present at the division the relatives and
the orphans and the needy, give them (something) out of it and
speak to them kind words.
9. And let those fear who, should they leave behind them
weakly offspring, would fear on their account, so let them be
careful of (their duty to) Allah, and let them speak right words.
10. (As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans
unjustly, surely they only swallow fire into their bellies and they
shall enter burning fire.
11. Allah enjoins you concerning your children: The male
shall have the equal of the portion of two females; then if they
are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what
the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall have the half;
and as for his parents, each of them shall have the sixth of what
he has left if he has a child, but if he has no child and (only) his
two parents inherit him, then his mother shall have the third; but
if he has brothers, then his mother shall have the sixth after (the
payment of) a bequest he may have bequeathed or a debt; your
parents and your children, you know not which of them is the
nearer to you in usefulness; this is an ordinance from Allah:
Surely Allah is Knowing, Wise.
12. And you shall have half of what your wives leave if they
have no child, but if they have a child, then you shall have a
fourth of what they leave after (payment of) any bequest they
may have bequeathed or a debt; and they shall have the fourth of
what you leave if you have no child, but if you have a child then
they shall have the eighth of what you leave after (payment of) a
bequest you may have bequeathed or a debt; and if a man or a
woman leaves property to be inherited by neither parents nor
offspring, and he (or she) has a brother or a sister, then each of
them two shall have the sixth, but if they are more than that,
they shall be sharers in the third after (payment of) any bequest
that may have been bequeathed or a debt that does not harm
(others); this is an ordinance from Allah: and Allah is Knowing,
Forbearing.
13. These are Allah's limits, and whoever obeys Allah and His
Apostle, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers
flow, to abide in them; and this is the great achievement.
14. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle and goes
beyond His limits, He will cause him to enter fire to abide in it,
and he shall have an abasing chastisement.
15. And as for those who are guilty of an indecency from
among your women, call to witnesses against them four (witnesses)
from among you; then if they bear witness confine them
to the houses until death takes them away or Allah opens some
way for them.
16. And as for the two who are guilty of indecency from
among you, give them both a punishment; then if they repent
and amend, turn aside from them; surely Allah is Oft-returning
(to mercy), the Merciful.
17. Repentance with Allah is only for those who do evil in
ignorance, then turn (to Allah) soon, so these it is to whom Allah
turns (mercifully), and Allah is ever Knowing, Wise.
18. And repentance is not for those who go on doing evil
deeds, until when death comes to one of them, he says: Surely
now I repent; nor (for) those who die while they are unbelievers.
These are they for whom We have prepared a painful chastisement.
19. O you who believe! it is not lawful for you that you should
take women as heritage against (their) will, and do not straiten
them m order that you may take part of what you have given
them, unless they are guilty of manifest indecency, and treat
them kindly; then if you hate them, it may be that you dislike a
thing while Allah has placed abundant good in it.
20. And if you wish to have (one) wife in place of another and
you have given one of them a heap of gold, then take not from it
anything; would you take it by slandering (her) and (doing her)
manifest wrong?
21. And how can you take it when one of you has already
gone in to the other and they have made with you a firm
covenant?
22. And marry not woman whom your fathers married, except
what has already passed; this surely is indecent and hateful, and
it 15 an evil way.
23. Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters
and your sisters and your paternal aunts and your maternal
aunts and brothers' daughters and sisters' daughters and your
mothers that have suckled you and your foster-sisters and mothers
of your wives and your step-daughters who are in your guardianship,
(born) of your wives to whom you have gone in, but if you
have not gone in to them, there is no blame on you (in marrying
them), and the wives of your sons who are of your own loins
and that you should have two sisters together, except what has
already passed; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
24. And all married women except those whom your right
hands possess (this is) Allah's ordinance to you, and lawful for
you are (all women) besides those, provided that you seek (them)
with your property, taking (them) in marriage not committing
fornication. Then as to those whom you profit by, give them
their dowries as appointed; and there is no blame on you about
what you mutually agree after what is appointed; surely Allah is
Knowing, Wise.
25. And whoever among you has not within his power ampleness
of means to marry free believing women, then (he may
marry) of those whom your right hands possess from among
your believing maidens; and Allah knows best your faith: you
are (sprung) the one from the other; so marry them with the
permission of their masters, and give them their dowries justly,
they being chaste, not fornicating, nor receiving paramours; and
when they are taken in marriage, then if they are guilty of indecency,
they shall suffer half the punishment which is (inflicted)
upon free women. This is for him among you who fears falling
into evil; and that you abstain is better for you, and Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
26. Allah desires to explain to you, and to guide you into the
ways of those before you, and to turn to you (mercifully), and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
27. And Allah desires that He should turn to you (mercifully),
and those who follow (their) lusts desire that you should deviate
(with) a great deviation.
28. Allah desires that He should make light your burdens,
and man is created weak.
29. O you who believe! do not devour your property among
yourselves falsely, except that it be trading by your mutual
consent; and do not kill your people; surely Allah is Merciful to
you.
30. And whoever does this aggressively and unjustly, We will
soon cast him into fire; and this is easy to Allah.
31. If you shun the great sins which you are forbidden, We
will do away with your small sins and cause you to enter an
honorable place of entering.
32. And do not covet that by which Allah has made some of
you excel others; men shall have the benefit of what they earn
and women shall have the benefit of what they earn; and ask
Allah of His grace; surely Allah knows all things.
33. And to every one We have appointed heirs of what parents
and near relatives leave; and as to those with whom your rights
hands have ratified agreements, give them their portion; surely
Allah is a witness over all things.
34. Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has
made some of them to excel others and because they spend out
of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding
the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose
part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in
the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not
seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.
35. And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint
judge from his people and a judge from her people; if they both
desire agreement, Allah will effect harmony between them, surely
Allah is Knowing, Aware.
36. And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him
and be good to the parents and to the near of kin and the
orphans and the needy and the neighbor of (your) kin and the
alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer
and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not
love him who is proud, boastful;
37. Those who are niggardly and bid people to be niggardly
and hide what Allah has given them out of His grace; and We
have prepared for the unbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.
38. And those who spend their property (in alms) to be seen
of the people and do not believe in Allah nor in the last day; and
as for him whose associate is the Shaitan, an evil associate is
he!
39. And what (harm) would it have done them if they had
believed in Allah and the last day and spent (benevolently) of
what Allah had given them? And Allah knows them.
40. Surely Allah does not do injustice to the weight of an
atom, and if it is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from
Himself a great reward.
41. How will it be, then, when We bring from every people a
witness and bring you as a witness against these?
42. On that day will those who disbelieve and disobey the
Apostle desire that the earth were levelled with them, and they
shall not hide any word from Allah.
43. O you who believe! do not go near prayer when you are
Intoxicated until you know (well) what you say, nor when you are
under an obligation to perform a bath-- unless (you are) travelling
on the road-- until you have washed yourselves; and if you
are sick, or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy or you
have touched the women, and you cannot find water, betake
yourselves to pure earth, then wipe your faces and your hands;
surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
44. Have you not considered those to whom a portion of the
Book has been given? They buy error and desire that you should
go astray from the way.
45. And Allah best knows your enemies; and Allah suffices as
a Guardian, and Allah suffices as a Helper.
46. Of those who are Jews (there are those who) alter words
from their places and say: We have heard and we disobey and:
Hear, may you not be made to hear! and: Raina, distorting (the
word) with their tongues and taunting about religion; and if they
had said (instead): We have heard and we obey, and hearken,
and unzurna it would have been better for them and more
upright; but Allah has cursed them on account of their unbelief,
so they do not believe but a little.
47. O you who have been given the Book! believe that which
We have revealed, verifying what you have, before We alter faces
then turn them on their backs, or curse them as We cursed the
violaters of the Sabbath, and the command of Allah shall be
executed.
48. Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be
associated with Him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever
He pleases; and whoever associates anything with Allah,
he devises indeed a great sin.
49. Have you not considered those who attribute purity to
themselves? Nay, Allah purifies whom He pleases; and they shall
not be wronged the husk of a date stone.
50. See how they forge the lie against Allah, and this is
sufficient as a manifest sin.
51. Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Book
has been given? They believe in idols and false deities and say of
those who disbelieve: These are better guided in the path than
those who believe.
52. Those are they whom Allah has cursed, and whomever
Allah curses you shall not find any helper for him.
53. Or have they a share in the kingdom? But then they would
not give to people even the speck in the date stone.
54. Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them
of His grace? But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the
Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom.
55. So of them is he who believes in him, and of them is he
who turns away from him, and hell is sufficient to burn.
56. (As for) those who disbelieve in Our communications, We
shall make them enter fire; so oft as their skins are thoroughly
burned, We will change them for other skins, that they may taste
the chastisement; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
57. And (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, We
will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide
in them for ever; they shall have therein pure mates, and We
shall make them enter a dense shade.
58. Surely Allah commands you to make over trusts to their
owners and that when you judge between people you judge with
justice; surely Allah admonishes you with what is excellent;
surely Allah is Seeing, Hearing.
59. O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostle and
those in authority from among you; then if you quarrel about
anything, refer it to Allah and the Apostle, if you believe in
Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end.
60. Have you not seen those who assert that they believe in
what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before
you? They desire to summon one another to the judgment of the
Shaitan, though they were commanded to deny him, and the
Shaitan desires to lead them astray into a remote error.
61. And when it is said to them: Come to what Allah has
revealed and to the Apostle, you will see the hypocrites turning
away from you with (utter) aversion.
62. But how will it be when misfortune befalls them on account
of what their hands have sent before? Then they will come
to you swearing by Allah: We did not desire (anything) but good
and concord.
63. These are they of whom Allah knows what is in their
hearts; therefore turn aside from them and admonish them, and
speak to them effectual words concerning themselves.
64. And We did not send any apostle but that he should be
obeyed by Allah's permission; and had they, when they were
unjust to themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of
Allah and the Apostle had (also) asked forgiveness for them,
they would have found Allah Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful.
65. But no! by your Lord! they do not believe (in reality) until
they make you a judge of that which has become a matter of
disagreement among them, and then do not find any straitness in
their hearts as to what you have decided and submit with entire
submission.
66. And if We had prescribed for them: Lay down your lives
or go forth from your homes, they would not have done it except
a few of them; and if they had done what they were admonished,
it would have certainly been better for them and best in strengthening
(them);
67. And then We would certainly have given them from Ourselves
a great reward.
68. And We would certainly have guided them in the right
path.
69. And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with
those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the
prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the good, and a
goodly company are they!
70. This is grace from Allah, and sufficient is Allah as the Knower.
71. O you who believe! take your precaution, then go forth in
detachments or go forth in a body.
72. And surely among you is he who would certainly hang
back! If then a misfortune befalls you he says: Surely Allah
conferred a benefit on me that I was not present with them.
73. And if grace from Allah come to you, he would certainly
cry out, as if there had not been any friendship between you and
him: Would that I had been with them, then I should have
attained a mighty good fortune.
74. Therefore let those fight in the way of Allah, who sell this
world's life for the hereafter; and whoever fights in the way of
Allah, then be he slain or be he victorious, We shall grant him a
mighty reward.
75. And what reason have you that you should not fight in the
way of Allah and of the weak among the men and the women
and the children, (of) those who say: Our Lord! cause us to go
forth from this town, whose people are oppressors, and give us
from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee a helper.
76. Those who believe fight in the way of Allah, and those
who disbelieve fight in the way of the Shaitan. Fight therefore
against the friends of the Shaitan; surely the strategy of the
Shaitan is weak.
77. Have you not seen those to whom it was said: Withhold
your hands, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; but when
fighting is prescribed for them, lo! a party of them fear men as
they ought to have feared Allah, or (even) with a greater fear,
and say: Our Lord! why hast Thou ordained fighting for us?
Wherefore didst Thou not grant us a delay to a near end? Say:
The provision of this world is short, and the hereafter is better
for him who guards (against evil); and you shall not be wronged
the husk of a date stone.
78. Wherever you are, death will overtake you, though you
are in lofty towers, and if a benefit comes to them, they say: This
is from Allah; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say: This is
from you. Say: All is from Allah, but what is the matter with
these people that they do not make approach to understanding
what is told (them)?
79. Whatever benefit comes to you (O man!), it is from Allah,
and whatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself, and We
have sent you (O Prophet!), to mankind as an apostle; and Allah
15 sufficient as a witness.
80. Whoever obeys the Apostle, he indeed obeys Allah, and
whoever turns back, so We have not sent you as a keeper over
them.
81. And they say: Obedience. But when they go out from your
presence, a party of them decide by night upon doing otherwise
than what you say; and Allah writes down what they decide by
night, therefore turn aside from them and trust in Allah, and
Allah 15 sufficient as a protector.
82. Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were
from any other than Allah, they would have found in it many a
discrepancy.
83. And when there comes to them news of security or fear
they spread it abroad; and if they had referred it to the Apostle
and to those in authority among them, those among them who
can search out the knowledge of it would have known it, and
were it not for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy, you
would have certainly followed the Shaitan save a few
84. Fight then in Allah's way; this is not imposed on you
except In relation to yourself, and rouse the believers to ardor
maybe Allah will restrain the fighting of those who disbelieve
and Allah is strongest in prowess and strongest to give an
exemplary punishment.
85. Whoever joins himself (to another) in a good cause shall
have a share of it, and whoever joins himself (to another) in an
evil cause shall have the responsibility of it, and Allah
controls
all things.
86. And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a
better (greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account
of all things.
87. Allah, there is no god but He-- He will most certainly
gather you together on the resurrection day, there is no doubt in
it; and who is more true in word than Allah?
88. What is the matter with you, then, that you have become
two parties about the hypocrites, while Allah has made them
return (to unbelief) for what they have earned? Do you wish to
guide him whom Allah has caused to err? And whomsoever
Allah causes to err, you shall by no means find a way for him.
89. They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved,
so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from
among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah's way;
but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you
find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper.
90. Except those who reach a people between whom and you
there is an alliance, or who come to you, their hearts shrinking
from fighting you or fighting their own people; and if Allah had
pleased, He would have given them power over you, so that they
should have certainly fought you; therefore if they withdraw
from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allah
has not given you a way against them.
91. You will find others who desire that they should be safe
from you and secure from their own people; as often as they are
sent back to the mischief they get thrown into it headlong;
therefore if they do not withdraw from you, and (do not) offer
you peace and restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them
wherever you find them; and against these We have given.you a
clear authority.
92. And it does not behoove a believer to kill a believer except
by mistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, he should
free a believing slave, and blood-money should be paid to his
people unless they remit it as alms; but if he be from a tribe
hostile to you and he is a believer, the freeing of a believing slave
(suffices), and if he is from a tribe between whom and you there
is a convenant, the blood-money should be paid to his people
along with the freeing of a believing slave; but he who cannot
find (a slave) should fast for two months successively: a penance
from Allah, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
93. And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment
is hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him
and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement.
94. O you who believe! when you go to war in Allah's way,
make investigation, and do not say to any one who offers you
peace: You are not a believer. Do you seek goods of this world's
life! But with Allah there are abundant gains; you too were such
before, then Allah conferred a benefit on you; therefore make
investigation; surely Allah is aware of what you do.
95. The holders back from among the believers, not having
any injury, and those who strive hard in Allah's way with their
property and their persons are not equal; Allah has made the
strivers with their property and their persons to excel the holders
back a (high) degree, and to each (class) Allah has promised
good; and Allah shall grant to the strivers above the holders
back a mighty reward:
96. (High) degrees from Him and protection and mercy, and
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
97. Surely (as for) those whom the angels cause to die while
they are unjust to their souls, they shall say: In what state were
you? They shall say: We were weak in the earth. They shall say:
Was not Allah's earth spacious, so that you should have migrated
therein? So these it is whose abode is hell, and it is an evil
resort
98. Except the weak from among the men and the children
who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way
(to escape);
99. So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is
Pardoning, Forgiving.
100. And whoever flies in Allah's way, he will find in the earth
many a place of refuge and abundant resources, and whoever
goes forth from his house flying to Allah and His Apostle, and
then death overtakes him, his reward is indeed with Allah and
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
101. And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on
you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve
will cause you distress, surely the unbelievers are your
open enemy.
102. And when you are among them and keep up the prayer
for them, let a party of them stand up with you, and let them
take their arms; then when they have prostrated themselves let
them go to your rear, and let another party who have not prayed
come forward and pray with you, and let them take their precautions
and their arms; (for) those who disbelieve desire that
you may be careless of your arms and your luggage, so that they
may then turn upon you with a sudden united attack, and there
is no blame on you, if you are annoyed with rain or if you are
sick, that you lay down your arms, and take your precautions;
surely Allah has prepared a disgraceful chastisement for the
unbelievers.
103. Then when you have finished the prayer, remember Allah
standing and sitting and reclining; but when you are secure
(from danger) keep up prayer; surely prayer is a timed ordinance
for the believers.
104. And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you
suffer pain, then surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain,
and you hope from Allah what they do not hope; and Allah is
Knowing, Wise.
105. Surely We have revealed the Book to you with the truth
that you may judge between people by means of that which
Allah has taught you; and be not an advocate on behalf of the
treacherous.
106. And ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
107. And do not plead on behalf of those who act unfaithfully
to their souls; surely Allah does not love him who is treacherous,
sinful;
108. They hide themselves from men and do not hide themselves
from Allah, and He is with them when they meditate by
night words which please Him not, and Allah encompasses what
they do.
109. Behold! you are they who (may) plead for them in this
world's life, but who will plead for them with Allah on the
resurrection day, or who shall be their protector?
110. And whoever does evil or acts unjustly to his soul, then
asks forgiveness of Allah, he shall find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
111. And whoever commits a sin, he only commits it against
his own soul; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
112. And whoever commits a fault or a sin, then accuses of it
one innocent, he indeed takes upon himself the burden of a
calumny and a manifest sin.
113. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy
a party of them had certainly designed to bring you to perdition
and they do not bring (aught) to perdition but their own souls,
and they shall not harm you in any way, and Allah has revealed to
you the Book and the wisdom, and He has taught you what you
did not know, and Allah's grace on you is very great.
114. There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in
his) who enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between
people; and whoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will
give him a mighty reward.
115. And whoever acts hostilely to the Apostle after that
guidance has become manifest to him, and follows other than the
way of the believers, We will turn him to that to which he has
(himself) turned and make him enter hell; and it is an
evil resort.
116. Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be
associated with Him, and He forgives what is besides this to
whom He pleases; and whoever associates anything with Allah, he
indeed strays off into a remote error.
117. They do not call besides Him on anything but idols, and
they do not call on anything but a rebellious Shaitan.
118. Allah has cursed him; and he said: Most certainly I will
take of Thy servants an appointed portion:
119. And most certainly I will lead them astray and excite in
them vain desires, and bid them so that they shall slit the ears of
the cattle, and most certainly I will bid them so that they shall alter
Allah's creation; and whoever takes the Shaitan for a guardian
rather than Allah he indeed shall suffer a manifest loss.
120. He gives them promises and excites vain desires in them;
and the Shaitan does not promise them but to deceive.
121. These are they whose abode is hell, and they shall not find
any refuge from it.
122. And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will make
them enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide
therein for ever; (it is) a promise of Allah, true (indeed), and who
is truer of word than Allah?
123. (This) shall not be in accordance with your vain desires
nor in accordance with the vain desires of the followers of the
Book; whoever does evil, he shall be requited with it, and besides
Allah he will find for himself neither a guardian nor a helper.
124. And whoever does good deeds whether male or female
and he (or she) is a believer-- these shall enter the garden, and they
shall not be dealt with a jot unjustly.
125. And who has a better religion than he who submits
himself entirely to Allah? And he is the doer of good (to others)
and follows the faith of Ibrahim, the upright one, and Allah took
Ibrahim as a friend.
126. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's; and Allah encompasses all things.
127. And they ask you a decision about women. Say: Allah
makes known to you His decision concerning them, and that
which is recited to you in the Book concerning female orphans
whom you do not give what is appointed for them while you desire
to marry them, and concerning the weak among children, and
that you should deal towards orphans with equity; and whatever
good you do, Allah surely knows it.
128. And if a woman fears ill usage or desertion on the part of
her husband, there is no blame on them, if they effect a reconciliation
between them, and reconciliation is better, and avarice has
been made to be present in the (people's) minds; and if you do
good (to others) and guard (against evil), then surely Allah is
aware of what you do.
129. And you have it not in your power to do justice between
wives, even though you may wish (it), but be not disinclined (from
one) with total disinclination, so that you leave her as it were in
suspense; and if you effect a reconciliation and guard (against
evil), then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
130. And if they separate, Allah will render them both free
from want out of His ampleness, and Allah is Ample-giving, Wise.
131. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's and certainly We enjoined those who were given
the Book before you and (We enjoin) you too that you should be
careful of (your duty to) Allah; and if you disbelieve, then surely
whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's
and Allah is Self-sufficient, Praise-worthy.
132. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's, and Allah is sufficient as a Protector.
133. If He please, He can make you pass away, O people! and
bring others; and Allah has the power to do this.
134. Whoever desires the reward of this world, then with Allah
is the reward of this world and the hereafter; and Allah is Hearing,
Seeing.
135. O you who beljeve! be maintainers of justice, bearers of
witness of Allah's sake, though it may be against your own selves
or (your) parents or near relatives; if he be rich or poor, Allah is
nearer to them both in compassion; therefore do not follow (your)
low desires, lest you deviate; and if you swerve or turn aside, then
surely Allah is aware of what you do.
136. O you who believe! believe in Allah and His Apostle and
the Book which He has revealed to His Apostle and the Book
which He revealed before; and whoever disbelieves in Allah and
His angels and His apostles and the last day, he indeed strays off
into a remote error.
137. Surely (as for) those who believe then disbelieve, again
believe and again disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will
not forgive them nor guide them in the (right) path.
138. Announce to the hypocrites that they shall have a painful
chastisement:
139. Those who take the unbelievers for guardians rather than
believers. Do they seek honor from them? Then surely all honor is
for Allah.
140. And indeed He has revealed to you in the Book that when
you hear Allah's communications disbelieved in and mocked at
do not sit with them until they enter into some other discourse;
surely then you would be like them; surely Allah will gather
together the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in hell.
141. Those who wait for (some misfortune to befall) you then
If you have a victory from Allah they say: Were we not with you?
And i. there IS a chance for the unbelievers, they say: Did we not
acquire the mastery over you and defend you from the believers?
So Allah shall Judge between you on the day of resurrection, and
Allah will by no means give the unbelievers a way against the
believers.
142. Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah, and He shall
requite their deceit to them, and when they stand up to prayer
they stand up sluggishly; they do it only to be seen of men and do
not remember Allah save a little.
143. Wavering between that (and this), (belonging) neither to
these nor to those; and whomsoever Allah causes to err, you shall
not find a way for him.
144. O you who believe! do not take the unbelievers for friends
rather than the believers; do you desire that you should give to
Allah a manifest proof against yourselves?
145. Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of the fire
and you shall not find a helper for them.
146. Except those who repent and amend and hold fast to
Allah and are sincere in their religion to Allah, these are with the
believers, and Allah will grant the believers a mighty reward.
147. Why should Allah chastise you if you are grateful and
believe? And Allah is the Multiplier of rewards, Knowing
148. Allah does not love the public utterance of hurtful speech
unless (it be) by one to whom injustice has been done; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
149. If you do good openly or do it in secret or pardon an evil
then surely Allah is Pardoning, Powerful.
150. Surely those who disbelieve in Allah and His apostles and
(those who) desire to make a distinction between Allah and His
apostles and say: We believe in some and disbelieve in others, and
desire to take a course between (this and) that.
151. These it is that are truly unbelievers, and We have prepared
for the unbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.
152. And those who believe in Allah and His apostles and do
not make a distinction between any of them-- Allah will grant
them their rewards; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
153. The followers of the Book ask you to bring down to them
a book from heaven; so indeed they demanded of Musa a greater
thing than that, for they said: Show us Allah manifestly; so the
lightning overtook them on account of their injustice. Then they
took the calf (for a god), after clear signs had come to them, but
We pardoned this; and We gave to Musa clear authority.
154. And We lifted the mountain (Sainai) over them at (the
li taking of the covenant) and We said to them: Enter the door
making obeisance; and We said to them: Do not exceed the limits
of the Sabbath, and We made with them a firm covenant.
155 Therefore, for their breaking their covenant and their
disbelief in the communications of Allah and their killing the
prophets wrongfully and their saying: Our hearts are covered;
nay! Allah set a seal upon them owing to their unbelief, so they
shall not believe except a few.
156. And for their unbelief and for their having uttered against
Marium a grievous calumny.
157. And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa
son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor
did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most
surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they
have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and
they killed him not for sure.
158. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
159. And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most
certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of
resurrection he (Isa) shall be a witness against them.
160. Wherefore for the iniquity of those who are Jews did We
disallow to them the good things which had been made lawful for
them and for their hindering many (people) from Allah's way.
161. And their taking usury though indeed they were forbidden
it and their devouring the property of people falsely, and
We have prepared for the unbelievers from among them a painful
chastisement.
162. But the firm in knowledge among them and the believers
believe in what has been revealed to. you and what was revealed
before you, and those who keep up prayers and those who give the
poor-rate and the believers in Allah and the last day, these it is
whom We will give a mighty reward.
163. Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh,
and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and
Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub
and Yunus and Haroun and Sulaiman and We gave to Dawood
164. And (We sent) apostles We have mentioned to you before
and apostles we have not mentioned to you; and to Musa, Allah
addressed His Word, speaking (to him):
165. (We sent) apostles as the givers of good news and as
warners, so that people should not have a plea against Allah after
the (coming of) apostles; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
166. But Allah bears witness by what He has revealed to you
that He has revealed it with His knowledge, and the angels bear
witness (also); and Allah is sufficient as a witness.
167. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve and hinder (men)
from Allah's way, they indeed have strayed off into a remote
168. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve and act unjustly
Allah will not forgive them nor guide them to a path
169. Except the path of hell, to abide in it for ever, and this is
easy to Allah.
170. O people! surely the Apostle has come to you with the
truth from your Lord, therefore believe, (it shall be) good for you
and If you disbelieve, then surely whatever is in the heavens and
the earth is Allah's; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
171. O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your
religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the
truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah
and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit
from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say
not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far
be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the
heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient
for a Protector.
172. The Messiah does by no means disdain that he should be a
servant of Allah, nor do the angels who are near to Him, and
whoever disdains His service and is proud, He will gather them all
together to Himself.
173. Then as for those who believe and do good, He will pay
them fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace; and
as for those who disdain and are proud, He will chastise them with
a painful chastisement. And they shall not find for themselves
besides Allah a guardian or a helper
174. O people! surely there has come to you manifest proof
from your Lord and We have sent to you clear light.
175. Then as for those who believe in Allah and hold fast by
Him, He will cause them to enter into His mercy and grace and
guide them to Himself on a right path.
176. They ask you for a decision of the law. Say: Allah gives
you a decision concerning the person who has neither parents nor
offspring; if a man dies (and) he has no son and he has a sister, she
shall have half of what he leaves, and he shall be her heir she has
no son; but if there be two (sisters), they shall have two-thirds of
what he leaves; and if there are brethren, men and women, then
the male shall have the like of the portion of two females; Allah
makes clear to you, lest you err; and Allah knows all things.
* The Food *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O you who believe! fulfill the obligations. The cattle quadrupeds
are allowed to you except that which is recited to you, not
violating the prohibition against game when you are entering
upon the performance of the pilgrimage; surely Allah orders what
He desires.
2. O you who believe! do not violate the signs appointed by
Allah nor the sacred month, nor (interfere with) the offerings, nor
the sacrificial animals with garlands, nor those going to the sacred
house seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord; and when you
are free from the obligations of the pilgrimage, then hunt, and let
not hatred of a people-- because they hindered you from the
Sacred Masjid-- incite you to exceed the limits, and help one
another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin
and aggression; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely
Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
3. Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and
flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of
Allah has been invoked, and the strangled (animal) and that
beaten to death, and that killed by a fall and that killed by being
smitten with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten,
except what you slaughter, and what is sacrificed on stones set up
(for idols) and that you divide by the arrows; that is a transgression.
This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your
religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected
for you your religion and completed My favor on you and
chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled
by hunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
4. They ask you as to what is allowed to them. Say: The good
things are allowed to you, and what you have taught the beasts
and birds of prey, training them to hunt-- you teach them of
what Allah has taught you-- so eat of that which they catch for
you and mention the name of Allah over it; and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is swift in reckoning.
5. This day (all) the good things are allowed to you; and the
food of those who have been given the Book is lawful for you
and your food is lawful for them; and the chaste from among the
believing women and the chaste from among those who have
been given the Book before you (are lawful for you); when you
have given them their dowries, taking (them) in marriage, not
fornicating nor taking them for paramours in secret; and whoever
denies faith, his work indeed is of no account, and in the
hereafter he shall be one of the losers.
6. O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your
faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads
and your feet to the ankles; and if you are under an obligation to
perform a total ablution, then wash (yourselves) and if you are
sick or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy, or you
have touched the women, and you cannot find water, betake
yourselves to pure earth and wipe your faces and your hands
therewith, Allah does not desire to put on you any difficulty, but
He wishes to purify you and that He may complete His favor on
you, so that you may be grateful.
7. And remember the favor of Allah on you and His covenant
with which He bound you firmly, when you said: We have heard
and we obey, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah
knows what is in the breasts.
8. O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness
with justice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act
equitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and he careful of
(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.
9. Allah has promised to those who believe and do good
deeds (that) they shall have forgiveness and a mighty reward.
10. And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject our communications,
these are the companions of the name.
11. O you who believe! remember Allah's favor on you when
a people had determined to stretch forth their hands towards
you, but He withheld their hands from you, and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah; and on Allah let the believers rely.
12. And certainly Allah made a covenant with the children of
Israel, and We raised up among them twelve chieftains; and
Allah said: Surely I am with you; if you keep up prayer and pay
the poor-rate and believe in My apostles and asslst them and
offer to Allah a goodly gift, I will most certainly cover your evil
deeds, and I will most certainly cause you to enter into gardens
beneath which rivers flow, but whoever disbelieves from among
you after that, he indeed shall lose the right way.
13. But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed
them and made their hearts hard; they altered the words from
their places and they neglected a portion of what they were
reminded of; and you shall always discover treachery in them
excepting a few of them; so pardon them and turn away; surely
Allah loves those who do good (to others).
14. And with those who say, We are Christians, We made a
covenant, but they neglected a portion of what they were reminded
of, therefore We excited among them enmity and hatred
to the day of resurrection; and Allah will inform them of what
they did.
15. O followers of the Book! indeed Our Apostle has come to
you making clear to you much of what you concealed of the
Book and passing over much; indeed, there has come to you
light and a clear Book from Allah;
16. With it Allah guides him who will follow His pleasure into
the ways of safety and brings them out of utter darkness into
light by His will and guides them to the right path.
17. Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely, Allah-- He is
the Messiah, son of Marium. Say: Who then could control
anything as against Allah when He wished to destroy the Messiah
son of Marium and his mother and all those on the earth? And
Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is
between them; He creates what He pleases; and Allah has power
over all things,
18. And the Jews and the Christians say: We are the sons of
Allah and His beloved ones. Say: Why does He then chastise you
for your faults? Nay, you are mortals from among those whom
He has created, He forgives whom He pleases and chastises
whom He pleases; and Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and
the earth and what is between them, and to Him is the eventual
coming.
19. O followers of the Book! indeed Our Apostle has come to
you explaining to you after a cessation of the (mission of the)
apostles, lest you say: There came not to us a giver of good news
or a warner, so indeed there has come to you a giver of good
news and a warner; and Allah has power over all things.
20. And when Musa said to his people: O my people! remember
the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among
you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to
any other among the nations.
21. O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed
for you and turn not on your backs for then you will turn
back losers.
22. They said: O Musa! surely there is a strong race in it, and
we will on no account enter it until they go out from it, so if they
go out from it, then surely we will enter.
23. Two men of those who feared, upon both of whom Allah
had bestowed a favor, said: Enter upon them by the gate, for
when you have entered it you shall surely be victorious, and on
Allah should you rely if you are believers.
24. They said: O Musa! we shall never enter it so long as they
are in it; go therefore you and your Lord, then fight you both
surely we will here sit down.
25. He said: My Lord! Surely I have no control (upon any)
but my own self and my brother; therefore make a separation
between us and the nation of transgressors.
26. He said: So it shall surely be forbidden to them for forty
years, they shall wander about in the land, therefore do not
grieve for the nation of transgressors.
27. And relate to them the story of the two sons of Adam with
truth when they both offered an offering, but it was accepted
from one of them and was not accepted from the other. He said: I
I will most certainly slay you. (The other) said: Allah only
accepts from those who guard (against evil).
28. If you will stretch forth your hand towards me to slay me,
I am not one to stretch forth my hand towards you to slay you
surely I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds:
29. Surely I wish that you should bear the sin committed
against me and your own sin, and so you would be of the
inmates of the fire, and this is the recompense of the unjust.
30. Then his mind facilitated to him the slaying of his brother
so he slew him; then he became one of the losers
31. Then Allah sent a crow digging up the earth so that he
might show him how he should cover the dead body of his
brother. He said: Woe me! do I lack the strength that I should be
like this crow and cover the dead body of my brother? So he
became of those who regret.
32. For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel
that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for
mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever
keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men; and certainly
Our apostles came to them with clear arguments, but even after
that many of them certainly act extravagantly in the land.
33. The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and
His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this,
that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and
their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be
imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and
in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement,
34. Except those who repent before you have them in your
power; so know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
35. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and
seek means of nearness to Him and strive hard in His way that
you may be successful.
36. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve, even if they had what
is in the earth, all of it, and the like of it with it, that they might
ransom themselves with it from the punishment of the day of
resurrection, it shall not be accepted from them, and they shall
have a painful punishment.
37. They would desire to go forth from the fire, and they shall
not go forth from it, and they shall have a lasting punishment.
38. And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who
steals, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have
earned, an exemplary punishment from Allah; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
39. But whoever repents after his iniquity and reforms (himself),
then surely Allah will turn to him (mercifully); surely Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
40. Do you not know that Allah-- His is the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives
whom He pleases and Allah has power over all things.
41. O Apostle! let not those grieve you who strive together in
hastening to unbelief from among those who say with their
mouths: We believe, and their hearts do not believe, and from
among those who are Jews; they are listeners for the sake of a lie,
listeners for another people who have not come to you; they alter
the words from their places, saying: If you are given this, take it,
and if you are not given this, be cautious; and as for him whose
temptation Allah desires, you cannot control anything for him
with Allah. Those are they for whom Allah does not desire that
He should purify their hearts; they shall have disgrace in this
world, and they shall have a grievous chastisement in the hereafter.
42. (They are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden;
therefore if they come to you, judge between them or
turn aside from them, and if you turn aside from them, they shall
not harm you in any way; and if you judge, judge between them
with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.
43. And how do they make you a judge and they have the
Taurat wherein is Allah's judgment? Yet they turn back after
that, and these are not the believers.
44. Surely We revealed the Taurat in which was guidance and
light; with it the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah)
judged (matters) for those who were Jews, and the masters of
Divine knowledge and the doctors, because they were required
to guard (part) of the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses
thereof; therefore fear not the people and fear Me, and do not
take a small price for My communications; and whoever did not
judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers.
45. And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and
eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for
tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes
it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by
what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.
46. And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of
Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat and We
gave him the Injeel in which was guidance and light, and verifying
what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition
for those who guard (against evil).
47. And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by
what Allah revealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what
Allah revealed, those are they that are the transgressors.
48. And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth,
verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it,
therefore judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and
do not follow their low desires (to turn away) from the truth
that has come to you; for every one of you did We appoint a law
and a way, and if Allah had pleased He would have made you
(all) a single people, but that He might try you in what He gave
you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to virtuous
deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will let you
know that in which you differed;
49. And that you should judge between them by what Allah
has revealed, and do not follow their low desires, and be cautious
of them, lest they seduce you from part of what Allah has
revealed to you; but if they turn back, then know that Allah
desires to afflict them on account of some of their faults; and
most surely many of the people are transgressors.
50. Is it then the judgment of (the times of) ignorance that
they desire? And who is better than Allah to judge for a people
who are sure?
51. O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians
for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst
you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely
Allah does not guide the unjust people.
52. But you will see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening
towards them, saying: We fear lest a calamity should befall
us; but it may be that Allah will bring the victory or a punish
ment from Himself, so that they shall be regretting on account of
what they hid in their souls.
53. And those who believe will say: Are these they who swore
by Allah with the most forcible of their oaths that they were
most surely with you? Their deeds shall go for nothing, so they
shall become losers.
54. O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back
from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love
them and they shall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty
against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and
shall not fear the censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Face,
He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
55. Only Allah is your Vali and His Apostle and those who
believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while
they bow.
56. And whoever takes Allah and His apostle and those who
believe for a guardian, then surely the party of Allah are they
that shall be triumphant.
57. O you who believe! do not take for guardians those who
take your religion for a mockery and a joke, from among those
who were given the Book before you and the unbelievers; and be
careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers.
58. And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a
joke; this is because they are a people who do not understand.
59. Say: O followers of the Book! do you find fault with us
(for aught) except that we believe in Allah and in what has been
revealed to us and what was revealed before, and that most of
you are transgressors?
60. Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in
retribution from Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed
and brought His wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and
swine, and he who served the Shaitan; these are worse in place
and more erring from the straight path.
61. And when they come to you, they say: We believe; and
indeed they come in with unbelief and indeed they go forth with
it; and Allah knows best what they concealed.
62. And you will see many of them striving with one another
to hasten in sin and exceeding the limits, and their eating of what
is unlawfully acquired; certainly evil is that which they do.
63. Why do not the learned men and the doctors of law
prohibit them from their speaking of what is sinful and their
eating of what is unlawfully acquired? Certainly evil is that
which they work.
64. And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their
hands shall be shackled and they shall be cursed for what they
say. Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He
pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will
certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief;
and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of
resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it
out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does
not love the mischief-makers.
65. And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded
(against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds
and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss
66. And if they had kept up the Taurat and the Injeel and that
which was revealed to them from their Lord, they would certainly
have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet
there is a party of them keeping to the moderate course, and (as
for) most of them, evil is that which they do
67. O Apostle! deliver what bas been revealed to you from
your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His
message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely
Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.
68. Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you
keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to
you from your Lord; and surely that which has been revealed to
you from your Lord shall make many of them increase in
inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not therefore for the unbelieving
people.
69. Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the
Sabians and the Christians whoever believes in Allah and the
last day and does good-- they shall have no fear nor shall they
grieve.
70. Certainly We made a covenant with the children of Israel
and We sent to them apostles; whenever there came to them an
apostle with what that their souls did not desire, some (of them)
did they call liars and some they slew.
71. And they thought that there would be no affliction, so
they became blind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully,
but many of them became blind and deaf; and Allah is well
seeing what they do.
72. Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the
Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of
Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever
associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him
the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no
helpers for the unjust.
73. Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the
third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one God,
and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement
shall befall those among them who disbelieve.
74. Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness?
And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
75. The Messiah, son of Marium is but an apostle; apostles
before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a
truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make
the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are
turned away.
76. Say: Do you serve besides Allah that which does not
control for you any harm, or any profit? And Allah-- He is the
Hearing, the Knowing.
77. Say: O followers of the Book! be not unduly immoderate
in your religion, and do not follow the low desires of people who
went astray before and led many astray and went astray from the
right path.
78. Those who disbelieved from among the children of Israel
were cursed by the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Marium;
this was because they disobeyed and used to exceed the limit.
79. They used not to forbid each other the hateful things
(which) they did; certainly evil was that which they did.
80. You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve;
certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before
for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement
shall they abide.
81. And had they believed in Allah and the prophet and what
was revealed to him, they would not have taken them for friends
but! most of them are transgressors.
82. Certainly you will find the most violent of people in
enmity for those who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are
polytheists, and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship
to those who believe (to be) those who say: We are Christians;
this is because there are priests and monks among them and
because they do not behave proudly.
83. And when they hear what has been revealed to the apostle
you will see their eyes overflowing with tears on account of the
truth that they recognize; they say: Our Lord! we believe, so
write us down with the witnesses (of truth).
84. And what (reason) have we that we should not believe in
Allah and in the truth that has come to us, while we earnestly
desire that our Lord should cause us to enter with the good
people?
85. Therefore Allah rewarded them on account of what they
said, with gardens in which rivers flow to abide in them; and this
is the reward of those who do good (to others).
86. And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications,
these are the companions of the flame.
87. O you who believe! do not forbid (yourselves) the good
things which Allah has made lawful for you and do not exceed
the limits; surely Allah does not love those who exceed the
limits.
88. And eat of the lawful and good (things) that Allah has
given you, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, in Whom you
believe.
89. Allah does not call you to account for what is vain in your
oaths, but He calls you to account for the making of deliberate
oaths; so its expiation is the feeding of ten poor men out of the
middling (food) you feed your families with, or their clothing, or
the freeing of a neck; but whosoever cannot find (means) then
fasting for three days; this is the expiation of your oaths when
you swear; and guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to
you His communications, that you may be Fateful.
90. O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and
(sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an
uncleanness, the Shaitan's work; shun it therefore that you may
be successful.
91. The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to
spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and games of
chance, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah and
from prayer. Will you then desist?
92. And obey Allah and obey the apostle and be cautious; but
if you turn back, then know that only a clear deliverance of the
message is (incumbent) on Our apostle.
93. On those who believe and do good there is no blame for
what they eat, when they are careful (of their duty) and believe
and do good deeds, then they are careful (of their duty) and
believe, then they are careful (of their duty) and do good (to
others), and Allah loves those who do good (to others).
94. O you who believe! Allah will certainly try you in respect
of some game which your hands and your lances can reach, that
Allah might know who fears Him in secret; but whoever exceeds
the limit after this, he shall have a painful punishment.
95. O you who believe! do not kill game while you are on
pilgrimage, and whoever among you shall kill it intentionally,
the compensation (of it) is the like of what he killed, from the
cattle, as two just persons among you shall judge, as an offering
to be brought to the Kaaba or the expiation (of it) is the feeding
of the poor or the equivalent of it in fasting, that he may taste the
unwholesome result of his deed; Allah has pardoned what is
gone by; and whoever returns (to it), Allah will inflict retribution
on him; and Allah is Mighty, Lord of Retribution.
96. Lawful to you is the game of the sea and its food, a
provision for you and for the travellers, and the game of the land
is forbidden to you so long as you are on pilgrimage, and be
careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered.
97. Allah has made the Kaaba, the sacred house, a maintenance
for the people, and the sacred month and the offerings and
the sacrificial animals with garlands; this is that you may know
that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in
the earth, and that Allah is the Knower of all things.
98. Know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil) and that
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
99. Nothing is (incumbent) on the Apostle but to deliver (the
message), and Allah knows what you do openly and what you
hide.
100. Say: The bad and the good are not equal, though the
abundance of the bad may please you; so be careful of (your
duty to) Allah, O men of understanding, that you may be
successful.
101. O you who believe! do not put questions about things
which if declared to you may trouble you, and if you question
about them when the Quran is being revealed, they shall be
declared to you; Allah pardons this, and Allah is Forgiving,
Forbearing.
102. A people before you indeed asked such questions, and
then became disbelievers on account of them.
103. Allah has not ordained (the making of) a bahirah or a
saibah or a wasilah or a hami but those who disbelieve fabricate
a lie against Allah, and most of them do not understand.
104. And when it is said to them, Come to what Allah has
revealed and to the Apostle, they say: That on which we found
our fathers is sufficient for us. What! even though their fathers
knew nothing and did not follow the right way.
105. O you who believe! take care of your souls; he who errs
cannot hurt you when you are on the right way; to Allah is your
return, of all (of you), so He will inform you of what you did.
106. O you who believe! call to witness between you when
death draws nigh to one of you, at the time of making the will,
two just persons from among you, or two others from among
others than you, if you are travelling in the land and the calamity
of death befalls you; the two (witnesses) you should detain after
the prayer; then if you doubt (them), they shall both swear by
Allah, (saying): We will not take for it a price, though there be a
relative, and we will not hide the testimony of Allah for then
certainly we should be among the sinners.
107. Then if it becomes known that they both have been
guilty of a sin, two others shall stand up in their place from
among those who have a claim against them, the two nearest in
kin; so they two should swear by Allah: Certainly our testimony
is truer than the testimony of those two, and we have not
exceeded the limit, for then most surely we should be of the
unjust.
108. This is more proper in order that they should give testimony
truly or fear that other oaths be given after their oaths;
and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, and hear; and Allah does
not guide the transgressing people.
109. On the day when Allah will assemble the apostles, then
say: What answer were you given? They shall say: We have no
knowledge, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen
things.
110. When Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! Remember
My favor on you and on your mother, when I strengthened you I
with the holy Spirit, you spoke to the people in the cradle and I
when of old age, and when I taught you the Book and the
wisdom and the Taurat and the Injeel; and when you determined
out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission, then
you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission, and
you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission; and
when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I
withheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them
with clear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them
said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.
111. And when I revealed to the disciples, saying, Believe in
Me and My apostle, they said: We believe and bear witness that
we submit (ourselves).
112. When the disciples said: O Isa son of Marium! will your
Lord consent to send down to us food from heaven? He said: Be
careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers.
113. They said: We desire that we should eat of it and that our
hearts should be at rest, and that we may know that you have
indeed spoken the truth to us and that we may be of the witnesses
to it.
114. Isa the son of Marium said: O Allah, our Lord! send i
down to us food from heaven which should be to us an ever-recurring
happiness, to the first of us and to the last of us, and a
sign from Thee, and grant us means of subsistence, and Thou art
the best of the Providers.
115. Allah said: Surely I will send it down to you, but whoever
shall disbelieve afterwards from among you, surely I will
chastise him with a chastisement with which I will not chastise,
anyone among the nations.
116. And when Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! did you
say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah
he will say: Glory be to Thee, it did not befit me that I should say
what I had no right to (say); if I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed
have known it; Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I do not
know what is in Thy mind, surely Thou art the great Knower of
the unseen things.
117. 1 did not say to them aught save what Thou didst enjoin
me with: That serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord, and I was a
witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou
didst cause me to die, Thou wert the watcher over them, and
Thou art witness of all things.
118. If Thou shouldst chastise them, then surely they are Thy
servants; and if Thou shouldst forgive them, then surely Thou
art the Mighty, the Wise.
119. Allah will say: This is the day when their truth shall
benefit the truthful ones; they shall have gardens beneath which
rivers flow to abide in them for ever: Allah is well pleased with
them and they are well pleased with Allah; this is the mighty
achievement.
120. Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and
what is in them; and He has power over all things.
* The Cattle *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens and the
earth and made the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve
set up equals with their Lord.
2. He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a
term; and there is a term named with Him; still you doubt.
3. And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He knows
your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows
what you earn.
4. And there does not come to them any communication of
the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it
5. So they have indeed rejected the truth when it came to
them; therefore the truth of what they mocked at will shine upon
them.
6. Do they not consider how many a generation We have
destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth as
We have not established you, and We sent the clouds pouring
rain on them in abundance, and We made the rivers to flow
beneath them, then We destroyed them on account of their faults
and raised up after them another generation.
7. And if We had sent to you a writing on a paper, then they
had touched it with their hands, certainly those who disbelieve
would have said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.
8. And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down to
him? And had We sent down an angel, the matter would have
certainly been decided and then they would not have been
respited.
9. And if We had made him angel, We would certainly have
made him a man, and We would certainly have made confused
to them what they make confused.
10. And certainly apostles before you were mocked at, but
that which they mocked at encompassed the scoffers among
them.
11. Say: Travel in the land, then see what was the end of the
rejecters.
12. Say: To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the
earth? Say: To Allah; He has ordained mercy on Himself; most
certainly He will gather you on the resurrection day-- there is no
doubt about it. (As for) those who have lost their souls, they will
not believe.
13. And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the
day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
14. Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the Originator
of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not
(Himself) fed. Say: I am commanded to be the first who submits
himself, and you should not be of the polytheists.
15. Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement
of a grievous day.
16. He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah indeed has
shown mercy to him; and this is a manifest achievement.
17. And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to
take it off but He; and if He visit you with good, then He has
power over all things.
18. And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is the
Wise, the Aware.
19. Say: What thing is the weightiest in testimony? Say: Allah
is witness between you and me; and this Quran has been revealed
to me that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches.
Do you really bear witness that there are other gods with Allah?
Say: I do not bear witness. Say: He is only one God, and surely I
am clear of that which you set up (with Him).
20. Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as
they recognize their sons; (as for) those who have lost their souls,
they will not believe.
21. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against
Allah or (he who) gives the lie to His communications; surely the
unjust will not be successful.
22. And on the day when We shall gather them all together,
then shall We say to those who associated others (with Allah):
Where are your associates whom you asserted?
23. Then their excuse would be nothing but that they would
say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.
24. See how they lie against their own souls, and that which
they forged has passed away from them.
25. And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have cast
veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into
their ears; and even if they see every sign they will not believe in
it; so much so that when they come to you they only dispute with
you; those who disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of
the ancients.
26. And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away from
it, and they only bring destruction upon their own souls while
they do not perceive.
27. And could you see when they are made to stand before the
fire, then they shall say: Would that we were sent back, and we
would not reject the communications of our Lord and we would
be of the believers.
28. Nay, what they concealed before shall become manifest to
them; and if they were sent back, they would certainly go back to
that which they are forbidden, and most surely they are liars.
29. And they say: There is nothing but our life of this world,
and we shall not be raised.
30. And could you see when they are made to stand before
their Lord. He will say: Is not this the truth? They will say: Yea!
by our Lord. He will say: Taste then the chastisement because
you disbelieved.
31. They are losers indeed who reject the meeting of Allah;
until when the hour comes upon them all of a sudden they shall
say: O our grief for our neglecting it! and they shall bear their
burdens on their backs; now surely evil is that which they bear.
32. And this world's life is naught but a play and an idle sport
and certainly the abode of the hereafter is better for those who
guard (against evil); do you not then understand?
33. We know indeed that what they say certainly grieves you,
but surely they do not call you a liar; but the unjust deny the
communications of Allah.
34. And certainly apostles before you were rejected, but they
were patient on being rejected and persecuted until Our help
came to them; and there is none to change the words of Allah,
and certainly there has come to you some information about the
messengers.
35. And if their turning away is hard on you, then if you can
seek an opening (to go down) into the earth or a ladder (to
ascend up) to heaven so that you should bring them a sign and if
Allah had pleased He would certainly have gathered them all on
guidance, therefore be not of the ignorant.
36. Only those accept who listen; and (as to) the dead, Allah
will raise them, then to Him they shall be returned.
37. And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to him
from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but
most of them do not know.
38 And there is no animal that walks upon the earth nor a
bird that flies with its two wings but (they are) genera like
yourselves; We have not neglected anything in the Book, then to
their Lord shall they be gathered.
39. And they who reject Our communications are deaf and
dumb, in utter darkness; whom Allah pleases He causes to err
and whom He pleases He puts on the right way.
40. Say: Tell me if the chastisement of Allah should overtake
you or the hour should come upon you, will you call (on others)
besides Allah, if you are truthful?
41. Nay, Him you call upon, so He clears away that for which
you pray if He pleases and you forget what you set up (with
Him).
42. And certainly We sent (apostles) to nations before you
then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that
they might humble themselves.
43. Yet why did they not, when Our punishment came to
them, humble themselves? But their hearts hardened and the
Shaitan made what they did fair-seeming to them.
44. But when they neglected that with which they had been
admonished, We opened for them the doors of all things, until
when they rejoiced in what they were given We seized them
suddenly; then lo! they were in utter despair.
45. So the roots of the people who were unjust were cut off;
and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
46. Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away your
hearing and your sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is the
god besides Allah that can bring it to you? See how We repeat
the communications, yet they turn away.
47. Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of Allah
should overtake you suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed
but the unjust people?
48. And We send not messengers but as announcers of good
news and givers of warning, then whoever believes and acts
aright, they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
49. And (as for) those who reject Our communications, chastisement
shall afflict them because they transgressed.
50. Say: I do not say to you, I have with me the treasures of
Allah, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I say to you that I am
an angel; I do not follow aught save that which is revealed to me.
Say: Are the blind and the seeing one alike? Do you not then reflect?
51. And warn with it those who fear that they shall be gathered
to their Lord-- there is no guardian for them, nor any intercessor
besides Him-- that they may guard (against evil).
52. And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in
the morning and the evening, they desire only His favor; neither
are you answerable for any reckoning of theirs, nor are they
answerable for any reckoning of yours, so that you should drive
them away and thus be of the unjust.
53. And thus do We try some of them by others so that they
say: Are these they upon whom Allah has conferred benefit from
among us? Does not Allah best know the grateful?
54. And when those who believe in Our communications
come to you, say: Peace be on you, your Lord has ordained
mercy on Himself, (so) that if any one of you does evil in
ignorance, then turns after that and acts aright, then He is
Forgiving, Merciful.
55. And thus do We make distinct the communications and
so that the way of the guilty may become clear.
56. Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon
besides Allah. Say: I do not follow your low desires. for
then indeed I should have gone astray and I should not be of those
who go aright.
57. Say: Surely I have manifest proof from my Lord and you
call it a lie; I have not with me that which you would hasten; the
t judgment is only Allah's; He relates the truth and He is the best
of deciders.
58. Say: If that which you desire to hasten were with me, the
matter would have certainly been decided between you and me;
and Allah best knows the unjust.
59. And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures-- none
knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the
sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the
darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in
a clear book.
60. And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in sleep), and
He knows what you acquire in the day, then He raises you up
therein that an appointed term may be fulfilled; then to Him is
your return, then He will inform you of what you were doing.
61. And He is the Supreme, above His servants, and He sends
keepers over you; until when death comes to one of you, Our
messengers cause him to die, and they are not remiss.
62. Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the True
one; now surely His is the judgment and He is swiftest in taking
account.
63. Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers of the
land and the sea (when) you call upon Him (openly) humiliating
yourselves, and in secret: If He delivers us from this, we should
certainly be of the grateful ones.
64. Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every distress,
but again you set up others (with Him).
65. Say: He has the power that He should send on you a
chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that
He should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different
parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. See
how We repeat the communications that they may
understand.
66. And your people call it a lie and it is the very truth. Say:
I am not placed in charge of you.
67. For every prophecy is a term, and you will come to know
(it).
68. And when you see those who enter into false discourses
about Our communications, withdraw from them until they
enter into some other discourse, and if the Shaitan causes you to
forget, then do not sit after recollection with the unjust
people.
69. And nought of the reckoning of their (deeds) shall be
against those who guard (against evil), but (theirs) is only to
remind, haply they may guard.
70. And leave those who have taken their religion for a play
and an idle sport, and whom this world's life has deceived, and
remind (them) thereby lest a soul should be given up to destruction
for what it has earned; it shall not have besides Allah any
guardian nor an intercessor, and if it should seek to give every
compensation, it shall not be accepted from it; these are they
who shall be given up to destruction for what they earned; they
shall have a drink of boiling water and a painful chastisement
because they disbelieved.
71. Say: Shall we call on that besides Allah, which does not
benefit us nor harm us, and shall we be returned back on our
heels after Allah has guided us, like him whom the Shaitans have
made to fall down perplexed in the earth? He has companions
who call him to the right way, (saying): Come to us. Say: Surely
the guidance of Allah, that is the (true) guidance, and we are
commanded that we should submit to the Lord of the worlds.
72. And that you should keep up prayer and be careful of
(your duty to) Him; and He it is to Whom you shall be gathered.
73. And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth
with truth, and on the day He says: Be, it is. His word is the
truth, and His is the kingdom on the day when the trumpet shall
be blown; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; and He is the
Wise, the Aware.
74. And when Ibrahim said to his sire, Azar: Do you take
idols for gods? Surely I see you and your people in manifest
error.
75. And thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth and that he might be of those who are sure.
76. So when the night over-shadowed him, he saw a star; said
he: Is this my Lord? So when it set, he said: I do not love the
setting ones.
77. Then when he saw the moon rising, he said: Is this my
Lord? So when it set, he said: If my Lord had not guided me I
should certainly be of the erring people.
78. Then when he saw the sun rising, he said: Is this my Lord?
Is this the greatest? So when it set, he said: O my people! surely I
am clear of what you set up (with Allah).
79. Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly to Him
Who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the
polytheists.
80. And his people disputed with him. He said: Do you
dispute with me respecting Allah? And He has guided me indeed;
and I do not fear in any way those that you set up with Him,
unless my Lord pleases; my Lord comprehends all things in His
knowledge; will you not then mind?
81. And how should I fear what you have set up (with Him),
while you do not fear that you have set up with Allah that for
which He has not sent down to you any authority; which then of
the two parties is surer of security, if you know?
82. Those who believe and do not mix up their faith with
iniquity, those are they who shall have the security and they are
those who go aright.
83. And this was Our argument which we gave to Ibrahim
against his people; We exalt in dignity whom We please; surely
your Lord is Wise, Knowing.
84. And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We
guide, and Nuh did We guide before, and of his descendants,
Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayub and Yusuf and Haroun; and
thus do We reward those who do good (to others).
85. And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one was
of the good;
86. And Ismail and Al-Yasha and Yunus and Lut; and every
one We made to excel (in) the worlds:
87. And from among their fathers and their descendants and
their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into the
right way.
88. This is Allah's guidance, He guides thereby whom He
pleases of His servants; and if they had set up others (with Him),
certainly what they did would have become ineffectual for them.
89. These are they to whom We gave the book and the wisdom
and the prophecy; therefore if these disbelieve in it We have
already entrusted with it a people who are not disbelievers in
it.
90. These are they whom Allah guided, therefore follow their
guidance. Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it; it is
nothing but a reminder to the nations.
91. And they do not assign to Allah the attributes due to Him
when they say: Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal. Say:
Who revealed the Book which Musa brought, a light and a
guidance to men, which you make into scattered writings which
you show while you conceal much? And you were taught what
you did not know, (neither) you nor your fathers. Say: Allah
then leave them sporting in their vain discourses.
92. And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed, verifying
that which is before it, and that you may warn the metropolis
and those around her; and those who believe in the hereafter
believe in it, and they attend to their prayers constantly.
93. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against
Allah, or says: It has been revealed to me; while nothing has
been revealed to him, and he who says: I can reveal the like of
what Allah has revealed? and if you had seen when the unjust
shall be in the agonies of death and the angels shall spread forth
their hands: Give up your souls; today shall you be recompensed
with an ignominious chastisement because you spoke against
Allah other than the truth and (because) you showed pride
against His communications.
94. And certainly you have come to Us alone as We created
you at first, and you have left behind your backs the things
which We gave you, and We do not see with you your intercessors
about whom you asserted that they were (Allah's) associates
in respect to you; certainly the ties between you are now
cut off and what you asserted is gone from you.
95. Surely Allah causes the grain and the stone to germinate;
He brings forth the living from the dead and He is the bringer
forth of the dead from the living; that is Allah! how are you then
turned away.
96. He causes the dawn to break; and He has made the night
for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning; this is an
arrangement of the Mighty, the Knowing.
97. And He it is Who has made the stars for you that you
might follow the right way thereby in the darkness of the land
and the sea; truly We have made plain the communications for a
people who know.
98. And He it is Who has brought you into being from a
single soul, then there is (for you) a resting-place and a depository;
indeed We have made plain the communications for a
people who understand.
99. And He it is Who sends down water from the cloud, then
We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), then We bring forth
from it green (foliage) from which We produce grain piled up (in
the ear); and of the palm-tree, of the sheaths of it, come forth
clusters (of dates) within reach, and gardens of grapes and olives
and pomegranates, alike and unlike; behold the fruit of it when it
yields the fruit and the ripening of it; most surely there are signs
in this for a people who believe.
100. And they make the jinn associates with Allah, while He
created them, and they falsely attribute to Him sons and daughters
without knowledge; glory be to Him, and highly exalted is He
above what they ascribe (to Him).
101. Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How
could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself)
created everything, and He is the Knower of all things.
102. That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He; the
Creator of all things, therefore serve Him, and He has charge of
all things.
103. Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all)
vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
104. Indeed there have come to you clear proofs from your
Lord; whoever will therefore see, it is for his own soul and
whoever will be blind, it shall be against himself and I am not a
keeper over you.
105. And thus do We repeat the communications and that
they may say: You have read; and that We may make it clear to a
people who know.
106. Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; there is
no god but He; and withdraw from the polytheists.
107. And if Allah had pleased, they would not have set up
others (with Him) and We have not appointed you a keeper over
them, and you are not placed in charge of them.
108. And do not abuse those whom they call upon besides
Allah, lest exceeding the limits they should abuse Allah out of
ignorance. Thus have We made fair seeming to every people
their deeds; then to their Lord shall be their return, so He will
inform them of what they did.
109. And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their
oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most certainly
believe in it. Say: Signs are only with Allah; and what should
make you know that when it comes they will not believe?
110. And We will turn their hearts and their sights, even as
they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in
their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
111. And even if We had sent down to them the angels and
the dead had spoken to them and We had brought together all
things before them, they would not believe unless Allah pleases,
but most of them are ignorant.
112. And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the
Shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to
others varnished falsehood to deceive (them), and had your Lord
pleased they would not have done it, therefore leave them and
that which they forge.
113. And that the hearts of those who do not believe in the
hereafter may incline to it and that they may be well pleased with
it and that they may earn what they are going to earn (of evil).
114. Shall I then seek a judge other than Allah? And He it is
Who has revealed to you the Book (which is) made plain; and
those whom We have given the Book know that it is revealed by
your Lord with truth, therefore you should not be of the disputers.
115.
And the word of your Lord has been accomplished truly
and justly; there is none who can change His words, and He is
the Hearing, the Knowing.
116. And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead
you astray from Allah's way; they follow but conjecture and they
only lie.
117. Surely your Lord-- He best knows who goes astray from
His way, and He best knows those who follow the right course.
118. Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been
mentioned if you are believers in His communications.
119. And what reason have you that you should not eat of
that on which Allah's name has been mentioned, and He has
already made plain to you what He has forbidden to you--
excepting what you are compelled to; and most surely many
would lead (people) astray by their low desires out of ignorance;
surely your Lord-- He best knows those who exceed the limits.
120. And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who earn
sin shall be recompensed with what they earned.
121. And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has not
been mentioned, and that is most surely a transgression; and
most surely the Shaitans suggest to their friends that they should
contend with you; and if you obey them, you shall most surely be
polytheists.
122. Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and made
for him a light by which he walks among the people, like him
whose likeness is that of one in utter darkness whence he cannot
come forth? Thus what they did was made fair seeming to the
unbelievers.
123. And thus have We made in every town the great ones to
be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein; and they do not
plan but against their own souls, and they do not perceive.
124. And when a communication comes to them they say: We
will not believe till we are given the like of what Allah's apostles
are given. Allah best knows where He places His message. There
shall befall those who are guilty humiliation from Allah and
severe chastisement because of what they planned.
125. Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would
guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for)
whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He
makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending
upwards; thus does Allah lay uncleanness on those who do not
believe.
126. And this is the path of your Lord, (a) right (path); indeed
We have made the communications clear for a people who mind.
127. They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord, and
He is their guardian because of what they did.
128. And on the day when He shall gather them all together:
O assembly of jinn! you took away a great part of mankind.
And their friends from among the men shall say: Our Lord!
some of us profited by others and we have reached our appointed
term which Thou didst appoint for us. He shall say: The fire is
your abode, to abide in it, except as Allah is pleased; surely your
Lord is Wise, Knowing.
129. And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to befriend
others on account of what they earned.
130. O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to you
apostles from among you, relating to you My communications
and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours? They shall
say: We bear witness against ourselves; and this world's life
deceived them, and they shall bear witness against their own
souls that they were unbelievers.
