Notes to the reader:
1. There is no mention in the Koran of “72 virgins in
2. There is not one single
verse in the Koran that says
“O Believers, do not befriend the Jews
and the Christians … ” however in bad translations from Urdu to English
you may find such mistranslation. The Arabic verse clearly states “Believers, take neither Jews nor Nazarenes (Christians) for
your guides … ”
in spirituality, which is understandable.
[5.51] Believers, take neither
Jews nor Nazarenes (Christians) for your guides. They are guides of one
another. Whosoever of you takes them for a guide shall become one of their
number. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.
9.23] Believers, do not take your
fathers or your brothers for a guide if they love disbelief rather than belief.
Whosoever of you takes them for guides are the harmdoers.
[4.139] Those who take unbelievers
for guides instead of believers, are they seeking might with them? Surely, the
Might altogether belongs to Allah.
[4.144] Believers, do not take the
unbelievers for guides instead of the believers, or do you desire to give Allah
a clear authority over you?
3. There are several verses in the Koran that refer to killing the unbelievers (worshipers of stones), such
verses relate directly to the battle fields of 1500 years ago, when early
Muslims were persecuted as the early Christians persecuted. True path of Islam
is moderation, therefore Muslims should lead exemplary lives and preach the
religion to non- Muslims and not kill them. Over the centuries many non-Muslims
choose to live under Islamic protections (i.e.
4. The world will continue to suffer until non-Wahabi Sunni
Muslims establish a non-Wahabi Sunni spiritual leadership that both the western
and the eastern administrations acknowledge, respect and seek its just verdict,
thereby replacing the current Wahabi, fanatic and misguided spiritual leadership.
5. When pronouns are capitalized they refer to the Creator,
Allah. Examples: You, He, Him, His and, Own while pronouns such as Our, Ours,
Us and We denote His Greatness not plurality.
6. Words occurring between (brackets) are not in the original
text, rather, they are inserted to support the translation.
7. In this translation of the meaning of the Holy Koran we
elected to replace the word “Christians” with the more accurate translation
“Nazarenes”. To learn more about the Nazarenes and their roots, as well as the
Christians and their roots, please refer to our informative research in the
section “Prophet Jesus in the Koran” page 493.
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1 The Opener - Al-Fatihah
[1.1] In the Name of
Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[1.2] Praise be to
Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
[1.3] the Merciful,
the Most Merciful,
[1.4] Owner of the
Day of Recompense.
Supplication of believers
[1.5-7]
[1.5] You (alone) we
worship; and You (alone) we rely for help.
[1.6] Guide us to the
Straight Path,
[1.7] the Path of
those upon whom You have favored, not those upon whom is the anger, nor the
astray. (Amen please answer)
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[2.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[2.2] That is the
(Holy) Book, where there is no doubt. It is a guidance for the cautious (of
evil and Hell).
[2.3] Who believe in
the unseen and establish the (daily) prayer; who spend out of what We have
provided them.
[2.4] Who believe in
that which has been sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad) and what has been sent
down before you (to Prophets Jesus and Moses) and firmly believe in the
Everlasting Life.
[2.5] These are
guided by their Lord; these surely are the prosperous.
[2.6] Those who
disbelieve, whether you forewarn them or not, they will not believe.
[2.7] Allah has set a
seal upon their hearts and ears; their sight is dimmed and for them is a great
punishment.
[2.8] There are some
people who say, 'We believe in Allah and the Last Day, ' yet they are not
believers.
[2.9] They seek to
deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive none except themselves,
though they do not sense it.
[2.10] There is a
sickness in their hearts which Allah has increased. For them there is a painful
punishment because they lie.
[2.11] When it is
said to them, 'Do not corrupt in the land,' they reply, 'We are only
reformers.'
[2.12] But it is they
who are the evildoers, though they do not sense it.
[2.13] When it is said
to them, 'Believe as (other) people believe,
they reply, 'Are we to believe as fools believe?' It is they who are the
fools, if only they knew!
[2.14] When they meet
those who believe, they say, 'We, too believe.' But when they are alone with
their devils, they say to them, 'We follow none but you, we were only mocking.’
[2.15] Allah will
mock at them and prolong them in sin, blundering blindly.
[2.16] Such are those
who barter away guidance for error, their trade did not profit (them), nor are
they guided.
[2.17] Their example is like one who kindled a fire, and when it
lit all around him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness. They
could not see.
[2.18] Deaf, dumb,
and blind, they shall never return.
[2.19] Or, like
(those who, under) a cloudburst from the sky with darkness, thunder and
lightning, they thrust their fingers in their ears at the sound of every
thunderclap for fear of death, and Allah encompasses the unbelievers.
[2.20] The lightning
almost snatches away their sight, whenever it flashes upon them they walk on,
but as soon as it darkens they stand still. Indeed, if Allah willed, He could
take away their sight and hearing. Allah has power over all things.
[2.21] O people,
worship your Lord who has created you and those who have gone before you, so
that you will be cautious.
[2.22] Who has made
the earth a bed for you and the sky a dome, and has sent down water from the
sky to bring forth fruits for your provision. Do not knowingly set up rivals to
Allah.
[2.23] If you are in doubt of what We have sent down to Our
worshiper (Prophet Muhammad), produce a chapter comparable to it. Call upon
your helpers, other than Allah, to assist you, if you are true.
[2.24] But if you fail,
as you are sure to fail, then guard yourselves against the Fire whose fuel is
people and stones, prepared for the unbelievers.
[2.25] Bear
glad tidings to those who believe and do good works. They shall live in Gardens underneath which rivers flow.
Whenever they are given fruit as provision they will say, 'This is what we were
given before,' for they shall be given in resemblance. Therein they shall have
pure spouses, and shall live there for ever.
[2.26] Allah is not
shy to strike a parable whatsoever a gnat or larger. Those who believe know
that it is the truth from their Lord. As for those who disbelieve they ask,
'What could Allah mean by this parable? By it, Allah misleads many and guides
many.' But He misleads none except the evildoers,
[2.27] who break the
covenant of Allah after accepting it and sever what Allah has bidden to be
joined and corrupt in the land. These are the losers.
[2.28] How can you
disbelieve Allah? Did He not give you life when you were dead, and He will
cause you to die and then restore you to life. Then you will return to Him.
[2.29] He created for
you all that is in the earth, then, He willed to the heaven, and leveled them
seven heavens. He has knowledge of all things.
The angels learn that Allah is going to place a caliph on
earth [2.30]
[2.30] When your Lord
said to the angels, 'I am placing on the earth a caliph,' they replied, 'Will
You put there who corrupts and sheds blood, when we exalt Your praises and
sanctify You?' He said, 'I know what you do not know.'
[2.31] He taught Adam
(father of humans) the names all of them and then presented them to the angels,
saying, 'Tell Me the names of these, if you are truthful.'
[2.32] 'Exaltations
to You,' they replied, 'we have no knowledge except that which You have taught
us. You are indeed the Knowing, the Wise.'
[2.33] Then He said
to Adam, 'Tell them their names.' And when Adam had named them, He said, 'Did I
not tell you that I know the unseen of the heavens and earth, and all that you
reveal and all that you hide!'
[2.34] And when We
said to the angels, 'Prostrate (to Me) yourselves towards Adam,' they all
prostrated themselves except iblis (satan, father of the jinn), who, in his
pride refused and became an unbeliever.
[2.35] To Adam We
said, 'Dwell with your wife in
[2.36] But satan made them slip there from and caused them to depart
from that in which they had been. 'Go down,' We said, 'be enemies to each
other. The earth will provide your dwelling place an enjoyment for a while.'
[2.37] Then Adam
received Words from his Lord, and his Lord relented towards him. He is the
Receiver of Repentance, the Merciful.
[2.38] 'Go down, all
together,' We said, 'so if a guidance shall come to you from Me, whosoever
follows My guidance no fear shall be on them, neither shall they be saddened.
[2.39] But those who
disbelieve and belie Our verses shall be the companions of the Fire, and there
they shall live for ever.'
[2.40] 'Children of
Israel, remember My favor I have bestowed upon you.
Fulfill My covenant, and I will fulfill your covenant with you. Me, you must
fear.
[2.41] And believe in
what I have sent down confirming what is with you, and do not be the first to
disbelieve it. Do not sell My verses for a little price and fear Me.
[2.42] Do not
confound truth with falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth while you know.
[2.43] Establish your
prayers, pay the obligatory charity, and bow with those who bow.
[2.44] Would you
order righteousness on others and forget it yourselves? Yet you recite the Book,
have you no sense?
[2.45] And seek help
in patience and prayer. For it is heavy, except to the humble,
[2.46] who reckon
that they will meet their Lord and that to Him they will return.
[2.47] Children of
Israel, remember the favors I have bestowed on you, and that I have preferred
you (the prophets among you) above the worlds.
[2.48] Guard
yourselves against the Day when no soul can avail a thing to another, when
neither intercession nor ransom shall be accepted from it, nor will they be
helped.
The Children of
[2.49] (Remember) how
We saved you from Pharaoh's people who had oppressed
you cruelly, slaying your sons and sparing your women. Surely, that was a great
trial from your Lord.
[2.50] We parted the
sea for you, and, taking you to safety, drowned the family of Pharaoh before
your eyes.
[2.51] We appointed for Moses forty nights, but in his absence you
took the calf, thereby committing harm.
[2.52] Yet after that
We pardoned you, so that you might give thanks.
[2.53] And when We
gave Moses the Book and the Criterion, so that you might be guided;
[2.54] and when Moses
said to his nation, 'My nation, you have harmed yourselves by taking the calf
(to worship). So turn in repentance to your Creator and slay yourselves. That
will be best for you with your Creator.' And He shall accept you. He is the
Receiver of Repentance, the Merciful.
[2.55] And when you said to Moses, 'We will not believe in you
until we see Allah openly,' a thunderbolt struck you whilst you were looking.
[2.56] Then We raised
you from your death, so that you might give thanks.
[2.57] We caused the clouds to cast their shadow over you and sent
down for you manna and quails, (saying,) 'Eat of the good things We have
provided you. 'Indeed, they did not harm Us, but they harmed themselves.
[2.58] 'Enter this
village,' We said, 'and eat wherever you will and as
much as you wish. Make your way prostrating through the gates, saying,
"Unburdening." We shall forgive you your sins and We will increase
the good-doers.'
[2.59] But the harm
doers tampered with Our Words, different from that said to them, and We let
loose on the harm doers a scourge from heaven as a punishment for their
debauchery.
[2.60] (Remember)
when Moses prayed for water for his nation, We said to him, 'Strike the Rock
with your staff.' Thereupon twelve springs gushed from it, and each tribe knew
their drinking place. 'Eat and drink of that which Allah has provided and do
not act evilly in the land, corrupting.’
[2.61] 'Moses,' you
said, 'we will no longer be patient with one type of food. Call on your Lord to
bring forth for us some of the produce of the earth, green herbs and cucumbers,
corn, lentils and onions.' 'What!' he answered, 'Would you exchange that which
is lesser for what is better? Go down into
[2.62] Those who
believe, Jews, Nazarenes and Sabaeans whoever believes in Allah and the Last
Day and does good deeds shall be rewarded by their Lord; they have nothing to
fear nor are they saddened.
The raising up of the mount [2.63-64]
[2.63] And when We
made a covenant with you and raised the Mount above you, (saying) 'Take what We
have given you forcefully and remember what is in it, so that you will be
cautious,'
[2.64] yet after that
you turned away, but for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy you would have surely
been among the losers.
[2.65] You have surely known of those amongst you who transgressed
the Sabbath. We said to them, 'Be apes, despised!'
[2.66] We made it a
punishment for the former times and for the latter, an exhortation to the
cautious.
[2.67] When Moses said to his nation, 'Allah commands you to
slaughter a cow,' they replied, 'Are you taking us in mockery?' 'I seek
protection with Allah lest I should be one of the ignorant' he said.
[2.68] 'Call on your
Lord,' they said, 'to make known to us what she shall be.' He said, "He
says she is a cow neither old, nor virgin, middling between both."
Therefore, do as you have been ordered.'
[2.69] 'Call on your
Lord,' they said, 'to make known to us what her color shall be.' 'Your Lord
says, "The cow is yellow, a rich yellow pleasing to the onlookers."'
[2.70] 'Call on your
Lord,' they said, 'to make known to us which cow she shall be; to us cows look
alike. If Allah wills, we shall be guided.'
[2.71] He replied,
'He says, "She is a cow, neither worn out plowing the earth nor watering
the field, one kept secure free from any blemish."' 'Now you have brought
us the truth, 'they answered. And they slaughtered her, after they had been
reluctant to do so.
[2.72] And when you
slew a soul and then fell out with one another concerning it, Allah made known
what you concealed.
[2.73] We said,
'Strike him with a piece of it.' Like this, Allah restores the dead to life and
shows you His signs in order that you will understand.
[2.74] Yet after that
your hearts became as hard as rock or even harder. Indeed among the stones are
those from which rivers burst. And others split so that water issues from them;
and others crash down through fear of Allah. Allah is not inattentive of what
you do.
[2.75] Do you then
hope that they will believe in you, when some of them have already heard the
Word of Allah and knowingly tampered with it, after they understood it!
[2.76] When they meet
those who believe, they say, 'We are believers.' But when alone, they say to
their other (chiefs). 'Do you tell to them what Allah has revealed to you so that
they will dispute with you concerning it with your Lord? Have you no sense?'
[2.77] Do they not
know that Allah has knowledge of all they hide and all that they reveal!
[2.78] And some of
them are common (people) and do not know the Book, but only wishful thoughts,
and they are only doubters.
[2.79] Woe to those
who write the Book with their own hands and then say, 'This is from Allah,' in
order to gain a small price for it. So woe to them for what their hands have
written, and woe to them for their earnings.
[2.80] They say, 'The
Fire will never touch us except for a number of days.' Say, 'Did Allah make you
such a promise for Allah never breaks His promise or do you say about Allah
what you do not know?'
[2.81] Indeed, he who
earns evil and becomes engrossed in his sin, they are the people of the Fire;
in it they shall remain for ever.
[2.82] But those who
believe and do good works are the people of
[2.83] (Remember)
when We made a covenant with the Children of Israel,
you shall worship none except Allah. Show kindness to your parents, to kinsmen,
to the orphans, and to the needy, and speak of goodness to people. Establish
your prayers and pay the obligatory charity. But, except for a few, you all
turned your backs and gave no heed.
[2.84] And when We
made a covenant with you, that you shall not shed your blood or turn yourselves
out of your dwellings, to this you consented and bore witness.
[2.85] Yet there you
are, slaying your own-selves, and turning a number of them out of their
dwellings, and helping each other against them with sin and aggression.
Although, should they come to you as captives, you would ransom them. Surely,
their expulsion was unlawful. Do you then believe in a part of the Book and
disbelieve another! What shall be the recompense of those of you who do that,
but degradation in the worldly life, and on the Day of Resurrection to be
returned to the most terrible punishment. Allah is not inattentive of what you
do.
[2.86] Such are they
who buy the worldly life at the price of the Everlasting Life. Their punishment
shall not be lightened, nor shall they be helped.
[2.87] To Moses We
gave the Book and after him We sent other Messengers.
We gave (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, veritable signs, and supported him
with the Spirit of Purity (Gabriel). Will you then become proud whenever any
Messenger comes to you with that which does not suit your fancies, and you
belied some (Prophet Jesus) and killed others!
[2.88] They say, 'Our
hearts are covered.' But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief. Little is
that they believe.
The Children of
[2.89] And when a
Book came to them from Allah confirming what was with them, while before that
they used to pray for victory over the unbelievers when there came to them what
they knew, they disbelieved him. Therefore, the curse of Allah be upon the
unbelievers!
[2.90] Evil is that
for which they have bartered away their souls, that they disbelieve what Allah
has sent down, grudging that Allah should send down from His bounty to whom He
chooses from His worshipers! They have incurred wrath over wrath. For the
unbelievers there is a humiliating punishment.
[2.91] When it is
said to them, 'Believe in what Allah has sent down,' they reply, 'We believe in
what was sent down to us.' But they disbelieve in what is sent after it,
although it is the truth, confirming their own Book. Say, 'Why, before did you
kill the Prophets of Allah, if you are believers?'
[2.92] Moses came to
you with clear signs, then you took to yourselves the calf after him and you
were harm doers.'
[2.93] When We made a
covenant with you and raised the Mount above you (saying), 'Take what We have
given you forcefully and hear,' they replied, 'We hear, but disobey. 'For their
disbelief, they were made to drink the calf into their very hearts. Say, 'Evil
is your belief that orders you to (worship the calf), if you are indeed
believers.'
[2.94] Say, 'If the
abode of the Everlasting Life is with Allah for you especially, to the
exclusion of all other people, then long for death if you are truthful.'
[2.95] But they will
never long for it (death), because of what their hands forwarded; and Allah
knows the harm doers.
[2.96] Indeed, you
will find them more eager than other people for this life. And (more than)
those who disbelieve. Each one of them wishes to live a thousand years. But his
prolonged life will surely not remove him from the punishment. Allah is the
Seer of what they do.
[2.97] Say, 'Whoever
is an enemy of Gabriel, indeed, he has brought it down by the permission of
Allah to your heart, confirming what was before it and a guidance and glad
tidings to the believers.
[2.98] Whoever is an
enemy of Allah, His Angels, His Messengers, Gabriel, and Michael indeed Allah
is the enemy of the unbelievers.'
[2.99] We have sent
down to you clear verses, none will disbelieve them except the evildoers.
[2.100] Why, whenever
they make a promise do some of them cast it aside! Most of them do not believe.
[2.101] And now that
a Messenger has come to them from Allah confirming what was with them, some of
those to whom the Book was given reject the Book of Allah behind their backs,
as though they knew nothing
[2.102] and follow
what the devils recited over the
[2.103] Had they
believed and were cautious, far better for them would be the reward from Allah,
if they but knew.
[2.104] 'Believers,
do not say, 'Observe us (Ra'ina, in Hebrew means evil)', but instead say,
"Look after us (Undhurna), and listen” for the unbelievers is a painful
punishment.
[2.105] The
unbelievers among the People of the Book (Jews and Nazarenes) and the idolaters
resent that any good should have been sent down to you from your Lord. But
Allah chooses whom He will for His Mercy. And Allah is of great bounty.
[2.106] If We
supersede any verse or cause it to be forgotten, We bring a better one or one
similar. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things!
[2.107] Do you not
know that it is to Allah that the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth belong,
and that there is none, other than Him, to protect or help you!
[2.108] Would you
rather demand of your Messenger that which was once demanded of Moses! He who
exchanges belief for disbelief has surely strayed from the Right Path.
Envy of many of the People of the Book [2.109]
[2.109] Many of the
People of the Book wish they might turn you back as unbelievers after you have believed,
in envy of their souls, after the truth has been clarified to them. So pardon
and forgive until Allah brings His command. Allah is Powerful over everything.
[2.110] Establish
your prayers and pay the obligatory charity. Whatever good you shall forward
for your soul you shall find it with Allah. He is the Seer of what you do.
The challenge of Allah to the Jews and Nazarenes [2.111]
[2.111] They say, 'None but Jews and Nazarenes shall be admitted to
[2.112] Indeed, whoever submits his face to Allah and does good
works shall be rewarded by his Lord; there they shall have nothing to fear nor
shall they be saddened.
[2.113] The Jews say
the Nazarenes are not on anything, and the Nazarenes say it is the Jews who are
not on anything. Yet they both read the Book. And those who do not know say
like their saying. Allah will judge between them their disputes on the Day of
Resurrection.
[2.114] Who does
greater harm than he who prevents His Name to be remembered in the Mosques of
Allah and strives to destroy them? Those, they will not enter them except in
fear. And for them shame in this world and a great punishment in the next.
[2.115] To Allah
belong the east and the west. Whichever way you turn, there is the Face of
Allah. He is the Embracer, the Knower.
[2.116] They say,
'Allah has taken (to Himself) a son.' Exaltations to Him (Allah). For Him is
what is in the heavens and the earth, all are obedient to Him.
[2.117] Creator of
the heavens and the earth! When He decrees a thing, He only says, 'Be,' and it
is.
Similar saying of each generation [2.118]
[2.118] And those who
do not know say, 'Why does not Allah speak to us or a sign come to us?'
Likewise, those who were before them said similar to their saying. Their hearts
are alike. Indeed, We have clarified the signs to a
nation who are certain.
[2.119] We have sent
you (Prophet Muhammad) forth with the truth, a giver of glad tidings and a
giver of warning. You shall not be questioned about the companions of Hell.
[2.120] You will
please neither the Jews nor the Nazarenes unless you follow their creed. Say,
'The guidance of Allah is the guidance.' And if after all the knowledge you
have been given you yield to their desires, you shall not have, other than
Allah, either a guide or a helper.
[2.121] Those to whom
We have given the Book, and who recite it as it ought to be read, truly believe
in it; those who disbelieve it shall be the losers.
[2.122] Children of
Israel, remember My favor which I bestowed upon you and that I preferred your
(prophets among you) above the worlds.
[2.123] And fear a
Day when no soul for another will compensate a thing, and no equivalent will be
accepted from it, neither intercession will benefit it, nor shall they be
helped.
[2.124] And when
Abraham was tested by His Lord with certain words and he fulfilled them, He
said, 'I have appointed you as a leader for the nation.' (Abraham) asked, 'And
of my descendants?' 'My covenant,' said He, 'the harm doers shall not receive
it.’
Ka’bah and the covenant with Prophets Abraham and Ishmael
[2.125-132]
[2.125] And when We
made the House (Ka'bah) a visitation and a sanctuary for the people (saying)
'Make the place where Abraham stood a place of prayer. 'And We made a covenant
with Abraham and Ishmael, 'Purify My House for those who circumambulate around
it, and those who cleave to it, to those who bow and prostrate.’
[2.126] And when
Abraham said, 'My Lord, make this country safe and provide its inhabitants
whosoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day with fruits.' He said,
'And whosoever disbelieves, to him I shall give enjoyment for a while. Then I
shall compel him to the punishment of the Fire, how evil an arrival.'
[2.127] And when
Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House (supplicating), 'O our
Lord, accept this from us, You are the Hearer, the Knower.
[2.128] Our Lord,
make us both submissive to You, and of our descendants a submissive nation to
You. Show us our rites and accept us; You are the Receiver of Repentance, the
Merciful.
Abraham and Ishmael supplicate for Prophet Muhammad, the last prophet [2.129]
[2.129] Our Lord,
send among them a Messenger from them who shall recite to them Your verses and
teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify them; You are the Mighty, the Wise.'
[2.130] And who has
no desire for the religion of Abraham, except he who fooled himself? We chose
him in this world, and in the Everlasting world, he shall be among the
righteous.
[2.131] When his Lord
said to him, 'Submit,' he answered, 'I have submitted to the Lord of the
Worlds.’
Abraham’s warning [2.132]
[2.132] Abraham
charged his children with this, and so did Jacob, saying, 'My sons, Allah has
chosen for you the religion. Do not die except being submissive (Muslims).'
[2.133] Or, were you witnesses when death came to Jacob! He said to
his children, 'What will you worship after me?' They replied, 'We will worship
your God and the God of your forefathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, the One
God. To Him, we are submissive.'
[2.134] That was a nation that has passed away. Theirs is what they
earned, and yours what you have earned. You shall not be questioned about what
they did.
[2.135] They say, 'Be
Jews or Nazarenes and you shall be guided.' Say, 'No, rather the Creed of
Abraham, the upright one. He was not among the idolaters.'
[2.136] Say, 'We
believe in Allah and that which is sent down to us, and in what was sent down to
Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes; to Moses and Jesus and the
Prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them, and to
Him we are submissive (Muslims).'
[2.137] If they
believe as you have believed they shall be guided; if they reject it, they
shall surely be in clear dissension. Allah will suffice you. He is the Hearer,
the Knower.
[2.138] The
(indelible) marking of Allah. And who marks better than Allah! And for Him we
are worshipers.
[2.139] Say, 'Would
you dispute with us about Allah, who is our Lord and your Lord? Our deeds
belong to us and your deeds belong to you. We are sincere to Him.'
[2.140] Or do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the
tribes, were Jews or Nazarenes! Say, 'Who knows better, you or Allah? Who is
more unjust than he who hides a testimony received from Allah? And Allah is not
inattentive of what you do.'
[2.141] That nation
has passed away. Theirs is what they earned and yours what you have earned. You
shall not be questioned about what they did.
[2.142] The fools among the people will say, 'What has made them
turn away from the direction they were facing?' Say, 'The east and the west
belong to Allah. He guides whom He will to the Straight Path.'