131. This is because your Lord would not destroy towns
unjustly while their people were negligent.
132. And all have degrees according to what they do; and
your Lord is not heedless of what they do.
133. And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of
mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom He
pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up from the
seed of another people.
134. Surely what you are threatened with must come to pass
and you cannot escape (it).
135. Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I too am
acting; so you will soon come to know, for whom (of us) will be
the (good) end of the abode; surely the unjust shall not be
successful.
136. And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what He
has created of tilth and cattle, and say: This is for Allah-- so they
assert-- and this for our associates; then what is for their associates,
it reaches not to Allah, and whatever is (set apart) for
Allah, it reaches to their associates; evil is that which they
judge.
137. And thus their associates have made fair seeming to most
of the polytheists the killing of their children, that they may
cause them to perish and obscure for them their religion; and if
Allah had pleased, they would not have done it, therefore leave
them and that which they forge.
138. And they say: These are cattle and tilth prohibited, none
shall eat them except such as We please-- so they assert-- and
cattle whose backs are forbidden, and cattle on which they
would not mention Allah's name-- forging a lie against Him; He
shall requite them for what they forged.
139. And they say: What is in the wombs of these cattle is
specially for our males, and forbidden to our wives, and if it be
stillborn, then they are all partners in it; He will reward them
for their attributing (falsehood to Allah); surely He is Wise,
Knowing.
140. They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly
without knowledge, and forbid.what Allah has given to them
forging a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and
they are not the followers of the right course.
141. And He it is Who produces gardens (of vine), trellised
and untrellised, and palms and seed-produce of which the fruits
are of various sorts, and olives and pomegranates, like and
unlike; eat of its fruit when it bears fruit, and pay the due of it on
the day of its reaping, and do not act extravagantly; surely He
does not love the extravagant.
142. And of cattle (He created) beasts of burden and those
which are fit for slaughter only; eat of what Allah has given you
and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your
open enemy.
143. Eight in pairs-- two of sheep and two of goats. Say: Has
He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the
wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge if
you are truthful.
144. And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He
forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the
wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when
Allah enjoined you this? Who, then, is more unjust than he who
forges a lie against Allah that he should lead astray men without
knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust
people.
145. Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed to me
anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except that it be what
has died of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-- for
that surely is unclean-- or that which is a transgression, other
than (the name of) Allah having been invoked on it; but whoever
is driven to necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit, then
surely your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
146. And to those who were Jews We made unlawful every
animal having claws, and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful
to them the fat of both, except such as was on their backs or the
entrails or what was mixed with bones: this was a punishment
We gave them on account of their rebellion, and We are surely
Truthful.
147. But if they give you the lie, then say: Your Lord is the
Lord of All-encompassing mercy; and His punishment cannot be
averted from the guilty people.
148. Those who are polytheists will say: If Allah had pleased
we would not have associated (aught with Him) nor our fathers,
nor would we have forbidden (to ourselves) anything; even so
did those before them reject until they tasted Our punishment.
Say: Have you any knowledge with you so you should bring it
forth to us? You only follow a conjecture and you only tell lies.
149. Say: Then Allah's is the conclusive argument; so if He
please, He would certainly guide you all.
150. Say: Bring your witnesses who should bear witness that
Allah has forbidden this, then if they bear witness, do not bear
witness with them; and follow not the low desires of those who
reject Our communications and of those who do not believe in
the hereafter, and they make (others) equal to their
Lord.
151. Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to
you-- (remember) that you do not associate anything with Him
and show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children
for (fear of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them--
and do not draw nigh to indecencies, those of them which are
apparent and those which are concealed, and do not kill the soul
which Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice;
this He has enjoined you with that you may understand.
152. And do not approach the property of the orphan except
in the best manner until he attains his maturity, and give full
measure and weight with justice-- We do not impose on any soul
a duty except to the extent of its ability; and when you speak,
then be just though it be (against) a relative, and fulfill Allah's
covenant; this He has enjoined you with that you may be mindful;
153. And (know) that this is My path, the right one therefore
follow it, and follow not (other) ways, for they will lead you
away from His way; this He has enjoined you with that you may
guard (against evil).
154. Again, We gave the Book to Musa to complete (Our
blessings) on him who would do good (to others), and making
plain all things and a guidance and a mercy, so that they should
believe in the meeting of their Lord.
155. And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed; therefore
follow it and guard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to
you.
156. Lest you say that the Book was only revealed to two
parties before us and We were truly unaware of what they read.
157. Or lest you should say: If the Book had been revealed
to us, we would certainly have been better guided than they, so
indeed there has come to you clear proof from your Lord, and
guidance and mercy. Who then is more unjust than he who
rejects Allah's communications and turns away from them? We
will reward those who turn away from Our communications
with an evil chastisement because they turned away.
158. They do not wait aught but that the angels should come
to them, or that your Lord should come, or that some of the
signs of your Lord should come. On the day when some of the
signs of your Lord shall come, its faith shall not profit a soul
which did not believe before, or earn good through its faith. Say:
Wait; we too are waiting.
159. Surely they who divided their religion into parts and
became sects, you have no concern with them; their affair is only
with Allah, then He will inform them of what they did.
160. Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it,
and whoever brings an evil deed, he shall be recompensed only
with the like of it, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
161. Say: Surely, (as for) me, my Lord has guided me to the
right path; (to) a most right religion, the faith of Ibrahim the
upright one, and he was not of the polytheists.
162. Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and
my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;
163. No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I
am the first of those who submit.
164. Say: What! shall I seek a Lord other than Allah? And He
is the Lord of all things; and no soul earns (evil) but against
itself, and no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another;
then to your Lord is your return, so He will inform you of that in
which you differed.
165. And He it is Who has made you successors in the land
and raised some of you above others by (various) grades, that He
might try you by what He has given you; surely your Lord is
quick to requite (evil), and He is most surely the Forgiving, the
Merciful.
* The Elevated Places *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim Suad.
2. A Book revealed to you-- so let there be no straitness in
your breast on account of it-- that you may warn thereby, and a
reminder close to the believers.
3. Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and
do not follow guardians besides Him, how little do you mind.
4. And how many a town that We destroyed, so Our punishment
came to it by night or while they slept at midday.
5. Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was
nothing but that they said: Surely we were unjust.
6. Most certainly then We will question those to whom (the
apostles) were sent, and most certainly We will also question the
apostles;
7. Then most certainly We will relate to them with knowledge,
and We were not absent.
8. And the measuring out on that day will be just; then as for
him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy, those are they who
shall be successful;
9. And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light
those are they who have made their souls suffer loss because they
disbelieved in Our communications.
10. And certainly We have established you in the earth and
made in it means of livelihood for you; little it is that you give
thanks.
11. And certainly We created you, then We fashioned you,
then We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam. So they
did obeisance except Iblis; he was not of those who did
obeisance.
12. He said: What hindered you so that you did not make
obeisance when I commanded you? He said: I am better than he:
Thou hast created me of fire, while him Thou didst create of
dust.
13. He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it does not
befit you to behave proudly therein. Go forth, therefore, surely
you are of the abject ones.
14. He said: Respite me until the day when they are raised up.
15. He said: Surely you are of the respited ones.
16. He said: As Thou hast caused me to remain disappointed
I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path.
17. Then I will certainly come to them from before them and
from behind them, and from their right-hand side and from their
left-hand side; and Thou shalt not find most of them thankful.
18. He said: Get out of this (state), despised, driven away;
whoever of them will follow you, I will certainly fill hell with you
all.
19. And (We said): O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the
garden; so eat from where you desire, but do not go near this
tree, for then you will be of the unjust.
20. But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to them that he
might make manifest to them what had been hidden from them
of their evil inclinations, and he said: Your Lord has not forbidden
you this tree except that you may not both become two
angels or that you may (not) become of the immortals.
21. And he swore to them both: Most surely I am a sincere
adviser to you.
22. Then he caused them to fall by deceit; so when they tasted
of the tree, their evil inclinations became manifest to them, and
they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the
garden; and their Lord called out to them: Did I not forbid you
both from that tree and say to you that the Shaitan is your open
enemy?
23. They said: Our Lord! We have been unjust to ourselves,
and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall
certainly be of the losers.
24. He said: Get forth, some of you, the enemies of others,
and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a
time.
25. He (also) said: Therein shall you live, and therein shall
you die, and from it shall you be raised.
26. O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you
clothing to cover your shame, and (clothing) for beauty and
clothing that guards (against evil), that is the best. This is of the
communications of Allah that they may be mindful.
27. O children of Adam! let not the Shaitan cause you to fall
into affliction as he expelled your parents from the garden,
pulling off from them both their clothing that he might show
them their evil inclinations, he surely sees you, he as well as his
host, from whence you cannot see them; surely We have made
the Shaitans to be the guardians of those who do not believe.
28. And when they commit an indecency they say: We found
our fathers doing this, and Allah has enjoined it on us. Say:
Surely Allah does not enjoin indecency; do you say against Allah
what you do not know?
29. Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright your
faces at every time of prayer and call on Him, being sincere to
Him in obedience; as He brought you forth in the beginning, so
shall you also return.
30. A part has He guided aright and (as for another) part,
error is justly their due, surely they took the Shaitans for guardians
beside Allah, and they think that they are followers of the right
31. O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at
every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not extravagant;
surely He does not love the extravagant.
32. Say: Who has prohibited the embellishment of Allah which
He has brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?
Say: These are for the believers in the life of this world, purely
(theirs) on the resurrection day; thus do We make the communications
clear for a people who know.
33. Say: My Lord has only prohibited indecencies, those of
them that are apparent as well as those that are concealed, and
sin and rebellion without justice, and that you associate with
Allah that for which He has not sent down any authority, and
that you say against Allah what you do not know.
34. And for every nation there is a doom, so when their doom
is come they shall not remain behind the least while, nor shall
they go before.
35. O children of Adam! if there come to you apostles from
among you relating to you My communications, then whoever
shall guard (against evil) and act aright-- they shall have no fear
nor shall they grieve.
36. And (as for) those who reject Our communications and
turn away from them haughtily-- these are the inmates of the fire
they shall abide in it.
37. Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against
Allah or rejects His communications? (As for) those, their portion
of the Book shall reach them, until when Our messengers
come to them causing them to die, they shall say: Where is that
which you used to call upon besides Allah? They would say:
They are gone away from us; and they shall bear witness against
themselves that they were unbelievers
38. He will say: Enter into fire among the nations that have
passed away before you from among jinn and men; whenever a
nation shall enter, it shall curse its sister, until when they have all
come up with one another into it; the last of them shall say with
regard to the foremost of them: Our Lord! these led us astray
therefore give them a double chastisement of the fire. He will
say: Every one shall have double but you do not know.
39. And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: So
you have no preference over us; therefore taste the chastisement
for what you earned.
40. Surely (as for) those who reject Our communications and
turn away from them haughtily, the doors of heaven shall not be
opened for them, nor shall they enter the garden until the camel
pass through the eye of the needle; and thus do We reward the
guilty.
41. They shall have a bed of hell-fire and from above them
coverings (of it); and thus do We reward the unjust.
42. And (as for) those who believe and do good We do not
impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of its ability--
they are the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.
43. And We will remove whatever of ill-feeling is in their
breasts; the rivers shall flow beneath them and they shall say: All
praise is due to Allah Who guided us to this, and we would not
have found the way had it not been that Allah had guided us;
certainly the apostles of our Lord brought the truth; and it shall
be cried out to them that this is the garden of which you are
made heirs for what you did.
44. And the dwellers of the garden will call out to the inmates
of the fire: Surely we have found what our Lord promised us to
be true; have you too found what your Lord promised to be
true? They will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry out among them
that the curse of Allah is on the unjust.
45. Who hinder (people) from Allah's way and seek to make it
crooked, and they are disbelievers in the hereafter.
46. And between the two there shall be a veil, and on the most
elevated places there shall be men who know all by their marks,
and they shall call out to the dwellers of the garden: Peace be on
you; they shall not have yet entered it, though they hope.
41. And when their eyes shall be turned towards the inmates of
the fire, they shall say: Our Lord! place us not with the unjust
48 And the dwellers of the most elevated places shall ca!l out
to men whom they will recognize by their marks saying: Of no
avail were to you your amassings and your behaving haughtily:
49. Are these they about whom you swore that Allah will not
bestow mercy on them? Enter the garden; you shall have no fear,
nor shall you grieve.
50. And the inmates of the fire shall call out to the dwellers of
the garden, saying: Pour on us some water or of that which Allah
has given you. They shall say: Surely Allah has prohibited them
both to the unbelievers.
51. Who take their religion for an idle sport and a play and this
life's world deceives them; so today We forsake them, as they
neglected the meeting of this day of theirs and as they denied Our
communications.
52. And certainly We have brought them a Book which We
have made clear with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a
people who believe.
53. Do they wait for aught but its final sequel? On the day when
its final sequel comes about, those who neglected it before will
say: Indeed the apostles of our Lord brought the truth; are there
for us then any intercessors so that they should intercede on our
behalf? Or could we be sent back so that we should do (deeds)
other than those which we did? Indeed they have lost their souls
and that which they forged has gone away from them.
54. Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and
the earth in six periods of time, and He is firm in power; He
throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues
incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made
subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the
command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
55. Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He does not
love those who exceed the limits.
56. And do not make mischief in the earth after its reformation,
and call on Him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of
Allah is nigh to those who do good (to others).
57. And He it is Who sends forth the winds bearing good news
before His mercy, until, when they bring up a laden cloud, We
drive it to a dead land, then We send down water on it, then bring
forth with it of fruits of all kinds; thus shall We bring forth the
dead that you may be mindful.
58. And as for the good land, its vegetation springs forth
(abundantly) by the permission of its Lord, and (as for) that which
is inferior (its herbage) comes forth but scantily; thus do We
repeat the communications for a people who give thanks.
59. Certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; surely I fear
for you the chastisement of a grievous day.
60. The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see you in
clear error.
61. He said: O my people! there is no error in me, but I am an
apostle from the Lord of the worlds.
62. I deliver to you the messages of my Lord, and I offer you
good advice and I know from Allah what you do not know.
63. What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you
from your Lord through a man from among you, that he might
warn you and that you might guard (against evil) and so that
mercy may be shown to you?
64. But they called him a liar, so We delivered him and those
with him in the ark, and We drowned those who rejected Our
communications; surely they were a blind people.
65. And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not
then guard (against evil)?
66. The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people
said: Most surely we see you in folly, and most surely we think you
to be of the liars.
67. He said: O my people! there is no folly in me, but I am an
apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
68. I deliver to you the messages of my Lord and I am a faithful
adviser to you:
69. What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you
from your Lord through a man from among you that he might
warn you? And remember when He made you successors after
Nuh's people and increased you in excellence in respect of make;
therefore remember the benefits of Allah, that you may be
successful.
70. They said: Have you come to us that we may serve Allah
alone and give up what our fathers used to serve? Then bring to us
what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.
71. He said: Indeed uncleanness and wrath from your Lord
have lighted upon you; what! do you dispute with me about
names which you and your fathers have given? Allah has not sent
any authority for them; wait then, I too with you will be of those
who wait.
72. So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us,
and We cut off the last of those who rejected Our communications
and were not believers.
73. And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: 0
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear
proof indeed has come to you from your Lord; this is (as) Allah's
she-camel for you-- a sign, therefore leave her alone to pasture on
Allah's earth, and do not touch her with any harm, otherwise
painful chastisement will overtake you.
74. And remember when He made you successors after Ad and
settled you in the land-- you make mansions on its plains and hew
out houses in the mountains-- remember therefore Allah's benefits
and do not act corruptly in the land, making mischief.
75. The chief of those who behaved proudly among his people
said to those who were considered weak, to those who believed
from among them: Do you know that Salih is sent by his Lord?
They said: Surely we are believers in what he has been sent with
76. Those who were haughty said: Surely we are deniers of
what you believe in.
77. So they slew the she-camel and revolted against their
Lord's commandment, and they said: O Salih! bring us what you
threatened us with, if you are one of the apostles.
78. Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became
motionless bodies in their abode.
79. Then he turned away from them and said: O my people I
did certainly deliver to you the message of my Lord, and I gave
you good advice, but you do not love those who give good advice.
80. And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do
you commit an indecency which any one in the world has not done
before you?
81. Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay
you are an extravagant people.
82. And the answer of his people was no other than that they
said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a people who
seek to purify (themselves).
83. So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she
was of those who remained behind.
84. And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what was
the end of the guilty.
85. And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: 0
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear
proof indeed has come to you from your Lord, therefore give full
measure and weight and do not diminish to men their things, and
do not make mischief in the land after its reform; this is better for
you if you are believers:
86. And do not lie in wait in every path, threatening and
turning away from Allah's way him who believes in Him and
seeking to make it crooked; and remember when you were few
then He multiplied you, and consider what was the end of the
mischief-makers.
87. And if there is a party of you who believe in that with which
am sent, and another party who do not believe, then wait patiently
until Allah judges between us; and He is the best of the Judges.
88. The chiefs, those who were proud from among his people
said: We will most certainly turn you out, O Shu'aib, and (also;
those who believe with you, from our town, or you shall come
back to our faith. He said: What! though we dislike (it)?
89. Indeed we shall have forged a lie against Allah If we go
back to your religion after Allah has delivered us from It, and it
befits us not that we should go back to it, except if Allah our
Lord please: Our Lord comprehends all things :n His knowledge;
in Allah do we trust: Our Lord! decide between us and our
people with truth; and Thou art the best of deciders.
90. And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his
people said: If you follow Shu'aib, you shall then most surely be
losers
91. Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless
bodies in their abode.
92. Those who called Shu'aib a liar were as though they had
never dwelt therein; those who called Shu'aib a liar, they were
the losers.
93. So he turned away from them and said: O my people!
certainly I delivered to you the messages of my Lord and I gave
you good advice; how shall I then be sorry for an unbelieving
people?
94. And We did not send a prophet in a town but We overtook
its people with distress and affliction in order that they
might humble themselves.
95. Then We gave them good in the place of evil until they
became many and said: Distress and happiness did indeed befall
our fathers. Then We took them by surprise while they did not
perceive.
96 And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded
(against evil) We would certainly have opened up for them
blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected, so We
overtook them for what they had earned.
97. What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from
Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?
98. What! do the people of the towns feel secure from Our
punishment coming to them in the morning while they play?
99. What! do they then feel secure from Allah's plan? But
none feels secure from Allah's plan except the people who shall
perish.
100. Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its
(former) residents that if We please We would afflict them on
account of their faults and set a seal on their hearts so they
would not hear.
101. These towns-- We relate to you some of their stories, and
certainly their apostles came to them with clear arguments, but
they would not believe in what they rejected at first; thus does
Allah set a seal over the hearts of the unbelievers
102. And We did not find in most of them any (faithfulness
to) covenant, and We found most of them to be certainly transgressors.
103. Then we raised after them Musa with Our communications
to Firon and his chiefs, but they disbelieved in them;
consider then what was the end of the mischief makers.
104. And Musa said: O Firon! surely I am an apostle from the
Lord of the worlds:
105. (I am) worthy of not saying anything about Allah except
the truth: I have come to you indeed with clear proof from your
Lord, therefore send with me the children of Israel
106. He said: If you have come with a sign, then bring it, if
you are of the truthful ones.
107. So he threw his rod, then lo! it was a clear serpent.
108. And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white to the
beholders.
109. The chiefs of Firon's people said: most surely this is an
enchanter possessed of knowledge:
110. He intends to turn you out of your land. What counsel
do you then give?
111. They said: Put him off and his brother, and send collectors
into the cities:
112. That they may bring to you every enchanter possessed of
knowledge.
113. And the enchanters came to Firon (and) said: We must
surely have a reward if we are the prevailing ones.
114. He said: Yes, and you shall certainly be of those who are
near (to me).
115. They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first
to cast?
116. He said: Cast. So when they cast, they deceived the
people's eyes and frightened them, and they produced a mighty
enchantment.
117. And We revealed to Musa, saying: Cast your rod; then
lo! it devoured the lies they told.
118. So the truth was established, and what they did became
null.
119. Thus they were vanquished there, and they went back
abased.
120. And the enchanters were thrown down, prostrating (themselves).
121.
They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds,
122. The Lord of Musa and Haroun.
123. Firon said: Do you believe in Him before I have given
you permission? Surely this is a plot which you have secretly
devised in this city, that you may turn out of it its people, but
you shall know:
124. 1 will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on
opposite sides, then will I crucify you all together.
125. They said: Surely to our Lord shall we go back:
126. And you do not take revenge on us except because we
have believed in the communications of our Lord when they
came to us! Our Lord: Pour out upon us patience and cause us
to die in submission.
127. And the chiefs of Firon's people said: Do you leave
Musa and his people to make mischief in the land and to forsake
you and your gods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare
their women, and surely we are masters over them.
128. Musa said to his people: Ask help from Allah and be
patient; surely the land is Allah's; He causes such of His servants
to inherit it as He pleases, and the end is for those who guard
(against evil).
129. They said: We have been persecuted before you came to
us and since you have come to us. He said: It may be that your
Lord will destroy your enemy and make you rulers in the land,
then He will see how you act.
130. And certainly We overtook Firon's people with droughts
and diminution of fruits that they may be mindful.
131. But when good befell them they said: This is due to us;
and when evil afflicted them, they attributed it to the ill-luck of
Musa and those with him; surely their evil fortune is only from
Allah but most of them do not know.
132. And they said: Whatever sign you may bring to us to
charm us with it-- we will not believe in you.
133. Therefore We sent upon them widespread death, and the
locusts and the lice and the frog and the blood, clear signs; but
they behaved haughtily and they were a guilty people.
134. And when the plague fell upon them, they said: O Musa!
pray for us to your Lord as He has promised with you, if you
remove the plague from us, we will certainly believe in you and
we will certainly send away with you the children of Israel.
135. But when We removed the plague from them till a term
which they should attain lo! they broke (the promise).
136. Therefore We inflicted retribution on them and drowned
them in the sea because they rejected Our signs and were heedless
of them.
137. And We made the people who were deemed weak to
mhent the eastern lands and the western ones which We had
blessed; and the good word of your Lord was fulfilled in the
children of Israel because they bore up (sufferings) patiently; and
We utterly destroyed what Firon and his people had wrought
and what they built.
138. And We made the children of Israel to pass the sea; then
they came upon a people who kept to the worship of their idols
They said: O Musa! make for us a god as they have (their) gods
He said: Surely you are a people acting ignorantly:
139. (As to) these, surely that about which they are shall be
brought to naught and that which they do is vain.
140. He said: What! shall I seek for you a god other than
Allah while He has made you excel (all) created things?
141. And when We delivered you from Firon's people who
subJected you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing
your women, and in this there was a great trial from your Lord.
142. And We appointed with Musa a time of thirty nights and
completed them with ten (more), so the appointed time of his
Lord was complete forty nights, and Musa said to his brother
Haroun: Take my place among my people, and act well and do
not follow the way of the mischief-makers.
143. And when Musa came at Our appointed time and his
Lord spoke to him, he said: My Lord! show me (Thyself), so that
I may look upon Thee. He said: You cannot (bear to) see Me
but look at the mountain, if it remains firm in its place, then will
you see Me; but when his Lord manifested His glory to the
mountain He made it crumble and Musa fell down in a swoon;
then when he recovered, he said: Glory be to Thee, I turn to
Thee, and I am the first of the believers.
144. He said: O Musa! surely I have chosen you above the
people with My messages and with My words, therefore take
hold of what I give to you and be of the grateful ones.
145. And We ordained for him in the tablets admonition of
every kind and clear explanation of all things; so take hold of
them with firmness and enjoin your people to take hold of what
is best thereof; I will show you the abode of the transgressors.
146. 1 will turn away from My communications those who are
unjustly proud in the earth; and if they see every sign they will
not believe m It; and if they see the way of rectitude they do not
take It for a way, and if they see the way of error. they take it for
a way; this is because they rejected Our communications and
were heedless of them.
147. And (as to) those who reject Our communications and
the meeting of the hereafter, their deeds are null. Shall they be
rewarded except for what they have done?
148. And Musa's people made of their ornaments a calf after
him, a (mere) body, which gave a mooing sound. What! could
they not see that it did not speak to them nor guide them m the
way? They took it (for worship) and they were unjust.
149. And when they repented and saw that they had gone
astray, they said: If our Lord show not mercy to us and forgive
us we shall certainly be of the losers.
150. And when Musa returned to his people, wrathful (and)
in violent grief, he said: Evil is it that you have done after me; did
you turn away from the bidding of your Lord? And he threw
down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, dragging
him towards him. He said: Son of my mother! surely the people
reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain me, therefore make
not the enemies to rejoice over me and count me not among the
unjust people.
151. He said: My Lord! forgive me and my brother and cause
us to enter into Thy mercy, and Thou art the most Merciful of
the merciful ones.
152. (As for) those who took the calf (for a god), surely wrath
from their Lord and disgrace in this world's life shall overtake
them, and thus do We recompense the devisers of lies.
153. And (as to) those who do evil deeds, then repent after
that and believe, your Lord after that is most surely Forgiving,
Merciful.
154. And when Musa's anger calmed down he took up the
tablets, and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy for
those who fear for the sake of their Lord.
155. And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for Our
appointment; so when the earthquake overtook them, he said:
My Lord! if Thou hadst pleased, Thou hadst destroyed them
before and myself (too); wilt Thou destroy us for what the fools
among us have done? It is naught but Thy trial, Thou makest err
with it whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest:
Thou art our Guardian, therefore forgive us and have mercy on
us, and Thou art the best of the forgivers.
156. And ordain for us good in this world's life and m the
hereafter, for surely we turn to Thee. He said: (As for) My
chastisement, I will afflict with it whom I please, and My mercy
encompasses all things; so I will ordain it (specially) for those
who guard (against evil) and pay the poor-rate, and those who
believe in Our communications.
157. Those who follow the Apostle-Prophet, the Ummi, whom
they find written down with them in the Taurat and the Injeel
(who) enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes
lawful to them the good things and makes unlawful to them
impure things, and removes from them their burden and the
shackles which were upon them; so (as for) those who believe in
him and honor him and help him, and follow the light which has
been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful.
158. Say: O people! surely I am the Apostle of Allah to you
all, of Him Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth
there is no god but He; He brings to life and causes to die
therefore believe in Allah and His apostle, the Ummi Prophet
who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you
may walk in the right way.
159. And of Musa's people was a party who guided (people)
with the truth, and thereby did they do justice.
160. And We divided them into twelve tribes, as nations; and
We revealed to Musa when his people asked him for water:
Strike the rock with your staff, so outnowed from it twelve
springs; each tribe knew its drinking place; and We made the
clouds to give shade over them and We sent to them manna and
quails: Eat of the good things We have given you. And they did
not do Us any harm, but they did injustice to their own souls.
161. And when it was said to them: Reside in this town and
eat from it wherever you wish, and say, Put down from us our
heavy burdens: and enter the gate making obeisance, We will
forgive you your wrongs: We will give more to those who do
good (to others).
162. But those who were unjust among them changed it for a
saying other than that which had been spoken to them; so We
sent upon them a pestilence from heaven because they were
unjust.
163. And ask them about the town which stood by the sea;
when they exceeded the limits of the Sabbath, when their fish
came to them on the day of their Sabbath, appearing on the
surface of the water, and on the day on which they did not keep
the Sabbath they did not come to them; thus did We try them
because they transgressed.
164. And when a party of them said: Why do you admonish a
with a severe chastisement? They said: To be free from blame
before your Lord, and that haply they may guard (against evil).
165. So when they neglected what they had been reminded of,
We delivered those who forbade evil and We overtook those
who were unjust with an evil chastisement because they transgressed.
166.
Therefore when they revoltingly persisted in what they
had been forbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and
hated.
167. And when your Lord announced that He would certainly
send against them to the day of resurrection those who would
subject them to severe torment; most surely your Lord is quick
to requite (evil) and most surely He is Forgiving, Merciful.
168. And We cut them up on the earth into parties, (some) of
them being righteous and (others) of them falling short of that,
and We tried them with blessings and misfortunes that they
might turn.
169. Then there came after them an evil posterity who inherited
the Book, taking only the frail good of this low life and
saying: It will be forgiven us. And if the like good came to them,
they would take it (too). Was not a promise taken from them in
the Book that they would not speak anything about Allah but
the truth, and they have read what is in it; and the abode of the
hereafter is better for those who guard (against evil). Do you not
then understand?
170. And (as for) those who hold fast by the Book and keep
up prayer, surely We do not waste the reward of the right doers.
171. And when We shook the mountain over them as if it
were a covering overhead, and they thought that it was going to
fall down upon them: Take hold of what We have given you with
firmness, and be mindful of what is in it, so that you may guard
(against evil).
172. And when your Lord brought forth from the children of
Adam, from their backs, their descendants, and made them bear
witness against their own souls: Am I not your Lord? They said:
Yes! we bear witness. Lest you should say on the day of resurrection:
Surely we were heedless of this.
173. Or you should say: Only our fathers associated others
(with Allah) before, and we were an offspring after them: Wilt
Thou then destroy us for what the vain doers did?
174. And thus do We make clear the communications, and
that haply they might return.
175. And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We give
Our communications, but he withdraws himself from them, so
the Shaitan overtakes him, so he is of those who go astray.
176. And if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted
him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his low
desire, so his parable is as the parable of the dog; if you attack
him he lolls out his tongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls
out his tongue; this is the parable of the people who reject Our
communications; therefore relate the narrative that they may
reflect.
177. Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our communications
and are unjust to their own souls.
178. Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the one who follows the
right way; and whomsoever He causes to err, these are the losers.
179. And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn
and the men; they have hearts with which they do not understand,
and they have eyes with which they do not see, and they
have ears with which they do not hear; they are as cattle, nay,
they are in worse errors; these are the heedless ones.
180. And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on Him
thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His
names; they shall be recompensed for what they did.
181. And of those whom We have created are a people who
guide with the truth and thereby they do justice.
182. And (as to) those who reject Our communications, We
draw them near (to destruction) by degrees from whence they
know not.
183. And I grant them respite; surely My scheme is effective.
184. Do they not reflect that their companion has not unsoundness
in mind; he is only a plain warner.
185. Do they not consider the kingdom of the heavens and the
earth and whatever things Allah has created, and that may be
their doom shall have drawn nigh; what announcement would
they then believe in after this?
186. Whomsoever Allah causes to err, there is no guide for
him; and He leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly
wandering on.
187. They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking
place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord; none but
He shall manifest it at its time; it will be momentous in the
heavens and the earth; it will not come on you but of a sudden.
They ask you as if you were solicitous about it. Say: Its knowledge
is only with Allah, but most people do not know.
188. Say: I do not control any benefit or harm for my own
soul except as Allah please; and had I known the unseen I would
have had much of good and no evil would have touched me; I
am nothing but a warner and the giver of good news to a people
who believe.
189. He it is Who created you from a single being, and of the
same (kind) did He make his mate, that he might incline to her;
so when he covers her she bears a light burden, then moves about with
it; but when it grows heavy, they both call upon
Allah, their Lord: If Thou givest us a good one, we shall certainly
be of the grateful ones.
190. But when He gives them a good one, thcy set up with
Him associates in what He has given them; but high is Allah
above what they associate (with Him).
191. What! they associate (with Him) that which does not
create any thing, while they are themselves created!
192. And they have no power to give them help, nor can they
help themselves.
193. And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow
you; it is the same to you whether you invite them or you are
silent.
194. Surely those whom you call on besides Allah are in a
state of subjugation like yourselves; therefore call on them, then
let them answer you if you are truthful.
195. Have they feet with which they walk, or have they hands
with which they hold, or have they eyes with which they see, or
have they ears with which they hear? Say: Call your associates,
then make a struggle (to prevail) against me and give me no
respite.
196. Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book,
and He befriends the good.
197. And those whom you call upon besides Him are not able
to help you, nor can they help themselves.
198. And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear;
and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see.
199. Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from
the ignorant.
200. And if a false imputation from the Shaitan afflict you,
seek refuge in Allah; surely He is Hearing, Knowing.
201. Surely those who guard (against evil), when a visitation
from the Shaitan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo!
they see.
202. And their brethren increase them in error, then they
cease not.
203. And when you bring them not a revelation they say: Why
do you not forge it? Say: I only follow what is revealed to me
from my Lord; these are clear proofs from your Lord and a
guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.
204. And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and
remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.
205. And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and
fearing and in a voice not loud in the morning and the evening
and be not of the heedless ones.
206. Surely those who are with your Lord are not too proud
to serve Him, and they declare His glory and throw themselves
down in humility before Him.
* The Spoils Of War *
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. They ask you about the windfalls. Say: The windfalls are
for Allah and the Apostle. So be careful of (your duty to) Allah
and set aright matters of your difference, and obey Allah and
His Apostle if you are believers.
2. Those only are believers whose hearts become full of fear
when Allah is mentioned, and when His communications are
recited to them they increase them in faith, and in their Lord do
they trust.
3. Those who keep up prayer and spend (benevolently) out of
what We have given them.
4. These are the believers in truth; they shall have from their
Lord exalted grades and forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
5. Even as your Lord caused you to go forth from your house
with the truth, though a party of the believers were surely
averse;
6. They disputed with you about the truth after it had become
clear, (and they went forth) as if they were being driven to death
while they saw (it).
7. And when.Allah promised you one of the two parties that it
shall be yours and you loved that the one not armed should he
yours and Allah desired to manifest the truth of what was true
by His words and to cut off the root of the unbelievers.
8. That He may manifest the truth of what was true and show
the falsehood of what was false, though the guilty disliked.
9. When you sought aid from your Lord, so He answered
you: I will assist you with a thousand of the angels following one
another.
10. And Allah only gave it as a good news and that your
hearts might be at ease thereby; and victory is only from Allah;
surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
11. When He caused calm to fall on you as a security from
Him and sent down upon you water from the cloud that He
might thereby purify you, and take away from you the uncleanness
of the Shaitan, and that He might fortify your hearts and
steady (your) footsteps thereby.
12. When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you,
therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the
hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads
and strike off every fingertip of them.
13. This is because they acted adversely to Allah and His
Apostle; and whoever acts adversely to Allah and His Apostle--
then surely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
14. This-- taste it, and (know) that for the unbelievers is the
chastisement of fire.
15. O you who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve
marching for war, then turn not your backs to them.
16. And whoever shall turn his back to them on that day--
unless he turn aside for the sake of fighting or withdraws to a
company-- then he, indeed, becomes deserving of Allah's wrath,
and his abode is hell; and an evil destination shall it be.
17. So you did not slay them, but it was Allah Who slew
them, and you did not smite when you smote (the enemy), but it
was Allah Who smote, and that He might confer upon the
believers a good gift from Himself; surely Allah is Hearing,
Knowing.
18. This, and that Allah is the weakener of the struggle of the
unbelievers.
19. If you demanded a judgment, the judgment has then
indeed come to you; and if you desist, it will be better for you;
and if you turn back (to fight), We (too) shall turn back, and
your forces shall avail you nothing, though they may be many,
and (know) that Allah is with the believers.
20. O you who believe! obey Allah and His Apostle and do
not turn back from Him while you hear.
21. And be not like those who said, We hear, and they did not
obey.
22. Surely the vilest of animals, in Allah's sight, are the deaf,
the dumb, who do not understand.
23. And if Allah had known any good in them He would have
made them hear, and if He makes them hear they would turn
back while they withdraw.
24. O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His
Apostle when he calls you to that which gives you life; and know
that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to
Him you shall be gathered.
25. And fear an affliction which may not smite those of you in
particular who are unjust; and know that Allah is severe in
requiting (evil).
26. And remember when you were few, deemed weak in the
land, fearing lest people might carry you off by force, but He
sheltered you and strengthened you with His aid and gave you of
the good things that you may give thanks.
27. O you who believe! be not unfaithful to Allah and the
Apostle, nor be unfaithful to your trusts while you know.
28. And know that your property and your children are a
temptation, and that Allah is He with Whom there is a mighty
reward.
29. O you who believe! If you are careful of (your duty to)
Allah, He will grant you a distinction and do away with your
evils and forgive you; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
30. And when those who disbelieved devised plans against
you that they might confine you or slay you or drive you away;
and they devised plans and Allah too had arranged a plan; and
Allah is the best of planners.
31. And when Our communications are recited to them, they
say: We have heard indeed; if we pleased we could say the like of
it; this is nothing but the stories of the ancients.
32. And when they said: O Allah! if this is the truth from
Thee, then rain upon us stones from heaven or inflict on us a
painful punishment.
33. But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were
among them, nor is Allah going to chastise them while yet they
ask for forgiveness.
34. And what (excuse) have they that Allah should not chastise
them while they hinder (men) from the Sacred Mosque and
they are not (fit to be) guardians of it; its guardians are only
those who guard (against evil), but most of them do not know.
35. And their prayer before the House is nothing but whistling
and clapping of hands; taste then the chastisement, for you
disbelieved.
36. Surely those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder
(people) from the way of Allah; so they shall spend it, then it
shall be to them an intense regret, then they shall be overcome;
and those who disbelieve shall be driven together to hell.
37. That Allah might separate the impure from the good, and
put the impure, some of it upon the other, and pile it up
together, then cast it into hell; these it is that are the losers.
38. Say to those who disbelieve, if they desist, that which is
past shall be forgiven to them; and if they return, then what
happened to the ancients has already passed.
39. And fight with them until there is no more persecution
and religion should be only for Allah; but if they desist, then
surely Allah sees what they do.
40. And if they turn back, then know that Allah is your
Patron; most excellent is the Patron and most excellent the
Helper.
41. And know that whatever thing you gain, a fifth of it
is for Allah and for the Apostle and for the near of kin and
the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if you believe in
Allah and in that which We revealed to Our servant, on the day
of distinction, the day on which the two parties met; and Allah
has power over all things.
42. When you were on the nearer side (of the valley) and they
were on the farthest side, while the caravan was in a lower place
than you; and if you had mutually made an appointment, you
would certainly have broken away from the appointment, but--
in order that Allah might bring about a matter which was to be
done, that he who would perish might perish by clear proof, and
he who would live might live by clear proof; and most surely
Allah is Hearing, Knowing;
43. When Allah showed them to you in your dream as few;
and if He had shown them to you as many you would certainly
have become weak-hearted and you would have disputed about
the matter, but Allah saved (you); surely He is the Knower of
what is in the breasts.
44. And when He showed them to you, when you met, as few
in your eyes and He made you to appear little in their eyes, in
order that Allah might bring about a matter which was to be
done, and to Allah are all affairs returned.
45. O you who believe! when you meet a party, then be firm,
and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.
46. And obey Allah and His Apostle and do not quarrel for
then you will be weak in hearts and your power will depart, and
be patient; surely Allah is with the patient.
47. And be not like those who came forth from their homes in
great exultation and to be seen of men, and (who) turn away
from the way of Allah, and Allah comprehends what they do.
48. And when the Shaitan made their works fair seeming to
them, and said: No one can overcome you this day, and surely I
am your protector: but when the two parties came in sight of
each other he turned upon his heels, and said: Surely I am clear
of you, surely I see what you do not see, surely I fear Allah; and
Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
49. When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease
said: Their religion has deceived them; and whoever trusts
in Allah, then surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
50. And had you seen when the angels will cause to die those
who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs, and (saying):
Taste the punishment of burning.
51. This is for what your own hands have sent on before, and
because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants;
52. In the manner of the people of Firon and those before
them; they disbelieved in Allah's communications, therefore Allah
destroyed them on account of their faults; surely Allah is strong,
severe in requiting (evil).
53. This is because Allah has never changed a favor which He
has conferred upon a people until they change their own condition;
and because Allah is Hearing, Knowing;
54. In the manner of the people of Firon and those before
them; they rejected the communications of their Lord, therefore
We destroyed them on account of their faults and We drowned
Firon's people, and they were all unjust.
55. Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who
disbelieve, then they would not believe.
56. Those with whom you make an agreement, then they
break their agreement every time and they do not guard (against
punishment).
57. Therefore if you overtake them in fighting, then scatter by
(making an example of) them those who are in their rear, that
they may be mindful.
58. And if you fear treachery on the part of a people, then
throw back to them on terms of equality; surely Allah does not
love the treacherous.
59. And let not those who disbelieve think that they shall
come in first; surely they will not escape.
60. And prepare against them what force you can and horses
tied at the frontier, to frighten thereby the enemy of Allah and
your enemy and others besides them, whom you do not know
(but) Allah knows them; and whatever thing you will spend in
Allah's way, it will be paid back to you fully and you shall not be
dealt with unjustly.
61. And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and trust in
Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
62. And if they intend to deceive you-- then surely Allah is
sufficient for you; He it is Who strengthened you with His help
and with the believers
63. And united their hearts; had you spent all that is in the
earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah united
them; surely He is Mighty, Wise.
64. O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and (for) such of the
believers as follow you.
65. O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty
patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if
there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of
those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not
understand.
66. For the present Allah has made light your burden, and He
knows that there is weakness in you; so if there are a hundred
patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if
there are a thousand they shall overcome two thousand by
Allah's permission, and Allah is with the patient.
67. It is not fit for a prophet that he should take captives
unless he has fought and triumphed in the land; you desire the
frail goods of this world, while Allah desires (for you) the
hereafter; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
68. Were it not for an ordinance from Allah that had already
gone forth, surely there would have befallen you a great chastisement
for what you had taken to.
69. Eat then of the lawful and good (things) which you have
acquired in war, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
70. O Prophet! say to those of the captives who are in your
hands: If Allah knows anything good in your hearts, He will give
to you better than that which has been taken away from you and
will forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
71. And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you, so
indeed they acted unfaithfully towards Allah before, but He gave
(you) mastery over them; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
72. Surely those who believed and fled (their homes) and
struggled hard in Allah's way with their property and their souls,
and those who gave shelter and helped-- these are guardians of
each other; and (as for) those who believed and did not fly, not
yours is their guardianship until they fly; and if they seek aid
from you in the matter of religion, aid is incumbent on you
except against a people between whom and you there is a treaty,
and Allah sees what you do.
73. And (as for) those who disbelieve, some of them are the
guardians of others; if you will not do it, there will be in the land
persecution and great mischief.
74. And (as for) those who believed and fled and struggled
hard in Allah's way, and those who gave shelter and helped,
these are the believers truly; they shall have forgiveness and
honorable provision.
75. And (as for) those who believed afterwards and fled and
struggled hard along with you, they are of you; and the possessors
of relationships are nearer to each other in the ordinance of
Allah; surely Allah knows all things.
* Repentance *
1. (This is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and His
Apostle towards those of the idolaters with whom you made an
agreement.
2. So go about in the land for four months and know that you
cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the
unbelievers.
3. And an announcement from Allah and His Apostle to the
people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and His
Apostle are free from liability to the idolaters; therefore if you
repent, it will be better for you, and if you turn back, then know
that you will not weaken Allah; and announce painful punishment
to those who disbelieve.
4. Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an
agreement, then they have not failed you in anything and have
not backed up any one against you, so fulfill their agreement to
the end of their term; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of
their duty).
5. So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the
idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and
besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if
they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their
way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant
him protection till he hears the word of Allah, then make him
attain his place of safety; this is because they are a people who do
not know.
7. How can there be an agreement for the idolaters with Allah
and with His Apostle; except those with whom you made an
agreement at the Sacred Mosque? So as long as they are true to
you, be true to them; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of
their duty).
8. How (can it be)! while if they prevail against you, they
would not pay regard in your case to ties of relationship, nor
those of covenant; they please you with their mouths while their
hearts do not consent; and most of them are transgressors.
9. They have taken a small price for the communications of
Allah, so they turn away from His way; surely evil is it that they
do.
10. They do not pay regard to ties of relationship nor those of
covenant in the case of a believer; and these are they who go
beyond the limits.
11. But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate,
they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications
clear for a people who know.
12. And if they break their oaths after their agreement and
(openly) revile your religion, then fight the leaders of unbelief--
surely their oaths are nothing-- so that they may desist.
13. What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths
and aimed at the expulsion of the Apostle, and they attacked
you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you
should fear Him, if you are believers.
14. Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands and
bring them to disgrace, and assist you against them and heal the
hearts of a believing people.
15. And remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns
(mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
16. What! do you think that you will be left alone while Allah
has not yet known those of you who have struggled hard and
have not taken any one as an adherent besides Allah and His
Apostle and the believers; and Allah is aware of what you do.
17. The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of Allah
while bearing witness to unbelief against themselves, these it is
whose doings are null, and in the fire shall they abide.
18. Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in
Allah and the latter day, and keeps up prayer and pays the poor-rate
and fears none but Allah; so (as for) these, it may be that
they are of the followers of the right course.
19. What! do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of
drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Mosque like
him who believes in Allah and the latter day and strives hard in
Allah's way? They are not equal with Allah; and Allah does not
guide the unjust people.
20. Those who believed and fled (their homes), and strove
hard in Allah's way with their property and their souls, are much
higher in rank with Allah; and those are they who are the
achievers (of their objects).
21. Their Lord gives them good news of mercy from Himself
and (His) good pleasure and gardens, wherein lasting blessings
shall be theirs;
22. Abiding therein for ever; surely Allah has a Mighty reward
with Him.
23. O you who believe! do not take your fathers and your
brothers for guardians if they love unbelief more than belief; and
whoever of you takes them for a guardian, these it is that are the
unjust.
24. Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and
your mates and your kinsfolk and property which you have
acquired, and the slackness of trade which you fear and dwellings
which you like, are dearer to you than Allah and His Apostle
and striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings about His
command: and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
25. Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on
the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you vain, but
they availed you nothing and the earth became strait to you
notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.
26.
Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Apostle
and upon the believers, and sent down hosts which you did not
see, and chastised those who disbelieved, and that is the reward
of the unbelievers.
27. Then will Allah after this turn (mercifully) to whom He
pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
28. O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean,
so they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year;
and if you fear poverty then Allah will enrich you out of His
grace if He please; surely Allah is Knowing Wise.
29. Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter
day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have
prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who
have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment
of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
30. And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the
Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the
words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who
disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned
away!
31. They have taken their doctors of law and their monks for
lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah son of Marium and
they were enjoined that they should serve one God only, there is
no god but He; far from His glory be what they set up (with
Him).
32. They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths,
and Allah will not consent save to perfect His light, though the
unbelievers are averse.
33. He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the
religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all
religions, though the polytheists may be averse.
34. O you who believe! most surely many of the doctors of
law and the monks eat away the property of men falsely, and
turn (them) from Allah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up
gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, announce to
them a painful chastisement,
35. On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then
their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded
with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore
taste what you hoarded.
36. Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve months
in Allah's ordinance since the day when He created the heavens
and the earth, of these four being sacred; that is the right
reckoning; therefore be not unjust to yourselves regarding them,
and fight the polytheists all together as they fight you all together;
and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
37. Postponing (of the sacred month) is only an addition in
unbelief, wherewith those who disbelieve are led astray, violating
it one year and keeping it sacred another, that they may agree in
the number (of months) that Allah has made sacred, and thus
violate what Allah has made sacred; the evil of their doings is
made fairseeming to them; and Allah does not guide the unbelieving
people.
38. O you who believe! What (excuse) have you that when it is
said to you: Go forth in Allah's way, you should incline heavily
to earth; are you contented with this world's life instead of the
hereafter? But the provision of this world's life compared with
the hereafter is but little.
39. If you do not go forth, He will chastise you with a painful
chastisement and bring in your place a people other than you,
and you will do Him no harm; and Allah has power over all
things.
40. If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when
those who disbelieved expelled him, he being the second of the
two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his
companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent
down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts
which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who
disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah
is Mighty, Wise.
41. Go forth light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah's way
with your property and your persons; this is better for you, if
you know.
42. Had it been a near advantage and a short journey, they
would certainly have followed you, but the tedious journey was
too long for them; and they swear by Allah: If we had been able,
we would certainly have gone forth with you; they cause their
own souls to perish, and Allah knows that they are most surely
43. Allah pardon you! Why did you give them leave until
those who spoke the truth had become manifest to you and you
had known the liars?
44. They do not ask leave of you who believe in Allah and the
latter day (to stay away) from striving hard with their property
and their persons, and Allah knows those who guard (against
evil).
45. They only ask leave of you who do not believe in Allah
and the latter day and their hearts are in doubt, so in their doubt
do they waver.
46. And if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly
have provided equipment for it, but Allah did not like their
going forth, so He withheld them, and it was said (to them):
Hold back with those who hold back.
47. Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added
to you aught save corruption, and they would certainly have
hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among
you, and among you there are those who hearken for their sake;
and Allah knows the unjust.
48. Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before, and they
meditated plots against you until the truth came, and Allah's
commandment prevailed although they were averse (from it).
49. And among them there is he who says: Allow me and do
not try me. Surely into trial have they already tumbled down,
and most surely hell encompasses the unbelievers.
50. If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if hardship afflicts
you, they say: Indeed we had taken care of our affair before; and
they turn back and are glad.
51. Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained
for us; He is our.Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely.
52. Say: Do you await for us but one of two most excellent
things? And we await for you that Allah will afflict you with
punishment from Himself or by our hands. So wait; we too will
wait with you.
53. Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted
from you; surely you are a transgressing people.
54. And nothing hinders their spendings being accepted from
them, except that they disbelieve in Allah and in His Apostle and
they do not come to prayer but while they are sluggish, and they
do not spend but while they are unwilling.
55. Let not then their property and their children excite your
admiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this
world's life and (that) their souls may depart while they are
unbelievers.
56. And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you,
and they are not of you, but they are a people who are afraid (of
you).
57. If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into,
they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all
haste.
58. And of them there are those who blame you with respect
to the alms; so if they are given from it they are pleased, and if
they are not given from it, lo! they are full of rage.
59. And if they were content with what Allah and His Apostle
gave them, and had said: Allah is sufficient for us; Allah will
soon give us (more) out of His grace and His Apostle too; surely
to Allah do we make our petition.
60. Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials
(appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to
incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in
debts and in the way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance
from Allah; and Allah is knowing, Wise.
61. And there are some of them who molest the Prophet and
say: He is one who believes every thing that he hears; say: A
hearer of good for you (who) believes in Allah and believes the
faithful and a mercy for those of you who believe; and (as for)
those who molest the Apostle of Allah, they shall have a painful
punishment.
62. They swear to you by Allah that they might please you
and, Allah, as well as His Apostle, has a greater right that they
should please Him, if they are believers.
63. Do they not know that whoever acts in opposition to
Allah and His Apostle, he shall surely have the fire of hell to
abide in it? That is the grievous abasement.
64. The hypocrites fear lest a chapter should be sent down to
them telling them plainly of what is in their hearts. Say: Go on
mocking, surely Allah will bring forth what you fear.
65. And if you should question them, they would certainly
say: We were only idly discoursing and sporting. Say: Was it at
Allah and His communications and His Apostle that you mocked?
66. Do not make excuses; you have denied indeed after you
had believed; if We pardon a party of you, We will chastise
(another) party because they are guilty.
67. The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all
alike; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands;
they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely the
hypocrites are the transgressors.
68. Allah has promised the hypocritical men and the hypocritical
women and the unbelievers the fire of hell to abide
therein; it is enough for them; and Allah has cursed them and
they shall have lasting punishment.
69. Like those before you; they were stronger than you in
power and more abundant in wealth and children, so they enjoyed
their portion; thus have you enjoyed your portion as those
before you enjoyed their portion; and you entered into vain
discourses like the vain discourses in which entered those before
you. These are they whose works are null in this world and the
hereafter, and these are they who are the losers.
70. Has not the news of those before them come to them; of
the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood, and the people of
Ibrahim and the dwellers of Madyan and the overthrown cities;
their apostles came to them with clear arguments; so it was not
Allah Who should do them injustice, but they were unjust to
themselves.
71. And (as for) the believing men and the believing women,
they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid
evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah
and His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them;
surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
72. Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing
women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them,
and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of
all is Allah's goodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement.
73. O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell,
and evil is the destination.
74. They swear by Allah that they did not speak, and certainly
they did speak, the word of unbelief, and disbelieved after their
Islam, and they had determined upon what they have not been
able to effect, and they did not find fault except because Allah
and His Apostle enriched them out of His grace; therefore if they
repent, it will be good for them; and if they turn back, Allah will
chastise them with a painful chastisement in this world and the
hereafter, and they shall not have in the land any guardian or a
helper.
75. And there are those of them who made a covenant with
Allah: If He give us out of His grace, we will certainly give alms
and we will certainly be of the good.
76. But when He gave them out of His grace, they became
niggardly of it and they turned back and they withdrew.
77. So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into
their hearts till the day when they shall meet Him because they
failed to perform towards Allah what they had promised with
Him and because they told lies.
78. Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts
and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the great Knower of
the unseen things?
79. They who taunt those of the faithful who give their alms
freely, and those who give to the extent of their earnings and
scoff at them; Allah will pay them back their scoffing, and they
shall have a painful chastisement.
80. Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for
them; even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah
will not forgive them; this is because they disbelieve in Allah and
His Apostle, and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
81. Those who were left behind were glad on account of their
sitting behind Allah's Apostle and they were averse from striving
m Allah's way with their property and their persons, and said:
Do not go forth in the heat. Say: The fire of hell is much severe
in heat. Would that they understood (it).
82. Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a
recompense for what they earned.
83. Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them
and then they ask your permission to go forth, say: By no means
shall you ever go forth with me and by no means shall you fight
an enemy with me; surely you chose to sit the first time, therefore
sit (now) with those who remain behind.
84. And never offer prayer for any one of them who dies and
do not stand by his grave; surely they disbelieve in Allah and His
Apostle and they shall die in transgression.
85 And let not their property and their children excite your
admlration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this
world and (that) their souls may depart while they are
unbelievers
86. And whenever a chapter is revealed, saying: Believe in
Allah and strive hard along with His Apostle, those having
ampleness of means ask permission of you and say: Leave us
(behind), that we may be with those who sit.
87. They preferred to be with those who remained behind,
and a seal is set on their hearts so they do not understand.
88. But the Apostle and those who believe with him strive
hard with their property and their persons; and these it is who
shall have the good things and these it is who shall be
successful.
89. Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers
flow, to abide in them; that is the great achievement.
And the defaulters from among the dwellers of the desert
came that permission may be given to them and they sat (at
home) who lied to Allah and His Apostle; a painful chastisement
shall afflict those of them who disbelieved.
91. It shall be no crime in the weak, nor in the sick, nor in
those who do not find what they should spend (to stay behind),
so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Apostle; there is no
way (to blame) against the doers of good; and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful;
92. Nor in those who when they came to you that you might
carry them, you said: I cannot find that on which to carry you;
they went back while their eyes overflowed with tears on account
of grief for not finding that which they should spend.
93. The way (to blame) is only against those who ask permission
of you though they are rich; they have chosen to be with
those who remained behind, and Allah has set a seal upon their
hearts so they do not know.
94. They will excuse themselves to you when you go back to
them. Say: Urge no excuse, by no means will we believe you;
indeed Allah has informed us of matters relating to you; and
now Allah and His Apostle will see your doings, then you shall
be brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then
He will inform you of what you did.
95. They will swear to you by Allah when you return to them
so that you may turn aside from them; so do turn aside from
them; surely they are unclean and their abode is hell; a recompense
for what they earned.
96. They will swear to you that you may be pleased with
them; but if you are pleased with them, yet surely Allah is not
pleased with the transgressing people.
97. The dwellers of the desert are very hard in unbelief and
hypocrisy, and more disposed not to know the limits of what
Allah has revealed to His Apostle; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
98. And of the dwellers of the desert are those who take what
they spend to be a fine, and they wait (the befalling of) calamities
to you; on them (will be) the evil calamity; and Allah is Hearing,
Knowing.
99. And of the dwellers of the desert are those who believe in
Allah and the latter day and take what they spend to be (means
of) the nearness of Allah and the Apostle's prayers; surely it shall
be means of nearness for them; Allah will make them enter into
His mercy; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
100. And (as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and
the Ansars, and those who followed them in goodness, Allah is
well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him, and
He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flOw, to
abide in them for ever; that is the mighty achievement.
101. And from among those who are round about you of the
dwellers of the desert there are hypocrites, and from among the
people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in hypocrisy; you do
not know them; We know them; We will chastise them twice
then shall they be turned back to a grievous chastisement
102. And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled
a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them
(mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
103. Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them
and purify them thereby, and pray for them; surely your prayer
is a relief to them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
104. Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from
His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning
(to mercy), the Merciful?
105. And say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so will)
His Apostle and the believers; and you shall be brought back to
the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you
of what you did.
106. And others are made to await Allah's command, whether
He chastise them or whether He turn to them (mercifully), and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
107 And those who built a masjid to cause harm and for
unbelief and to cause disunion among the believers and an
ambush to him who made war against Allah and His Apostle
before; and they will certainly swear: We did not desire aught
but good; and Allah bears witness that they are most surely
liars.
108. Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety
from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand
in it; in it are men who love that they should be purified; and
Allah loves those who purify themselves.
109. Is he, therefore, better who lays his foundation on fear of
Allah and (His) good pleasure, or he who lays his foundation on
the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with him
into the fire of hell; and Allah does not guide the unjust
people.
110. The building which they have built will ever continue to
be a source of disquiet in their hearts, except that their hearts get
cut into pieces; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
111. Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons
and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they
fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which
is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran;
and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice
therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the
mighty achievement.
112. They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise
(Him), who fast, who bow down, who prostrate themselves, who
enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and who keep the
limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers.
113. It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that
they should ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they
should be near relatives, after it has become clear to them that
they are inmates of the flaming fire.
114. And Ibrahim asking forgiveness for his sire was only
owing to a promise which he had made to him; but when it
became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he declared
himself to be clear of him; most surely Ibrahim was very tender-hearted
forbearing.
115. It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a
people astray after He has guided them; He even makes clear to
them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows all
things.
116. Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the
earth; He brings to life and causes to die; and there is not for you
besides Allah any Guardian or Helper.
117. Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the Prophet
and those who fled (their homes) and the helpers who followed
him in the hour of straitness after the hearts of a part of them
were about to deviate, then He turned to them (mercifully);
surely to them He is Compassionate, Merciful.
118. And to the three who were left behind, until the earth
became strait to them notwithstanding its spaciousness and their
souls were also straitened to them; and they knew it for certain
that there was no refuge from Allah but in Him; then He turned
to them (mercifully) that they might turn (to Him); surely Allah
is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
119. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah
and be with the true ones.
120. It did not beseem the people of Medina and those round
about them of the dwellers of the desert to remain behind the
Apostle of Allah, nor should they desire (anything) for themselves
in preference to him; this is because there afflicts them not
thirst or fatigue or hunger in Allah's way, nor do they tread a
path which enrages the unbelievers, nor do they attain from the
enemy what they attain, but a good work is written down to
them on account of it; surely Allah does not waste the reward of
the doers of good;
121. Nor do they spend anything that may be spent, small or
great, nor do they traverse a valley, but it is written down to their
credit, that Allah may reward them with the best of what they
have done.
122. And it does not beseem the believers that they should go
forth all together; why should not then a company from every
party from among them go forth that they may apply themselves
to obtain understanding in religion, and that they may warn
their people when they come back to them that they may be
cautious?
123. O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are
near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that
Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
124. And whenever a chapter is revealed, there are some of
them who say: Which of you has it strengthened in faith? Then
as for those who believe, it strengthens them in faith and they
rejoice.
125. And as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it adds
uncleanness to their uncleanness and they die while they are
unbelievers.
126. Do they not see that they are tried once or twice in every
year, yet they do not turn (to Allah) nor do they mind.
127. And whenever a chapter is revealed, they cast glances at
one another: Does any one see you? Then they turn away: Allah
has turned away their hearts because they are a people who do
not understand.
128. Certainly an Apostle has come to you from among yourselves;
grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively
solicitous respecting you; to the believers (he is)
compassionate,
129. But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me,
there is no god but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of
mighty power.
* Yunus *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book.
2. What! is it a wonder to the people that We revealed to a
man from among themselves, saying: Warn the people and give
good news to those who believe that theirs is a footing of
firmness with their Lord. The unbelievers say: This is most
surely a manifest enchanter.
3. Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and
the earth in six periods, and He is firm in power, regulating the
affair, there is no intercessor except aher His permission; this is
Allah, your Lord, therefore serve Him; will you not then mind?
4. To Him is your return, of all (of you); the promise of Allah
(made) in truth; surely He begins the creation in the first mstance,
then He reproduces it, that He may with justice recompense
those who believe and do good; and (as for) those who
disbelieve, they shall have a drink of hot water and painful
punishment because they disbelieved.
5. He it is Who made the sun a shining brightness and the
moon a light, and ordained for it mansions that you might know
the computation of years and the reckoning. Allah did not create
it but with truth; He makes the signs manifest for a people who
6. Most surely in the variation of the night and the day, and
what Allah has created in the heavens and the earth, there are
signs for a people who guard (against evil).
7. Surely those who do not hope in Our meeting and are
pleased with this world's life and are content with it, and those
who are heedless of Our communications:
8. (As for) those, their abode is the fire because of what they
earned.
9. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, their Lord
will guide them by their faith; there shall flOw from beneath
them rivers in gardens of bliss.
10. Their cry in it shall be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and their
greeting in it shall be: Peace; and the last of their cry shall be:
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
11. And if Allah should hasten the evil to men as they desire
the hastening on of good, their doom should certainly have been
decreed for them; but We leave those alone who hope not for
Our meeting in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
12. And when affliction touches a man, he calls on Us, whether
lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove his
affliction from him, he passes on as though he had never called
on Us on account of an affliction that touched him; thus that
which they do is made fair-seeming to the extravagant.
13. And certainly We did destroy generations before you
when they were unjust, and their apostles had come to them with
clear arguments, and they would not believe; thus do We recompense
the guilty people.
14. Then We made you successors in the land after them so
that We may see how you act.
15. And when Our clear communications are recited to them,
those who hope not for Our meeting say: Bring a Quran other
than this or change it. Say: It does not beseem me that I should
change it of myself; I follow naught but what is revealed to me;
surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a mighty
day.
16. Say: If Allah had desired (otherwise) I would not have
recited it to you, nor would He have taught it to you; indeed I
have lived a lifetime among you before it; do you not then
understand?
17. Who is then more unjust than who forges a lie against
Allah or (who) gives the lie to His communications? Surely the
guilty shall not be successful.
18. And they serve beside Allah what can neither harm them
nor profit them, and they say: These are our intercessors with
Allah. Say: Do you (presume to) inform Allah of what He
knows not in the heavens and the earth? Glory be to Him, and
supremely exalted is He above what they set up (with Him).
19. And people are naught but a single nation, so they disagree;
and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord,
the matter would have certainly been decided between them in
respect of that concerning which they disagree.
20. And they say: Why is not a sign sent to him from his
Lord? Say: The unseen is only for Allah; therefore wait-- surely I
too, with you am of those who wait.
21. And when We make people taste of mercy after an affliction
touches them, lo ! they devise plans against Our communication.
Say: Allah is quicker to plan; surely Our messengers write
down what you plan.
22. He it is Who makes you travel by land and sea; until when
you are in the ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant
breeze, and they rejoice, a violent wind overtakes them and the
billows surge in on them from all sides, and they become certain
that they are encompassed about, they pray to Allah, being
sincere to Him in obedience: If Thou dost deliver us from this,
we will most certainly be of the grateful ones.
23. But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious
in the earth. O men! your rebellion is against your own
souls-- provision (only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be
your return, so We will inform you of what you did.
24. The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We
send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of
which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when
the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished,
and its people think that they have power over it, Our command
comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed;
produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus
do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect.
25. And Allah invites to the abode of peace and guides whom
He pleases into the right path.
26. For those who do good is good (reward) and more (than
this); and blackness or ignominy shall not cover their faces; these
are the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.
27. And (as for) those who have earned evil, the punishment
of an evil is the like of it, and abasement shall come upon them--
they shall have none to protect them from Allah-- as if their
faces had been covered with slices of the dense darkness of night;
these are the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide.
28. And on the day when We will gather them all together,
then We will say to those who associated others (with Allah):
Keep where you are, you and your associates; then We shall
separate them widely one from another and their associates
would say: It was not us that you served:
29. Therefore Allah is sufficient as a witness between us and
you that we were quite unaware of your serving (us).
30. There shall every soul become acquainted with what it
sent before, and they shall be brought back to Allah, their true
Patron, and what they devised shall escape from them.
31. Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the
earth? Or Who controls the hearing and the sight? And Who
brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead
from the living? And Who regulates the affairs? Then they will
say: Allah. Say then: Will you not then guard (against evil)?
32. This then is Allah, your true Lord; and what is there after
the truth but error; how are you then turned back?
33. Thus does the word of your Lord prove true against those
who transgress that they do not believe.
34. Say: Is there any one among your associates who can
bring into existence the creation in the first instance, then reproduce
it? Say: Allah brings the creation into existence, then He
reproduces it; how are you then turned away?
35. Say: Is there any of your associates who guides to the
truth? Say: Allah guides to the truth. Is He then Who guides to
the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who himself does
not go aright unless he is guided? What then is the matter with
you; how do you judge?
36. And most of them do not follow (anything) but conjecture;
surely conjecture will not avail aught against the truth;
surely Allah is cognizant of what they do.
37. And this Quran is not such as could be forged by those
besides Allah, but it is a verification of that which is before it and
a clear explanation of the book, there is no doubt in it, from the
Lord of the worlds.
38. Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: Then bring a
chapter like this and invite whom you can besides Allah, if you
are truthful.
39. Nay, they reject that of which they have no comprehensive
knowledge, and the final sequel of it has not yet come to them;
even thus did those before them reject (the truth); see then what
was the end of the unjust.
40. And of them is he who believes in it, and of them is he
who does not believe in it, and your Lord best knows the
mischief-makers.
41. And if they call you a liar, say: My work is for me and
your work for you; you are clear of what I do and I am clear of
what you do.
42. And there are those of them who hear you, but can you
make the deaf to hear though they will not understand?
43. And there are those of them who look at you, but can you
show the way to the blind though they will not see?
44. Surely Allah does not do any injustice to men, but men
are unjust to themselves.
45. And on the day when He will gather them as though they
had not stayed but an hour of the day, they will know each
other. They will perish indeed who called the meeting with Allah
to be a lie, and they are not followers of the right direction.
46. And if We show you something of what We threaten them
with, or cause you to die, yet to Us is their return, and Allah is
the bearer of witness to what they do.
47. And every nation had an apostle; so when their apostle
came, the matter was decided between them with justice and they
shall not be dealt with unjustly.
48. And they say: When will this threat come about, if you are
truthful?
49. Say: I do not control for myself any harm, or any benefit
except what Allah pleases; every nation has a term; when their
term comes, they shall not then remain behind for an hour, nor
can they go before (their time).
50. Say: Tell me if His punishment overtakes you by night or
by day! what then is there of it that the guilty would hasten on?
51. And when it comes to pass, will you believe in it? What!
now (you believe), and already you wished to have it hastened on.
52. Then it shall be said to those who were unjust: Taste
abiding chastisement; you are not requited except for what you
earned.
53. And they ask you: Is that true? Say: Aye! by my Lord! it is
most surely the truth, and you will not escape.
54. And if every soul that has done injustice had all that is in
the earth, it would offer it for ransom, and they will manifest
regret when they see the chastisement and the matter shall be
decided between them with justice and they shall not be dealt
with unjustly.
55. Now surely Allah's is what is in the heavens and the earth;
now surely Allah's promise is true, but most of them do not
know.
56. He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be
brought back.
57. O men! there has come to you indeed an admonition from
your Lord and a healing for what is in the breasts and a guidance
and a mercy for the believers.
58. Say: In the grace of Allah and in His mercy-- in that they
should rejoice; it is better than that which they gather.
59. Say: Tell me what Allah has sent down for you of sustenance,
then you make (a part) of it unlawful and (a part)
lawful. Say: Has Allah commanded you, or do you forge a lie
against Allah?
60. And what will be the thought of those who forge lies
against Allah on the day of resurrection? Most surely Allah is
the Lord of grace towards men, but most of them do not give
thanks.
61. And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite
concerning it any portion of the Quran, nor do you do any work
but We are witnesses over you when you enter into it, and there
does not lie concealed from your Lord the weight of an atom in
the earth or in the heaven, nor any thing less than that nor
greater, but it is in a clear book.
62. Now surely the friends of Allah-- they shall have no fear
nor shall they grieve.
63. Those who believe and guarded (against evil):
64. They shall have good news in this world's life and in the
hereafter; there is no changing the words of Allah; that is the
mighty achievement.
65. And let not their speech grieve you; surely might is wholly
Allah's; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
66. Now, surely, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in
the earth is Allah's; and they do not (really) follow any associates,
who call on others besides Allah; they do not follow
(anything) but conjectures, and they only lie.
67. He it is Who made for you the night that you might rest in
it, and the day giving light; most surely there are signs in it for a
people who would hear.
68. They say: Allah has taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be to
Him: He is the Self-sufficient: His is what is in the heavens and
what is in the earth; you have no authority for this; do you say
against Allah what you do not know?
69. Say: Those who forge a lie against Allah shall not be
successful.
70. (It is only) a provision in this world, then to Us shall be
their return; then We shall make them taste severe punishment
because they disbelieved.
71. And recite to them the story of Nuh when he said to his
people: O my people! if my stay and my reminding (you) by the
communications of Allah is hard on you-- yet on Allah do I
rely-- then resolve upon your affair and (gather) your associates,
then let not your affair remain dubious to you, then have it
executed against me and give me no respite:
72. But if you turn back, I did not ask for any reward from
you; my reward is only with Allah, and I am commanded that I
should be of those who submit.
73. But they rejected him, so We delivered him and those with
him in the ark, and We made them rulers and drowned those
who rejected Our communications; see then what was the end of
the (people) warned.
74. Then did We raise up after him apostles to their people, so
they came to them with clear arguments, but they would not
believe in what they had rejected before; thus it is that We set
seals upon the hearts of those who exceed the limits.
75. Then did We send up after them Musa and Haroun to
Firon and his chiefs with Our signs, but they showed pride and
they were a guilty people.
76. So when the truth came to them from Us they said: This is
most surely clear enchantment!
77. Musa said: Do you say (this) of the truth when it has come
to you? Is it magic? And the magicians are not successful.
78. They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from
what we found our fathers upon, and (that) greatness in the land
should be for you two? And we are not going to believe in you.
79. And Firon said: Bring to me every skillful magician.
80. And when the magicians came, Musa said to them: Cast
down what you have to cast.
81. So when they cast down, Musa said to them: What you
have brought is deception; surely Allah will make it naught;
surely Allah does not make the work of mischief-makers to
thrive.
82. And Allah will show the truth to be the truth by His
words, though the guilty may be averse (to it).
83. But none believed in Musa except the offspring of his
people, on account of the fear of Firon and their chiefs, lest he
should persecute them; and most surely Firon was lofty in the
land; and most surely he was of the extravagant.
84. And Musa said: O my people! if you believe in Allah, then
rely on Him (alone) if you submit (to Allah).
85. So they said: On Allah we rely: O our Lord! make us not
subject to the persecution of the unjust people:
86. And do Thou deliver us by Thy mercy from the unbelieving
people.
87. And We revealed to Musa and his brother, saying: Take
for your people houses to abide in Egypt and make your houses
places of worship and keep up prayer and give good news to the
believers.
88. And Musa said: Our Lord! surely Thou hast given to
Firon and his chiefs finery and riches in this world's life, to this
end, our Lord, that they lead (people) astray from Thy way: Our
Lord! destroy their riches and harden their hearts so that they
believe not until they see the painful punishment.
89. He said: The prayer of you both has indeed been accepted,
therefore continue in the right way and do not follow the path of
those who do not know.
90. And We made the children of Israel to pass through the
sea, then Firon and his hosts followed them for oppression and
tyranny; until when drowning overtook him, he said: I believe
that there is no god but He in Whom the children of Israel
believe and I am of those who submit.
91. What! now! and indeed you disobeyed before and you
were of the mischief-makers.
92. But We will this day deliver you with your body that you
may be a sign to those after you, and most surely the majority of
the people are heedless to Our communications.
93. And certainly We lodged the children of Israel in a goodly
abode and We provided them with good things; but they did not
disagree until the knowledge had come to them; surely your
Lord will judge between them on the resurrection day concerning
that in which they disagreed.
94. But if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to
you, ask those who read the Book before you; certainly the truth
has come to you from your Lord, therefore you should not be of
the disputers.
95. And you should not be of those who reject the communications
of Allah, (for) then you should be one of the losers.
96. Surely those against whom the word of your Lord has
proved true will not believe,
97. Though every sign should come to them, until they witness
the painful chastisement.
98. And wherefore was there not a town which should believe
so that their belief should have profited them but the people of
Yunus? When they believed, We removed from them the chastisement
of disgrace in this world's life and We gave them provision
till a time.
99. And if your Lord had pleased, surely all those who are in
the earth would have believed, all of them; will you then force
men till they become believers?
100. And it is not for a soul to believe except by Allah's
permission; and He casts uncleanness on those who will not
understand.
101. Say: Consider what is it that is in the heavens and the
earth; and signs and warners do not avail a people who would
not believe.
102. What do they wait for then but the like of the days of
those who passed away before them? Say: Wait then; surely I too
am with you of those who wait.
103. Then We deliver Our apostles and those who believe--
even so (now), it is binding on Us (that) We deliver the
believers.
104. Say: O people! if you are in doubt as to my religion, then
(know that) I do not serve those whom you serve besides Allah
but I do serve Allah, Who will cause you to die, and I am
commanded that I should be of the believers.
105. And that you should keep your course towards the religion
uprightly; and you should not be of the polytheists.
106. And do not call besides Allah on that which can neither
benefit you nor harm you, for if you do then surely you will in
that case be of the unjust.
107. And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is
none to remove it but He; and if He intends good to you there is
none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His
servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
108. Say: O people! indeed there has come to you the truth
from your Lord, therefore whoever goes aright, he goes aright
only for the good of his own soul, and whoever goes astray, he
goes astray only to the detriment of it, and I am not a custodian
over you.
109. And follow what is revealed to you and be patient till
Allah should give judgment, and He is the best of the judges.
* Hud *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Ra (This is) a Book, whose verses are made
decisive, then are they made plain, from the Wise,
All-aware:
2. That you shall not serve (any) but Allah; surely I am a
warner for you from Him and a giver of good news,
3. And you that ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to
Him; He will provide you with a goodly provision to an
appointed term and bestow His grace on every one endowed
with grace, and if you turn back, then surely I fear for you
the chastisement of a great day.
4. To Allah is your return, and He has power over all
things.
S. Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may
conceal (their enmity) from Him; now surely, when they use
their garments as a covering, He knows what they conceal and
what they make public; surely He knows what is in the
breasts.
6. And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is the
sustenance of it, and He knows its resting place and its
depository all (things) are in a manifest book.
7. And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six
periods-- and His dominion (extends) on the water-- that He
might manifest to you, which of you is best in action, and
if you say, surely you shall be raised up after death, those
who disbelieve would certainly say: This is nothing but
clear magic.
8. And if We hold back from them the punishment until a
stated period of time, they will certainly say: What
prevents it? Now surely on the day when it will come to
them, it shall not be averted from them and that which they
scoffed at shall beset them.
9. And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it off
from him, most surely he is despairing, ungrateful.
10. And if We make him taste a favor after distress has
afflicted him, he will certainly say: The evils are gone
away from me. Most surely he is exulting, boasting;
11. Except those who are patient and do good, they shall
have forgiveness and a great reward.
12. Then, it may be that you will give up part of what is
revealed to you and your breast will become straitened by it
because they say: Why has not a treasure been sent down upon
him or an angel come with him? You are only a warner; and
Allah is custodian over all things.
13. Or, do they say: He has forged it. Say: Then bring ten
forged chapters like it and call upon whom you can besides
Allah, if you are truthful.
14. But if they do not answer you, then know that it is
revealed by Allah's knowledge and that there is no god but
He; will you then submit?
15. Whoever desires this world's life and its finery, We
will pay them in full their deeds therein, and they shall
not be made to. suffer loss in respect of them.
16. These are they for whom there is nothing but fire in the
hereafter, and what they wrought in it shall go for nothing,
and vain is what they do.
17. Is he then who has with him clear proof from his Lord,
and a witness from Him recites it and before it (is) the
Book of Musa, a guide and a mercy? These believe in it; and
whoever of the (different) parties disbelieves in it, surely
it is the truth from your Lord, but most men do not believe.
18. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against
Allah? These shall be brought before their Lord, and the
witnesses shall say: These are they who lied against their
Lord. Now surely the curse of Allah is on the unjust.
19. Who turn away from the path of Allah and desire to make
it crooked; and they are disbelievers in the hereafter.
20. These shall not escape in the earth, nor shall they have
any guardians besides Allah; the punishment shall be doubled
for them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.
21. These are they who have lost their souls, and what they
forged is gone from them.
22. Truly in the hereafter they are the greatest losers.
23. Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble
themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of the
garden, in it they will abide.
24. The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the
deaf and the seeing and the hearing: are they equal in
condition? Will you not then mind?
25. And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a
plain warner for you:
26. That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear
for you the punishment of a painful day.
27. But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his
people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like
ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those
who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see
in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars.
28. He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear
proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself
and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you
to (accept) it while you are averse from it?
29. And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for
it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive
away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord,
but I consider you a people who are ignorant:
30. And, O my people! who will help me against Allah if I
drive them away? Will you not then mind?
31. And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of
Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am
an angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in
mean estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any)
good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most
surely I should be of the unjust.
32. They said: O Nuh! indeed you have disputed with us and
lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what you
threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.
33. He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please,
and you will not escape:
34. And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will
not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave you to
go astray; He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be
returned.
35. Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged
it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of which you
are guilty.
36. And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people
will believe except those who have already believed,
therefore do not grieve at what they do:
37. And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our
revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who
are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.
38. And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs
from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He
said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you
laugh (at us).
39. So shall you know who it is on whom will come a
chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will
lasting chastisement come down.
40. Until when Our command came and water came forth from
the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair,
and your own family-- except those against whom the word has
already gone forth, and those who believe. And there
believed not with him but a few.
41. And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its
sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving,
Merciful.
42. And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and
Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son!
embark with us and be not with the unbelievers.
43. He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain
that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no
protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has
mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the
drowned.
44. And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O
cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate and the
affair was decided, and the ark rested on the Judi, and it
was said: Away with the unjust people.
45. And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! surely
my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely true, and
Thou art the most just of the judges.
46. He said: O Nuh! surely he is not of your family; surely
he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not
of Me that of which you have no knowledge; surely I admonish
you lest you may be of the ignorant
47. He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee
that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not
forgive me and have mercy on me, I should be of the losers.
48. It was said: O Nuh! descend with peace from Us and
blessings on you and on the people from among those who are
with you, and there shall be nations whom We will afford
provisions, then a painful punishment from Us shall afflict
them.
49. These are announcements relating to the unseen which We
reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your
people-- before this; therefore be patient; surely the end is
for those who guard (against evil).
50. And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He; you are
nothing but forgers (of lies).
51. O my people! I do not ask of you any reward for it; my
reward is only with Him Who created me; do you not then
understand?
52. And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord, then
turn to Him; He will send on you clouds pouring down
abundance of rain and add strength to your strength, and do
not turn back guilty.
53. They said: O Hud! you have not brought to us any clear
argument and we are not going to desert our gods for your
word, and we are not believers in you:
54. We cannot say aught but that some of our gods have
smitten you with evil. He said: Surely I call Allah to
witness, and do you bear witness too, that I am clear of
what you associate (with Allah).
SS. Besides Him, therefore scheme against me all together;
then give me no respite:
56. Surely I rely on Allah, my Lord and your Lord; there is
no living creature but He holds it by its forelock; surely
my Lord is on the right path.
57. But if you turn back, then indeed I have delivered to
you the message with which I have been sent to you, and my
Lord will bring another people in your place, and you cannot
do Him any harm; surely my Lord is the Preserver of all
things.
58. And when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Hud and
those who believed with him with mercy from Us, and We
delivered them from a hard chastisement.
59. And this was Ad; they denied the communications of their
Lord, and disobeyed His apostles and followed the bidding of
every insolent opposer (of truth).
60. And they were overtaken by curse in this world and on
the resurrection day; now surely Ad disbelieved in their
Lord; now surely, away with Ad, the people of Hud.
61. And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He; He
brought you into being from the earth, and made you dwell in
it, therefore ask forgiveness of Him, then turn to Him;
surely my Lord is Nigh, Answering.
62. They said: O Salih! surely you were one amongst us in
whom great expectations were placed before this; do you
(now) forbid us from worshipping what our fathers
worshipped? And as to that which you call us to, most surely
we are in disquieting doubt.
63. He said: O my people! tell me if I have clear proof from
my Lord and He has granted to me mercy from Himself-- who will
then help me against Allah if I disobey Him? Therefore you
do not add to me other than loss:
64. And, O my people! this will be (as) Allah's she-camel
for you, a sign; therefore leave her to pasture on Allah's
earth and do not touch her with evil, for then a near
chastisement will overtake you.
65. But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your
abode for three days, that is a promise not to be belied.
66. So when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Salih and
those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and (We saved
them) from the disgrace of that day; surely your Lord is the
Strong, the Mighty.
67. And the rumbling overtook those who were unjust, so they
became motionless bodies in their abodes,
68. As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely did
Samood disbelieve in their Lord; now surely, away with
Samood.
69. And certainly Our messengers came to Ibrahim with good
news. They said: Peace. Peace, said he, and he made no delay
in bringing a roasted calf.
70. But when he saw that their hands were not extended
towards it, he deemed them strange and conceived fear of
them. . They said: Fear not, surely we are sent to Lut's
people.
71. And his wife was standing (by), so she laughed, then We
gave her the good news of Ishaq and after Ishaq of (a son's
son) Yaqoub.
72. She said: O wonder! shall I bear a son when I am an
extremely old woman and this my husband an extremely old
man? Most surely this is a wonderful thing.
73. They said: Do you wonder at Allah's bidding? The mercy
of Allah and His blessings are on you, O people of the
house, surely He is Praised, Glorious.
74. So when fear had gone away from Ibrahim and good news
came to him, he began to plead with Us for Lut's people.
75. Most surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted,
oft-returning (to Allah):
76. O Ibrahim! leave off this, surely the decree of your
Lord has come to pass, and surely there must come to them a
chastisement that cannot be averted.
77. And when Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved for
them, and he lacked strength to protect them, and said: This
is a hard day.
78. And his people came to him, (as if) rushed on towards
him, and already they did evil deeds. He said: O my people!
these are my daughters-- they are purer for you, so guard
against (the punishment of) Allah and do not disgrace me
with regard to my guests; is there not among you one
right-minded man?
79. They said: Certainly you know that we have no claim on
your daughters, and most surely you know what we desire.
80. He said: Ah! that I had power to suppress you, rather I
shall have recourse to a strong support.
81. They said: O Lut! we are the messengers of your Lord;
they shall by no means reach you; so remove your followers
in a part of the night-- and let none of you turn back-- except
your wife, for surely whatsoever befalls them shall befall
her; surely their appointed time is the morning; is not the
morning nigh?
82. So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside
down and rained down upon them stones, of what had been
decreed, one after another.
83. Marked (for punishment) with your Lord and it is not far
off from the unjust.
84. And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said:
O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He, and
do not give short measure and weight: surely I see you in
prosperity and surely I fear for you the punishment of an
all-encompassing day.
85. And, O my people! give full measure and weight fairly,
and defraud not men their things, and do not act corruptly
in the land, making mischief:
86. What remains with Allah is better for you if you are
believers, and I am not a keeper over you.
87. They said: O Shu'aib! does your prayer enjoin you that
we should forsake what our fathers worshipped or that we
should not do what we please with regard to our property?
Forsooth you are the forbearing, the right-directing one.
88. He said: O my people! have you considered if I have a
clear proof from my Lord and He has given me a goodly
sustenance from Himself, and I do not desire that in
opposition to you I should betake myself to that which I
forbid you: I desire nothing but reform so far as I am able,
and with none but Allah is the direction of my affair to a
right issue; on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn:
89. And, O my people! let not opposition to me make you
guilty so that there may befall you the like of what befell
the people of Nuh, or the people of Hud, or the people of
Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you;
90. And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him;
surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving-kind.
91. They said: O Shu'aib! we do not understand much of what
you say and most surely we see you to be weak among us, and
were it not for your family we would surely stone you, and
you are not mighty against us.
92. He said: O my people! is my family more esteemed by you
than Allah? And you neglect Him as a thing cast behind your
back; surely my Lord encompasses what you do:
93. And, O my people! act according to your ability, I too
am acting; you will come to know soon who it is on whom will
light the punishment that will disgrace him and who it is
that is a liar, and watch, surely I too am watching with
you.
94. And when Our decree came to pass We delivered Shu'aib,
and those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and the
rumbling overtook those who were unjust so they became
motionless bodies in their abodes,
95. As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely
perdition overtook Madyan as had perished Samood.
96. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and a
clear authority,
97. To Firon and his chiefs, but they followed the bidding
of Firon, and Firon's bidding was not right-directing.
98. He shall lead his people on the resurrection day, and
bring them down to the fire; and evil the place to which
they are brought.
99. And they are overtaken by curse in this (world), and on
the resurrection day, evil the gift which shall be given.
100. This is an account of (the fate of) the towns which We
relate to you; of them are some that stand and (others) mown
down.
101. And We did not do them injustice, but they were unjust
to themselves, so their gods whom they called upon besides
Allah did not avail them aught when the decree of your Lord
came to pass; and they added but to their ruin.
102. And such is the punishment of your Lord when He
punishes the towns while they are unjust; surely His
punishment is painful, severe.
103. Most surely there is a sign in this for him who fears
the chastisement of the hereafter; this is a day on which
the people shall be gathered together and this is a day that
shall be witnessed.
104. And We do not delay it but to an appointed term.
105. On the day when it shall come, no soul shall speak
except with His permission, then (some) of them shall be
unhappy and (others) happy.
106. So as to those who are unhappy, they shall be in the
fire; for them shall be sighing and groaning in it:
107. Abiding therein so long as the heavens and the earth
endure, except as your Lord please; surely your Lord is the
mighty doer of what He intends.
108. And as to those who are made happy, they shall be in
the garden, abiding in it as long as the heavens and the
earth endure, except as your Lord please; a gift which shall
never be cut off.
109. Therefore be not in doubt as to what these worship;
they do not worship but as their fathers worshipped before;
and most surely We will pay them back in full their portion
undiminished.
110. And certainly We gave the book to Musa, but it was gone
against; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord, the
matter would surely have been decided between them; and
surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.
111. And your Lord will most surely pay back to all their
deeds in full; surely He is aware of what they do.
112. Continue then in the right way as you are commanded, as
also he who has turned (to Allah) with you, and be not
inordinate (O men!), surely He sees what you do.
113. And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest the
fire touch you, and you have no guardians besides Allah,
then you shall not be helped.
114. And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in
the first hours of the night; surely good deeds take away
evil deeds this is a reminder to the mindful.
115. And be patient, for surely Allah does not waste the
reward of the good-doers.
116. But why were there not among the generations before you
those possessing understanding, who should have forbidden
the making of mischief in the earth, except a few of those
whom We delivered from among them? And those who were unjust
went after what they are made to enjoy of plenty, and they
were guilty.
117. And it did not beseem your Lord to have destroyed the
towns tyrannously, while their people acted well.
118. And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly have
made people a single nation, and they shall continue to
differ.
119. Except those on whom your Lord has mercy; and for this
did He create them; and the word of your Lord is fulfilled:
Certainly I will fill hell with the jinn and the men, all
together.
120. And all we relate to you of the accounts of the
apostles is to strengthen your heart therewith; and in this
has come to you the truth and an admonition, and a reminder
to the believers.
121. And say to those who do not believe: Act according to
your state; surely we too are acting.
122. And wait; surely we are waiting also.
123. And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the earth,
and to Him is returned the whole of the affair; therefore
serve Him and rely on Him, and your Lord is not heedless of
what you do.
* Yusuf *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book that makes
(things) manifest.
2. Surely We have revealed it-- an Arabic Quran-- that you may
understand.
3. We narrate to you the best of narratives, by Our
revealing to you this Quran, though before this you were
certainly one of those who did not know.
4. When Yusuf said to his father: O my father! surely I saw
eleven stars and the sun and the moon-- I saw them making
obeisance to me.
5. He said: O my son! do not relate your vision to your
brothers, lest they devise a plan against you; surely the
Shaitan is an open enemy to man.
6. And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the
interpretation of sayings and make His favor complete to you
and to the children of Yaqoub, as He made it complete before
to your fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq; surely your Lord is
Knowing, Wise.
7. Certainly in Yusuf and his brothers there are signs for
the inquirers.
8. When they said: Certainly Yusuf and his brother are
dearer to our father than we, though we are a (stronger)
company; most surely our father is in manifest error:
9. Slay Yusuf or cast him (forth) into some land, so that
your father's regard may be exclusively for you, and after
that you may be a righteous people.
10. A speaker from among them said: Do not slay Yusuf, and
cast him down into the bottom of the pit if you must do
(it), (so that) some of the travellers may pick him up.
11. They said: O our father! what reason have you that you
do not trust in us with respect to Yusuf? And most surely we
are his sincere well-wishers:
12. Send him with us tomorrow that he may enjoy himself and
sport, and surely we will guard him well.
13. He said: Surely it grieves me that you should take him
off, and I fear lest the wolf devour him while you are
heedless of him.
14. They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him
notwithstanding that we are a (strong) company, we should
then certainly be losers.
15. So when they had gone off with him and agreed that they
should put him down at the bottom of the pit, and We
revealed to him: You will most certainly inform them of this
their affair while they do not perceive.
16. And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping.
17. They said: O our father! surely we went off racing and
left Yusuf by our goods, so the wolf devoured him, and you
will not believe us though we are truthful.
18. And they brought his shirt with false blood upon it. He
said: Nay, your souls have made the matter light for you,
but patience is good and Allah is He Whose help is sought
for against what you describe.
19. And there came travellers and they sent their
water-drawer and he let down his bucket. He said: O good
news! this is a youth; and they concealed him as an article
of merchandise, and Allah knew what they did.
20. And they sold him for a small price, a few pieces of
silver, and they showed no desire for him.
21. And the Egyptian who bought him said to his wife: Give
him an honorable abode, maybe he will be useful to us, or we
may adopt him as a son. And thus did We establish Yusuf in
the land and that We might teach him the interpretation of
sayings; and Allah is the master of His affair, but most
people do not know.
22. And when he had attained his maturity, We gave him
wisdom and knowledge: and thus do We reward those who do
good.
23. And she in whose house he was sought to make himself
yield (to her), and she made fast the doors and said: Come
forward. He said: I seek Allah's refuge, surely my Lord made
good my abode: Surely the unjust do not prosper.
24. And certainly she made for him, and he would have made
for her, were it not that he had seen the manifest evidence
of his Lord; thus (it was) that We might turn away from him
evil and indecency, surely he was one of Our sincere
servants.
25. And they both hastened to the door, and she rent his
shirt from behind and they met her husband at the door. She
said: What is the punishment of him who intends evil to your
wife except imprisonment or a painful chastisement?
26. He said: She sought to make me yield (to her); and a
witness of her own family bore witness: If his shirt is rent
from front, she speaks the truth and he is one of the liars:
27. And if his shirt is rent from behind, she tells a lie
and he is one of the truthful.
28. So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said:
Surely it is a guile of you women; surely your guile is
great:
29. O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask
forgiveness for your fault, surely you are one of the
wrong-doers.
30. And women in the city said: The chiefs wife seeks her
slave to yield himself (to her), surely he has affected her
deeply with (his) love; most surely we see her in manifest
error.
31. So when she heard of their sly talk she sent for them
and prepared for them a repast, and gave each of them a
knife, and said (to Yusuf): Come forth to them. So when they
saw him, they deemed him great, and cut their hands (in
amazement), and said: Remote is Allah (from inperfection);
this is not a mortal; this is but a noble angel.
32. She said: This is he with respect to whom you blamed me,
and certainly I sought his yielding himself (to me), but he
abstained, and if he does not do what I bid him, he shall
certainly be imprisoned, and he shall certainly be of those
who are in a state of ignominy.
33. He said: My Lord! the prison house is dearer to me than
that to which they invite me; and if Thou turn not away
their device from me, I will yearn towards them and become
(one) of the ignorant.
34. Thereupon his Lord accepted his prayer and turned away
their guile from him; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
35. Then it occurred to them after they had seen the signs
that they should imprison him till a time.
36. And two youths entered the prison with him. One of them
said: I saw myself pressing wine. And the other said: I saw
myself carrying bread on my head, of which birds ate. Inform
us of its interpretation; surely we see you to be of the
doers of good.
37. He said: There shall not come to you the food with which
you are fed, but I will inform you both of its
interpretation before it comes to you; this is of what my
Lord has taught me; surely I have forsaken the religion of a
people who do not believe in Allah, and they are deniers of
the hereafter:
38. And I follow the religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and
Ishaq and Yaqoub; it beseems us not that we should associate
aught with Allah; this is by Allah's grace upon us and on
mankind, but most people do not give thanks:
39. O my two mates of the prison! are sundry lords better or
Allah the One, the Supreme?
40. You do not serve besides Him but names which you have
named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent down any
authority for them; judgment is only Allah's; He has
commanded that you shall not serve aught but Him; this is
the right religion but most people do not know:
41. O my two mates of the prison! as for one of you, he
shall give his lord to drink wine; and as for the other, he
shall be crucified, so that the birds shall eat from his
head, the matter is decreed concerning which you inquired.
42. And he said to him whom he knew would be delivered of
the two: Remember me with your lord; but the Shaitan caused
him to forget mentioning (it) to his lord, so he remained in
the prison a few years.
43. And the king said: Surely I see seven fat kine which
seven lean ones devoured; and seven green ears and (seven)
others dry: O chiefs! explain to me my dream, if you can
interpret the dream.
44. They said: Confused dreams, and we do not know.the
interpretation of dreams.
45. And of the two (prisoners) he who had found deliverance
and remembered after a long time said: I will inform you of
its interpretation, so let me go:
46. Yusuf! O truthful one! explain to us seven fat kine
which seven lean ones devoured, and seven green ears and
(seven) others dry, that I may go back to the people so that
they may know.
47. He said: You shall sow for seven years continuously,
then what you reap leave it in its ear except a little of
which you eat.
48. Then there shall come after that seven years of hardship
which shall eat away all that you have beforehand laid up in
store for them, except a little of what you shall have
preserved:
49. Then there will come after that a year in which people
shall have rain and in which they shall press (grapes).
50. And the king said: Bring him to me. So when the
messenger came to him, he said: Go back to your lord and ask
him, what is the case of the women who cut their hands;
surely my Lord knows their guile.
51. He said: How was your affair when you sought Yusuf to
yield himself (to you)? They said: Remote is Allah (from
imperfection), we knew of no evil on his part. The chief's
wife said: Now has the truth become established: I sought
him to yield himself (to me), and he is most surely of the
truthful ones.
52. This is that he might know that I have not been
unfaithful to him in secret and that Allah does not guide
the device of the unfaithful.
53. And I do not declare myself free, most surely (man's)
self is wont to command (him to do) evil, except such as my
Lord has had mercy on, surely my Lord is Forgiving,
Merciful.
54. And the king said: Bring him to me, I will choose him
for myself. So when he had spoken with him, he said: Surely
you are in our presence today an honorable, a faithful one.
55. He said: Place me (in authority) over the treasures of
the land, surely I am a good keeper, knowing well.
56. And thus did We give to Yusuf power in the land-- he had
mastery in it wherever he liked; We send down Our mercy on
whom We please, and We do not waste the reward of those who
do good.
57. And certainly the reward of the hereafter is much better
for those who believe and guard (against evil).
58. And Yusuf's brothers came and went in to him, and he
knew them, while they did not recognize him.
59. And when he furnished them with their provision, he
said: Bring to me a brother of yours from your father; do
you not see that I give full measure and that I am the best
of hosts?
60. But if you do not bring him to me, you shall have no
measure (of corn) from me, nor shall you come near me.
61. They said: We will strive to make his father yield in
respect of him, and we are sure to do (it).
62. And he said to his servants: Put their money into their
bags that they may recognize it when they go back to their
family, so that they may come back.
63. So when they returned to their father, they said: O our
father, the measure is withheld from us, therefore send with
us our brother, (so that) we may get the measure, and we
will most surely guard him.
64. He said: I cannot trust in you with respect to him,
except as I trusted in you with respect to his brother
before; but Allah is the best Keeper, and He is the most
Merciful of the merciful ones.
65. And when they opened their goods, they found their money
returned to them. They said: O our father! what (more) can
we desire? This is our property returned to us, and we will
bring corn for our family and guard our brother, and will
have in addition the measure of a camel (load); this is an
easy measure.
66. He said: I will by no means send him with you until you
give me a firm covenant in Allah's name that you will most
certainly bring him back to me, unless you are completely
surrounded. And when they gave him their covenant, he said:
Allah is the One in Whom trust is placed as regards what we
say.
67. And he said: O my sons ! do not (all) enter by one gate
and enter by different gates and I cannot avail you aught
against Allah; judgment is only Allah's; on Him do I rely,
and on Him let those who are reliant rely.
68. And when they had entered as their father had bidden
them, it did not avail them aught against Allah, but (it was
only) a desire in the soul of Yaqoub which he satisfied; and
surely he was possessed of knowledge because We had given
him knowledge, but most people do not know.
69. And when they went in to Yusuf. he lodged his brother
with himself, saying: I am your brother, therefore grieve
not at what they do.
70. So when he furnished them with their provisions,
(someone) placed the drinking cup in his brother's bag. Then
a crier cried out: O caravan! you are most surely thieves.
71 . They said while they were facing them: What is it that
you miss?
72. They said: We miss the king's drinking cup, and he who
shall bring it shall have a camel-load and I am responsible
for it.
73. They said: By Allah! you know for certain that we have
not come to make mischief in the land, and we are not
thieves.
74. They said: But what shall be the requital of this, if
you are liars?
75. They said: The requital of this is that the person in
whose bag it is found shall himself be (held for) the
satisfaction thereof; thus do we punish the wrongdoers.
76. So he began with their sacks before the sack of his
brother, then he brought it out from his brother's sack.
Thus did We plan for the sake of Yusuf; it was not (lawful)
that he should take his brother under the king's law unless
Allah pleased; We raise the degrees of whomsoever We please,
and above every one possessed of knowledge is the
All-knowing one.
77. They said: If he steal, a brother of his did indeed
steal before; but Yusuf kept it secret in his heart and did
not disclose it to them. He said: You are in an evil
condition and Allah knows best what you state.
78. They said: O chief! he has a father, a very old man,
therefore retain one of us in his stead; surely we see you
to be of the doers of good.
79. He said: Allah protect us that we should seize other
than him with whom we found our property, for then most
surely we would be unjust.
80. Then when they despaired of him, they retired,
conferring privately together. The eldest of them said: Do
you not know that your father took from you a covenant in
Allah's name, and how you fell short of your duty with
respect to Yusuf before? Therefore I will by no means depart
from this land until my father permits me or Allah decides
for me, and He is the best of the judges:
81. Go back to your father and say: O our father! surely
your son committed theft, and we do not bear witness except
to what we have known, and we could not keep watch over the
unseen:
82. And inquire in the town in which we were and the caravan
with which we proceeded, and most surely we are truthful.
83. He (Yaqoub) said: Nay, your souls have made a matter
light for you, so patience is good; maybe Allah will bring
them all together to me; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise.
84. And he turned away from them, and said: O my sorrow for
Yusuf! and his eyes became white on account of the grief,
and he was a repressor (of grief).
85. They said: By Allah! you will not cease to remember
Yusuf until you are a prey to constant disease or (until)
you are of those who perish.
86. He said: I only complain of my grief and sorrow to
Allah, and I know from Allah what you do not know.
87. O my sons! Go and inquire respecting Yusuf and his
brother, and despair not of Allah's mercy; surely none
despairs of Allah's mercy except the unbelieving people.
88. So when they came in to him, they said: O chief!
distress has afflicted us and our family and we have brought
scanty money, so give us full measure and be charitable to
us; surely Allah rewards the charitable.
89. He said: Do you know how you treated Yusuf and his
brother when you were ignorant?
90. They said: Are you indeed Yusuf? He said: I am Yusuf and
this is my brother; Allah has indeed been gracious to us;
surely he who guards (against evil) and is patient (is
rewarded) for surely Allah does not waste the reward of
those who do good.
91. They said: By Allah! now has Allah certainly chosen you
over us, and we were certainly sinners.
92. He said: (There shall be) no reproof against you this
day; Allah may forgive you, and He is the most Merciful of
the merciful.
93. Take this my shirt and cast it on my father's face, he
will (again) be able to see, and come to me with all your
families.
94. And when the caravan had departed, their father said:
Most surely I perceive the greatness of Yusuf, unless you
pronounce me to be weak in judgment.
95. They said: By Allah, you are most surely in your old
error.
96. So when the bearer of good news came he cast it on his
face, so forthwith he regained his sight. He said: Did I not
say to you that I know from Allah what you do not know?
97. They said: O our father! ask forgiveness of our faults
for us, surely we were sinners.
98. He said: I will ask for you forgiveness from my Lord;
surely He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
99. Then when they came in to Yusuf, he took his parents to
lodge with him and said: Enter safe into Egypt, if Allah
please.
100. And he raised his parents upon the throne and they fell
down in prostration before him, and he said: O my father!
this is the significance of my vision of old; my Lord has
indeed made it to be true; and He was indeed kind to me when
He brought me forth from the prison and brought you from the
desert after the Shaitan had sown dissensions between me and
my brothers, surely my Lord is benignant to whom He pleases;
surely He is the Knowing, the Wise.
101. My Lord! Thou hast given me of the kingdom and taught
me of the interpretation of sayings: Originator of the
heavens and the earth! Thou art my guardian in this world
and the hereafter; make me die a muslim and join me with the
good.
102. This is of the announcements relating to the unseen
(which) We reveal to you, and you were not with them when
they resolved upon their affair, and they were devising
plans.
103. And most men will not believe though you desire it
eagerly.
104. And you do not ask them for a reward for this; it is
nothing but a reminder for all mankind.
105. And how many a sign in the heavens and the earth which
they pass by, yet they turn aside from it.
106. And most of them do not believe in Allah without
associating others (with Him).
107. Do they then feel secure that there may come to them an
extensive chastisement from Allah or (that) the hour may
come to them suddenly while they do not perceive?
108. Say: This is my way: I call to Allah, I and those who
follow me being certain, and glory be to Allah, and I am not
one of the polytheists.
109. And We have not sent before you but men from (among)
the people of the towns, to whom We sent revelations. Have
they not then travelled in the land and seen what was the
end of those before them? And certainly the abode of the
hereafter is best for those who guard (against evil); do you
not then understand?
110. Until when the apostles despaired and the people became
sure that they were indeed told a lie, Our help came to them
and whom We pleased was delivered; and Our punishment is not
averted from the guilty people.
111. In their histories there is certainly a lesson for men
of understanding. It is not a narrative which could be
forged, but a verification of what is before it and a
distinct explanation of all things and a guide and a mercy
to a people who believe.
* The Thunder *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and
that which is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth,
but most people do not believe.
2. Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars
that you see, and He is firm in power and He made the sun
and the moon subservient (to you); each one pursues its
course to an appointed time; He regulates the affair, making
clear the signs that you may be certain of meeting your
Lord.
3. And He it is Who spread the earth and made in it firm
mountains and rivers, and of all fruits He has made in it
two kinds; He makes the night cover the day; most surely
there are signs in this for a people who reflect.
4. And in the earth there are tracts side by side and
gardens of grapes and corn and palm trees having one root
and (others) having distinct roots-- they are watered with one
water, and We make some of them excel others in fruit; most
surely there are signs in this for a people who understand.
S. And if you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying:
What! when we are dust, shall we then certainly be in a new
creation? These are they who disbelieve in their Lord, and
these have chains on their necks, and they are the inmates
of the fire; in it they shall abide.
6. And they ask you to hasten on the evil before the good,
and indeed there have been exemplary punishments before
them; and most surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness
to people, notwithstanding their injustice; and most surely
your Lord is severe in requiting (evil).
7. And those who disbelieve say: Why has not a sign been
sent down upon him from his Lord? You are only a warner and
(there is) a guide for every people.
8. Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which
the wombs fall short of completion and that in which they
increase; and there is a measure with Him of everything.
9. The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the
Most High.
10. Alike (to Him) among you is he who conceals (his) words
and he who speaks them openly, and he who hides himself by
night and (who) goes forth by day.
11 . For his sake there are angels following one another,
before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's
commandment; surely Allah does not change the condition of a
people until they change their own condition; and when Allah
intends evil to a people, there is no averting it, and
besides Him they have no protector.
12. He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and
hope and (Who) brings up the heavy cloud.
13. And the thunder declares His glory with His praise, and
the angels too for awe of Him; and He sends the thunderbolts
and smites with them whom He pleases, yet they dispute
concerning Allah, and He is mighty in prowess.
14. To Him is due the true prayer; and those whom they pray
to besides Allah give them no answer, but (they are) like
one who stretches forth his two hands towards water that it
may reach his mouth, but it will not reach it; and the
prayer of the unbelievers is only in error.
15. And whoever is in the heavens and the earth makes
obeisance to Allah only, willingly and unwillingly, and
their shadows too at morn and eve.
16. Say: Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?-- Say:
Allah. Say: Do you take then besides Him guardians who do
not control any profit or harm for themselves? Say: Are the
blind and the seeing alike? Or can the darkness and the
light be equal? Or have they set up with Allah associates
who have created creation like His, so that what is created
became confused to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all
things, and He is the One, the Supreme.
17. He sends down water from the cloud, then watercourses
flow (with water) according to their measure, and the
torrent bears along the swelling foam, and from what they
melt in the fire for the sake of making ornaments or
apparatus arises a scum like it; thus does Allah compare
truth and falsehood; then as for the scum, it passes away as
a worthless thing; and as for that which profits the people,
it tarries in the earth; thus does Allah set forth parables.
18. For those who respond to their Lord is good; and (as
for) those who do not respond to Him, had they all that is
in the earth and the like thereof with it they would
certainly offer it for a ransom. (As for) those, an evil
reckoning shall be theirs and their abode is hell, and evil
is the resting-place.
19. Is he then who knows that what has been revealed to you
from your Lord is the truth like him who is blind? Only
those possessed of understanding will mind,
20. Those who fulfil the promise of Allah and do not break
the covenant,
21. And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be
joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil
reckoning.
22. And those who are constant, seeking the pleasure of
their Lord, and keep up prayer and spend (benevolently) out
of what We have given them secretly and openly and repel
evil with good; as for those, they shall have the (happy)
issue of the abode
23. The gardens of perpetual abode which they will enter
along with those who do good from among their parents and
their spouses and their offspring; and the angels will enter
in upon them from every gate:
24. Peace be on you because you were constant, how
excellent, is then, the issue of the abode.
25. And those who break the covenant of Allah after its
confirmation and cut asunder that which Allah has ordered to
be joined and make mischief in the land; (as for) those,
upon them shall be curse and they shall have the evil
(issue) of the abode.
26. Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence
for whom He pleases; and they rejoice in this world's life,
and this world's life is nothing compared with the hereafter
but a temporary enjoyment.
27. And those who disbelieve say: Why is not a sign sent
down upon him by his Lord? Say: Surely Allah makes him who
will go astray, and guides to Himself those who turn (to
Him).
28. Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by
the remembrance of Allah; now surely by Allah's remembrance
are the hearts set at rest.
29. (As for) those who believe and do good, a good final
state shall be theirs and a goodly return.
30. And thus We have sent you among a nation before which
other nations have passed away, that you might recite to
them what We have revealed to you and (still) they deny the
Beneficent God. Say: He is my Lord, there is no god but He;
on Him do I rely and to Him is my return.
31. And even if there were a Quran with which the mountains
were made to pass away, or the earth were travelled over
with it, or the dead were made to speak thereby; nay! the
commandment is wholly Allah's, Have not yet those who
believe known that if Allah please He would certainly guide
all the people? And (as for) those who disbelieve, there
will not cease to afflict them because of what they do a
repelling calamity, or it will alight close by their abodes,
until the promise of Allah comes about; surely Allah will
not fail in (His) promise.
32. And apostles before you were certainly mocked at, but I
gave respite to those who disbelieved, then I destroyed
them; how then was My requital (of evil)?
33. Is He then Who watches every soul as to what it earns?
And yet they give associates to Allah! Say: Give them a
name; nay, do you mean to inform Him of what He does not
know in the earth, or (do you affirm this) by an outward
saying? Rather, their plans are made to appear fair-seeming
to those who disbelieve, and they are kept back from the
path; and whom Allah makes err, he shall have no guide.
34. They shall have chastisement in this world's life, and
the chastisement of the hereafter is certainly more
grievous, and they shall have no protector against Allah.
35. A likeness of the garden which the righteous are
promised; there now beneath it rivers, its food and shades
are perpetual; this is the requital of those who guarded
(against evil), and the requital of the unbelievers is the
fire.
36. And those to whom We have given the Book rejoice in that
which has been revealed to you, and of the confederates are
some who deny a part of it. Say: I am only commanded that I
should serve Allah and not associate anything with Him, to
Him do I invite (you) and to Him is my return.
37. And thus have We revealed it, a true judgment in Arabic,
and if you follow their low desires after what has come to
you of knowledge, you shall not have against Allah any
guardian or a protector.
38. And certainly We sent apostles before you and gave them
wives and children, and it is not in (the power of) an
apostle to bring a sign except by Allah's permission; for
every term there is an appointment.
39. Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He
pleases, and with Him is the basis of the Book.
40. And We will either let you see part of what We threaten
them with or cause you to die, for only the delivery of the
message is (incumbent) on you, while calling (them) to
account is Our (business).
41. Do they not see that We are bringing destruction upon
the land by curtailing it of its sides? And Allah pronounces
a doom-- there is no repeller of His decree, and He is swift
to take account.
42. And those before them did indeed make plans, but all
planning is Allah's; He knows what every soul earns, and the
unbelievers shall come to know for whom is the (better)
issue of the abode.
43. And those who disbelieve say: You are not a messenger.
Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you and
whoever has knowledge of the Book.
* Ibrahim *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Ra. (This is) a Book which We have revealed to
you that you may bring forth men, by their Lord's permission
from utter darkness into light-- to the way of the Mighty, the
Praised One,
2. (Of) Allah, Whose is whatever is in the heavens and
whatever Is in the earth; and woe to the unbelievers on
account of the severe chastisement,
3. (To) those who love this world's life more than the
hereafter, and turn away from Allah's path and desire to
make it crooked; these are in a great error.
4. And We did not send any apostle but with the language of
his people, so that he might explain to them clearly; then
Allah makes whom He pleases err and He guides whom He
pleases and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
5. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications,
saying: Bring forth your people from utter darkness into
light and remind them of the days of Allah; most surely
there are signs in this for every patient, grateful one.
6. And when Musa said to his people: Call to mind Allah's
favor to you when He delivered you from Firon's people, who
subjected you to severe torment, and slew your sons and
spared your women; and in this there was a great trial from
your Lord.
7. And when your Lord made it known: If you are grateful, I
would certainly give to you more, and if you are ungrateful,
My chastisement is truly severe.
8. And Musa said: If you are ungrateful, you and those on
earth all together, most surely Allah is Self-sufficient,
Praised;
9. Has not the account reached you of those before you, of
the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood, and those after them?
None knows them but Allah. Their apostles come to them with
clear arguments, but they thrust their hands into their
mouths and said: Surely we deny that with which you are
sent, and most surely we are in serious doubt as to that to
which you invite us.
10. Their apostles said: Is there doubt about Allah, the
Maker of the heavens and the earth? He invites you to
forgive you your faults and to respite you till an appointed
term. They said: You are nothing but mortals like us; you
wish to turn us away from what our fathers used to worship;
bring us therefore some clear authority.
11. Their apostles said to them: We are nothing but mortals
like yourselves, but Allah bestows (His) favors on whom He
pleases of His servants, and it is not for us that we should
bring you an authority except by Allah's permission; and on
Allah should the believers rely.
12. And what reason have we that we should not rely on
Allah? And He has indeed guided us in our ways; and
certainly we would bear with patience your persecution of
us; and on Allah should the reliant rely.
13. And those who disbelieved said to their apostles: We
will most certainly drive you forth from our land, or else
you shall come back into our religion. So their Lord
revealed to them: Most certainly We will destroy the unjust.
14. And most certainly We will settle you in the land after
them; this is for him who fears standing in My presence and
who fears My threat.
15. And they asked for judgment and every insolent opposer
was disappointed:
16. Hell is before him and he shall be given to drink of
festering water:
17. He will drink it little by little and will not be able
to swallow it agreeably, and death will come to him from
every quarter, but he shall not die; and there shall be
vehement chastisement before him.
18. The parable of those who disbelieve in their Lord: their
actions are like ashes on which the wind blows hard on a
stormy day; they shall not have power over any thing out of
what they have earned; this is the great error.
19. Do you not see that Allah created the heavens and the
earth with truth? If He please He will take you off and
bring a new creation,
20. And this is not difficult for Allah.
21. And they shall all come forth before Allah, then the
weak shall say to those who were proud: Surely we were your
followers, can you therefore avert from us any part of the
chastisement of Allah? They would say: If Allah had guided
us, we too would have guided you; it is the same to us
whether we are impatient (now) or patient, there is no place
for us to fly to.
22. And the Shaitan shall say after the affair is decided:
Surely Allah promised you the promise of truth, and I gave
you promises, then failed to keep them to you, and I had no
authority over you, except that I called you and you obeyed
me, therefore do not blame me but blame yourselves: I cannot
be your aider (now) nor can you be my aiders; surely I
disbelieved in your associating me with Allah before; surely
it is the unjust that shall have the painful punishment.
23. And those who believe and do good are made to enter
gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them by
their Lord's permission; their greeting therein is, Peace.
24. Have you not considered how Allah sets forth a parable
of a good word (being) like a good tree, whose root is firm
and whose branches are in heaven,
25. Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of
its Lord? And Allah sets forth parables for men that they
may be mindful.
26. And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree
pulled up from the earth's surface; it has no stability.
27. Allah confirms those who believe with the sure word in
this world's life and in the hereafter, and Allah causes the
unjust to go astray, and Allah does what He pleases.
28. Have you not seen those who have changed Allah's favor
for ungratefulness and made their people to alight into the
abode of perdition
29. (Into j hell? They shall enter into it and an evil place
it is to settle in.
30. And they set up equals with Allah that they may lead
(people) astray from His path. Say: Enjoy yourselves, for
surely your return is to the fire.
31. Say to My servants who believe that they should keep up
prayer and spend out of what We have given them secretly and
openly before the coming of the day in which there shall be
no bartering nor mutual befriending.
32. Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and
sent down water from the clouds, then brought forth with it
fruits as a sustenance for you, and He has made the ships
subservient to you, that they might run their course in the
sea by His command, and He has made the rivers subservient
to you.
33. And He has made subservient to you the sun and the moon
pursuing their courses, and He has made subservient to you
the night and the day.
34. And He gives you of all that you ask Him; and if you
count Allah's favors, you will not be able to number them;
most surely man is very unjust, very ungrateful.
35. And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! make this city secure,
and save me and my sons from worshipping idols:
36. My Lord! surely they have led many men astray; then
whoever follows me, he is surely of me, and whoever disobeys
me, Thou surely arc Forgiving, Merciful:
37. O our Lord! surely I have settled a part of my offspring
in a valley unproductive of fruit near Thy Sacred House, our
Lord! that they may keep up prayer; therefore make the
hearts of some people yearn towards them and provide them
with fruits; haply they may be grateful:
38. O our Lord! Surely Thou knowest what we hide and what we
make public, and nothing in the earth nor any thing in
heaven is hidden from Allah:
39. Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail
and Ishaq; most surely my Lord is the Hearer of prayer:
40. My Lord! make me keep up prayer and from my offspring
(too), O our Lord, and accept my prayer:
41. O our Lord! grant me protection and my parents and the
believers on the day when the reckoning shall come to pass!
42. And do not think Allah to be heedless of what the unjust
do; He only respites them to a day on which the eyes shall
be fixedly open,
43. Hastening forward, their heads upraised, their eyes not
reverting to them and their hearts vacant.
44. And warn people of the day when the chastisement shall
come to them, then those who were unjust will say: O our
Lord! respite us to a near term, (so) we shall respond to
Thy call and follow the apostles. What! did you not swear
before (that) there will be no passing away for you!
45. And you dwell in the abodes of those who were unjust to
themselves, and it is clear to you how We dealt with them
and We have made (them) examples to you.
46. And they have indeed planned their plan, but their plan
is with Allah, though their plan was such that the mountains
should pass away thereby.
47. Therefore do not think Allah (to be one) failing in His
promise to His apostles; surely Allah is Mighty, the Lord of
Retribution.
48. On the day when the earth shall be changed into a
different earth, and the heavens (as well), and they shall
come forth before Allah, the One, the Supreme.
49. And you will see the guilty on that day linked together
in chains.
50. Their shirts made of pitch and the fire covering their
faces
51. That Allah may requite each soul (according to) what it
has earned; surely Allah is swift in reckoning.
52. This is a sufficient exposition for the people and that
they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He
is One God and that those possessed of understanding may
mind.
* The Rock *
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a
Quran that makes (things) clear.
2. Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been
Muslims.
3. Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and
(that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know.
4. And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made
known.
5. No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone
(it).
6. And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been
revealed! you are most surely insane:
7. Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the
truthful ones?
8. We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they
would not be respited.
9 Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most
surely be its guardian.
10. And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the
nations of yore.
11. And there never came an apostle to them but they mocked
him.
12. Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the
guilty;
13. They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the
former people has already passed.
14. And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that
they ascend into it all the while,
15. They would certainly say: Only our eyes.have been
covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.
16. And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and
We have made it fair seeming to the beholders.
17. And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,
18. But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a
visible flame.
19. And the earth-- We have spread it forth and made in it
firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable
thing.
20. And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and
for him for whom you are not the suppliers.
21. And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures
of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure.
22. And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water
from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it
you who store it up.
23. And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We
are the heirs.
24. And certainly We know those of you who have gone before
and We certainly know those who shall come later.
25. And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely
He is Wise, Knowing.
26. And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth
sound, of black mud fashioned in shape.
27. And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.
28. And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going
to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in
shape.
29. So when I have made him complete and breathed into him
of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.
30. So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,
31. But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who
made obeisance.
32. He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not
with those who make obeisance?
33. He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a
mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud
fashioned in shape.
34. He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven
away:
35. And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment.
36. He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when
they are raised.
37. He said: So surely you are of the respited ones
38. Till the period of the time made known.
39. He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to
me, I will certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on
earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate
40. Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.
41. He said: This is a right way with Me:
42. Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority
,over them except those who follow you of the deviators.
43. And surely Hell is the promised place of them all:
44. It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a
separate party of them.
45. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the
midst of gardens and fountains:
46. Enter them in peace, secure.
47. And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their
breasts-- (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face
to face.
48. Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be
ever ejected from it.
49. Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the
Merciful,
50. And that My punishment-- that is the painful punishment.
51. And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim:
52. When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said:
Surely we are afraid of you.
53. They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good
news of a boy, possessing knowledge.
54. He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old
age has come upon me?-- Of what then do you give me good
news! SS. They said: We give you good news with truth,
therefore be not of the despairing.
56. He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but
the erring ones?
57. He said: What is your business then, O messengers?
58. They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people,
59. Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them
all,
60. Except his wife; We ordained that she shall surely be of
those who remain behind.
61. So when the messengers came to Lut's followers,
62. He said: Surely you are an unknown people.
63. They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about
which they disputed.
64. And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most
surely truthful.
65. Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the
night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of
you turn round, and go forth whither you are commanded.
66. And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of
these shall be cut off in the morning.
67. And the people of the town came rejoicing.
68. He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not
disgrace me,
69. And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not
put me to shame.
70. They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other)
people?
71. He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).
72. By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their
intoxication.
73. So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the
time of sunrise;
74. Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon
them stones of what had been decreed.
75. Surely in this are signs for those who examine.
76. And surely it is on a road that still abides.
77. Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
78. And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely
unjust.
79. So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both,
indeed, on an open road (still) pursued.
80. And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the
messengers;
81. And We gave them Our communications, but they turned
aside from them;
82. And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.
83. So the rumbling overtook them in the morning;
84. And what they earned did not avail them.
85. And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what
is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most
surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness.
86. Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the
Knowing.
87. And certainly We have given you seven of the
oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Quran.
88. Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain
classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and
make yourself gentle to the believers.
89. And say: Surely I am the plain warner.
90. Like as We sent down on the dividers
91. Those who made the Quran into shreds.
92. So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them
all,
93. As to what they did.
94. Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn
aside from the polytheists.
95. Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers
96. Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall
soon know.
97. And surely We know that your breast straitens at what
they say;
98. Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of
those who make obeisance.
99. And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which
is certain.
* The Bee *
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Allah's commandment has come, therefore do not desire to
hasten it; glory be to Him, and highly exalted be He above
what they associate (with Him).
2. He sends down the angels with the inspiration by His
commandment on whom He pleases of His servants, saying: Give
the warning that there is no god but Me, therefore be
careful (of your duty) to Me.
3. He created the heavens and the earth with the truth,
highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).
4. He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open
contender.
5. And He created the cattle for you; you have in them warm
clothing and (many) advantages, and of them do you eat.
6. And there is beauty in them for you when you drive them
back (to home), and when you send them forth (to pasture).
7. And they carry your heavy loads to regions which you
could not reach but with distress of the souls; most surely
your Lord is Compassionate, Merciful.
8. And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might
ride upon them and as an ornament; and He creates what you
do not know.
9. And upon Allah it rests to show the right way, and there
are some deviating (ways); and if He please He would
certainly guide you all aright.
10. He it is Who sends down water from the cloud for you; it
gives drink, and by it (grow) the trees upon which you
pasture.
11. He causes to grow for you thereby herbage, and the
olives, and the palm trees, and the grapes, and of all the
fruits; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who
reflect.
12. And He has made subservient for you the night and the
day and the sun and the moon, and the stars are made
subservient by His commandment; most surely there are signs
in this for a people who ponder;
13. And what He has created in the earth of varied hues most
surely there is a sign in this for a people who are mindful.
14. And He it is Who has made the sea subservient that you
may eat fresh flesh from it and bring forth from it
ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships cleaving
through it, and that you might seek of His bounty and that
you may give thanks.
15. And He has cast great mountains in the earth lest it
might be convulsed with you, and rivers and roads that you
may go aright,
16. And landmarks; and by the stars they find the right way.
17. Is He then Who creates like him who does not create? Do
you not then mind?
18. And if you would count Allah's favors, you will not be
able to number them; most surely Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
19. And Allah knows what you conceal and what you do openly.
20. And those whom they call on besides Allah have not
created anything while they are themselves created;
21. Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they
shall be raised.
22. Your God is one God; so (as for) those who do not
believe m the hereafter, their hearts are ignorant and they
are proud.
23. Truly Allah knows what they hide and what they manifest;
surely He does not love the proud.
24. And when it is said to them, what is it that your Lord
has revealed? They say: Stories of the ancients;
25. That they may bear their burdens entirely on the day of
resurrection and also of the burdens of those whom they lead
astray without knowledge; now surely evil is what they bear.
26. Those before them did indeed devise plans, but Allah
demolished their building from the foundations, so the roof
fell down on them from above them, and the punishment came
to them from whence they did not perceive.
27. Then on the resurrection day He will bring them to
disgrace and say: Where are the associates you gave Me, for
whose sake you became hostile? Those who are given the
knowledge will say: Surely the disgrace and the evil are
this day upon the unbelievers:
28. Those whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust
to themselves. Then would they offer submission: We used not
to do any evil. Aye! surely Allah knows what you did.
29. Therefore enter the gates of hell, to abide therein; so
certainly evil is the dwelling place of the proud.
30. And it is said to those who guard (against evil): What
is it that your Lord has revealed? They say, Good. For those
who do good in this world is good, and certainly the abode
of the hereafter is better; and certainly most excellent is
the abode of those who guard (against evil);
31. The gardens of perpetuity, they shall enter them, rivers
flowing beneath them; they shall have in them what they
please. Thus does Allah reward those who guard (against
evil),
32. Those whom the angels cause to die in a good state,
saying: Peace be on you: enter the garden for what you did.
33. They do not wait aught but that the angels should come
to them or that the commandment of your Lord should come to
pass. Thus did those before them; and Allah was not unjust
to them, but they were unjust to themselves.
34. So the evil (consequences) of what they did shall
afflict them and that which they mocked shall encompass
them.
35. And they who give associates (to Allah) say: If Allah
had pleased, we would not have served anything besides
Allah, (neither) we nor our fathers, nor would we have
prohibited anything without (order from) Him. Thus did those
before them; is then aught incumbent upon the apostles
except a plain delivery (of the message)?
36. And certainly We raised in every nation an apostle
saying: Serve Allah and shun the Shaitan. So there were some
of them whom Allah guided and there were others against whom
error was due; therefore travel in the land, then see what
was the.end of the rejecters.
37. If you desire for their guidance, yet surely Allah does
not guide him who leads astray, nor shall they have any
helpers.
38. And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their
oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies. Yea! it is a
promise binding on Him, quite true, but most people do not
know;
39. So that He might make manifest to them that about which
they differ, and that those who disbelieve might know that
they were liars.
40. Our word for a thing when We intend it, is only that We
say to it, Be, and it is.
41. And those who fly for Allah's sake after they are
oppressed, We will most certainly give them a good abode in
the world, and the reward of the hereafter is certainly much
greater, did they but know;
42. Those who are patient and on their Lord do they rely.
43. And We did not send before you any but men to whom We
sent revelation-- so ask the followers of the Reminder if you
do not know--
44. With clear arguments and scriptures; and We have
revealed to you the Reminder that you may make clear to men
what has been revealed to them, and that haply they may
reflect.
45. Do they then who plan evil (deeds) feel secure (of this)
that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that
punishment may not overtake them from whence they do not
perceive?
46. Or that He may not seize them in the course of their
journeys, then shall they not escape;
47. Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer
gradual loss, for your Lord is most surely Compassionate,
Merciful.
48. Do they not consider every thing that Allah has created?
Its (very) shadows return from right and left, making
obeisance to Allah while they are in utter abasement.
49. And whatever creature that is in the heavens and that is
in the earth makes obeisance to Allah (only), and the angels
(too) and they do not show pride.
50. They fear their Lord above them and do what they are
commanded.
51. And Allah has said: Take not two gods, He is only one
God; so of Me alone should you be afraid.
52. And whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His, and
to Him should obedience be (rendered) constantly; will you
then guard against other than (the punishment of) Allah?
53. And whatever favor is (bestowed) on you it is from
Allah; then when evil afflicts you, to Him do you cry for
aid.
54. Yet when He removes the evil from you, lo ! a party of
you associate others with their Lord;
55. So that they be ungrateful for what We have given them;
then enjoy yourselves; for soon will you know
56. And they set apart for what they do not know a portion
of what We have given them. By Allah, you shall most
certainly be questioned about that which you forged.
57. And they ascribe daughters to Allah, glory be to Him;
and for themselves (they would have) what they desire.
58. And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face
becomes black and he is full of wrath.