Allah made the followers of Islam to be a median nation, not
a fanatical nation [2.143-144]
[2.143] And so We
have made you a median nation, in order that you will be a witness above the
people, and that the Messenger be a witness above you. We did not change the
direction that you were facing except that We might know who followed the
Messenger from him who turned on both his heels. Though it was a hardship
except for those whom Allah has guided. But Allah would never waste your faith.
Indeed, Allah is Gentle with people, the Most Merciful.
[2.144] We have seen
you turning your face towards the heaven, We shall surely turn you to a
direction that shall satisfy you. So turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque
(built by Abraham); wherever you are, turn your faces to it. ' Those to whom
the Book was given know this to be the truth from their Lord. Allah is not
inattentive of what they do.
[2. 145] But even if
you brought those to whom the Book had been given every proof, they would not
accept your direction, nor would you accept theirs; nor would any of them
accept the direction of the other. If after all the knowledge you have been given
you yield to their desires, then you will surely be among the harm doers.
Prophet Muhammad’s description in the original Torah [2.146]
[2.146] Those to whom
We gave the Book know him (Prophet Muhammad) as they know their own sons. But a
party of them conceal the truth while they know.
[2.147] The truth
comes from your Lord so do not be among the doubters.
[2.148] And for
everyone is a direction for which he turns. So race in goodness. And wherever
you are, Allah will bring you all together. He has power over all things.
[2.149] From wherever
you emerge, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque. This is surely the truth
from your Lord. Allah is never inattentive of what you do.
[2.150] From wherever
you emerge, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque, and wherever you are,
face towards it, so that the people will have no argument against you, except
the harm-doers among them. Do not fear them, fear Me, so that I will perfect My
Favor to you and that you will be guided.
[2.151] As We have
sent among you a Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) from yourselves, to recite to you
Our verses and to purify you, who will teach you the Book and Wisdom, and teach
you that of which you have no knowledge.
[2.152] So remember
Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me and do not be ungrateful towards Me.
[2.153] Believers,
seek assistance in patience and prayer, Allah is with those who are patient.
Martyrs [2.154]
[2.154] Do not say that those killed in the Way of Allah are dead, they are alive, although you are unaware.
[2.155] We shall test
you with something of fear and hunger, and decrease of goods, life and fruits. Give
glad tidings to the patient,
[2.156] who, in
adversity say, 'We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return.'
[2.157] On those will
be prayers and mercy from their Lord, those are guided.
[2.158] Safah and Marwah
are the waymarks of Allah. Whoever performs the pilgrimage to the House or the
visit, there shall be no guilt on him to circumambulate between both of them.
And whoever volunteers good, Allah is Thankful, the Knower.
[2.159] Those who
hide the clear verses and the guidance We have sent down after We have
clarified them in the Book for the people shall be cursed by Allah and cursed
by the cursers,
[2.160] except those
who repent, and mend (their deeds) and clarify. Those I shall accept them. I am
the Receiver of repentance, the Most Merciful.
[2.161] But those who
disbelieve, and die disbelieving shall incur the curse of Allah, the angels,
and all people.
[2.162] They are
there (in the Fire) for eternity neither shall the punishment be lightened for
them; nor shall they be given respite.
[2.163] Your God is
One God. There is no god except He. He is the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[2.164] In the
creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in
the ships that sail upon the sea with what is beneficial to the people; in the
water which Allah sends down from the sky and with which He revives the earth
after its death, and He spread in it from each moving (creation); in the
movement of the winds, and in the clouds that are compelled between heaven and
earth surely, these are signs for people who understand.
[2.165] And among the
people are those who take to themselves rivals, other than Allah, loving them
as Allah is loved. But those who believe are more loving to Allah. When the
harm doers see, when they see the punishment because the power altogether
belongs to Allah, and that Allah is firm in punishment,
[2.166] when those
who were followed disown those who followed, and they see the punishment and
relationships are broken off,
[2.167] those who
followed them will say, 'If only that we might return once, and disown them as
they have disowned us.' As such Allah will show them their own works to be
regrets for them, and they shall never emerge from the Fire.
[2.168] People, eat
of what is lawful and good on the earth and do not walk in satan's footsteps,
because he is for you a clear enemy,
[2.169] he orders you
to commit evil and indecency and to assert about Allah what you do not know.
[2.170] When it is
said to them, 'Follow what Allah has sent down,' they reply, 'We will follow
that which we found our fathers upon,' even though their fathers did not
understand anything and they were not guided.
[2.171] The likeness
of those who disbelieve is as the likeness of he who calls to that which does
not hear, except a shout and a voice. Deaf, dumb, and blind, they do not
understand.
Food forbidden to Muslims [2.172-173]
[2.172] Believers,
eat of the good with which We have provided you and give thanks to Allah, if
you really worship Him.
[2.173] He has
forbidden you the dead, blood, and the flesh of swine, also that which is
invoked to other than Allah. But whoever is constrained (to eat) any of these,
not intending to sin or transgress, incurs no guilt. Allah is Forgiving and the
Most Merciful.
[2.174] Those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book and
sell it for a small price shall swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. On
the Day of Resurrection, Allah will neither speak to them nor purify them.
Theirs shall be a painful punishment.
[2.175] Such are
those who buy error for guidance, and punishment for pardon. How patiently they
will be in the Fire.
[2.176] That is
because Allah has sent down the Book with the truth; those who disagree about
it are in extreme dissension.
[2.177] Righteousness
is not whether you face towards the east or the west. But righteousness is to
believe in Allah and the Last Day, in the angels and the Book, and the
Prophets, and to give wealth however cherished, to kinsmen, to the orphans, to
the needy, to the destitute traveler, and to the beggars, and to ransom the
slave; who establish their prayers and pay the obligatory charity; who are true
to their promise when they have promised. Who are patient in misfortune and
hardship and during the time of courage. Such are the truthful; such are the
cautious.
Retaliation [2.178-179]
[2.178] Believers,
retaliation is decreed for you concerning the killed. A free
(man) for a free (man), a slave for a slave, and a female for a female. He who is pardoned by his brother, let the ensuing be with
kindness, and let the payment be with generosity. This is an
alleviation from your Lord and mercy. He who transgresses thereafter
shall have a painful punishment.
[2.179] O owners of minds, for you in retaliation is life, in order
that you be cautious.
Make a will for family before death arrives [2.180-182]
[2.180] Written for
any of you when death arrives, if he leaves behind goods, is the will for his
parents and relatives with kindness. This is a duty incumbent on the cautious.
[2.181] Then, if anyone changes it after hearing it, the sin shall
rest upon those who change it. Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
[2.182] He who fears
injustice or sin on the part of a testator and brings about a settlement among
the parties incurs no guilt. Allah is the Forgiver and the Most Merciful.
[2.183] Believers,
fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance
you will be cautious.
[2.184] (Fast) a
certain number of days, but if any one of you is ill or on a journey let him
(fast) a similar number of days later on; and for those who are unable (to
fast), there is a ransom the feeding of a needy person. Whosoever volunteers
good, it is good for him; but to fast is better for you, if you but knew.
The fasting month of Ramadan in which Allah sent the Koran to guide all people of the world [2.185]
[2.185] The month of
Ramadan is the month in which the Koran was sent down, a guidance for people,
and clear verses of guidance and the criterion. Therefore, whoever of you
witnesses the month, let him fast. But he who is ill, or on a journey shall
(fast) a similar number (of days) later on. Allah wants ease for you and does
not want hardship for you. And that you fulfill the number of days and exalt
Allah who has guided you in order that you be thankful.
[2.186] When My
worshipers ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the supplication of the
suppliant when he calls to Me; therefore, let them respond to Me and let them
believe in Me, in order that they will be righteous.
[2.187] Permitted to
you, on the night of the Fast, is the approach to your wives; they are raiments
for you, as you are raiments for them. Allah knows that you have been deceiving
yourselves. He has accepted and pardoned you. Therefore, you may now touch them
and seek what Allah has ordained for you. Eat and drink until the white thread
becomes clear to you from a black thread at the dawn. Then resume the fast till
nightfall and do not touch them while you cleave to the mosques. These are the
Bounds of Allah, do not come near them. As such He makes known His verses to
people so that they will be cautious.
[2.188] Do not consume
your wealth between you in falsehood; neither propose it to judges, in order
that you sinfully consume a portion of the people's wealth, while you know.
The lunar year [2.189]
[2.189] They question
you about the crescents. Say, 'They are times fixed for people and for the
pilgrimage.' Righteousness does not consist in entering dwellings from the
back. But righteousness is he who wards off (sin). Enter dwellings by their
doors and fear Allah, so that you will prosper.
[2.190] Fight in the
way of Allah those who fight against you, but do not aggress. Allah does not
love the aggressors.
[2.191] Kill them
wherever you find them. Drive them out of the places from which they drove you.
Dissension is greater than killing. But do not fight them by the Holy Mosque
unless they attack you there; if they fight you, kill them. Like this is the
recompense of the unbelievers,
[2.192] but if they
desist, know that Allah is the Forgiver and the Most Merciful.
[2.193] Fight against
them until there is no dissension, and the religion is for Allah. But if they
desist, there shall be no aggression except against the harm-doers.
[2.194] The sacred month for the sacred month, prohibitions are
(subject to) retaliation. If any one aggresses against you, so aggress against
him with the likeness of that which he has aggressed against you. Fear Allah,
and know that Allah is with the cautious.
[2.195] Spend in the
way of Allah and do not cast into destruction with your own hands. Be good
doers; Allah loves the good doers.
[2.196] Fulfill the
pilgrimage and make the visitation for Allah. If you are prevented, then
whatever offering that may be easy. And do not shave your heads until the
offerings have reached their destination. But if any of you is ill or suffers
from an ailment of the head (scalp), he must pay a ransom either by fasting or
by the giving of charity, or by offering a sacrifice. When you are safe, then
whosoever enjoys the visitation until the pilgrimage, let his offering be that
which may be easy, but if he lacks the means, let him fast three days during
the pilgrimage and seven when he has returned, that is, ten days in all. That
is for him whose family is not present at the Holy Mosque. And fear Allah and
know that He is firm in inflicting punishment.
[2.197] The pilgrimage is in the appointed months. (For) whosoever
undertakes the pilgrimage there is no approaching (women), neither
transgression nor disputing in the pilgrimage. Allah is Aware of whatever good
you do. Provide well for yourselves, the best provision is piety. Fear Me, O
owners of minds.
[2.198] It shall be
no offense for you to seek the bounty of your Lord. When you surge on from
Arafat, remember Allah as you approach the Holy Mountain of Mash'ar. Remember
Him as it is He who guided you though before that you were amongst the astray.
[2.199] Then surge on
from where the people surge and ask Allah for forgiveness. He is Forgiving and
the Most Merciful.
[2.200] And when you
have fulfilled your sacred duties remember Allah as you remember your
forefathers or with deeper reverence. There are some who say, 'Lord, give us
good in this world.' He shall have no share in the Everlasting Life.
[2.201] But there are
others who say, 'Lord, give us a merit in the world and good in the Everlasting
Life, and save us from the punishment of the Fire.'
[2.202] These shall
have a share of what they have earned. Swift is the reckoning of Allah.
[2.203] Remember
Allah during counted days. Whosoever hastens on in two days, no sin shall be on
him. And if any delay, no sin shall be on him, for he who wards off (evil). And
fear Allah, and know that you shall be assembled unto Him.
[2.204] There is he
whose sayings pleases you in this worldly life and uses Allah as a witness for
what is in his heart, but he is most stubborn in adversary.
[2.205] No sooner
does he leave than he hastens about the earth to corrupt there and destroy
crops and cattle. Allah does not love corruption.
[2.206] When it is
said to him, 'Fear Allah,' egotism takes him in his sin. Gehenna (Hell) shall
be enough for him. How evil a cradling!
[2.207] But there are
among people he who would give away his life desiring the Pleasure of Allah.
Allah is Gentle to His worshipers.
[2.208] Believers,
all of you, enter the peace and do not follow in satan's footsteps; he is a
clear enemy to you.
[2.209] If you lapse back
after the clear verses that have come to you, know that Allah is the Almighty,
the Wise.
[2.210] Are they
waiting for Allah to come to them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels!
Their matter will have been settled then. To Allah shall all things return.
[2.211] Ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs We have
given them. Whoever changes the Favor of Allah after it has come to him, Allah
is Firm in inflicting the punishment.
[2.212] For those who
disbelieve, the worldly life is decked with all manner of decorations. They
scoff at those who believe, but the cautious shall be above them on the Day of Resurrection.
Allah gives without count to whom He will.
[2.213] The people
were one nation. Then Allah sent forth Prophets to give them glad tidings and
to warn them; and with them He sent down the Book with the truth, that He might
rule between the people in that which they differ. Only those to whom it had
been given differed about it after the clear verses had come to them,
transgressing between themselves. Then Allah guided those who believed
concerning that which they were at variance in the truth, by His permission.
Allah guides whom He will to the Straight Path.
The trial of this life [2.214]
[2.214] Or did you suppose that you would go to
The recipients of charity [2.215]
[2.215] They will
question you about what they should spend (in charity). Say, 'Whatever good you
spend is for (your) parents, kinsmen, orphans, the needy, and the destitute
traveler. Allah is Aware of whatever good you do.'
[2.216] (Offensive)
fighting is obligatory for you, though it is hateful to you. But you may hate a
thing although it is good for you, and may love a thing although it is evil for
you. Allah knows, and you do not.
Fighting in the Sacred months is a grave offense [2.217]
[2.217] They ask you about the Sacred Month and fighting in it. Say, 'To fight in this month is a grave (offense); but to bar others from the Path of Allah, and disbelief in Him, and the Holy Mosque, and to expel its inhabitants from it is greater with Allah. Dissension is greater than killing.' They will not cease to fight against you until they force you to renounce your religion, if they are able. But whosoever of you recants from his religion and dies an unbeliever, their works shall be annulled in this world and in the Everlasting Life, and those shall be the companions of Hell, and there they shall live for ever.
The Mercy of Allah [2.218]
[2.218] But those who
believe and those who migrate and struggle in the way of Allah, those, have
hope of the Mercy of Allah. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
[2.219] They ask you
about intoxicating drink and gambling. Say, 'There is great sin in both,
although they have some benefit for people; but their sin is far greater than
their benefit.' They ask you what they should spend. Say, 'That which remains.'
So, Allah makes plain to you His verses, in order that you will reflect
[2.220] upon this
world and the Everlasting Life. They will question you concerning orphans. Say,
'Doing good for them is best. If you mix their affairs with yours, remember
they are your brothers. Allah knows the corrupter from the reformer. If Allah
willed He could have brought hardship upon you. He is Almighty and Wise.'
[2.221] Do not wed
idolatresses, until they believe. A believing slave girl is better than a
(free) idolatress, even if she pleases you. And do not wed idolaters, until
they believe. A believing slave is better than a (free) idolater, even though
he pleases you. Those call to the Fire; but Allah calls to
[2.222] They ask you
about menstruation. Say, 'It is an injury. Stay away from women during their
menstrual periods and do not approach them until they are cleansed. When they
have cleansed themselves, then come to them from where
Allah has commanded you. Allah loves those who turn to Him in repentance and He
loves those who cleanse themselves.'
Sex [2.223]
[2.223] Women are
your planting place (for children); come then to your planting place as you
please and forward (good deeds) for your souls, and fear Allah. And know that you
shall meet Him. Give glad tidings to the believers.
[2.224] Do not make
Allah a deterrent through your oaths, that you be righteous, cautious, and
reform between people. Surely, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
[2.225] Allah will not
call you to account for a slip in your oaths. But He will take you to task for
that which is intended in your hearts. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Divorce or reconciliation
[2.226-233]
[2.226] For those who
swear a wait of four months from their women, if they revert, Allah is
Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[2.227] But if they
resolve on divorce, surely, Allah is the Hearer, the Knower.
[2.228] Divorced women
shall wait by themselves for three periods. It is unlawful for them, if they
believe in Allah and the Last Day, to hide what He has created in their wombs,
in which case their husbands would have a better right to restore them should
they desire reconciliation. And for them similar to what is due from them with
kindness. But men have a degree above them. Allah is Mighty and Wise.
[2.229] Divorce is
twice, then an honorable keeping or allowed to go with kindness. It is unlawful
for you to take from them anything you have given them, unless both fear that
they will not be able to keep within the Bounds of Allah; in which case it
shall be no offense for either of them if she ransom herself. These are the
Bounds of Allah; do not transgress them. Those who transgress the Bounds of
Allah are harm doers.
[2.230] If he
divorces her (for the third time), she shall not be lawful to him after that
until she has wed (not for the purpose of remarrying her former husband)
another spouse and then if he divorces her it shall be no offense for either of
them to return to each other, if they think that they can keep within the
Bounds of Allah. Those are the Bounds of Allah. He makes them plain to people
who know.
[2.231] When you have
divorced women and they have reached the end of their waiting period, either
keep them in kindness or let them go with kindness. But you shall not keep
them, being harmful, in order to transgress. Whoever does this wrongs himself.
Do not take the verses of Allah in mockery. Remember the favor of Allah upon
you, and what He sent down to you from the Book and Wisdom to exhort you. Fear
Allah and know that He has knowledge of everything.
[2.232] When you
divorce women, and they have reached their term, do not restrain them from
marrying their (future) husbands, when they have agreed together with kindness.
That is an exhortation for whosoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day.
That is cleaner and purer for you. Allah knows, and you do not know.
[2.233] Mothers shall
suckle their children for two years completely, for whoever desires to fulfill
the suckling. It is for the father to provide for them and clothe them with
kindness. No soul is charged except to its capacity. A mother shall not be
harmed for her child, neither a father for his child. And upon the heir is like
that. If both desire to wean by mutual consent and consultation, then no guilt
shall be on them. And if you desire a wet nurse for your children, then no
guilt shall be on you if you hand over what you have given with kindness. And
fear Allah, and know that Allah is the Seer of what you do.
[2.234] And those of
you who die and leave wives behind such wives shall wait by themselves for four
months and ten (nights). When they have reached the end of their waiting
period, there shall be no offense for you in whatever they choose for
themselves kindly. Allah is Aware of what you do.
[2.235] No guilt
shall be on you in the indication of an engagement to women or what you
suppress in yourself. Allah knows that you will remember them; but do not
promise them secretly unless you speak kind words (only of indication). And do
not resolve on the knot of marriage until the writing has reached its term. And
know that Allah knows what is in your hearts, so be cautious of Him. And know
that Allah is the Forgiver, the Clement.
[2.236] It shall be
no offense for you to divorce your wives as long as you have not touched them
or obligated a right for them. Provide for them with fairness; the rich
according to his means, and the restricted according to his. A right on the
good doers.
[2.237] If you divorce them before you have touched them but after
their dowry has been determined, give them half of what you determined, unless
they pardon, or he pardons in whose hand is the marriage knot. And if you
pardon it is nearer to warding off (evil). Do not forget the generosity between
each other. Allah is the Seer of what you do.
[2.238] And preserve
the prayers and the middle prayer, and stand obedient to Allah.
[2.239] And if you
fear, then (pray) on foot or riding. But when you are safe, then remember
Allah, as He has taught you what you did not know.
[2.240] Those who die
and leave wives behind should bequeath to them a year's maintenance without
causing them to leave their homes; but if they leave, no blame shall be
attached to you in what they do with themselves kindly. Allah is Mighty and
Wise.
[2.241] Provision
should be made for divorced women with kindness. That is a right on the
cautious.
[2.242] Like this
Allah clarifies to you His verses in order that you understand.
[2.243] Haven't you
seen those who went out from their homes in their thousands cautious of death?
Allah said to them, 'Die,' and then He revived them. Surely, Allah is
[2.244] Fight in the
way of Allah. And know that Allah is the Hearer and the Knower.
[2.245] Who is he
that will lend Allah a good loan! He will multiply it many multiples! Allah
grasps and outspreads and to Him you shall be returned.
[2.246] Have you not
seen the congregation of the Children of Israel who demanded of one of their
Prophets after (the death of) Moses? 'Raise up for us a king, ' they said, 'and
we will fight in the way of Allah.' He replied, 'Might it be
that if fighting is written for you, you will not fight?' 'Why shouldn't we
fight in the way of Allah,' they replied, 'when we and all our children have
been driven from our dwellings?' Yet, when fighting was
written for them all except for a few, turned away. And Allah has
knowledge of the harm doers.
Children of
[2.247] Their Prophet
said to them, 'Allah has raised Saul to be your king.' But they replied,
'Should he be given the kingship over us, when we are more deserving of it than
he and he has not been given abundant wealth?' He said, 'Allah has chosen him
over you and increased him with amplitude in knowledge and body. Allah gives
His kingship to whom He will. Allah is the Embracer, the Knower.'
[2.248] Their Prophet
said to them, 'The sign of his kingship is the coming of the
[2.249] And when Saul marched out with his army, he said, 'Allah
will test you with a river. He who drinks from it shall cease to be one of mine
but he who does not drink from it, except he who scoops up once with his hand,
shall be of mine.' But for a few of them, they all drank from it. And when he
had crossed it with those who believed, they said, 'We have no power this day
against Goliath and his soldiers.' But those of them who reckoned they would
meet Allah replied, 'Many a small band has, by the permission of Allah,
vanquished a mighty army. Allah is with the patient.'
David and Goliath [2.250-251]
[2.250] When they
appeared to Goliath and his soldiers, they said, 'Lord, pour upon us patience.
Make us firm of foot and give us victory against the nation of unbelievers.'
[2.251] By the
permission of Allah, they routed them. David slew Goliath, and Allah bestowed
on him the kingship and wisdom, and taught him from that He willed. Had Allah
not pushed the people, some by the other, the earth would have been corrupted.
But Allah is
[2.252] These are the verses of Allah. We recite (them) to you in
truth, for you (Prophet Muhammad) are one of the Messengers.
[2.253] Of these
Messengers, We have preferred some above others. To some Allah spoke; and some
He raised in rank. We gave (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, clear signs and
strengthened him with the Spirit of Purity (Gabriel). Had Allah willed, those
who succeeded them would not have fought against one another after the clear verses
came to them. But they differed among themselves; some believed, and others
disbelieved. Yet had Allah willed, they would not have fought against one
another. Allah does whatever He will.
[2.254] Believers,
spend of what We have given you before that Day arrives when there shall be
neither trade, nor friendship, nor intercession. It is the unbelievers who are
the harm doers.
[2.255] Allah, there
is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting. Neither dozing, nor sleep
overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is
he that shall intercede with Him except by His permission! He knows what will
be before their hands and what was behind them, and they do not comprehend
anything of His Knowledge except what He willed. His Seat embraces the heavens
and the earth, and the preserving of them does not weary Him. He is the High,
the Great.
Unbreakable tie [2.256-257]
[2.256] There is no
compulsion in religion. Righteousness is now distinct from error. He who
disbelieves in the idol and believes in Allah has grasped the firmest tie that
will never break. Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[2.257] Allah is the
Guardian of those who believe. He brings them out from darkness into the light.
As for those who disbelieve, their guides are idols, they bring them out from
the light into darkness. They are the companions of the Fire and shall live in
it for ever.
Abraham and King Nimrod [2.258]
[2.258] Have you not
seen he who argued with Abraham about his Lord that Allah had given him the
kingship! When Abraham said, 'My Lord is He who revives, and causes to die.' He
said, 'I revive, and cause to die.' Abraham said, 'Allah brings up the sun from
the east; so you bring it from the west!' Then he who disbelieved became pale.
Allah does not guide the nation, the harm doers.
[2.259] Or of him,
who, when passing by the ruined village that was fallen on its roofs, remarked,
'How can Allah give life to this after its death?' Thereupon Allah
caused him to die,
and after a hundred years He revived him. He asked, 'How long have you
remained?' 'A day,' he replied, 'or part of a day.' Allah said, 'Rather, you
have remained a hundred years. Look at your food and drink; they have not
rotted. And look at your donkey (that had died). We will make you a sign to the
people. And look at the bones (of your donkey) how We shall revive them and
clothe them with flesh.' And when it had all become clear to him, he said, 'I
know that Allah has power over all things.'
[2.260] And
(remember) when Abraham said, 'Show me, Lord, how You raise the dead,' He
replied, 'Have you not believed?' 'Rather,' said Abraham, 'in order that my
heart be satisfied.' 'Take four birds,' said He, 'draw them to you, then set a
part of them on every hill, then call them, they will come swiftly to you. Know
that Allah is Mighty and Wise.'
[2.261] The example
of those who give their wealth in the way of Allah is like a grain of corn that
sprouts seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah multiplies to whom He
will, Allah is the Embracer, the Knower.
[2.262] Those who
spend their wealth in the way of Allah and do not follow their spending with
reproach and insults shall be rewarded by their Lord; they shall have nothing
to fear or to regret.
Kind words and forgiveness [2.263]
[2.263] A kind word
and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury. Allah is the
Clement.
[2.264] Believers, do
not annul your charitable giving with reproach and hurt, like he who spends his
wealth to show off to the people and believes neither in Allah nor in the Last Day.
His likeness is as a smooth rock covered with dust, if a heavy rain strikes it,
it leaves it bare. They have no power over what they have earned. Allah does
not guide the nation, the unbelievers.
[2.265] But those who
give away their wealth with a desire to please Allah and to reassure themselves
are like a garden on a hillside, if heavy rain strikes it, it yields up twice
its normal crop, and if heavy rain does not strike it, then light rain. Allah is
the Seer of what you do.
[2.266] Would any one
of you, being well advanced in age with helpless children, wish to have a
garden of palm trees, vines and all manner of fruits watered by running streams
struck and burned by a fiery whirlwind? Even so, Allah makes plain to you His
signs, in order that you give thought.
[2.267] Believers,
spend of the good you have earned and of that which We have brought out of the
earth for you. And do not intend the bad of it for your spending; while you
would never take it yourselves, except you closed an eye on it. Know that Allah
is Rich, the Praised.
[2.268] satan
promises you with poverty and orders you to commit what is indecent. But Allah
promises you His Forgiveness and bounty from Him. Allah is the Embracer, the
Knower.
Wisdom [2.269]
[2.269] He gives
wisdom to whom He will, and he who is given wisdom has been given a lot of
good. Yet none will remember except the owners of minds.
[2.270] Whatever you
spend and whatever vows you make are known to Allah. The harm doers shall have
none to help them.
[2.271] If you reveal
your charity it is good, but to give charity to the poor in private is better
and will acquit you from some of your evil deeds. Allah is Knowledgeable of
what you do.
[2.272] It is not for
you (Prophet Muhammad to cause) their guidance. Allah guides whom He will.
Whatever good you spend is for yourselves, provided that you give it desiring
the Face of Allah. And whatever good you spend shall be repaid to you in full,
you shall not be harmed.
[2.273] (Charity is)
for the poor who are restrained in the way of Allah, and are unable to journey
in the land. The ignorant take them to be rich because of their abstinence. But
you can recognize them by their signs. They do not persistently beg people.
Whatever good you give is known to Allah.
[2.274] Those who
spend their wealth by day and by night, in private and in public, their wage is
with their Lord, and no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow.
[2.275] Those who consume
usury shall not rise up (from their tomb) except as he who rises in madness
that satan has touched. That is because they say, 'Selling is like usury.'
Allah has permitted trading and forbidden usury. To whomsoever an exhortation
comes from his Lord then he desists, he shall have his past gains, and his
matter is with Allah. But whoever reverts shall be among the people of the Fire
and shall remain in it for ever.
[2.276] Allah effaces
usury and nurtures charity. Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.
[2.277] Those who
believe and do good works, establish the prayers and pay the obligatory
charity, will be rewarded by their Lord and will have nothing to fear or to
regret.
[2.278] Believers,
fear Allah and give up what is still due to you from usury, if you are
believers;
[2.279] but if you do
not, then take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger. Yet, if you repent,
you shall have the principal of your wealth. Neither will you harm nor will you
be harmed.
[2.280] If he should
be in hardship, then a postponement until ease; while if you give charity it is
better for you if you know.
[2.281] Fear the Day when
you shall be returned to Allah. And every soul shall be paid in full what it
has earned; and they shall not be harmed.
[2.282] Believers,
when you contract a debt for a fixed period, put it in writing. Let a scribe
write it down between you with fairness; no scribe shall refuse to write as
Allah has taught him. Therefore, let him write; and let the debtor dictate,
fearing Allah his Lord, and do not decrease anything of it. If the debtor is a
fool, or weak, or unable to dictate himself, let his
guardian dictate for him in fairness. Call to witness two witnesses of your
men, if the two are not men, then a man and two women from the witnesses whom
you approve; so that if one of the two errs, one of them will remind the other.
Whenever witnesses are called upon they must not refuse, and do not be weary to
write it down, be it small or large, together with its term. This is more just
with Allah; it ensures accuracy in testifying and is the least of doubt. Unless
it is present merchandise that you circulate between you; then no guilt shall
be on you if you do not write it down and take witnesses when you are selling,
and let no harm be done to either scribe or witness. If you do, that is a
transgression in you. Fear Allah. Allah teaches you, and Allah has knowledge of
everything.
[2.283] If you are upon a journey and a scribe cannot be found, then
let pledges be taken. If any of you trusts another let the trusted deliver his
trust; and let him fear Allah his Lord. And you shall not conceal the
testimony. He who conceals it, his heart is sinful. Allah has knowledge of what
you do.
[2.284] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Whether you reveal what is in
your hearts or hide it Allah will bring you to account for it. He will forgive
whom He will and punish whom He will; He has power over all things.
[2.285] The Messenger
believes in what has been sent down to him from His Lord, and so do the
believers. Each believes in Allah and His Angels, His Books, and His
Messengers, we do not differentiate between any one of His Messengers. They
say, 'We hear and obey. (We ask) Your forgiveness Lord, and to You is the
arrival.’
[2.286] Allah charges
no soul except to its capacity. For it is what it has earned, and against it
what it has gained. 'Our Lord, do not take us to account if we have forgotten,
or made a mistake. Our Lord, do not burden us with a load as You have burdened
those before us. Our Lord, do not over burden us with more than we can bear.
And pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Guide, so give
us victory over the nation, the unbelievers.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[3.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[3.2] Allah! There is
no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting.
[3.4] before, as a
guidance for people, and He sent down the Criterion. As for those who
disbelieve in the verses of Allah, for them is an intense punishment. Allah is
Mighty, Owner of Vengeance.
[3.5] Nothing on
earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.
[3.6] It is He who
shapes you in your mothers' wombs as He wills. There is no god except Him, the
Almighty, the Wise.
[3.7] It is He who
has sent down to you the Book. Some of its verses are precise in meaning they
are the foundation of the Book and others obscure. Those whose hearts are
swerving with disbelief, follow the obscure desiring sedition and desiring its
interpretation, but no one knows its interpretation except Allah. Those who are
well-grounded in knowledge say, 'We believe in it, it is all from our Lord. And
none remember except those who are possessed of minds.
[3.8] Lord, do not
cause our hearts to swerve after You have guided us. Grant us Your Mercy. You
are the Embracing Giver.
[3.9] Lord, You will
surely gather all the people for a Day that will come in which there is no
doubt.' Allah will not break His promise.
[3.10] Those who
disbelieve, neither their riches nor their children shall save them from Allah.
They shall become the fuel of the Fire.
[3.11] Like Pharaoh's
people and those before them who belied Our revelations; Allah seized them in
their sinfulness. Allah is firm in inflicting punishment.
[3.12] Say to those
who disbelieve, 'You shall be overcome and gathered into Gehenna (Hell), an
evil cradling!'
[3.13] Indeed, there
was a sign for you in the two armies which met on the battlefield. One was
fighting in the way of Allah, and another unbelieving. They (the believers) saw
with their eyes that they were twice their own number. Allah strengthens with
His victory whom He will. Surely, in that there was a lesson for those
possessed of eyes.
The enjoyment of this worldly life [3.14]
[3.14] Decorated for
people are the desires of women, offspring, and of heaped up piles of gold and
silver, of pedigree horses, cattle, and sown fields. These are the enjoyments
of the worldly life, but with Allah is the best return.
[3.15] Say, 'Shall I
tell you of a better thing than that? For the cautious with their Lord, theirs
shall be Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where they shall live for ever,
and purified spouses, and pleasure from Allah.' Allah is watching over His
worshipers.
[3.16] Those are they
who say, 'Lord, we believe in You, forgive us our sins and save us from the
punishment of the Fire',
[3.17] who are
patient, truthful, obedient, and charitable, and who ask forgiveness at dawn.
[3.18] Allah bears
witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and the
knowledgeable. He upholds justice there is no god except He, the Mighty, the
Wise.
[3.19] The only
religion with Allah is Islam (submission). Those to whom the Book was given
disagreed among themselves only after knowledge had been given to them being
insolent among themselves. He who disbelieves the verses of Allah indeed Allah
is Swift in reckoning.
Invitation to Jews, Nazarenes and Christians [3.20]
[3.20] If they argue
with you, say, 'I have submitted my face to Allah and so have those who follow
me.' To those who have received the Book (Jews and Nazarenes) and to the ignorant,
ask, 'Have you submitted yourselves to Allah?' If they became Muslims they were
guided, if they turn away, then your only duty is to warn them. Allah is
watching over all His worshipers.
[3.21] Those who
disbelieve the verses of Allah and slay the Prophets unjustly, and slay those
who bid to justice give them the glad tidings of a painful punishment!
[3.22] Their works
shall be annulled in this world and in the Everlasting Life, and there shall be
none to help them.
[3.23] Have you not
seen those who have received a portion of the Book being called to the Book of
Allah, that it might judge between them, and some turned away, swerving aside.
[3.24] For they say,
'The Fire will not touch us except for a certain number of days.' And the lies
they forged have deluded them in their religion.
[3.25] How will it be
when We gather them for a Day in which there is no doubt, when every soul will
be given what it has earned and they will not be wronged?
[3.26] Say, 'O Allah,
Owner of the Kingdom. You give the kingdom to whom You will, and take it away
from whom You will, You exalt whom You will and abase whom You will. In Your
Hand is good, You have power over all things.
[3.27] You cause the
night to enter into the day, and the day to enter into the night. You bring
forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. You provide
without reckoning to whom You will.'
[3.28] The believers
should not take the unbelievers as guides in preference to the believers he who
does this does not belong to Allah in anything, unless you have a fear of them.
Allah warns you to be cautious of Him, the arrival is to Allah.
[3.29] Say, 'Whether
you hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it. He knows all that
is in the heavens and earth and has power over all things.'
Allah is Gentle with His worshipers [3.30]
[3.30] The Day that
every soul shall find what it has done of good brought forward, and what it has
done of evil, it will wish if there were only a far space between it and that
(Day). Allah warns you to be wary of Him; and Allah is Gentle with His
worshipers.
If you really love your Creator [3.31]
[3.31] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'If you love Allah, follow me and Allah will love you, and forgive
your sins. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.'
[3.32] Say, 'Obey
Allah and the Messenger.' But if they turn away, then truly, Allah does not
love the unbelievers.
Prophets from the same lineage [3.33-34]
[3.33] Allah chose
Adam and Noah, the House of Abraham and the House of Imran above all worlds.
[3.34] They were the
offspring of one another. Allah is Hearing, and Knowing.
[3.35] (Remember)
when the wife of 'Imran said, 'Lord, I have vowed to You
in dedication that which is hidden inside me. Accept this from me. You are the
Hearer, the Knower.'
[3.36] And when she was delivered of her, she said, 'Lord, I have
given birth to her, a female' Allah knew of what she had given birth the male
is not like the female 'and I have called her Mary. Protect her and all her
descendants from satan, the stoned one.'
[3.37] Her Lord
graciously accepted her. He made her grow with a fine upbringing and entrusted
her to the care of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah went to her in the sanctuary,
he found that she had provision with her. 'Mary, ' he said, 'how does this come
to you?' 'It is from Allah,' she answered. Truly, Allah provides whomsoever He
will without reckoning.
[3.38] Thereupon
Zachariah supplicated to his Lord, saying, 'Lord, give me from You a good
offspring. You hear all prayers.'
[3.39] And the angels
called out to him when he was standing in the sanctuary worshipping, saying,
'Allah gives you glad tidings of John, who shall confirm a Word from Allah. He
shall be a master and chaste, a Prophet and from the righteous.'
[3.40] He said,
'Lord, how shall I have a son when I am overtaken by old age and my wife is
barren?' He said, 'Even so, Allah does what He will.'
[3.41] He said,
'Lord, appoint for me a sign.' He said, 'Your sign is that you shall not speak
to people except by signs for three days.' And remember your Lord abundantly,
exalt Him in the evening and at the dawn.'
[3.42] And when the
angels said to Mary, 'Allah has chosen you and purified you. He has chosen you
above all women of the worlds.
[3.43] Mary, be
obedient to your Lord, prostrate and bow with those who bow.'
[3.44] This is from the
news of the unseen. We reveal it to you (Prophet Muhammad). You were not
present when they cast their quills to see which of them should look after
Mary, nor were you present when they were disputing.
[3.45] When the
angels said, 'O Mary, Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word (Be) from Him,
whose name is Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary. He shall be honored in this
world and in the Everlasting Life and he shall be among those who are close.
[3.46] He shall speak
to people in his cradle and when he is aged, and shall be among the righteous.'
[3.47] 'Lord, ' she
said, 'how can I bear a child when no human being has touched me?' He replied,
'Such is the Will of Allah. He creates whom He will. When He decrees a thing,
He only says, "Be," and it is.
[3.48] He will teach
him the Book, the Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel,
[3.49] to be a
Messenger to the Children of Israel, (saying), "I have come to you with a
sign from your Lord. From clay, I will create for you the likeness of a bird. I
shall breathe into it and by the permission of Allah, it shall be a bird. I
shall heal the blind, and the leper, and raise the dead to life by the
permission of Allah. I shall tell you what you ate and what you store in your
houses. Surely, that will be a sign for you, if you are believers.
[3.50] Likewise
confirming the Torah that has been before me and to make lawful to you some of
the things you have been forbidden. I bring you a sign from your Lord,
therefore, fear Allah and obey me.
[3.51] Allah is my
Lord and your Lord, therefore, worship Him. This is the Straight Path".'
[3.52] When (Prophet)
Jesus felt their disbelief, he said, 'Who will be my helpers in the way of
Allah?' The disciples replied, 'We are the helpers of Allah. We believe in
Allah. Bear witness that we are submitters (Muslims).
[3.53] Lord, we have
believed in what You sent down and followed the Messenger. Write us among Your
witnesses.'
[3.54] They devised,
and Allah devised. And Allah is the Best Devisor.
[3.55] Allah said,
'(Prophet) Jesus, I will take you to Me and will raise you to Me, and I will
purify you from those who disbelieve. I will make your followers (who died
before Prophet Muhammad) above those who disbelieve till the Day of
Resurrection. Then, to Me you shall all return, and I shall judge between you
as to that you were at variance.
[3.56] As for those
who disbelieve, I will sternly punish them in this world and in the Everlasting
Life, there shall be none to help them.
[3.57] As for those
who believe and do good works, He will pay them their wages in full. Allah does
not love the harm doers.
[3.58] This, We
recite to you of the verses and the Wise Remembrance.
[3.59] Truly, the
likeness of (Prophet) Jesus with Allah, is as the likeness of Adam, He created
him from dust then He said to him "Be" and he was.
[3.60] The truth is
from your Lord, therefore, do not be among the doubters.
[3.61] Those who
dispute with you concerning him after the knowledge has come to you, say, 'Come,
let us gather our sons and your sons, our womenfolk and your womenfolk,
ourselves and yourselves. Then let us humbly pray, so lay the curse of Allah
upon the ones who lie.'
[3.62] This is indeed
the truthful narration. There is no god except Allah. It is Allah who is the
Almighty, the Wise.
[3.63] If they turn
away, Allah knows the evildoers.
[3.64] Say, 'People
of the Book, let us come to a common word between us and you that we will
worship none except Allah, that we will associate none with Him, and that none
of us take others for lords besides Allah.' If they turn away, say, 'Bear
witness that we are Muslims.'
[3.65] People of the Book,
why do you dispute about Abraham when both the Torah and the Gospel were not
sent down till after him? Have you no sense?
[3.66] Indeed, you
have disputed about that which you have knowledge. Why then dispute about that
of which you have no knowledge? Allah knows and you do not know.
[3.67] No, Abraham
was neither a Jew nor a Nazarene. He was of pure faith, a submitter (Muslim).
He was never of the idolaters.
[3.68] Surely, the
people who are nearest to Abraham are those who followed him, and this Prophet
(Muhammad), and those who believe. Allah is the Guardian of the believers.
[3.69] Some of the
People of the Book wish to make you go astray, but they lead none astray except
themselves, though they do not sense it.
[3.70] People of the
Book! Why do you disbelieve the verses of Allah while you are witness?
[3.71] People of the
Book! Why do you confound truth with falsehood, and knowingly hide the truth?
[3.72] Some of the
People of the Book say, 'Believe in that which is sent down to those who
believe at the beginning of the day and disbelieve at the end of it, so that
they will return.
[3.73] Believe none
except those who follow your own religion.' Say, 'The true guidance is the
Guidance of Allah that anyone should be given the like of what you have been
given, or dispute with you before your Lord.' Say, 'Bounty is in the Hand of
Allah.' He gives it to whomsoever He will. Allah is the Embracer, the Knower.
[3.74] He singles out
for His Mercy whom He will. And Allah is of abundant bounty.
[3.75] Among the
People of the Book there are some, who, if you trust him with a Qintar
(98,841.6 lbs.), will return it to you, and there are others, who, if you trust
him with a dinar will not hand it back unless you stand over him, for they say,
'As for the common people, they have no recourse to us.' They say lies against
Allah while they know.
[3.76] Rather, those
who keep their promise and fear Allah, Allah loves the cautious.
[3.77] Those who sell
the promise of Allah and their own oaths for a little price shall have no share
in the Everlasting Life. Allah will neither speak to them, nor look at them,
nor purify them on the Day of Resurrection. Theirs shall be a painful
punishment.
[3.78] And there is a
sect among them who twist their tongues with the Book, so you will think it is
from the Book, whereas it is not from the Book. They say, 'This is from Allah,'
whereas it is not from Allah. And they knowingly tell lies against Allah.
[3.79] No human to
whom Allah has given the (Holy) Book, Judgement and Prophethood would say to
the people, 'Be worshipers of me, other than Allah.' But rather, 'Be of the
Lord, for that you teach the Book, and in that you have studied.'
All the prophets worshipped One God [3.80]
[3.80] Nor would he
order you to take the angels and the prophets for lords, what, would he order
you with disbelief after you were submitters (Muslims)!
[3.81] And when Allah
took the covenant of the prophets, 'That I have given you of the Book and
Wisdom. Then there shall come to you a Messenger (Muhammad) confirming what is
with you, you shall believe in him and you shall support him to be victorious,
do you agree and take My load on this?' They answered, 'We do agree.' Allah
said, 'Then bear witness, and I will be with you among the witnesses.'
[3.82] Whosoever
turns back after that, they are the transgressors.
[3.83] Are they
seeking a religion other than that of Allah, and to Him whosoever is in the
heavens and the earth has submitted willingly and unwillingly. To Him they
shall be returned.
Muslims believe in Allah and all His prophets [3.84-85]
[3.84] Say, 'We
believe in Allah and in what is sent down to us and in that which was sent down
to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the tribes, and in that which was given
to (prophets) Moses and Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord. We do not
differentiate between any of them. To Him we are submitters (Muslims).'
Islam [3.85]
[3.85] He who chooses
a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the
Everlasting Life he will be among the losers.
[3.86] How shall
Allah guide a people who lapse into disbelief after they believed and bore
witness that the Messenger is true, and after receiving clear proofs! Allah
does not guide the harm doers.
[3.87] Those, their
recompense shall be the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people
[3.88] there they
shall live for ever. Their punishment shall not be lightened, nor shall they be
given respite.
[3.89] Except those
who afterwards repent and mend their ways, Allah is Forgiving and the Most
Merciful.
[3.90] Indeed those who disbelieve after they have believed and increase
in disbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted. These are those who are
astray.
[3.91] As for those
who disbelieve and die unbelievers, there shall be not accepted from anyone of
them, the whole earth full of gold, if he would ransom himself thereby. Those,
for them there is a painful punishment, and none shall help them.
[3.92] You shall not
attain righteousness until you spend of what you love. Whatever you spend is
known to Allah.
[3.93] All food was
lawful to the Children of Israel except what
[3.94] Those who after this invent lies about Allah are harm doers.
[3.95] Say, 'Allah
has said the truth. Follow the Creed of Abraham, he was of pure faith, and not
an idolater.'
[3.96] The first House ever to be built for people was that at
Bakkah (
[3.97] In it, there are clear signs; the station where Abraham
stood. Whoever enters it let him be safe. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty to
Allah for all who can make the journey. And whosoever disbelieves, Allah is
Rich, independent of all the worlds.
[3.98] Say, 'People
of the Book, why do you disbelieve the verses of Allah? Surely, Allah is
witness to all that you do.'
[3.99] Say, 'People
of the Book, why do you bar he who believes from the Path of Allah and seek to
make it crooked, when you yourselves are witnesses? Allah is not inattentive of
what you do.'
[3.100] Believers, if
you obey a sect of those who were given the Book, they will turn you into
unbelievers after you have believed.
[3.101] How can you
disbelieve when the verses of Allah are recited to you and His Messenger is
among you! He who holds fast to Allah shall be guided to the Straight Path.
[3.102] Believers,
fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims.
[3.103] And hold fast
to the Bond of Allah, together, and do not scatter. Remember the Favor of Allah
bestowed upon you when you were enemies, and how He united your hearts, so that
by His Favor you became brothers. And how He saved you from the Pit of Fire
when you were on the brink of it. And so Allah makes plain to you His verses,
in order that you will be guided.
[3.104] Let there be
one nation of you that shall call to righteousness, ordering honor, and
forbidding dishonor. Those are the prosperous.
[3.105] Do not follow
the example of those who became divided and differed with one another after
clear proofs had come to them. For those, there is a great punishment.
[3.106] The Day when
faces will be whitened and faces blackened. To those whose faces have become
blackened it will be said, 'Did you disbelieve after you had believed? Then
taste the punishment for that you disbelieved!'
[3.107] As for those
whose faces will be whitened, they shall be in the Mercy of Allah for ever.
[3.108] Such are the
verses of Allah, We recite them to you with truth. Allah does not want
injustice for the worlds.
The Creator of everything [3.109]
[3.109] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. To Him all matters shall
return.
[3.110] You are the
best nation ever to be brought forth for people. You order honor and forbid
dishonor, and you believe in Allah. Had the People of the Book believed, it
would have surely been better for them. Some of them are believers, but most of
them are evildoers.
[3.111] They will not
harm you except a little hurt. And if they fight against you, they will turn
their backs. Then they will not be victorious.
[3.112] Abasement
shall be pitched upon them wherever they are found, except they are in a bond
from Allah, and a bond of the people. They have incurred the
Anger of Allah and
have been humiliated, because they disbelieved the verses of Allah and unjustly
slew His Prophets and because they disobeyed and were transgressors.
[3.113] Yet they are not all alike. There are among the People of
the Book an upstanding nation that recite the verses
of Allah (the Koran) throughout the night and prostrate themselves,
[3.114] who
believe in Allah and the Last Day, who order honor and forbid dishonor and race
in good works. These are the
righteous.
[3.115] Whatever good
they do, for them it shall not be denied. Allah knows the cautious.
[3.116] As for those
who disbelieve, neither their riches nor their children shall help them a thing
from Allah. They are the people of the Fire, and there they shall remain for
ever.
[3.117] The wealth
they spend in this worldly life is like a freezing wind that smites the harvest
of a people who have wronged themselves and destroys it. Allah has not wronged
them, but they wronged themselves.
The deceit and hypocrisy those who secretly opposed the
Prophet in Madinah [3.118-120]
[3.118] Believers, do
not take intimates with other than your own. They spare nothing to ruin you,
they yearn for you to suffer. Hatred has already shown itself from their
mouths, and what their chests conceal is yet greater. Indeed, We have made
clear to you the signs, if you understand.
[3.119] There you are
loving them, and they do not love you. You believe in the entire Book. When
they meet you they say, 'We, believe.' But when alone, they bite their
fingertips at you out of rage. Say, 'Die in your rage! Allah has knowledge of
what is in your chests.'
[3.120] When you are touched with good fortune, they grieve, but when evil befalls you, they rejoice. If you are patient and cautious, their guile will never harm you. Allah encompasses what they do.
In Allah put your trust [3.121-122]
[3.121] And when you went
out at dawn from your family to lodge the believers in their positions for the
battle. Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[3.122] Two parties
of you were about to fail, though Allah was their Guardian, and in Allah
believers put all their trust.
The encounter at Badr [3.123-129]
[3.123] And Allah
most assuredly helped you at Badr when you were humiliated. Therefore, fear
Allah, in order that you will give thanks to Him.