59. He hides himself from the people because of the evil of
that which is announced to him. Shall he keep it with
disgrace or bury it (alive) in the dust? Now surely evil is
what they judge.
60. For those who do not believe in the hereafter is an evil
attribute, and Allah's is the loftiest attribute; and He is
the Mighty, the Wise.
61. And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He
would not leave on the earth a single creature, but He
respites them till an appointed time; so when their doom
will come they shall not be able to delay (it) an hour nor
can they bring (it) on (before its time).
62. And they ascribe to Allah what they (themselves) hate
and their tongues relate the lie that they shall have the
good; there is no avoiding it that for them is the fire and
that they shall be sent before.
63. By Allah, most certainly We sent (apostles) to nations
before you, but the Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming to
them, so he is their guardian today, and they shall have a
painful punishment.
64. And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you
may make clear to them that about which they differ, ind
(as) a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.
65. And Allah has sent down water from the cloud and
therewith given life to the earth after its death; most
surely there is a sign in this for a people who would
listen.
66. And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle;
We give you to drink of what is in their bellies-- from
betwixt the feces and the blood-- pure milk, easy and
agreeable to swallow for those who drink.
67. And of the fruits of the palms and the grapes-- you obtain
from them intoxication and goodly provision; most surely
there is a sign in this for a people who ponder.
68. And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in
the mountains and in the trees and in what they build:
69. Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your
Lord submissively. There comes forth from within it a
beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for men;
most surely there is a sign in this for a people who
reflect.
70. And Allah has created you, then He causes you to die,
and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of
life, so that after having knowledge he does not know
anything; surely Allah is Knowing, Powerful.
71. And Allah has made some of you excel others in the means
of subsistence, so those who are made to excel do not give
away their sustenance to those whom their right hands
possess so that they should be equal therein; is it then the
favor of Allah which they deny?
72. And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves,
and has given you sons and grandchildren from your wives,
and has given you of the good things; is it then in the
falsehood that they believe while it is in the favor of
Allah that they disbelieve?
73. And they serve besides Allah that which does not control
for them any sustenance at all from the heavens and the
earth, nor have they any power.
74. Therefore do not give likenesses to Allah; surely Allah
knows and you do not know.
75. Allah sets forth a parable: (consider) a slave, the
property of another, (who) has no power over anything, and
one whom We have granted from Ourselves a goodly sustenance
so he spends from it secretly and openly; are the two alike?
(All) praise is due to Allah! Nay, most of them do not know.
76. And Allah sets forth a parable of two men; one of them
is dumb, not able to do anything, and he is a burden to his
master; wherever he sends him, he brings no good; can he be
held equal with him who enjoins what is just, and he
(himself) is on the right path?
77. And Allah's is the unseen of the heavens and the earth;
and the matter of the hour is but as the twinkling of an eye
or it is higher still; surely Allah has power over all
things.
78. And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your
mothers-- you did not know anything-- and He gave you hearing
and sight and hearts that you may give thanks.
79. Do they not see the birds, constrained in the middle of
the sky? None withholds them but Allah; most surely there
are signs in this for a people who believe.
80. And Allah has given you a place to abide in your houses,
and He has given you tents.of the skins of cattle which you
find light to carry on the day of your march and on the day
of your halting, and of their wool and their fur and their
hair (He has given you) household stuff and a provision for
a time.
81. And Allah has made for you of what He has created
shelters, and He has given you in the mountains places of
retreat, and He has given you garments to preserve you from
the heat and coats of mail to preserve you in your
fighting; even thus does He complete His favor upon you,
that haply you may submit.
82. But if they turn back, then on you devolves only the
clear deliverance (of the message).
83. They recognize the favor of Allah, yet they deny it, and
most of them are ungrateful.
84. And on the day when We will raise up a witness out of
every nation, then shall no permission be given to those who
E disbelieve, nor shall they be made to solicit favor.
85. And when those who are unjust shall see the
chastisement, it shall not be lightened for them, nor shall
they be respited. .
86. And when those who associate (others with Allah) shall
see their associate-gods, they shall say: Our Lord, these
are our associate-gods on whom we called besides Thee. But
they will give them back the reply: Most surely you are
liars.
87. And they shall tender submission to Allah on that day;
and what they used to forge shall depart from them.
88. (As for) those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's
way, We will add chastisement to their chastisement because
they made mischief.
89. And on the day when We will raise up in every people a
witness against them from among themselves, and bring you as
a witness against these-- and We have revealed the Book to
you explaining clearly everything, and a guidance and mercy
and good news for those who submit.
90. Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing
of good (to others) and the giving to the kindred, and He
forbids indecency and evil and rebellion; He admonishes you
that you may be mindful.
91. And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have made a
covenant, and do not break the oaths after making them fast,
and you have indeed made Allah a surety for you; surely
Allah I . knows what you do.
92. And be not like her who unravels her yarn,
disintegrating it into pieces after she has spun it
strongly. You make your oaths to be means of deceit between
you because (one) nation is more numerous than (another)
nation. Allah only tries you by this; and He will most
certainly make clear to you on the resurrection day that
about which you differed.
93. And if Allah please He would certainly make you a single
nation, but He causes to err whom He pleases and guides whom
He pleases; and most certainly you will be questioned as to
what you did.
94. And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between
you, lest a foot should slip after its stability and you
should taste evil because you turned away from Allah's way
and grievous punishment be your (lot).
95. And do not take a small price in exchange for Allah's
covenant; surely what is with Allah is better for you, did
you but know.
96. What is with you passes away and what is with Allah is
enduring; and We will most certainly give to those who are
patient their reward for the best of what they did.
97. Whoever does good whether male or female and he is a
believer, We will most certainly make him live a happy life,
and We will most certainly give them their reward for the
best of what they did.
98. So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge with Allah
from the accursed Shaitan,
99. Surely he has no authority over those who believe and
rely on their Lord.
100. His authority is only over those who befriend him and
those who associate others with Him.
101. And when We change (one) communication for (another)
communication, and Allah knows best what He reveals, they
say: You are only a forger. Nay, most of them do not know.
102. Say: The Holy spirit has revealed it from your Lord
with the truth, that it may establish those who believe and
as a guidance and good news for those who submit.
103. And certainly We know that they say: Only a mortal
teaches him. The tongue of him whom they reproach is
barbarous, and this is clear Arabic tongue.
104. (As for) those who do not believe in Allah's
communications, surely Allah will not guide them, and they
shall have a painful punishment.
105. Only they forge the lie who do not believe in Allah's
communications, and these are the liars.
106. He who disbelieves in Allah after his having believed,
not he who is compelled while his heart is at rest on
account of faith, but he who opens (his) breast to
disbelief-- on these is the wrath of Allah, and they shall
have a grievous chastisement.
107. This is because they love this world's life more than
the hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the
unbelieving people.
108. These are they on whose hearts and their hearing and
their eyes Allah has set a seal, and these are the heedless
ones.
109. No doubt that in the hereafter they will be the losers.
110. Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who fly
after they are persecuted, then they struggle hard and are
patient, most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving,
Merciful.
111. (Remember) the day when every soul shall come, pleading
for itself and every soul shall be paid in full what it has
done, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
112. And Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a town safe
and secure to which its means of subsistence come in
abundance from every quarter; but it became ungrateful to
Allah's favors, therefore Allah made it to taste the utmost
degree of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.
113. And certainly there came to them an Apostle from among
them, but they rejected him, so the punishment overtook them
while they were unjust.
114. Therefore eat of what Allah has given you, lawful and
good (things), and give thanks for Allah's favor if Him do
you serve.
115. He has only forbidden you what dies of itself and blood
and flesh of swine and that over which any other name than
that of Allah has been invoked, but whoever is driven to
necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
116. And, for what your tongues describe, do not utter the
lie, (saying) This is lawful and this is unlawful, in order
to forge a lie against Allah; surely those who forge the lie
against Allah shall not prosper.
117. A little enjoyment and they shall have a painful
punishment.
118. And for those who were Jews We prohibited what We have
related to you already, and We did them no injustice, but
they were unjust to themselves.
119. Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who do an
evil in ignorance, then turn after that and make amends,
most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.
120. Surely Ibrahim was an exemplar, obedient to Allah,
upright, and he was not of the polytheists.
121. Grateful for His favors; He chose him and guided him on
the right path.
122. And We gave him good in this world, and in the next he
will most surely be among the good.
123. Then We revealed to you: Follow the faith of Ibrahim,
the upright one, and he was not of the polytheists.
124. The Sabbath was ordained only for those who differed
about it, and most surely your Lord will judge between them
on the resurrection day concerning that about which they
differed.
125. Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly
exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best
manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from
His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.
126. And if you take your turn, then retaliate with the like
of that with which you were afflicted; but if you are
patient, it will certainly be best for those who are
patient.
127. And be patient and your patience is not but by (the
assistance of) Allah, and grieve not for them, and do not
distress yourself at what they plan.
128. Surely Allah is with those who guard (against evil) and
those who do good (to others).
* The Israelites *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night
from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque of which We have
blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of
Our signs; surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
2. And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the
children of Israel, saying: Do not take a protector besides
Me;
3. The offspring of those whom We bore with Nuh; surely he
was a grateful servant.
4. And We had made known to the children of Israel in the
Book: Most certainly you will make mischief in the land
twice, and most certainly you will behave insolently with
great insolence.
5. So when the promise for the first of the two came, We
sent over you Our servants, of mighty prowess, so they went
to and fro among the houses, and it was a promise to be
accomplished.
6. Then We gave you back the turn to prevail against them,
and aided you with wealth and children and made you a
numerous band.
7. If you do good, you will do good for your own souls, and
if you do evil, it shall be for them. So when the second
promise came (We raised another people) that they may bring
you to grief and that they may enter the mosque as they
entered it the first time, and that they might destroy
whatever they gained ascendancy over with utter destruction.
8. It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, and if
you again return (to disobedience) We too will return (to
punishment), and We have made hell a prison for the
unbelievers.
9. Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright
and gives good news to the believers who do good that they
shall have a great reward.
10. And that (as for) those who do not believe in the
hereafter, We have prepared for them a painful chastisement.
11. And man prays for evil as he ought to pray for good, and
man is ever hasty.
12. And We have made the night and the day two signs, then
We have made the sign of the night to pass away and We have
made the sign of the day manifest, so that you may seek
grace from your Lord, and that you might know the numbering
of years and the reckoning; and We have explained everything
with distinctness.
13. And We have made every man's actions to cling to his
neck, and We will bring forth to him on the resurrection day
a book which he will find wide open:
14. Read your book; your own self is sufficient as a
reckoner against you this day.
15. Whoever goes aright, for his own soul does he go aright;
and whoever goes astray, to its detriment only does he go
astray: nor can the bearer of a burden bear the burden of
another, nor do We chastise until We raise an apostle.
16. And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our
commandment to the people of it who lead easy lives, but
they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against
it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.
17. And how many of the generations did We destroy after
Nuh! and your Lord is sufficient as Knowing and Seeing with
regard to His servants' faults.
18. Whoever desires this present life, We hasten to him
therein what We please for whomsoever We desire, then We
assign to him the hell; he shall enter it despised, driven
away.
19. And whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it as
he ought to strive and he is a believer; (as for) these,
their striving shall surely be accepted.
20. All do We aid-- these as well as those-- out of the bounty
of your Lord, and the bounty of your Lord is not confined.
21. See how We have made some of them to excel others, and
certainly the hereafter is much superior in respect of
excellence.
22. Do not associate with Allah any other god, lest you sit
down despised, neglected.
23. And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve
(any) but Him, and goodness to your parents. If either or
both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so
much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous
word.
24. And make yourself submissively gentle to them with
compassion, and say: O my Lord! have compassion on them, as
they brought me up (when I was) little.
25. Your Lord knows best what is in your minds; if you are
good, then He is surely Forgiving to those who turn (to Him)
frequently.
26. And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy
and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.
27. Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans
and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.
28. And if you turn away from them to seek mercy from your
Lord, which you hope for, speak to them a gentle word.
29. And do not make your hand to be shackled to your neck
nor stretch it forth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching
forth, lest you should (afterwards) sit down blamed,
stripped off.
30. Surely your Lord makes plentiful the means of
subsistence for whom He pleases and He straitens (them);
surely He is ever Aware of, Seeing, His servants.
31. And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We
give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill
them is a great wrong.
32. And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an
indecency and an evil way.
33. And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except
for a just cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have
indeed given to his heir authority, so let him not exceed
the just limits in slaying; surely he is aided.
34. And draw not near to the property of the orphan except
in a goodly way till he attains his maturity and fulfill the
promise; surely (every) promise shall be questioned about.
35. And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh
with a true balance; this is fair and better in the end.
36. And follow not that of which you have not the knowledge;
surely the hearing and the sight and the heart, all of
these, shall be questioned about that.
37. And do not go about in the land exultingly, for you
cannot cut through the earth nor reach the mountains in
height.
38. All this-- the evil of it-- is hateful in the sight of your
Lord.
39. This is of what your Lord has revealed to you of wisdom,
and do not associate any other god with Allah lest you
should be thrown into hell, blamed, cast away.
40. What! has then your Lord preferred to give you sons, and
(for Himself) taken daughters from among the angels? Most
surely you utter a grievous saying.
41. And certainly We have repeated (warnings) in this Quran
that they may be mindful, but it does not add save to their
aversion.
42. Say: If there were with Him gods as they say, then
certainly they would have been able to seek a way to the
Lord of power.
43. Glory be to Him and exalted be He in high exaltation
above what they say.
44. The seven heavens declare His glory and the earth (too),
and those who are in them; and there is not a single thing
but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand
their glorification; surely He is Forbearing, Forgiving.
45. And when you recite the Quran, We place between you and
those who do not believe in the hereafter a hidden barrier;
46. And We have placed coverings on their hearts and a
heaviness in their ears lest they understand it, and when
you mention your Lord alone in the Quran they turn their
backs in aversion.
47. We know best what they listen to when they listen to
you, and when they take counsel secretly, when the unjust
say: You follow only a man deprived of reason.
48. See what they liken you to! So they have gone astray and
cannot find the way.
49. And they say: What! when we shall have become bones and
decayed particles, shall we then certainly be raised up,
being a new creation?
50. Say: Become stones or iron,
51. Or some other creature of those which are too hard (to
receive life) in your minds! But they will say: Who will
return us? Say: Who created you at first. Still they will
shake their heads at you and say: When will it be? Say:
Maybe it has drawn nigh.
52. On the day when He will call you forth, then shall you
obey Him, giving Him praise, and you will think that you
tarried but a little (while).
53. And say to My servants (that) they speak that which is
best; surely the Shaitan sows dissensions among them; surely
the Shaitan is an open enemy to man.
54. Your Lord knows you best; He will have mercy on you if
He pleases, or He will chastise you if He pleases; and We
have not sent you as being in charge of them. SS. And your
Lord best knows those who are in the heavens and the earth;
and certainly We have made some of the prophets to excel
others, and to Dawood We gave a scripture.
56. Say: Call on those whom you assert besides Him, so they
shall not control the removal of distress from you nor (its)
transference.
57. Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of
access to their Lord-- whoever of them is nearest-- and they
hope for His mercy and fear His chastisement; surely the
chastisement of your Lord is a thing to be cautious of.
58. And there is not a town but We will destroy it before
the day of resurrection or chastise it with a severe
chastisement; this is written in the Divine ordinance.
59. And nothing could have hindered Us that We should send
signs except that the ancients rejected them; and We gave to
Samood the she-camel-- a manifest sign-- but on her account they
did injustice, and We do not send signs but to make (men)
fear.
60. And when We said to you: Surely your Lord encompasses
men; and We did not make the vision which We showed you but
a trial for men and the cursed tree in the Quran as well;
and We cause them to fear, but it only adds to their great
inordinacy.
61. And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam;
they made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He said: Shall
I make obeisance to him whom Thou hast created of dust?
62. He said: Tell me, is this he whom Thou hast honored
above me? If Thou shouldst respite me to the day of
resurrection, I will most certainly cause his progeny to
perish except a few.
63. He said: Be gone! for whoever of them will follow you,
then surely hell is your recompense, a full recompense:
64. And beguile whomsoever of them you can with your voice,
and collect against them your forces riding and on foot, and
share with them in wealth and children, and hold out
promises to them; and the Shaitan makes not promises to them
but to deceive:
65. Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over
them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector.
66. Your Lord is He Who speeds the ships for you in the sea
that you may seek of His grace; surely He is ever Merciful
to you.
67. And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those
whom you call on except He; but when He brings you safe to
the land, you turn aside; and man is ever ungrateful.
68. What! Do you then feel secure that He will not cause a
tract of land to engulf you or send on you a tornado? Then
you shall not find a protector for yourselves.
69. Or, do you feel secure that He will (not) take you back
into it another time, then send on you a fierce gale and
thus drown you on account of your ungratefulness? Then you
shall not find any aider against Us in the matter.
70. And surely We have honored the children of Adam, and We
carry them in the land and the sea, and We have given them
of the good things, and We have made them to excel by an
appropriate excellence over most of those whom We have
created.
71. (Remember) the day when We will call every people with
their Imam; then whoever is given his book in his right
hand, these shall read their book; and they shall not be
dealt with a whit unjustly.
72. And whoever is blind in this, he shall (also) be blind
in the hereafter; and more erring from the way.
73. And surely they had purposed to turn you away from that
which We have revealed to you, that you should forge against
Us other than that, and then they would certainly have taken
you for a friend.
74. And had it not been that We had already established you,
you would certainly have been near to incline to them a
little;
75. In that case We would certainly have made you to taste a
double (punishment) in this life and a double (punishment)
after death, then you would not have found any helper
against Us.
76. And.surely they purposed to unsettle you from the land
that they might expel you from it, and in that case they
will not tarry behind you but a little.
77. (This is Our) course with regard to those of Our
apostles whom We sent before you, and you shall not find a
change in Our course.
78. Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the
darkness of the night and the morning recitation; surely the
morning recitation is witnessed.
79. And during a part of the night, pray Tahajjud beyond
what is incumbent on you; maybe your Lord will raise you to
a position of great glory.
80. And say: My Lord! make me to enter a goodly entering,
and cause me to go forth a goodly going forth, and grant me
from near Thee power to assist (me).
81. And say: The truth has come and the falsehood has
vanished; surely falsehood is a vanishing (thing).
82. And We reveal of the Quran that which is a healing and a
mercy to the believers, and it adds only to the perdition of
the unjust.
83. And when We bestow favor on man, he turns aside and
behaves proudly, and when evil afflicts him, he is
despairing.
84. Say: Every one acts according to his manner; but your
Lord best knows who is best guided in the path.
85. And they ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is one of
the commands of my Lord, and you are not given aught of
knowledge but a little.
86. And if We please, We should certainly take away that
which We have revealed to you, then you would not find for
it any protector against Us.
87. But on account of mercy from your Lord-- surely His grace
to you is abundant.
88. Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring
the like of this Quran, they could not bring the like of it,
though some of them were aiders of others.
89. And certainly We have explained for men in this Quran
every kind of similitude, but most men do not consent to
aught but denying.
90. And they say: We will by no means believe in you until
you cause a fountain to gush forth from the earth for us.
91. Or you should have a garden of palms and grapes in the
midst of which you should cause rivers to flow forth,
gushing out.
92. Or you should cause the heaven to come down upon us in
pieces as you think, or bring Allah and the angels face to
face (with us).
93. Or you should have a house of gold, or you should ascend
into heaven, and we will not believe in your ascending until
you bring down to us a book which we may read. Say: Glory be
to my Lord; am I aught but a mortal apostle?
94. And nothing prevented people from believing when the
guidance came to them except that they said: What! has Allah
raised up a mortal to be an apostle?
95. Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as
settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them from the
heaven an angel as an apostle.
96. Say: Allah suffices as a witness between me and you;
surely He is Aware of His servants, Seeing.
97. And whomsoever Allah guides, he is the follower of the
right way, and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not
find for him guardians besides Him; and We will gather them
together on the day of resurrection on their faces, blind
and dumb and deaf; their abode is hell; whenever it becomes
allayed We will add to their burning.
98. This is their retribution because they disbelieved in
Our communications and said What! when we shall have become
bones and decayed particles, shall we then indeed be raised
up into a new creation?
99. Do they not consider that Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth, is able to create their like, and He has
appointed for them a doom about which there is no doubt? But
the unjust do not consent to aught but denying.
100. Say: If you control the treasures of the mercy of my
Lord, then you would withhold (them) from fear of spending,
and man is niggardly.
101. And certainly We gave Musa nine clear signs; so ask the
children of Israel. When he came to them, Firon said to him:
Most surely I deem you, O Musa, to be a man deprived of
reason.
102. He said: Truly you know that none but the Lord of the
heavens and the earth has sent down these as clear proof and
most surely I believe you, O Firon, to be given over to
perdition.
103. So he desired to destroy them out of the earth, but We
drowned him and those with him all together;
104. And We said to the Israelites after him: Dwell in the
land: and when the promise of the next life shall come to
pass, we will bring you both together in judgment.
105. And with truth have We revealed it, and with truth did
it come; and We have not sent you but as the giver of good
news and as a warner.
106. And it is a Quran which We have revealed in portions so
that you may read it to the people by slow degrees, and We
have revealed it, revealing in portions.
107. Say: Believe in it or believe not; surely those who are
given the knowledge before it fall down on their faces,
making obeisance when it is recited to them.
108. And they say: Glory be to our Lord! most surely the
promise of our Lord was to be fulfilled.
109. And they fall down on their faces weeping, and it adds
to their humility.
110. Say: Call upon Allah or call upon, the Beneficent God;
whichever you call upon, He has the best names; and do not
utter your prayer with a very raised voice nor be silent
with regard to it, and seek a way between these.
111. And say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has not
taken a son and Who has not a partner in the kingdom, and
Who has not a helper to save Him from disgrace; and proclaim
His greatness magnifying (Him).
* The Cave *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. (All) praise is due to Allah, Who revealed the Book to His
servant and did not make in it any crookedness.
2. Rightly directing, that he might give warning of severe
punishment from Him and give good news to the believers who do
good that they shall have a goodly reward,
3. Staying in it for ever;
4. And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son. S. They have
no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word it is
that comes out of their mouths; they speak nothing but a lie.
6. Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after
them, if they do not believe in this announcement.
7. Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment
for it, so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in
works.
8. And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without
herbage.
9. Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the
Inscription were of Our wonderful signs?
10. When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our
Lord! grant us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course
in our affair.
11. So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of
years.
12. Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two
parties was best able to compute the time for which they
remained.
13. We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were
youths who believed in their Lord and We increased them in
guidance.
14. And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they
stood up and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the
earth; we will by no means call upon any god besides Him, for
then indeed we should have said an extravagant thing.
15. These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not
produce any clear authority in their support? Who is then more
unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah?
16. And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah,
betake yourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend
to you largely of His mercy and provide for you a profitable
course in your affair.
17. And you might see the sun when it rose, decline from their
cave towards the right hand, and when it set, leave them behind
on the left while they were in a wide space thereof. This is of
the signs of Allah; whomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly
guided one, and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find
for him any friend to lead (him) aright.
18. And you might think them awake while they were asleep and We
turned them about to the right and to the left, while their dog
(lay) outstretching its paws at the entrance; if you looked at
them you would certainly turn back from them in flight, and you
would certainly be filled with awe because of them.
19. And thus did We rouse them that they might question each
other. A speaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They
said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others)
said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send
one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let
him see which of them has purest food, so let him bring you
provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and by no
means make your case known to any one:
20. For surely if they prevail against you they would stone you
to death or force you back to their religion, and then you will
never succeed.
21. And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they
might know that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour
there is no doubt about it. When they disputed among themselves
about their affair and said: Erect an edifice over them-- their
Lord best knows them. Those who prevailed in their affair said:
We will certainly raise a masjid over them.
22. (Some) say: (They are) three, the fourth of them being their
dog; and (others) say: Five, the sixth of them being their dog,
making conjectures at what is unknown; and (others yet) say:
Seven, and the eighth of them is their dog. Say: My Lord best
knows their number, none knows them but a few; therefore contend
not in the matter of them but with an outward contention, and do
not question concerning them any of them.
23. And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow,
24. Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget
and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the
right than this.
25. And they remained in their cave three hundred years and
(some) add (another) nine.
26. Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are
(known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear
His sight and how clear His hearing! There is none to be a
guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His
associate in His Judgment.
27. And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your
Lord, there is none who can alter His words; and you shall not
find any refuge besides Him.
28. And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord
morning and evening desiring His goodwill, and let not your eyes
pass from them, desiring the beauties of this world's life; and
do not follow him whose heart We have made unmindful to Our
remembrance, and he follows his low desires and his case is one
in which due bounds are exceeded.
29. And say: The truth is from your Lord, so let him who please
believe, and let him who please disbelieve; surely We have
prepared for the iniquitous a fire, the curtains of which shall
encompass them about; and if they cry for water, they shall be
given water like molten brass which will scald their faces; evil
the drink and ill the resting-place.
30. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, We do not
waste the reward of him who does a good work.
31. These it is for whom are gardens of perpetuity beneath which
rivers flow, ornaments shall be given to them therein of
bracelets of gold, and they shall wear green robes of fine silk
and thick silk brocade interwoven with gold, reclining therein on
raised couches; excellent the recompense and goodly the resting
place.
32. And set forth to them a parable of two men; for one of them
We made two gardens of grape vines, and We surrounded them both
with palms, and in the midst of them We made cornfields.
33. Both these gardens yielded their fruits, and failed not aught
thereof, and We caused a river to gush forth in their midst,
34. And he possessed much wealth; so he said to his companion,
while he disputed with him: I have greater wealth than you, and
am mightier in followers.
35. And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He
said: I do not think that this will ever perish
36. And I do not think the hour will come, and even if I am
returned to my Lord I will most certainly find a returning place
better than this.
37. His companion said to him while disputing with him: Do you
disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then from a small
seed, then He made you a perfect man?
38. But as for me, He, Allah, is my Lord, and I do not associate
anyone with my Lord.
39. And wherefore did you not say when you entered your garden:
It is as Allah has pleased, there is no power save in Allah? If
you consider me to be inferior to you in wealth and children,
40. Then maybe my Lord will give me what is better than your
garden, and send on it a thunderbolt from heaven so that it shall
become even ground without plant,
41. Or its waters should sink down into the ground so that you
are unable to find it.
42. And his wealth was destroyed; so he began to wring his hands
for what he had spent on it, while it lay, having fallen down
upon its roofs, and he said: Ah me! would that I had not
associated anyone with my Lord.
43. And he had no host to help him besides Allah nor could he
defend himself.
44. Here is protection only Allah's, the True One; He is best in
(the giving of) reward and best in requiting.
45. And set forth to them parable of the life of this world: like
water which We send down from the cloud so the herbage of the
earth becomes tangled on account of it, then it becomes dry
broken into pieces which the winds scatter; and Allah is the
holder of power over all things.
46. Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this
world; and the ever-abiding, the good works, are better with your
Lord in reward and better in expectation.
47. And the day on which We will cause the mountains to pass away
and you will see the earth a levelled plain and We will gather
them and leave not any one of them behind.
48. And they shall be brought before your Lord, standing in
ranks: Now certainly you have come to Us as We created you at
first. Nay, you thought that We had not appointed to you a time
of the fulfillment of the promise.
49. And the Book shall be placed, then you will see the guilty
fearing from what is in it, and they will say: Ah! woe to us!
what a book is this! it does not omit a small one nor a great
one, but numbers them (all); and what they had done they shall
find present (there); and your Lord does not deal unjustly with
anyone.
50. And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam; they
made obeisance but Iblis (did it not). He was of the jinn, so he
transgressed the commandment of his Lord. What! would you then
take him and his offspring for friends rather than Me, and they
are your enemies? Evil is (this) change for the unjust.
51. I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens
and the earth, nor of the creation of their own souls; nor could
I take those who lead (others) astray for aiders.
52. And on the day when He shall say: Call on those whom you
considered to be My associates. So they shall call on them, but
they shall not answer them, and We will cause a separation
between them.
53. And the guilty shall see the fire, then they shall know that
they are going to fall into it, and they shall not find a place
to which to turn away from it.
54. And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of
example, and man is most of all given to contention. SS. And
nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to
them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that
what happened to the ancients should overtake them, or that the
chastisement should come face to face with them.
56. And We do not send apostles but as givers of good news and
warning, and those who disbelieve make a false contention that
they may render null thereby the truth, and they take My
communications and that with which they are warned for a mockery.
57. And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the
communications of his Lord, then he turns away from them and
forgets what his two hands have sent before? Surely We have
placed veils over their hearts lest they should understand it and
a heaviness in their ears; and if you call them to the guidance,
they will not ever follow the right course in that case.
58. And your Lord is Forgiving, the Lord of Mercy; were He to
punish them for what they earn, He would certainly have hastened
the chastisement for them; but for them there is an appointed
time from which they shall not find a refuge.
59. And (as for) these towns, We destroyed them when they acted
unjustly, and We have appointed a time for their destruction.
60. And when Musa said to his servant: I will not cease until I
reach the junction of the two rivers or I will go on for years.
61. So when they had reached the junction of the two (rivers)
they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, going
away.
62. But when they had gone farther, he said to his servant: Bring
to us our morning meal, certainly we have met with fatigue from
this our journey.
63. He said: Did you see when we took refuge on the rock then I
forgot the fish, and nothing made me forget to speak of it but
the Shaitan, and it took its way into the river; what a wonder!
64. He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned
retracing their footsteps.
65. Then they found one from among Our servants whom We had
granted mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from
Ourselves.
66. Musa said to him: Shall I follow you on condition that you
should teach me right knowledge of what you have been taught?
67. He said: Surely you cannot have patience with me
68. And how can you have patience in that of which you have not
got a comprehensive knowledge?
69. He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient and I
shall not disobey you in any matter.
70. He said: If you would follow me, then do not question me
about any thing until I myself speak to you about it
71. So they went (their way) until when they embarked in the boat
he made a hole in it. (Musa) said: Have you made a hole in it to
drown its inmates? Certainly you have done a grievous thing.
72. He said: Did I not say that you will not be able to have
patience with me?
73. He said: Blame me not for what I forgot, and do not constrain
me to a difficult thing in my affair.
74. So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him.
(Musa) said: Have you slain an innocent person otherwise than for
manslaughter? Certainly you have done an evil thing.
75. He said: Did I not say to you that you will not be able to
have patience with me?
76. He said: If I ask you about anything after this, keep me not
in your company; indeed you shall have (then) found an excuse in
my case.
77. So they went on until when they came to the people of a town,
they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as
guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of
falling, so he put it into a right state. (Musa) said: If you had
pleased, you might certainly have taken a recompense for it.
78. He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I
will inform you of the significance of that with which you could
not have patience.
79. As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on
the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was
behind them a king who seized every boat by force.
80. And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared
lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon
them:
81. So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place
one better than him in purity and nearer to having compassion.
82. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the
city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and
their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they
should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy
from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the
significance of that with which you could not have patience.
83. And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you
an account of him.
84. Surely We established him in the land and granted him means
of access to every thing.
85. So he followed a course.
86. Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found
it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We
said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a
benefit.
87. He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then
shall he be returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with
an exemplary chastisement: And as for him who believes and does
good, he shall have goodly reward, and We will speak to him an
easy word of Our command.
89. Then he followed (another) course.
90. Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he
found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from
It;
91. Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.
92. Then he followed (another) course.
93. Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he
found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a
word.
94. They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief
in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that
you should raise a barrier between us and them
95. He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better,
therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified
barrier between you and them;
96. Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the
space between the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when
he had made it (as) fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I
may pour over it.
97. So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole
in it.
98. He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise
of my Lord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground,
and the promise of my Lord is ever true.
99. And on that day We will leave a part of them in conflict with
another part, and the trumpet will be blown, so We will gather
them all together;
100. And We will bring forth hell, exposed to view, on that day
before the unbelievers.
101. They whose eyes were under a cover from My reminder and they
could not even hear.
102. What! do then those who disbelieve think that they can take
My servants to be guardians besides Me? Surely We have prepared
hell for the entertainment of the unbelievers.
103. Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their)
deeds?
104. (These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life
and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of
hands.
105. These are they who disbelieve in the communications of their
Lord and His meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore
We will not set up a balance for them on the day of resurrection.
106. Thus it is that their recompense is hell, because they
disbelieved and held My communications and My apostles in
mockery.
107. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, their
place of entertainment shall be the gardens of paradise,
108. Abiding therein; they shall not desire removal from them.
109. Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea
would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are
exhausted, though We were to bring the like of that (sea) to add
110. Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that
your god is one God, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he
should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his
Lord.
* Marium *
In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
1. Kaf Ha Ya Ain Suad.
2. A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya.
3. When he called upon his Lord in a low voice,
4. He said: My Lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head
flares with hoariness, and, my Lord! I have never been
unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee:
5. And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren,
therefore grant me from Thyself an heir,
6. Who should inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqoub,
and make him, my Lord, one in whom Thou art well pleased.
7. O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name
shall be Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.
8. He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is
barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of
old age?
9. He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and
indeed I created you before, when you were nothing.
10. He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that
you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in
sound health.
11. So he went forth to his people from his place of worship,
then he made known to them that they should glorify (Allah)
morning and evening.
12. O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted
him wisdom while yet a child
13. And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded
(against evil),
14. And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent,
disobedient.
15. And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he
dies, and on the day he is raised to life
16. And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her
family to an eastern place;
17. So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We
sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made
man.
18. She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent
God, if you are one guarding (against evil).
19. He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give
you a pure boy.
20. She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet
touched me, nor have I been unchaste?
21. He said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that
We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a
matter which has been decreed.
22. So she conceived him; then withdrew herself with him to a
remote place.
23. And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake
herself to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I
had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten!
24. Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve
not, surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;
25. And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop
on you fresh ripe dates:
26. So eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any
mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent God, so
I shall not speak to any man today.
27. And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her).
They said: O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing.
28. O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was
your mother an unchaste woman.
29. But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one
who was a child in the cradle?
30. He said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the
Book and made me a prophet;
31. And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has
enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live;
32. And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent,
unblessed;
33. And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die,
and on the day I am raised to life.
34. Such is Isa, son of Marium; (this is) the saying of truth
about which they dispute.
35. It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a ! son,
glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it
"Be," and it is.
36. And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve
Him; this is the right path.
37. But parties from among them disagreed with each other, so woe
to those who disbelieve, because of presence on a great
38. How clearly shall they hear and how clearly shall they see on
the day when they come to Us; but the unjust this day are in
manifest error.
39. And warn them of the day of intense regret, when the matter
shall have been decided; and they are (now) in negligence and
they do not believe.
40. Surely We inherit the earth and all those who are on it, and
to Us they shall be returned.
41. And mention Ibrahim in the Book; surely he was a truthful
man, a prophet.
42. When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship
what neither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least:
43. O my father! truly the knowledge has come to me which has not
come to you, therefore follow me, I will guide you on a right
path:
44. O my father! serve not the Shaitan, surely the Shaitan is
disobedient to the Beneficent God:
45. O my father! surely I fear that a punishment from the
Beneficent God should afflict you so that you should be a friend
of the Shaitan.
46. He said: Do you dislike my gods, O Ibrahim? If you do not
desist I will certainly revile you, and leave me for a time.
47. He said: Peace be on you, I will pray to my Lord to forgive
you; surely He is ever Affectionate to me:
48. And I will withdraw from you and what you call on besides
Allah, and I will call upon my Lord; may be I shall not remain
unblessed in calling upon my Lord.
49. So when he withdrew from them and what they worshipped
besides Allah, We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and each one of
them We made a prophet.
50. And We granted to them of Our mercy, and We left (behind
them) a truthful mention of eminence for them.
51. And mention Musa in the Book; surely he was one purified, and
he was an apostle, a prophet.
52. And We called to him from the blessed side of the mountain,
and We made him draw nigh, holding communion (with Us).
53. And We gave to him out of Our mercy his brother Haroun a
prophet.
54. And mention Ismail in the Book; surely he was truthful in
(his) promise, and he was an apostle, a prophet.
55. And he enjoined on his family prayer and almsgiving, and
was one in whom his Lord was well pleased.
56. And mention Idris in the Book; surely he was a truthful man,
a prophet,
57. And We raised him high in Heaven.
58. These are they on whom Allah bestowed favors, from among the
prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with
Nuh, and of the seed of Ibrahim and Israel, and of those whom We
guided and chose; when the communications of the Beneficent God
were recited to them, they fell down making obeisance and
weeping.
59. But there came after them an evil generation, who neglected
prayers and followed and sensual desires, so they win meet
perdition,
60. Except such as repent and believe and do good, these shall
enter the garden, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly in
any way:
61. The gardens of perpetuity which the Beneficent God has
promised to His servants while unseen; surely His promise shall
come to pass.
62. They shall not hear therein any vain discourse, but only:
Peace, and they shall have their sustenance therein morning and
evening.
63. This is the garden which We cause those of Our servants to
inherit who guard (against evil).
64. And we do not descend but by the command of your Lord; to Him
belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and
whatever is between these, and your Lord is not forgetful.
65. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between
them, so serve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know any
one equal to Him?
66. And says man: What! when I am dead shall I truly be brought
forth alive?
67. Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was
nothing?
68. So by your Lord! We will most certainly gather them together
and the Shaitans, then shall We certainly cause them to be
present round hell on their knees.
69. Then We will most certainly draw forth from every sect of
them him who is most exorbitantly rebellious against the
Beneficent God.
70. Again We do certainly know best those who deserve most to be
burned therein.
71. And there is not one of you but shall come to it; this is an
unavoidable decree of your Lord.
72. And We will deliver those who guarded (against evil), and We
will leave the unjust therein on their knees.
73. And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those
who disbelieve say to those who believe: Which of the two parties
is best in abiding and best in assembly?
74. And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them
who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!
75. Say: As for him who remains in error, the Beneficent God will
surely prolong his length of days, until they see what they were
threatened with, either the punishment or the hour; then they
shall know who is in more evil plight and weaker in forces
76. And Allah increases in guidance those who go aright; and
ever-abiding good works are with your Lord best in recompense and
best in yielding fruit.
77. Have you, then, seen him who disbelieves in Our
communications and says: I shall certainly be given wealth and
children?
78. Has he gained knowledge of the unseen, or made a covenant
with the Beneficent God?
79. By no means! We write down what he says, and We will lengthen
to him the length of the chastisement
80. And We will inherit of him what he says, and he shall come to
Us alone.
81. And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they should be
to them a source of strength;
82. By no means! They shall soon deny their worshipping them, and
they shall be adversaries to them.
83. Do you not see that We have sent the Shaitans against the
unbelievers, inciting them by incitement?
84. Therefore be not in haste against them, We only number out to
them a number (of days).
85. The day on which We will gather those who guard (against
evil) to the Beneficent God to receive honors
86. And We will drive the guilty to hell thirsty
87. They shall not control intercession, save he who has made a
covenant with the Beneficent God.
88. And they say: The Beneficent God has taken (to Himself) a
son.
89. Certainly you have made an abominable assertion
90. The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave
asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces,
91. That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent God.
92. And it is not worthy of the Beneficent God that He should
take (to Himself) a son.
93. There is no one in the heavens and the earth but will come to
the Beneficent God as a servant.
94. Certainly He has a comprehensive knowledge of them and He has
numbered them a (comprehensive) numbering.
95. And every one of them will come to Him on the day of
resurrection alone.
96. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds for t
them will Allah bring about love.
97. So We have only made it easy in your tongue that you may give
good news thereby to those who guard (against evil) and warn
thereby a vehemently contentious people.
98. And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Do
you see any one of them or hear a sound of them?
* Ta Ha *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ta Ha.
2. We have not revealed the Quran to you that you may be
unsuccessful.
3. Nay, it is a reminder to him who fears:
4. A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high
heavens.
5. The Beneficent God is firm in power.
6. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and
what is between them two and what is beneath the ground.
7. And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the
secret, and what is yet more hidden.
8. Allah-- there is no god but He; His are the very best names.
9. And has the story of Musa come to you?
10. When he saw fire, he said to his family: Stop, for surely I
see a fire, haply I may bring to you therefrom a live coal or
find a
guidance at the fire.
11. So when he came to it, a voice was uttered: O Musa:
12. Surely I am your Lord, therefore put off your shoes;
surely you are in the sacred valley, Tuwa,
13. And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:
14. Surely I am Allah, there is no god but 1, therefore serve
Me and keep up prayer for My remembrance:
15. Surely the hour is coming-- I am about to make it manifest-- so
that every soul may be rewarded as it strives:
16. Therefore let not him who believes not in it and follows his
low desires turn you away from it so that you should perish;
17. And what is this in your right hand, O Musa!
18. He said: This is my staff: I recline on it and I beat the
leaves with it to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other
uses for it.
19. He said: Cast it down, O Musa!
20. So he cast it down; and lo! it was a serpent running.
21. He said: Take hold of it and fear not; We will restore it to
its former state:
22. And press your hand to your side, it shall come out white
without evil: another sign:
23. That We may show you of Our greater signs:
24. Go to Firon, surely he has exceeded all limits.
25. He said: O my Lord! Expand my breast for me,
26. And make my affair easy to me,
27. And loose the knot from my tongue,
28. (That) they may understand my word;
29. And give to me an aider from my family:
30. Haroun, my brother,
31. Strengthen my back by him,
32. And associate him (with me) in my affair,
33. So that we should glorify Thee much,
34. And remember Thee oft.
35. Surely, Thou art seeing us.
36. He said: You are indeed granted your petition, O Musa
And certainly We bestowed on you a favor at another time;
38. When We revealed to your mother what was revealed;
39. Saying: Put him into a chest, then cast it down into the
river, then the river shall throw him on the shore; there shall
take him up one who is an enemy to Me and enemy to him, and I
cast down upon you love from Me, and that you might be brought up
before My eyes;
40. When your sister went and said: Shall I direct you to one who
will take charge of him? So We brought you back to your mother,
that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve and you
killed a man, then We delivered you from the grief, and We tried
you with (a severe) trying. Then you stayed for years among the
people of Madyan; then you came hither as ordained, O Musa.
41. And I have chosen you for Myself:
42. Go you and your brother with My communications and be not
remiss in remembering Me;
43. Go both to Firon, surely he has become inordinate;
44. Then speak to him a gentle word haply he may mind or fear.
45. Both said: O our Lord! Surely we fear that he may hasten to
do evil to us or that he may become inordinate.
46. He said: Fear not, surely I am with you both: I do hear and
see.
47. So go you both to him and say: Surely we are two apostles of
your Lord; therefore send the children of Israel with us and do
not torment them! Indeed we have brought to you a communication
from your Lord, and peace is on him who follows the guidance;
48. Surely it has been revealed to us that the chastisement will
surely come upon him who rejects and turns back.
49. (Firon) said: And who is your Lord, O Musa?
50. He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation,
then guided it (to its goal).
51. He said: Then what is the state of the former generations?
52. He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a book, my
Lord errs not, nor does He forget;
53. Who made the earth for you an expanse and made for you
therein paths and sent down water from the cloud; then thereby We
have brought forth many species of various herbs.
54. Eat and pasture your cattle; most surely there are signs in
this for those endowed with understanding.
SS. From it We created you and into it We shall send you back and
from it will We raise you a second time.
56. And truly We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he
rejected and refused.
57. Said he: Have you come to us that you should turn us out of
our land by your magic, O Musa?
58. So we too will produce before you magic like it, therefore
make between us and you an appointment, which we should not
break, (neither) we nor you, (in) a central place.
59. (Musa) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival and
let the people be gathered together in the early forenoon.
60. So Firon turned his back and settled his plan, then came.
61. Musa said to them: Woe to you! do not forge a lie against
Allah, lest He destroy you by a punishment, and he who forges (a
lie) indeed fails to attain (his desire).
62. So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept
the discourse secret.
63. They said: These are most surely two magicians who wish to
turn you out from your land by their magic and to take away your
best traditions.
64. Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks and
he will prosper indeed this day who overcomes.
65. They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first
who cast down?
66. He said: Nay! cast down. then lo! their cords and their
rods-- it was imaged to him on account of their magic as if they
were running.
67. So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.
68. We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost,
69. And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour
what they have wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a
magician, and the magician shall not be successful wheresoever he
may come from.
70. And the magicians were cast down making obeisance; they said:
We believe in the Lord of Haroun and Musa.
71. (Firon) said: You believe in him before I give you leave;
most surely he is the chief of you who taught you enchantment,
therefore I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on
opposite sides, and I will certainly crucify you on the trunks of
the palm trees, and certainly you will come to know which of us
is the more severe and the more abiding in chastising.
72. They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of
clear arguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you
are going to decide; you can only decide about this world's life.
73. Surely we believe in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins
and the magic to which you compelled us; and Allah is better and
more abiding.
74. Whoever comes to his Lord (being) guilty, for him is surely
hell; he shall not die therein, nor shall he live.
75. And whoever comes to Him a believer (and) he has done good
deeds indeed, these it is who shall have the high ranks,
76. The gardens of perpetuity, beneath which rivers flow, to
abide therein; and this is the reward of him who has purified
himself.
77. And certainly We revealed to Musa, saying: Travel by night
with My servants, then make for them a dry path in the sea, not
fearing to be overtaken, nor being afraid.
78. And Firon followed them with his armies, so there came upon
them of the sea that which came upon them.
79. And Firon led astray his people and he did not guide (them)
aright.
80. O children of Israel! indeed We delivered you from your
enemy, and We made a covenant with you on the blessed side of the
mountain, and We sent to you the manna and the quails.
81. Eat of the good things We have given you for sustenance, and
be not inordinate with respect to them, lest My wrath should be
due to you, and to whomsoever My wrath is due be shall perish
indeed.
82. And most surely I am most Forgiving to him who repents and
believes and does good, then continues to follow the right
direction.
83. And what caused you to hasten from your people, O Musa?
84. He said: They are here on my track and I hastened on to Thee,
my Lord, that Thou mightest be pleased.
85. He said: So surely We have tried your people after you, and
the Samiri has led them astray.
86. So Musa returned to his people wrathful, sorrowing. Said he:
O my people! did not your Lord promise you a goodly promise: did
then the time seem long to you, or did you wish that displeasure
from your Lord should be due to you, so that you broke (your)
promise to me?
87. They said: We did not break (our) promise to you of our own
accord, but we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of
the people, then we made a casting of them, and thus did the
Samiri suggest.
88. So he brought forth for them a calf, a (mere) body, which had
a mooing sound, so they said: This is your god and the god of
Musa, but he forgot.
89. What! could they not see that it did not return to them a
reply, and (that) it did not control any harm or benefit for
them?
90. And certainly Haroun had said to them before: O my people!
you are only tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Beneficent
God, therefore follow me and obey my order.
91. They said: We will by no means cease to keep to its worship
until Musa returns to us.
92. (Musa) said: O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them
going astray,
93. So that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order?
94. He said: O son of my mother! seize me not by my beard nor by
my head; surely I was afraid lest you should say: You have caused
a division among the children of Israel and not waited for my
word.
95. He said: What was then your object, O Samiri?
96. He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a
handful (of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I
threw it in the casting; thus did my soul commend to me
97. He said: Begone then, surely for you it will be in this life
to say, Touch (me) not; and surely there is a threat for you,
which shall not be made to fail to you, and look at your god to
whose worship you kept (so long); we will certainly burn it, then
we will certainly scatter it a (wide) scattering in the sea.
98. Your God is only Allah, there is no god but He; He
comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.
99. Thus do We relate to you (some) of the news of what has gone
before; and indeed We have given to you a Reminder from
Ourselves.
100. Whoever turns aside from it, he shall surely bear a burden
on the day of resurrection
101. Abiding in this (state), and evil will it be for them to
bear on the day of resurrection;
102. On the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and We will
gather the guilty, blue-eyed, on that day
103. They shall consult together secretly: You did tarry but ten
(centuries).
104. We know best what they say, when the fairest of them in
course would say: You tarried but a day.
105. And they ask you about the mountains. Say: My Lord will
carry them away from the roots.
106. Then leave it a plain, smooth level
107. You shall not see therein any crookedness or unevenness.
108. On that day they shall follow the inviter, there is no
crookedness in him, and the voices shall be low before the
Beneficent God so that you shall not hear aught but a soft sound.
109. On that day shall no intercession avail except of him whom
the Beneficent God allows and whose word He is pleased with.
110. He knows what is before them and what is behind them, while
they do not comprehend it in knowledge.
111. And the faces shall be humbled before the Living, the
Self-subsistent God, and he who bears iniquity is indeed a
failure.
112. And whoever does good works and he is a believer, he shall
have no fear of injustice nor of the withholding of his due.
113. And thus have We sent it down an Arabic Quran, and have
distinctly set forth therein of threats that they may guard
(against evil) or that it may produce a reminder for them.
114. Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth,
and do not make haste with the Quran before its revelation is
made complete to you and say: O my Lord ! increase me in
knowledge.
115. And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he
forgot; and We did not find in him any determination.
116. And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they
made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused.
117. So We said: O Adam! This is an enemy to you and to your
wife; therefore let him not drive you both forth from the garden
so that you should be unhappy;
118. Surely it is (ordained) for you that you shall not be hungry
therein nor bare of clothing;
119. And that you shall not be thirsty therein nor shall you feel
the heat of the sun.
120. But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to him; he said: O
Adam! Shall I guide you to the tree of immortality and a kingdom
which decays not?
121 . Then they both ate of it, so their evil inclinations became
manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with
leaves of the garden, and Adam disobeyed his Lord, so his life
became evil (to him).
122. Then his Lord chose him, so He turned to him and guided
(him).
123. He said: Get forth you two therefrom, all (of you), one of
you (is) enemy to another. So there will surely come to you
guidance from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, he shall not
go astray nor be unhappy;
124. And whoever turns away from My reminder, his shall be a
straitened life, and We will raise him on the day of
resurrection, blind.
125. He shall say: My Lord! why hast Thou raised me blind and I
was a seeing one indeed?
126. He will say: Even so, Our communications came to you but you
neglected them; even thus shall you be forsaken this day.
127. And thus do We recompense him who is extravagant and does
not believe in the communications of his Lord, and certainly the
chastisement of the hereafter is severer and more
128. Does it not then direct them aright how many of the
generations In whose dwelling-places they go about We destroyed
before them? Most surely there are signs in this for those
endowed with understanding.
129. And had there not been a word (that had) already gone forth
from your Lord and an appointed term, it would surely have been
made to cleave (to them).
130. Bear then patiently what they say, and glorify your Lord by
the praising of Him before the rising of the sun and before its
setting, and during hours of the night do also glorify (Him) and
during parts of the day, that you may be well pleased
131. And do not stretch your eyes after that with which We have
provided different classes of them, (of) the splendor of this
world's life, that We may thereby try them; and the sustenance
(given) by your Lord is better and more abiding.
132. And enjoin prayer on your followers, and steadily adhere to
it; We do not ask you for subsistence; We do give you
subsistence, and the (good) end is for guarding (against evil).
133. And they say: Why does he not bring to us a sign from his
Lord? Has not there come to them a clear evidence of what is m
the previous books?
134. And had We destroyed them with chastisement before this,
they would certainly have said: O our Lord! why didst Thou not
send to us an apostle, for then we should have followed Thy
communications before that we met disgrace and shame.
135. Say: Every one (of us) is awaiting, therefore do await: So
you will come to know who is the follower of the even path and
who goes aright.
* The Prophets *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Their reckoning has drawn near to men, and in
heedlessness are they turning aside.
2. There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord
but they hear it while they sport,
3. Their hearts trifling; and those who are unjust counsel
together in secret: He is nothing but a mortal like
yourselves; what! will you then yield to enchantment while
you see?
4. He said: My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and
the earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
5. Nay! say they: Medleys of dreams; nay! he has forged it;
nay! he is a poet; so let him bring to us a sign as the
former (prophets) were sent (with).
6. There did not believe before them any town which We
destroyed, will they then believe?
7. And We did not send before you any but men to whom We
sent revelation, so ask the followers of the reminder if you
do not
8. And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and
they were not to abide (forever).
9. Then We made Our promise good to them, so We delivered
them and those whom We pleased, and We destroyed the ex
10. Certainly We have revealed to you a Book in which is
your good remembrance; what! do you not then understand?
11. And how many a town which was iniquitous did We
demolish, and We raised up after it another people!
12. So when they felt Our punishment, lo! they began to fly
13. Do not fly (now) and come back to what you were made to
lead easy lives in and to your dwellings, haply you will be
questioned.
14. They said: O woe to us! surely we were unjust.
15. And this ceased not to be their cry till We made them
cut
16. And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what
is between them for sport.
17. Had We wished to make a diversion, We would have made it
from before Ourselves: by no means would We do (it).
18. Nay! We cast the truth against the falsehood, so that it
breaks its head, and lo! it vanishes; and woe to you for
what you describe;
19. And whoever is in the heavens and the earth is His; and
those who are with Him are not proud to serve Him, nor do
they grow weary.
20. They glorify (Him) by night and day; they are never
languid.
21. Or have they taken gods from the earth who raise (the
dead).
22. If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they
would both have certainly been in a state of disorder;
therefore glory be to Allah, the Lord of the dominion, above
what they attribute (to Him).
23. He cannot be questioned concerning what He does and they
shall be questioned.
24. Or, have they taken gods besides Him? Say: Bring your
proof; this is the reminder of those with me and the
reminder of those before me. Nay! most of them do not know
the truth, so they turn aside.
25. And We did not send before you any apostle but We
revealed to him that there is no god but Me, therefore serve
Me.
26. And they say: The Beneficent God has taken to Himself a
! son. Glory be to Him. Nay! they are honored servants
27. They do not precede Him in speech and (only) according
to His commandment do they act.
28. He knows what is before them and what is behind them,
and they do not intercede except for him whom He approves
and for fear of Him they tremble.
29. And whoever of them should say: Surely I am a god
besides Him, such a one do We recompense with hell; thus do,
We recompense the unjust.
30. Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the
earth were closed up, but We have opened them; and We have
made of water everything living, will they not then believe?
31. And We have made great mountains in the earth lest it
might be convulsed with them, and We have made in it wide
ways that they may follow a right direction.
32. And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet)
they turn aside from its signs.
33. And He it is Who created the night and the day and the
sun and the moon; all (orbs) travel along swiftly in their
celestial spheres.
34. And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you.
What! Then if you die, will they abide?
35. Every soul must taste of death and We try you by evil
and good by way of probation; and to Us you shall be brought
back.
36. And when those who disbelieve see you, they do not take
you but for one to be scoffed at: Is this he who speaks of
your gods? And they are deniers at the mention of the
Beneficent God.
37. Man is created of haste; now will I show to you My
signs, therefore do not ask Me to hasten (them) on.
38. And they say: When will this threat come to pass if you
are truthful?
39. Had those who disbelieve but known (of the time) when
they shall not be able to ward off the fire from their faces
nor from their backs, nor shall they be helped.
40. Nay, it shall come on them all of a sudden and cause
them to become confounded, so they shall not have the power
to avert it, nor shall they be respited.
41. And certainly apostles before you were scoffed at, then
there befell those of them who scoffed that at which they
had scoffed.
42. Say: Who guards you by night and by day from the
Beneficent God? Nay, they turn aside at the mention of their
Lord.
43. Or, have they gods who can defend them against Us? They
shall not be able to assist themselves, nor shall they be
defended from Us.
44. Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers until
life was prolonged to them. Do they not then see that We are
visiting the land, curtailing it of its sides? Shall they
then prevail?
45. Say: I warn you only by revelation; and the deaf do not
hear the call whenever they are warned.
46. And if a blast of the chastisement of your Lord were to
touch them, they will certainly say: O woe to us! surely we
were unjust.
47. And We will set up a just balance on the day of
resurrection, so no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the
least; and though there be the weight of a grain of mustard
seed, (yet) will We bring it, and sufficient are We to take
account.
48. And certainly We gave to Musa and Haroun the Furqan and
a light and a reminder for those who would guard (against
evil).
49. (For) those who fear their Lord in secret and they are
fearful of the hour.
50. And this is a blessed Reminder which We have revealed;
will you then deny it?
51. And certainly We gave to Ibrahim his rectitude before,
and We knew him fully well.
52. When he said to his father and his people: What are
these images to whose worship you cleave?
53. They said: We found our fathers worshipping them.
54. He said: Certainly you have been, (both) you and your
fathers, in manifest error.
55. They said: Have you brought to us the truth, or are you
one of the triflers?
56. He said: Nay! your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and
the earth, Who brought them into existence, and I am of
those who bear witness to this:
57. And, by Allah! I will certainly do something against
your idols after you go away, turning back.
58. So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them,
that haply they may return to it.
59. They said: Who has done this to our gods? Most surely he
is one of the unjust.
60. They said: We heard a youth called Ibrahim speak of
them.
61. Said they: Then bring him before the eyes of the people,
perhaps they may bear witness.
62. They said: Have you done this to our gods, O Ibrahim?
63. He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of
them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak.
64. Then they turned to themselves and said: Surely you
yourselves are the unjust;
65. Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly
you know that they do not speak.
66. He said:.What! do you then serve besides Allah what
brings you not any benefit at all, nor does it harm you?
67. Fie on you and on what you serve besides Allah; what! do
you not then understand?
68. They said: Burn him and help your gods, if you are going
to do (anything).
69. We said: O fire! be a comfort and peace to Ibrahim;
70. And they desired a war on him, but We made them the
greatest losers.
71. And We delivered him as well as Lut (removing them) to
the land which We had blessed for all people.
72. And We gave him Ishaq and Yaqoub, a son's son, and We
made (them) all good.
73. And We made them Imams who guided (people) by Our
command, and We revealed to them the doing of good and the
keeping up of prayer and the giving of the alms, and Us
(alone) did they serve;
74. And (as for) Lut, We gave him wisdom and knowledge, and
We delivered him from the town which wrought abominations;
surely they were an evil people, transgressors;
75. And We took him into Our mercy; surely he was of the
good.
76. And Nuh, when he cried aforetime, so We answered him,
and delivered him and his followers from the great calamity.
77. And We helped him against the people who rejected Our
communications; surely they were an evil people, so We
drowned them all.
78. And Dawood and Sulaiman when they gave judgment
concerning the field when the people's sheep pastured
therein by night, and We were bearers of witness to their
judgment.
79. So We.made Sulaiman to understand it; and to each one We
gave wisdom and knowledge; and We made the mountains, and
the birds to celebrate Our praise with Dawood; and We were
the doers.
80. And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you,
that they might protect you in your wars; will you then be
grateful?
81 . And (We made subservient) to Sulaiman the wind blowing
violent, pursuing its course by his command to the land
which We had blessed, and We are knower of ail things.
82. And of the rebellious people there were those who dived
for him and did other work besides that, and We kept guard
over them;
83. And Ayub, when he cried to his Lord, (saying): Harm has
afflicted me, and Thou art the most Merciful of the
merciful.
84. Therefore We responded to him and took off what harm he
had, and We gave him his family and the like of them with
them: a mercy from Us and a reminder to the worshippers.
85. And Ismail and Idris and Zulkifl; all were of the
patient ones;
86. And We caused them to enter into Our mercy, surely they
were of the good ones.
87. And Yunus, when he went away in wrath, so he thought
that We would not straiten him, so he called out among
afflictions: There is no god but Thou, glory be to Thee;
surely I am of those who make themselves to suffer loss.
88. So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief
and thus do We deliver the believers.
89. And Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: O my Lord leave
me not alone; and Thou art the best of inheritors.
90. So We responded to him and gave him Yahya and made his
wife fit for him; surely they used to hasten, one with
another In deeds of goodness and to call upon Us, hoping and
fearing and they were humble before Us.
91. And she who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into
her of Our inspiration and made her and her son a sign for
the nations.
92. Surely this Islam is your religion, one religion (only),
and I am your Lord, therefore serve Me.
93. And they broke their religion (into sects) between them:
to Us shall all come back.
94. Therefore whoever shall do of good deeds and he is a
believer, there shall be no denying of his exertion, and
surely We will write (It) down for him.
95. And it is binding on a town which We destroy that they
shall not return.
96. Even when Gog and Magog are let loose and they shall
break forth from every elevated place.
97. And the true promise shall draw nigh, then lo! the eyes
of those who disbelieved shall be fixedly open: O woe to us!
surely we were m a state of heedlessness as to this; nay, we
were unjust.
98. Surely you and what you worship besides Allah are the
firewood of hell; to it you shall come.
99. Had these been gods, they would not have come to it and
all shall abide therein.
100. For them therein shall be groaning and therein they
shall not hear.
101. Surely (as for) those for whom the good has already
gone forth from Us, they shall be kept far off from it;
102. They will not hear its faintest sound, and they shall
abide in that which their souls long for.
103. The great fearful event shall not grieve them, and the
angels shall meet them: This is your day which you were
promised.
104. On the day when We will roll up heaven like the rolling
up of the scroll for writings, as We originated the first
creation, (so) We shall reproduce it; a promise (binding on
Us); surely We will bring it about.
105. And certainly We wrote in the Book after the reminder
that (as for) the land, My righteous servants shall inherit
it.
106. Most surely in this is a message to a people who serve
107. And We have hot sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.
108. Say: It is only revealed to me that your God is one
God; will you then submit?
109. But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning m
fairness and I do not know whether what you are threatened
with is near or far:
110. Surely He knows what is spoken openly and He knows what
you hide:
111. And I do not know if this may be a trial for you and a
provision till a time.
112. He said: O my Lord! judge Thou with truth; and our Lord
is the Beneficent God, Whose help is sought against what you
ascribe (to Him).
* The Pilgrimage *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord;
surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing.
2. On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving suck
shall quit in confusion what she suckled, and every pregnant
woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men
intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the
chastisement of Allah will be severe.
3. And among men there is he who disputes about Allah
without knowledge and follows every rebellious Shaitan;
4. Against him it is written down that whoever takes him for
a friend, he shall lead him astray and conduct him to the
chastisement of the burning fire.
5. O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then
surely We created you from dust, then from a small seed,
then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in
make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you; and We
cause what We please to stay in the wombs till an appointed
time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may
attain your maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die,
and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of
life, so that after having knowledge he does not know
anything; and you see the earth sterile land, but when We
send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings
forth of every kind a beautiful herbage.
6. This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives
life to the dead and because He has power over all things
7. And because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about
it; and because Allah shall raise up those who are in the
graves.
8. And among men there is he who disputes about Allah
without knowledge and without guidance and without an
illuminating book,
9. Turning away haughtily that he may lead (others) astray
from the way of Allah; for him is disgrace in this world,
and on the day of resurrection We will make him taste the
punishment of burning:
10. This is due to what your two hands have sent before, and
because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants.
11. And among men is he who serves Allah (standing) on the
verge, so that if good befalls him he is satisfied
therewith, but if a trial afflict him he turns back
headlong; he loses this world as well as the hereafter; that
is a manifest loss.
12. He calls besides Allah upon that which does not harm him
and that which does not profit him, that is the great
straying.
13. He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit;
evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the
associate.
14. Surely Allah will cause those who believe and do good
deeds to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, surely
Allah does what He pleases.
15. Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this
life and the hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the
ceiling, then let him cut (it) off, then let him see if his
struggle will take away that at which he is enraged.
16. And thus have We revealed it, being clear arguments, and
because Allah guides whom He intends.
17. Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the
Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who
associate (others with Allah)-- surely Allah will decide
between them on the day of resurrection; surely Allah is a
witness over all things.
18. Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is
in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and
the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and
the animals and many of the people; and many there are
against whom chastisement has become necessary; and
whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him
honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.
19. These are two adversaries who dispute about their Lord;
then (as to) those who disbelieve, for them are cut out
garments of fire, boiling water shall be poured over their
heads.
20. With it shall be melted what is in their bellies and
(their) skins as well.
21 And for them are whips of iron.
22 Whenever they will desire to go forth from it, from
grief, they shall be turned back into it, and taste the
chastisement of burning.
23. Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good
deeds enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; they shall be
adorned therein with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls,
and their garments therein shall be of silk.
24. And they are guided to goodly words and they are guided
into the path of the Praised One.
25. Surely (as for) those who disbelieve, and hinder (men)
from Allah's way and from the Sacred Mosque which We have
made equally for all men, (for) the dweller therein and
(for) the visitor, and whoever shall incline therein to
wrong unjustly, We will make him taste of a painful
chastisement.
26. And when We assigned to Ibrahim the place of the House,
saying: Do not associate with Me aught, and purify My House
for those who make the circuit and stand to pray and bow and
prostrate themselves.
27. And proclaim among men the Pilgrimage: they will come to
you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every
remote path,
28. That they may witness advantages for them and mention
the name of Allah during stated days over what He has given
them of the cattle quadrupeds, then eat of them and feed the
distressed one, the needy.
29. Then let them accomplish their needful acts of shaving
and cleansing, and let them fulfil their vows and let them
go round the Ancient House.
30. That (shall be so); and whoever respects the sacred
ordinances of Allah, it is better for him with his Lord; and
the cattle are made lawful for you, except that which is
recited to you, therefore avoid the uncleanness of the idols
and avoid false words,
31. Being upright for Allah, not associating aught with Him
and whoever associates (others) with Allah, it is as though
he had fallen from on high, then the birds snatch him away
or the wind carries him off to a far-distant place.
32. That (shall be so); and whoever respects the signs of
Allah, this surely is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts.
33. You have advantages in them till a fixed time, then
their place of sacrifice is the Ancient House.
34. And to every nation We appointed acts of devotion that
they may mention the name of Allah on what He has given them
of the cattle quadrupeds; so your God is One God, therefore
to Him should you submit, and give good news to the humble,
35. (To) those whose hearts tremble when Allah is mentioned,
and those who are patient under that which afflicts them,
and those who keep up prayer, and spend (benevolently) out
of what We have given them.
36. And (as for) the camels, We have made them of the signs
of the religion of Allah for you; for you therein is much
good; therefore mention the name of Allah on them as they
stand in a row, then when they fall down eat of them and
feed the poor man who is contented and the beggar; thus have
We made them subservient to you, that you may be grateful.
37. There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood,
but to Him is acceptable the guarding (against evil) on your
part; thus has He made them subservient to you, that you may
magnify Allah because He has guided you aright; and give
good news to those who do good (to others).
38. Surely Allah will defend those who believe; surely Allah
does not love any one who is unfaithful, ungrateful.
39. Permission (to fight) is given to those upon whom war is
made because they are oppressed, and most surely Allah is
well able to assist them;
40. Those who have been expelled from their homes without a
just cause except that they say: Our Lord is Allah. And had
there not been Allah's repelling some people by others,
certainly there would have been pulled down cloisters and
churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah's name is
much remembered; and surely Allah will help him who helps
His cause; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
41. Those who, should We establish them in the land, will
keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and
forbid evil; and Allah's is the end of affairs.
42. And if they reject you, then already before you did the
people of Nuh and Ad and Samood reject (prophets).
43. And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut,
44. As well as those of Madyan and Musa (too) was rejected,
but I gave respite to the unbelievers, then did I overtake
them, so how (severe) was My disapproval.
45. So how many a town did We destroy while it was unjust,
so it was fallen down upon its roofs, and (how many a)
deserted well and palace raised high.
46. Have they not travelled in the land so that they should
have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to
hear? For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but
blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.
47. And they ask you to hasten on the punishment, and Allah
will by no means fail in His promise, and surely a day with
your Lord is as a thousand years of what you number.
48. And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was
unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return.
49. Say: O people! I am only a plain warner to you.
50. Then (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall
have forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
51. And (as for) those who strive to oppose Our
communications, they shall be the inmates of the flaming
fire.
52. And We did not send before you any apostle or prophet,
but when he desired, the Shaitan made a suggestion
respecting his desire; but Allah annuls that which the
Shaitan casts, then does Allah establish His communications,
and Allah is Knowing, Wise,
53. So that He may make what the Shaitan casts a trial for
those in whose hearts is disease and those whose hearts are
hard; and most surely the unjust are in a great opposition,
54. And that those who have been given the knowledge may
know that it is the truth from your Lord, so they may
believe in it and their hearts may be lowly before it; and
most surely Allah is the Guide of those who believe into a
right path.
55. And those who disbelieve shall not cease to be in doubt
concerning it until the hour overtakes them suddenly, or
there comes on them the chastisement of a destructive day.
56. The kingdom on that day shall be Allah's; He will judge
between them; so those who believe and do good will be in
gardens of bliss.
57. And (as for) those who disbelieve in and reject Our
communications, these it is who shall have a disgraceful
chastisement.
58. And (as for) those who fly in Allah's way and are then
slain or die, Allah will most certainly grant them a goodly
sustenance, and most surely Allah is the best Giver of
sustenance.
59. He will certainly cause them to enter a place of
entrance which they shall be well pleased with, and most
surely Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.
60. That (shall be so); and he who retaliates with the like
of that with which he has been afflicted and he has been
oppressed, Allah will most certainly aid him; most
surely.Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
61. That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the
day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because
Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
62. That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they
call upon besides Him-- that is the falsehood, and because
Allah is the High, the Great.
63. Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the
cloud so the earth becomes green? Surely Allah is Benignant,
Aware.
64. His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in
the earth; and most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the
Praised.
65. Do you not see that Allah has made subservient to you
whatsoever is in the earth and the ships running in the sea
by His command? And He withholds the heaven from falling on
the earth except with His permission; most surely Allah is
Compassionate, Merciful to men.
66. And He it is Who has brought you to life, then He will
cause you to die, then bring you to life (again); most
surely man is ungrateful.
67. To every nation We appointed acts of devotion which they
observe, therefore they should not dispute with you about
the matter and call to your Lord; most surely you are on a
right way.
68. And if they contend with you, say: Allah best knows what
you do.
69. Allah will judge between you on the day of resurrection
respecting that in which you differ.
70. Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven
and the earth? Surely this is in a book; surely this is easy
to Allah.
71. And they serve besides Allah that for which He has not
sent any authority, and that of which they have no
knowledge; and for the unjust there shall be no helper.
72. And when Our clear communications are recited to them
you will find denial on the faces of those who disbelieve;
they almost spring upon those who recite to them Our
communications. Say: Shall I inform you of what is worse
than this? The fire; Allah has promised it to those who
disbelieve; and how evil the resort!
73. O people! a parable is set forth, therefore listen to
it: surely those whom you call upon besides Allah cannot
create fly, though they should all gather for it, and should
the fly snatch away anything from them, they could not take
it back from i weak are the invoker and the invoked.
74. They have not estimated Allah with the estimation that i
due to Him; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
75. Allah chooses messengers from among the angels and from
among the men; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
76. He knows what is before them and what is behind them and
to Allah are all affairs turned back.
77. O you who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves and
serve your Lord, and do.good that you may succeed.
78. And strive hard in (the way of) Allah, (such) a striving
a is due to Him; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you
an hardship in religion; the faith of your father Ibrahim;
He named you Muslims before and in this, that the Apostle
may be a bearer of witness to you, and you may be bearers of
witness to the people; therefore keep up prayer and pay the
poor-rate and hold fast by Allah; He is your Guardian; how
excellent the Guardian and how excellent the Helper!
* The Believers *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Successful indeed are the believers,
2. Who are humble in their prayers,
3. And who keep aloof from what is vain,
4. And who are givers of poor-rate,
5. And who guard their private parts,
6. Except before their mates or those whom their right hands
possess, for they surely are not blameable,
7. But whoever seeks to go beyond that, these are they that
exceed the limits;
8. And those who are keepers of their trusts and their
covenant,
9. And those who keep a guard on their prayers;
10. These are they who are the heirs,
11. Who shall inherit the Paradise; they shall abide
therein.
12. And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,
13. Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,
14. Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a
lump of flesh, then We made (in) the lump of flesh bones,
then We clothed the bones with flesh, then We caused it to
grow into another creation, so blessed be Allah, the best of
the creators.
15. Then after that you will most surely die.
16. Then surely on the day of resurrection you shall be
raised.
17. And certainly We made above you seven heavens; and never
are We heedless of creation.
18. And We send down water from the cloud according to a
measure, then We cause it to settle in the earth, and most
surely We are able to carry it away.
19. Then We cause to grow thereby gardens of palm trees and
grapes for you; you have in them many fruits and from them
do you eat;
20. And a tree that grows out of Mount Sinai which produces
oil and a condiment for those who eat.
21. And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle:
We make you to drink of what is in their bellies, and you
have in them many advantages and of them you eat,
22. And on them and on the ships you are borne.
23. And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will
you not then guard (against evil)?
24. And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his
people said: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who
desires that he may have superiority over you, and if Allah
had pleased, He could certainly have sent down angels. We
have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:
25. He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time.
26. He said: O my Lord! help me against their calling me a
liar.
27. So We revealed to him, saying: Make the ark before Our
eyes and (according to) Our revelation; and when Our command
is given and the valley overflows, take into it of every
kind a pair, two, and your followers, except those among
them against whom the word has gone forth, and do not speak
to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they shall
be drowned.
28. And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you,
in the ark, say: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us
from the unjust people:
29. And say: O my Lord! cause me to disembark a blessed
alighting, and Thou art the best to cause to alight.
30. Most surely there are signs in this, and most surely We
are ever trying (men).
31. Then We raised up after them another generation.
32. So We sent among them an apostle from among them,
saying: Serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will
you not then guard (against evil)?
33. And the chiefs of his people who disbelieved and called
the meeting of the hereafter a lie, and whom We had given
plenty to enjoy in this world's life, said: This is nothing
but a mortal like yourselves, eating of what you eat from
and drinking of what you drink.
34. And if you obey a mortal like yourselves, then most
surely you will be losers:
35. What! does he threaten you that when you are dead and
become dust and bones that you shall then be brought forth?
36. Far, far is that which you are threatened with.
37. There is n.aught but our life in this world; we die and
we live and we shall not be raised again.
38. He is naught but a man who has forged a lie against
Allah, and we are not going to believe in him.
39. He said: O my Lord! help me against their calling me a
liar.
40. He said: In a little while they will most certainly be
repenting.
41. So the punishment overtook them in justice, and We made
them as rubbish; so away with the unjust people.
42. Then We raised after them other generations.
43. No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone
(it).
44. Then We sent Our apostles one after another; whenever
there came to a people their apostle, they called him a
liar, so We made some of them follow others and We made them
stories; so away with a people who do not believe!
45. Then We sent Musa and his brother Haroun, with Our
communications and a clear authority,
46. To Firon and his chiefs, but they behaved haughtily and
they were an insolent people.
47. And they said: What! shall we believe in two mortals
like ourselves while their people serve us?
48. So they rejected them and became of those who were
destroyed.
49. And certainly We gave Musa the Book that they may follow
a right direction.
50. And We made the son of Marium and his mother a sign, and
We gave them a shelter on a lofty ground having meadows and
springs.
51. O apostles! eat of the good things and do good; surely I
know what you do.
52. And surely this your religion is one religion and I am
your Lord, therefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.
53. But they cut off their religion among themselves into
sects, each part rejoicing in that which is with them.
54. Therefore leave them in their overwhelming ignorance
till
55. Do they think that by what We aid them with of wealth
and children,
56. We are hastening to them of good things? Nay, they do
not perceive.
57. Surely they who from fear of their Lord are cautious,
58. And those who believe in the communications of their
Lord,
59. And those who do not associate (aught) with their Lord,
60. And those who give what they give.(in alms) while their
hearts are full of fear that to their Lord they must return,
61. These hasten to good things and they are foremost in
(attaining) them.
62. And We do not lay on any soul a burden except to the
extent of its ability, and with Us is a book which speaks
the truth, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.
63. Nay, their hearts are in overwhelming ignorance with
respect to it and they have besides this other deeds which
they do.
64. Until when We overtake those who lead easy lives among
them with punishment, lo! they cry for succor.
65. Cry not for succor this day; surely you shall not be
given help from Us.
66. My communications were indeed recited to you, but you
used to turn back on your heels,
67. In arrogance; talking nonsense about the Quran, and left
him like one telling fables by night.
68. Is it then that they do not ponder over what is said, or
is it that there has come to them that which did not come to
their fathers of old?
69. Or is it that they have not recognized their Apostle, so
that they deny him?
70. Or do they say: There is madness in him? Nay! he has
brought them the truth, and most of them are averse from the
truth.
71. And should the truth follow their low desires, surely
the heavens and the earth and all those who are therein
would have perished. Nay! We have brought to them their
reminder, but from their reminder they turn aside.
72. Or is it that you ask them a recompense? But the
recompense of your Lord is best, and He is the best of those
who provide sustenance.
73. And most surely you invite them to a right way.
74. And most surely those who do not believe in the
hereafter are deviating from the way.
75. And if We show mercy to them and remove the distress
they have, they would persist in their inordinacy, blindly
wandering on.
76. And already We overtook them with chastisement, but they
were not submissive to their Lord, nor do they humble
themselves.
77. Until when We open upon them a door of severe
chastisement, lo! they are in despair at it.
78. And He it is Who made for you the ears and the eyes and
the hearts; little is it that you give thanks.
79. And He it is Who multiplied you in the earth, and to Him
you shall be gathered.
80. And He it is Who gives life and causes death, and (in)
His (control) is the alternation of the night and the day;
do you not then understand?
81. Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said:
82. They say: What! When we are dead and become dust and
bones, shall we then be raised?
83. Certainly we are promised this, and (so were) our
fathers aforetime; this is naught but stories of those of
old.
84. Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you
know?
85. They will say: Allah's. Say: Will you not then mind?
86. Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord
of the mighty dominion?
87. They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: Will you not then
guard (against evil)?
88. Say: Who is it in Whose hand is the kingdom of all
things and Who gives succor, but against Him Succor is not
given, if you do but know?
89. They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: From whence are
you then deceived?
90. Nay! We have brought to them the truth, and most surely
they are liars.
91. Never did Allah take to Himself a son, and never was
there with him any (other) god-- in that case would each god
have certainly taken away what he created, and some of them
would certainly have overpowered others; glory be to Allah
above what they describe!
92. The Knower of the unseen and the seen, so may He be
exalted above what they associate (with Him).
93. Say: O my Lord! if Thou shouldst make me see what they
are threatened with:
94. My Lord! then place me not with the unjust.
95. And most surely We are well able to make you see what We
threaten them with.
96. Repel evil by what is best; We know best what they
describe.
97. And say: O my Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from the evil
suggestions of the Shaitans;
98. And I seek refuge in Thee! O my Lord! from their
presence.
99. Until when death overtakes one of them, he says: Send me
back, my Lord, send me back;
100. Haply I may do good in that which I have left. By no
means! it is a (mere) word that he speaks; and before them
is a barrier until the day they are raised.
101. So when the trumpet is blown, there shall be no ties of
relationship between them on that day, nor shall they ask of
each other.
102. Then as for him whose good deeds are preponderant,
these are the successful.
103. And as for him whose good deeds are light, these are
they who shall have lost their souls, abiding in hell
104. The fire shall scorch their faces, and they therein
shall be in severe affliction.
105. Were not My communications recited to you? But you used
to reject them.
106. They shall say: O our Lord! our adversity overcame us
and we were an erring people:
107. O our Lord! Take us out of it; then if we return (to
evil) surely we shall be unjust.
108. He shall say: Go away into it and speak nat to Me;
109. Surely there was a party of My servants who said: O OUI
. Lord! we believe, so do Thou forgive us and have mercy on
us, and Thou art the best of the Merciful ones.
110. But you took them for a mockery until they made you
forget My remembrance and you used to laugh at them.
111. Surely I have rewarded them this day because they were
patient, that they are the achievers.
112. He will say: How many years did you tarry in the earth?
113. They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but
ask those who keep account.
114. He will say: You did tarry but a little-- had you but
known (it):
115. What! did you then think that We had created you in
vain and that you shall not be returned to Us?
116. So exalted be Allah, the True King; no god is there but
He, the Lord of the honorable dominion.
117. And whoever invokes with Allah another god-- he has no
proof of this-- his reckoning is only with his Lord; surely
the unbelievers shall not be successful.
118. And say: O my Lord! forgive and have mercy, and Thou
art the best of the Merciful ones.
* The Light *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. (This is) a chapter which We have revealed and made
obligatory and in which We have revealed clear
communications that you may be mindful.
2. (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each
of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for
them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you
believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of
believers witness their chastisement.
3. The fornicator shall not marry any but a fornicatress or
idolatress, and (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry
her but a fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to
the believers.
4. And those who accuse free women then do not bring four
witnesses, flog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not
admit any evidence from them ever; and these it is that are
the transgressors,
5. Except those who repent after this and act aright, for
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. And (as for) those who accuse their wives and have no
witnesses except themselves, the evidence of one of these
(should be taken) four times, bearing Allah to witness that
he is most surely of the truthful ones.
7. And the fifth (time) that the curse of Allah be on him if
he is one of the liars.
8. And it shall avert the chastisement from her if she
testify four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most
surely one of the liars;
9. And the fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be on her if
he is one of the truthful.
10. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His
mercy-- and that Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise!
11. Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among
you. Do not regard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for
you. Every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin;
and (as for) him who took upon himself the main part
thereof, he shall have a grievous chastisement.
12. Why did not the believing men and the believing women,
when you heard it, think well of their own people, and say:
This is an evident falsehood?
13. Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they
have not brought witnesses they are liars before Allah.
14. And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy
in this world and the hereafter, a grievous chastisement
would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse
which you entered into.
15. When you received it with your tongues and spoke with
your mouths what you had no knowledge of, and you deemed it
an easy matter while with Allah it was grievous.
16. And why did you not, when you heard it, say: It does not
beseem us that we should talk of it; glory be to Thee! this
is a great calumny?
17. Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the
like of it ever again if you are believers.
18. And Allah makes clear to you the communications; and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
19. Surely (as for) those who love that scandal should
circulate respecting those who believe, they shall have a
grievous chastisement in this world and the hereafter; and
Allah knows, while you do not know.
20. And were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy,
and that Allah is Compassionate, Merciful.
21. O you who believe! do not follow the footsteps of the
Shaitan, and whoever follows the footsteps of the Shaitan,
then surely he bids the doing of indecency and evil; and
were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy, not
one of you would have ever been pure, but Allah purifies
whom He pleases; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
22. And let not those of you who possess grace and abundance
swear against giving to the near of kin and the poor and
those who have fled in Allah's way, and they should pardon
and turn away. Do you not love that Allah should forgive
you? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
23. Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware
(of the evil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter,
and they shall have a grievous chastisement.
24. On the day when their tongues and their hands and their
feet shall bear witness against them as to what they did.
25. On that day Allah will pay back to them in full their
just reward, and they shall know that Allah is the evident
Truth.
26. Bad women .are for bad men and bad men are for bad
women. Good women are for good men and good men are for good
women
27. O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your
own houses until you have asked permission and saluted their
inmates; this is better for you, that you may be mindful.
28. But if you do not find any one therein, then do not
enter them until permission is given to you; and if it is
said to you: Go back, then go back; this is purer for you;
and Allah is Cognizant of what you do.
29. It is no sin in you that you enter uninhabited houses
wherein you have your necessaries; and Allah knows what you
do openly and what you hide.
30. Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks
and guard their private parts; that is purer for them;
surely Allah is Aware of what they do.
31. And say to the believing women that they cast down their
looks and guard their private parts and do not display their
ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear
their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display
their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers,
or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons
of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers'
sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom
their right hands possess, or the male servants not having
need (of women), or the children who have not attained
knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not
strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments
may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so
that you may be successful.
32. And marry those among you who are single and those who
are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if
they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of
His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
33. And let those who do not find the means to marry keep
chaste until Allah makes them free from want out of His
grace. And (as for) those who ask for a writing from among
those whom your right hands possess, give them the writing
if you know any good in them, and give them of the wealth of
Allah which He has given you; and do not compel your slave
girls to prostitution, when they desire to keep chaste, in
order to seek the frail good of this world's life; and
whoever compels them, then surely after their compulsion
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
34. And certainly We have sent to you clear communications
and a description of those who have passed away before you,
and an admonition to those who guard (against evil).
35. Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a
likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the
lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly
shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern
nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire
touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His light
whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and
Allah is Cognizant of all things.
36. In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and
that His name may be remembered in them; there glorify Him
therein in the mornings and the evenings,
37. Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from
the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of prayer and
the giving of poor-rate; they fear a day in which the hearts
and eyes shall turn about;
38. That Allah may give them the best reward of what they
have done, and give them more out of His grace; and Allah
gives sustenance to whom He pleases without measure.
39. And (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like
the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be
water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught,
and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his
reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning;
40. Or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it
a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud,
(layers of) utter darkness one above another; when he holds
out his hand, he is almost unable to see it; and to
whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light.
41. Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all
those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the (very)
birds with expanded wings? He knows the prayer of each one
and its glorification, and Allah is Cognizant of what they
do.
42. And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth,
and to Allah is the eventual coming.
43. Do you not see that Allah drives along the clouds, then
gathers them together, then piles them up, so that you see
the rain coming forth from their midst? And He sends down of
the clouds that are (like) mountains wherein is hail,
afflicting therewith whom He pleases and turning it away
from whom He pleases; the flash of His lightning almost
takes away the sight.
44. Allah turns over the night and the day; most surely
there is a lesson in this for those who have sight.
45. And Allah has created from water every living creature:
so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them
is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which
walks upon four; Allah creates what He pleases; surely Allah
has power over all things.
46. Certainly We have revealed clear communications, and
Allah guides whom He pleases to the right way.
47. And they say: We believe in Allah and in the apostle and
we obey; then a party of them turn back after this, and
these are not believers.
48. And when they are called to Allah and His Apostle that
he may judge between them, lo! a party of them turn aside.
49. And if the truth be on their side, they come to him
quickly, obedient.
50. Is there in their hearts a disease, or are they in
doubt, or do they fear that Allah and His Apostle will act
wrongfully towards them? Nay! they themselves are the
unjust.
51. The response of the believers, when they are invited to
Allah and His Apostle that he may judge between them, is
only to say: We hear and we obey; and these it is that are
the successful.
52. And he who obeys Allah and His Apostle, and fears Allah,
and is careful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are
the achievers.
53. And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their
oaths that if you command them they would certainly go
forth. Say: Swear not; reasonable obedience (is desired);
surely Allah is aware of what you do.
54. Say: Obey Allah and obey the Apostle; but if you turn
back, then on him rests that which is imposed on him and on
you rests that which is imposed on you; and if you obey him,
you are on the right way; and nothing rests on the Apostle
but clear delivering (of the message).
55. Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do
good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the
earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will
most certainly establish for them their religion which He
has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after
their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve
Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful
after this, these it is who are the. transgressors.
56. And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the
Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you.
57. Think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the
earth, and their abode is the fire; and certainly evil is
the resort!
58. O you who believe! let those whom your right hands
possess and those of you who have not attained to puberty
ask permission of you three times; before the morning
prayer, and when you put off your clothes at midday in
summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are
three times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you
nor for them besides these, some of you must go round about
(waiting) upon others; thus does Allah make clear to you the
communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
59. And when the children among you have attained to
puberty, let them seek permission as those before them
sought permission; thus does Allah make clear to you His
communications, and Allah is knowing, Wise.
60. And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for
a marriage, it is no sin for them if they put off their
clothes without displaying their ornaments; and if they
restrain themselves it is better for them; and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
61. There is no blame on the blind man, nor is there blame
on the lame, nor is there blame on the sick, nor on
yourselves that you eat from your houses, or your fathers'
houses or your mothers' houses, or your brothers' houses, or
your sisters' houses, or your paternal uncles' houses, or
your paternal aunts' houses, or your maternal uncles'
houses, or your maternal aunts' houses, or what you possess
the keys of, or your friends' (houses). It is no sin in you
that you eat together or separately. So when you enter
houses, greet your people with a salutation from Allah,
blessed (and) goodly; thus does Allah make clear to you the
communications that you may understand.
62. Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His
Apostle, and when they are with him on a momentous affair
they go not away until they have asked his permission;
surely they who ask your permission are they who believe in
Allah and His Apostle; so when they ask your permission for
some affair of theirs, give permission to whom you please of
them and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
63. Do not hold the Apostle's calling (you) among you to be
like your calling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those
who steal away from among you, concealing themselves;
therefore let those beware who go against his order lest a
trial afflict them or there befall them a painful
chastisement.
64. Now surely Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the
earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming
yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him
He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant
of all things.
* The Criterion *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Blessed is He Who sent down the Furqan upon His servant
that he may be a warner to the nations;
2. He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth,
and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no
associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then
ordained for it a measure.
3. And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create
anything while they are themselves created, and they control
not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not
death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.
4. And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie
which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it;
so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) a
falsehood.
5. And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them
written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.
6. Say: He has revealed it Who knows the secret in the
heavens and the earth; surely He is ever Forgiving,
Merciful.
7. And they say: What is the matter with this Apostle that
he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has not an
angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a
warner with him?
8. Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is
made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the
unjust say: You do not follow any but a man deprived of
reason.
9. See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have
gone astray, therefore they shall not be able to find a way.
10. Blessed is He Who, if He please, will give you what is
better than this, gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He
will give you palaces.
11. But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning
fire for him who rejects the hour.
12. When it shall come into their sight from a distant
place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring.
13. And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound,
they shall there call out for destruction.
14. Call not this day for one destruction, but call for
destructions many.
15. Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those
who guard (against evil) are promised? That shall be a
reward and a resort for them.
16. They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in
it); it is a promise which it is proper to be prayed for
from your Lord.
17. And on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever
they served besides Allah, He shall say: Was it you who led
astray these My servants, or did they themselves go astray
from the path?
18. They shall say: Glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming
for us that we should take any guardians besides Thee, but
Thou didst make them and their fathers to enjoy until they
forsook the reminder, and they were a people in perdition,
19. So they shall indeed give you the lie in what you say,
then you shall not be able to ward off or help, and whoever
among you is unjust, We will make him taste a great
chastisement.
20. And We have not sent before you any messengers but they
most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We
have made some of you a trial for others; will you bear
patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing.
21. And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have
not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see
our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud of themselves and
have revolted in great revolt.
22. On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall
be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It
is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
23. And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so
We shall render them as scattered floating dust.
24. The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in a
better abiding-place and a better resting-place.
25. And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with
the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending (in
ranks).
26. The kingdom on that day shall rightly belong to the
Beneficent God, and a hard day shall it be for the
unbelievers.
27. And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands
saying: O! would that I had taken a way with the Apostle
28. O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a
friend !
29. Certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it
had come to me; and the Shaitan fails to aid man.
30. And the Apostle cried out: O my Lord! surely my people
have treated this Quran as a forsaken thing.
31. And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from
among the sinners and sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and
a Helper.
32. And those who disbelieve say: Why has not the Quran been
revealed to him all at once? Thus, that We may strengthen
your heart by it and We have arranged it well in arranging.
33. And they shall not bring to you any argument, but We
have brought to you (one) with truth and best in
significance.
34. (As for) those who shall be gathered upon their faces to
hell, they are in a worse plight and straying farther away
from the path.
35. And certainly We gave Musa the Book and We appointed
with him his brother Haroun an aider.
36. Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our
communications; so We destroyed them with utter destruction.
37. And the people of Nuh, when they rejected the apostles,
We drowned them, and made them a sign for men, and We have
prepared a painful punishment for the unjust;
38. And Ad and Samood and the dwellers of the Rass and many
generations between them.
39. And to every one We gave examples and every one did We
destroy with utter destruction.
40. And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on
which was rained an evil rain; did they not then see it?
Nay! they did not hope to be raised again.
41. And when they see you, they do not take you for aught
but a mockery: Is this he whom Allah has raised to be an
apostle?
42. He had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not
adhered to them patiently! And they will know, when they see
the punishment, who is straying farther off from the path.
43. Have you seen him who takes his low desires for his god?
Will you then be a protector over him?
44. Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand?
They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying
farther off from the path.
45. Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He
extends the shade? And if He had pleased He would certainly
have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an
indication of it
46 Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.
47 And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and
the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again.
48. And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His
mercy; and We send down pure water from the cloud,
49. That We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it
for drink, out of what We have created, to cattle and many
people.
50. And certainly We have repeated this to them that they
may be mindful, but the greater number of men do not consent
to aught except denying.
51. And if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a
warner in every town.
52. So do not follow the unbelievers, and strive against
them a mighty striving with it.
53. And He it is Who has made two seas to flow freely, the
one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the
other salt that burns by its saltness; and between the two
He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction.
54. And He it is Who has created man from the water, then He
has made for him blood relationship and marriage
relationship, and your Lord is powerful.
55. And they serve besides Allah that which neither profits
them nor causes them harm; and the unbeliever is a partisan
against his Lord.
56. And We have not sent you but as a giver of good news and
as a warner.
57. Say: I do not ask you aught in return except that he who
will, may take the way to his Lord.
58. And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate
His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of the
faults of His servants,
59. Who created the heavens and the earth and what is
between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on
the throne of authority; the Beneficent God, so ask
respecting it one aware.
60. And when it is said to them: Make obeisance to the
Beneficent God, they say: And what is the God of
beneficence? Shall we make obeisance to what you bid us? And
it adds to their aversion.
61. Blessed is He Who made the constellations in the heavens
and made therein a lamp and a shining moon.
62. And He it is Who made the night and the day to follow
each other for him who desires to be mindful or desires to
be thankful.
63. And the servants of the Beneficent God are they who walk
on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address
them, they say: Peace.
64. And they who pass the night prostrating themselves
before their Lord and standing.
65. And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the
punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is a
lasting
66. Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay.
67. And they who when they spend, are neither extravagant
nor parsimonious, and (keep) between these the just mean.
68. And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and
do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in
the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit
fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of
sin;
69. The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of
resurrection, and he shall abide therein in abasement;
70. Except him who repents and believes and does a good
deed; so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds
to good ones; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
71. And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to
Allah a (goodly) turning.
72. And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and
when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.
73. And they who, when reminded of the communications of
their Lord, do not fall down thereat deaf and blind.
74. And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and
our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us guides to
those who guard (against evil).
75. These shall be rewarded with high places because they
were patient, and shall be met therein with greetings and
salutations.
76. Abiding therein; goodly the abode and the resting-place.
77. Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your
prayer; but you have indeed rejected (the truth), so that
which shall cleave shall come.
* The Poets *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ta Sin Mim.
2. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things)
clear.
3. Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do
not believe.
4. If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from
the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.
5. And there does not come to them a new reminder from the
Beneficent God but they turn aside from it.
6. So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the
news of that which they mock shall soon come to them.
7. Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind
We have caused to grow in it?
8. Most surely there is a sign in that, but most of them
will not believe.
9. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
10. And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the
unjust people,
I 1. The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against
evil)?
12. He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject
me;
13. And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent,
therefore send Thou to Haroun (to help me);
14. And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that
they may slay me.
15. He said: By no means, so go you both with Our signs;
surely We are with you, hearing;
16. Then come to Firon and say: Surely we are the messengers
of the Lord of the worlds:
17. Then send with us the children of Israel.
18. (Firon) said: Did we not bring you up as a child among
us, and you tarried among us for (many) years of your life?
19. And you did (that) deed of yours which you did, and you
are one of the ungrateful.
20. He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to
see the right course;
21. So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord
granted me wisdom and made me of the apostles;
22. And is it a favor of which you remind me that you have
enslaved the children of Israel?
23. Firon said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?
24. He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what
is between them, if you would be sure.
25. (Firon) said to those around him: Do you not hear?
26. He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.
27. Said he: Most surely your Apostle who is sent to you is
mad.
28. He said: The Lord of the east and the west and what is
between them, if you understand.
29. Said he: If you will take a god besides me, I will most
certainly make you one of the imprisoned.
30. He said: What! even if I bring to you something
manifest?
31. Said he: Bring it then, if you are of the truthful ones.
32. So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious
serpent,
33. And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to
the onlookers.
34. (Firon) said to the chiefs around him: Most surely this
is a skillful magician,
35. Who desires to turn you out of your land with his magic;
what is it then that you advise?
36. They said: Give him and his brother respite and send
heralds into the cities
37. That they should bring to you every skillful magician.
38. So the magicians were gathered together at the appointed
time on the fixed day,
39. And it was said to the people: Will you gather together?
40. Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the
vanquishers.
41. And when the magicians came, they said to Firon: Shall
we get a reward if we are the vanquishers?
42. He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who
are made near.
43. Musa said to them: Cast what you are going to cast.
44. So they cast down their cords and their rods and said:
By Firon's power, we shall most surely be victorious.
45. Then Musa cast down his staff and lo! it swallowed up
the lies they told.
46. And the magicians were thrown down prostrate;
47. They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds:
48. The Lord of Musa and Haroun.
49. Said he: You believe in him before I give you
permission; most surely he is the chief of you who taught
you the magic, so you shall know: certainly I will cut off
your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and certainly I
will crucify you all.
50. They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we go back;
51. Surely we hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs
because we are the first of the believers.
52. And We revealed to Musa, saying: Go away with My
servants travelling by night, surely you will be pursued.
53. So Firon sent heralds into the cities;
54. Most surely these are a small company;
55. And most surely they have enraged us;
56. And most surely we are a vigilant multitude.
57. So We turned them out of gardens and springs,
58. And treasures and goodly dwellings,
59. Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the children
of Israel.
60. Then they pursued them at sunrise.
61. So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of
Musa cried out: Most surely we are being overtaken.
62. He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me: He will
show me a way out.
63. Then We revealed to Musa: Strike the sea with your
staff. So it had cloven asunder, and each part was like a
huge mound.
64. And We brought near, there, the others.
65. And We saved Musa and those with him, all of them.
66. Then We drowned the others.
67. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do
not believe.
68. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
69. And recite to them the story of Ibrahim.
70. When he said to his father and his people: What do you
worship?
71. They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their
votaries.
72. He said: Do they hear you when you call?
73. Or do they profit you or cause you harm?
74. They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.
75. He said: Have you then considered what you have been
worshipping:
76. You and your ancient sires.
77. Surely they are enemies to me, but not (so) the Lord of
the worlds;
78. Who created me, then He has shown me the way:
79. And He Who gives me to eat and gives me to drink:
80. And when I am sick, then He restores me to health
81. And He Who will cause me to die, then give me life;
82. And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the day
of judgment.
83. My Lord: Grant me wisdom, and join me with the good
84. And ordain for me a goodly mention among posterity
85. And make me of the heirs of the garden of bliss
86. And forgive my father, for surely he is of those who
have gone astray;
87. And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised
88. The day on which property will not avail, nor sons
89. Except him who comes to Allah with a heart free (from
evil).
90. And the garden shall be brought near for those who guard
(against evil),
91. And the hell shall be made manifest to the erring ones,
92. And it shall be said to them: Where are those that you
used to worship;
93. Besides Allah? Can they help you or yet help themselves?
94. So they shall be thrown down into it, they and the
erring ones,
95. And the hosts of the Shaitan, all.
96. They shall say while they contend therein:
97. By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error,
98. When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds;
99. And none but the guilty led us astray;
100. So we have no intercessors,
101. Nor a true friend;
102. But if we could but once return, we would be of the
believers.
103. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them
do not believe.
104. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
105. The people of Nuh rejected the apostles.
106. When their brother Nuh said to them: Will you not guard
(against evil)?
107. Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
108. Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me
109. And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is
only with the Lord of the worlds:
110. So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me.
111. They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest
follow you?
112 He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do?
113 Their account is only with my Lord, if you could
perceive
114. And I am not going to drive away the believers;
115. I am naught but a plain warner.
116. They said: If you desist not, O Nuh, you shall most
certainly be of those stoned to death.
117. He said: My Lord! Surely my people give me the lie!
118. Therefore judge Thou between me and them with a (just)
judgment, and deliver me and those who are with me of the
believers.
119. So We delivered him and those with him in the laden
ark.
120. Then We drowned the rest afterwards
121. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them
do not believe.
122. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
123. Ad gave the lie to the apostles.
124. When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard
(against evil)?
125. Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
126. Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me:
127. And I do not ask you any reward for it; surely my
reward 15 only with the Lord of the worlds
128. Do you build on every height a monument? Vain is it
that you do:
129. And you make strong fortresses that perhaps you may
130. And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like)
tyrants;
131. So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me
132. And be careful of (your duty to) Him Who has given you
abundance of what you know.
133. He has given you abundance of cattle and children
134. And gardens and fountains;
135. Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous
day
136. They said: It is the same to us whether you admonish or
are not one of the admonishers
137. This is naught but a custom of the ancients;
138. And we are not going to be punished.
139. So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most
surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not
believe.
140. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
141. Samood gave the lie to the apostles
142. When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not
guard (against evil)?
143. Surely I am a faithful apostle to you
144. Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me:
145. And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is
only with the Lord of the worlds:
146. Will you be left secure in what is here;
147. In gardens and fountains,
148. And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?
149 And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly;
15O Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me;
151. And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,
152. Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.
153. They said: You are only of the deluded ones;
154. You are naught but a mortal like ourselves; so bring a
sign if you are one of the truthful.
155. He said: This is a she-camel; she shall have her
portion of water, and you have your portion of water on an
appointed time;
156. And do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of
a grievous day should overtake you.
157. But they hamstrung her, then regretted;
158. So the punishment overtook them. Most surely there is a
sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
159. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
160. The people of Lut gave the lie to the apostles.
161. When their brother Lut said to them: Will you not guard
(against evil)?
162. Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
163. Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me:
164. And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is
only with the Lord of the worlds;
165. What! do you come to the males from among the creatures
166. And leave what your Lord has created for you of your
wives? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits.
167. They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely
be of those who are expelled.
168. He said: Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your
169 My Lord ! deliver me and my followers from what they do.
17O So We delivered him and his followers all,
171. Except an old woman, among those who remained behind.
172. Then We utterly destroyed the others.
173. And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the
rain on those warned.
174. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them
do not believe.
175. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
176. The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the
apostles.
177. When Shu'aib said to them: Will you not guard (against
evil)?
178. Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
179. Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and
obey me:
180. And I do not ask you any reward for it, my reward is
only with the Lord of the worlds;
181. Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish;
182. And weigh (things) with a right balance,
183. And do not wrong men of their things, and do not act
corruptly in the earth, making mischief.
184. And guard against (the punishment of) Him who created
you and the former nations.
185. They said: You are only of those deluded;
186. And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we
know you to be certainly of the liars.
187. Therefore cause a portion of the heaven to come down
upon us, if you are one of the truthful.
188. He said: My Lord knows best what you do.
189. But they called him a liar, so the punishment of the
day of covering overtook them; surely it was the punishment
of a grievous day.
190. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them
do not believe.
191. And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.
192. And most surely this is a revelation from the Lord of
the worlds.
193. The Faithful Spirit has descended with it,
194. Upon your heart that you may be of the warners
195. In plain Arabic language.
196. And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the
ancients.
197. Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the
Israelites know it?
198. And if we had revealed it to any of the foreigners
199. So that he should have recited it to them, they would
not have believed therein.
200. Thus have We caused it to enter into the hearts of the
guilty.
201. They will not believe in it until they see the painful
punishment.
202. And it shall come to them all of a sudden, while they
shall not perceive;
203. Then they will say: Shall we be respited?
204. What! do they still seek to hasten on Our punishment?
205. Have you then considered if We let them enjoy
themselves for years,
206. Then there comes to them that with which they are
threatened,
207. That which they were made to enjoy shall not avail
them?
208. And We did not destroy any town but it had (its)
warners,
209. To remind, and We are never unjust.
210. And the Shaitans have not come down with it.
211. And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to
do (it).
212 Most surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.
213 So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of
those who are punished.
214. And warn your nearest relations,
215. And be kind to him who follows you of the believers.
216. But if they disobey you, then say: Surely I am clear of
what you do.
217. And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,
218. Who sees you when you stand up.
219. And your turning over and over among those who
prostrate themselves before Allah.
220. Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
221. Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans
descend?
222. They descend upon every lying, sinful one,
223. They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.
224. And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them.
225. Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in
every valley?
226. And that they say that which they do not do,
227. Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah
much, and defend themselves after they are oppressed; and
they who act unjustly shall know to what final place of
turning they shall turn back.
* The Ant *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ta Sin! These are the verses of the Quran and the Book
that makes (things) clear
2. A guidance and good news for the believers,
3. Who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and of the
hereafter, they are sure.
4. As to those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have
surely made their deeds fair-seeming to them, but they
blindly wander on.
S. These are they who shall have an evil punishment, and in
the hereafter they shall be the greatest losers.
6. And most surely you are made to receive the Quran from
the Wise, the Knowing God.
7. When Musa said to his family: Surely I see fire; I will
bring to you from it some news, or I will bring to you
therefrom a burning firebrand so that you may warm
yourselves.
8. So when he came to it a voice was uttered saying: Blessed
is Whoever is in the fire and whatever is about it; and
glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds;
9. O Musa! surely I am Allah, the Mighty, the Wise;
10. And cast down your staff. So when he saw it in motion as
if it were a serpent, he turned back retreating and did not
return: O Musa! fear not; surely the apostles shall not fear
in My presence;
11. Neither he who has been unjust, then he does good
instead after evil, for surely I am the Forgiving, the
Merciful:
12. And enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it
shall come forth white without evil; among nine signs to
Firon and his people, surely they are a transgressing
people.
13. So when Our clear signs came to them, they said: This is
clear enchantment.
14. And they denied them unjustly and proudly while their
soul had been convinced of them; consider, then how was the
end of the mischief-makers.
15. And certainly We gave knowledge to Dawood and Sulaiman,
and they both said: Praise be to Allah, Who has made us to
excel many of His believing servants.
16. And Sulaiman was Dawood's heir, and he said: O men! we
have been taught the language of birds, and we have been
given all things; most surely this is manifest grace.
17. And his hosts of the jinn and the men and the birds were
gathered to him, and they were formed into groups.
18. Until when they came to the valley of the Naml, a
Namlite said: O Naml! enter your houses, (that) Sulaiman and
his hosts may not crush you while they do not know.
19. So he smiled, wondering at her word, and said: My Lord!
grant me that I should be grateful for Thy favor which Thou
hast bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I should do
good such as Thou art pleased with, and make me enter, by
Thy mercy, into Thy servants, the good ones.
20. And he reviewed the birds, then said: How is it I see
not the hoopoe or is it that he is of the absentees?
21. 1 will most certainly punish him with a severe
punishment, or kill him, or he shall bring to me a clear
plea.
22. And he tarried not long, then said: I comprehend that
which you do not comprehend and I have brought to you a sure
information from Sheba.
23. Surely I found a woman ruling over them, and she has
been given abundance and she has a mighty throne:
24. 1 found her and her people adoring the sun instead of
Allah, and the Shaitan has made their deeds fair-seeming to
them and thus turned them from the way, so they do not go
aright
25. That they do not make obeisance to Allah, Who brings
forth what is hidden in the heavens and the earth and knows
what you hide and what you make manifest:
26. Allah, there is no god but He: He is the Lord of mighty
power.
27. He said: We will see whether you have told the truth or
whether you are of the liars:
28. Take this my letter and hand it over to them, then turn
away from them and see what (answer) they return.
29. She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been
delivered to me
30. Surely it is from Sulaiman, and surely it is in the name
of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful;
31. Saying: exalt not yourselves against me and come to me
in submission.
32. She said: O chiefs! give me advice respecting my affair:
I never decide an affair until you are in my presence.
33. They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors
of mighty prowess, and the command is yours, therefore see
what you will command.
34. She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin
it and make the noblest of its people to be low, and thus
they (always) do;
35. And surely I am going to send a present to them, and
shall wait to see what (answer) do the messengers bring
back.
36. So when he came to Sulaiman, he said: What! will you
help me with wealth? But what Allah has given me is better
than what He has given you. Nay, you are exultant because of
your present;
37. Go back to them, so we will most certainly come to them
with hosts which they shall have no power to oppose, and we
will most certainly expel them therefrom in abasement, and
they shall be in a state of ignominy.
38. He said: O chiefs! which of you can bring to me her
throne before they come to me in submission?
39. One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to
you before you rise up from your place; and most surely I am
strong (and) trusty for it.
40. One who had the knowledge of the Book said: I will bring
it to you in the twinkling of an eye. Then when he saw it
settled beside him, he said: This is of the grace of my Lord
that He may try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and
whoever is grateful, he is grateful only for his own soul,
and whoever is ungrateful, then surely my Lord is
Self-sufficient, Honored.
41. He said: Alter her throne for her, we will see whether
she follows the right way or is of those who do not go
aright.
42. So when she came, it was said: Is your throne like this?
She said: It is as it were the same, and we were given the
knowledge before it, and we were submissive.
43. And what she worshipped besides Allah prevented her,
surely she was of an unbelieving people.
44. It was said to her: Enter the palace; but when she saw
it she deemed it to be a great expanse of water, and bared
her legs. He said: Surely it is a palace made smooth with
glass. She said: My Lord! surely I have been unjust to
myself, and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.
45. And certainly We sent to Samood their brother Salih,
saying: Serve Allah; and lo! they became two sects
quarrelling with each other.
46. He said: O my people! why do you seek to hasten on the
evil before the good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of
Allah so that you may be dealt with mercifully?
47. They said: We have met with ill luck on account of you
and on account of those with you. He said: The cause of your
evil fortune is with Allah; nay, you are a people who are
tried.
48. And there were in the city nine persons who made
mischief in the land and did not act aright.
49. They said: Swear to each other by Allah that we will
certainly make a sudden attack on him and his family by
night, then we will say to his heir: We did not witness the
destruction of his family, and we are most surely truthful.
50. And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while
they perceived not.
51. See, then, how was the end of their plan that We
destroyed them and their people, all (of them).
52. So those are their houses fallen down because they were
unjust, most surely there is a sign in this for a people who
know.
53. .And We delivered those who believed and who guarded
(against evil).
54. And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people: What! do
you commit indecency while you see?
SS. What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than
women? Nay, you are a people who act ignorantly.
56. But the answer of his people was no other except that
they ~s said: Turn out Lut's followers from your town;
surely they are a people who would keep pure!
57. But We delivered him and his followers except his wife;
We ordained her to be of those who remained behind.
58. And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain of
those who had been warned.
59. Say: Praise be to Allah and peace on His servants whom
He has chosen: is Allah better, or what they associate (with
Him)?
60. Nay, He Who created the heavens and the earth, and sent
down for you water from the cloud; then We cause to grow
thereby beautiful gardens; it is not possible for you that
you should make the trees thereof to grow. Is there a god
with Allah? Nay! they are people who deviate.
61. Or, Who made the earth a restingplace, and made in it
rivers, and raised on it mountains and placed between the
two seas a barrier. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! most of
them do not know!
62. Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon
Him and removes the evil, and He will make you successors in
the earth. Is there a god with Allah? Little is it that you
mind!
63. Or, Who guides you in utter darkness of the land and the
sea, and Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy.
Is there a god with Allah? Exalted by Allah above what they
associate (with Him).
64. Or, Who originates the creation, then reproduces it and
Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth. Is
there a god With Allah? Say: Bring your proof if you are
truthful.
65. Say: No one in the heavens and the earth knows the
unseen but Allah; and they do not know when they shall be
raised.
66. Nay, their knowledge respecting the hereafter is slight
and hasty; nay, they are in doubt about it; nay, they are
quite blind to
67. And those who disbelieve say: What! when we have become
dust and our fathers (too), shall we certainly be brought
forth?
68. We have certainly been promised this, we and our fathers
before; these are naught but stories of the ancients
69. Say: Travel in the earth, then see how was the end of
the guilty.
70. And grieve not for them and be not distressed because of
what they plan.
71. And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you
are truthful?
72. Say: Maybe there may have drawn near to you somewhat of
that which you seek to hasten on.
73. And surely your Lord is the Lord of grace to men, but
most of them are not grateful.
74. And most surely your Lord knows what their breasts
conceal and what they manifest.
75. And there is nothing concealed in the heaven and the
earth but it is in a clear book.
76. Surely this Quran declares to the children of Israel
most of what they differ in.
77. And most surely it is a guidance and a mercy for the
believers.
78. Surely your Lord will judge between them by his
judgment, and He is the Mighty, the knowing.
79. Therefore rely on Allah; surely you are on the clear
truth.
80. Surely you do not make the dead to hear, and you do not
make the deaf to hear the call when they go back retreating.
81. Nor can you be a guide to the blind out of their error;
you cannot make to bear (any one) except those who believe
in Our communications, so they submit.
82. And when the word shall come to pass against them, We
shall bring forth for them a creature from the earth that
shall i wound them, because people did not believe in Our
communications.
83. And on the day when We will gather from every nation a
party from among those who rejected Our communications,
then they shall be formed into groups.
84. Until when they come, He will say: Did you reject My
communications while you had no comprehensive knowledge of
them? Or what was it that you did?
85. And the word shall come to pass against them because
they were unjust, so they shall not speak.
86. Do they not consider that We have made the night that.
they may rest therein, and the day to give light? Most
surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.
87. And on the day when the trumpet shall be blown, then
those who are in the heavens and those who are in the earth
shall be terrified except such as Allah please, and all
shall come to him abased.
88. And you see the mountains, you think them to be solid,
and they shall pass away as the passing away of the
cloud-- the handiwork of Allah Who has made every thing
thoroughly; surely He is Aware of what you do.
89. Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it; and
they shall be secure from terror on the day.
90. And whoever brings evil, these shall be thrown down on
their faces into the fire; shall you be rewarded (for) aught
except what you did?
91. I am commanded only that I should serve the Lord of this
city, Who has made it sacred, and His are all things; and I
am commanded that I should be of these who submit;
92. And that I should recite the Quran. Therefore whoever
goes aright, he goes aright for his own soul, and whoever
goes ' astray, then say: I am only one of the warners.
93. And say: Praise be to Allah, He will show you His signs
so that you shall recognize them; nor is your Lord heedless
of what you do.
* The Narrative *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ta sin Mim.
2. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things)
clear.
3. We recite to you from the account of Musa and Firon with
truth for people who believe.
4. Surely Firon exalted himself in the land and made its
people into parties, weakening one party from among them; he
slaughtered their sons and let their women live; surely he
was one of the mischiefmakers.
S. And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were
deemed weak in the land, and to make them the Imams, and to
make them the heirs,
6. And to grant them power in the land, and to make Firon
and Haman and their hosts see from them what they feared.
7. And We revealed to Musa's mothers, saying: Give him suck,
then when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do
not fear nor grieve; surely We wi!l bring him back to you
and make him one of the apostles.
8. And Firon's family took him up that he might be an enemy
and a grief for them; surely Firon and Haman and their hosts
were wrongdoers.
9. And Firon's wife said: A refreshment of the eye to me and
to you; do not slay him; maybe he will be useful to us, or
we may take him for a son; and they did not perceive.
10. And the heart of Musa's mother was free (from anxiety)
she would have almost disclosed it had We not strengthened
her heart so that she might be of the believers.
11. And she said to his sister: Follow him up. So she
watched him from a distance while they did not perceive,
12. And We ordained that he refused to suck any foster
mother before, so she said: Shall I point out to you the
people of a house who will take care of him for you, and
they will be benevolent to him?
13. So We gave him back to his mother that her eye might be
refreshed, and that she might no grieve, and that she might
know that the promise of Allah is true, but most of them do
not know.
14. And when he attained his maturity and became full grown,
We granted him wisdom and knowledge; and thus do We reward
those who do good (to others).
15. And he went into the city at a time of unvigilance on
the part of its people, so he found therein two men
fighting, one being of his party and the other of his foes,
and he who was of his party cried out to him for help
against him who was of his enemies, so Musa struck him with
his fist and killed him. He said: This is on account of the
Shaitan's doing; surely he is an enemy, openly leading
astray.
16. He said: My Lord! surely I have done harm to myself, so
do Thou protect me. So He protected him; surely He is the
Forgiving, the Merciful.
17. He said: My Lord! because Thou hast bestowed a favor on
me, I shall never be a backer of the guilty.
18. And he was in the city, fearing, awaiting, when lo! he
who had asked his assistance the day before was crying out
to him for aid. Musa said to him: You are most surely one
erring manifestly.
19. So when he desired to seize him who was an enemy to them
both, he said: O Musa! do you intend to kill me as you
killed a person yesterday? You desire nothing but that you
should be a tyrant in the land, and you do not desire to be
of those who act aright.
20. And a man came running from the remotest part of the
city. He said: O Musa! surely the chiefs are consulting
together to slay you, therefore depart (at once); surely I
am of those who wish well to you.
21. So he went forth therefrom, fearing, awaiting, (and) he
said: My Lord! deliver me from the unjust people.
22. And when he turned his face towards Madyan, he said:
Maybe my Lord will guide me in the right path.
23. And when he came to the water of Madyan, he found on it
a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women
keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter
with you? They said: We cannot water until the shepherds
take away (their sheep) from the water, and our father is a
very old man.
24. So he watered (their sheep) for them, then went back to
the shade and said: My Lord! surely I stand in need of
whatever good Thou mayest send down to me.
25. Then one of the two women came to him walking bashfully.
She said: My father invites you that he may give you the
reward of your having watered for us. So when he came to him
and gave to him the account, he said: Fear not, you are
secure from the unjust people.
26. Said one of them: O my father! employ him, surely the
best of those that you can employ is the strong man, the
faithful one.
27. He said: I desire to marry one of these two daughters of
mine to you on condition that you should serve me for eight
years; but if you complete ten, it will be of your own free
will, and I do not wish to be hard to you; if Allah please,
you will find me one of the good.
28. He said: This shall be (an agreement) between me and
you; whichever of the two terms I fulfill, there shall be no
wrongdoing to me; and Allah is a witness of what we say.
29. So when Musa had fulfilled the term, and he journeyed
with his family, he perceived on this side of the mountain a
fire. He said to his family: Wait, I have seen a fire, maybe
I will bring to you from it some news or a brand of fire, so
that you may warm yourselves.
30. And when he came to it, a voice was uttered from the
right side of the valley in the blessed spot of the bush,
saying: O Musa! surely I am Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
31. And saying: Cast down you staff. So when he saw it in
motion as if it were a serpent, he turned back retreating,
and did not return. O Musa! come forward and fear not;
surely you are of those who are secure;
32. Enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it will
come forth white without evil, and draw your hand to
yourself to ward off fear: so these two shall be two
arguments from your Lord to Firon and his chiefs, surely
they are a transgressing people.
33. He said: My Lord! surely I killed one of them, so I fear
lest they should slay me;
34. And my brother, Haroun, he is more eloquent of tongue
than 1, therefore send him with me as an aider, verifying
me: surely I fear that they would reject me.
35. He said: We will strengthen your arm with your brother,
and We will give you both an authority, so that they shall
not reach you; (go) with Our signs; you two and those who
follow you shall be uppermost.
36. So when Musa came to them with Our clear signs, they
said: This is nothing but forged enchantment, and we never
heard of it amongst our fathers of old.
37. And Musa said: My Lord knows best who comes with
guidance from Him, and whose shall be the good end of the
abode; surely the unjust shall not be successful.
38. And Firon said: O chiefs! I do not know of any god for
you besides myself; therefore kindle a fire for me, O Haman,
for brick, then prepare for me a lofty building so that I
may obtain knowledge of Musa's God, and most surely I think
him to be one of the liars.
39. And he was unjustly proud in the land, he and his hosts,
and they deemed that they would not be brought back to Us.
40. So We caught hold of him and his hosts, then We cast
them into the sea, and see how was the end of the unjust.
41. And We made them Imams who call to the fire, and on the
day of resurrection they shall not be assisted.
42. And We caused a curse to follow them in this world, and
on the day of resurrection they shall be of those made to
appear hideous.
43. And certainly We gave Musa the Book after We had
destroyed the former generations, clear arguments for men
and a guidance and a mercy, that they may be mindful.
44. And you were not on the western side when We revealed to
Musa the commandment, and you were not among the witnesses;
45. But We raised up generations, then life became prolonged
to them; and you were not dwelling among the people of
Madyan, reciting to them Our communications, but We were the
senders.
46. And you were not on this side of the mountain when We
called, but a mercy from your Lord that you may warn a
people to whom no warner came before you, that they may be
mindful.
47. And were it not that there should befall them a disaster
for what their hands have sent before, then they should say:
Our Lord! why didst Thou not send to us an apostle so that
we should have followed Thy communications and been of the
believers !
48. But (now) when the truth has come to them from Us, they
say: Why is he not given the like of what was given to Musa?
What! did they not disbelieve in what Musa was given before?
They say: Two magicians backing up each other; and they say:
Surely we are unbelievers in all.
49. Say: Then bring some (other) book from Allah which is a
better guide than both of them, (that) I may follow it, if
you are truthful.
50. But if they do not answer you, then know that they only
follow their low desires; and who is more erring than he who
follows his low desires without any guidance from Allah?
Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
51. And certainly We have made the word to reach them so
that they may be mindful.
52. (As to) those whom We gave the Book before it, they are
believers in it.
53. And when it is recited to them they say: We believe in
it surely it is the truth from our Lord; surely we were
submitters before this.
54. These shall be granted their reward twice, because they
are steadfast and they repel evil with good and spend out of
what We have given them.
SS. And when they hear idle talk they turn aside from it and
say: We shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds;
peace be on you, we do not desire the ignorant.
56. Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides
whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the
right way.
57. And they say: If we follow the guidance with you, we
shall be carried off from our country. What ! have We not
settled them in a safe, sacred territory to which fruits of
every kind shall be drawn?-- a sustenance from Us; but most of
them do not know.
58. And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in
its means of subsistence, so these are their abodes, they
have not been dwelt in after them except a little, and We
are the inheritors,
59. And your Lord never destroyed the towns until He raised
in their metropolis an apostle, reciting to them Our
communications, and We never destroyed the towns except when
their people were unjust.
60. And whatever things you have been given are only a
provision of this world's life and its adornment, and
whatever is with Allah is better and more lasting; do you
not then understand?
61. Is he to whom We have promised a goodly promise which he
shall meet with like him whom We have provided with the
provisions of this world's life, then on the day of
resurrection he shall be of those who are brought up?
62. And on the day when He will call them and say: Where are
those whom you deemed to be My associates?
63. Those against whom the sentence has become confirmed
will say: Our Lord! these are they whom we caused to err; we
caused them to err as we ourselves did err; to Thee we
declare ourselves to be clear (of them); they never served
Us.
64. And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they
will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they
shall see the punishment; would that they had followed the
right way!
65. And on the day when He shall call them and say: What was
the answer you gave to the apostles?
66. Then the pleas shall become obscure to them on that day,
so they shall not ask each other.
67. But as to him who repents and believes and does good,
maybe he will be among the successful:
68. And your Lord creates and chooses whom He pleases; to
choose is not theirs; glory be to Allah, and exalted be He
above what they associate (with Him).
69. And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what
they manifest.
70. And He is Allah, there is no god but He! All praise is
due to Him in this (life) and the hereafter, and His is the
judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.
71. Say: Tell me, if Allah were to make the night to
continue incessantly on you till the day of resurrection,
who is the god besides Allah that could bring you light? Do
you not then hear?
72. Say: Tell me, if Allah were to make the day to continue
incessantly on you till the day of resurrection, who is the
god besides Allah that could bring you the night in which
you take rest? Do you not then see?
73. And out of His mercy He has made for you the night and
the day, that you may rest therein, and that you may seek of
His grace, and that you may give thanks.
74. And on the day when He shall call them and say: Where
are those whom you deemed to be My associates?
75. And We will draw forth from among every nation a witness
and say: Bring your proof; then shall they know that the
truth is Allah's, and that which they forged shall depart
from them.
76. Surely Qaroun was of the people of Musa, but he rebelled
against them, and We had given him of the treasures, so much
so that his hoards of wealth would certainly weigh down a
company of men possessed of great strength. When his people
said to him: Do not exult, surely Allah does not love the
exultant;
77. And seek by means of what Allah has given you the future
abode, and do not neglect your portion of this world, and do
good (to others) as Allah has done good to you, and do not
seek to make mischief in the land, surely Allah does not
love the mischief-makers.
78. He said: I have been given this only on account of the
knowledge I have. Did he not know that Allah had destroyed
before him of the generations those who were mightier in
strength than he and greater in assemblage? And the guilty
shall not be asked about their faults.
79. So he went forth to his people in his finery. Those who
desire this world's life said: O would that we had the like
of what Qaroun is given; most surely he is possessed of
mighty good fortune.
80. And those who were given the knowledge said: Woe to you!
Allah's reward is better for him who believes and does good,
and none is made to receive this except the patient.
81. Thus We made the earth to swallow up him and his abode;
so he had no body of helpers to assist him against Allah nor
was he of those who can defend themselves.
82. And those who yearned for his place only the day before
began to say: Ah! (know) that Allah amplifies and straitens
the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His
servants; had not Allah been gracious to us, He would most
surely have abased us; ah! (know) that the ungrateful are
never successful.
83. (As for) that future abode, We assign it to those who
have no desire to exalt themselves in the earth nor to make
mischief and the good end is for those who guard (against
evil)
84. Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it, and
whoever brings evil, those who do evil shall not be rewarded
(for) aught except what they did.
85. Most surely He Who has made the Quran binding on you
will bring you back to the destination. Say: My Lord knows
best him who has brought the guidance and him who is in
manifest error.
86. And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired
to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord, therefore be not a
backer-up of the unbelievers.
87. And let them not turn you aside from the communications
of Allah after they have been revealed to you, and call
(men) to your Lord and be not of the polytheists.
88. And call not with Allah any other god; there is no god
but He, every thing is perishable but He; His is the
judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.
THE SPIDER
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We
believe, and not be tried?
3. And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will
certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know
the liars.
4. Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us?
Evil is it that they judge!
S. Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah
will then most surely come; and He is the Hearing, the
Knowing.
6. And whoever strives hard, he strives only for his own
soul; most surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need of)
the worlds.
7. And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most
certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most
certainly reward them the best of what they did.
8. And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and
if they contend with you that you should associate (others)
with
* The Spider *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We
believe, and not be tried?
3. And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will
certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know
the liars.
4. Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us?
Evil is it that they judge!
S. Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah
will then most surely come; and He is the Hearing, the
Knowing.
6. And whoever strives hard, he strives only for his own
soul; most surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need of)
the worlds.
7. And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most
certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most
certainly reward them the best of what they did.
8. And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and
if they contend with you that you should associate (others)
with Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them,
to Me is your return, so I will inform you of what you did.
9. And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most
surely cause them to enter among the good.
10. And among men is he who says: We believe in Allah; but
when he is persecuted in (the way of) Allah he thinks the
persecution of men to be as the chastisement of Allah; and
if there come assistance from your Lord, they would most
certainly say: Surely we were with you. What! is not Allah
the best knower of what is in the breasts of mankind.
11. And most certainly Allah will know those who believe and
most certainly He will know the hypocrites.
12. And those who disbelieve say to those who believe:
Follow our path and we will bear your wrongs. And never
shall they be the bearers of any of their wrongs; most
surely they are liars.
13. And most certainly they shall carry their own burdens,
and other burdens with their own burdens, and most certainly
they shall be questioned on the resurrection day as to what
they forged.
14. And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he remained
among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge
overtook them, while they were unjust.
15. So We delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and made
it a sign to the nations.
16. And (We sent) Ibrahim, when he said to his people: Serve
Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him; this is best for
you, if you did but know:
17. You only worship idols besides Allah and you create a
lie surely they whom you serve besides Allah do not control
for you any sustenance, therefore seek the sustenance from
Allah and serve Him and be grateful to Him; to Him you shall
be brought back.
18. And if you reject (the truth), nations before you did
indeed reject (the truth); and nothing is incumbent on the
apostle but a plain delivering (of the message).
19. What! do they not consider how Allah originates the
creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.
20. Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first
creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely
Allah has power over all things.