[3.124] When you said
to the believers, 'Is it not enough for you that your Lord should reinforce you
with three thousand angels sent down upon you?
[3.125] Rather, if
you have patience and are cautious, and they suddenly come against you, your
Lord will reinforce you with five thousand marked angels.'
[3.126] Allah did not
make this to be except as glad tidings for you, so that your hearts might be
comforted. Victory comes only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
[3.127] And that He
might cut off a part of those who disbelieve or suppress them, so that they
will turn back, disappointed.
[3.128] No part of
the matter is yours whether He turns towards them or punishes them. They are
harm-doers.
[3.129] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He will and
punishes whom He will. Allah is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[3.130] Believers, do
not consume usury, doubled and redoubled, and fear Allah, in order that you
shall prosper.
[3.131] Guard
yourselves against the Fire prepared for unbelievers.
[3.132] Obey Allah
and the Messenger in order to be subjected to mercy.
[3.133] And hasten to a forgiveness from your Lord and a
[3.134] who
spend in prosperity and in adversity, for those who curb their anger and those
who forgive people. And Allah
loves the charitable
[3.135] and those
who, if they commit indecency or wrong themselves remember Allah and ask
forgiveness of their sins for who but Allah forgives sins and those who do not
persist in what they do while they know.
[3.136] Those, their
recompense is forgiveness from their Lord and Gardens underneath which rivers flow,
where they shall live for ever. How excellent is the wage of those who labor.
[3.137] There have
been examples before you. Journey in the land and see what was the fate of the
liars.
[3.138] This is a declaration
to the people, a guidance and an admonition to the cautious.
[3.139] Do not be
weak, neither sorrow while you are the upper ones, if you are believers.
[3.140] If a wound
touches you, a similar wound already has touched the nation. Such days We
alternate between the people so that Allah knows those who believe, and that He
will take witnesses from among you, for Allah does not love the harm-doers,
[3.141] and so that
Allah will examine those who believe and efface the unbelievers.
[3.142] Did you suppose that you would enter
[3.143] You used to wish for death before you met it, so you have
seen it while you were looking.
[3.144] Muhammad is
not except a Messenger; Messengers have passed away before him. If he dies or
is killed, will you turn about on your heels? And he who turns on his heels
will not harm Allah a thing. Allah will recompense the thankful.
[3.145] It is not for
any soul to die except by the permission of Allah a postponed book and he who
desires the reward of this world, We shall give him of it, and he who desires
the reward of the Everlasting Life, We shall give him of it. And We will
recompense the thankful.
[3.146] There has
been many a Prophet with whom many of the Lord have fought and they did not
faint when they were smitten in the way of Allah, neither did they weaken, nor
did they humble themselves, and Allah loves the patient.
[3.147] Their only
words were, 'Lord, forgive us our sins and that we exceeded in our affair, make
us firm of foot and give us victory over the unbelievers.'
[3.148] And Allah
gave them the reward of this life, and the best reward of the Everlasting Life.
Allah loves the good-doers.
[3.149] Believers, if
you obey those who disbelieve they will turn you upon your heels and you will
turn to be losers.
[3.150] But Allah is
your Sponsor. He is the Best of victors.
[3.151] We will throw
terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. For that they have associated
with Allah that which He did not send down for a proof. Fire shall be their
home, evil indeed is the dwelling-place of the harm-doers.
[3.152] Allah has
been true in His promise towards you when you routed them by His leave, until
you lost heart, and quarreled about the matter, and disobeyed, after He had
shown you that which you loved. Some among you wanted the world, and some among
you wanted the Everlasting Life. Then He made you turn away from them in order
to test you. But He has forgiven you, for Allah is Bounteous to the believers.
[3.153] And when you
were going up, and paid no heed for anyone, and the Messenger was calling you
from behind; so He rewarded you with grief upon grief that you might not sorrow
for what escaped you neither for what smote you. And Allah is Aware of what you
do.
[3.154] Then, after
sorrow, He sent down upon you safety. Slumber overtook a party, while another
party cared only for themselves, thinking of Allah thoughts that were not true,
the guess of ignorance, saying, 'Have we any say in the affair?' Say, 'The
entire affair belongs to Allah.' They conceal in themselves what they do not
disclose to you. They say, 'If we had any say in the affair we should not have
been killed here.' Say, 'Had you stayed in your homes, those of you for whom
slaying was written would have come out to their (death) beds so that Allah
might try what was in your chests and that He will examine what is in your
hearts.' And Allah knows the innermost of the chests.
[3.155] Those of you
who turned away on the day when the two armies met must have been seduced by
satan on account of some of what they had earned. But Allah has pardoned them.
He is Forgiving and Clement.
[3.156] Believers, do
not be as those who disbelieve and say of their brothers when they journey in
the land or go of to battle, 'Had they stayed with us, they would not have
died, nor would they have been killed.' In order that Allah will make that a
regret in their hearts. Allah revives and causes to die. He has knowledge of
what you do.
[3.157] If you should
be killed in the way of Allah or die, the Forgiveness and Mercy from Allah
would surely be better than all you amass.
[3.158] And if you
die or are killed, before Allah you shall all be gathered.
[3.159] It was by
that Mercy of Allah that you (Prophet Muhammad) dealt so leniently with them. Had
you been harsh and hardhearted, they would have surely deserted you. Therefore,
pardon them and ask forgiveness for them. Take counsel with them in the matter
and when you are resolved, put your trust in Allah. Allah loves those who
trust.
[3.160] If Allah
helps you, none can overcome you. If He forsakes you, who then can help you
after Him? Therefore, in Allah let the believers put all their trust.
[3.161] It is not for
a Prophet to defraud, whosoever defrauds shall bring that fraud on the Day of
Resurrection. Then, every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned, and
they shall not be wronged.
[3.162] Is he who
follows the pleasure of Allah like he who is laden with the Anger of Allah,
Gehenna (Hell) shall be his shelter. Evil shall be his return!
[3.163] They are in
ranks with Allah. Allah sees what they do.
[3.164] Allah has
surely been gracious to the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from
themselves to recite to them His verses, to purify them, and to teach them the
Book and the Wisdom (prophetic sayings), though before that they were in clear
error.
[3.165] Why, when an
affliction hits you and that you had yourselves inflicted twice the like of it,
you said, 'How is this?' Say, 'This is from your own selves.' Surely, Allah has
power over all things.
[3.166] What hit you
the day the two armies met was by the permission of Allah, so that He might
know the believers
[3.167] and that He
might know the hypocrites.' When it was said to them, 'Come, fight or repel in
the way of Allah.' They replied, 'If only we knew how to fight, we would follow
you.' On that day, they were nearer to disbelief than belief. They said with
their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah knows what they hide.
[3.168] Who said to
their brothers and they themselves had stayed behind 'Had they obeyed us, they
would not have been killed. ' Say to them, 'Avert death from yourselves then,
if what you say is true!'
[3.169] You must not
think that those who were killed in the way of Allah are dead. But rather, they
are alive with their Lord and have been provided for,
[3.170] rejoicing in
the Bounty that Allah has given to them and having glad tidings in those who
remain behind and have not joined them, for no fear shall be on them neither
shall they sorrow,
[3.171] having glad
tidings of a Favor and Bounty from Allah. Allah will not waste the wage of the
believers.
[3.172] Those who
answered Allah and the Messenger after the wound had afflicted them, for those
of them who did good and were cautious there is a great wage.
[3.173] Those to whom
the people said, 'The people have gathered against you, therefore fear them,'
but it increased them in belief and they said, 'Allah is Sufficient for us. He
is the Best Guardian.'
[3.174] So, they
returned with the Favor and Bounty of Allah so evil did not touch them. They
followed the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is of Great Bounty.
[3.175] That is satan
frightening those whom he sponsored. So do not fear them, and fear Me, if you
are believers.
[3.176] Do not let those who race in disbelief sadden you. They will
not harm Allah a thing. Allah does not want to give them a share in the
Everlasting Life. For them is a great punishment.
[3.177] Those who buy disbelief with belief will not harm Allah a
thing, for them there is a painful punishment!
[3.178] Do not let
those who disbelieve think that what We delay is better for them. Indeed, We
delay for them only that they will increase in sin, and for them a humiliating
punishment.
[3.179] Allah will
not leave the believers in that which you are till He shall distinguish the evil
from the good. Allah will not let you see the unseen. But Allah chooses from
His Messengers whom He will. Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messengers,
for if you believe and are cautious there shall be for you a great wage.
[3.180] And do not
let those who are greedy with what Allah has given them of His Bounty think it
is better for them, but rather, it is worse for them. They will be coiled in
that which they were greedy on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allah belongs
the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Aware of what you
do.
[3.181] Allah has
heard the saying of those who said, 'Allah is poor, but we are rich.' We will
write down what they have said, and their slaying of the Prophets without
right. And We shall say, 'Taste the punishment of the burning.'
[3.182] That, is for
what your hands have forwarded. And Allah is never unjust to His worshipers.
[3.183] Those (the
Jews) who say, 'Allah has promised us that we do not believe in a Messenger
unless he brings to us an offering that fire consumes.' Say, 'Indeed Messengers
have come to you before me with clear proofs and with that of which you spoke. Why
did you kill them, if what you say is true?'
[3.184] If they belie
you (Prophet Muhammad), indeed other Messengers before you were belied who came
with clear proofs, and the Psalms, and the Illuminating Book.
[3.185] Every soul
shall taste death. You shall be paid your wages in full on the Day of
Resurrection. Whoever is removed from Hell and is admitted to
[3.186] You shall be
tried in your wealth and yourselves, and you shall hear much hurt from those
who were given the Book before you, and from those who are idolaters. But if
you are patient and cautious, surely, that is of the firm affairs.
[3.187] When Allah
took a covenant with those to whom the Book was given, (saying), 'You shall
make it clear to the people, and not conceal it.’ But they threw it behind
their backs and they bought with it a little price. Evil was what they bought.
[3.188] Do not think
that those who rejoice in what they have brought and love to be praised for
what they have not done do not think they will be secure from the punishment.
And for them there is a painful punishment.
[3.189] To Allah
belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. Allah has Power over all
things.
[3.190] Surely, in
the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and
day, there are signs for those with minds.
[3.191] Those who
remember Allah when standing, sitting, and on their sides, and contemplate upon
the creation of the heavens and the earth (saying,) 'Lord, You have not created
these in falsehood. Exaltations to You! Guard us against the punishment of the
Fire.
[3.192] Our Lord,
whomsoever You admit into the Fire, You will have abased, and the harm-doers
shall have no helpers.
[3.193] Our Lord, we
have heard the caller calling to belief, "Believe in your Lord!" So
we believe. Our Lord, forgive us our sins and acquit
us of our evil deeds, and take us to You in death with the righteous.
[3.194] Our Lord, give us what You promised us by Your Messengers, and do not
abase us on the Day of Resurrection. You do not break Your promise. '
[3.195] And indeed
their Lord answers them, 'I do not waste the labor of any that labors among
you, male or female you are from each other. And those who emigrated, and were
expelled from their houses, those who suffered hurt in My way, and fought, and
were killed those I shall surely acquit of their evil deeds, and I shall admit
them to Gardens underneath which rivers flow.' A reward from Allah, and Allah
with Him is the best reward.
[3.196] Do not let
the coming and going in the land of those who disbelieve delude you;
[3.197] a little
enjoyment, then, their shelter is in Gehenna (Hell), an evil cradling.
[3.198] But for those
who fear their Lord, for them shall be Gardens underneath which rivers flow,
there they shall live for ever, a (goodly) hosting from Allah, and that which
is with Allah is better for the righteous.
[3.199] There are
some among the People of the Book who believe in Allah, and in what has been
sent down to you, and what has been sent down to them, humble to Allah and do
not buy with the verses of Allah a little price. Those, their wage shall be
with their Lord. Allah is Swift at reckoning.
[3.200] Believers, be
patient, and race in patience, be steadfast, fear Allah, in order that you will
be victorious.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[4.1] O people, fear
your Lord, who created you from a single soul. From it He created its spouse,
and from both of them scattered many men and women. Fear Allah, by whom you ask
one another, and (fear) the wombs (lest you sever its relationship). Allah is
ever watching over you.
[4.2] Give the
orphans their wealth. Do not exchange the evil for the good, nor consume their
wealth with your wealth. Surely, that is a great sin.
[4.3] If you fear
that you cannot act justly towards the orphans, then marry such women as seem
good to you; two, three, four of them. But if you fear that you cannot do
justice, then one only, or, those you possess. It is likelier then that you
will not be partial.
[4.4] Give women
their dowries freely, but if they are pleased to offer you any of it, consume
it good and smooth.
[4.5] Do not give the
(orphaned) fools your wealth with which Allah has entrusted you for (their)
support, and provide for them and clothe them from it, and speak to them with
kind words.
[4.6] And test the
orphans until they reach (the age of) marriage. If you perceive in them right
judgment, hand over to them their wealth, and do not consume it wastefully, nor
hastily before they are grown. And whosoever is rich let him abstain, if poor,
let him consume with kindness. When you hand over to them their wealth, take
witness over them; it is sufficient that Allah is the Reckoner.
[4.7] Men shall have
a share in what their parents and kinsmen leave, and women shall have a share
in what their parents and kinsmen leave, whether it is little or abundant, it
is an obligated share.
[4.8] If relatives,
orphans, or the needy are present at the division (of the inheritance), provide
for them out of it, and speak to them in kind words.
[4.9] And let them
fear, who, if they themselves left behind weak offspring, would be afraid for
them, and let them fear Allah and speak exactly.
[4.10] Those who
consume the wealth of orphans wrongfully, only consume fire in their bellies,
and they shall roast in the Blaze.
[4.11] Allah charges
you concerning your children, for a male like the share of two females. If they
are women, above two, they shall have two thirds of what he left, but if she is
one, then to her a half. While for his parents, to each one of the two a sixth
of what he left, if he has a child. But if he has no child and his heirs are
his parents, his mother shall have a third. If he has siblings, to his mother a
sixth after any bequest he had bequeathed, or any debt. Your fathers and your
children, you do not know which of them is nearer in benefit to you. This is an
obligation from Allah. Surely, Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.12] For you half
of what your wives leave if they have no child. If they have a child, a quarter
of what they leave shall be yours after any bequest she had bequeathed, or any
debt. And for them (the females) they shall inherit one quarter of what you
leave if you have no child. If you have a child, they shall inherit one eighth,
after any bequest you had bequeathed, or any debt. If a man or a woman have no
direct heirs, but have a brother or a sister, to each of the two a sixth. If
they are more than that, they shall equally share the third, after any bequest that
he had bequeathed or any debt without harm. This is an obligation from Allah.
He is the Knower, the Clement.
[4.13] Such are the
Bounds of Allah. He who obeys Allah and His Messenger, He will admit him to
Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is a great wining.
[4.14] And he who
disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His Bounds, He will admit him
to a Fire and shall live in it for ever. For him, there is a humiliating
punishment.
[4.15] If any of your
women commit indecency, call in four witnesses from among yourselves against
them, if they testify, confine them to their houses till death overtakes them
or till Allah makes for them a way.
[4.16] If two among you
commit it punish them both. If they repent and make amends, leave them alone.
Allah is the Relenter, the Merciful.
[4.17] (Allah
accepts) the repentance from only those who commit evil in ignorance and then
quickly turn to Him in repentance. Allah will relent towards them. Allah is
Knowing, Wise.
[4.18] (Allah will
accept) no repentance from those who do evil deeds until death comes to one of
them, he says, 'Now I repent!' Nor those who die unbelieving. For those We have
prepared a painful punishment.
[4.19] Believers, it
is unlawful for you to inherit women forcefully, neither bar them, in order
that you go off with part of what you have given them, except when they commit
a clear indecency. Live with them honorably. If you hate them, it may be that
you hate something which Allah has set in it much good.
[4.20] If you wish to
take a wife in the place of another wife, and you have given to one a Qintar
(98,841.6 lbs.) so do not take from it anything. What, will you take it by way
of calumny and a clear sin!
[4.21] How can you
take it back when you have reached one another (sexually) and they have taken
from you a strong covenant!
[4.22] And do not
marry women your fathers married unless it is a thing of the past surely that
was an indecency, hated, and a way of evil.
[4.23] Forbidden to
you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts and maternal
aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your mothers who have
given suck to you, your suckling sisters, your wives mothers, and your
stepdaughters who are in your care from your wives with whom you have lain, but
if you have never lain with them it is no fault in you. (Also forbidden to you)
are the wives of your sons who are of your loins, and to take to you two
sisters together unless it is a thing of the past. Allah is the Forgiver and
the Most Merciful.
[4.24] And (forbidden
to you) are married women, except those whom your right hand owns. Such Allah
has written for you. Lawful to you beyond all that, is that you can seek using
your wealth in marriage and not fornication. So whatever you have enjoyed from
them give them their obligated wage. And there is no fault in you in what ever
you mutually agree after the obligation. Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.25] If any one of
you do not have the affluence to be able marry free believing women, (let him
marry) from among the believing women that your right hand owns. Allah knows
best your belief, you are from each other. Marry them with the permission of
their people and give them their wages (dowry) honorably being women in
marriage and chaste, not taking lovers. If, after marriage they commit
adultery, they shall be liable to half the punishment of a married (free)
woman. That is for those of you who fear fornication, but it is better for you
to be patient. Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[4.26] Allah wishes
to make this clear to you and to guide you along the ways of those who have
gone before you, and turns towards you. And Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.27] Allah wishes
to turn towards you, but those who follow their lower desires wish you to
greatly swerve away.
[4.28] Allah wishes
to lighten for you (the jurisprudence), and humans are created weak.
[4.29] Believers, do
not consume your wealth among yourselves in falsehood, except there be trading
by your mutual agreement. And do not kill yourselves. Allah is the Most
Merciful to you.
[4.30] But whosoever
does that in transgression and wrongfully We shall roast him in the Fire. That
is an easy matter for Allah.
[4.31] If you avoid
the major sins that are forbidden to you, We shall pardon your evil deeds and
admit you by an entrance of honor.
[4.32] Do not wish
for the bounty which Allah has preferred one of you above another. For men is a
share of what they earn, and for women is a share of what they earn. Ask Allah
of His Bounty. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[4.33] To everyone we
have made heirs of that which parents and kinsmen leave, and those with whom
you have sworn an agreement, so give to them their share. Allah is Witness over
everything.
[4.34] Men are the
maintainers of women for that Allah has preferred in bounty one of them over
another, and for that they have spent of their wealth. Righteous women are
obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah has guarded. Those from whom you
fear rebelliousness, admonish them and desert them in the bed and smack them
(without harshness). Then, if they obey you, do not look for any way against
them. Allah is High, Great.
[4.35] If you fear a
breach between them send for an arbiter from his people and an arbiter from her
people. If both wish reconciliation, Allah will bring success between them. Allah
is the Knower, the Aware.
[4.36] Worship Allah
and do not associate anything with Him. Be kind to parents and near kinsmen, to
the orphans and to the needy, to your neighbor who is your kindred, and to the
neighbor at your far side, and the companion at your side, and to the destitute
traveler, and to that which your right hands owns. Allah does not love he who
is proud and struts,
[4.37] (or) those who
are greedy and order other people to be greedy, who themselves conceal the
bounty that Allah has given them. And We have prepared a humiliating punishment
for the unbelievers.
[4.38] And those who
spend their wealth to showoff to people and neither believe in Allah nor in the
Last Day. Whosoever has satan for a companion, he is an evil companion.
[4.39] What (harm)
could befall them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent of what
Allah provided them with? Allah is Knowledgeable of them all.
[4.40] Surely, Allah
shall not harm so much as the weight of an atom, and if it is a good deed He
will double it, and give from His Own a great wage.
[4.41] How then shall
it be when We bring forward from every nation a witness, and bring you (Prophet
Muhammad) to witness against those!
[4.42] On that Day
those who disbelieved, and have disobeyed the Messenger (Muhammad) will wish
that the earth might be leveled with them, and they will not conceal a
statement from Allah.
[4.43] Believers, do
not come close to prayer when you are drunk, until you know what you are
saying, nor when you are in a state of impurity, unless you are crossing
through the way (prayer area) until you have bathed yourselves. If you are ill
or on a journey, or if any of you comes from the toilet or you have touched
women, and you cannot
find water, so touch pure dust and wipe your faces and your hands. Allah is the
Pardoner, the Forgiver.
[4.44] Have you not
seen those to whom a portion of the Book was given purchasing error and wishing
that you should err from the Path?
[4.45] But Allah
knows best your enemies. It is sufficient that Allah is the Guardian, and it is
sufficient that Allah is the Helper.
[4.46] Some Jews
tampered with the words (altering) their places saying, 'We have heard and we
disobey,' and 'Hear, without hearing,' and 'Observe us (Ra'ina, in Hebrew means
evil)', twisting with their tongues traducing religion. But if they had said,
'We have heard and obey,' and 'Hear,' and 'Regard us,' it would have been
better for them, and more upright; but Allah has cursed them for their
disbelief, so they do not believe, except a few.
[4.47] You, to whom
the Book was given, believe in that which We have sent down confirming that
which you have, before We obliterate faces and turn them on their backs, or
curse them as We cursed the people of the Sabbath. And the command of Allah is
done.
[4.48] Allah does not
forgive (the sin of inventing an) association with Him, but He forgives other
(sins) to whomsoever He will. He who associates with Allah has invented a great
sin.
[4.49] Have you not
seen those who exalt themselves? Rather, Allah purifies whom He will and they
shall not be wronged a single tissue that covers a date stone.
[4.50] Look how they
forge lies against Allah, and it is sufficient for a clear sin.
The Jews tell the Koraysh that their idol worshiping is better than Islam [4.51-53]
[4.51] Have you not
seen those to whom a portion of the Book was given believing in (the two
statutes of
[4.52] Those are they whom Allah has cursed and whosoever Allah has
cursed, you will not find any helper for him.
[4.53] Or, will they
have a share in the Kingdom? If so, they will not give the people the pit mark
of a date stone.
[4.54] Or do they
envy people for the Bounty Allah has given them? We gave the family of Abraham
the Book and Wisdom, and a great kingdom.
Punishment for disbelief [4.55-56]
[4.55] There are some
of them who believed in him (Prophet Muhammad), and some of them that bar from
it, and Gehenna (Hell) is sufficient for a Blaze.
[4.56] Those who
disbelieve Our verses We will roast them in a Fire! As often as their skins are
cooked, We exchange their skin with another, in order that they taste the
punishment. Surely, Allah is Mighty, the Wise.
[4.57] As for those
who believe and do good works, We shall admit them to Gardens underneath which
rivers flow, they are there for eternity, and for them purified spouses. And We
shall admit them into plenteous shade.
[4.58] Allah orders
you all to hand back trusts to their owners, and when you judge between people
you judge with justice. Indeed, the best is the exhortation with which Allah
exhorts you. Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
[4.59] Believers, obey
Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. Should you
dispute about anything refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in
Allah and the Last Day. That is better and the best interpretation.
[4.60] Have you not
seen those who claim that they believe in what has been sent down to you and
what was sent down before you? They desire to be judged by the idol, although
they have been commanded to disbelieve it. But satan
desires to lead them astray into far error.
[4.61] When it is said to them, 'Come to what Allah has sent down
and to the Messenger,' you see the hypocrites completely barring the way to
you.
[4.62] How would it
be if some affliction hit them for what their hands have forwarded? Then, they
would come to you swearing by Allah, 'We sought only kindness and
conciliation!'
[4.63] Those, Allah
knows what is in their hearts, so turn away from them, and exhort them, and say
to them penetrating words about themselves.
[4.64] We did not
send a Messenger except that he should be obeyed, by the permission of Allah.
If, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you and asked Allah for
forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked for forgiveness for them, they would
have found Allah the Turner, the Most Merciful.
[4.65] But no, by
your Lord, they will not believe you until they make you the judge regarding
the disagreement between them, then, they will not find in themselves any
discomfort concerning your verdict, and will surrender to you in full
submission.
[4.66] Had We written
for them, saying, 'Slay yourselves,' or 'Emerge from your houses,' they would
not have done so, except a few of them. Yet, if they had done as they were
exhorted, it would have been better for them, and stronger in firmness,
[4.67] and then We
would surely have given them from Our Own, a great wage,
[4.68] and guided
them to a Straight Path.
[4.69] Whosoever
obeys Allah, and the Messenger, they are with those whom Allah has favored, the
Prophets, the sincere, the martyrs and the righteous, and these are the best
company.
[4.70] This is the
Bounty of Allah. It is sufficient that Allah is the Knowledgeable.
[4.71] Believers,
take your precautions. March in detachments or march all together.
[4.72] Surely, there
are among you, he who lingers, then, if an affliction hits you, he would say,
'Allah has favored me, that I was not a martyr with them.'
[4.73] But, if the Bounty
of Allah reaches you, he would surely say as if there had never been any
affection between you and him, 'Would that I had been with them! I should have
indeed won a great triumph.'
[4.74] So let those
who sell the worldly life for the Everlasting Life fight in the way of Allah,
whoever fights in the way of Allah, and is killed or conquers, We shall give
him a great wage.
[4.75] So why is it,
that you do not fight in the way of Allah, and for the abased among men, women,
and children who say, 'Our Lord, bring us out from this village whose people
are harm-doers, and give to us a guardian from You, and give to us a helper
from You.'
[4.76] And those who
believe fight in the way of Allah, but those who disbelieve fight in the way of
the idol. Therefore, fight against those guided by satan. Indeed, satan's guile
is always weak.
[4.77] Have you not
seen those to whom it has been said, 'Restrain your hands, establish your
prayers and pay the obligatory charity.' Then, as soon as fighting is written
for them, there is a party of them fearing people as they would fear Allah, or
with stronger fear. And they say, 'Our Lord, why have You written fighting for
us, why not postpone us to a near term?' Say, 'The pleasure of this life is
little. The Everlasting Life is better for the cautious. You shall not be
wronged a single tissue (of the fine skin that covers a date stone).
[4.78] Wherever you
are, death will overtake you, even if you shall be in the fortified, high
towers.' If bounty reaches them, they say, 'This is from Allah,' but when evil
hits them, they say, 'This is from you.' Say to them, 'All is from Allah!' What
is the matter with this people that they scarcely understand any statement.
[4.79] Whatever good
reaches you, it is from Allah, and whatever evil reaches you, it is from
yourself. We have sent you (Prophet Muhammad) as a Messenger to humanity. Allah
is sufficient for a Witness.
[4.80] Whosoever
obeys the Messenger, indeed he has obeyed Allah. As for those who turn away, We
have not sent you to be their protector.
[4.81] They say,
'Obedience,' but as soon as they leave you, a party of them hide other than
what they said. Allah writes down what they hide. So turn away from them, and
rely on Allah. Allah is sufficient for a Guardian.
[4.82] Will they not
contemplate upon the Koran? If it had been from other than Allah, they would
surely have found in it many contradictions.
Surrender all matters of religious significance to pious, knowledgeable Islamic authorities who base their judgment upon the Koran and Hadith, do not be tempted to be led by your own less qualified opinion [4.83]
[4.83] When a matter
comes to them, be it of security or fear, they broadcast it, whereas if they
returned it to the Messenger and to those in authority among them, those of
them whose task is to research it would have known it. If it was not for the
Bounty of Allah and His Mercy, all but a few of you would have followed satan.
[4.84] Therefore,
fight in the way of Allah. You are only responsible for yourself. Urge the
believers on, in order that Allah may restrain the might of those who
disbelieve. Allah is stronger in might, and stronger in punishment.
[4.85] Whosoever
intercedes with a good intercession shall receive a share of it, and whosoever
intercedes with a bad intercession shall receive a portion of it. Allah has
power over all things.
[4.86] And when you
are greeted with a greeting, greet with better than it, or return it. Allah is
the Reckoner of all things.
[4.87] Allah, there
is no god except He. He will gather you to the Resurrection Day, there is no
doubt in it. And who is truer in statement than Allah?
[4.88] What is the
matter with you that you are two parties concerning the hypocrites when Allah
has overthrown them for what they earned? Would you desire to guide those whom
Allah has caused to be led astray? Whosoever Allah leads astray, you will not
find for him a way.
[4.89] They wish that
you would disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal.
Therefore, do not take a guide from them until they emigrate in the way of
Allah. Then, if they turn back take them and kill them wherever you find them.
Do not take them for guides or helpers,
[4.90] except those
who join to a nation in which there is between you and them a treaty, or they
come to you with their chests constricted from fighting you or fighting their
nation. Had Allah willed, He would have given them power over you, and then
they would have certainly fought you. Therefore, if they keep away from you and
do not fight you, offering you peace, then Allah does not make any way for you
against them.
[4.91] You will find
others desiring to be secure from you, and secure from their own nation.
Whenever they are called back to sedition, they plunge into it. If they do not
keep away from you and offer you peace, and restrain their hands, take them and
kill them wherever you find them. Those, over them, We give you clear
authority.
[4.92] It is not for
a believer to kill another believer, except that it is by error. Whosoever
kills a believer in error, let him free a believing slave, and ransom is to be
handed to his family, unless they forgo being charitable. If he belonged to a
people who are your enemies and is a believer then, the setting free of a
believing slave. If he belonged to a people in which there is between you and
them a treaty, then a ransom is to be handed to his family and the setting free
of a believing slave. But, if he does not find (the means) let him fast two
consecutive months in repentance to Allah. And Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.93] The recompense
for he who kills a believer deliberately is Gehenna (Hell), he is eternal
there. Allah will be angry with him and will curse him and prepare for him a
great punishment.
[4.94] Believers, if
you are journeying in the way of Allah, do not say to those who offer you
peace, until it has been clarified, 'You are not believers,' seeking the
enjoyment of the worldly life, with Allah there are many spoils. You were like
that before, and Allah has been gracious to you. Therefore let it be clarified.
Surely, Allah is Aware of what you do.
[4.95] Believers who
stay behind, having no injury, are not equal to those who fight in the way of
Allah with their wealth and their souls. Allah has preferred those who fight
with their wealth and their souls a degree above those who stay behind (because
of sickness). Yet to each, Allah has promised the most excellent (
[4.96] Ranks from
Him, forgiveness and mercy. Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[4.97] And the angels
who take those who wronged themselves will say, 'In what condition were you?'
They will reply 'We were oppressed in the land.' They (the angels) will say,
'Was not the earth of Allah wide enough for you in order that you migrate in
it?' Those, their shelter will be Gehenna (Hell), an evil arrival.
[4.98] Except the
men, women, and children, who, being abased have no means and they are unable
to guide themselves to a way.
[4. 99] Those, Allah
may pardon them, He is the Pardoner, the Forgiver.
[4.100] Whosoever
emigrates in the way of Allah shall find in the land numerous refuges and
abundance. Whosoever leaves his house an immigrant to Allah and His Messenger
and then death overtakes him, his wage shall have
fallen upon Allah. Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[4.101] And when you
are journeying in the land, there is no fault in you that you shorten the
prayer if you fear that those who disbelieve will afflict you. Indeed, the
unbelievers are a clear enemy for you.
[4.102] When you are
with them, and establish the prayer, let a party of them stand with you, and
let them take their weapons. After making their prostrations, let them be
behind you, and let another party who have not prayed come and pray with you,
taking their precautions and their weapons. Those who disbelieve wish that you
should be inattentive of your weapons and your baggage, so that they might
swoop upon you with one assault. But there is no fault in you if you are harmed
by rain, or you are sick to lay aside your weapons, but take your precautions.
Allah has prepared a humiliating punishment for the unbelievers.
[4.103] When you have
established the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting, and on your sides.
Then, when you are secure, establish the prayer, surely, prayer is timely
written upon the believer.
[4.104] And do not be
weak in seeking out the people. If you are suffering, they are also suffering
as you are suffering, but you are hoping from Allah that which they do not
hope. Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.105] Surely, We
have sent down to you the Book with the truth, so that you will rule between
the people by that Allah has shown you. So do not be an advocate for traitors.
[4.106] And ask the
forgiveness of Allah, surely Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[4.107] And do not
argue on behalf of those who betray themselves, surely, Allah does not love the
sinful traitor.
[4.108] They seek to
hide themselves from the people, but they do not hide themselves from Allah for
He is with them when they hide the saying that does not please Him. Allah
encompasses what they do.
[4.109] There you are, you have argued on
their behalf in the worldly life, but who will argue with Allah on their behalf
on the Day of Resurrection! Or who will be a guardian for them?
[4.110] He who does
evil or wrongs himself and then asks forgiveness of Allah will find that Allah is
the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[4.111] Whosoever
earns a sin, he only earns it against himself. Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.112] Whosoever
earns a fault or a sin and casts it upon the innocent, indeed, he bears the
slander and a clear sin.
Allah bears witness that He sent the Koran down to Prophet Muhammad [4.113]
[4.113] But for the
Favor of Allah to you (Prophet Muhammad) and His Mercy, a party of them
intended to lead you astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they did
not harm you a thing. Allah has sent down to you the Book and the Wisdom and He
has taught you what you did not know. The Bounty of Allah to you is ever great.
[4.114] There is no
good in much of their confiding, except for he who bids to charity, honor, or
reforms between people. Whosoever does that for the sake of the pleasure of
Allah, We shall give him a great wage.
[4.116] Allah does
not forgive (the sin of inventing an) association with Him, but He forgives
other sins to whomsoever He will. Whosoever associates with Allah has gone
astray in far error.
[4.117] Instead of
Him they supplicate to none but females, and indeed they supplicate to none
except the rebellious satan,
[4.118] whom Allah
has cursed and he (satan) said, 'Indeed, I will take to myself an appointed
portion of Your worshipers,
[4.119] and lead them
astray. I shall fill them with fancies and order them to cut off the ears of
cattle. I shall order them to alter the creation of Allah.' Indeed, whosoever
chooses satan for a guide, instead of Allah, has surely suffered a clear loss.
[4.120] he promises
them and fills them with fancies, but what satan promises them is only a
delusion.
[4.121] Those, their
shelter will be Gehenna (Hell), and from it they shall find no refuge.
[4.122] But those who
believe and do good works We shall admit them to Gardens underneath which
rivers flow, and there they shall live for ever, the promise of Allah is true.
And who is truer in speech than Allah!
[4.123] It is not by
your fancies, nor by the fancies of the People of the Book. Whosoever does evil
shall be recompensed for it, and he will not find for himself, other than
Allah, a guardian or helper.
Reward of believing good doers [4.124-125]
[4.124] But whosoever
does good works of righteousness, whether they be a believing male or female,
shall enter Paradise, and not be wronged a pit mark of a date stone.
[4.125] And who is
better in religion than he who submits his face to Allah, being a good-doer,
and follows the Creed of Abraham, pure in faith? Allah took Abraham for a close
friend.
Ownership of Allah [4.126]
[4.126] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Allah encompasses everything.
[4.127] They will ask
you for a verdict concerning women. Say, ‘Allah decides for you concerning
them, and what has been recited in the Book concerning orphaned women to whom
you do not give what is written, and yet desire to marry them, and the abased
children, and that you secure justice for orphans. Whatever good you do, Allah
has knowledge it.’
Martial problems and divorce [4.128]
[4.128] If a woman
fears hatred or aversion from her husband there is no fault in them if the
couple set things right between them, for reconciliation is better. Avarice
attends the souls, but if you do what is good and are cautious, surely, Allah
is Aware of what you do.
[4.129] You will not
be able to be just between your women, even though you are eager. Do not be
altogether partial so that you leave her as if she were suspended. If you
reform and are cautious, Allah is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
[4.130] But if they
separate, Allah will enrich each of them out from His Vastness. He is the
Embracer, the Wise.
[4.131] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and earth. We have charged those who were
given the Book before you and you to fear Allah. If you disbelieve, to Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Allah is Rich, the Praised.
[4.132] To Allah
belongs all that is in heaven and earth. It is sufficient that Allah is a
Guardian.
[4.133] O people, if
He will, He could make you extinct, and bring others. Surely, Allah is Powerful
over that.
Reward of this life and the Everlasting Life [4.134
[4.134] Whosoever
desires the reward of the world, with Allah is the reward of the world and of
the Everlasting Life. Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
[4.135] Believers, be
maintainers of justice and witnesses for Allah, even though it is against
yourselves, your parents, or your kinsmen, whether he is rich or poor, Allah
has more rights over both of them. So do not follow desires, so that you are
(not) just. If you twist or turn, Allah is Aware of what you do.
Belief and disbelief [4.136-138]
[4.136] Believers,
believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), in the Book He has sent down to
His Messenger, and in the Book He sent down before. Whosoever disbelieves in
Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, has surely gone
astray into far error.
[4.137] Those who believe, and then disbelieve, and then believe,
and then disbelieve, and increase in disbelief Allah is not to forgive them nor
guide them on a way.
[4.138] Give glad tidings to the hypocrites that for them there is a
painful punishment.
Abandoning the Might of Allah by seeking the might of the
unbelievers [4.139]
[4.139] Those who take unbelievers for guides instead of believers, are they seeking might with them? Surely, the Might altogether belongs to Allah.
[4.140] He has sent
down upon you in the Book, ‘When you hear His verses being disbelieved or
mocked, do not sit with them until they engage in other talk, or else you will
surely be like them. Allah will surely gather the hypocrites and unbelievers
altogether in Gehenna (Hell).’
Hypocrisy and the unbelievers [4.141-143]
[4.141] (As for) those who lay in wait for you. If a victory comes to you from Allah they say, 'Were we not with you?' But if the unbelievers get a portion, they say, 'Were we not mightier than you, and did we not defend you from the believers?' Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection. Allah will not grant the unbelievers any way over the believers.
[4.142] The
hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but Allah is deceiving them. When they stand
up to pray, they stand up lazily, showing off to the people and do not remember
Allah, except a little,
[4.143] wavering
between (belief and disbelief), neither to these nor to those, and whom Allah
leads astray, you will not find a way for him.
[4.144] Believers, do
not take the unbelievers for guides instead of the believers, or do you desire
to give Allah a clear authority over you?
[4.145] The hypocrites
will be in the lowest place of the Fire, you will not find a helper for them.
[4.146] But those who
repent and mend (their ways), who hold fast to Allah, and make their religion
sincerely for Allah they are with the believers, and Allah will certainly give
the believers a great wage.
[4.147] What, would
Allah do with punishing you if you thank and believe! Allah is the Thanker, the
Knower.
[4.148] Allah does not
love the shouting of evil words, except by he who has been wronged. He is the
Hearer, the Knower.
[4.149] If you
display good or hide it, or pardon an evil, surely, Allah is the Pardoner, the
Powerful.
[4.150] Those who
disbelieve in Allah and His Messengers, and desire to divide between Allah and
His Messengers (by believing in Him without them), and say, 'We believe in some
(Prophets Moses and Jesus), and disbelieve in some of them (such as Prophet
Muhammad),' desiring to take between this (and that) a way (between belief and
disbelief)
[4.151] those in
truth are the unbelievers, and We have prepared for the unbelievers a
humiliating punishment.
[4.152] And those who
believe in Allah, and His Messengers and do not divide between any of them; to
those, We shall surely give them their wages. Allah is the Forgiver, the Most
Merciful.
[4.153] The People of
the Book ask you to bring down upon them a Book from heaven. Of Moses they
asked greater than that, they said to him, 'Show us Allah openly.' And a
thunderbolt took them for their evil doing. Then they took to themselves the
calf, after the clear proofs had come to them, yet We forgave that and We gave
Moses clear authority.
[4.154] And We raised
the Mount above them, and took covenant with them, and We
said, 'Enter in at the gate, prostrating', and We said to them, 'Do not
transgress the Sabbath', and We took from them a solemn covenant.
[4.155] So, for their breaking of the covenant, and disbelieving the
verses of Allah, and killing their Prophets without right and for saying, 'Our
hearts are covered' no, but Allah has sealed them for their disbelief, so,
except for a few, they do not believe.
[4.156] Also for
their disbelief and their saying about Mary a great calumny,
[4.157] and for their
saying, 'We killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger (and
Prophet) of Allah.' They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but to
them, he (the crucified) had been given the look (of Prophet Jesus). Those who
differ concerning him (Prophet Jesus) are surely in doubt regarding him, they
have no knowledge of him, except the following of supposition, and (it is) a
certainty they did not kill him.
[4.158] Rather, Allah
raised him up to Him. Allah is Almighty, the Wise.
[4.159] There is not
one of the People of the Book but will surely believe in him (Prophet Jesus)
before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against
them.
[4.160] And for the
harm-doing of those of Jewry, We have forbidden them the good things that were
permitted to them, and also for their barring many from the way of Allah.
[4.161] And for their
taking of usury, that they were prohibited, and consuming the wealth of people
in falsehood, for the unbelievers among them We have prepared a painful
punishment.
The reward of those who believe [4.162]
[4.162] But those of them
that are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the believers believing in what has
been sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad), and what was sent down before you,
and those who establish the prayer and pay the obligatory charity, and those
who believe in Allah and the Last Day to those, We surely give a great wage.
[4.163] We have
revealed to you as We revealed to Noah and to the Prophets after him, and We
revealed to (Prophets) Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the tribes, Jesus,
Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and We gave to David the Psalms.
[4.164] And
Messengers of whom We have narrated to you before, and Messengers of whom We
did not narrate to you. Certainly, Allah talked to Moses.
[4.165]
Messengers bearing glad tidings and warning, so that the people will have no
argument against Allah, after the Messengers. Allah is the Almighty, the Wise.
[4.166] But Allah
bears witness for that which He has sent down to you. He has sent it down with
His Knowledge, and the angels bear witness, it is sufficient that Allah is the
Witness.
Disbelievers [4.167-169]
[4.167] Those who
disbelieve and bar from the way of Allah have strayed into far error.
[4.168] Surely, those
who disbelieve and have done harm. Allah would not forgive them, neither guide
them to a Path,
[4.169] except the
road to Gehenna, there they are eternal, and for Allah that is an easy matter.
[4.170] O people, the
Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) has come to you with the truth from your Lord, so
believe, it is better for you. If you disbelieve, to Allah belongs all that is
in the heavens and the earth. And Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[4.171] People of the
Book, do not exaggerate your religion. Do not say about Allah except the truth.
Indeed, the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, is only a Messenger (and Prophet) of
Allah, and His Word (Be) which He gave to Mary, and a (created) spirit by Him.
So believe in Allah and His Messengers and do not say, 'Trinity.' Refrain, it
is better for you. Allah is only One God. Exaltations to Him that He should
have son! To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth, it is
sufficient that Allah is the Guardian.
[4.172] The Messiah
would not despise being a worshiper of Allah, nor would the angels who are
near. Whosoever despises worshipping Him, and becomes proud, He will surely
assemble them all to Him.
[4.173] As for those
who believe and did good deeds, He will pay them in full their wages, and He
will increase them from His Bounty. As for those who despise and became proud,
He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will find neither a
guide nor a helper for themselves, other than Allah.
[4.174] O people, a
proof has come to you from your Lord, and We have sent down to you a clear
light.
[4.175] Those who
believe in Allah and hold fast to Him, He will surely admit them to a Mercy and
Bounty from Him, and He will guide them to Him on a Straight Path.
[4.176] They will ask
you for a verdict. Say, 'Allah rules for you concerning the indirect heir
(al-kalalah which is), if a person dies, having no children, but he has a
sister, she shall receive half of what he leaves, and he is her heir if she has
no children. If there are two sisters, they shall receive two-thirds of what he
leaves, if there are siblings, men and women, for a male like the share of two
females. Allah clarifies to you, lest you go astray, Allah is Knowledgeable of
everything.’
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[5.1] Believers, fulfill
your obligations. It is lawful for you (to eat the flesh of) the beast among
cattle other than that which is recited to you, hunting is forbidden while you
are on pilgrimage. Allah decrees what He will.
[5.2] Believers, do
not violate the rites of Allah, or the sacred month, or the offerings, or
(those hung with) necklaces, nor those whose aim is to the Sacred House seeking
from their Lord bounty and pleasure. Once your pilgrimage has ended, you are
free to hunt. Do not allow your hatred for a nation who would bar you from the
Holy Mosque to lead you to transgress. And cooperate in righteousness and
warding off (evil), and do not cooperate in sinfulness and transgression. Have
fear of Allah, for Allah is Stern in retribution.
[5.3] You are
forbidden (to consume) the dead, blood and the flesh of swine; also flesh
dedicated to any other than Allah, the flesh of strangled (animals) and of
those beaten, that which is killed by falling, gored to death, mangled by
beasts of prey, unless you find it (still alive) and slaughter it; also of
animals sacrificed on stones (to idols). (You are forbidden) to seek division
by the arrows, that is debauchery. Those who disbelieve have this day despaired
of your religion. Do not fear them, but fear Me. This
day I have perfected your religion for you and completed My
favor to you. I have approved Islam to be your religion. (As for) he who does
not intend to commit a sin but is constrained by hunger to eat of what is
forbidden, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5.4] They ask you what is lawful to them. Say, 'The good things
are lawful to you, as well as that which you have taught the birds and beasts
of prey to catch, teaching them of what Allah has taught you. Eat of what they
catch for you, pronouncing upon it the Name of Allah. And fear Allah, Allah is
Swift at reckoning.'
[5.5] The good things
have this day been made lawful to you. The food of those to whom the Book was
given is lawful to you, and your food is lawful to them. Lawful to you (in
marriage) are the free believing women and the free women from among those who
were given the Book before you, provided that you give them their dowries in
marriage, neither committing fornication nor taking them as mistresses.
Whosoever denies the belief, his labors will be annulled. In the Everlasting
Life he is of the losers.
[5.6] Believers, when
you rise to pray wash your faces and your hands as far as the elbow, and wipe
your heads and (wash) your feet to the ankle. If you are in a state of
impurity, cleanse yourselves. But if you are sick or traveling, or, if when you
have just relieved yourselves or had intercourse with women and you cannot find
water, touch the clean surface of the earth and rub your hands and faces with
it. Allah does not wish to burden you, He seeks only to purify you and to
complete His Favor to you in order that you may thank.
[5.7] Remember the
favor of Allah upon you, and the covenant with which He bound you when you
said, 'We hear and obey. Have fear of Allah. Allah is the Knower of the
innermost of the chests.'
[5.8] Believers, be
dutiful to Allah and bearers of just witness. Do not allow your hatred for
other people to turn you away from justice. Deal justly; it is nearer to piety.
Have fear of Allah; Allah is Aware of what you do.
[5.9] Allah has
promised those who believe and do good works forgiveness and a great reward.
[5.10] As for those
who disbelieve and belie Our verses, they shall become the companions of Hell.
[5.11] Believers,
remember the favor which Allah bestowed upon you when certain people were about
to stretch their hands towards you, but He restrained them. Have fear of Allah.
In Allah let the believers put their trust.
[5.12] Allah made a
covenant with the Children of Israel and raised among
them twelve chieftains. He said, 'I shall be with you and if you establish the
prayers and pay the obligatory charity; if you believe in My Messengers and
assist them and give Allah a generous loan, I shall forgive you your sins and
admit you to Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whosoever amongst you
disbelieves after that, he indeed has strayed from the Straight Path.'
[5.13] But because
they broke their covenant, We cursed them and hardened their hearts. They
changed the Words from their places and have forgotten a portion of what they
were reminded. Except for a few, you will always find treachery from them, yet
pardon them, and forgive; indeed Allah loves the good doers.
[5.14] With those who
said they were Nazarenes, We made a Covenant, but they have forgotten much of
what they were reminded. Therefore, We stirred among them enmity and hatred
till the Day of Resurrection when Allah will inform them of all that they have
done.
The Jews, Nazarenes and Christians who knew the truth written in their Books but hid it [5.15-16]
[5.15] People of the
Book! Our Messenger (Muhammad) has come to clarify to you much of what you have
hidden of the Book, and to forgive you much. A light has come to you from Allah
and a Clear Book,
[5.16] with which
Allah guides those who seek His pleasure to the Paths of Peace. By His
permission He takes them out from darkness to the light, and guides them to a
Straight Path.
[5.17] Those who say that
Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary are indeed those who disbelieved. Say, 'Who
then could prevent any thing from Allah, if He willed to destroy the Messiah,
son of Mary, together with his mother and all the people of the earth? For
Allah is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between
them. He creates what He will and has power over all things.'
[5.18] The Jews and
the Nazarenes say, 'We are the children of Allah and His loved ones.' Say, 'Why
then does He punish you for your sins? Surely, you are mortals amongst what He
created. He forgives whom He will, and punishes whom He will. For Allah is the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all that
is between them. All shall return to Him.'
[5.19] People of the
Book! After an interval during which there were no Messengers, Our Messenger
(Muhammad) has come to clarify (your religion) to you, lest you should say, 'No
bearer of glad tidings or a warner has come to us.’ Indeed, there has come to you a bearer of
glad tidings and a warner. Allah has power over all things.
[5.20] (Remember)
when Moses said to his people. 'Remember, my people, the favors which Allah has
bestowed upon you. He has raised up Prophets among you, made you kings, and
given you that which He has not given to any one of the worlds.