21. He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He
pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.
22. And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven,
and you have neither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.
23. And (as to) those who disbelieve in the communications
of Allah and His meeting, they have despaired of My mercy,
and these it is that shall have a painful punishment.
24. So naught was the answer of his people except that they
said: Slay him or burn him; then Allah delivered him from
the fire; most surely there are signs in this for a people
who believe.
25. And he said: You have only taken for yourselves idols
besides Allah by way of friendship between you in this
world's life, then on the resurrection day some of you shall
deny others, and some of you shall curse others, and your
abode is the fire, and you shall not have any helpers.
26. And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my
Lord, surely He is the Mighty, the Wise.
27. And We granted him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and caused the t
prophethood and the book to remain in his seed, and We gave
him his reward in this world, and in the hereafter he will
most surely be among the good.
28. And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most
surely you are guilty of an indecency which none of the
nations has ever done before you;
29. What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the
highway, and you commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But
nothing was the answer of his people except that they said:
Bring on us Allah's punishment, if you are one of the
truthful.
30. He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous
people.
31. And when Our messengers came to Ibrahim with the good
news, they said: Surely we are going to destroy the people
of this town, for its people are unjust.
32. He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know well
who is in it; we shall certainly deliver him and his
followers, except his wife; she shall be of those who remain
behind.
33. And when Our messengers came to Lut he was grieved on
account of them, and he felt powerless (to protect) them;
and they said: Fear not, nor grieve; surely we will deliver
you and your followers, except your wife; she shall be of
those who remain behind.
34. Surely We will cause to come down upon the people of
this town a punishment from heaven, because they
transgressed.
35. And certainly We have left a clear sign of it for a
people who understand.
36. And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shuaib, so he
said: O my people! serve Allah and fear the latter day and
do not act corruptly in the land, making mischief.
37. But they rejected him, so a severe earthquake overtook
them, and they became motionless bodies in their abode.
38. And (We destroyed) Ad and Samood, and from their
dwellings (this) is apparent to you indeed; and the Shaitan
made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so he kept them back
from the path, though they were endowed with intelligence
and skill,
39. And (We destroyed) Qaroun and Firon and Haman; and
certainly Musa came to them with clear arguments, but they
behaved haughtily in the land; yet they could not outstrip
(Us).
40. So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom
We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom the
rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We made to be
swallowed up by the earth, and of them was he whom We
drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He should be
unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own souls.
41. The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is
as the parable of the spider that makes for itself a house;
and most surely the frailest of the houses is the spider's
house did they but know.
42. Surely Allah knows whatever thing they call upon besides
Him; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
43. And (as for) these examples, We set them forth for men,
and none understand them but the learned.
44. Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth; most
surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
45. Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book
and keep up prayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away from
indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of Allah
is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do.
46. And do not dispute with the followers of the Book except
by what is best, except those of them who act unjustly, and
say: We believe in that which has been revealed to us and
revealed to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him
do we submit.
47. And thus have We revealed the Book to you. So those whom
We have given the Book believe in it, and of these there are
those who believe in it, and none deny Our communications
except the unbelievers.
48. And you did not recite before it any book, nor did you
transcribe one with your right hand, for then could those
who say untrue things have doubted.
49. Nay! these are clear communications in the breasts of
those who are granted knowledge; and none deny Our
communications except the unjust.
50. And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from
his Lord? Say: The signs are only with Allah, and I am only
a plain warner.
51. Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to you
the Book which is recited to them? Most surely there is
mercy in this and a reminder for a people who believe.
52. Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and
you; He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. And (as
for) those who believe in the falsehood and disbelieve in
Allah, these it is that are the losers.
53. And they ask you to hasten on the chastisement; and had
not a term been appointed, the chastisement would certainly
have come to them; and most certainly it will come to them
all of a sudden while they will not perceive.
54. They ask you to hasten on the chastisement, and most
surely hell encompasses the unbelievers;
55. On the day when the chastisement shall cover them from
above them, and from beneath their feet; and He shall say:
Taste what you did.
56. O My servants who believe! surely My earth is vast,
therefore Me alone should you serve.
57. Every soul must taste of death, then to Us you shall be
brought back.
58. And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will
certainly give them abode in the high places in gardens
beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; how good the
reward of the workers:
59. Those who are patient, and on their Lord do they rely.
60. And how many a living creature that does not carry its
sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the
Hearing, the Knowing.
61. And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the
earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they will
certainly say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?
62. Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom
He pleases of His servants, and straitens them for whom (He
pleases) surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
63. And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from
the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its
death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is
due to Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.
64. And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and a
play; and as for the next abode, that most surely is the
life-- did they but know!
65. So when they ride in the ships they call upon Allah,
being sincerely obedient to Him, but when He brings them
safe to the land, lo! they associate others (with Him);
66. Thus they become ungrateful for what We have given them,
so that they may enjoy; but they shall soon know.
67. Do they not see that We have made a sacred territory
secure, while men are carried off by force from around them?
Will they still believe in the falsehood and disbelieve in
the favour of Allah?
68. And who is more unjust than one who forges a lie against
Allah, or gives the lie to the truth when it has come to
him? Will not in hell be the abode of the unbelievers?
69. And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most
certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely
with the doers of good.
* The Romans *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. The Romans are vanquished,
3. In a near land, and they, after being vanquished, shall
overcome,
4. Within a few years. Allah's is the command before and
after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice,
5. With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases; and He
is the Mighty, the Merciful;
6. (This is) Allah's promise! Allah will not fail His
promise, but most people do not know.
7. They know the outward of this world's life, but of the
hereafter they are absolutely heedless.
8. Do they not reflect within themselves: Allah did not
create the heavens and the earth and what is between them
two but with truth, and (for) an appointed term? And most
surely most of the people are deniers of the meeting of
their Lord.
9. Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the
end of those before them? They were stronger than these in
prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it in greater
abundance than these have built on it, and there came to
them their apostles with clear arguments; so it was not
beseeming for Allah that He should deal with them unjustly,
but they dealt unjustly with their own souls.
10. Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because
they | rejected the communications of Allah and used to mock
them.
11. Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it, then
to Him you shall be brought back.
12. And at the time when the hour shall come the guilty
shall be in despair.
13. And they shall not have any intercessors from among
their gods they have joined with God, and they shall be
deniers of their associate-gods.
14. And at the time when the hour shall come, at that time
they shall become separated one from the other.
15. Then as to those who believed and did good, they shall
be made happy in a garden.
16. And as to those who disbelieved and rejected Our
communications and the meeting of the hereafter, these shall
be brought over to the chastisement.
17. Therefore glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time
of the evening and when you enter upon the time of the
morning.
18. And to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth,
and at nightfall and when you are at midday.
19. He brings forth the living from the dead and brings
forth the dead from the living, and gives life to the earth
after its death, and thus shall you be brought forth.
20. And one of His signs is that He created you from dust,
then lo! you are mortals (who) scatter.
21. And one of His signs is that He created mates for you
from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put
between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs
in this for a people who reflect.
22. And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and
the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors; most
surely there are signs in this for the learned.
23. And one of His signs is your sleeping and your seeking
of His grace by night and (by) day; most surely there are
signs in this for a people who would hear.
24. And one of His signs is that He shows you the lightning
for fear and for hope, and sends down water from the clouds
then gives life therewith to the earth after its death; most
surely there are signs in this for a people who understand
25. And one of His signs is that the heaven and the earth
subsist by His command, then when He calls you with a
(single) call from out of the earth, lo! you come forth.
26. And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth;
all are obedient to Him.
27. And He it is Who originates the creation, then
reproduces it, and it is easy to Him; and His are the most
exalted attributes in the heavens and the earth, and He is
the Mighty, the Wise.
28. He sets forth to you a parable relating to yourselves:
Have you among those whom your right hands possess partners
in what We have given you for sustenance, so that with
respect to it you are alike; you fear them as you fear each
other? Thus do We make the communications distinct for a
people who understand.
29. Nay! those who are unjust follow their low desires
without any knowledge; so who can guide him whom Allah makes
err? And they shall have no helpers.
30. Then set your face upright for religion in the right
state-- the nature made by Allah in which He has made men;
there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right
religion, but most people do not know--
31. Turning to Him, and be careful of (your duty to) Him and
keep up prayer and be not of the polytheists
32. Of those who divided their religion and became seas
every sect rejoicing in what they had with them
33. And when harm afflicts men, they call upon their Lord,
turning to Him, then when He makes them taste of mercy from
Him, lo! some of them begin to associate (others) with their
Lord,
34. So as to be ungrateful for what We have given them; but
enjoy yourselves (for a while), for you shall soon come to
know.
35. Or, have We sent down upon them an authority so that it
speaks of that which they associate with Him?
36. And when We make people taste of mercy they rejoice in
it, and if an evil befall them for what their hands have
already wrought, lo! they are in despair.
37. Do they not see that Allah makes ample provision for
whom He pleases, or straitens? Most surely there are signs
in this for a people who believe.
38. Then give to the near of kin his due, and to the needy
and the wayfarer; this is best for those who desire Allah's
pleasure, and these it is who are successful.
39. And whatever you lay out as usury, so that it may
increase in the property of men, it shall not increase with
Allah; and whatever you give in charity, desiring Allah's
pleasure-- it is these (persons) that shall get manifold.
40. Allah is He Who created you, then gave you sustenance,
then He causes you to die, then brings you to life. Is there
any of your associate-gods who does aught of it? Glory be to
Him, and exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).
41. Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on
account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may
make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that
they may return.
42. Say: Travel in the land, then see how was the end of
those before; most of them were polytheists.
43. Then turn thy face straight to the right religion before
there come from Allah the day which cannot be averted; on
that day they shall become separated.
44. Whoever disbelieves, he shall be responsible for his
disbelief, and whoever does good, they prepare (good) for
their own souls,
45. That He may reward those who believe and do good out of
His grace; surely He does not love the unbelievers.
46. And one of His signs is that He sends forth the winds
bearing good news, and that He may make your taste of His
mercy, and that the ships may run by His command, and that
you may seek of His grace, and that you may be grateful.
47. And certainly We sent before you apostles to their
people, so they came to them with clear arguments, then We
gave the punishment to those who were guilty; and helping
the believers is ever incumbent on Us.
48. Allah is he Who sends forth the winds so they raise a
cloud, then He spreads it forth in the sky as He pleases,
and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth
from inside it; then when He causes it to fall upon whom He
pleases of His servants, lo! they are joyful
49. Though they were before this, before it was sent down
upon them, confounded in sure despair.
50. Look then at the signs of Allah's mercy, how He gives
life to the earth after its death, most surely He will raise
the dead to life; and He has power over all things.
51. And if We send a wind and they see it to be yellow, they
would after that certainly continue to disbelieve
52. For surely you cannot, make the dead to hear and you
cannot make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back
and
53. Nor can you lead away the blind out of their error. You
cannot make to hear any but those who believe in Our
communications so they shall submit.
54. Allah is He Who created you from a state of weakness
then He gave strength after weakness, then ordained weakness
and hoary hair after strength; He creates what He pleases,
and He is the Knowing, the Powerful.
SS. And at the time when the hour shall come, the guilty
shall swear (that) they did not tarry but an hour; thus are
they ever turned away.
56. And those who are given knowledge and faith will say:
Certainly you tarried according to the ordinance of Allah
till the day of resurrection, so this is the day of
resurrection, but you did not know.
57. But on that day their excuse shall not profit those who
were unjust, nor shall they be regarded with goodwill.
58. And certainly We have set forth for men every kind of
example in this Quran; and if you should bring them a
communication, those who disbelieve would certainly say: You
are naught but false claimants.
59. Thus does Allah set a seal on the hearts of those who do
not know.
60. Therefore be patient; surely the promise of Allah is
true and let not those who have no certainty hold you in
light estimation.
* Luqman *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif Lam Mim.
2. These are verses of the Book of Wisdom
3. A guidance and a mercy for the doers of goodness,
4. Those who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and they
are certain of the hereafter.
5. These are on a guidance from their Lord, and these are
they who are successful:
6. And of men is he who takes instead frivolous discourse to
lead astray from Allah's path without knowledge, and to take
it for a mockery; these shall have an abasing chastisement.
7. And when Our communications are recited to him, he turns
back proudly, as if he had not heard them, as though in his
ears were a heaviness, therefore announce to him a painful
chastisement.
8. (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely
have gardens of bliss,
9. Abiding in them; the promise of Allah; (a) true
(promise), and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
10. He created the heavens without pillars as you see them,
and put mountains upon the earth lest it might convulse with
you, and He spread in it animals of every kind; and We sent
down water from the cloud, then caused to grow therein
(vegetation) of every noble kind.
11. This is Allah's creation, but show Me what those besides
Him have created. Nay, the unjust are in manifest error
12. And certainly We gave wisdom to Luqman, saying: Be
grateful to Allah. And whoever is grateful, he is on!y
grateful for his own soul; and whoever is ungrateful, then
surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised.
13. And when Luqman said to his son while he admonished him:
O my son! do not associate aught with Allah; most surely
polytheism is a grievous iniquity--
14. And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents-- his
mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his
weaning takes two years-- saying: Be grateful to Me and to
both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming.
15. And if they contend with you that you should associate
with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them, and
keep company with them in this world kindly, and follow the
way of him who turns to Me, then to Me is your return, then
will I inform you of what you did--
16. O my son! surely if it is the very weight of the grain
of a mustard-seed, even though it is in (the heart of) rock,
or (high above) in the heaven or (deep down) in the earth,
Allah will bring it (to light); surely Allah is Knower of
subtleties, Aware;
17. O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid
the evil, and bear patiently that which befalls you; surely
these acts require courage;
18. And do not turn your face away from people in contempt,
nor go about in the land exulting overmuch; surely Allah
does not love any self-conceited boaster;
19. And pursue the right course in your going about and
lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is
braying of the asses.
20. Do you not see that Allah has made what is in the
heavens and what is in the earth subservient to you, and
made complete to you His favors outwardly and inwardly? And
among men is he who disputes in respect of Allah though
having no knowledge nor guidance, nor a book giving light.
21. And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah has
revealed, they say: Nay, we follow that on which we found
our fathers. What! though the Shaitan calls them to the
chastisement of the burning fire!
22. And whoever submits himself wholly to Allah and he is
the doer of good (to others), he indeed has taken hold of
the firmest thing upon which one can lay hold; and Allah's
is the end of affairs.
23. And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve
you; to Us is their return, then will We inform them of what
they did surely Allah is the Knower of what is in the
breasts.
24. We give them to enjoy a little, then will We drive them
to a severe chastisement.
25. And if you ask them who created the heavens and the
earth, they will certainly say: Allah. Say: (All) praise is
due to Allah; nay! most of them do not know.
26. What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's; surely
Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.
27. And were every tree that is in the earth (made into)
pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more
seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an
end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
28. Neither your creation nor your raising is anything but
as a single soul; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
29. Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into
the day, and He makes the day to enter into the night, and
He has made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each
pursues its course till an appointed time; and that Allah is
Aware of what you do?
3O This is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they
call upon besides Him is the falsehood, and that Allah is
the High, the Great.
31. Do you not see that the ships run on in the sea by
Allah's favor that He may show you of His signs? Most surely
there are signs in this for every patient endurer, grateful
one.
32. And when a wave like mountains covers them they call
upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, but when He
brings them safe to the land, some of them follow the middle
course; and none denies Our signs but every perfidious,
ungrateful one.
33. O people! guard against (the punishment of) your Lord
and dread the day when a father shall not make any
satisfaction for his son, nor shall the child be the maker
of any satisfaction for his father; surely the promise of
Allah is true, therefore let not this world's life deceive
you, nor let the archdeceiver deceive you in respect of
Allah.
34. Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the
hour, and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the
wombs; and no one knows what he shall earn on the morrow;
and no one knows in what land he shall die; surely Allah is
Knowing, Aware.
* The Adoration *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1: Alif Lam Mim.
2. The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt in it, is
from the Lord of the worlds.
3. Or do they say: He has forged it? Nay! it is the truth
from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom no warner
has come before you, that they may follow the right
direction.
4. Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and
what is between them in six periods, and He mounted the
throne (of authority); you have not besides Him any guardian
or any intercessor, will you not then mind?
5. He regulates the affair from the heaven to the earth;
then shall it ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is
a thousand years of what you count.
6. This is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty
the Merciful,
7. Who made good everything that He has created, and He
began the creation of man from dust.
8. Then He made his progeny of an extract, of water held in
light estimation.
9. Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His
spirit, and made for you the ears and the eyes and the
hearts; little is it that you give thanks.
10. And they say: What! when we have become lost in the
earth, shall we then certainly be in a new creation? Nay!
they are disbelievers in the meeting of their Lord.
11. Say: The angel of death who is given charge of you shall
cause you to die, then to your Lord you shall be brought
back.
12. And could you but see when the guilty shall hang down
their heads before their Lord: Our Lord! we have seen and we
have heard, therefore send us back, we will do good; surely
(now) we are certain.
13. And if We had pleased We would certainly have given to
every soul its guidance, but the word (which had gone forth)
from Me was just: I will certainly fill hell with the jinn
and men together.
14. So taste, because you neglected the meeting of this day
of yours; surely We forsake you; and taste the abiding
chastisement for what you did.
15. Only they believe in Our communications who, when they
are reminded of them, fall down making obeisance and
celebrate the praise of their Lord, and they are not proud.
16. Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon
their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend
(benevolently) out of what We have given them.
17. So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which
will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did.
18. Is he then who is a believer like him who is a
transgressor? They are not equal.
19. As for those who believe and do good, the gardens are
their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.
20. And as for those who transgress, their abode is the
fire; whenever they desire to go forth from it they shall be
brought back into it, and it will be said to them: Taste the
chastisement of the fire which you called a lie.
21. And most certainly We will make them taste of the nearer
chastisement before the greater chastisement that haply they
may turn.
22. And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the
communications of his Lord, then he turns away from them?
Surely We will give punishment to the guilty.
23. And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, so be not in
doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide
for the children of Israel.
24. And We made of them Imams to guide by Our command when
they were patient, and they were certain of Our
communications.
25. Surely your Lord will judge between them on the day of
resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.
26. Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of
the generations, in whose abodes they go about, did We
destroy before them? Most surely there are signs in this;
will they not then hear?
27. Do they not see that We drive the water to a land having
no herbage, then We bring forth thereby seed-produce of
which their cattle and they themselves eat; will they not
then see?
28. And they say: When will this judgment take place, If you
are truthful?
29. Say: On the day of judgment the faith of those who (now)
disbelieve will not profit them, nor will they be respited.
30. Therefore turn away from them and wait, surely they too
are waiting.
* The Allies *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
I. O Prophet! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and do not
comply with (the wishes of) the unbelievers and the
hypocrites; surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;
2. And follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; surely
Allah is Aware of what you do;
3. And rely on Allah; and Allah is sufficient for a
Protector.
4. Allah has not made for any man two hearts within him; nor
has He made your wives whose backs you liken to the backs of
your mothers as your mothers, nor has He made those whom you
assert to be your sons your real sons; these are the words
of your mouths; and Allah speaks the truth and He guides to
the way.
5. Assert their relationship to their fathers; this is more
equitable with Allah; but if you do not know their fathers,
then they are your brethren in faith and your friends; and
there is no blame on you concerning that in which you made a
mistake, but (concerning) that which your hearts do
purposely (blame may rest on you), and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
6. The Prophet has a greater claim on the faithful than they
have on themselves, and his wives are (as) their mothers;
and the possessors of relationship have the better claim in
the ordinance of Allah to inheritance, one with respect to
another, than (other) believers, and (than) those who have
fled (their homes), except that you do some good to your
friends; this is written in the Book.
/ 7. And when We made a covenant with the prophets and with
you, and with Nuh and Ibrahim and Musa and Isa, son of
Marium, and We made with them a strong covenant
8. That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He
has prepared for the unbelievers a painful punishment.
9. O you who believe! call to mind the favor of Allah to you
when there came down upon you hosts, so We sent against them
a strong wind and hosts, that you saw not, and Allah is
Seeing what you do.
10. When they came upon you from above you and from below
you, and when the eyes turned dull, and the hearts rose up
to the throats, and you began to think diverse thoughts of
Allah.
11. There the believers were tried and they were shaken with
severe shaking.
12. And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was a
disease began to say: Allah and His Apostle did not promise
us (victory) but only to deceive.
13. And when a party of them said: O people of Yasrib! there
IS no place to stand for you (here), therefore go back; and
a party of them asked permission of the prophet, saying.
Surely our houses are exposed; and they were not exposed;
they only desired to fly away.
14. And if an entry were made upon them from the outlying
parts of it, then they were asked to wage war, they would
certainly have done it, and they would not have stayed in it
but a little while.
15. And certainly they had made a covenant with Allah
before, that) they would not turn (their) backs; and Allah's
covenant shall be inquired of.
16. Say: Flight shall not do you any good if you fly from
death or slaughter, and in that case you will not be allowed
to enjoy yourselves but a little.
17. Say: Who is it that can withhold you from Allah if He
intends to do you evil, rather He intends to show you mercy?
And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any
guardian or a helper.
18. Allah knows indeed those among you who hinder others and
those who say to their brethren: Come to us; and they come
not to the fight but a little,
19. Being niggardly with respect to you; but when fear
comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes rolling
like one swooning because of death; but when the fear is
gone they smite you with sharp tongues, being niggardly of
the good things. These have not believed, therefore Allah
has made.their doing naught; and this is easy to Allah.
20. They think the allies are not gone, and if the allies
should come (again) they would fain be in the deserts with
the desert Arabs asking for news about you, and if they were
among you they would not fight save a little.
21. Certainly you have in the Apostle of Allah an excellent
exemplar for him who hopes in Allah and the latter day and
remembers Allah much.
22. And when the believers saw the allies, they said: This
is what Allah and His Apostle promised us, and Allah and His
Apostle spoke the truth; and it only increased them in faith
and submission.
23. Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant
which they made with Allah: so of them is he who
accomplished his vow, and of them is he who yet waits, and
they have not changed in the least
24. That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth, and
punish the hypocrites if He please or turn to them
(mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
25. And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage;
they did not obtain any advantage, and Allah sufficed the
believers in fighting; and Allah is Strong, Mighty.
26. And He drove down those of the followers of the Book who
backed them from their fortresses and He cast awe into their
hearts; some you killed and you took captive another part.
27. And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings
and their property, and (to) a land which you have not yet
trodden, and Allah has power over all things.
28. O Prophet! say to your wives: If you desire this world's
life and its adornment, then come, I will give you a
provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing
29. And if you desire Allah and His Apostle and the latter
abode, then surely Allah has prepared for the doers of good
among you a mighty reward.
30. O wives of the prophet! whoever of you commits an open
indecency, the punishment shall be increased to her doubly;
and this IS easy to Allah.
31. And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Apostle
and does good, We will give to her her reward doubly, and We
have prepared for her an honorable sustenance.
32. O wives of the Prophet! you are not like any other of
the women; If you will be on your guard, then be not soft in
(your) speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease yearn;
and speak a good word.
33. And stay in your houses and do not display your finery
like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up
prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His
Apostle. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness
from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a
(thorough) purifying.
34. And keep to mind what is recited in your houses of the
communications of Allah and the wisdom; surely Allah is
Knower of subtleties, Aware.
35. Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and
the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying
men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the
truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women
and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving
men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the
fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and
the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and
the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them
forgiveness and a mighty reward.
36. And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman
that they should have any choice in their matter when Allah
and His Apostle have decided a matter; and whoever disobeys
Allah and His Apostle, he surely strays off a manifest
straying.
37. And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favor
and to whom you had shown a favor: Keep your wife to
yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and you
concealed in your soul what Allah would bring to light, and
you feared men, and Allah had a greater right that you
should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his want of
her, We gave her to you as a wife, so that there should be
no difficulty for the believers in respect of the wives of
their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their want
of them; and Allah's command shall be performed.
38. There is no harm in the Prophet doing that which Allah
has ordained for him; such has been the course of Allah with
respect to those who have gone before; and the command of
Allah is a decree that is made absolute:
39. Those who deliver the messages of Allah and fear Him,
and do not fear any one but Allah; and Allah is sufficient
to take account.
40. Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is
the Apostle of Allah and the Last of the prophets; and Allah
is cognizant of all things.
41. O you who believe! remember Allah, remembering
frequently,
42. And glorify Him morning and evening.
43. He it is Who sends His blessings on you, and (so do) His
angels, that He may bring you forth out of utter darkness
into the light; and He is Merciful to the believers.
44. Their salutation on the day that they meet Him shall be,
Peace, and He has prepared for them an honourable reward.
45. O Prophet! surely We have sent you as a witness, and as
a bearer of good news and as a warner,
46. And as one inviting to Allah by His permission, and as a
light-giving torch.
47. And give to the believers the good news that they shall
have a great grace from Allah.
48. And be not compliant to the unbelievers and the
hypocrites, and leave unregarded their annoying talk, and
rely on Allah; and Allah is sufficient as a Protector.
49. O you who believe! when you marry the believing women,
then divorce them before you touch them, you have in their
case no term which you should reckon; so make some provision
for them and send them forth a goodly sending forth.
50. O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives
whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right
hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as
prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles
and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters
of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal
aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave
herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry
her-- specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We
know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives
and those whom their right hands possess in order that no
blame may attach to you; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
51. You may put off whom you please of them, and you may
take to you whom you please, and whom you desire of those
whom you had separated provisionally; no blame attaches to
you; this is most proper, so that their eyes may be cool and
they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased, all of
them with what you give them, and Allah knows what is in
your hearts; and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.
52. It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor
that you should change them for other wives, though their
beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand
possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things.
53. O you who believe! do not enter the houses of the
Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, not
waiting for its cooking being finished-- but when you are
invited, enter, and when you have taken the food, then
disperse-- not seeking to listen to talk; surely this gives
the Prophet trouble, but he forbears from you, and Allah
does not forbear from the truth And when you ask of them any
goods, ask of them from behind a curtain; this is purer for
your hearts and (for) their hearts; and it does not behove
you that you should give trouble to the Apostle of Allah,
nor that you should marry his wives after him ever; surely
this is grievous in the sight of Allah.
54. If you do a thing openly or do it in secret, then surely
Allah is Cognizant of all things.
55. There is no blame on them in respect of their fathers,
nor their brothers, nor their brothers' sons, nor their
sisters' sons nor their own women, nor of what their right
hands possess; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah;
surely Allah is a witness of all things.
56. Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who
believe! call for (Divine) blessings on him and salute him
with a (becoming) salutation.
57. Surely (as for) those who speak evil things of Allah and
His Apostle, Allah has cursed them in this world and the
here after, and He has prepared for them a chastisement
bringing disgrace.
58. And those who speak evil things of the believing men and
the believing women without their having earned (it), they
are guilty indeed of a false accusation and a manifest sin.
59. O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the
women of the believers that they let down upon them their
over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be
known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
60. If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease
and the agitators in the city do not desist, We shall most
certainly set you over them, then they shall not be your
neighbors in it but for a little while;
61. Cursed: wherever they are found they shall be seized and
murdered, a (horrible) murdering.
62. (Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to
those who have gone before; and you shall not find any
change in the course of Allah.
63. Men ask you about the hour; say: The knowledge of it is
only with Allah, and what will make you comprehend that the
: hour may be nigh.
64. Surely Allah has cursed the unbelievers and has prepared
for them a burning fire,
65. To abide therein for a long time; they shall not find a
protector or a helper.
66. On the day when their faces shall be turned back into
the fire, they shall say: O would that we had obeyed Allah
and obeyed the Apostle!
67. And they shall say: O our Lord! surely we obeyed our
leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the
path;
68. O our Lord! give them a double punishment and curse them
with a great curse.
69. O you who believe! be not like those who spoke evil
things of Musa, but Allah cleared him of what they said, and
he was worthy of regard with Allah.
70. O you who believe! be careful of(your duty to) Allah and
speak the right word,
71. He will put your deeds into a right state for you, and
forgive you your faults; and whoever obeys Allah and His
Apostle, he indeed achieves a mighty success.
72. Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth
and the mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it
and feared from it, and man has turned unfaithful to it;
surely he is unjust, ignorant;
73. So Allah will chastise the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women and the polytheistic men and the
polytheistic women, and Allah will turn (mercifully) to the
believing women, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
* Saba *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the
heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all)
praise in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware.
2. He knows that which goes down into the earth and that
which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the
heaven and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful,
the Forgiving.
3. And those who disbelieve say: The hour shall not come
upon us. Say: Yea! by my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it
shall certainly come upon you; not the weight of an atom
becomes absent from Him, in the heavens or in the earth, and
neither less than that nor greater, but (all) is in a clear
book
4. That He may reward those who believe and do good; these
it is for whom is forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
5. And (as for) those who strive hard in opposing Our
communications, these it is for whom is a painful
chastisement of an evil kind.
6. And those to whom the knowledge has been given see that
which has been revealed to you from your Lord, that is the
truth, and it guides into the path of the Mighty, the
Praised.
7. And those who disbelieve say: Shall we point out to you a
man who informs you that when you are scattered the utmost
scattering you shall then be most surely (raised) in (to) a
new creation?
8. He has forged a lie against Allah or there is madness in
him. Nay! those who do not believe in the hereafter are in
torment and in great error.
9. Do they not then consider what is before them and what is
behind them of the heaven and the earth? If We please We
will make them disappear in the land or bring down upon them
a portion from the heaven; most surely there is a sign in
this for every servant turning (to Allah).
10. And certainly We gave to Dawood excellence from Us: O
mountains! sing praises with him, and the birds; and We made
the iron pliant to him,
11. Saying: Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to
the making of coats of mail and do good; surely I am Seeing
what you do.
12. And (We made) the wind (subservient) to Sulaiman, which
made a month's journey in the morning and a month's journey
m the evening, and We made a fountain of molten copper to
flow out for him, and of the jinn there were those who
worked before him by the command of his Lord; and whoever
turned aside from Our command from among them, We made him
taste of the punishment of burning.
13. They made for him what he pleased of fortresses and
images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and
cooking-pots that will not move from their place; give
thanks, O family of Dawood! and very few of My servants are
grateful.
14. But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them
his death but a creature of the earth that ate away his
staff; and when it fell down, the jinn came to know plainly
that if they had known the unseen, they would not have
tarried in abasing torment.
15 Certainly there was a sign for Saba in their abode; two
gardens on the right and the left; eat of the sustenance of
your Lord and give thanks to Him: a good land and a
Forgiving Lord!
16 But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a torrent of
which the rush could not be withstood, and in place of their
two gardens We gave to them two gardens yielding bitter
fruit and (growing) tamarisk and a few lote-trees.
17. This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and
We do not punish any but the ungrateful.
18. And We made between them and the towns which We had
blessed (other) towns to be easily seen, and We apportioned
the journey therein: Travel through them nights and days,
secure.
19. And they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer
between our journeys; and they were unjust to themselves so
We made them stories and scattered them with an utter
scattering; most surely there are signs in this for every
patient, grateful one
20. And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture
concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the
believers.
21. And he has no authority over them, but that We may
distinguish him who believes in the hereafter from him who
is in doubt concerning it; and your Lord is the Preserver of
all things
22. Say: Call upon those whom you assert besides Allah; they
do not control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in
the earth nor have they any partnership in either, nor has
He among them any one to back (Him) up.
23. And intercession will not avail aught with Him save of
him whom He permits. Until when fear shall be removed from
their hearts, They shall say: What is it that your Lord
said? They shall say: The truth. And He is the Most High,
the Great.
24. Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and
the earth? Say: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a
right way or in manifest error
25. Say: You will not be questioned as to what we are guilty
of, nor shall we be questioned as to what you do.
26. Say: Our Lord will gather us together, then will He
judge between us with the truth; and He is the greatest
Judge, the All-knowing.
27. Say: Show me those whom you have joined with Him as
associates; by no means (can you do it). Nay! He is Allah,
the Mighty, the Wise.
28. And We have not sent you but to all the men as a bearer
of good news and as a warner, but most men do not know.
29. And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if
you are truthful?
30. Say: You have the appointment of a day from which you
cannot hold back any while, nor can you bring it on.
31. And those who disbelieve say: By no means will we
believe in this Quran, nor in that which is before it; and
could you see when the unjust shall be made to stand before
their Lord, bandying words one with another! Those who were
reckoned weak shall say to those who were proud: Had it not
been for you we would certainly have been believers.
32. Those who were proud shall say to those who were deemed
weak: Did we turn you away from the guidance after it had
come to you? Nay, you (yourselves) were guilty 33. And those
who were deemed weak shall say to those who were proud. Nay,
(it was) planning by night and day when you told us to
disbelieve in Allah and to set up likes with Him. And they
shall conceal regret when they shall see the punishment; and
We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved;
they shall not be requited but what they did.
34. And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led
lives in ease in it said: We are surely disbelievers in what
you are sent with.
35. And they say: We have more wealth and children, and we
shall not be punished.
36. Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence
for whom He pleases and straitens (for whom He pleases), but
most men do not know.
37. And not your wealth nor your children, are the things
which bring you near Us in station, but whoever believes and
does good, these it is for whom is a double reward for what
they do, and they shall be secure in the highest places.
38. And (as for) those who strive in opposing Our
communications, they shall be caused to be brought to the
chastisement.
39. Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence
for whom He pleases of His servants and straitens (them) for
whom
(He pleases), and whatever thing you spend, He exceeds It m
reward, and He is the best of Sustainers.
40. And on the day when He will gather them all together,
then will He say to the angels: Did these worship you?
41. They shall say: Glory be to Thee! Thou art our Guardian,
not they; nay! they worshipped the jinn; most of them were
believers in them.
42. So on that day one of you shall not control profit or
harm for another, and We will say to those who were unjust:
Taste the chastisement of the fire which you called a lie.
43. And when Our clear communications are recited to them,
they say: This is naught but a man who desires to turn you
away from that which your fathers worshipped. And they say:
This is naught but a lie that is forged. And those who
disbelieve say of the truth when it comes to them: This is
only clear enchantment.
44. And We have not given them any books which they read,
nor did We send to them before you a warner.
45. And those before them rejected (the truth), and these
have not yet attained a tenth of what We gave them, but they
gave the lie to My apostles, then how was the manifestation
of My disapproval?
46. Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for
Allah's sake in twos and singly, then ponder: there is no
madness in your fellow-citizen; he is only a warner to you
before a severe chastisement.
47. Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only
for yourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a
witness of all things.
48. Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower
of the unseen.
49. Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish
and shall not come back.
50. Say: If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I
follow a right direction, it ?s because of what my Lord
reveals to me; surely He is Hearing, Nigh.
51. And could you see when they shall become terrified, but
(then) there shall be no escape and they shall be seized
upon from a near place
52. And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the
attaining (of faith) be possible to them from a distant
place?
53. And they disbelieved in it before, and they utter
conjectures with regard to the unseen from a distant place.
54. And a barrier shall be placed between them and that
which they desire, as was done with the likes of them
before: surely they are in a disquieting doubt.
* The Originator *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. All praise is due to Allah, the Originator of the heavens
and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on
wings, two, and three, and four; He increases in creation
what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.
2. Whatever Allah grants to men of (His) mercy, there is
none to withhold it, and what He withholds there is none to
send it forth after that, and He is the Mighty, the Wise
3. O men! call to mind the favor of Allah on you; is there
any creator besides Allah who gives you sustenance from the
heaven and the earth? There is no god but He; whence are you
then turned away?
4. And if they call you a liar, truly apostles before you
were called liars, and to Allah are all affairs returned.
5. O men! surely the promise of Allah is true, therefore let
not the life of this world deceive you, and let not the
archdeceiver deceive you respecting Allah.
6. Surely the Shaitan is your enemy, so take him for an
enemy; he only invites his party that they may be inmates of
the burning
7 (As for) those who disbelieve, they shall have a severe
punishment, and (as for) those who believe and do good, they
shall have forgiveness and a great reward.
8. What! is he whose evil deed is made fairseeming to him so
much so that he considers it good? Now surely Allah makes
err whom He pleases and guides aright whom He pleases, so
let not your soul waste away in grief for them; surely Allah
is Cognizant of what they do
9. And Allah is He Who sends the winds so they raise a
cloud, then We drive it on to a dead country, and therewith
We give life to the earth after its death; even so is the
quickening.
10. Whoever desires honor, then to Allah belongs the honor
wholly. To Him do ascend the good words; and the good deeds,
lift them up, and (as for) those who plan evil deeds, they
shall have a severe chastisement; and (as for) their plan,
it shall perish.
11. And Allah created you of dust, then of the life-germ,
then He made you pairs; and no female bears, nor does she
bring forth, except with His knowledge; and no one whose
life is lengthened has his life lengthened, nor is aught
diminished of one's life, but it is all in a book; surely
this is easy to Allah.
12. And the two seas are not alike: the one sweet, that
subdues thirst by its excessive sweetness, pleasant to
drink; and the other salt, that burns by its saltness; yet
from each of them you eat fresh flesh and bring forth
ornaments which you wear; and you see the ships cleave
through it that you may seek of His bounty and that you may
be grateful.
13. He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and He
causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He has made
subservient (to you) the sun and the moon; each one follows
its course to an appointed time; this is Allah, your Lord,
His is the kingdom; and those whom you call upon besides Him
do not control a straw.
14. If you call on them they shall not hear your call, and
even if they could hear they shall not answer you; and on
the resurrection day they will deny your associating them
(with Allah); and none can inform you like the One Who is
Aware.
15. O men! you are they who stand in need of Allah, and
Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised One.
16. If He please, He will take you off and bring a new
generation.
17. And this is not hard to Allah.
18. And a burdened soul cannot bear the burden of another
and if one weighed down by burden should cry for (another to
carry) its burden, not aught of it shall be carried, even
though he be near of kin. You warn only those who fear their
Lord in secret and keep up prayer; and whoever purifies
himself, he purifies himself only for (the good of) his own
soul; and to Allah is the eventual coming.
19. And the blind and the seeing are not alike
20. Nor the darkness and the light,
21. Nor the shade and the heat,
22. Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah
makes whom He pleases hear, and you cannot make those hear
who are m the graves.
23. You are naught but a warner.
24. Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of
good news and a warner; and there is not a people but a
warner has gone among them.
25. And if they call you a liar, so did those before them
indeed call (their apostles) liars; their apostles had come
to them with clear arguments, and with scriptures, and with
the illuminating book.
26 Then did I punish those who disbelieved, so how was the
manifestation of My disapproval?
27. Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the
cloud, then We bring forth therewith fruits of various
colors; and in the mountains are streaks, white and red, of
various hues and (others) intensely black?
28. And of men and beasts and cattle are various species of
it likewise; those of His servants only who are possessed of
knowledge fear Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
29. Surely they who recite the Book of Allah and keep up
prayer and spend out of what We have given them secretly and
openly, hope for a gain which will not perish.
30. That He may pay them back fully their rewards and give
them more out of His grace: surely He is Forgiving,
Multiplier of rewards.
31. And that which We have revealed to you of the Book, that
is the truth verifying that which is before it; most surely
with respect to His servants Allah is Aware, Seeing.
32. Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom
We chose from among Our servants; but of them is he who
makes his soul to suffer a loss, and of them is he who takes
a middle course, and of them is he who is foremost in deeds
of goodness by Allah's permission; this is the great
excellence.
33. Gardens of perpetuity, they shall enter therein; they
shad be made to wear therein bracelets of gold and pearls,
and their dress therein shall be silk.
34. And they shall say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who
has made grief to depart from us; most surely our Lord is
Forgiving, Multiplier of rewards,
35. Who has made us alight in a house abiding for ever out
of . His grace; toil shall not touch us therein, nor shall
fatigue therein afflict us.
34. And (as for) those who disbelieve, for them is the fire
of hell; it shall not be finished with them entirely so that
they should die, nor shall the chastisement thereof be
lightened to them: even thus do We retribute every
ungrateful one.
37. And they shall cry therein for succour: O our Lord !
take us out, we will do good deeds other than those which we
used to do. Did We not preserve you alive long enough, so
that he who would be mindful in it should mind? And there
came to you the warner; therefore taste; because for the
unjust, there 1S no helper.
38. Surely Allah is the Knower of what is unseen m the
heavens and the earth; surely He is Cognizant of what IS m
the hearts.
39. He it is Who made you rulers in the land; therefore
whoever disbelieves, his unbelief is against himself; and
their unbelief does not increase the disbelievers with their
Lord in anything except hatred; and their unbelief does not
increase the disbelievers m anything except loss.
40. Say: Have you considered your associates which you call
upon besides Allah? Show me what part of the earth they have
created, or have they any share in the heavens; or, have We
given them a book so that they follow a clear argument
thereof? Nay, the unjust do not hold out promises one to
another but only to deceive.
41 Surely Allah upholds the heavens and the earth lest they
come to naught; and if they should come to naught, there Is
none who can uphold them after Him; surely He is the
Forbearing, the Forgiving.
42. And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their
oaths that if there came to them a warner they would be
better guided than any of the nations; but when there came
to them a warner it increased them in naught but aversion.
43. (In) behaving proudly in the land and in planning evil;
and the evil plans shall not beset any save the authors of
it. Then should they wait for aught except the way of the
former people? For you shall not find any alteration in the
course of Allah; and you shall not find any change in the
course of Allah.
44. Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the
end of those before them while they were stronger than these
in power? And Allah is not such that any thing in the
heavens or in the earth should escape Him; surely He is
Knowing, Powerful.
45. And were Allah to punish men for what they earn, He
would not leave on the back of it any creature, but He
respites them till an appointed term; so when their doom
shall come, then surely Allah is Seeing with respect to His
servants.
* Ya Seen *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ya Seen.
2. I swear by the Quran full of wisdom
3. Most surely you are one of the apostles
4. On a right way.
S. A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful.
6. That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned,
so they are heedless.
7. Certainly the word has proved true of most of them, so
they do not believe.
8. Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these
reach up to their chins, so they have their heads raised
aloft.
9. And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier
behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do
not see.
10. And it is alike to them whether you warn them or warn
them not: they do not believe.
11. You can only warn him who follows the reminder and fears
the Beneficent God in secret; so announce to him forgiveness
and an honorable reward.
12. Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what
they have sent before and their footprints, and We have
recorded everything in a clear writing.
13. And set out to them an example of the people of the
town, when the messengers came to it.
14. When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them,
then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said:
Surely we are messengers to you.
15. They said: You are naught but mortals like ourselves,
nor has the Beneficent God revealed anything; you only lie.
16. They said: Our Lord knows that we are most surely
messengers to you.
17. And nothing devolves on us but a clear deliverance (of
the message).
18. They said: Surely we augur evil from you; if you do not
desist, we will certainly stone you, and there shall
certainly afflict vou a painful chastisement from us.
19. They said: Your evil fortune is with you; what! if you
are reminded! Nay, you are an extravagant people.
20. And from the remote part of the city there came a man
running, he said: O my people! follow the messengers;
21. Follow him who does not ask you for reward, and they are
the followers of the right course;
22. And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who
brought me into existence? And to Him you shall be brought
back;
23. What! shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession,
If the Beneficent God should desire to afflict me with a
harm, shall not avail me aught, nor shall they be able to
deliver me?
24. In that case I shall most surely be in clear error:
25 Surely I believe in your Lord, therefore hear me.
26 It was said: Enter the garden. He said: O would that my
people had known
27. Of that on account of which my Lord has forgiven me and
made me of the honored ones!
28. And We did not send down upon his people after him any
hosts from heaven, nor do We ever send down.
29. It was naught but a single cry, and lo! they were still.
30. Alas for the servants! there comes not to them an
apostle but they mock at him.
31. Do they not consider how many of the generations have We
destroyed before them, because they do not turn to them?
32. And all of them shall surely be brought before Us.
33. And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it
and bring forth from it grain SQ they eat of it.
34. And We make therein gardens of palms and grapevines and
We make springs to flow forth in it,
35. That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands
did not make it; will they not then be grateful?
36. Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what
the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they do not
know.
37. And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it
the day, then lo! they are in the dark;
38. And the sun runs on to a term appointed for it; that is
the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing.
39. And (as for) the moon, We have ordained for it stages
till it becomes again as an old dry palm branch.
40. Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should
overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; and
all float on in a sphere.
41. And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in
the laden ship.
42. And We have created for them the like of it, what they
will ride on.
43. And if We please, We can drown them, then there shall be
no succorer for them, nor shall they be rescued
44. But (by) mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time.
45. And when it is said to them: Guard against what is
before you and what is behind you, that mercy may be had on
you.
46. And there comes not to them a communication of the
communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it.
47. And when it is said to them: Spend out of what Allah has
given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe:
Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You
are in naught but clear error.
48. And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you
are truthful?
49. They wait not for aught but a single cry which will
overtake them while they yet contend with one another.
50. So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall
they return to their families.
51 . And the trumpet shall be blown, when lo ! from their
graves they shall hasten on to their Lord.
52. They shall say: O woe to us! who has raised us up from
our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent God promised
and the apostles told the truth.
53. There would be naught but a single cry, when lo ! they
shall all be brought before Us;
54. So this day no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the
least; and you shall not be rewarded aught but that which
you did.
55. Surely the dwellers of the garden shall on that day be
in an occupation quite happy.
56. They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on
raised couches.
57. They shall have fruits therein, and they shall have
whatever they desire.
58. Peace: a word from a Merciful Lord.
59. And get aside today, O guilty ones!
60. Did I not charge you, O children of Adam ! that you
should not serve the Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy,
61. And that you should serve Me; this is the right way.
62. And certainly he led astray numerous people from among
you. What! could you not then understand?
63. This is the hell with which you were threatened.
64. Enter into it this day because you disbelieved.
65. On that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and
their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear
witness of what they earned.
66. And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes,
then they would run about groping for the way, but how
should they see?
67. And if We please We would surely transform them in their
place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they
return.
68. And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce (him) to
an abject state in constitution; do they not then
understand?
69. And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for
him; it is nothing but a reminder and a plain Quran,
70. That it may warn him who would have life, and (that) the
word may prove true against the unbelievers.
71. Do they not see that We have created cattle for them,
out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their
masters?
72. And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they
have to ride upon, and some of them they eat.
73. And therein they have advantages and drinks; will they
not then be grateful?
74. And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be
helped.
75. (But) they shall not be able to assist them, and they
shall be a host brought up before them.
76. Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We
know what they do in secret and what they do openly.
77. Does not man see that We have created him from the small
seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant.
78. And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own
creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they
are rotten?
79. Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into
existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation
80. He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the
green tree, so that with it you kindle (fire).
81. Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to
create the like of them? Yea! and He is the Creator (of
all), the Knower.
82. His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to
it: Be, so it is.
83. Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom
of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.
* The Rangers *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks
2. Then those who drive away with reproof,
3. Then those who recite, being mindful,
4. Most surely your God is One:
5. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between
them, and Lord of the easts.
6. Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an
adornment, the stars,
7. And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious
Shaitan.
8. They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are
thrown at from every side,
9. Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual
chastisement,
10. Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows
him a brightly shining flame.
11. Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or
those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them
of firm clay.
12. Nay! you wonder while they mock,
13. And when they are reminded, they mind not,
14. And when they see a sign they incite one another to
scoff,
15. And they say: This is nothing but clear magic:
16. What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones,
shall we then certainly be raised,
17. Or our fathers of yore?
18. Say: Aye! and you shall be abject.
19. So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall
see.
20. And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of
requital.
21. This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.
22. Gather together those who were unjust and their
associates, and what they used to worship
23. Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.
24. And stop them, for they shall be questioned:
25. What is the matter with you that you do not help each
other?
26. Nay! on that day they shall be submissive.
27. And some of them shall advance towards others,
questioning each other.
28. They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the
right side.
29. They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not
believers;
30. And we had no authority over you, but you were an
inordinate people;
31. So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us:
(now) we shall surely taste;
32. So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.
33. So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement
one with another.
34. Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.
35. Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to
them: There is no god but Allah;
36. And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for
the sake of a mad poet?
37. Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the
apostles.
38. Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.
39. And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.
40. Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
41. For them is a known sustenance,
42. Fruits, and they shall be highly honored,
43. In gardens of pleasure,
44. On thrones, facing each other.
45. A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running
out of springs,
46. White, delicious to those who drink.
47. There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be
exhausted therewith.
48. And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes,
having beautiful eyes;
49. As if they were eggs carefully protected.
50. Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning
each other.
51. A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a
comrade of mine,
52. Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept (the
truth)?
53. What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones,
shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?
54. He shall say: Will you look on?
SS. Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.
56. He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to
perish;
57. And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would
certainly have been among those brought up.
58. Is it then that we are not going to die,
59. Except our previous death? And we shall not be
chastised?
60. Most surely this is the mighty achievement.
61. For the like of this then let the workers work.
62. Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of
Zaqqum?
63. Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.
64. Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the
hell;
65. Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.
66. Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their)
bellies with it.
67. Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a
mixture prepared in boiling water.
68. Then most surely their return shall be to hell.
69. Surely they found their fathers going astray,
70. So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.
71. And certainly most of the ancients went astray before
them,
72. And certainly We sent among them warners.
73. Then see how was the end of those warned,
74. Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
75. And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent
answerer of prayer are We.
76. And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty
distress.
77. And We made his offspring the survivors.
78. And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later
generations.
79. Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.
80. Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.
81. Surely he was of Our believing servants.
82. Then We drowned the others
83. And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.
84. When he came to his Lord with a free heart,
85. When he said to his father and his people: What is it
that you worship?
86. A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?
87. What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?
88. Then he looked at the stars, looking up once,
89. Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping
these).
90. So they went away from him, turning back.
91. Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said:
What! do you not eat?
92. What is the matter with you that you do not speak?
93. Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with
the right hand.
94. So they (people) advanced towards him, hastening.
95. Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out?
96. And Allah has created you and what you make.
97. They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into
the burning fire.
98. And they desired a war against him, but We brought them
low.
99. And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.
100. My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.
101. So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing
forbearance.
102. And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my
son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice
you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do
what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of
the patient ones.
103. So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon
his forehead,
104. And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim!
105. You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely
thus do We reward the doers of good:
106. Most surely this is a manifest trial.
107. And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.
108. And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later
generations.
109. Peace be on Ibrahim.
110. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
111. Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
112. And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among
the good ones.
113. And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and
of their offspring are the doers of good, and (also) those
who are clearly unjust to their own souls.
114. And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.
115. And We delivered them both and their people from the
mighty distress.
116. And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.
117. And We gave them both the Book that made (things)
clear.
118. And We guided them both on the right way.
119. And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later
generations.
120. Peace be on Musa and Haroun.
121. Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
122. Surely they were both of Our believing servants.
123. And Ilyas was most surely of the apostles.
124. When he said to his people: Do you not guard (against
evil)?
125. What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the
creators,
126. Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
127. But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most
surely be brought up.
128. But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
129. And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later
generations.
130. Peace be on Ilyas.
131. Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
132. Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
133. And Lut was most surely of the apostles.
134. When We delivered him and his followers, all--
135. Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who
tarried.
136. Then We destroyed the others.
137. And most surely you pass by them in the morning,
138. And at night; do you not then understand?
139. And Yunus was most surely of the apostles.
140. When he ran away to a ship completely laden,
141. So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast
off.
142. So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which
he blamed himself
143. But had it not been that he was of those who glorify
(Us),
144. He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day
when they are raised.
145. Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth
while he was sick.
146. And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.
147. And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they
exceeded.
148. And they believed, so We gave them provision till a
time.
149. Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they
have sons.
150. Or did We create the angels females while they were
witnesses?
151. Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:
152. Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars.
153. Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
154. What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?
155. Will you not then mind?
156. Or have you a clear authority?
157. Then bring your book, if you are truthful.
158. And they assert a relationship between Him and the
jinn; and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely
be brought up;
159. Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they
describe;
160. But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
161. So surely you and what you worship,
162. Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial,
163. Save him who will go to hell.
164. And there is none of us but has an assigned place,
165. And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in
ranks,
166. And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of
Allah).
167. And surely they used to say:
168. Had we a reminder from those of yore,
169. We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the
purified ones.
170. But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to
know.
171. And certainly Our word has already gone forth in
respect of Our servants, the apostles:
172. Most surely they shall be the assisted ones
173. And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious
ones.
174. Therefore turn away from them till a time,
175. And (then) see them, so they too shall see.
176. What! would they then hasten on Our chastisement?
177. But when it shall descend in their court, evil shall
then be the morning of the warned ones.
178. And turn away from them till a time
179. And (then) see, for they too shall see.
180. Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what
they describe.
181. And peace be on the apostles.
182. And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
* Suad *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Suad, I swear by the Quran, full of admonition.
2. Nay! those who disbelieve are in self-exaltation and
opposition.
3. How many did We destroy before them of the generations,
then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away.
4. And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from
among themselves, and the disbelievers say: This IS an
enchanter, a liar.
5. What! makes he the gods a single God? A strange thing is
this, to be sure!
6. And the chief persons of them break forth, saying: Go and
steadily adhere to your gods; this is most surely a thing
sought after.
7. We never heard of this in the former faith; this is
nothing but a forgery:
8. Has the reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay!
they are in doubt as to My reminder. Nay! they have not yet
tasted My chastisement!
9. Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of
your Lord, the Mighty, the great Giver?
10. Or is it that theirs is the kingdom of the heavens and
the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend by
any
11. A host of deserters of the allies shall be here put to
flight.
12. The people of Nuh and Ad, and Firon, the lord of spikes,
rejected (apostles) before them.
13. And Samood and the people of Lut and the dwellers of the
thicket; these were the parties.
14. There was none of them but called the apostles liars, so
just was My retribution.
15. Nor do these await aught but a single cry, there being
no delay in it.
16. And they say: O our Lord! hasten on to us our portion
before the day of reckoning.
17. Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant
Dawood, the possessor of power; surely he was frequent m
returning (to Allah).
18. Surely We made the mountains to sing the glory (of
Allah) in unison with him at the evening and the sunrise,
19. And the birds gathered together; all joined in singing
with him.
20. And We strengthened his kingdom and We gave him wisdom
and a clear judgment.
21 . And has there come to you the story of the litigants,
when they made an entry into the private chamber by
ascending over the walls?
22. When they entered in upon Dawood and he was frightened
at them, they said: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has
acted wrongfully towards the other, therefore decide between
us with justice, and do not act unjustly, and guide us to
the right way.
23. Surely this is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes and I
have a single ewe; but he said: Make it over to me, and he
has prevailed against me in discourse.
24. He said: Surely he has been unjust to you in demanding
your ewe (to add) to his own ewes; and most surely most of
the partners act wrongfully towards one another, save those
who believe and do good, and very few are they; and Dawood
was sure that We had tried him, so he sought the protection
of his Lord and he fell down bowing and turned time after
time (to Him).
25. Therefore We rectified for him this, and most surely he
had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.
26. o Dawood ! surely We have made you a ruler in the land;
so judge between men with justice and do not follow desire,
lest it should lead you astray from the path of Allah; (as
for) those who go astray from the path of Allah, they shall
surely have a severe punishment because they forgot the day
of reckoning.
27. And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what
is between them in vain; that is the opinion of those who
disbelieve then woe to those who disbelieve on account of
the fire.
28. Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the
mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make those who
guard (against evil) like the wicked?
29. (It is) a Book We have revealed to you abounding in good
that they may ponder over its verses, and that those endowed
with understanding may be mindful.
30. And We gave to Dawood Sulaiman, most excellent the
servant! Surely he was frequent in returning (to Allah).
31. When there were brought to him in the evening (horses)
still when standing, swift when running--
32. Then he said: Surely I preferred the good things to the
remembrance of my Lord-- until the sun set and time for Asr
prayer was over, (he said):
33. Bring them back to me; so he began to slash (their) legs
and necks.
34. And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We put on his
throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah).
35. He said: My Lord! do Thou forgive me and grant me a
kingdom which is not fit for (being inherited by) anyone
after me;
36. Then We made the wind subservient to him; it made his
command to run gently wherever he desired,
37. And the shaitans, every builder and diver,
38. And others fettered in chains.
39. This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or
withhold, without reckoning.
40. And most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent
resort.
41. And remember Our servant Ayyub, when he called upon his
Lord: The Shaitan has afflicted me with toil and torment.
42. Urge with your foot; here is a cool washing-place and a
drink.
43. And We gave him his family and the like of them with
them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder to those
possessed of understanding.
44. And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with
It and do not break your oath; surely We found him patient;
most excellent the servant! Surely he was frequent m
returning (to Allah).
45. And remember Our servants Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqoub,
men of power and insight.
46. Surely We purified them by a pure quality, the keeping m
mind of the (final) abode.
47 And most surely they were with Us, of the elect, the
best.
48 And remember Ismail and Al-Yasha and Zulkifl; and they
were all of the best.
49. This is a reminder; and most surely there is an
excellent resort for those who guard (against evil),
50. The gardens of perpetuity, the doors are opened for
them.
51 . Reclining therein, calling therein for many fruits and
drink.
52. And with them shall be those restraining their eyes,
equals in age.
53. This is what you are promised for the day of reckoning.
54. Most surely this is Our sustenance; it shall never come
to an end;
55. This (shall be so); and most surely there is an evil
resort for the inordinate ones;
56. Hell; they shall enter it, so evil is the resting-place.
57. This (shall be so); so let them taste it, boiling and
intensely cold (drink).
58. And other (punishment) of the same kind-- of various
sorts.
59. This is an army plunging in without consideration along
with you; no welcome for them, surely they shall enter fire.
60. They shall say: Nay! you-- no welcome to you: you did
proffer it to us, so evil is the resting-place.
61. They shall say: Our Lord! whoever prepared it first for
us, add Thou to him a double chastisement in the fire.
62. And they shall say: What is the matter with us that we
do not see men whom we used to count among the vicious?
63. Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our
eyes (now) turned aside from them?
64. That most surely is the truth: the contending one with
another of the inmates of the fire.
65. Say: I am only a warner, and there is no god but Allah,
the One, the Subduer (of all):
66. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is
between them, the Mighty, the most Forgiving.
67. Say: It is a message of importance,
68. (And) you are turning aside from it:
69. 1 had no knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they
contended:
70. Naught is revealed to me save that I am a plain warner.
71. When your Lord said to the angels; Surely I am going to
create a mortal from dust:
72. So when I have made him complete and breathed into him
of My spirit, then fall down making obeisance to him.
73. And the angels did obeisance, all of them,
74. But not Iblis: he was proud and he was one of the
unbelievers.
75. He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do
obeisance to him whom I created with My two hands? Are you
proud or are you of the exalted ones?
76. He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of
fire, and him Thou didst create of dust.
77. He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven
away:
78. And surely My curse is on you to the day of judgment.
79. He said: My Lord! then respite me to the day that they
are raised.
80. He said: Surely you are of the respited ones,
81. Till the period of the time made known.
82. He said: Then by Thy Might I will surely make them live
an evil life, all,
83. Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones.
84. He said: The truth then is and the truth do I speak:
85. That I will most certainly fill hell with you and with
those among them who follow you, all.
86. Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it; nor am I of
those who affect:
87. It is nothing but a reminder to the nations;
88. And most certainly you will come to know about it after
a time.
* The Companies *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the
Wise.
2. Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth,
therefore serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience.
3. Now, surely, sincere obedience is due to Allah (alone)
and (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, (saying),
We do not serve them save that they may make us nearer to
Allah, surely Allah will judge between them in that in which
they differ; surely Allah does not guide him aright who is a
liar, ungrateful.
4. If Allah desire to take a son to Himself, He will surely
choose those He pleases from what He has created. Glory be
to Him: He is Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).
5. He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth;
He makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake
the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient;
each one runs on to an assigned term; now surely He is the
Mighty, the great Forgiver.
6. He has created you from a single being, then made its
mate of the same (kind), and He has made for you eight of
the cattle in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your
mothers-- a creation after a creation-- in triple darkness; that
is Allah your Lord, His is the kingdom; there is no god but
He; whence are you then turned away?
7. If you are ungrateful, then surely Allah is
Self-sufficient above all need of you; and He does not like
ungratefulness in His servants; and if you are grateful, He
likes it in you; and no bearer of burden shall bear the
burden of another; then to your Lord is your return, then
will He inform you of what you did; surely He is Cognizant
of what is in the breasts.
8. And when distress afflicts a man he calls upon his Lord
turning to Him frequently; then when He makes him possess a
favor from Him, he forgets that for which he called upon Him
before, and sets up rivals to Allah that he may cause (men)
to stray off from His path. Say: Enjoy yourself in your
ungratefulness a little, surely you are of the inmates of
the fire.
9. What! he who is obedient during hours of the night,
prostrating himself and standing, takes care of the
hereafter and hopes for the mercy of his Lord! Say: Are
those who know and those who do not know alike? Only the men
of understanding are mindful.
10. Say: O my servants who believe! be careful of (your duty
to) your Lord; for those who do good in this world is good,
and Allah's earth is spacious; only the patient will be paid
back their reward in full without measure.
11. Say: I am commanded that I should serve Allah, being
sincere to Him in obedience.
12. And I am commanded that I shall be the first of those
who submit.
13. Say: I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a
grievous day.
14. Say: Allah (it is Whom) I serve, being sincere to Him in
my obedience:
15. Serve then what you like besides Him. Say: The losers
surely are those who shall have lost themselves and their
families on the day of resurrection; now surely that is the
clear loss.
16. They shall have coverings of fire above them and
coverings beneath them; with that Allah makes His servants
to fear, so be careful of (your duty to) Me, O My servants!
17, And (as for) those who keep off from the worship of the
idols and turn to Allah, they shall have good news,
therefore give good news to My servants,
18. Those who listen to the word, then follow the best of
it; those are they whom Allah has guided, and those it is
who are the men of understanding.
19. What! as for him then against whom the sentence of
chastisement is due: What! can you save him who is in the
fire?
. 20. But (as for) those who are careful of (their duty to)
their Lord, they shall have high places, above them higher
places, built (for them), beneath which flow rivers; (this
is) the promise of Allah: Allah will not fail in (His)
promise.
21. Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the
cloud, then makes it go along in the earth in springs, then
brings forth therewith herbage of various colors, then it
withers so that you see it becoming yellow, then He makes it
a thing crushed and broken into pieces? Most surely there is
a reminder in this for the men of understanding.
22. What! is he whose heart Allah has opened for Islam so
that he is in a light from his Lord (like the hard-hearted)?
Nay, woe to those whose hearts are hard against the
remembrance of Allah; those are in clear error.
23. Allah has revealed the best announcement, a book
conformable in its various parts, repeating, whereat do
shudder the skins of those who fear their Lord, then their
skins and their hearts become pliant to the remembrance of
Allah; this is Allah's guidance, He guides with it whom He
pleases; and (as for) him whom Allah makes err, there is no
guide for him.
24. Is he then who has to guard himself with his own person
against the evil chastisement on the resurrection day? And
it will be said to the unjust: Taste what you earned.
25. Those before them rejected (prophets), therefore there
came to them the chastisement from whence they perceived
not.
26. So Allah made them taste the disgrace in this world's
life, and certainly the punishment of the hereafter is
greater; did they but know!
27. And certainly We have set forth to men in this Quran
similitudes of every sort that they may mind.
28. An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, that they may
guard (against evil).
29. Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom
are (several) partners differing with one another, and there
is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike
in condition? (All) praise is due to Allah. Nay! most of
them do not know.
30. Surely you shall die and they (too) shall surely die.
31. Then surely on the day of resurrection you will contend
one with another before. your Lord.
32. Who is then more unjust than he who utters a lie against
Allah and (he who) gives the lie to the truth when it comes
to him; is there not in hell an abode for the unbelievers?
33. And he who brings the truth and (he who) accepts it as
the truth-- these are they that guard (against evil).
34. They shall have with their Lord what they please; that
is the reward of the doers of good;
35. So that Allah will do away with the worst of what they
did and give them their reward for the best of what they do.
36. Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And they seek
to frighten you with those besides Him; and whomsoever Allah
makes err, there is no guide for him.