[5.21] Enter,
my people, the
[5.22] 'Moses,' they
replied, 'therein is a nation of giants. We will not enter until they depart
from it; if they depart from it only then shall we enter.'
[5.23] Thereupon, two
pious men whom Allah had favored said, 'Go in to them through the gate, and if
you enter you shall surely be victorious. In Allah put your trust, if you are
believers.'
[5.24] They said,
'Moses, we will never go in so long as they are in it. Go, you and your Lord,
to fight. We will stay here.'
[5.25] He said,
'Lord, I have none but myself and my brother. Set a barrier between us and the
wicked people.'
[5.26] He said, 'They
shall be forbidden this land for forty years, during which time they shall
wander (homeless) on the earth. Do not grieve for these wicked people.'
[5.27] Recite to them
in all truth the news of Adam's two sons; how they each made an offering, and
how the offering of the one was accepted while that of the other was not. He
said, 'I will surely kill you.' (The other) said, 'Allah accepts only from the
righteous.
[5.28] If you stretch
your hand to kill me, I shall not stretch mine to kill you; for I fear Allah,
the Lord of the Worlds.
[5.29] I would rather
you bear my sin and your sin and become among the inhabitants of Hell. Such is
the recompense of the harm doers.'
[5.30] His soul made
it seem fair to him to slay his brother; he killed him and became one of the
lost.
[5.31] Then Allah
sent down a crow, which dug the earth to show him how to bury the naked corpse
of his brother. 'Alas!' he said, 'am I unable to be like this crow and so I
bury my brother's naked corpse.' And he became among those who regret.
[5.32] That was why
We wrote for the Children of Israel that who ever killed a soul, except for a
soul slain, or for sedition in the earth, it should be considered as though he
had killed all mankind; and that who ever saved it should be regarded as though
he had saved all mankind. Our Messengers brought them proofs; then many of them
thereafter commit excesses in the earth.
[5.33] The recompense
of those who make war against Allah and His Messenger and spread corruption in
the land is that they are to be killed or crucified, or have their hand and a
foot cut off on opposite sides, or be expelled from the land. For them is shame
in this world and a great punishment in the Everlasting Life;
[5.34] except those
who repent before you have power over them. For you must know that Allah is
Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[5.35] Believers,
have fear of Allah and seek the means by which you come to Him. Struggle in His
Way in order that you are prosperous.
[5.36] As for those who
disbelieve, if they possessed all that the earth contains and as much besides
to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it shall
not be accepted from them. Theirs shall be a painful punishment.
[5.37] They will wish
to get out of the Fire, but they shall not, theirs shall be a lasting
punishment.
Punishment as a deterrent [5.38-39]
[5.38] As for the man
or woman who is guilty of theft, recompense them by cutting off their hands for
their crimes. That is the punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[5.39] But whoever repents and mends his ways after committing evil shall be pardoned by Allah. Allah is Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[5.40] Do you not
know that to Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth? He
punishes whom He will and forgives whom He will. Allah has power over all
things.
[5.41] O Messenger,
do not grieve for those who race into disbelief; those who say with their
mouth, 'We believe,' yet their hearts did not believe, and the Jews who listen
to lies and listen to other nations who have not come to you. They pervert the
words in their places and say, 'If you are given this, accept it; if not, then
beware!' Whomsoever Allah wishes to try, you will not own anything with Allah
concerning him. For those whose hearts Allah does not will to purify shall be
disgrace in this world and a grievous punishment in the Everlasting Life.
[5.42] They are
listeners to lies and devourers of the unlawful. If they come to you, judge
between them or turn away from them. If you avoid them they cannot harm you in
anything; but if you judge, judge between them with fairness. Allah loves the
just.
[5.43] But how will
they come to you for judgment when they already have the Torah in which is the
judgement of Allah? Then they turn away after that; those are not believers.
[5.44] We have sent
down the Torah in which there is guidance and light by which the submissive
prophets judged the Jews, as did the rabbis and those of their Lord, guarding
what they were required to of the Book of Allah, and for which they were
witness. Do not fear people, but fear Me. And, do not take a small price for My
verses. Those who do not judge with what Allah has sent down are the
unbelievers.
[5.45] We have
written for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an
ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds equal retaliation, but
whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, it will be an expiation for him.
Whoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down are the harm
doers.
Prophet Jesus was given his own Holy Book, the Gospel, however, it is remarkable that his Gospel does not appear in the book of the Christians that concentrate on the preaching of Paul [5.46-47]
[5.46] And We sent,
following in their footsteps (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which
was before him in the Torah, and gave him the Gospel, in which there is
guidance and light, confirming that which was before him in the Torah, a guide
and an admonition to the cautious.
[5.47] Therefore, let
the people of Gospel judge in accordance with that which Allah has sent in it.
Those who do not judge according to that which Allah has sent down are the
evildoers.
[5.48] And to you We
have revealed the Book with the truth confirming the Book that was revealed
before it, and a guardian over it. Therefore, give judgment among them in
accordance to what Allah has sent down and do not yield to their fancies from
the truth that has come to you. We have ordained a law and a Path for each of
you. Had Allah willed, He could have made you one nation but that He might try
you by that which He has bestowed upon you. Race with one another in good
works, to Allah you shall all return and He will declare to you what you were
at variance.
Judgment is to be determined by Koran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad [5.49-50]
[5.49] And judge
among them in accordance to that which Allah has sent down and do not be led by
their desires. Take heed lest they should turn you away from a part of that
which Allah has sent to you. If they reject your judgment, know that Allah
wants to scourge them for some of their sins. Many of the people are
wrongdoers.
[5.50] Is it pagan
laws that they wish to be judged by? Who is a better judge than Allah for a
nation whose belief is firm?
[5.51] Believers,
take neither Jews nor Nazarenes for your guides. They are guides of one
another. Whosoever of you takes them for a guide shall become one of their
number. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.
[5.52] You see those
in whose hearts is sickness racing with one another to come to them. They say,
'We fear lest a change of fortune should befall us.' May Allah bring victory or
make known His ordinance, then, they shall regret what they had hidden in
themselves.
[5.53] Then the
believers will say, 'Are those (the ones) who solemnly swore by Allah that they
would stand by you?' Their works will be annulled and they shall be the losers.
Apostates [5.54]
[5.54] Believers,
whosoever of you turns from his religion, Allah will bring a nation whom He
loves and they love Him, humble towards the believers and stern towards the
unbelievers, striving for the Path of Allah and fearless of anyone's blame.
Such is the Bounty of Allah; He bestows it on whom He will. He is the Embracer,
the Knower.
[5.55] Your guide is
only Allah, His Messenger, and the believers; those who establish the prayer, pay
their obligatory charity, and bow down (in worship).
[5.56] Whosoever
takes Allah for a guide, His Messenger, and the believers the party of Allah is
the victor.
[5.57] Believers, do
not take as guides those who were given the Book before you who have made of
your religion a jest and a pastime, nor the unbelievers. Have fear of Allah, if
you are believers.
[5.58] When you call
to prayer, they treat it as a jest and a pastime. That is because they are a
people who have no understanding.
[5.59] Say, 'People
of the Book, do you blame us for any reason other than that we believe in Allah
and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down before us, and
that most of you are evildoers?'
[5.60] Say, 'Shall I
tell you who will receive a worse recompense from Allah than that? Those whom
Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry, and made some of them apes and
swine, and those who worship the devil. The place of these is worse, and they
have strayed further from the Right Path.'
[5.61] When they came
to you they said, 'We are believers.' Indeed, they have entered with disbelief,
and so they have departed with it; Allah knows best what they conceal.
[5.62] You see many
of them race with one another in sin and transgression and devour the unlawful.
Evil is what they do.
[5.63] Do those of
the Lord and the rabbis not forbid them to speak sinfully and to devour what is
unlawful? Evil indeed is what they were doing.
[5.64] The Jews say,
'The Hand of Allah is chained.' Their own hands are chained! And they are
cursed for what they said! Rather, His Hands are both outstretched, He spends
as He will. That which Allah has sent down to you will surely increase the
tyranny and disbelief of many of them. We have stirred among them enmity and
hatred up until the Day of Resurrection. Whenever they kindle the fire of war,
Allah extinguishes it. They spread corruption in the land, and Allah does not
love those who corrupt.
[5.65] If the People
of the Book had believed and kept from evil, We would pardon them their sins
and admit them to the Gardens of Delight.
[5.66] If they had
established the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent down to them from their
Lord they would be eating from above them and from beneath their feet. Some of
them are a righteous nation; but many of them evil is what they do.
Prophet Muhammad is given the order to preach [5.67-68]
[5.67] O Messenger,
deliver what is sent down to you from your Lord; if you do not, you will not
have conveyed His Message. Allah protects you from the people. Allah does not
guide the nation, the unbelievers.
[5.68] Say, 'People
of the Book, you are not upon anything until you establish the Torah and the
Gospel and that which is sent down to you from your Lord.' And that which is
sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad) from your Lord will surely increase the
tyranny and disbelief of many of them. But do not grieve for the unbelieving nation.
[5.69] Those who
believe, Jews, Sabaeans, and Nazarenes whoever believes in Allah and the Last
Day and does good shall neither fear, nor shall they sorrow (as long as they do
not reject any of the prophets).
The Children of
[5.70] We took a covenant with the Children of Israel and sent
forth Messengers to them. But whenever a Messenger came to them with that which
did not suit their fancies they belied some and killed others.
[5.71] They thought
there would be no trial; so they were blind and deaf. Then Allah turned towards
them; then again many of them were blind and deaf. And Allah is the Seer of
what they do.
[5.72] The
unbelievers are those who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary.’ But the
Messiah said, 'Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. He who
associates anything with Allah, Allah has indeed forbidden
[5.73] Indeed those
who say, 'Allah is the third of the Trinity' became unbelievers. There is but
One God. If they do not desist in what they say, a painful punishment will
afflict those of them that disbelieve.
[5.74] Will they not
turn to Allah in repentance and ask His forgiveness? He is Forgiving, Merciful.
Jesus, the Messiah and his mother [5.75-77]
[5.75] The Messiah, the
son of Mary, was not except a Messenger, other Messengers had gone before him.
His mother was in the state of sincerity, they both ate food. See how We make
plain to them Our signs. Then, see how perverted they are.
[5.76] Say, 'Will you
worship instead of Allah that which owns neither harm, nor benefit for you?
Allah is the Hearer, Knower.'
[5.77] Say, 'People
of the Book! Do not exaggerate your religion, other than the truth, and do not
follow the desires of a people who went astray before, and led many astray,
and, (once again) have gone astray from the Straight Path.'
[5.78] Those who disbelieved of the Children of Israel were cursed
by the tongue of (Prophets) David and Jesus, the son of Mary, because they
disobeyed and transgressed.
[5.79] They did not
forbid one another from the wrongdoing they were committing. Evil is what they
were doing.
[5.80] You see many
of them taking the unbelievers as guides. Evil is that to which their souls
forwarded them, that Allah is angered against them, and in the punishment they
shall live for ever.
[5.81] Had they
believed in Allah and the Prophet (Muhammad) and that which is sent down to
him, they would not have taken them as guides. But many of them are evildoers.
[5.82] You will find
that the most people in enmity to the believers are the Jews and idolaters, and
that the nearest in affection to the believers are those who say, 'We are
Nazarenes.' That is because amongst them there are priests and monks; and
because they are not proud.
[5.83] When they
listen to that which was sent down to the Messenger, you will see their eyes
fill with tears as they recognize its truth. They say, 'Lord, we believe. Write
us among the witnesses.
[5.84] Why should we
not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come down to us? Why should we
not hope for admission among the righteous?'
[5.85] For their
words Allah has rewarded them with Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where
they shall live for ever. Such is the recompense of the righteous.
[5.86] But those who
disbelieve and belie Our verses shall be the companions of Hell.
[5.87] Believers, do
not forbid the good things that Allah has made lawful to you. Do not
transgress; Allah does not love the transgressors.
[5.88] Eat of the
lawful and good things with which Allah has provided you. Have fear of Allah in
whom you believe.
[5.89] Allah will not
take you to account for a slip in your oaths. But He will take you to account
for the oaths which you solemnly swear.
Its expiation is the feeding of ten needy (people) with such food as you
normally offer to your own people; or the clothing of them; or the freeing of a
slave. He who does not have must fast three days. That is the expiation of your
oaths when you have sworn; but keep your oaths. Allah makes plain to you His
verses, in order that you are thankful.
[5.90] Believers,
wine and gambling, idols and divining arrows are abominations from the work of
satan. Avoid them, in order that you prosper.
[5.91] satan seeks to
stir up enmity and hatred among you by means of wine and gambling, and to bar
you from the remembrance of Allah and from praying. Will you not abstain from
them?
The mission of Prophet Muhammad [5.92]
[5.92] Obey Allah,
and obey the Messenger. Beware; if you give no heed, know that Our Messenger's
duty is only to give the clear delivery.
[5.93] No blame shall
be attached to those who believe and did good works in regard to any food they
have eaten, so long as they ward off (the forbidden) and believe, and do good
deeds, then they fear and believe, and again, so long as they fear and do fine
deeds. Allah loves the generous.
[5.94] Believers,
Allah will test you by means of some hunting which you can catch with your
hands and with your spears, in order that Allah knows those who fear Him in
private. For he who transgresses thereafter shall be a painful punishment.
[5.95] O believers,
do not kill the hunted while you are in pilgrim sanctity. Whosoever of you kills
it willfully there shall be a recompense, the like of what he has slain from
cattle as shall be judged by two just men among you, an offering to reach the
Ka'bah; or expiation food for needy persons or the equivalent of that in
fasting, so that he may taste the weight of the recompense of his action. Allah
has pardoned what is past; but whoever offends again, Allah will take vengeance
on him. Allah is the Almighty, Owner of Vengeance.
[5.96] Made lawful to
you is the fished of the sea and its food, an enjoyment for you and for
travelers. But you are forbidden the hunted of the land whilst you are on
pilgrimage. Have fear of Allah, before whom you shall all be assembled.
[5.97] Allah has made
the Ka'bah the Sacred House, as an establishment for people; and the Sacred
Month, and the offering, and the necklaces, in order that you know that Allah
has knowledge of all that is in the heavens and the earth; and that Allah has
knowledge of all things.
[5.98] Know that
Allah is Stern in retribution, and that Allah is the Forgiver and the Most
Merciful.
[5.100] Say, 'The
evil and the good are not alike, even if the abundance of evil pleases you.
Have fear of Allah, you who are possessed of minds, in order that you prosper.'
[5.101-102]
[5.101] Believers, do
not ask about things that if they appeared to you, would only upset you; but if
you ask about them when the Koran is being sent down, they shall be made plain
to you. Allah will pardon it; Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
[5.102] A nation
asked about them before you, and with it they became unbelievers.
[5.103] Allah has not
made cattle, a slit eared she-camel, nor a freely grazing she-camel, nor a
she-camel that bore twins, nor an uncastrated camel (dedicated to idols), but
those who disbelieve invent lies against Allah. Most of them do not understand.
The futility of following baseless traditions rather than
the message and warning sent by Allah via His prophets [5.104]
[5.104] When it is
said to them, 'Come to that which Allah has sent down, and to the Messenger,'
they reply, 'Sufficient for us is what we have found our fathers upon,' even
though their fathers knew nothing and were not guided.
[5.105] Believers,
look after your own souls, he who goes astray cannot harm you if you are
guided. You shall all return to Allah, and He will inform you of what you have
done.
Writing a will [5.106-108]
[5.106] Believers, if
you are traveling in the land and the affliction of death befalls you, at the
bequeathing testimony shall be two just men from among you, or two others from
other than you. You shall detain both after the prayer, and they shall swear by
Allah if you are doubtful, 'We will not sell it for a price, even though it
were a near kinsmen, nor will we hide the testimony of Allah, because then we
would surely be among the sinful.'
[5.107] But if it is
discovered that both of them have been subject to sinning, then two others
shall stand in their place, these being the nearest of those most concerned,
and they shall swear by Allah, 'Our testimony is truer than their testimony,
and we have not transgressed, because then we would surely be among the harm
doers.'
[5.108] So it is
likelier that they will bear testimony in proper form, or else they will be
afraid that oaths may be rejected after their oaths. Fear Allah, and listen; Allah
does not guide the people of the evildoers.
[5.109] On a Day,
Allah will gather all the Messengers and ask them, 'How were you answered?'
They will reply, 'We have no knowledge, You are the Knower of the unseen.'
Miracles given to Prophet Jesus [5.110]
[5.110] When Allah
said, '(Prophet) Jesus, son of Mary, remember the favor upon you and on your
mother; how I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit (Gabriel), to speak to
people in your cradle and of age (when he descends and dies); how I taught you
the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel; and how, by My permission, you
fashioned from clay the likeness of a bird, and breathed into it so that, by My
permission, it became a living bird. How, by My permission, you healed the
blind man and the leper, and by My permission you brought the dead forth; and
how I protected you from the Children of Israel when you brought them clear
signs; whereupon the unbelievers among them said, "This is nothing but plain
magic."’
[5.111] When I
revealed to the disciples to believe in Me and in My Messenger they replied,
"We believe, bear witness that we submit."
[5.112] When the
disciples said, 'O (Prophet) Jesus, son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us
a table from heaven?' He replied, 'Have fear of Allah, if you are believers.'
[5.113] 'We wish to eat
of it,' they said, 'so that we can satisfy our hearts and know that what you
said to us is true, and that we become witnesses to it.'
[5.114] 'Allah, our
Lord,' said (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, 'send down upon us a table out of
heaven, that shall be a festival for us the first and the last of us and a sign
from You. And provide for us; You are the Best of providers. '
[5.115] Allah
replied, 'I am sending it to you. But whoever of you disbelieves thereafter I
shall punish him with a punishment that I do not punish anyone from the
worlds.'
[5.116] And when
Allah said, '(Prophet) Jesus, son of Mary, did you ever say to the people,
"Take me and my mother for two gods, other than Allah?" 'Exaltations
to You,' he said, 'how could I say that to which I have no right? If I had said
that, You would have surely known. You know what is in my self, but I do not
know what is in Yours. Indeed, You are the Knowledgeable of the unseen.
[5.117] I spoke to them
of nothing except that which You ordered me, that you worship Allah, my Lord
and our Lord. I witnessed them whilst living in their midst and ever since You
took me to You, You have been the Watcher over them. You are the Witness of
everything.
[5.118] If You punish
them (for their disbelief), they surely are Your subjects; and if You forgive
them, surely You are the Almighty, the Wise.'
[5.119] Allah will
say, 'This is the Day the truthful shall benefit by their truthfulness. They
shall live for ever in Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Allah is pleased
with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is the great winning.'
[5.120] To Allah
belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in them. He has
power over all things.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[6.1] Praise is due
to Allah, who has created the heavens and the earth and made darkness and
light. Yet the unbelievers make (others) equal with their Lord.
[6.2] It is He who
has created you from clay. He has decreed a term for you and another one set
with Him. Yet you are still in doubt.
[6.3] He is Allah in
the heavens and earth. He has knowledge of all that you hide and all that you
reveal. He knows what you earn.
[6.4] Yet every time
a sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it.
[6.5] They belied the
truth when it came to them, but there shall come to them news of that they were
mocking.
[6.6] Have they not
seen how many generations We have destroyed before them whom We had established
in the land in a way We never established you, sending down for them abundant
water from the sky and made the rivers to flow underneath them? Yet because
they sinned, We destroyed them and raised up other generations after them.
[6.7] Had We sent
down to you a Book on parchment and they touched it with their own hands, those
who disbelieved would say, 'This is nothing but plain magic.'
[6.8] They ask, 'Why has no angel been sent down to him?' If We had sent down an angel, their fate would have been
determined and they would never have been respited.
[6.9] If We had made him an angel, We would have given him the
resemblance of a man, and would have as such confused them with that in which
they are already confused.
[6.10] Other Messengers
have been mocked before you. But those who scoffed at them were encompassed by
that they had mocked.'
[6.11] Say, 'Travel
the land and see what was the fate of those who belied.'
[6.12] Say, 'To whom
belongs that which is in the heavens and the earth?' Say, 'To Allah. He has
written for Himself mercy, and will gather you on the Day of
Resurrection in which
there is no doubt. Those who have lost their souls, they do not believe.'
[6.13] His is
whatever is at rest in the night and in the day. He is the Hearing, the
Knowing.
[6.14] Say, 'Should I
take any but Allah for a guardian? He is the Originator of the heavens and the
earth. He feeds and is not fed.' Say, 'I was commanded to be the first to
submit to Him.' Do not be one of the idolaters.
[6.15] Say, 'Indeed I
fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a great Day.'
Mercy of Allah [6.16]
[6.16] From
whomsoever it is averted on that Day, He will have mercy on him; that is a
clear triumph.
[6.17] If Allah
visits you with affliction, none can remove it except He; and if He touches you
with good, indeed, He has power over all things.
[6.18] He is the Conqueror
over His worshipers. He is the Wise, the Aware.
[6.19] Say, 'What
thing is greatest in testimony?' Say, 'Allah is a witness between me and you.
This Koran has been revealed to me in order that I can warn you and all whom it
reaches. Do you indeed testify that there are gods other than Allah?' Say, 'I
do not testify!' Say, 'He is only One God, and I am quit of that which you
associate.'
The Jews and Nazarenes recognized Prophet Muhammad by his description in the Torah and Gospel but most chose to reject him [6.20-6.21]
[6.20] Those to whom
We have given the Book know him (Prophet Muhammad) as they know their own
children. But those who have lost their own souls do not believe.
[6.21] Who is more
wicked than he who invents a lie about Allah or belies His verses? The harm
doers shall never prosper.
[6.22] On the Day
when We gather them all together We shall say to the idolaters, 'Where are your
partners now, those whom you claimed?'
[6.23] Then it was
not their trial, but they will say, 'By Allah, our Lord we have never been
idolaters.'
[6.24] Look how they
lie against themselves, and how that which they were forging has gone astray
from them!
[6.25] Some of them
listen to you. But We have cast veils over their hearts lest they understand it
and in their ears heaviness; and if they see every sign they do not believe in
it. When they come to you they argue, the unbelievers say, 'This is nothing but
the tales of the ancient ones.'
[6.26] They forbid
from it (the Koran) and keep away from it. They destroy none except themselves,
though they do not sense it.
[6.27] If you could
see them when they are set before the Fire! They will say, 'Would that we could
return! Then we would not belie the verses of our Lord and would be believers.'
[6.28] Indeed, that
which they concealed will appear to them. But if they were sent back, they
would return to that which they have been forbidden. They are indeed liars.
[6.29] They say,
'There is only but our present life; we shall not be resurrected.'
[6.30] If you could
see them when they are made to stand before their Lord! He will say, 'Is this not
the truth?' 'Yes, by our Lord' they will reply, and He will say, 'Taste then
the punishment, for that which you disbelieved!'
[6.31] They are lost
indeed, those who belied the meeting with Allah. When the Hour overtakes them
suddenly, they will say, 'Alas, for us, that we neglected it!' On their backs
they shall be bearing their sinful loads; how evil is what they sin!
[6.32] The life of
this world is but playing and an amusement. Surely, the Everlasting home is
better for the cautious. Will you not understand?
[6.33] We know what
they say saddens you. It is not you that they belie; but the harm doers deny
the verses of Allah.
[6.34] Messengers
indeed were belied before you, yet they became patient with that which they
were belied, and were hurt until Our help came to them. There is none to alter
the Words of Allah; and there has already come to you some news of the
Messengers.
[6.35] If their
turning away is hard upon you, seek if you can, a tunnel in the ground or a
ladder to the sky by which you can bring them a sign. Had Allah willed, He
would gather them to guidance. Do not then be among the ignorant.
[6.36] Those who listen
will surely answer. As for the dead, Allah will revive them. To Him they shall
return.
[6.37] They ask, 'Why
has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord?' Say, 'Allah is Able to send
down a sign.' But most of them do not know.
[6.38] There is no
crawling creature on the earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but
they are nations like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book. They shall
all be gathered before their Lord.
[6.39] Those who belie Our verses are deaf and dumb, in darkness.
Allah leaves in error whom He will, and guides to the
Straight Path whom He pleases.
[6.40] Say, 'Do you
see yourselves when the punishment of Allah smites you or the Hour overtakes
you, will you call on any except Allah, if you are truthful?’
[6.41] No, on Him
alone you will call, and He will remove that for which you call upon Him, if He
will. Then you will forget what you associate (with Him).
[6.42] Before you We
sent forth to other nations, and then seized them with misery and hardship so
that they might humble themselves.
[6.43] If only they
humbled themselves when Our scourge overtook them! But their hearts were
hardened, and satan decorated to them what they were
doing.
[6.44] And when they
had forgotten that with which they have been admonished, We opened the gates of
everything to them, until just as they were rejoicing in what they were given,
We suddenly seized them and they were in utter despair.
[6.45] As such the
harm doers were annihilated. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[6.46] Say, 'What
would you see if Allah took away your hearing and your sight, and set a seal
upon your hearts, who is a god, other than Allah, to bring it back to you?'
Look how We make plain to them Our verses, and yet they turn away.
[6.47] Say, 'What do
you see yourselves then, if the punishment of Allah overtook you suddenly or
openly, would any perish but the harm-doing nation?'
[6.48] We send forth
Our Messengers only to give glad tidings to mankind and to warn them. Those who
believe and mend their ways shall have nothing to fear or to be saddened.
The punishment of those who belie the Koran [6.49]
[6.49] But those who
belie Our verses, punishment shall touch them for their misdeeds.
[6.50] Say, 'I do not
tell you that I have the treasuries of Allah or know the unseen, nor do I claim
to be an angel. I follow only that which is revealed to me.' Say, 'Are the
blind and the seeing alike? Will you not think?'
[6.51] And warn with
it those who fear to be brought before their Lord that they have no guardian or
intercessor, other than Allah, in order that they are cautious.
[6.52] Do not drive
away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking only His Face.
Nothing of their account falls upon you, and nothing of your account falls upon
them, that you should drive them away and so become one of the harm doers.
[6.53] As such We
have made some of them a means for testing others, so that they should say,
'Are those whom Allah favors amongst us?' But does not Allah best know the
thankful?
[6.54] When those who
believe in Our verses come to you, say, 'Peace be upon you. Your Lord has
decreed Mercy on Himself, if any one of you commits evil through ignorance, and
then repents, and mends his ways, then He is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
[6.55] As such We
make plain Our verses, so that the path of the wicked will be clear.
[6.56] Say, 'I am
forbidden to worship whom you call upon instead of Allah.' Say, 'I will not
yield to your wishes, for then I should have strayed and should not be of those
guided.'
[6.57] Say, 'I am
upon a clear proof from my Lord, yet you belie Him. I do not have that which
you seek to hasten; judgement is for Allah alone. He narrates the truth and He
is the Best of deciders.'
[6.58] Say, 'If what
you seek to hasten were with me, the matter between you and me would be
decided, and Allah knows very well the harm doers.'
[6.59] With Him are
the keys of the unseen, none knows them but He. He knows that which is in the
land and sea. No leaf falls except He knows it, and there is no grain in the
darkness of the earth, fresh or withered, but is recorded in a clear Book.
Sleep, guardian angels and death [6.60-62]
[6.60] It is He who makes you to die by night, knowing what you
have gained by day, and then resurrects you so that an ordained term is
realized. To Him you shall return, and He will tell you of what you have been
doing.
[6.61] He is the
Conqueror over His worshipers. He sends forth guardians who watch over you
until death comes to one of you, when Our messengers take him, and they are not
neglectful.
[6.62] Then, they are
returned to Allah their Guardian, the True. Surely, the judgement is for Him,
He is the Swiftest of reckoners.'
[6.63] Say, 'Who
saves you from the darkness of the land and sea, when you call out to Him
humbly and in secret (saying), "If You save us from this, we will be among
the thankful."
[6.64] Say, 'Allah
saves you from them, and from all afflictions. Then, you associate (with Him).'
[6.65] Say, 'He is
Able to send forth upon you punishment from above you or beneath your feet, or
to divide you into discordant factions, and to make some of you taste the
affliction of the other.' Look how We make plain Our verses, in order that they
understand.
[6.66] Your nation
has belied it (the Koran), although it is the truth. Say, 'I am not a guardian
over you.
[6.67] Every news has
its appointed time; you will surely know.'
[6.68] When you see
those who plunge (scoffing) into Our verses, withdraw from them till they
plunge into some other talk. If satan causes you to forget, leave the
wrongdoing people as soon as you remember.
[6.69] Those who are
cautious are not accountable for them in anything, but it is a reminder in
order that they be cautious.
[6.70] Avoid those
who take their religion as playing and an amusement and are seduced by the life
of this world. Admonish them hereby lest a soul be taken by what it has gained,
for it has no guardian or intercessor before Allah, and though it offers every
ransom, it shall not be taken from it. Those are they who are taken for that
which they earned. For them a drink of boiling water, a stern punishment for
their disbelief.
[6.71] Say, 'Are we
to call, other than Allah, what can neither help nor harm us? Are we to turn on
our heels after Allah has guided us like him, who, being bewitched by devils,
blunders aimlessly in the earth, although his friends call him to the guidance,
(saying) “Come to us!”' Say, 'The guidance of Allah is the Guidance. We are
commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds,
[6.72] and to
establish prayer, and fear Him. Before Him you shall all be assembled.'
[6.73] It was He who
created the heavens and the earth in truth. On the Day when He says, 'Be,' it
shall be. His Word is the truth. His shall be the Kingdom on the Day when the
Horn is blown. The Knower of the unseen and the visible, and He is the Wise,
the Aware.
[6.74] (And remember)
when Abraham said to his father Azar, 'Will you take idols for gods, surely I
see you and your people are in clear error.'
[6.75] And so We
showed Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, so that he might be of
those who are certain.
[6.76] When night
drew over him, he saw a planet. 'This,' he said, 'is surely my Lord.' But when
it set he said, 'I do not like the setting ones.'
[6.77] When he saw
the rising moon, he said, 'This is my Lord.' But when it set, he said, 'If my
Lord does not guide me, I shall surely be amongst the astray nation.'
[6.78] Then, when he
saw the sun rise, shining, he said, 'This must be my Lord, it is larger.' But
when it set, he said, 'O nation I am quit of what you associate (with Allah,
the Creator),
[6.79] I have turned
my face to Him who has created the heavens and the earth, uprightly, and I am
not among the idolaters.'
[6.80] His nation
argued with him. He said, 'Will you argue with me about Allah, indeed He guided
me! Except by His will, I do not fear those you associate with Him. My Lord
embraces all things in knowledge, will you not remember?
[6.81] And how should
I fear what you have associated when you yourselves are not afraid that you
have associated with Allah that which He did not send down for it upon you an authority.
Which of the two parties is more deserving of safety, if you know?
[6.82] Those who
believe and have not confounded their belief with harm security belongs to
them; and they are guided.'
[6.83] Such is the
argument that We gave Abraham against his nation. We raise whom We will to an
exalted rank. Your Lord is Wise, Knowing.
[6.84] We gave him
Isaac and Jacob and guided both; and We guided Noah before them, among his
descendants were David and Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron as such, We
recompense the good doers,
[6.85] and (Prophets)
Zachariah, John, Jesus and Elias, each was of the righteous,
[6.86] and
Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah and
[6.87] as We did their fathers, their descendants, and their brothers.
We chose them and guided them to a Straight Path.
[6.88] Such is the
guidance of Allah by it He guides whom He will of His worshipers. Had they
associated (others with Him), their labors would have indeed been annulled.
[6.89] Those, We have
given them the Book, judgment, and prophethood. If these disbelieve it, We have
entrusted it to others who do not disbelieve in it.
[6.90] Those were whom
Allah guided. Follow then their guidance and say, 'I do not ask you a wage for
it. Surely, it is a reminder to the worlds.'
The unbelievers amongst the Children of
[6.91] They have not valued Allah with His true value, when they
said 'Allah has never sent down anything to a mortal.' Say, 'Who, then sent
down the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance for people? You put it
on to parchments, revealing them and hiding much, you
have now been taught what neither you nor your fathers knew before!' Say,
'Allah.' Then leave them, playing in their plunging.
[6.92] And this is a
Blessed Book which We have sent down, confirming what came before it, in order
that you warn the Mother of the Villages (Mecca) and those who (live) around
it. Those who believe in the Everlasting Life believe in it and preserve their
prayers.
Lies about Allah [6.93-94]
[6.93] Who is more
harmful than he who invents a lie about Allah, or says, "It has been
revealed to me," when nothing has been revealed to him? Or he who says, 'I
will send down the like of what Allah has sent down!' Would that you could see
the harm doers when death overwhelms them! With hands outstretched, the angels
(will say), 'Yield up your souls. You shall be recompensed with a humiliating
punishment this Day, for you have said of Allah what is untrue and you grew
proud against His verses.
[6.94] Now you have returned to Us, alone, as We created you at
first, leaving behind all that We have bestowed on you. Nor do We see with you
your intercessors, those whom you asserted to be your associates. The ties
which bound you are broken, and that which you asserted has gone astray from
you.'
[6.95] It is Allah
who splits the grain and the date-stone. He brings forth the living from the
dead, and the dead from the living. So, that is Allah; how then are you
perverted?
[6.96] He splits the
sky into dawn. He has ordained the night for rest and the sun, and the moon for
reckoning. Such is the ordinance of the Almighty, the Knowing.
[6.97] It is He who
has created for you the stars, so that you can be guided by them in the darkness
of land and sea. We have made plain Our verses to a nation who know.
[6.98] It is He who
originated you from one soul, then a lodging (place), and then a repository. We
have made plain the verses to a nation that understands.
[6.99] He sends down
water from the sky, and with it We bring forth the plant of every thing. From
these We bring forth green foliage and composite
grain, palm-trees laden with clusters of dates within reach, vineyards and
olive groves and pomegranates alike and unlike. Behold their fruits when they
bear fruit and ripen. Surely, in these there are signs for a nation who
believe.
[6.100] Yet they
regard the jinn as the partners of Allah, although He created them, and without
knowledge ascribe to Him sons and daughters. Exaltations to Him! He is above
what they describe.
[6.101] He is the
Creator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He had no
female companion? He created all things and has knowledge of all things.
[6.102] That is
Allah, your Lord. There is no god except He, the Creator of all things.
Therefore, worship Him. He is the Guardian of all things.
[6.103] No eye can
see Him, though He sees all eyes. He is the Subtle, the Aware.
[6.104] Clear proofs
have come to you from your Lord. Whosoever sees clearly it is for himself, and
whosoever is blind, it is against himself. I am not an overseer for you.
[6.105] As such We
make plain Our verses, so that they can say, 'You have studied,' in order that
We clarify it to a nation that knows.
[6.106] Therefore,
follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord there is no god except Him,
and avoid the idolaters.
[6.107] Had Allah
willed, they would not have associated. We have not made you an overseer for
them, nor are you their guardian.
Muslims must not use crude words to people of other faiths
[6.108]
[6.108] Do not say
crude words to those who call upon other than Allah, lest they use crude words
about Allah in revenge without knowledge. As such we have made the actions of
each nation seem pleasing. To their Lord they shall return, and He will inform
them of that they were doing.
The hearts of eyes
of those who do not believe are blind to the signs of Allah [6.109-111]
[6.109] They solemnly swear by Allah that if a sign is given to them they would believe in it. Say, 'Signs are only with Allah.' And how can you tell if it comes they will not believe.'
[6.110] We will turn
away their hearts and eyes since they refused to believe in it at first. We
will leave them in their insolence wandering blindly.
[6.111] Even if We
sent down the angels to them and the dead spoke to them, and assembled all
things in front of them, they would still not believe, unless Allah willed it.
But most of them are ignorant.
[6.112] As such We have assigned for every Prophet an enemy; the satans of
humans and jinn, revealing varnished speech to each other, all as a delusion.
But had your Lord willed, they would not have done so. Therefore leave them and
what they invent,
[6.113] so that the
hearts of those who have no belief in the Everlasting Life are inclined to it
and, being pleased, persist in their sinful ways.
[6.114] Should I seek
a judge other than Allah when it is He who has sent down the well distinguished
Book for you? Those to whom We have given the Book know that it is the truth
sent down from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.
[6.115] Perfected are
the words of your Lord in truth and justice, none can change His Words. He is
the Hearing, the Knowing.
Guesswork [6.116-117]
[6.116] If you obeyed
most of those on earth, they would lead you astray from the Path of Allah. They
follow only supposition and they are but conjecturing.
[6.117] Your Lord
knows best who stray from His Path and the guided.
[6.118] Eat then of
that over which the Name of Allah has been mentioned (when slaughtered), if you
truly believe in His verses.
[6.119] And why
should you not eat of that over which the Name of Allah has been pronounced
when He has already made plain to you what is forbidden, except when you are
constrained? Many are those who mislead through ignorance on account of their
fancies, but your Lord best knows the transgressors.
[6.120] Forsake the
revealed and hidden sin. Those who earn sin shall be recompensed for what they
have committed.
[6.121] Do not eat
from that which the Name of Allah has not been mentioned, for it is a sin. The
satans will reveal to their guided ones to argue with you. If you obey them,
you shall indeed become idolaters.
[6.122] Is he who was
dead whom We have revived and given a light with which he walks among people to
be compared to him who blunders about in darkness from which he will never
emerge? As such what the unbelievers have done appear decorated to them.
[6.123] And as such
we have placed in every village its arch-transgressors to scheme there. But
they scheme only against themselves, though they do not sense it.
[6.124] When a sign
came to them they said, 'We will not believe in it unless we are given that which
the Messengers of Allah have been given.' But Allah knows best where to place
His Message. Humiliation with Allah shall befall the sinners as well as a
terrible punishment for what they devised.
[6.125] Whomsoever
Allah desires to guide, He expands his chest to Islam (submission). Whomsoever
He desires to lead astray, He makes his chest narrow, tight, as though he were
climbing to heaven. As such Allah lays the scourge on the unbelievers.
[6.126] This is the Path of your Lord, a Straight Path.
We have made plain Our verses to a nation who remember.
[6.127] Theirs is the
abode of peace with their Lord. He is their Guardian for what they did.
[6.128] On the Day
when He assembles them all together, 'O company of Jinn, you have seduced
mankind in great numbers.' And their guided ones among the humans will say,
'Lord, we have enjoyed each other. But now we have reached the term which You
have appointed for us.' He will say, 'The Fire shall be your lodging, and there
you shall remain for ever except as Allah will.' Your Lord is Wise, Knowing.
[6.129] So We make
the harm doers guides of each other for what they have earned.
[6.130] 'Jinn and
human, did there not come to you Messengers of your own who narrated to you My
verses and warned you of encountering this Day?' They will reply, 'We bear
witness against ourselves.' Indeed, the life of this world beguiled them. They
will bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.
[6.131] That is
because your Lord will not destroy villages unjustly, while their inhabitants
were inattentive.
[6.132] They all have
their degrees according to their deeds. Your Lord is not inattentive of their
actions.
[6.133] Your Lord is
Rich and the Owner of Mercy. He can destroy you if He will and replace you with
whom He pleases, just as He raised you from the offspring
of other nations.
[6.134] That which
you are promised is sure to come. You shall not frustrate Me.
[6.135] Say, 'Work
according to your station my people, for indeed I am working.' You shall know
to whom will be the good end of the abode. The harm doers shall not be
triumphant.
[6.136] They set
aside for Allah a share of what He has created of tilth and cattle saying,
'This is for Allah so they claim and this for our associates (gods).' The share
of their associates never reaches Allah, but the share of Allah reaches their
associates. How evil they judge!
Confusion of the unbelievers [6.137]
[6.137] As such their
associates made it attractive to the idolaters to kill their children so that
they ruin them and confuse them about their religion. But had Allah willed,
they would not have done so. Therefore, leave them to their false inventions.
[6.138] They say,
'These cattle, and these crops are forbidden. None can eat of them except those
whom we permit' so they claim, 'and cattle whose backs are forbidden, and
others over which they do not pronounce the Name of Allah.' As such fabricating lies against Him. He will
recompense them for their invented lies.
[6.139] They also
say, 'What is in the bellies (wombs) of these cattle is reserved for our males
but not for our wives.' But if it is stillborn, they all partake of it. He will
recompense them for their describing. He is Wise, Knowing.
[6.140] Lost are
those who, without knowledge, have foolishly slain their own children and made
unlawful that which Allah has provided them, fabricating lies about Allah. They
have gone astray and are not guided.
[6.141] He
brings forth gardens, trellised and untrellised, palm-trees and crops,
different to eat, and the olive and pomegranates alike and unlike. When it bears fruit eat of it and pay what is due (the
zakat) of it upon the harvest day. But do not be wasteful; He does not love the
wasteful.
[6.142] And of the
cattle, some are for carrying burdens, and others for slaughter. Eat of that which
Allah has provided you with and do not follow in satan's footsteps; he is your
open enemy.
[6.143] (He has given
you) eight couples, a pair of sheep and a pair of goats. Say, 'Of these, has He
forbidden you the males, the females, or what the wombs of the two females
contain? Tell me with knowledge, if you are truthful.'
[6.144] Then a pair
of camels and a pair of cattle. Say, 'Of these, has He forbidden you the males,
the females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? Were you witnesses
when Allah charged you with this? Who is more harmful than he who, without
knowledge, invents a lie about Allah to mislead people? Allah does not guide
the harm doers.’
[6.145] Say, 'I find
nothing in what has been revealed to me that forbids any one to eat of any food
except the dead, running blood, and the flesh of swine for these are unclean
and that which has been hallowed in its slaughter to other than Allah. But
whoever is constrained to eat of any of these, not intending to sin or
transgress, then your Lord is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’
[6.146] We forbade
the Jews all with undivided hoofs and the fat of sheep and cattle, except what
is on their backs and entrails, and what is mixed with their bones. As such We
recompensed them for their transgressions. Indeed, We are truthful.
[6.147] If they belie
you, say, 'Your Lord is the Owner of all Encompassing Mercy, but His Might
cannot be withheld from the nation, the evildoers.'
[6.148] The idolaters
will say, 'Had Allah willed, neither we nor our fathers would have associated
(idols), nor would we have forbidden anything.’ As such, those who have gone
before them belied until they tasted Our Might. Say, 'Have you any knowledge
you can bring forth to us? You follow nothing but guessing and you are only
speakers of conjecture.'
[6.149] Say, 'Allah
alone has the conclusive proof. Had He willed, He would have guided you all.'
[6.150] Say, 'Bring
those witnesses of yours who can testify that Allah has forbidden this.' If
they testify to it, do not testify with them, nor follow the wishes of those
who belie Our verses, and disbelieve in the Everlasting Life and ascribe equals
to their Lord.
[6.151] Say, 'Come, I
will recite to you what your Lord forbids you; that you shall associate
anything with Him; that you shall be good to your parents, that you shall not
kill your children because of poverty, We provide for you and for them, that
you shall not commit foul deeds whether openly or in secret, and that you shall
not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden except by right. With such
Allah charges you, in order that you
understand.
[6.152] Do not touch
the wealth of the orphan, except in the fairer manner until he reaches
maturity. Give just weight and full measure, We never charge a soul with more
than it can bear. When you speak, be just, even if it affects your own kinsmen.
Fulfill the covenant of Allah. With such He charges you, in order that you
remember.
[6.153] This Path of
Mine is straight. Follow it and do not follow other paths, for they will
scatter you away from His Path. With such Allah charges you, in order that you
be cautious.’
[6.154] Then to Moses
We gave the Book, complete for him who does good, and (to make) plain all
things, and guidance, and mercy, so that they might believe in the ultimate
meeting with their Lord.
Koran is mercy for all mankind [6.155-159]
[6.155] And We have sent down this blessed Book (the Holy Koran). Follow it and be cautious in order that you receive mercy,
[6.156] lest you
should say, 'The Book was sent down only to two parties before us; we are
inattentive to their study.'
[6.157] Or (you say),
'Had the Book been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than
they.' Indeed a clear sign has now come to you from your Lord; a guidance and a
mercy. And who is more harmful than he who belies the verses of Allah and turns
away from them! We shall recompense those who turn away from Our verses with an
evil punishment for their turning away.
[6.158] Are they
waiting for the angels or your Lord to come to them, or for some of the signs
of your Lord? On the Day when some of the signs of your Lord come, no soul will
be benefited by its belief had it not believed before or earned good in its
belief. Say, 'Wait, we are waiting.'
[6.159] You have
nothing to do with those who have made divisions in their religion and become
sects. Their affair is with Allah and He will inform them of what they have
done.
[6.160] He who brings
a good deed shall have tenfold of its like, but he who brings a sin shall be
recompensed only for its like. None shall be wronged.
[6.161] Say, 'My Lord
has guided me to a Straight Path, an upright religion, the creed of Abraham, he
was upright, not from the idolaters.'
[6.162] Say, 'My
prayers and my worship (for example, pilgrimage and sacrifice), my life and my
death, are all for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
[6.163] He has no
partner, with that I am commanded, and I am the first of the submitters
(Muslims).'
[6.164] Say, 'Should
I seek a lord other than Allah, who is the Lord of all things? Every soul earns
only to its account no soul shall bear another's burden. Then to your Lord you
shall be returned, and He will inform you about that in which you differed.'
[6.165] It is He who has made you caliphs in the earth and raised
some of you in rank above others, so that He might try you in what He has given
you. Swift is your Lord in retribution; yet He is Forgiving, Merciful.
7 The Ramparts - Al 'A'raf
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[7.1]
AlifLaamMeemSaad.
[7.2] The Book has
been sent down to you; so let your chest have no constriction because of it, in
order to warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.
[7.3] Follow that
which is sent down to you from your Lord and do not follow guardians other than
Him; little do you remember.
[7.4] How many a
village have We laid in ruin! In the night Our Might
fell upon it, or at
[7.5] And when Our Might fell upon them they only said, 'We have
indeed been harm doers.'
[7.6] We will
question those to whom Our Message was sent, as We shall question the
Messengers.
[7.7] With knowledge
We will narrate to them, for We are never absent.
[7.8] On that Day,
the weighing is true. He whose scales are heavy those are the prosperers,
[7.9] but he whose
scales are light those have lost their souls because they were harmful towards
Our verses.
Be thankful [7.10]
[7.10] We established
you in the earth and made for you a livelihood but little is it that you give
thanks.
[7.11] We created you
then We shaped you, then We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves before
Adam.' They all prostrated themselves except iblis he was not among the
prostrated.
[7.12] He (Allah)
asked, 'What prevented you to prostrate, when I commanded you?' 'I am better
than he,' he replied. 'You created me of fire and You created him of clay.'
[7.13] He (Allah)
said, 'Descend from it! This is no place for you to be proud. Begone, you are
of the humiliated.'
[7.14] he replied,
'Respite me till the Day of Resurrection.'
[7.15] Said He
(Allah), 'you are among the respited,'
[7.16] he answered,
'Because You have caused me to go astray, I will waylay them as they walk on
Your Straight Path,
[7.17] and come upon
them from the front and from the rear, from their right and from their left.
Then, You shall find most of them ungrateful.'
[7.18] 'Begone! '
said He, 'despised and outcast. (As for) those of them that follow you, I shall
fill Gehenna (Hell) with all of you.'
[7.19] 'O Adam dwell
with your wife in
[7.20] But satan
whispered to them, so that he might reveal to them their shameful parts which
had been hidden from them, he said, 'Your Lord has prohibited you from this
tree lest you both become angels or become among the immortal.'
[7.21] he swore to
both, 'Indeed, I am to you among the advisers.'
[7.22] So he cheated
both by delusion. And when they had tasted the tree, their shameful parts
became apparent to them, and they both covered themselves with the leaves of
Adam and Eve ask Allah to have mercy and forgive them [7.23]
[7.23] Both replied,
'Lord, We have harmed ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us,
we shall surely be among the lost.'
[7.24] He said,
'Descend, each of you an enemy to each other. The earth will be a dwelling
place for you and an enjoyment for a time.’
[7.25] He said,
'There you shall live and there you shall die, and from there you shall
emerge.'
[7.26] Children of Adam!
We have sent down to you clothing that covers your nakedness, and feathers. But
the clothing of piety that is better. That is one of the signs of Allah, in
order that they remember.
[7.27] Children of
Adam! Do not let satan tempt you, as he brought your
parents out of
[7.28] When they
commit an indecency, they say, 'This is what we found our fathers practicing,
and with it Allah has ordered us.' Say, 'Allah does not order indecency. Would
you tell of Allah what you do not know?'
[7.29] Say, 'My Lord
ordered justice. Turn your faces to Him in every place of prayer and supplicate
to Him, making the religion sincerely to Him. As He originated you, you shall
return.'
Supporters of satan [7.30]
[7.30] Some He has
guided, and upon some justly is the straying; for they had chosen the satans
for supporters instead of Allah and suppose themselves to be guided.
[7.32] Say, 'Who has forbidden the adornment that Allah has brought for His worshipers and the good provision?' Say, 'They are in this life for those who believe, and purely theirs on the Day of Resurrection.' As such We distinguish the verses to people who know.