37. And whom Allah guides, there is none that can lead him
astray; is not Allah Mighty, the Lord of retribution?
38. And should you ask them, Who created the heavens and the
earth? They would most certainly say: Allah. Say: Have you
then considered that what you call upon besides Allah, would
they, if Allah desire to afflict me with harm, be the
removers of His harm, or (would they), if Allah desire to
show me mercy, be the withholders of His mercy? Say: Allah
is sufficient for me; on Him do the reliant rely.
39. Say: O my people! work in your place, surely I am a
worker, so you will come to know.
40. Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which
will disgrace him and to whom will be due a lasting
punishment.
41. Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth
for the sake of men; so whoever follows the right way, it is
for his own soul and whoever errs, he errs only to its
detriment; and you are not a custodian over them.
42. Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and
those that die not during their sleep; then He withholds
those on whom He has passed the decree of death and sends
the others back till an appointed term; most surely there
are signs in this for a people who reflect.
43. Or have they taken intercessors besides Allah? Say:
what! even though they did not ever have control over
anything, nor do they understand.
44. Say: Allah's is the intercession altogether; His is the
kingdom of the heavens and the earth, then to Him you shall
be brought back.
45. And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those
who do not believe in the hereafter shrink, and when those
besides Him are mentioned, lo! they are joyful.
46. Say: O Allah! Originator of the heavens and the earth,
Knower of the unseen and the seen! Thou (only) judgest
between Thy servants as to that wherein they differ.
47. And had those who are unjust all that is in the earth
and the like of it with it, they would certainly offer it as
ransom (to be saved) from the evil of the punishment on the
day of resurrection; and what they never thought of shall
become plain to them from Allah.
48. And the evil (consequences) of what they wrought shall
become plain to them, and the very thing they mocked at
shall beset them.
49. So when harm afflicts a man he calls upon Us; then, when
We give him a favor from Us, he says: I have been given it
only by means of knowledge. Nay, it is a trial, but most of
them do not know.
50. Those before them did say it indeed, but what they
earned availed them not.
51. So there befell them the evil (consequences) of what
they earned; and (as for) those who are unjust from among
these, there shall befall them the evil (consequences) of
what they earn, and they shall not escape.
52. Do they not know that Allah makes ample the means of
subsistence to whom He pleases, and He straitens; most
surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.
53. Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against
their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah;
surely Allah forgives the faults altogether; surely He is
the Forgiving the Merciful.
54. And return to your Lord time after time and submit to
Him before there comes to you the punishment, then you shall
not be helped.
SS. And follow the best that has been revealed to you from
your Lord before there comes to you the punishment all of a
sudden while you do not even perceive;
56. Lest a soul should say: O woe to me! for what I fell
short of my duty to Allah, and most surely I was of those
who laughed to scorn;
57. Or it should say: Had Allah guided me, I would certainly
have been of those who guard (against evil);
58. Or it should say when it sees the punishment: Were there
only a returning for me, I should be of the doers of good.
59. Aye! My communications came to you, but you rejected
them, and you were proud and you were one of the
unbelievers.
60. And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who
lied against Allah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there
not in hell an abode for the proud?
61. And Allah shall deliver those who guard (against evil)
with their achievement; evil shall not touch them, nor shall
they grieve.
62. Allah is the Creator of every thing and He has charge
over every thing.
63. His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; and
(as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of
Allah, these it is that are the losers.
64. Say: What! Do you then bid me serve others than Allah, O
ignorant men?
65. And certainly, it has been revealed to you and to those
before you: Surely if you associate (with Allah), your work
would certainly come to naught and you would certainly be of
the losers.
66. Nay! but serve Allah alone and be of the thankful.
67. And they have not honored Allah with the honor that is
due to Him; and the whole earth shall be in His grip on the
day of resurrection and the heavens rolled up in His right
hand; glory be to Him, and may He be exalted above what they
associate (with Him).
68. And the trumpet shall be blown, so all those that are in
the heavens and all those that are in the earth shall swoon,
except such as Allah please; then it shall be blown again,
then lo! they shall stand up awaiting.
69. And the earth shall beam with the light of its Lord, and
the Book shall be laid down, and the prophets and the
witnesses shall be brought up, and judgment shall be given
between them with justice, and they shall not be dealt with
unjustly.
70. And every soul shall be paid back fully what it has
done, and He knows best what they do.
71. And those who disbelieve shall be driven to hell in
companies; until, when they come to it, its doors shall be
opened, and the keepers of it shall say to them: Did not
there come to you apostles from among you reciting to you
the communications of your Lord and warning you of the
meeting of this day of yours? They shall say: Yea! But the
sentence of punishment was due against the unbelievers.
72. It shall be said: Enter the gates of hell to abide
therein; so evil is the abode of the proud.
73. And those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord
shall be conveyed to the garden in companies; until when
they come to it, and its doors shall be opened, and the
keepers of it shall say to them: Peace be on you, you shall
be happy; therefore enter it to abide.
74. And they shall say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who
has made good to us His promise, and He has made us inherit
the land; we may abide in the garden where we please; so
goodly is the reward of the workers.
75. And you shall see the angels going round about the
throne glorifying the praise of their Lord; and judgment
shall be given between them with justice, and it shall be
said: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
* The Believer *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the
Knowing,
3. The Forgiver of the faults and the Acceptor of
repentance, Severe to punish, Lord of bounty; there is no
god but He; to Him is the eventual coming.
4. None dispute concerning the communications of Allah but
those who disbelieve, therefore let not their going to and
fro in the cities deceive you.
5. The people of Nuh and the parties after them rejected
(prophets) before them, and every nation purposed against
their apostle to destroy him, and they disputed by means of
the falsehood that they might thereby render null the truth,
therefore I destroyed them; how was then My retribution!
6. And thus did the word of your Lord prove true against
those who disbelieved that they are the inmates of the fire.
7. Those who bear the power and those around Him celebrate
the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask
protection for those who believe: Our Lord! Thou embracest
all things in mercy and knowledge, therefore grant
protection to those who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy way,
and save them from the punishment of the hell:
8. Our Lord! and make them enter the gardens of perpetuity
which Thou hast promised to them and those who do good of
their fathers and their wives and their offspring, surely
Thou are the Mighty, the Wise.
9. And keep them from evil deeds, and whom Thou keepest from
evil deeds this day, indeed Thou hast mercy on him, and that
is the mighty achievement.
10. Surely those who disbelieve shall be cried out to:
Certainly Allah's hatred (of you) when you were called upon
to the faith and you rejected, is much greater than your
hatred of yourselves.
11. They shall say: Our Lord! twice didst Thou make us
subject to death, and twice hast Thou given us life, so we
do confess our faults; is there then a way to get out?
12. That is because when Allah alone was called upon, you
disbelieved, and when associates were given to Him, you
believed; so judgment belongs to Allah, the High, the Great.
13. He it is Who shows you His signs and sends down for you
sustenance from heaven, and none minds but he who turns (to
Him) again and again.
14. Therefore call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in
obedience, though the unbelievers are averse:
15. Possessor of the highest rank, Lord of power: He makes
the inspiration to light by His command upon whom He pleases
of His servants, that he may warn (men) of the day of
meeting.
16. (Of) the day when they shall come forth, nothing
concerning them remains hidden to Allah. To whom belongs the
kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).
17. This day every soul shall be rewarded for what it has
earned; no injustice (shall be done) this day; surely Allah
is quick in reckoning.
18. And warn them of the day that draws near, when hearts
shall rise up to the throats, grieving inwardly; the unjust
shall not have any compassionate friend nor any intercessor
who should be obeyed.
19. He knows the stealthy looks and that which the breasts
conceal.
20. And Allah judges with the truth; and those whom they
call upon besides Him cannot judge aught; surely Allah is
the Hearing, the Seeing.
21. Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was
the end of those who were before them? Mightier than these
were they in strength-- and in fortifications in the land, but
Allah destroyed them for their sins; and there was not for
them any defender against Allah.
22. That was because there came to them their apostles with
clear arguments, but they rejected (them), therefore Allah
destroyed them; surely He is Strong, Severe in retribution.
23. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and
clear authority,
24. To Firon and Haman and Qaroun, but they said: A lying
magician.
25. So when he brought to them the truth from Us, they said:
Slay the sons of those who believe with him and keep their
women alive; and the struggle of the unbelievers will only
come to a state of perdition.
26. And Firon said: Let me alone that I may slay Musa and
let him call upon his Lord; surely I fear that he will
change your religion or that he will make mischief to appear
in the land.
27. And Musa said: Surely I take refuge with my Lord and--
your Lord from every proud one who does not believe in the
day of reckoning.
28. And a believing man of Firon's people who hid his faith
said: What! will you slay a man because he says: My Lord is
Allah, and indeed he has brought to you clear arguments from
your Lord? And if he be a liar, on him will be his lie, and
if he be truthful, there will befall you some of that which
he threatens you (with); surely Allah does not guide him who
is extravagant, a liar:
29. O my people! yours is the kingdom this day, being
masters in the land, but who will help us against the
punishment of Allah if it come to us? Firon said: I do not
show you aught but that which I see (myself), and I do not
make you follow any but the right way.
30. And he who believed said: O my people! surely I fear for
you the like of what befell the parties:
31. The like of what befell the people of Nuh and Ad and
Samood and those after them, and Allah does not desire
injustice for (His) servants;
32. And, O my people! I fear for you the day of calling out,
33. The day on which you will turn back retreating; there
shall be no savior for you from Allah, and whomsoever Allah
causes to err, there is no guide for him:
34. And certainly Yusuf came to you before with clear
arguments, but you ever remained in doubt as to what he
brought; until when he died, you said: Allah will never
raise an apostle after him. Thus does Allah cause him to err
who is extravagant, a doubter
35. Those who dispute concerning the communications of Allah
without any authority that He has given them; greatly hated
is it by Allah and by-those who believe. Thus does Allah set
a seal over the heart of every proud, haughty one.
36. And Firon said: O Haman! build for me a tower that I may
attain the means of access,
37. The means of access to the heavens, then reach the God
of Musa, and I surely think him to be a liar. And thus the
evil of his deed was made fairseeming to Firon, and he was
turned away from the way; and the struggle of Firon was not
(to end) in aught but destruction.
38. And he who believed said: O my people! follow me, I will
guide you to the right course;
39. O my people! this life of the world is only a (passing)
enjoyment, and surely the hereafter is the abode to settle;
40. Whoever does an evil, he shall not be recompensed (with
aught) but the like of it, and whoever does good, whether
male or female, and he is a believer, these shall enter the
garden, in which they shall be given sustenance without
measure.
41. And, O my people! how is it that I call you to salvation
and you call me to the fire?
42. You call on me that I should disbelieve in Allah and
associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I
call you to the Mighty, the most Forgiving;
43. No doubt that what you call me to has no title to be
called to in this world, nor in the hereafter, and that our
turning back is to Allah, and that the extravagant are the
inmates of the fire;
44. So you shall remember what I say to you, and I entrust
my affair to Allah, Surely Allah sees the servants.
45. So Allah protected him from the evil (consequences) of
what they planned, and the most evil punishment overtook
Firon's people:
46. The fire; they shall be brought before it (every)
morning and evening and on the day when the hour shall come
to pass: Make Firon's people enter the severest
chastisement.
47. And when they shall contend one with another in the
fire, then the weak shall say to those who were proud:
Surely we were your followers; will you then avert from us a
portion of the fire?
48. Those who were proud shall say: Surely we are all in it:
surely Allah has judged between the servants.
49. And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers
of hell: Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one
day of the punishment.
50. They shall say: Did not your apostles come to you with
clear arguments? They shall say: Yea. They shall say: Then
call. And the call of the unbelievers is only in error.
51 . Most surely We help Our apostles, and those who
believe, in this world's life and on the day when the
witnesses shall stand
52. The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the
unjust, and for them is curse and for them is the evil
abode.
53. And certainly We gave Musa the guidance, and We made the
children of Israel inherit the Book,
54. A guidance and a reminder to the men of understanding.
55. Therefore be patient; surely the promise of Allah is
true; and ask protection for your fault and sing the praise
of your Lord in the evening and the morning.
56. Surely (as for) those who dispute about the
communications of Allah without any authority that has come
to them, there is naught in their breasts but (a desire) to
become great which they shall never attain to; Therefore
seek refuge in Allah, surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
57. Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is
greater than the creation of the men, but most people do not
know
58. And the blind and the seeing are not alike, nor those
who believe and do good and the evil-doer; little is it that
you are mindful.
59. Most surely the hour is coming, there is no doubt
therein, but most people do not believe.
60. And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you;
surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon
enter hell abased.
61. Allah is He Who made for you the night that you may rest
therein and the day to see; most surely Allah is Gracious to
men, but most men do not give thanks.
62. That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of everything;
there is no God but He; whence are you then turned away?
63. Thus were turned away those who denied the
communications of Allah.
64. Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you
and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly
your forms, and He provided you with goodly things; that is
Allah, your Lord; blessed then is Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.
65. He is the Living, there is no god but He, therefore call
on Him, being sincere to Him in obedience; (all) praise is
due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
66. Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon
besides Allah when clear arguments have come to me from my
Lord, and I am commanded that I should submit to the Lord of
the worlds.
67. He it is Who created you from dust, then from a small
lifegerm, then from a clot, then He brings you forth as a
child, then that you may attain your maturity, then that you
may be old-- and of you there are some who are caused to die
before-- and that you may reach an appointed term, and that
you may understand.
68. He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He
decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is.
69. Have you not seen those who dispute with respect to the
communications of Allah: how are they turned away?
70. Those who reject the Book and that with which We have
sent Our Apostle; but they shall soon come to know,
71. When the fetters and the chains shall be on their necks;
they shall be dragged 72. Into boiling water, then in the
fire shall they be burned;
73. Then shall it be said to them: Where is that which you
used to set up
74. Besides Allah? They shall say: They are gone away from
us, nay, we used not to call upon anything before. Thus does
Allah confound the unbelievers.
75. That is because you exulted in the land unjustly and
because you behaved insolently.
76. Enter the gates of hell to abide therein, evil then is
the abode of the proud.
77. So be patient, surely the promise of Allah is true. So
should We make you see part of what We threaten them with,
or should We cause you to die, to Us shall they be returned.
78. And certainly We sent apostles before you: there are
some of them that We have mentioned to you and there are
others whom We have not mentioned to you, and it was not
meet for an apostle that he should bring a sign except with
Allah's permission, but when the command of Allah came,
judgment was given with truth, and those who treated (it) as
a lie were lost.
79. Allah is He Who made the cattle for you that you may
ride on some of them, and some of them you eat.
80. And there are advantages for you in them, and that you
may attain thereon a want which is in your breasts, and upon
them and upon the ships you are borne.
81. And He shows you His signs: which then of Allah's signs
will you deny?
82. Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen how
was the end of those before them? They were more (in
numbers) than these and greater in strength and in
fortifications in the land, but what they earned did not
avail them.
83. Then when their apostles came to them with clear
arguments, they exulted in what they had with them of
knowledge, and there beset them that which they used to
mock.
84. But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe
in Allah alone and we deny what we used to associate with
Him.
85. But their belief was not going to profit them when they
had seen Our punishment; (this is) Allah's law, which has
indeed obtained in the matter of His servants, and there the
unbelievers are lost.
* Ha Mim *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim!
2. A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful God:
3. A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic
Quran for a people who know:
4. A herald of good news and a warner, but most of them turn
aside so they hear not.
5. And they say: Our hearts are under coverings from that to
which you call us, and there is a heaviness in our ears, and
a veil hangs between us and you, so work, we too are
working.
6. Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me
that your God is one God, therefore follow the right way to
Him and ask His forgiveness; and woe to the polytheists;
7. (To) those who do not give poor-rate and they are
unbelievers in the hereafter.
8. (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely
have a reward never to be cut off.
9. Say: What! do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created
the earth in two periods, and do you set up equals with Him?
That is the Lord of the Worlds.
10. And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He
blessed therein and made therein its foods, in four periods:
alike for the seekers.
11. Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it is a
vapor, so He said to it and to the earth: Come both,
willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly.
12. So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and
revealed in every heaven its affair; and We adorned the
lower heaven with brilliant stars and (made it) to guard;
that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing.
13. But if they turn aside, then say: I have warned you of a
scourge like the scourge of Ad and Samood.
14. When their apostles came to them from before them and
from behind them, saying, Serve nothing but Allah, they
said: If our Lord had pleased He would certainly have sent
down angels, so we are surely unbelievers in that with which
you are sent.
15. Then as to Ad, they were unjustly proud in the land, and
they said: Who is mightier in strength than we? Did they not
see that Allah Who created them was mightier than they in
strength, and they denied Our communications?
16. So We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days, that
We may make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this
world's life; and certainly the chastisement of the
hereafter is much more abasing, and they shall not be
helped.
17. And as to Samood, We showed them the right way, but they
chose error above guidance, so there overtook them the
scourge of an abasing chastisement for what they earned.
18. And We delivered those who believed and guarded (against
evil).
19. And on the day that the enemies of Allah shall be
brought together to the fire, then they shall be formed into
groups.
20. Until when they come to it, their ears and their eyes
and their skins shall bear witness against them as to what
they did.
21. And they shall say to their skins: Why have you borne
witness against us? They shall say: Allah Who makes
everything speak has made us speak, and He created you at
first, and to Him you shall be brought back.
22. And you did not veil yourselves lest your ears and your
eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you
thought that Allah did not know most of what you did.
23. And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained
about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so
are you become of the lost ones.
24. Then if they will endure, still the fire is their abode,
and if they ask for goodwill, then are they not of those who
shall be granted goodwill.
25. And We have appointed for them comrades so they have
made fair-seeming to them what is before them and what is
behind them, and the word proved true against them-- among the
nations of the jinn and the men that have passed away before
them-- that they shall surely be losers.
26. And those who disbelieve say: Do not listen to this
Quran and make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome.
27. Therefore We will most certainly make those who
disbelieve taste a severe punishment, and We will most
certainly reward them for the evil deeds they used to do.
28. That is the reward of the enemies of Allah-- the fire; for
them therein shall be the house of long abiding; a reward
for their denying Our communications.
29. And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! show us
those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that
we may trample them under our feet so that they may be of
the lowest.
30. (As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue
in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear
not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden
which you were promised.
31. We are your guardians in this world's life and in the
hereafter, and you shall have therein what your souls desire
and you shall have therein what you ask for:
32. A provision from the Forgiving, the Merciful.
33. And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while
he himself does good, and says: I am surely of those who
submit?
34. And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil)
with what is best, when lo! he between whom and you was
enmity would be as if he were a warm friend.
35. And none are made to receive it but those who are
patient, and none are made to receive it but those who have
a mighty good fortune.
36. And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you
mischief, seek refuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing,
the Knowing.
37. And among His signs are the night and the day and the
sun and the moon; do not make obeisance to the sun nor to
the moon; and make obeisance to Allah Who created them, if
Him it is that you serve.
38. But if they are proud, yet those with your Lord glorify
Him during the night and the day, and they are not tired.
39. And among His signs is this, that you see the earth
still, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and
swells: most surely He Who gives it life is the Giver of
life to the dead; surely He has power over all things.
40. Surely they who deviate from the right way concerning
Our communications are not hidden from Us. What! is he then
who is cast into the fire better, or he who comes safe on
the day of resurrection? Do what you like, surely He sees
what you do.
41. Surely those who disbelieve in the reminder when it
comes to them, and most surely it is a Mighty Book:
42. Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from
behind it; a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.
43. Naught is said to you but what was said indeed to the
apostles before you; surely your Lord is the Lord of
forgiveness and the Lord of painful retribution.
44. And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign tongue, they
would certainly have said: Why have not its communications
been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arabian!
Say: It is to those who believe a guidance and a healing;
and (as for) those who do not believe, there is a heaviness
in their ears and it is obscure to them; these shall be
called to from a far-off place.
45. And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, but it has been
differed about, and had not a word already gone forth from
your Lord, judgment would certainly have been given between
them; and most surely they are in a disquieting doubt about
it.
46. Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever
does evil, it is against it; and your Lord is not in the
least unjust to the servants.
47. To Him is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there
come not forth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor
does a female bear, nor does she give birth, but with His
knowledge; and on the day when He shall call out to them,
Where are (those whom you called) My associates? They shall
say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a witness.
48. And away from them shall go what they called upon
before, and they shall know for certain that there is no
escape for them.
49. Man is never tired of praying for good, and if evil
touch him, then he is despairing, hopeless.
50. And if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress
that has touched him, he would most certainly say: This is
of me, and I do not think the hour will come to pass, and if
I am sent back to my Lord, I shall have with Him sure good;
but We will most certainly inform those who disbelieved of
what they did, and We will most certainly make them taste of
hard chastisement.
51. And when We show favor to man, he turns aside and
withdraws himself; and when evil touches him, he makes
lengthy supplications.
52. Say: Tell me if it is from Allah; then you disbelieve in
it, who is in greater error than he who is in a prolonged
opposition?
53. We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and in
their own souls, until it will become quite clear to them
that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your
Lord that He is a witness over all things?
54. Now surely they are in doubt as to the meeting of their
Lord; now surely He encompasses all things.
* The Counsel *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. Ain Sin Qaf.
3. Thus does Allah, the Mighty, the Wise, reveal to you, and
(thus He revealed) to those before you.
4. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth,
and He is the High, the Great.
5. The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and
the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness
for those on earth; now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the
Merciful.
6. And (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, Allah
watches over them, and you have not charge over them.
7. And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that
you may warn the mother city and those around it, and that
you may give warning of the day of gathering together
wherein is no doubt; a party shall be in the garden and
(another) party in the burning fire.
8. And if Allah had pleased He would surely have made them a
single community, but He makes whom He pleases enter into
His mercy, and the unjust it is that shall have no guardian
or helper.
9. Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is
the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has
power over all things.
10. And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof
is (in) Allah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I
rely and to Him do I turn time after time.
11. The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made
mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle
too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of
Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
12. His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He
makes ample and straitens the means of subsistence for whom
He pleases; surely He is Cognizant of all things.
13. He has made plain to you of the religion what He
enjoined upon Nuh and that which We have revealed to you and
that which We enjoined upon Ibrahim and Musa and Isa that
keep to obedience and be not divided therein; hard to the
unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah chooses
for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who
turns (to Him), frequently.
14. And they did not become divided until after knowledge
had come to them out of envy among themselves; and had not a
word gone forth from your Lord till an appointed term,
certainly judgment would have been given between them; and
those who were made to inherit the Book after them are most
surely in disquieting doubt concerning it.
15. To this then go on inviting, and go on steadfastly on
the right way as you are commanded, and do not follow their
low desires, and say: I believe in what Allah has revealed
of the Book, and I am commanded to do justice between you:
Allah is our Lord and your Lord; we shall have our deeds and
you shall have your deeds; no plea need there be (now)
between us and you: Allah will gather us together, and to
Him is the return.
16. And (as for) those who dispute about Allah after that
obedience has been rendered to Him, their plea is null with
their Lord, and upon them is wrath, and for them is severe
punishment.
17. Allah it is Who revealed the Book with truth, and the
balance, and what shall make you know that haply the hour be
nigh?
18. Those who do not believe in it would hasten it on, and
those who believe are in fear from it, and they know that it
is the truth. Now most surely those who dispute obstinately
concerning the hour are in a great error.
19. Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance
to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.
20. Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give
him more of that again; and whoever desires-- the gain of this
world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no
portion.
21. Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any
religion that Allah does not sanction? And were it not for
the word of judgment, decision would have certainly been
given between them; and surely the unjust shall have a
painful punish ^ment.
22. You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they
have earned, and it must befall them; and those who believe
and do good shall be in the meadows of the gardens; they
shall have what they please with their Lord: that is the
great grace.
23. That is of which Allah gives the good news to His
servants, (to) those who believe and do good deeds. Say: I
do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near
relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good
therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.
24. Or do they say: He has forged a lie against Allah? But
if Allah pleased, He would seal your heart; and Allah will
blot out the falsehood and confirm the truth with His words;
surely He is Cognizant of what is in the breasts.
25. And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants
and pardons the evil deeds and He knows what you do;
26. And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and
gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the
unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment.
27. And if Allah should amplify the provision for His
servants they would certainly revolt in the earth; but He
sends it down according to a measure as He pleases; surely
He is Aware of, Seeing, His servants.
28. And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have
despaired, and He unfolds His mercy; and He is the Guardian,
the Praised One.
29. And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and
the earth and what He has spread forth in both of them of
living beings; and when He pleases He is all-powerful to
gather them together.
30. And whatever affliction befalls you, it is on account of
what your hands have wrought, and (yet) He pardons most (of
your faults).
31. And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not
have a guardian or a helper besides Allah.
32. And among His signs are the ships in the sea like
mountains.
33. If He pleases, He causes the wind to become still so
that they lie motionless on its back; most surely there are
signs in this for every patient, grateful one,
34. Or He may make them founder for what they have earned,
and (even then) pardon most;
35. And (that) those who dispute about Our communications
may know; there is no place of refuge for them.
36. So whatever thing you are given, that is only a
provision of this world's life, and what is with Allah is
better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on
their Lord.
37. And those who. shun the great sins and indecencies, and
whenever they are angry they forgive.
38. And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer,
and their rule is to take counsel among themselves, and who
spend out of what We have given them.
39. And those who, when great wrong afflicts them, defend
themselves.
40. And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but
whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from
Allah; surely He does not love the unjust.
41. And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed,
these it is against whom there is no way (to blame).
42. The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men
and revolt in the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful
punishment.
43. And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely
are actions due to courage.
44. And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after
Him; and you shall see the unjust, when they see the
punishment, saying: Is there any way to return?
45. And you shall see them brought before it humbling
themselves because of the abasements, looking with a faint
glance. And those who believe shall say: Surely the losers
are they who have lost themselves and their followers on the
resurrection day. Now surely the iniquitous shall remain in
lasting chastisement.
46. And they shall have no friends to help them besides
Allah; and-- whomsoever Allah makes err, he shall have no way.
47. Hearken to your Lord before there comes the day from
Allah for which there shall be no averting; you shall have
no refuge on that day, nor shall it be yours to make a
denial.
48. But if they turn aside, We have not sent you as a
watcher over them; on you is only to deliver (the message);
and surely when We make man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices
thereat; and if an evil afflicts them on account of what
their hands have already done, then-surely man is
ungrateful.
49. Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He
creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases
daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.
5O Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He
makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the
Powerful.
51. And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to
them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.
52. And thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our
command. You did not know what the Book was, nor (what) the
faith (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We
please of Our servants; and most surely you show the way to
the right path:
53. The path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens
and whatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all
affairs eventually come.
* The Embellishment *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. I swear by the Book that makes things clear:
3. Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may
understand.
4. And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us,
truly elevated, full of wisdom.
5. What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you
altogether because you are an extravagant people?
6. And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.
7. And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at
him.
8. Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in
prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
9. And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens and
the earth? they would most certainly say: The Mighty, the
Knowing One, has created them;
10. He Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and made
in it ways for you that you may go aright;
11. And He Who sends down water from the cloud according to
a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead country,
even thus shall you be brought forth;
12. And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you
of the ships and the cattle what you ride on,
13. That you may firmly sit on their backs, then remember
the favor of your Lord when you are firmly seated thereon,
and say: Glory be to Him Who made this subservient to us and
we were not able to do it
14. And surely to our Lord we must return.
15. And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to
be sure, is clearly ungrateful.
16. What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He
Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?
17. And when one of them is given news of that of which he
sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent God, his face
becomes black and he is full of rage.
18. What! that which is made in ornaments and which in
contention is unable to make plain speech!
19. And they make the angels-- them who are the servants of
the Beneficent God-- female (divinities). What! did they
witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down
and they shall be questioned.
20. And they say: If the Beneficent God had pleased, we
should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of
this; they only lie.
21. Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold
fast to it?
22. Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and
surely we are guided by their footsteps.
23. And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a
town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we
found our fathers on a course, and surely we are followers
of their footsteps.
24. (The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a better
guide than that on which you found your fathers? They said:
Surely we are unbelievers in that with which you are sent.
25. So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was
the end of the rejecters.
26. And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people:
Surely I am clear of what you worship,
27. Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.
28. And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that
they may return.
29. Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there
came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest (the
truth).
30. And when there came to them the truth they said: This is
magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
29. Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there
came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest (the
truth).
30. And when there came to them the truth they said: This is
magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
31. And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man
of importance in the two towns?
32. Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We
distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this
world, and We j have exalted some of them above others in
degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection;
and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.
33. And were it not that all people had been a single
nation, We would certainly have assigned to those who
disbelieve in the Beneficent God (to make) of silver the
roofs of their houses and the stairs by which they ascend.
34. And the doors of their houses and the couches on which
they recline,
35. And (other) embellishments of gold; and all this is
naught but provision of this world's life, and the hereafter
is with your Lord only for those who guard (against evil).
36. And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of
the Beneficent God, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he
becomes his associate.
37. And most surely they turn them away from the path, and
they think that they are guided aright:
38. Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between
me and you there were the distance of the East and the West;
so evil is the associate!
39. And since you were unjust, it will not profit you this
day that you are sharers in the chastisement.
40. What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the
blind and him who is in clear error?
41. But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict
retribution on them;
42. Rather We will certainly show you that which We have
promised them; for surely We are the possessors of full
power over them.
43. Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to
you; surely you are on the right path.
44. And most surely it is a reminder for you and your
people, and you shall soon be questioned.
45. And ask those of Our apostles whom We sent before you:
Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the
Beneficent God?
46. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications to
Firon and his chiefs, so he said: Surely I am the apostle of
the Lord of the worlds.
47. But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they
laughed at them.
48. And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than
its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that they
may turn.
49. And they said: O magician! call on your Lord for our
sake, as He has made the covenant with you; we shall surely
be the followers of the right way.
50. But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they
broke the pledge.
51. And Firon proclaimed amongst his people: O my people! is
not the kingdom of Egypt mine? And these rivers flow beneath
me; do you not then see?
52. Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible,
and who can hardly speak distinctly:
53. But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or
why have there not come with him angels as companions?
54. So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him:
surely they were a transgressing people.
55. Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution
on them, so We drowned them all together,
56. And We made them a precedent and example to the later
generations.
57. And when a description of the son of Marium is given,
lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.
58. And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not
set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay, they
are a contentious people.
59. He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor,
and We made him an example for the children of Israel.
60. And if We please, We could make among you angels to be
successors in the land.
61. And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour, therefore
have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the right
path.
62. And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your j
open enemy.
63. And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I have
come to you indeed with wisdom, and that I may make clear to
you part of what you differ in; so be careful of (your duty
to) Allah and obey me:
64. Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve
Him; this is the right path:
65. But parties from among them differed, so woe to those
who were unjust because of the chastisement of a painful
day.
66. Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should come
! upon them all of a sudden while they do not perceive?
67. The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another,
except those who guard (against evil).
68. O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor
shall you grieve.
69. Those who believed in Our communications and were
submissive:
70. Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made
happy.
71. There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and
drinking-cups and therein shall be what their souls yearn
after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight, and you shall
abide therein.
72. And this is the garden which you are given as an
inheritance on account of what you did.
73. For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.
74. Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of
hell.
75. It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein
be despairing.
76. And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were
unjust.
77. And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an
end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.
78. Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you
are averse to the truth.
79. Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the
settlers.
80. Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal
and their secret discourses? Aye! and Our messengers with
them write down.
81. Say: If the Beneficent God has a son, I am the foremost
of those who serve.
82. Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord
of power, from what they describe.
83. So leave them plunging into false discourses and
sporting until they meet their day which they are threatened
with.
84. And He it is Who is God in the heavens and God in the
earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
85. And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the
knowledge of the hour, and to Him shall you be brought back.
86. And those whom they call upon besides Him have no
authority for intercession, but he who bears witness of the
truth and they know (him).
87. And if you should ask them who created them, they would
certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?
88. Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people
who do not believe.
89. So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall
soon come to know.
* The Evident Smoke *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim!
2. I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).
3. Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are
ever warning--
4. Therein every wise affair is made distinct,
5. A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of
apostles),
6. A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the
Knowing,
7. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between
them, if you would be sure.
8. There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death,
your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.
9. Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.
10. Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall
bring an evident smoke,
11. That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.
12. Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are
believers.
13. How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an
Apostle making clear (the truth),
14. Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught
(by others), a madman.
15. Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you
will surely return (to evil).
16. On the day when We will seize (them) with the most
violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.
17. And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon,
and there came to them a noble apostle,
18. Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am
a faithful apostle to you,
19. And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I
will bring to you a clear authority:
20. And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that
you should stone me to death:
21. And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.
22. Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.
23. So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will
be pursued:
24. And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host
that shall be drowned.
25. How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!
26. And cornfields and noble places!
27. And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;
28. Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another
people.
29. So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor
were they respited.
30. And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from
the abasing chastisement,
31. From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the
extravagant.
32. And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the
nations.
33. And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear
blessing.
34. Most surely these do say:
35. There is naught but our first death and we shall not be
raised again.
36. So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.
37. Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before
them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
38. And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what
is between them in sport.
39. We did not create them both but with the truth, but most
of them do not know.
40. Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of
all of them
41. The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend
aught, nor shall they be helped,
42. Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is
the Mighty the Merciful.
43. Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,
44. Is the food of the sinful
45. Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,
46. Like the boiling of hot water.
47. Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the
hell;
48. Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling
water:
49. Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:
50. Surely this is what you disputed about.
51. Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure
place,
52. In gardens and springs;
53. They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face
to face;
54. Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris
pure, beautiful ones.
55. They shall call therein for every fruit in security;
56. They shall not taste therein death except the first
death, and He will save them from the punishment of the
hell,
57. A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.
58. So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be
mindful.
59. Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.
* The Kneeling *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the
Wise.
3. Most surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs
for the believers.
4. And in your (own) creation and in what He spreads abroad
of animals there are signs for a people that are sure;
5. And (in) the variation of the night and the day, and (in)
what Allah sends down of sustenance from the cloud, then
gives life thereby to the earth after its death, and (in)
the changing of the winds, there are signs for a people who
understand.
6. These are the communications of Allah which We recite to
you with truth; then in what announcement would they believe
after Allah and His communications?
7. Woe to every sinful liar,
8. Who hears the communications of Allah recited to him,
then persists proudly as though he had not heard them; so
announce to him a painful punishment.
9. And when he comes to know of any of Our communications,
he takes it for a jest; these it is that shall have abasing
chastisement.
10. Before them is hell, and there shall not avail them
aught of what they earned, nor those whom they took for
guardians besides Allah, and they shall have a grievous
punishment.
11. This is guidance; and (as for) those who disbelieve in
the communications of their Lord, they shall have a painful
punishment on account of uncleanness.
12. Allah is He Who made subservient to you the sea that the
ships may run therein by His command, and that you may seek
of His grace, and that you may give thanks.
13. And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, all, from Himself;
most surely there are signs in this for a people who
reflect.
14. Say to those who believe (that) they forgive those who
do not fear the days of Allah that He may reward a people
for what they earn.
15. Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever
does evil, it is against himself; then you shall be brought
back to your-- Lord.
16. And certainly We gave the Book and the wisdom and the
prophecy to the children of Israel, and We gave them of the
goodly things, and We made them excel the nations.
17. And We gave them clear arguments in the affair, but they
did not differ until after knowledge had come to them out of
envy among themselves; surely your -Lord will judge between
them on the day of resurrection concerning that wherein they
differed.
18. Then We have made you follow a course in the affair,
therefore follow it, and do not follow the low desires of
those who do not know.
19. Surely they shall not avail you in the least against
Allah; and surely the unjust are friends of each other, and
Allah is the guardian of those who guard (against evil).
20. These are clear proofs for men, and a guidance and a
mercy for a people who are sure.
21. Nay! do those who have wrought evil deeds think that We
will make them like those who believe and do good-- that their
life and their death shall be equal? Evil it is that they
judge.
22. And Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth
and that every soul may be rewarded for what it has earned
and they shall not be wronged.
23. Have you then considered him who takes his low desire
for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and
has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering
upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you
not then be mindful?
24. And they say: There is nothing but our life in this
world; we live and die and nothing destroys us but time, and
they have no knowledge of that; they only conjecture.
25. And when Our clear communications are recited to them,
their argument is no other than that they say: Bring our
fathers (back) if you are truthful.
26. Say: Allah gives you life, then He makes you die, then
will He gather you to the day of resurrection wherein is no
doubt, but most people do not know.
27. And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth;
and on the day when the hour shall come to pass, on that day
shall they perish who say false things.
28. And you shall see every nation kneeling down; every
nation shall be called to its book: today you shall be
rewarded for what you did.
29. This is Our book that speaks against you with justice;
surely We wrote what you did,
30. Then as to those who believed and did good, their Lord
will make them enter into His mercy; that is the manifest
achievement.
31. As to those who disbelieved: What! were not My
communications recited to you? But you were proud and you
were a guilty people.
32. And when it was said, Surely the promise of Allah is
true and as for the hour, there is no doubt about it, you
said: We do not know what the hour is; we do not think (that
it will come to pass) save a passing thought, and we are not
at all sure.
33. And the evil (consequences) of what they did shall
become manifest to them and that which they mocked shall
encompass them.
34. And it shall be said: Today We forsake you as you
neglected the meeting of this day of yours and your abode is
the fire, and there are not for you any helpers:
35. That is because you took the communications of Allah for
a jest and the life of this world deceived you. So on that
day they shall not be brought forth from it, nor shall they
be granted goodwill.
36. Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the
heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.
37. And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the
earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
* The Sandhills *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the
Wise.
3. We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is
between them two save with truth and (for) an appointed
term; and those who disbelieve turn aside from what they are
warned of.
4. Say: Have you considered what you call upon besides
Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth, or have
they a share in the heavens? Bring me a book before this or
traces of knowledge, if you are truthful.
5. And who is in greater error than he who calls besides
Allah upon those that will not answer him till the day of
resurrection and they are heedless of their call?
6. And when men are gathered together they shall be their
enemies, and shall be deniers of their worshipping (them).
7. And when Our clear communications are recited to them,
those who disbelieve say with regard to the truth when it
comes to them: This is clear magic.
8. Nay! they say: He has forged it. Say: If I have forged
it, you do not control anything for me from Allah; He knows
best what you utter concerning it; He is enough as a witness
between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
9. Say: I am not the first of the apostles, and I do not
know what will be done with me or with you: I do not follow
anything but that which is revealed to me, and I am nothing
but a plain warner.
10. Say: Have you considered if it is from Allah, and you
disbelieve in it, and a witness from among the children of
Israel has borne witness of one like it, so he believed,
while you are big with pride; surely Allah does not guide
the unjust people.
11. And those who disbelieve say concerning those who
believe: If it had been a good, they would not have gone
ahead of us therein. And as they do not seek to be rightly
directed thereby, they say: It is an old lie.
12. And before it the Book of Musa was a guide and a mercy:
and this is a Book verifying (it) in the Arabic language
that it may warn those who are unjust and as good news for
the doers of good.
13. Surely those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they
continue on the right way, they shall have no fear nor shall
they grieve.
14. These are the dwellers of the garden, abiding therein: a
reward for what they did.
15. And We have enjoined on man doing of good to his
parents; with trouble did his mother bear him and with
trouble did she bring him forth; and the bearing of him and
the weaning of him was thirty months; until when he attains
his maturity and reaches forty years, he says: My Lord!
grant me that I may give thanks for Thy favor which Thou
hast bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do
good which pleases Thee and do good to me in respect of my
offspring; surely I turn to Thee, and surely I am of those
who submit.
16. These are they from whom We accept the best of what they
have done and pass over their evil deeds, among the dwellers
of the garden; the promise of truth which they were
promised.
17. And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! do you
threaten me that I shall be brought forth when generations
have already passed away before me? And they both call for
Allah's aid: Woe to you! believe, surely the promise of
Allah is true. But he says: This is nothing but stories of
the ancients.
18. These are they against whom the word has proved true
among nations of the jinn and the men that have already
passed away before them; surely they are losers.
19. And for all are degrees according to what they did, and
that He may pay them back fully their deeds and they shall
not be wronged.
20. And on the day when those who disbelieve shall be
brought before the fire: You did away with your good things
in your life of the world and you enjoyed them for a while,
so today you shall be rewarded with the punishment of
abasement because you were unjustly proud in the land and
because you transgressed.
21. And mention the brother of Ad; when he warned his people
in the sandy plains,-- and indeed warners came before him and
after him-- saying Serve none but Allah; surely I fear for you
the punishment of a grievous day.
22. They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from our
gods; then bring us what you threaten us with, if you are of
the truthful ones.
23. He said: The knowledge is only with Allah, and I deliver
to you the message with which I am sent, but I see you are a
people who are ignorant.
24. So when they saw it as a cloud appearing in the sky
advancing towards their valleys, they said: This is a cloud
which will give us rain. Nay! it is what you sought to
hasten on, a blast of wind in which is a painful punishment,
25. Destroying everything by the command of its Lord, so
they became such that naught could be seen except their
dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty people.
26. And certainly We had established them in what We have
not established you in, and We had given-- them ears and eyes
and hearts, but neither their ears, nor their eyes, nor
their hearts availed them aught, since they denied the
communications of Allah, and that which they mocked
encompassed them.
27. And certainly We destroyed the towns which are around
you, and We repeat the communications that they might turn.
28. Why did not then those help them whom they took for gods
besides Allah to draw (them) nigh (to Him)? Nay! they were
lost to them; and this was their lie and what they forged.
29. And when We turned towards you a party of the jinn who
listened to the Quran; so when they came to it, they said:
Be silent; then when it was finished, they turned back to
their people warning (them).
30. They said: O our people! we have listened to a Book
revealed after Musa verifying that which is before it,
guiding to the truth and to a right path:
31. O our people! accept the Divine caller and believe in
Him, He will forgive you of your faults and protect you from
a painful punishment.
32. And whoever does not accept the-Divine caller, he shall
not escape in the earth and he shall not have guardians
besides Him, these are in manifest error.
33. Have they not considered that Allah, Who created the
heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation,
is able to give life to the dead? Aye! He has surely power
over all things.
34. And on the day when those who disbelieve shall be
brought before the fire: Is it not true? They shall say:
Aye! by our Lord! He will say: Then taste the punishment,
because you disbelieved.
35. Therefore bear up patiently as did the apostles endowed
with constancy bear up with patience and do not seek to
hasten for them (their doom). On the day that they shall see
what they are promised they shall be as if they had not
tarried save an hour of the day. A sufficient exposition!
Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?
* Muhammad *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. (As for) those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's
way, He shall render their works ineffective.
2. And (as for) those who believe and do good, and believe
in what has been revealed to Muhammad, and it is the very
truth from their Lord, He will remove their evil from them
and improve their condition.
3. That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood,
and have given them their dowries, taking (them) in
marriage, not fornicating nor taking them for paramours in
secret; and whoever denies faith, his work indeed is of no
account, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers.
6. O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your
faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your
heads and-- those who believe follow the truth from their
Lord; thus does Allah set forth to men their examples.
4. So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then
smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make
(them) prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a
favor or let them ransom (themselves) until the war
terminates. That (shall be so); and if Allah had pleased He
would certainly have exacted what is due from them, but that
He may try some of you by means of others; and (as for)
those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will by no means
allow their deeds to perish.
5. He will guide them and improve their condition.
6. And cause them to enter the garden which He has made
known to them.
7. O you who believe ! if you help (the cause of) Allah, He
will help you and make firm your feet.
8. And (as for) those who disbelieve, for them is
destruction and He has made their deeds ineffective.
9. That is because they hated what Allah revealed, so He
rendered their deeds null.
10. Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen how
was the end of those before them: Allah brought down
destruction upon them, and the unbelievers shall have the
like of it.
11. That is because Allah is the Protector of those who
believe, and because the unbelievers shall have no protector
for them.
12. Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good
enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; and those who
disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the beasts eat, and
the fire is their abode.
13. And how many a town which was far more powerful than the
town of yours which has driven you out: We destroyed them so
there was no helper for them.
14. What! is he who has a clear argument from his Lord like
him to whom the evil of his work is made fairseeming: and
they follow their low desires.
15. A parable of the garden which those guarding (against
evil) are promised: Therein are rivers of water that does
not alter, and rivers of milk the taste whereof does not
change, and rivers of drink delicious to those who drink,
and rivers of honey clarified and for them therein are all
fruits and protection from their Lord. (Are these) like
those who abide in the fire and who are made to drink
boiling water so it rends their bowels asunder.
16. And there are those of them who seek to listen to you,
until when they go forth from you, they say to those who
have been given the knowledge: What was it that he said just
now? These are they upon whose hearts Allah has set a seal
and they follow their low desires.
17. And (as for) those who follow the right direction, He
increases them in guidance and gives them their guarding
(against evil).
18. Do they then wait for aught but the hour that it should
come to them all of a sudden? Now indeed the tokens of it
have (already) come, but how shall they have their reminder
when it comes on them?
19. So know that there is no god but Allah, and, ask
protection for your fault and for the believing men and the
believing women; and Allah knows the place of your returning
and the place of your abiding.
20. And those who believe say: Why has not a chapter been
revealed? But when a decisive chapter is revealed, and
fighting is mentioned therein you see those in whose hearts
is a disease look to you with the look of one fainting
because of death. Woe to them then!
21. Obedience and a gentle word (was proper); but when the
affair becomes settled, then if they remain true to Allah it
would certainly be better for them.
22. But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief
in the land and cut off the ties of kinship!
23. Those it is whom Allah has cursed so He has made them
deaf and blinded their eyes.
24. Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Nay, on the
hearts there are locks.
25. Surely (as for) those who return on their backs after
that guidance has become manifest to them, the Shaitan has
made it a light matter to them; and He gives them respite.
26. That is because they say to those who hate what Allah
has revealed: We will obey you in some of the affairs; and
Allah knows their secrets.
27. But how will it be when the angels cause them to die
smiting their backs.
28. That is because they follow what is displeasing to Allah
and are averse to His pleasure, therefore He has made null
their deeds.
29. Or do those in whose hearts is a disease think that
Allah will not bring forth their spite?
30. And if We please We would have made you know them so
that you would certainly have recognized them by their marks
and most certainly you can recognize them by the intent of
(their) speech; and Allah knows your deeds.
31. And most certainly We will try you until We have known
those among you who exert themselves hard, and the patient,
and made your case manifest.
32. Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's
way and oppose the Apostle after that guidance has become
clear to them cannot harm Allah in any way, and He will make
null their deeds.
33. O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostle, and
do not make your deeds of no effect.
34. Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's
way, then they die while they are unbelievers, Allah will by
no means forgive them.
35. And be not slack so as to cry for peace and you have the
upper hand, and Allah is with you, and He will not bring
your deeds to naught.
36. The life of this world is only idle sport and play, and
if you believe and guard (against evil) He will give you
your rewards, and will not ask of you your possessions.
37. If He should ask you for it and urge you, you will be
niggardly, and He will bring forth your malice.
38. Behold! you are those who are called upon to spend in
Allah's way, but among you are those who are niggardly, and
whoever is niggardly is niggardly against his own soul; and
Allah is Self-sufficient and you have need (of Him), and if
you turn back He will bring in your place another people,
then they will not be like you.
* The Victory *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Surely We have given to you a clear victory
2. That Allah may forgive your community their past faults
and those to follow and complete His favor to you and keep
you on a right way,
3. And that Allah might help you with a mighty help.
4. He it is Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of
the believers that they might have more of faith added to
their faith-- and Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and
the earth, and Allah is Knowing, Wise--
S. That He may cause the believing men and the believing
women to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide
therein and remove from them their evil; and that is a grand
achievement with Allah
6. And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and the
polytheistic women, the entertainers of evil thoughts about
Allah. On them is the evil turn, and Allah is wroth with
them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them, and
evil is the resort.
7. And Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth;
and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
8. Surely We have sent you as a witness and as a bearer of
good news and as a warner,
9. That you may believe in Allah and His Apostle and may aid
him and revere him; and (that) you may declare His glory,
morning and evening.
10. Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear
allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands.
Therefore whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to
the injury of his own soul, and whoever fulfills what he has
covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward.
11. Those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind
will say to you: Our property and our families kept us busy,
so ask forgiveness for us. They say with their tongues what
is not in their hearts. Say: Then who can control anything
for you from Allah if He intends to do you harm or if He
intends to do you good; nay, Allah is Aware of what you do:
12. Nay! you rather thought that the Apostle and the
believers would not return to their families ever, and that
was made fairseeming to your hearts and you thought an evil
thought and you were a people doomed to perish.
13. And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Apostle,
then surely We have prepared burning fire for the
unbelievers.
14. And Allah's is the kingdom. of the heavens and the
earth; He forgives whom He pleases and punishes whom He
pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
15. Those who are left behind will say when you set forth
for the gaining of acquisitions: Allow us (that) we may
follow you. They desire to change the world of Allah. Say:
By no means shall you follow us; thus did Allah say before.
But they will say: Nay! you are jealous of us. Nay! they do
not understand but a little.
16. Say to those of the dwellers of the desert who were left
behind: You shall soon be invited (to fight) against a
people possessing mighty prowess; you will fight against
them until they submit; then if you obey, Allah will grant
you a good reward; and if you turn back as you turned back
before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.
17. There is no harm in the blind, nor is there any harm in
the lame, nor is there any harm in the sick (if they do not
go forth); and whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, He will
cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and
whoever turns back, He will punish him with a painful
punishment.
18. Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when
they swore allegiance to you under the tree, and He knew
what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity on
them and rewarded them with a near victory,
19. And many acquisitions which they will take; and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
20. Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will
take, then He hastened on this one for you and held back the
hands of men from you, and that it may be a sign for the
believers and that He may guide you on a right path.
21. And others which you have not yet been able to achieve
Allah has surely encompassed them, and Allah has power over
all things.
22. And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would
certainly turn (their) backs, then they would not find any
protector or a helper.
23. Such has been the course of Allah that has indeed run
before, and you shall not find a change in Allah's course.
24. And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your
hands from them in the valley of Mecca after He had given
you victory over them; and Allah is Seeing what you do.
25. It is they who disbelieved and turned you away from the
Sacred Mosque and (turned off) the offering withheld from
arriving at its destined place; and were it not for the
believing men and the believing women, whom, not having
known, you might have trodden down, and thus something
hateful might have afflicted you on their account without
knowledge-- so that Allah may cause to enter into His mercy
whomsoever He pleases; had they been widely separated one
from another, We would surely have punished those who
disbelieved from among them with a painful punishment.
26. When those who disbelieved harbored in their hearts
(feelings of) disdain, the disdain of (the days of)
ignorance, but Allah sent down His tranquillity on His
Apostle and on the believers, and made them keep the word of
guarding (against evil), and they were entitled to it and
worthy of it; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.
27. Certainly Allah had shown to His Apostle the vision with
truth: you shall most certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if
Allah pleases, in security, (some) having their heads shaved
and (others) having their hair cut, you shall not fear, but
He knows what you do not know, so He brought about a near
victory before that.
28. He it is Who sent His Apostle with the guidance and the
true religion that He may make it prevail over all the
religions; and Allah is enough for a witness.
29. Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, and those with him are
firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among
themselves; you will see them bowing down, prostrating
themselves, seeking grace from Allah and pleasure; their
marks are in their faces because of the effect of
prostration; that is their description in the Taurat and
their description in the Injeel; like as seed-produce that
puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes
stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers
that He may enrage the unbelievers on account of them; Allah
has promised those among them who believe and do good,
forgiveness and a great reward.
* The Chambers *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O you who believe! be not forward in the presence of
Allah and His Apostle, and be careful of (your duty to)
Allah; surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
2. O you who believe! do not raise your voices above the
voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loud to him as you
speak loud to one another, lest your deeds became null while
you do not perceive.
3. Surely those who lower their voices before Allah's
Apostle are they whose hearts Allah has proved for guarding
(against evil); they shall have forgiveness and a great
reward.
4. (As for) those who call out to you from behind the
private chambers, surely most of them do not understand.
5. And if they wait patiently until you come out to them, it
would certainly be better for them, and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
6. O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a
report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in
ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.
7. And know that among you is Allah's Apostle; should he
obey you in many a matter, you would surely fall into
distress, but Allah has endeared the faith to you and has
made it seemly in your hearts, and He has made hateful to
you unbelief and transgression and disobedience; these it is
that are the followers of a right way.
8. By grace from Allah and as a favor; and Allah is Knowing,
Wise.
9. And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace
between them; but if one of them acts wrongfully towards the
other, fight that which acts wrongfully until it returns to
Allah's command; then if it returns, make peace between them
with justice and act equitably; surely Allah loves those who
act equitably.
10. The believers are but brethren, therefore make peace
between your brethren and be careful of (your duty to) Allah
that mercy may be had on you.
11. O you who believe! let not (one) people laugh at
(another) people perchance they may be better than they, nor
let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be
better than they; and do not find fault with your own people
nor call one another by nicknames; evil is a bad name after
faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is that are the
unjust.
12. O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely
suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let
some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the
flesh of his dead brother? But you abhor it; and be careful
of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to
mercy), Merciful.
13. O you men! surely We have created you of a male and a
female, and made you tribes and families that you may know
each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is
the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah
is Knowing, Aware.
14. The dwellers of the desert say: We believe. Say: You do
not believe but say, We submit; and faith has not yet
entered into your hearts; and if you obey Allah and His
Apostle, He will not diminish aught of your deeds; surely
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
15. The believers are only those who believe in Allah and
His Apostle then they doubt not and struggle hard with their
wealth and their lives in the way of Allah; they are the
truthful ones.
16. Say: Do you apprise Allah of your religion, and Allah
knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and
Allah is Cognizant of all things.
17. They think that they lay you under an obligation by
becoming Muslims. Say: Lay me not under obligation by your
Islam: rather Allah lays you under an obligation by guiding
you to the faith if you are truthful.
18. Surely Allah knows the unseen things of the heavens and
the earth; and Allah sees what you do.
* Qaf *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Qaf. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the
Apostle of Allah.)
2. Nay! they wonder that there has come to them a warner
from among themselves, so the unbelievers say: This is a
wonderful thing:
3. What! when we are dead and have become dust? That is afar
(from probable) return.
4. We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and
with Us is a writing that preserves.
5. Nay, they rejected the truth when it came to them, so
they are (now) in a state of confusion.
6. Do they not then look up to heaven above them how We have
made it and adorned it and it has no gaps?
7. And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it
mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful
kinds,
8. To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who
turns frequently (to Allah).
9. And We send down from the cloud water abounding in good,
then We cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is
reaped,
10. And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one
above another,
11. A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby
to a dead land; thus is the rising.
12. (Others) before them rejected (prophets): the people of
Nuh and the dwellers of Ar-Rass and Samood,
13. And Ad and Firon and Lut's brethren,
14. And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba;
all rejected the apostles, so My threat came to pass.
15. Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are
they in doubt with regard to a new creation.
16. And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind
suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his
life-vein.
17. When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and
on the left.
18. He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at
hand.
19. And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what
you were trying to escape.
20. And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the
threatening.
21. And every soul shall come, with it a driver and a
witness.
22. Certainly you were heedless of it, but now We have
removed from you your veil, so your sight today is sharp.
23. And his companions shall say: This is what is ready with
me.
24. Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one,
25. Forbidder of good, exceeder of limits, doubter,
26. Who sets up another god with Allah, so do cast him into
severe chastisement.
27. His companion will say: Our Lord! I did not lead him
into inordinacy but he himself was in a great error.
28. He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I
gave you the threatening beforehand:
29. My word shall not be changed, nor am I in the least
unjust to the servants.
30. On the day that We will say to hell: Are you filled up?
And it will say: Are there any more?
31. And the garden shall be brought near to those who guard
(against evil), not far off:
32. This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one
who turns frequently (to Allah), keeps (His limits);
33. Who fears the Beneficent God in secret and comes with a
penitent heart:
34. Enter it in peace, that is the day of abiding.
35. They have therein what they wish and with Us is more
yet.
36. And how many a generation did We destroy before them who
were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and
about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge?
37. Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has
a heart or he gives ear and is a witness.
38. And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and
what is between them in six periods and there touched Us not
any fatigue.
39. Therefore be patient of what they say, and sing the
praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before
the setting.
40. And glorify Him in the night and after the prayers.
41. And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a
near place
42. The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is
the day of coming forth.
43. Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the
eventual coming;
44. The day on which the earth shall cleave asunder under
them, they will make haste; that is a gathering together
easy to Us.
45. We know best what they say, and you are not one to
compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who
fears My threat.
* The Scatterers *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
2. Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in
space).
3. Then those (ships) that glide easily,
4. Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our
command;
5. What you are threatened with is most surely true,
6. And the judgment must most surely come about.
7. 1 swear by the heaven full of ways.
8. Most surely you are at variance with each other in what
you say,
9. He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
10. Cursed be the liars,
11. Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
12. They ask: When is the day of judgment?
13. (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the
fire.
14. Taste your persecution! this is what.you would hasten
on.
15. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in
gardens and fountains.
16. Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were
before that, the doers of good.
17. They used to sleep but little in the night.
18. And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
19. And in their property was a portion due to him who begs
and to him who is denied (good).
20. And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
21. And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
22. And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are
threatened with.
23. And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most
surely the truth, just as you do speak.
24. Has there come to you information about the honored
guests of Ibrahim?
25. When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace,
said he, a strange people.
26. Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought
a fat (roasted) calf,
27. So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not
eat?
28. So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them.
They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a
boy possessing knowledge.
29. Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her
face and said: An old barren woman!
30. They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise,
the Knowing.
31. He said: What is your affair then, O messengers!
32. They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
33. That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
34. Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
35. Then We brought forth such as were therein of the
believers.
36. But We did not find therein save a (single) house of
those who submitted (the Muslims).
37. And We left therein a sign for those who fear the
painful punishment.
38. And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear
authority.
39. But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician
or a mad man.
40. So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the
sea and he was blamable.
41. And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
42. It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it
like ashes.
43. And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy
yourselves for a while.
44. But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord,
so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
45. So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend
themselves-
46 And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a
transgressing people.
47. And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most
surely We are the makers of things ample.
48. And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well
have We then spread (it) out.
49. And of everything We have created pairs that you may be
mindful.
50. Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to
you from Him.
51. And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a
plain warner to you from Him.
52. Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle
but they said: A magician or a mad man.
53. Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an
inordinate people.
54. Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
55. And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits
the believers.
56. And I have not created the jinn and the men except that
they should serve Me.
57. 1 do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not
desire that they should feed Me.
58. Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of
Power, the Strong.
59. So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like
the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask
Me to hasten on.
60. Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their
day which they are threatened with.
* The Mountain *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the Mountain,
2. And the Book written
3. In an outstretched fine parchment,
4. And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
S. And the elevated canopy
6. And the swollen sea
7. Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to
pass;
8. There shall be none to avert it;
9. On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
10. And the mountains shall pass away passing away
(altogether).
11. So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
12. Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
13. The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire
of hell with violence.
14. This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
15. Is it magic then or do you not see?
16. Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear
(it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited
only (for) what you did.
17. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in
gardens and bliss
18. Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and
their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning
fire.
19. Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
20. Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite
them to large-eyed beautiful ones.
21. And (as for) those who believe and their offspring
follow them in faith, We will unite with them their
offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their
work; every man is responsible for what he shall have
wrought.
22. And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they
desire.
23. They shall pass therein from one to another a cup
wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
24. And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were
hidden pearls.
25. And some of them shall advance towards others
questioning each other.
26. Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our
families:
27. But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us
from the punishment of the hot wind:
28. Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the
Benign, the Merciful.
29. Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your
Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
30. Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil
accidents of time.
31. Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who
wait.
32. Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they
an inordinate people?
33. Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not
believe.
34. Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are
truthful.
35. Or were they created without there being anything, or
are they the creators?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they
have no certainty.
37. Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or
have they been set in absolute authority?
38. Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let
their listener bring a clear authority.
39. Or has He daughters while you have sons?
40. Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are
overburdened by a debt?
41. Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
42. Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall
be the vanquished ones in war.
43. Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah
from what they set up (with Him).
44. And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming
down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
45. Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs
wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
46. The day on which their struggle shall not avail them
aught, nor shall they be helped.
47. And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment
besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
48. And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for
surely you are before Our eyes, and sing the praise of your
Lord when you rise;
49. And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting
of the stars.
* The Star *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the star when it goes down.
2. Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
3. Nor does he speak out of desire.
4. It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
S. The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
6. The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,
7. And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
8. Then he drew near, then he bowed
9. So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
10. And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
11. The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he
saw.
12. What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
13. And certainly he saw him in another descent,
14. At the farthest lote-tree;
15. Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.
16. When that which covers covered the lote-tree;
17. The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
18. Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
19. Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
20. And Manat, the third, the last?
21. What! for you the males and for Him the females!
22. This indeed is an unjust division!
23. They are naught but names which you have named, you and
your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority.
They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which
(their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has
come to them from their Lord.
24. Or shall man have what he wishes?
25. Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).
26. And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose
intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has
given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
27. Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter
name the angels with female names.
28. And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow
anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not
avail against the truth at all.
29. Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon
Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's
life.
30. That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows
best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him
who follows the right direction.
31. And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the
earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to
what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good
with goodness.
32. Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the
indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is
liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you
forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs
of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your
souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
33. Have you then seen him who turns his back?
34. And gives a little and (then) withholds.
35. Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
36. Or, has he not been informed of what is in the
scriptures of Musa?
37. And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):
38. That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of
another-
39. And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-
40. And that his striving shall soon be seen-
41. Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest
reward-
42. And that to your Lord is the goal-
43. And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them)
weep;
44. And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-
45. And that He created pairs, the male and the female
46. From the small seed when it is adapted
47. And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;
48. And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
49. And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
50. And that He did destroy the Ad of old
51. And Samood, so He spared not
52. And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most
unjust and inordinate;
53. And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
54. So there covered them that which covered.
SS. Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute
about?
56. This is a warner of the warners of old.
57. The near event draws nigh.
58. There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.
59. Do you then wonder at this announcement?
60. And will you laugh and not weep?
61. While you are indulging in varieties.
62. So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).
* The Moon *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful.
1. The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
2. And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say:
Transient magic.
3. And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires;
and every affair has its appointed term.
4. And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein
is prevention--
5. Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
6. So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the
inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
7. Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if
they were scattered locusts,
8. Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This
is a hard day.
9. Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected
Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
10. Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come
Thou then to help.
11. So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
12. And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs,
so the water gathered together according to a measure
already ordained.
13. And We bore him on that which was made of planks and
nails
14. Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was
denied.
15. And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone
who
16. How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
17. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for
remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
18. Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My
punishment and My warning!
19. Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter
ill-luck
20. Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of
palm-trees torn up.
21. How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
22. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for
remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
23. Samood rejected the warning.
24. So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall
we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure
error and distress:
25. Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among
us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!
26. Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent
one.
27. Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for
them; therefore watch them and have patience.
28. And inform them that the water is shared between them;
every share of the water shall be regulated.
29. But they called their companion, so he took (the sword)
and slew (her).
30. How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
31. Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like
the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure
collects.
32. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for
remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
33. The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
34. Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's
followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
35. A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
36. And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but
they obstinately disputed the warning.
37. And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his
guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement
and My warning.
38. And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in
the morning.
39. So taste My chastisement and My warning.
40. And certainly We have made the Quran easy for
remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
41. And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
42. They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook
them after.the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
43. Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is
there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
44. Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help
each other?
45. Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn
(their) backs.
46. Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall
be most grievous and bitter.
47. Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
48. On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces
into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
49. Surely We have created everything according to a
measure.
50. And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
51. And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of
you, but is there anyone who will mind?
52. And everything they have done is in the writings.
53. And everything small and great is written down.
54. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in
gardens and rivers,
55. In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.
* The Beneficient *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. The Beneficent God,
2. Taught the Quran.
3. He created man,
4. Taught him the mode of expression.
S. The sun and the moon follow a reckoning.
6. And the herbs and the trees do adore (Him).
7. And the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the
balance
8. That you may not be inordinate in respect of the measure.
9. And keep up the balance with equity and do not make the
measure deficient.
10. And the earth, He has set it for living creatures;
11. Therein is fruit and palms having sheathed clusters,
12. And the grain with (its) husk and fragrance.
13. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
14. He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,
15. And He created the jinn of a flame of fire.
16. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
17. Lord of the East and Lord of the West.
18. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
19..He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they
meet together:
20. Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.
21. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
22. There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.
23: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
24. And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like
mountains.
25. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
26. Everyone on it must pass away.
27. And there will endure for ever the person of your Lord,
the Lord of glory and honor.
28. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
29. All those who are in the heavens and the earth ask of
Him; every moment He is in a state (of glory).
30. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
31. Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two armies.
32. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
33. O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to
pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then
pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority.
34. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
35. The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two,
then you will not be able to defend yourselves.
36. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
37. And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes
red like red hide.
38. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
39. So on that day neither man nor jinni shall be asked
about his sin.
40. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
41. The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they
shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
42. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
43. This is the hell which the guilty called a lie.
44. Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling
water.
45. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
46. And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two
gardens.
47. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
48. Having in them various kinds.
49. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
50. In both of them are.two fountains flowing.
51. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
52. In both of them are two pairs of every fruit.
53. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
54. Reclining on beds, the inner coverings of which are of
silk brocade; and the fruits of the two gardens shall be
within reach.
55. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
56. In them shall be those who restrained their eyes; before
them neither man nor jinni shall have touched them.
57. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
58. As though they were rubies and pearls.
59. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
60. Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
61. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
62 And besides these two are two (other) gardens:
63 Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
64. Both inclining to blackness.
65. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
66. In both of them are two springs gushing forth.
67. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
68 In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates.
69 Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
70. In them are goodly things, beautiful ones.
71. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
72. Pure ones confined to the pavilions.
73. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
74. Man has not touched them before them nor jinni.
75. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
76. Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
77. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
78. Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and
Honor!
* The Great Event *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the great event comes to pass,
2. There is no belying its coming to pass--
3. Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),
4. When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,
5. And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an
awful) crumbling,
6. So that they shall be as scattered dust.
7. And you shall be three sorts.
8. Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy
are the companions of the right hand!
9. And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched
are the companions of the left hand!
10. And the foremost are the foremost,
11. These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),
12. In the gardens of bliss.
13. A numerous company from among the first,
14. And a few from among the latter.
15. On thrones decorated,
16. Reclining on them, facing one another.
17. Round about them shall go youths never altering in age,
18. With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink;
19. They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor
shall they get exhausted,
20. And fruits such as they choose,
21. And the flesh of fowl such as they desire.
22. And pure, beautiful ones,
23. The like of the hidden pearls:
24. A reward for what they used to do.
25. They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse,
26. Except the word peace, peace.
27. And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the
companions of the right hand!
28. Amid thornless lote-trees,
29. And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another.
30. And extended shade,
31. And water flowing constantly,
32. And abundant fruit,
33. Neither intercepted nor forbidden,
34. And exalted thrones.
35. Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth,
36. Then We have made them virgins,
37. Loving, equals in age,
38. For the sake of the companions of the right hand.
39. A numerous company from among the first,
40. And a numerous company from among the last.
41. And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of
the left hand!
42. In hot wind and boiling water,
43. And the shade of black smoke,
44. Neither cool nor honorable.
45. Surely they were before that made to live in ease and
plenty.
46. And they persisted in the great violation.
47. And they used to say: What! when we die and have become
dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?
48. Or our fathers of yore?
49. Say: The first and the last,
SO. Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed
hour of a known day.
51. Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!
52. Most surely eat of a tree of Zaqqoom,
53. And fill (your) bellies with it;
54. Then drink over it of boiling water;
55. And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.
56. This is their entertainment on the day of requital.
57. We have created you, why do you not then assent?
58. Have you considered the seed?
59. Is it you that create it or are We the creators?
60. We have ordained death among you and We are not to be
overcome,
61. In order that We may bring in your place the likes of
you and make you grow into what you know not.
62. And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not
then mind?
63. Have you considered what you sow?
64. Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers
of growth?
65. If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken
down into pieces, then would you begin tb lament:
66. Surely we are burdened with debt:
67. Nay! we are deprived.
68. Have you considered the water which you drink?
69. Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We
the senders?
70. If We pleased, We would have made it salty; why do you
not then give thanks?
71. Have you considered the fire which you strike?
72. Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the
producers?
73. We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the
wayfarers of the desert.
74. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
75. But nay! I swear by the falling of stars;
76. And most surely it is a very great oath if you only
knew;
77. Most surely it is an honored Quran,
78. In a book that is protected
79. None shall touch it save the purified ones.
80. A revelation by the Lord of the worlds.
81. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
82. And to give (it) the lie you make your means of
subsistence.
83. Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the
throat,
84. And you at that time look on--
85. And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see--
86. Then why is it not-- if you are not held under authority--
87. That you send it (not) back-- if you are truthful?
88. Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah),
89. Then happiness and bounty and a garden of bliss.
90. And if he is one of those on the right hand,
91. Then peace to you from those on the right hand.
92. And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones,
93. He shall have an entertainment of boiling water,
94. And burning in hell.
95. Most surely this is a certain truth.
96. Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
* The Iron *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the
glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives
life and causes death; and He has power over all things.
3. He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (over all)
and the Knower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all
things.
4. He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six
periods, and He is firm in power; He knows that which goes
deep down into the earth and that which comes forth out of
it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which
goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you are; and
Allah sees what you do.
5. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to
Allah are (all) affairs returned.
6. He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes
the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of
what is in the hearts.
7. Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and spend out of what
He has made you to be successors of; for those of you who
believe and spend shall have a great reward.
8. And what reason have you that you should not believe in
Allah? And the Apostle calls on you that you may believe in
your Lord, and indeed He has made a covenant with you if you
are believers.
9. He it is who sends down clear communications upon His
servant, that he may bring you forth from utter darkness
into light; and most surely Allah is Kind, Merciful to you.
10. And what reason have you that you should not spend in
Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens
and the earth, not alike among you are those who spent
before the victory and fought (and those who did not): they
are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought
afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is
Aware of what you do.
I 1. Who is there that will offer to Allah a good gift so He
will double it for him, and he shall have an excellent
reward.
12. On that day you will see the faithful men and the
faithful women-- their light running before them and on their
right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which
rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand
achievement.
13. On the day when the hypocritical men and the
hypocritical women will say to those who believe: Wait for
us, that we may have light from your light; it shall be
said: Turn back and seek a light. Then separation would be
brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it;
(as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and
(as for) the outside of it, before it there shall be
punishment.
14. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They
shall say: Yea! but you caused yourselves to fall into
temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires
deceived you till
the threatened punishment of Allah came, while the
archdeceiver deceived you about Allah.
15. So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from
those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your
friend and evil is the resort.
16. Has not the time yet come for those who believe that
their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah
and what has come down of the truth? And ~that) they should
not be like those who were given the Book before, but the
time became prolonged to them, so their hearts hardened, and
most of them are transgressors.
17. Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death;
indeed, We have made the communications clear to you that
you may understand.
18. Surely (as for) the charitable men and the charitable
women and (those who) set apart for Allah a goodly portion,
it shall be doubled for them and they shall have a noble
reward.
19. And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His
apostles, these it is that are the truthful and the faithful
ones in the sight of their Lord: they shall have their
reward and their light, and (as for) those who disbelieve
and reject Our communications, these are the inmates of the
hell.
20. Know that this world's life is only sport and play and
gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the
multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, whose
causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then
it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then
it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is
a severe chastisement and (also) forgiveness from Allah and
(His) pleasure; and this world's life is naught but means of
deception.
21 . Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a garden
the extensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the
heaven and the earth; it is prepared for those who believe
in Allah and His apostles; that is the grace of Allah: He
gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is the Lord of mighty
grace.
22. No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but
it is in a book before We bring it into existence; surely
that is easy to Allah:
23. So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor
be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not
love any arrogant boaster:
24. Those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men;
and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the
Selfsufficient, the Praised.
25. Certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and
sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may
conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron,
wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that
Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret;
surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
26. And certainly We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and We gave to
their offspring the (gift of) prophecy and the Book; so
there are among them those who go aright, and most of them
are transgressors.
27. Then We made Our apostles to follow in their footsteps,
and We sent Isa son of Marium afterwards, and We gave him
the Injeel, and We put in the hearts of those who followed
him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkery, they innovated
it-- We did not prescribe it to them-- only to seek Allah's
pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due
observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their
reward, and most of them are transgressors.
28. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah
and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of
His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will
walk, and forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
29. So that the followers of the Book may know that they do
not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace 15 m
Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is
the Lord of mighty grace.
* The Pleading One *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you
about her husband and complains to Allah, and Allah knows
the contentions of both of you; surely Allah is Hearing,
Seeing.
2. (As for) those of you who put away their wives by
likening their backs to the backs of their mothers, they are
not their mothers; their mothers are no others than those
who gave them
birth; and most surely they utter a hateful word and a
falsehood and most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
3. And (as for) those who put away their wives by likening
their backs to the backs of their mothers then would recall
what they said, they should free a captive before they touch
each other; to that you are admonished (to conform); and
Allah is Aware of what you do.
4. But whoever has not the means, let him fast for two
months successively before they touch each other; then as
for him who is not able, let him feed sixty needy ones; that
is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His
Apostle, and these are Allah's limits, and the unbelievers
shall have a painful punishment.
5. Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His
Apostle shall be laid down prostrate as those before them
were laid down prostrate; and indeed We have revealed clear
communications, and the unbelievers shall have an abasing
chastisement.
6. On the day when Allah will raise them up all together,
then inform them of what they did: Allah has recorded it
while they have forgotten it; and Allah is a witness of all
things.
7. Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the
heavens and whatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a
secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of
them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor
less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they
are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of
resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
8. Have you not seen those who are forbidden secret
counsels, then they return to what they are forbidden, and
they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and
disobedience to the Apostle, and when they come to you they
greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet
you, and they say in themselves: Why does not Allah punish
us for what we say? Hell is enough for them; they shall
enter it, and evil is the resort.
9. O you who believe! when you confer together in private,
do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and
disobedience to the Apostle, and give to each other counsel
of goodness and guarding (against evil); and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah, to Whom you shall be gathered
together.
10. Secret counsels are only (the work) of the Shaitan that
he may cause to grieve those who believe, and he cannot hurt
them in the least except with Allah's permission, and on
Allah let the believers rely.
11. O you who believe! when it is said to you, Make room in
(your) assemblies, then make ample room, Allah will give you
ample, and when it is said: Rise up, then rise up. Allah
will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given
knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah is Aware of what you
do.
12. O you who believe! when you consult the Apostle, then
offer something in charity before your consultation; that is
better for you and purer; but if you do not find, then
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13. Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give in
charity before your consultation? So when you do not do it
and Allah has turned to you (mercifully), then keep up
prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His Apostle;
and Allah is Aware of what you do.
14. Have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom
Allah is wroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and
they swear falsely while they know.
15. Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; surely
what they do is evil.
16. They make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn
away from Allah's way; therefore they shall have an abasing
chastisement.
17. Neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them
aught against Allah; they are the inmates of the fire,
therein they shall abide.
18. On the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they
will swear to Him as they swear to you, and they think that
they have something; now surely they are the liars.
19. The Shaitan has gained the mastery over them, so he has
made them forget the remembrance of Allah; they are the
Shaitan's party; now surely the Shaitan's party are the
losers.
20. Surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and
His Apostle; they shall be among the most abased.
21. Allah has written down: I will most certainly prevail, I
and My apostles; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
22. You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the
latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah
and His Apostle, even though they were their (own) fathers,
or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these
are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom
He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He
will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow,
abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they
are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now
surely the party of Allah are the successful ones.
* The Banishment *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth
declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2. He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the
followers of the Book to go forth from their homes at the
first banishment you did not think that they would go forth,
while they were certain that their fortresses would defend
them against Allah; but Allah came to them whence they did
not expect, and cast terror into their hearts; they
demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands
of the believers; therefore take a lesson, O you who have
eyes!
3. And had it not been that Allah had decreed for them the
exile, He would certainly have punished them in this world,
and m the hereafter they shall have chastisement of the
fire.
4. That is because they acted in opposition to Allah and His
Apostle, and whoever acts in opposition to Allah, then
surely Allah is severe in retributing (evil).
5. Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave standing upon
its roots, It 15 by Allah's command, and that He may abase
the transgressors.
6. And whatever Allah restored to His Apostle from them you
did not press forward against it any horse or a riding camel
but Allah gives authority to His apostles against whom He
pleases, and Allah has power over all things.
7. Whatever Allah has restored to His Apostle from the
people of the towns, it is for Allah and for the Apostle,
and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and
the wayfarer, so that it may not be a thing taken by turns
among the rich of you, and whatever the Apostle gives you,
accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and
be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe
in retributing (evil):
8. (It is) for the poor who fled their homes and their
possessions, seeking grace of Allah and (His) pleasure, and
assisting Allah and His Apostle: these it is that are the
truthful.
9. And those who made their abode in the city and in the
faith before them love those who have fled to them, and do
not find in their hearts a need of what they are given, and
prefer (them) before themselves though poverty may afflict
them, and whoever is preserved from the niggardliness of his
soul, these it is that are the successful ones.
10. And those who come after them say: Our Lord! forgive us
and those of our brethren who had precedence of us in faith,
and do not allow any spite to remain in our hearts towards
those who believe, our Lord! surely Thou art Kind, Merciful.
11. Have you not seen those who have become hypocrites? They
say to those of their brethren who disbelieve from among the
followers of the Book: If you are driven forth, we shall
certainly go forth with you, and we will never obey any one
concerning you, and if you are fought against, we will
certainly help you, and Allah bears witness that they are
most surely liars.
12. Certainly if these are driven forth, they will not go
forth with them, and if they are fought against, they will
not help them, and even if they help-them, they will
certainly turn (their) backs, then they shall not be helped.
13. You are certainly greater in being feared in their
hearts than Allah; that is because they are a people who do
not understand
14. They will not fight against you in a body save in
fortified towns or from behind walls; their fighting between
them is severe, you may think them as one body, and their
hearts are disunited; that is because they are a people who
have no sense.
15. Like those before them shortly; they tasted the evil
result of their affair, and they shall have a painful
punishment.
16. Like the Shaitan when he says to man: Disbelieve, but
when he disbelieves, he says: I am surely clear of you;
surely I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
17. Therefore the end of both of them is that they are both
in the fire to abide therein, and that is the reward of the
unjust.
18. O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah,
and let every soul consider what it has sent on for the
morrow, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah
is Aware of what you do.
19. And be not like those who forsook Allah, so He made them
forsake their own souls: these it is that are the
transgressors.
20. Not alike are the inmates of the fire and the dwellers
of the garden: the dwellers of the garden are they that are
the achievers.
21. Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would
certainly have seen it falling down, splitting asunder
because of the fear of Allah, and We set forth these
parables to men that they may reflect.
22. He is Allah besides Whom there is no god; the Knower of
the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful
23. He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King, the
Holy, the Giver of peace, the Granter of security, Guardian
over all, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Possessor of every
greatness Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with
Him).
24. He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; His
are the most excellent names; whatever is in the heavens and
the earth declares His glory; and He is the Mighty, the
Wise.
* The Examined One *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O you who believe! do not take My enemy and your enemy
for friends: would you offer them love while they deny what
has come to you of the truth, driving out the Apostle and
yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord? If you
go forth struggling hard in My path and seeking My pleasure,
would you manifest love to them? And I know what you conceal
and what you manifest; and whoever of you does this, he
indeed has gone astray from the straight path.
2. If they find you, they will be your enemies, and will
stretch forth towards you their hands and their tongues with
evil, and they ardently desire that you may disbelieve.
3. Your relationship would not profit you, nor your children
on the day of resurrection; He will decide between you; and
Allah sees what you do.
4. Indeed, there is for you a good example in Ibrahim and
those with him when they said to their people: Surely we are
clear of you and of what you serve besides Allah; we declare
ourselves to be clear of you, and enmity and hatred have
appeared between us and you forever until you believe in
Allah alone-- but not in what Ibrahim said to his father: I
would certainly ask forgiveness for you, and I do not
control for you aught from Allah-- Our Lord! on Thee do we
rely, and to Thee do we turn, and to Thee is the eventual
coming:
5. Our Lord! do not make us a trial for those who
disbelieve, and forgive us, our Lord! surely Thou art the
Mighty, the Wise.
6. Certainly there is for you in them a good example, for
him who fears Allah and the last day; and whoever turns
back, then surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.
7. It may be that Allah will bring about friendship between
you and those whom you hold to be your enemies among them;
and Allah is Powerful; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
8. Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not
made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have
not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them
kindness and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the
doers of justice.
9. Allah only forbids you respecting those who made war upon
you on account of (your) religion, and drove you forth from
your homes and backed up (others) in your expulsion, that
you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with
them, these are the unjust.
10. O you who believe! when believing women come to you
flying, then examine them; Allah knows best their faith;
then if you find them to be believing women, do not send
them back to the unbelievers, neither are these (women)
lawful for them, nor are those (men) lawful for them, and
give them what they have spent; and no blame attaches to you
in marrying them when you give them their dowries; and hold
not to the ties of marriage of unbelieving women, and ask
for what you have spent, and kt them ask for what they have
spent. That is Allah's judgment; He judges between you, and
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
11. And if anything (out of the dowries) of your wives has
passed away from you to the unbelievers, then your turn
comes, give to those whose wives have gone away the like of
what they have spent, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah
in Whom you believe.
12. O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a
pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and
will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will
not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which
they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in
what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for
them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13. O you who believe! do not make friends with a people
with whom Allah is wroth; indeed they despair of the
hereafter as the unbelievers despair of those in tombs.
* The Ranks *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth
declares the glory of Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2. O you who believe! why do you say that which you do not
do?
3. It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that
which you do not do.
4. Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as
if they were a firm and compact wall.
5. And when Musa said to his people: O my people! why do you
give me trouble? And you know indeed that I am Allah's
apostle to you; but when they turned aside, Allah made their
hearts turn aside, and Allah does not guide the
transgressing people.
6. And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel!
surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that
which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of
an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but
when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is
clear magic.
7. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against
Allah and he is invited to Islam, and Allah does not guide
the unjust people.
8. They desire to put out the light of Allah with their
mouths but Allah will perfect His light, though the
unbelievers may be averse.
9. He it is Who sent His Apostle with the guidance and the
true religion, that He may make it overcome the religions,
all of them, though the polytheists may be averse.
10. O you who believe! shall I lead you to a merchandise
which may deliver you from a painful chastisement?
11. You shall believe in Allah and H,is Apostle, and
struggle hard in Allah's way with your property and your
lives; that is better for you, did you but know!
12. He will forgive you your faults and cause you to enter
into gardens, beneath which rivers flow, and goodly
dwellings in gardens of perpetuity; that is the mighty
achievement;
13. And yet another (blessing) that you love: help from
Allah and a victory near at hand; and give good news to the
believers.
14. O you who believe! be helpers (in the cause) of Allah,
as~ Isa son of Marium said to (his) disciples: Who are my
helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We are
helpers (in the cause) of Allah. So a party of the children
of Israel believed and another party disbelieved; then We
aided those who believed against their enemy, and they
became uppermost.
* Friday *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth
declares the glory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty,
the Wise.
2. He it is Who raised among the inhabitants of Mecca an
Apostle from among themselves, who recites to them His
communications and purifies them, and teaches them the Book
and the Wisdom, although they were before certainly in clear
error,
3. And others from among them who have not yet joined them;
and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
4. That is Allah's grace; He grants it to whom He pleases,
and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
5. The likeness of those who were charged with the Taurat,
then they did not observe it, is as the likeness of the ass
bearing books, evil is the likeness of the people who reject
the communications of Allah; and Allah does not guide the
unjust people.
6. Say: O you who are Jews, if you think that you are the
favorites of Allah to the exclusion of other people, then
invoke death If you are truthful.
7. And they will never invoke it because of what their hands
have sent before; and Allah is Cognizant of the unjust.
8. Say: (As for) the death from which you flee, that will
surely overtake you, then you shall be sent back to the
Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He will inform you of
that which you did.
9. O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on
Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave
off trading; that is better for you, if you know.
10. But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in
the land and seek of Allah's grace, and remember Allah much,
that you may be successful.
11. And when they see merchandise or sport they break up for
It, and leave you standing. Say: What is with Allah is
better than sport and (better) than merchandise, and Allah
is the best of Sustainers.
* The Hypocrites *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the hypocrites come to you, they say: We bear
witness that you are most surely Allah's Apostle; and Allah
knows that you are most surely His Apostle, and Allah bears
witness that the hypocrites are surely liars.
2. They make their oaths a shelter, and thus turn away from
Allah's way; surely evil is that which they do.
3. That is because they believe, then disbelieve, so a seal
is set upon their hearts so that they do not understand.
4. And when you see them, their persons will please you, and
If they speak, you will listen to their speech; (they are)
as if they were big pieces of wood clad with garments; they
think every cry to be against them. They are the enemy,
therefore beware of them; may Allah destroy them, whence are
they turned back?
5. And when it is said to them: Come, the Apostle of Allah
will ask forgiveness for you, they turn back their heads and
you may see them turning away while they are big with pride.
6. It is alike to them whether you beg forgiveness for them
or do not beg forgiveness for them; Allah will never forgive
them; surely Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
7. They it is who say: Do not spend upon those who are with
the Apostle of Allah until they break up. And Allah's are
the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the
hypocrites do not understand.
8. They say: If we return to Medina, the mighty will surely
drive out the meaner therefrom; and to Allah belongs the
might and to His Apostle and to the believers, but the
hypocrites do not know.
9. O you who believe! let not your wealth, or your children,
divert you from the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does
that, these are the losers.
10. And spend out of what We have given you before death
comes to one of you, so that he should say: My Lord! why
didst Thou not respite me to a near term, so that I should
have given alms and been of the doers of good deeds?
11. And Allah does not respite a soul when its appointed
term has come, and Allah is Aware of what you do.
* Loss And Gain *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth
declares the glory of Allah; to Him belongs the kingdom, and
to Him is due (all) praise, and He has power over all
things.
2. He it is Who created you, but one of you is an unbeliever
and another of you is a believer; and Allah sees what you
do.
3. He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He
formed you, then made goodly your forms, and to Him is the
ultimate resort.
4. He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He
knows what you hide and what you manifest;and Allah is
Cognizant of what is in the hearts.
S. Has there not come to you the story of those who
disbelieved before, then tasted the evil result of their
conduct, and they had a painful punishment?
6. That is because there came to them their apostles with
clear arguments, but they said: Shall mortals guide us? So
they disbelieved and turned back, and Allah does not stand
in need (of anything), and Allah is Self-sufficient,
Praised.
7. Those who disbelieve think that they shall never be
raised. Say: Aye! by my Lord! you shall most certainly be
raised, then you shall most certainly be informed of what
you did; and that is easy to Allah.
8. Therefore believe in Allah and His Apostle and the Light
which We have revealed; and Allah is Aware of what you do.
9. On the day that He will gather you for the day of
gathering, that is the day of loss and gain; and whoever
believes in Allah and does good, He will remove from him his
evil and cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers
flow, to abide therein forever; that is the great
achievement.
10. And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our
communications, they are the inmates of the fire, to abide
therein and evil is the resort.
11. No affliction comes about but by Allah's permission; and
whoever believes in Allah, He guides aright his heart; and
Allah is Cognizant of all things.
12. And obey Allah and obey the Apostle, but if you turn
back, then upon Our Apostle devolves only the clear delivery
(of the message).
13. Allah, there is no god but He; and upon Allah, then, let
the believers rely.
14. O you who believe! surely from among your wives and your
children there is an enemy to you; therefore beware of them;
and if you pardon and forbear and forgive, then surely Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
15. Your possessions and your children are only a trial, and
Allah it is with Whom is a great reward.
16. Therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah as much as
you can, and hear and obey and spend, it is better for your
souls; and whoever is saved from the greediness of his soul,
these it is that are the successful.
17. If you set apart for Allah a goodly portion, He will
double it for you and forgive you; and Allah is the
Multiplier (of rewards), Forbearing,
18. The Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty, the
Wise.
* The Divorce *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for~
their prescribed time, and calculate the number of the days
prescribed, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, your
Lord. Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they
themselves go forth, unless they commit an open indecency;
and these are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond
the limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own
soul. You do not know that Allah may after that bring about
reunion.
2. So when they have reached their prescribed time, then
retain them with kindness or separate them with kindness,
and call to witness two men of justice from among you, and
give upright testimony for Allah. With that is admonished he
who believes in Allah and the latter day; and whoever is
careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will make for him an
outlet,
3. And give him sustenance from whence he thinks not; and
whoever trusts in Allah, He is sufficient for him; surely
Allah attains His purpose; Allah indeed has appointed a
measure for everything.
4. And (as for) those of your women who have despaired of
menstruation, if you have a doubt, their prescribed time
shall be three months, and of those too who have not had
their courses; and (as for) the pregnant women, their
prescribed time is that they lay down their burden; and
whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah He will make easy
for him his affair.
5. That is the command of Allah which He has revealed to
you, and whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will
remove from him his evil and give him a big reward.
6. Lodge them where you lodge according to your means, and
do not injure them in order that you may straiten them; and
if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down
their burden; then if they suckle for you, give them their
recompense and enjoin one another among you to do good; and
if you disagree, another (woman) shall suckle for him.
7. Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and
whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let
him spend out of that which Allah has given him; Allah does
not lay on any soul a burden except to the extent to which
He has granted it; Allah brings about ease after difficulty.
8. And how many a town which rebelled against the
commandment of its Lord and His apostles, so We called it to
account severely and We chastised it (with) a stern
chastisement.
9. So it tasted the evil result of its conduct, and the end
of its affair was perdition.
10. Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement,
therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah, O men of
understanding who believe! Allah has indeed revealed to you
a reminder,
11. An Apostle who recites to you the clear communications
of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do
good deeds from darkness into light; and whoever believes in
Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter
gardens beneath which rivers now, to abide therein forever,
Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance.
12. Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth
the like of them; the decree continues to descend among
them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things
and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His)
knowledge.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah
has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
2. Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your
oaths and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the
Wise.
3. And when the prophet secretly communicated a piece of
information to one of his wives-- but when she informed
(others) of it, and Allah made him to know it, he made known
part of it and avoided part; so when he informed her of it,
she said: Who informed you of this? He said: The Knowing,
the one Aware, informed me.
4. If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are
already inclined (to this); and if you back up each other
against him, then surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian,
and Jibreel and -the believers that do good, and the angels
after that are the aiders.
5. Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your
place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient,
penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins.
6. O you who believe! save yourselves and your families from
a fire whose fuel is men and stones; over it are angels
stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah in what He
commands them, and do as they are commanded.
7. O you who disbelieve! do not urge excuses today; you
shall be rewarded only according to what you did.
8. O you who believe! turn to Allah a sincere turning; maybe
your Lord will remove from you your evil and cause you to
enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day on which
Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with
him; their light shall run on before them and on their right
hands; they shall say: Our Lord! make perfect for us our
light, and grant us protection, surely Thou hast power over
all things.
9. O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
hypocrites, and be hard against them; and their abode is
hell; and evil is the resort.
10. Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve the
wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut: they were both under two of
Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously towards
them so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was
said: Enter both the fire with those who enter.
11. And Allah sets forth an example to those who believe the
wife of Firon when she said: My Lord! build for me a house
with Thee in the garden and deliver me from Firon and his
doing, and deliver me from the unjust people:
12. And Marium, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her
chastity, so We breathed into her of Our inspiration and she
accepted the truth of the words of her Lord and His books,
and she was of, the obedient ones.
* The Prohibition *
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah
has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
2. Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your
oaths and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the
Wise.
3. And when the prophet secretly communicated a piece of
information to one of his wives-- but when she informed
(others) of it, and Allah made him to know it, he made known
part of it and avoided part; so when he informed her of it,
she said: Who informed you of this? He said: The Knowing,
the one Aware, informed me.
4. If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are
already inclined (to this); and if you back up each other
against him, then surely Allah it is Who is his Guardian,
and Jibreel and -the believers that do good, and the angels
after that are the aiders.
5. Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your
place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient,
penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins.
6. O you who believe! save yourselves and your families from
a fire whose fuel is men and stones; over it are angels
stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah in what He
commands them, and do as they are commanded.
7. O you who disbelieve! do not urge excuses today; you
shall be rewarded only according to what you did.
8. O you who believe! turn to Allah a sincere turning; maybe
your Lord will remove from you your evil and cause you to
enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the day on which
Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with
him; their light shall run on before them and on their right
hands; they shall say: Our Lord! make perfect for us our
light, and grant us protection, surely Thou hast power over
all things.
9. O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
hypocrites, and be hard against them; and their abode is
hell; and evil is the resort.
10. Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve the
wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut: they were both under two of
Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously towards
them so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was
said: Enter both the fire with those who enter.
11. And Allah sets forth an example to those who believe the
wife of Firon when she said: My Lord! build for me a house
with Thee in the garden and deliver me from Firon and his
doing, and deliver me from the unjust people:
12. And Marium, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her
chastity, so We breathed into her of Our inspiration and she
accepted the truth of the words of her Lord and His books,
and she was of, the obedient ones.
* The Kingdom *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has
power over all things,
2. Who created death and life that He may try you-- which of
you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,
3. Who created the seven heavens one above another; you see
no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent God; then
look again, can you see any disorder?
4. Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall
'~ come back to you confused while it is fatigued.
5. And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with (
lamps and We have made these missiles for the Shaitans, and
We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.
6. And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the
punishment of hell, and evil is the resort.
7. When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud
moaning of it as it heaves,
8. Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into
it, its keeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a
warner?
9. They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner,
but we rejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed
anything, you are only in a great error.
10. And they shall say: Had we but listened or pondered, we
should not have been among the inmates of the burning fire.
11. So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be
(forgiveness) from the inmates of the burning fire.
12. (As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall
surely have forgiveness and a great reward.
13. And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is
Cognizant of what is in the hearts.
14. Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of
the subtleties, the Aware.
15. He it is Who made the earth smooth for you, therefore go
about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His
sustenance, and to Him is the return after death.
16. Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not
make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a
state of commotion.
17. Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should
not send down upon you a punishment? Then shall you know how
was My warning.
18. And certainly those before them rejected (the truth),
then how was My disapproval.
19. Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their
wings) and contracting (them)? What is it that withholds
them save the Beneficent God? Surely He sees everything.
20. Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you
besides the Beneficent God? The unbelievers are only in
deception.
21. Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should
withhold His sustenance? Nay! they persist in disdain and
aversion.
22. What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided
or he who walks upright upon a straight path?
23. Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for
you the ears and the eyes and the hearts: little is it that
you give thanks.
24. Say: He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him
you shall be gathered.
25. And they say: When shall this threat be (executed) if
you are truthful?
26. Say: The knowledge (thereof is only with Allah and I am
only a plain warner.=
27. But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who
disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is
that which you used to call for.
28. Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and
those with me-- rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will
protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?
29. Say: He is the Beneficent God, we believe in Him and on
Him do we rely, so you shall come to know who it is that is
in clear error.
30. Say: Have you considered if your water should go down,
who is it then that will bring you flowing water?
* The Pen *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
2. By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
3. And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut
off.
4. And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime
morality.
S. So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
6. Which of you is afflicted with madness.
7. Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way,
and He best knows the followers of the right course.
8. So do not yield to the rejecters.
9. They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would
be pliant.
10. And yield not to any mean swearer
11. Defamer, going about with slander
12. Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
13. Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;
14. Because he possesses wealth and sons.
15. When Our communications are recited to him, he says:
Stories of those of yore.
16. We will brand him on the nose.
17. Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the
garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off
the produce in the morning,
18. And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the
poor).
19. Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord
while they were sleeping.
20. So it became as black, barren land.
21. And they called out to each other in the morning,
22. Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the
produce).
23. So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
24. Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
25. And in the morning they went, having the power to
prevent.
26. But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have
gone astray
27. Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
28. The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you
not glorify (Allah)?
29. They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
30. Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each
other.
31. Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
32. Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it;
surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.
33. Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement
of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!
34. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with
their Lord gardens of bliss.
35. What! shall We then make (i.e. treat) those who submit
as the guilty?
36. What has happened to you? How do you judge?
37. Or have you a book wherein you read,
38. That you have surely therein what you choose?
39. Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by
an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall
surely have what you demand?
40. Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
41. Or have.they associates if they are truthful.
42. On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and
they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall
not be able,
43. Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them;
and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet
they were safe.
44. So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We
will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive
not:
45. And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
46. Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are
burdened with debt?
47. Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they
write (it) down?
48. So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be
not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he
was in distress.
49. Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him,
he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found
while he was blamed.
50. Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
51. And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with
their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most
surely he is mad.
52. And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
* The Sure Calamity *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. The sure calamity!
2. What is the sure calamity! And what would make you
realize what the sure calamity is!
4. Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
S. Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively
severe punishment.
6. And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent
blast.
7. Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights
and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen
the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of
hollow palms.
8. Do you then see of them one remaining?
9. And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities
continuously committed sins.
10. And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He
punished them with a vehement punishment.
11. Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose
high,
12. So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the
retaining ear might retain it.
13. And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
14. And the earth and the mountains are borne away and
crushed with a single crushing.
15. On that day shall the great event come to pass,
16. And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day
it shall be frail,
17. And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above
) I them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
18. On that day you shall be exposed to view-- no secret of
yours shall remain hidden.
19. Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand,
he will say: Lo! read my book:
20. Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
21. So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
22. In a lofty garden,
23. The fruits of which are near at hand:
24. Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in
the days gone by.
25. And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he
shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
26. And I had not known what my account was:
27. O would that it had made an end (of me):
28. My wealth has availed me nothing:
29. My authority is gone away from me.
30. Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
31. Then cast him into the burning fire,
32. Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is
seventy cubits.
33. Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
34. Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
35. Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
36. Nor any food except refuse,
37. Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
38. But nay! I swear by that which you see,
39. And that which you do not see.
40. Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored
Apostle,
41. And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you
believe;
42. Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you
mind.
43. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
44. And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
45. We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
46. Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
47. And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
48. And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard
(against evil).
49. And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
50. And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
51. And most surely it is the true certainty
52. Therefore-glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
* The Ways Of Ascent *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must
befall
2. The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it--
3. From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.
4. To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the
measure of which is fifty thousand years.
S. Therefore endure with a goodly patience.
6. Surely they think it to be far off,
7. And We see it nigh.
8. On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper
9. And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool
10. And friend shall not ask of friend
11. (Though) they shall be made to see each other. The
guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement
of that day by (sacrificing) his children,
12. And his wife and his brother
13. And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
14. And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then
(that) this might deliver him.
15. By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire
16. Dragging by the head,
17. It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),
18. And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.
19. Surely man is created of a hasty temperament
20. Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him
21. And niggardly when good befalls him
22. Except those who pray,
23. Those who are constant at their prayer
24. And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.
25. For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)
26. And those who accept the truth of the judgment day
27. And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their
Lord--
28. Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not
to be felt secure of--
29. And those who guard their private parts,
30. Except in the case of their wives or those whom their
right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,
31. But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go
beyond the limits--
32. And those who are faithful to their trusts and their
covenant
33. And those who are upright in their testimonies,
34. And those who keep a guard on their prayer,
35. Those shall be in gardens, honored.
36. But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that
they hasten on around you,
37. On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?
38. Does every man of them desire that he should be made to
enter the garden of bliss?
39. By no means! Surely We have created them of what they
know.
40. But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests
that We are certainly able
41. To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall
not be overcome.
42. Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false
discourses and to sport until they come face to face with
that day of theirs with which they are threatened;
43. The day on which they shall come forth from their graves
in haste, as if they were hastening on to a goal,
44. Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that
is the day which they were threatened with.
* Nuh *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your
people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
2. He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
3. That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty
to) Him and obey me:
4. He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a
delay to an appointed term; surely the term of Allah when it
comes is not postponed; did you but know!
S. He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by
night and by day!
6. But my call has only made them flee the more:
7. And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive
them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves
with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with
pride:
8. Then surely I called to them aloud:
9. Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them
in secret:
10. Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is
the most Forgiving:
11. He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down
abundance of rain:
12. And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you
gardens, and make for you rivers.
13. What is the matter with you that you fear not the
greatness of Allah?
14. And indeed He has created you through various grades:
15. Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens
,~ one above another,
16. And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a
lamp?
17. And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a
growth:
18. Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth
a (new) bringing forth:
19. And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
20. That you may go along therein in wide paths.
21. Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and
followed him whose wealth and children have added to him
nothing but loss.
22. And they have planned a very great plan.
23. And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave
Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
24. And indeed they have led astray many, and do not
increase the unjust in aught but error.
25. Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to
enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
26. And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any
dweller from among the unbelievers:
27. For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy
servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful
(children)
28. My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my
house believing, and the believing men and the believing
women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but
destruction!
* The Jinn *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn
listened, and they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful
Quran,
2. Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it, and we
will not set up any one with our Lord:
3. And that He-- exalted be the majesty of our Lord-- has not
taken a consort, nor a son:
4. And that the foolish amongst us used to forge extravagant
things against Allah:
S. And that we thought that men and jinn did not utter a lie
against Allah:
6. And that persons from among men used to seek refuge with
persons from among jinn, so they increased them in
wrongdoing:
7. And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not
raise anyone:
8. And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it
filled with strong guards and flaming stars.
9. And that we used to sit in some of the sitting-places
thereof to steal a hearing, but he who would (try to) listen
now would find a flame lying in wait for him:
10. And that we know not whether evil is meant for those who
are on earth or whether their Lord means to bring them good:
11. And that some of us are good and others of us are below
that: we are sects following different ways:
12. And that we know that we cannot escape Allah in the
earth, nor can we escape Him by flight:
13. And that when we heard the guidance, we believed in it;
so whoever believes in his Lord, he should neither fear loss
nor being overtaken (by disgrace):
14. And that some of us are those who submit, and some of us
are the deviators; so whoever submits, these aim at the
right way:
15. And as to the deviators, they are fuel of hell:
16. And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We
would certainly give them to drink of abundant water,
17. So that We might try them with respect to it; and
whoever turns aside from the reminder of his Lord, He will
make him enter into an afflicting chastisement:
18. And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not
upon any one with Allah:
19. And that when the servant of Allah stood up calling upon
Him, they wellnigh crowded him (to death).
20. Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate
any one with Him.
21. Say: I do not control for you evil or good.
22. Say: Surely no one can protect me against Allah, nor can
I find besides Him any place of refuge:
23. (It is) only a delivering (of communications) from Allah
and His messages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle
surely he shall have the fire of hell to abide therein for a
long time.
24. Until when they see what they are threatened with, then
shall they know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in
number.
25. Say: I do not know whether that with which you are
threatened be nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a
term:
26. The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His
secrets to any,
27. Except to him whom He chooses as an apostle; for surely
He makes a guard to march before him and after him,
28. So that He may know that they have truly delivered the
messages of their Lord, and He encompasses what is with them
and He records the number of all things.
* The Wrapped Up *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O you who have wrapped up in your garments!
2. Rise to pray in the night except a little,
3. Half of it, or lessen it a little,
4. Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be
recited.
S. Surely We will make to light upon you a weighty Word.
6. Surely the rising by night is the firmest way to tread
and the best corrective of speech.
7. Surely you have in the day time a long occupation.
8. And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to
Him with (exclusive) devotion.
9. The Lord of the East and the West-- there is no god but
He-- therefore take Him for a protector.
10. And bear patiently what they say and avoid them with a
becoming avoidance.
11. And leave Me and the rejecters, the possessors of ease
and plenty, and respite them a little.
12. Surely with Us are heavy fetters and a flaming fire,
13. And food that chokes and a painful punishment,
14. On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake
and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose.
15. Surely We have sent to you an Apostle, a witness against
you, as We sent an apostle to Firon.
16. But Firon disobeyed the apostle, so We laid on him a
violent hold.
17. How, then, will you guard yourselves, if you disbelieve,
on the day which shall make children grey-headed?
18. The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is
ever brought to fulfillment.
19. Surely this is a reminder, then let him, who will take
the way to his Lord.
20. Surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly
two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and
(sometimes) a third of it, and (also) a party of those with
you; and Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that
you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you
(mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran. He
knows that there must be among you sick, and others who
travel in the land seeking of the bounty of Allah, and
others who fight in Allah's way, therefore read as much of
it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer and pay the
poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of
good you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it
with Allah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask
forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
* The Clothed One *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. O you who are clothed!
2. Arise and warn,
3. And your Lord do magnify,
4. And your garments do purify,
S. And uncleanness do shun,
6. And bestow not favors that you may receive again with
increase,
7. And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
8. For when the trumpet is sounded,
9. That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
10. For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
11. Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
12. And give him vast riches,
13. And sons dwelling in his presence,
14. And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
15. And yet he desires that I should add more!
16. By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our
communications.
17. 1 will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
18. Surely he reflected and guessed,
19. But may he be cursed how he plotted;
20. Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
21. Then he looked,
22. Then he frowned and scowled,
23. Then he turned back and was big with pride,
24. ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated
(from others);
25. This is naught but the word of a mortal.
26. 1 will cast him into hell.
27. And what will make you realize what hell is?
28. It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
29. It scorches the mortal.
30. Over it are nineteen.
31 . And We have not made the wardens of the fire others
than angels, and We have not made their number but as a
trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been
given the book may be certain and those who believe may
increase in faith, and those who have been given the book
and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose
hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does
Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He
pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the
hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a
reminder to the mortals.
32. Nay; I swear by the moon,
33. And the night when it departs,
34. And the daybreak when it shines;
35. Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
36. A warning to mortals,
37. To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain
behind.
38. Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
39. Except the people of the right hand,
40. In gardens, they shall ask each other
41. About the guilty:
42. What has brought you into hell?
43. They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
44. And we used not to feed the poor;
45. And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who
entered into vain discourses.
46. And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
47. Till death overtook us.
48. So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail
them.
49. What is then the matter with them, that they turn away
from the admonition
50. As if they were asses taking fright
51. That had fled from a lion?
52. Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given
pages spread out;
53. Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
54. Nay! it is surely an admonition.
SS. So whoever pleases may mind it.
56. And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy
to be feared and worthy to forgive.
* The Resurrection *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
2. Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.
3. Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
4. Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
S. Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
6. He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
7. So when the sight becomes dazed,
8. And the moon becomes dark,
9. And the sun and the moon are brought together,
10. Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
11. By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
12. With your Lord alone shall on that.day be the place of
rest.
13. Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before
and (what he) put off.
14. Nay! man is evidence against himself,
15. Though he puts forth his excuses.
16. Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
17: Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the
reciting of it.
18. Therefore when We have recited it, follow its
recitation.
19. Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
20. Nay! But you love the present life,
21. And neglect the hereafter.
22. (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
23. Looking to their Lord.
24. And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
25. Knowing that there will be made to befall them some
great calamity.
26. Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
27. And it is said: Who will be a magician?
28. And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
29. And affliction is combined with affliction;
30. To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
31. So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
32. But called the truth a lie and turned back,
33. Then he went to his followers, walking away in
haughtiness.
34. Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
35. Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
36. Does man think that he is to be left to wander without
an aim?
37. Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
38. Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then
made (him) perfect.
39. Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
40. Is not He able to give life to the dead?
* The Man *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. There surely came over man a period of time when he was a
thing not worth mentioning.
2. Surely We have created man from a small life-germ uniting
(itself): We mean to try him, so We have made him hearing,
seeing.
3. Surely We have shown him the way: he may be thankful or
unthankful.
4. Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains and
shackles and a burning fire.
S. Surely the righteous shall drink of a cup the admixture
of which is camphor
6. A fountain from which the servants of Allah shall drink;
they make it to flow a (goodly) flowing forth.
7. They fulfill vows and fear a day the evil of which shall
be spreading far and wide.
8. And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and
the orphan and the captive:
9. We only feed you for Allah's sake; we desire from you
neither reward nor thanks:
10. Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day.
11. Therefore Allah win guard them from the evil of that day
and cause them to meet with ease and happiness;
12. And reward them, because they were patient, with garden
and silk,
13. Reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find
therein neither (the severe heat of) the sun nor intense
cold.
14. And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its
fruits shall be made near (to them), being easy to reach.
15. And there shall be made to go round about them vessels
of silver and goblets which are of glass,
16. (Transparent as) glass, made of silver; they have
measured them according to a measure.
17. And they shall be made to drink therein a cup the
admixture of which shall be ginger,
18. (Of) a fountain therein which is named Salsabil.
19. And round about them shall go youths never altering in
age; when you see them you will think them to be scattered
pearls.
20. And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a
great kingdom.
21. Upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick
silk interwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with
bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall make them drink a
pure drink.
22. Surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall
be recompensed.
23. Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you
revealing (it) in portions.
24. Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord,
and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.
25. And glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.
26. And during part of the night adore Him, and give glory
to Him (a) long (part of the) night.
27. Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous
day before them.
28. We created them and made firm their make, and when We
please We will bring in their place the likes of them by a
change.
29. Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to
his Lord a way.
30. And you do not please except that Allah please, surely
Allah is Knowing, Wise;
31. He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and
(as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful
chastisement.
* The Emissaries *
In the name of Allah, tho Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another
(for men's benefit),
2. By the raging hurricanes,
3. Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
4. Then separate them one from another,
S. Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
6. To clear or to warn.
7. Most surely what you are threatened with must come to
pass.
8. So when the stars are made to lose their light,
9. And when the heaven is rent asunder,
10. And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
11. And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed
time
li. To what day is the doom fixed?
13. To the day of decision.
14. And what will make you comprehend what the day of
decision is?
15. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
16. Did We not destroy the former generations?
17 Then did We follow them up with later ones.
18 Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
19. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
20. Did We not create you from contemptible water?
21. Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,
22. Till an appointed term,
23. So We proportion it-- how well are We at proportioning
(things).
24. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
25. Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
26. The living and the dead,
27. And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink
of sweet water?
28. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
29. Walk on to that which you called a lie.
30. Walk on to the covering having three branches,
31. Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing
against the flame.
32. Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
33. As if they were tawny camels.
34. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
35. This is the day on which they shall not speak,
36. And permission shall not be given to them so that they
should offer excuses.
37. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
38. This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and
those of yore.
39. So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
40. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
41. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid
shades and fountains,
42. And fruits such as they desire.
43. Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
44. Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
45. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
46. Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are
guilty.
47. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
48. And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow
down.
49. Woe on that day to the rejecters.
50. In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?
* The Great Event *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Of what do they ask one another?
2. About the great event,
3. About which they differ?
4. Nay! they shall soon come to know
S. Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
6. Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
7. And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
8. And We created you in pairs,
9. And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
10. And We made the night to be a covering,
11. And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
~2. And We made above you seven strong ones,
13. And We made a shining lamp,
14. And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth
abundantly,
15. That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
16. And gardens dense and luxuriant.
17. Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
18. The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you.shall
come forth in hosts,
19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all
openings,
20. And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall
remain a mere semblance.
21. Surely hell lies in wait,
22. A place of resort for the inordinate,
23. Living therein for ages.
24. They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
25. But boiling and intensely cold water,
26. Requital corresponding.
27. Surely they feared not the account,
28. And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to
the truth).
29. And We have recorded everything in a book,
30. So taste! for We will not add to you aught but
chastisement.
31. Surely for those who guard (against evil) is
achievement,
32. Gardens and vineyards,
33. And those showing freshness of youth, equals in age,
34. And a pure cup.
35. They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
36. A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a
reckoning:
37. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is
between them, the Beneficent God, they shall not be able to
address Him.
38. The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand
in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent
God permits and who speaks the right thing.
39. That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge
with his Lord.
40. Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at
hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have
sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I
were dust!
* Those Who Pull Out *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of
the wicked,
2. And by those who gently draw out the souls of the
blessed,
3. And by those who float in space,
4. Then those who are foremost going ahead,
S. Then those who regulate the affair.
6. The day on which the quaking one shall quake,
7. What must happen afterwards shall follow it.
8. Hearts on that day shall palpitate,
9. Their eyes cast down.
10. They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first
state?
11. What! when we are rotten bones?
12. They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.
13. But it shall be only a single cry,
14. When lo! they shall be wakeful.
15. Has not there come to you the story of Musa?
16. When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,
17. Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.
18. Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:
19. And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should
fear.
20. So he showed him the mighty sign.
21. But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.
22. Then he went back hastily.
23. Then he gathered (men) and called out.
24. Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.
25. So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter
and the former life.
26. Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.
27. Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.
28. He raised high its height, then put it into a right good
state.
29. And He made dark its night and brought out its light.
30. And the earth, He expanded it after that.
31. He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.
32. And the mountains, He made them firm,
33. A provision for you and for your cattle.
34. But when the great predominating calamity comes;
35. The day on which man shall recollect what he strove
after,
36. And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees
37. Then as for him who is inordinate,
38. And prefers the life of this world,
39. Then surely the hell, that is the abode.
40. And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his
Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
41. Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.
42. They ask you about the hour, when it will come.
43. About what! You are one to remind of it.
44. To your Lord is the goal of it.
45. You are only a warner to him who would fear it.
46. On the day that they see it, it will be as though they
had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early
part of it.
* He Frowned *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. He frowned and turned (his) back,
2. Because there came to him the blind man.
3. And what would make you know that he would purify
himself,
4. Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit
him?
S. As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),
6. To him do you address yourself.
7. And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself
8. And as to him who comes to you striving hard,
9. And he fears,
10. From him will you divert yourself.
11. Nay! surely it is an admonishment.
12. So let him who pleases mind it.
13. In honored books,
14. Exalted, purified,
15. In the hands of scribes
16. Noble, virtuous.
17. Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!
18. Of what thing did He create him?
19. Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him
according to a measure,
20. Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)
21. Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,
22. Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.
23. Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.
24. Then let man look to his food,
25. That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in
abundance,
26. Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,
27. Then We cause to grow therein the grain,
28. And grapes and clover,
29. And the olive and the palm,
30. And thick gardens,
31. And fruits and herbage
32. A provision for you and for your cattle.
33. But when the deafening cry comes,
34. The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,
35. And his mother and his father,
36. And his spouse and his son--
37. Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which
will occupy him.
38. (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,
39. Laughing, joyous.
40. And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,
41. Darkness shall cover them.
42. These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.
* The Covering Up *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the sun is covered,
2. And when the stars darken,
3. And when the mountains are made to pass away,
4. And when the camels are left untended,
S. And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
6. And when the seas are set on fire,
7. And when souls are united,
8. And when the female infant buried alive is asked
9. For what sin she was killed,
10. And when the books are spread,
11. And when the heaven has its covering removed,
12. And when the hell is kindled up,
13. And when the garden is brought nigh,
14. Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
15. But nay! I swear by the stars,
16. That run their course (and) hide themselves,
17. And the night when it departs,
18. And the morning when it brightens,
19. Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
20. The processor of strength, having an honorable place
with the Lord of the Dominion,
21. One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
22. And your companion is not gone mad.
23. And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
24. Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
25. Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
26. Whither then will you go?
27. It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
28. For him among you who pleases to go straight.
29. And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord
of the worlds.
* The Cleaving Asunder *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
2. And when the stars become dispersed,
3. And when the seas are made to flow forth,
4. And when the graves are laid open,
S. Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held
back.
6. O man ! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the
Gracious one,
7. Who created you, then made you complete, then made you
symmetrical?
8. Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
9. Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
10. And most surely there are keepers over you
11. Honorable recorders,
12. They know what you do.
13. Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
14. And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
15. They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
16. And they shall by no means be absent from it.
17. And what will make you realize what the day of judgement
is?
18. Again, what will make you realize what the day of
judgment Is?
19. The day on which no soul shall control anything for
(another) soul; and the command on that day shall be
entirely Allah's.
* The Defrauders *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Woe to the defrauders,
2. Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men
take it fully,
3. But when they measure out to others or weigh out for
them, they are deficient.
4. Do not these think that they shall be raised again
S. For a mighty day,
6. The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the
worlds?
7. Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the
Sijjin.
8. And what will make you know what the Sijjin is?
9. It is a written book.
10. Woe on that day to the rejecters,
11. Who give the lie to the day of judgment.
12. And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of
limits, sinful one
13. When Our communications are recited to him, he says:
Stories of those of yore.
14. Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust .
upon their hearts.
15. Nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from
their Lord.
16. Then most surely they shall enter the burning fire.
17. Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.
18. Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in
the Iliyin.
19. And what will make you know what the highest Iliyin is?
20. It is a written book,
21. Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.
22. Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,
23. On thrones, they shall gaze;
24. You will recognize in their faces the brightness of
bliss.
25. They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed
(to others).
26. The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the
aspirers aspire.
27. And the admixture of it is a water of Tasnim,
28. A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to
Allah).
29. Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who
believe.
30. And when they passed by them, they winked at one
another.
31. And when they returned to their own followers they
returned exulting.
32. And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these
are in error;
33. And they were not sent to be keepers over them.
34. So today those who believe shall laugh at the
unbelievers;
35. On thrones, they will look.
36. Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.
* The Bursting Asunder *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the heaven bursts asunder,
2. And obeys its Lord and it must.
3. And when the earth is stretched,
4. And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
S. And obeys its Lord and it must.
6. O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a
hard striving until you meet Him.
7. Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
8. He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
9. And he shall go back to his people joyful.
10. And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
11. He shall call for perdition,
12. And enter into burning fire.
13. Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
14. Surely he thought that he would never return.
15. Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
16. But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
17. And the night and that which it drives on,
18. And the moon when it grows full,
19. That you shall most certainly enter one state after
another.
20. But what is the matter with them that they do not
believe,
21. And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make
obeisance?
22. Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
23. And Allah knows best what they hide,
24. So announce to them a painful punishment~
25. Except those who believe and do good; for them is a
reward that shall never be cut off.
* The Mansions Of The Stars *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the mansions of the stars,
2. And the promised day,
3. And the bearer of witness and those against whom the
witness is borne.
4. Cursed be the makers of the pit,
S. Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,
6. When they sat by it,
7. And they were witnesses of what they did with the
believers.
8. And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except
that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
9. Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and
Allah is a Witness of all things.
10. Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men
and the believing women, then do not repent, they shall have
the chastisement of hell, and they shall have the
chastisement of burning.
11. Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they
shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the
great achievement.
12. Surely the might of your Lord is great.
13. Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,
14. And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
15. Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,
16. The great doer of what He will.
17. Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,
18. Of Firon and Samood?
19. Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the
lie to the truth.
20. And Allah encompasses them on every side.
21. Nay! it is a glorious Quran,
22. In a guarded tablet.
* The Night-Comer *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
2. And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
3. The star of piercing brightness;
4. There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
5. So let man consider of what he is created:
6. He is created of water pouring forth,
7. Coming from between the back and the ribs.
8. Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
9. On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
10. He shall have neither strength nor helper.
11. I swear by the raingiving heavens,
12. And the earth splitting (with plants);
13. Most surely it is a decisive word,
14. And it is no joke.
15. Surely they will make a scheme,
16. And I (too) will make a scheme.
17. So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a
* The Most High *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,
2. Who creates, then makes complete,
3. And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then
guides (them to their goal),
4. And Who brings forth herbage,
S. Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.
6. We will make you recite so you shall not forget,
7. Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest,
and what is hidden.
8. And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.
9. Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.
10. He who fears will mind,
11. And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
12. Who shall enter the great fire;
13. Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
14. He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
15. And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.
16. Nay! you prefer the life of this world,
17. While the hereafter is better and more lasting.
18. Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,
19. The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.
* The Overwhelming Calamity *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming
calamity?
2. (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
3. Laboring, toiling,
4. Entering into burning fire,
S. Made to drink from a boiling spring.
6. They shall have no food but of thorns,
7. Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
8. (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
9. Well-pleased because of their striving,
10. In a lofty garden,
11. Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
12. Therein is a fountain flowing,
13. Therein are thrones raised high,
14. And drinking-cups ready placed,
15. And cushions set in a row,
16. And carpets spread out.
17. Will they not then consider the camels, how they are
created?
18. And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
19. And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
20. And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
21. Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
22. You are not a watcher over them;
23. But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
24. Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
25. Surely to Us is their turning back,
26. Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
* The Daybreak *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the daybreak,
2. And the ten nights,
3. And the even and the odd,
4. And the night when it departs.
S. Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess
understanding.
6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
7. (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
8. The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
9. And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
10. And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
11. Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
12. So they made great mischief therein?
13. Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the
chastisement.
14. Most sure!y your Lord is watching.
15. And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him
with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord
honors me.
16. But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to
him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced
me.
17. Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
18. Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
19. And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything)
indiscriminately,
20. And you love wealth with exceeding love.
21. Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
22. And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
23. And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day
shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then)
avail him?
24. He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this)
my life!
25. But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything
like) His chastisement,
26. And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
27. O soul that art at rest!
28. Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him),
well-pleasing (Him),
29. So enter among My servants,
30. And enter into My garden.
* The City *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Nay! I swear by this city.
2. And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--
3. And the begetter and whom he begot.
4. Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
S. Does he think that no one has power over him?
6. He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
7. Does he think that no one sees him?
8. Have We not given him two eyes,
9. And a tongue and two lips,
10. And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
11. But he would not attempt the uphill road,
12. And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road
is?
13. (It is) the setting free of a slave,
14. Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
15. To an orphan, having relationship,
16. Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
17. Then he is of those who believe and charge one another
to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
18. These are the people of the right hand.
19. And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications,
they are the people of the left hand.
20. On them is fire closed over.
* The Sun *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
2. And the moon when it follows the sun,
3. And the day when it shows it,
4. And the night when it draws a veil over it,
S. And the heaven and Him Who made it,
6. And the earth and Him Who extended it,
7. And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
8. Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong
for it;
9. He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
10. And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
11. Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
12. When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
13 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's
she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
14. But they called him a liar and slaughtered her,
therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled
them (with the ground).
15. And He fears not its consequence.
* The Night *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the night when it draws a veil,
2. And the day when it shines in brightness,
3. And the creating of the male and the female,
4. Your striving is most surely (directed to) various
(ends).
S. Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),
6. And accepts the best,
7. We will facilitate for him the easy end.
8. And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself
free from need (of Allah),
9. And rejects the best,
10. We will facilitate for him the difficult end.
11. And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
12. Surely Ours is it to show the way,
13. And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.
14. Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:
15. None shall enter it but the most unhappy,
16. Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.
17. And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most
(against evil),
18. Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself
19. And no one has with him any boon for which he should be
rewarded,
20. Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most
High.
21. And he shall soon be well-pleased.
* The Early Hours *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the early hours of the day,
2. And the night when it covers with darkness.
3. Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become
displeased,
4. And surely what comes after is better for you than that
which has gone before.
5. And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be
well pleased.
6. Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?
7. And find you lost (i.e. unrecognized by men) and guide
(them to you)?
8. And find you in want and make you to be free from want?
9. Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (him).
10. And as for him who asks, do not chide (him),
11. And as for the favor of your Lord, do announce (it).
* The Expansion *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Have We not expanded for you your breast,
2. And taken off from you your burden,
3. Which pressed heavily upon your back,
4. And exalted for you your esteem?
5. Surely with difficulty is ease.
6. With difficulty is surely ease.
7. So when you are free, nominate.
8. And make your Lord your exclusive object.
* The Fig *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the fig and the olive,
2. And mount Sinai,
3. And this city made secure,
4. Certainly We created man in the best make.
5. Then We render him the lowest of the low.
6. Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have
a reward never to be cut off.
7. Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the
judgment?
8. Is not Allah the best of the Judges?
* The Clot *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
2. He created man from a clot.
3. Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
4. Who taught (to write) with the pen
5. Taught man what he knew not.
6. Nay! man is most surely inordinate,
7. Because he sees himself free from want.
8. Surely to your Lord is the return.
9. Have you seen him who forbids
10. A servant when he prays?
11. Have you considered if he were on the right way,
12. Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?
13. Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and
turns (his) back?
14. Does he not know that Allah does see?
15. Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his
forehead,
16. A lying, sinful forehead.
17 Then let him summon his council,
18. We too would.summon the braves of the army.
19. Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to
Allah).
* The Majesty *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Surely We revealed it on the grand night.
2. And what will make you comprehend what the grand night
3. The grand night is better than a thousand months.
4. The angels and Gibreel descend in it by the permission of
their Lord for every affair,
5. Peace! it is till the break of the morning.
* The Clear Evidence *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the
Book and the polytheists could not have separated (from the
faithful) until there had come to them the clear evidence:
2. An apostle from Allah, reciting pure pages,
3. Wherein are all the right ordinances.
4. And those who were given the Book did not become divided
except after clear evidence had come to them.
5. And they were not enjoined anything except that they
should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience,
upright, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that
is the right religion.
6. Surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of
the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell,
abiding therein; they are the worst of men.
7. (As for) those who believe and do good, surely they are
the -best of men.
8. Their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity
beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein for ever; Allah
is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with
Him; that is for him who fears his Lord.
* The Shaking *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,
2. And the earth brings forth her burdens,
3. And man says: What has befallen her?
4. On that day she shall tell her news,
5. Because your Lord had inspired her.
6. On that day men shall come forth in sundry bodies that
they may be shown their works.
7. So. he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it
8. And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see
it.
* The Assaulters *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
2. Then those that produce fire striking,
3. Then those that make raids at morn,
4. Then thereby raise dust,
5. Then rush thereby upon an assembly:
6. Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.
7. And most surely he is a witness of that.
8. And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
9. Does he not then know when what is in the graves is
raised,
10. And what is in the breasts is made.apparent?
11. Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of
them.
* The Terrible Calamity *
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. The terrible calamity!
2. What is the terrible calamity!
3. And what will make you comprehend what the terrible
calamity is?
4. The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
5. And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
6. Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
7. He shall live a pleasant life.
8. And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
9. His abode shall be the abyss.
10. And what will make you know what it is?
11 . A burning fire.
* The Multiplication Of Wealth And Children *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Abundance diverts you,
2. Until you come to the graves.
3. Nay! you shall soon know,
4. Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.
5. Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
6. You should most certainly have seen the hell;
7. Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of
certainty;
8. Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned
about the boons.
* Time *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. I swear by the time,
2. Most surely man is in loss,
3. Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each
other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
* The Slanderer *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Woe to every slanderer, defamer,
2. Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against
mishap);
3. He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
4. Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing
disaster,
5. And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster
is?
6. It is the fire kindled by Allah,
7. Which rises above the hearts.
8. Surely it shall be closed over upon them,
9. In extended columns.
* The Elephant *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the
possessors of the elephant?
2. Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,
3. And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,
4. Casting against them stones of baked clay,
5. So He rendered them like straw eaten up?
* The Qureaish *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. For the protection of the Qureaish--
2. Their protection during their trading caravans in the
winter and the summer--
3 So let them serve the Lord of this House
4 Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security
against fear.
* The Daily Necessaries *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?
2. That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,
3. And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.
4. So woe to the praying ones,
5. Who are unmindful of their prayers,
6. Who do (good) to be seen,
7. And withhold the necessaries of life.
* The Heavenly Fountain *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Surely We have given you Kausar,
2. Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice.
3. Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without
posterity,
* The Unbelievers *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Say: O unbelievers!
2. I do not serve that which you serve,
3. Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:
4. Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,
5. Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:
6. You shall have your religion and I shall have my
religion.
* The Help *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. When there comes the help of Allah and the victory,
2. And you see men entering the religion of Allah in
companies,
3. Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His
forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy).
* The Flame *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will
perish.
2. His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
3. He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
4. And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
5. Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
* The Unity *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Say: He, Allah, is One.
2. Allah is He on Whom all depend.
3. He begets not, nor is He begotten.
4. And none is like Him.
* The Dawn *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,
2. From the evil of what He has created,
3. And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it
comes,
4. And from the evil of those who blow on knots,
5. And from the evil of the envious when he envies
* The Men *
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men,
2. The King of men,
3. The God of men,
4. From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking
(Shaitan),
5. Who whispers into the hearts of men,
6. From among the jinn and the men.
Published here on the internet
1999-02-06 - February 6th 1999