Indecency, insolence and association [7.33]
[7.33] Say, 'My Lord
has forbidden all indecent acts whether apparent or disguised and sin, and
unjust insolence, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has never
sent down an authority, or to say about Allah what you do not know.'
[7.34] To every
nation a term; when their term comes they shall not delay it by a single hour,
nor yet hasten it.
Believers and unbelievers [7.35-36]
[7.35] Children of
Adam, when Messengers of your own come to narrate to you My verses, those who
are cautious and mend their ways will have nothing to fear neither shall they
be saddened,
[7.36] but, those who
belie and grow proud against Our verses shall be the inhabitants of the Fire,
and there they shall remain for ever.
[7.37] Who is more
harmful than he who invents a lie about Allah or belies His verses? Such shall
have their share of the Book, and when Our Messengers come to take them away,
they shall say to them, 'Where now are those whom you invoked, other than
Allah?' 'They have forsaken us,' they will answer, and will bear witness
against themselves that they were unbelievers.
The day when the unbelievers ask Allah to double the
punishment of their leaders [7.38-40]
[7.38] He will say,
'Enter the Fire and join the nations of jinn and humans that have gone before
you.' As they enter, every nation will curse its sister-nation, and when all
are gathered in the pit, the last of them will say of the first, 'These, Lord,
are those who led us astray. Give them a double punishment of the Fire. He will
answer, 'For each double, although you do not know it.'
[7.39] Then, the
first will say to the last, 'You were no better than us.' So taste the
punishment for what you have earned.
[7.40] The gates of heaven shall not be opened for those who have
belied and grew proud against Our verses; nor shall they enter
[7.41] Gehenna (Hell)
shall be their cradle, and layers of fire shall cover them. As such We
recompense the harm doers.
[7.42] As for those
who believe and do good works We never charge a soul with more than it can bear
they are the companions of Paradise, and there they shall live for ever.
[7.43] We shall strip
away all rancor from their chests. Rivers shall flow underneath them, and they
shall say, 'Praise be to Allah who has guided us to this. Had Allah not given
us guidance we should not have been guided. The Messengers of our Lord surely
came with the truth.' Then they are called, 'This is the
The question the people of
The Day of Judgement [7.44-53]
[7.44] Then the
companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, 'What our
Lord promised we have found to be true, have you too, found the promise of your
Lord to be true?' 'Yes,' they shall answer, and a Caller will announce between
them that the curse of Allah is upon the harm doers,
[7.45] who have
barred others from the Path of Allah and sought to make it crooked, and who had
no belief in the Everlasting Life.
[7.46] And between them
is a veil, and on the ramparts there shall stand men who will know each by
their marks. To the companions of
[7.47] And when they turn their eyes towards the companions of the
Fire, they will say, 'Lord, do not cast us among the harm doers!'
[7.48] And the companions of the ramparts call to men whose marks they recognize, 'Neither your amassing nor your pride have availed you.
[7.49] Are these whom you swore that Allah would never have mercy
upon them?' (To them it will be said) 'Enter
[7.50] The companions of the Fire will call out to the companions
of
[7.51] who
made their religion an amusement and play, and who were beguiled by their
worldly life.' On this Day
We will forget them as they forgot the meeting of that Day; for they denied Our verses.
[7.52] We have
brought to them a Book which We have made plain based upon knowledge, a
guidance and a mercy to believers.
[7.53] Are they
waiting but for its fulfillment? On the Day when it is realized, those who have
forgotten it will say, 'The Messengers of our Lord have surely come with the
truth. Have we then any intercessors to intercede for us, or shall we be
returned to do other than that we have done?' They have lost their souls, and
that which they invented will have gone astray from them.
[7.54] Your Lord is
Allah, who, in six days created the heavens and the earth, and then willed to
the Throne. He throws the veil of night over the day. Swiftly they follow one
another. The sun, the moon, and the stars are compelled to His order. His is
the creation, His is the command. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
Supplicate to Allah [7.55]
[7.55] Supplicate to
your Lord with humility and in secret. He does not love the transgressors.
[7.56] Do not make
mischief in the earth after it has been put right. Pray to Him with fear and
hope; His Mercy is near to the righteous.
[7.57] He sends forth
the winds as carriers of the glad tidings between the hands of His Mercy, and
when they have carried up a heavy cloud, We drive it on to some dead land and
therewith send down water bringing forth all manner of fruit. As such We will
raise the dead, in order that you remember.
[7.58] Good land
yields its vegetation by the permission of its Lord. While the corrupted yields only the scanty. So We make
plain the verses to those who are thankful.
[7.59] We sent forth
Noah to his nation. He said, 'Worship Allah, my people for you have no god
except He. I fear for you the punishment of a great Day.'
[7.60] But the
assembly of his nation said, 'We can see that you are in clear error.'
[7.61] 'I am not in
error, my nation,' he replied. 'I am a Messenger from the Lord of the Worlds
[7.62] (sent) to
convey to you the messages of my Lord and to advise you, for I know from Allah
what you do not know.
[7.63] Do you wonder
that a Remembrance should come to you from your Lord to a man from yourselves
in order that he may warn you and that you may be cautious so that mercy comes
upon you?'
[7.64] (But) they
belied him, so We saved him and those who were with him
in the
[7.65] And to (the
people of) Aad We sent their brother, Hood. He said, 'Worship Allah, my nation,
for you have no god except He. Will you not then be cautious?'
[7.66] The
disbelieving assembly of his nation said, 'We see you in foolishness, and think
that you are of the liars.'
[7.67] 'My nation,
there is no foolishness in me,' he replied. 'I am a Messenger of the Lord of
the Worlds
[7.68] I deliver to
you the messages of my Lord and I am your honest adviser.
[7.69] Do you wonder
that a remembrance should come to you from your Lord to a man from yourselves
in order that he may warn you? Remember, that He has made you the heirs of
Noah's nation and increased you in broad stature, remember the favors of Allah
in order that you prosper!'
[7.70] They said,
'Have you come to us in order that we worship Allah alone and renounce that which
our fathers worshipped? Bring down that with which you threaten us if you are
from the truthful!’
[7.71] He answered,
'The punishment and wrath of your Lord has already fallen upon you. Would you
dispute with me about names which you and your fathers have invented, and for
which no authority has been sent down from Allah? Wait if you will, I am
waiting with you.'
The mercy of Allah to Prophet Hood and his followers [7.72]
[7.72] We saved him and
all who were with him through Our Mercy and annihilated those who belied Our
verses. They were not believers!
[7.73] And to Thamood We sent their brother Salih. He said,
'Worship Allah, my nation, for you have no god except He. A clear proof has
come to you from your Lord. Here is the she-camel of Allah, a sign for you.
Leave her to graze in the earth of Allah and do not touch her with evil, lest a
painful punishment seizes you.
[7.74] Remember, that
He has made you the successor of Aad, and lodged you in the land. You
have built palaces on its plains and hewed out houses in the mountains.
Remember the favor of Allah and do not act mischievously in the earth,
corrupting.'
[7.75] The proud assembly of his nation said to the weak amongst
them who believed, 'Do you really believe that Salih is sent from his Lord?'
They answered, 'We believe in that with which he was sent.'
[7.76] Those who were
proud said, 'We disbelieve in that which you believed in.'
[7.77] (Then) they
hamstrung the she-camel and defied the order of their Lord, saying to Salih,
'Bring down that which you have promised us if you truly are one of the Messengers.'
[7.78] Thereupon the earthquake seized them, at morning in their
dwellings they were crouched, dead.
[7.79] He turned from
them, saying, 'I conveyed to you, my nation the Message of my Lord and gave you
counsel; but you had no love for sincere advisers.'
Sodomy [7.80-82]
[7.80] And
[7.81] You approach men lustfully instead of women. Truly, you are
a nation who exceed (in sin).'
[7.82] The only
answer of his nation was, 'Expel them from your village. They are people who
keep themselves purified.'
[7.83] We saved him
and all his family, except his wife, who was made to remain,
[7.84] and We rained
down upon them a rain. So look how was the end of the evildoers.
[7.85] And to Midian,
their brother Shu'aib. He said, 'Worship Allah, my nation, for you have no god
except He. A clear sign has come to you from your Lord. Give just weight, and
full measure; and do not diminish the goods of people. Do not corrupt the land
after it has been set right, that is best for you, if you are believers.
[7. 86] Do not sit in
every road, threatening and barring from the Path of Allah those who believed
it, nor seek to make it crooked. Remember how He multiplied you when you were
few in number. Consider the end of the corrupters.
[7.87] If there are
some among you who believe in that which I have been sent and others who
disbelieve it, be patient until Allah shall judge between us. He is the best of
judges.'
The contempt of the unbelievers of Midian [7.88]
[7.88] The proud
assembly of his nation said, 'We will expel you Shu'aib and those who believe
with you from our village unless you return to our creed.' He replied, 'Even
though we hate it?
[7.89] We would have
invented lies about Allah if we returned to your creed from which Allah has
saved us, it is not for us that we return into it again except if Allah, our
Lord wills. For our Lord has embraced everything with knowledge, and in Allah
we have put our trust. Our Lord, open between us and our nation with truth, You
are the Best of openers.'
[7.90] But the
unbelieving assembly of his nation said, 'If you follow Shu'aib, you shall
assuredly be losers.'
[7.91] So the
earthquake seized them, at the morning they were crouched in their dwellings,
dead.
[7.92] It seemed as
if those who had belied Shu'aib had never lived there. Those who belied Shu'aib
were the losers.
[7.93] He turned away
from them saying, 'I conveyed to you, my nation, the messages of my Lord and
advised you. How can I grieve for the unbelieving nation?'
[7.94] We sent no Prophet
to a village but seized its inhabitants with misfortune and adversity in order
that they might be humble in supplication.
[7.95] Then We
changed evil for good, until they multiplied and said, 'Our fathers were indeed
touched by misfortune and adversity.' So We seized them suddenly while they
were unaware.
[7.96] Had the people
of the villages believed and been cautious, We would have opened upon them the
blessings from heaven and earth. But they belied, and We seized them for what
they earned.
Do you feel secure? [7.97-100]
[7.97] Do the
inhabitants of the villages feel secure from Our Might coming to them at night
whilst they sleep?
[7.98] Or do the
inhabitants of the villages feel secure from Our Might coming to them in the
midmorning while they play?
[7.99] (In reply to
your devising) do they feel secure from the devising of Allah? None feels
secure from the devising of Allah except the loosing nation.
[7.100] Is it not
plain to those who inherit the earth after its inhabitants that if We willed We
could smite them for their sins and set a seal upon their hearts, so that they
do not hear.
[7.101] Those
villages We narrate their news to you. Their Messengers came to them with clear
proofs, yet they would not believe what they had belied before; as such Allah
seals the hearts of the unbelievers.
[7.102] We did not
find the covenant upheld by the majority of them, but We found most of them
evildoers.
The story of Prophet Moses and Pharaoh [7.103-157]
[7.103] After those
We sent forth Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his assembly, but with it
they harmed. Look at the end of the corrupters.
[7.104] Moses said,
'Pharaoh, I am a Messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,
[7.105] incumbent
upon me is that I say nothing of Allah except the truth. I bring you a clear
proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel depart with me.'
[7.106] He answered,
'If you have come with a sign, show it to us if you are of the truthful.'
[7.107] He threw down
his staff, and it was clearly a serpent.
[7.108] Then he drew
out his hand and it was luminous to the onlookers.
[7.109] The assembly
of Pharaoh's nation said, 'This man is a well-versed sorcerer
[7.110] who seeks to
drive you from your land what do you command?'
[7.111] Others said,
'Put them off a while, he and his brother, and send forth to your cities
gatherers
[7.112] to summon
every well-versed sorcerer to you.'
[7.113] The sorcerers
came to Pharaoh. They said, 'Shall we be rewarded if we are the winners?'
[7.114] 'Yes,' he
answered, 'and you will be among those near.'
[7.115] They said, 'Moses,
will you throw first or shall we be the throwers?'
[7.116] 'Throw,' he
replied. And when they threw, they bewitched the people's eyes and terrified
them, and produced great sorcery.
[7.117] Then We
revealed to Moses, 'Now, throw down your staff.' And thereupon it swallowed up
their false invention.
[7.118] So, the truth
prevailed and what they were doing was annulled;
[7.119] they were
defeated and turned belittled,
[7.120] and the
sorcerers prostrated themselves,
[7.121] saying, 'We
believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
[7.122] the Lord of
Moses and Aaron.'
[7.123] Pharaoh said,
'Do you believe in Him before I permit? This is a plot that you have contrived
in the city in order to expel its people from it. Now you shall know!
[7.124] I will cut
off on opposite sides a hand and a foot, and then crucify you all!'
[7.125] They replied,
'We shall surely turn to our Lord.
[7.126] You would
take revenge on us only because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they
came to us. Lord, pour patience upon us and let us die as submitters
(Muslims).'
[7.127] The assembly
of Pharaoh's nation said, 'Will you allow Moses and his nation to corrupt in
the land and to forsake you and your gods?' He replied, 'We will put their sons
to death and spare their women, indeed we are conquerors over them.'
Moses tells his nation to seek help from Allah and to be
patient [7.128]
[7.128] Moses said to
his nation, 'Seek help from Allah and be patient. The earth belongs to Allah;
He gives it as a heritage to whom He chooses amongst His worshipers. The
outcome is for the cautious.'
[7.129] They replied, 'We were hurt before you came to us, and after
you came to us.' He said, 'Your Lord may destroy your enemies and make you
inheritors in the land. Then He will see how you conduct yourselves.'
Plagues afflict Pharaoh and his people [7.130-135]
[7.130] We seized
Pharaoh's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might
remember.
[7.131] When good
things came their way, they said, 'It is our due,' but when evil befell them
they blamed their ill fortune on Moses and those with him. Indeed their ill
fortune was with Allah, though most of them did not know.
[7.132] They said,
'Whatever sign you bring to us, to cast a spell upon us, we will not believe in
you.'
[7.133] So We sent
upon them floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood. (All these were) clear
signs, yet they were proud against them, for they were wicked people.
[7.134] And when the
plague smote them, they said, 'Moses, pray to your Lord for us invoking the
promise He has made with you. If you lift the plague from us, we will believe
in you and let the Children of Israel go with you.'
[7.135] But when We
had lifted the plague from them for a term which they had to reach, they broke
their promise.
[7.136] So We
punished them and drowned them in the sea, for they had belied Our signs and
gave no heed to them.
[7.137] We gave the persecuted nation dominion over the eastern and
western lands which We had blessed. So the Word of your Lord, the finest, was
fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience; and We destroyed the edifices, and towers of Pharaoh and
whatsoever they manufactured.
[7.138] and We moved the Children of Israel from one side of the sea to
the other, and they came upon a nation zealously devoted to the idols they had.
They said to Moses, 'Make a god for us, as they have gods.' Moses replied, 'You
are indeed an ignorant nation.
[7.139] That which
they are engaged upon shall be shattered and all their works are vain.
[7.140] Should I seek
any god for you except Allah? He has exalted you above the nations.
[7.141] And that We
saved you from Pharaoh's family, who had oppressed you cruelly, putting your
sons to death and sparing your women. Surely, that was a great trial from your
Lord.'
Prophet Moses leaves his brother, Prophet Aaron, in charge
of the Children of
[7.142] We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and We completed them
with ten more; so that the appointment with his Lord took forty nights. Moses
said to Aaron, his brother, 'Take my place among my nation. Do what is right
and do not follow the path of the corrupt doers.'
Allah speaks to Prophet Moses [7.143-144]
[7.143] And when
Moses came at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, 'Lord, let
me see, that I can look at You.' He replied, 'You shall not see Me. But look at
the mountain; if it remains firm in its place, then shall you see Me.' And when
his Lord was revealed to the mountain and caused it to be crushed and leveled whereupon
Moses fell down senseless, and when he recovered, he said, 'Exaltations to You!
I repent to You. I am the first of believers.'
[7.144] He said,
'Moses, I have chosen you from all mankind with My Messages and My Words.
Therefore, take what I have given you, and be among the thankful.'
[7.145] We inscribed
for him upon the Tablets all kinds of exhortation and clear explanations of all
things. So take it forcefully, and order your nation to take what is best of
it. I shall show you the home of the wicked.
Those who belie the signs of Allah [7.146-147]
[7.146] From My signs
I will turn away the unrightfully, arrogant in the land, so that even if they
witness every sign they would not believe it. If they see the path of
righteousness, they shall not take it as a path; but if they see the path of
error, they shall take it for their path because they belied Our signs and were
inattentive towards them.
[7.147] Vain are the
deeds of those who belie Our signs and the Everlasting Life. Shall they not be
recompensed except for what they used to do?
[7.148] In his absence, the nation of Moses made a calf from their
ornaments, a body with a hollow sound. Did they not see that it could neither
speak to them, nor guide them to a path? Yet they took it in worship and were
harm doers.
[7.149] But when it
landed in their hands and saw that they had strayed, they said, 'If our Lord
does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we shall be lost.'
[7.150] And when
Moses returned to his nation, angry and sorrowful, he said, 'Evil is what you
have done in my absence! Would you hasten the retribution of your Lord?' He
threw down the Tablets, and seizing his brother by the head, dragged him
towards him. 'Son of my mother,' said (Aaron), 'the nation weakened me, and
almost killed me. Do not let my enemies rejoice over me; do not number me among
the harm doers.'
[7.151] 'Lord, ' said
Moses, 'forgive me and forgive my brother. Admit us to Your Mercy, for You are
Most Merciful of the merciful! '
[7.152] Those who
worshipped the calf incurred the Anger of their Lord and abasement in this
life, and as such We recompense the forgers.
[7.153] As for those
who do evil and later repent and believe, your Lord is Forgiving, the Most
Merciful thereafter.
[7.154] When his
anger abated, Moses took up the Tablets upon which was inscribed guidance and
mercy to those who fear their Lord.
[7.155] Moses chose
from among his nation seventy men for Our appointment, and when the quake
seized them, Moses said, 'My Lord, had it been Your Will, You would have
destroyed them before, and me. Will You destroy us for that which the fools
amongst us did? It is only Your trial by which You leave in error whom You
will, and guide whom You will. You alone are our Guardian. Forgive us and have
mercy on us, You are the Best of those who forgive.
[7.156] Write for us
what is good in this life and in the Everlasting Life. To You alone we turn.'
He replied, 'I will smite with My punishment whom I will; yet My mercy embraces
all things. I will write it (My mercy) to those who are cautious, give the
obligatory charity, and believe in Our verses;
[7.157] and to those
who shall follow the Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet (Muhammad) whom they
shall find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel. He will order kindness
upon them and forbid them to do evil. He will make good things lawful to them
and prohibit all that is foul. He will relieve them of their burdens and of the
shackles that weigh upon them. Those who believe in him and honor him, those
who aid him and follow the light sent forth with him, shall surely prosper.'
The order to believe in the Oneness of Allah and His last
prophet, Muhammad [7.158]
[7.158] Say, 'O
mankind, I am the Messenger of Allah to you all. His is the kingdom in the heavens
and the earth. There is no god except He. He revives and causes to die.
Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who
believes in Allah and His Words. Follow him in order that you are guided.'
[7.159] Yet among the people of Moses there was a nation who
preached the truth and acted justly.
[7.160] We divided
them into twelve tribes, each a nation. And when his people demanded drink, We
revealed to Moses, 'Strike the rock with your staff.' Thereupon twelve springs
gushed from the rock and each tribe knew its drinking-place. We caused the
clouds to cast their shadow over them, and sent down for them manna and quails,
saying, 'Eat of the good things We have provided for you.' Indeed, they did Us
no wrong, but they wronged themselves.
The disobedience of the Children of
[7.161] When it was
said to them, 'Dwell in this village, and eat of whatever you please; and say,
"Unburdening" and enter the gate prostrating, We
will forgive you your sins and increase the good doers.’
[7.162] The wicked
amongst them changed what was said for other words. Therefore We sent down upon
them from heaven a punishment for their evil doing.
The punishment of the Children of
[7.163] Ask them
about the village that overlooked the sea and what befell (its people) when
they broke the Sabbath. Each Sabbath, their fish came swimming towards the shore,
but on other days they did not come to them. As such We tempted them (the
people) because they had done wrong.
[7.164] And when some
asked, 'Why do you admonish a nation whom Allah will destroy or sternly
punish?' They replied, '(Seeking) a pardon from your Lord, and in order that
they may be cautious.'
[7.165] Therefore,
when they forgot that of which they were reminded, We saved those who were
forbidding evil, and seized the evildoers with an evil punishment for that
which they used to do of evil.
[7.166] And when they
had scornfully persisted in what they had been forbidden, We said to them, 'Be
apes, despised.'
[7.167] Then your
Lord declared He would send against them he who would oppress them cruelly till
the Day of Resurrection. Swift is the retribution of your Lord, yet surely He
is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[7.168] We dispersed them through the earth in nations some were
righteous, others were not, and tested them with good and evil in order that they
return.
[7.169] Then others
succeeded them who inherited the Book and availed themselves of the vanities of
this lower world, saying, 'It will be forgiven us.' But if similar vanities
came their way, they would again take them. Have they not taken the covenant of
the Book, which they have studied, to tell nothing of Allah except what is
true? Surely, the Everlasting Life is better for the cautious, do you not
understand!
[7.170] As for those
who hold fast to the Book and are steadfast in prayer, We do not waste the wage
of the righteous.
[7.171] When We suspended the mountain over them as though it were a
shadow and they feared that it was falling down on them, (We said) 'Take
forcefully that which We have given you and remember what it contains, in order
that you keep from evil.'
[7.172] When your
Lord brought forth descendants from the loins of Adam's children, and made them
testify concerning themselves (He said), 'Am I not your Lord.' They replied,
'We bear witness (that You are).' Lest you should say on the Day of
Resurrection, 'We had no knowledge of this,'
[7.173] or you say,
'Our forefathers were idolaters before, and we were the descendants after them,
will You destroy us for the deeds of the vain-doers?'
[7.174] As such We
make plain Our verses in order that they return.
[7.175] Recite to
them the news of he to whom We gave Our verses and who turned away from them;
how satan overtook him so he was led astray.
[7.176] Had it been
Our will We would have raised with it, but he clung to this earthly life and
succumbed to his fancies. His likeness was that of a dog, whether you chase it away
or let it alone it pants. Such is the example of a nation who belie Our signs.
Recount to them these narratives, in order that they reflect.
[7.177] Evil is the
example of those who belied Our verses; they wronged themselves.
[7.178] He whom Allah
guides is one that is guided, but he whom Allah leaves in error shall surely be
the lost.
Hell [7.179]
[7.179] For Gehenna,
We have created many jinn and many humans. They have hearts, with which they
cannot understand; eyes, with which they do not see; and ears, with which they
do not hear. They are like cattle, rather, they are the more misguided. Such
are the heedless.
[7.180] To Allah
belongs the Finest Names, so call Him by them, and keep away from those who
pervert them. They shall be recompensed for the things they did.
[7.181] Among those
whom We created there is a nation who guide with the truth and with it they are
just.
[7.182] As for those
who belie Our verses, We will draw them on little by little, from where they
cannot tell;
[7.183] and I respite
them, My stratagem is firm.
[7.184] Have they not
reflected? There is no madness in their companion, he is but a plain warner.
[7.185] Will they not
ponder upon the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all that Allah
created, and that it may be that their term is drawing near? So, in which
speech will they believe thereafter?
[7.186] None can
guide those whom Allah leaves in error. He leaves them in their insolence,
wandering blindly.
[7.187] They ask you
about the Hour and when it is to come. Say, 'None knows except my Lord. He
alone will reveal it at the appointed time. It is heavy in the heavens and
earth. It will not come to you but suddenly.' They will question you, as though
you had full knowledge of it. Say, 'Its knowledge is with Allah, though most
people are unaware.'
Prophet Muhammad; a warner and bearer of glad tidings
[7.188]
[7.188] Say, 'I do
not have the power to acquire benefits or to avert harm from myself, except by
the Will of Allah. Had I possessed knowledge of the unseen, I would have
availed myself of much that is good, and no harm would have touched me. But I
am only a warner and a bearer of glad tidings for a nation who believe.
[7.189] It is He who
created you from a soul. From it He created its mate, so that he might reside
with her. And when he had covered her, she conceived, and for a time her burden
was light. She carried it with ease, but when it grew heavy, they both
supplicated to Allah, their Lord, 'Grant us a goodly child and we will be among
the thankful.'
[7.190] Yet when He
gave both of them (the parents) a goodly child, they set up associates with
Him, in return for what He had given them. Exalted be Allah above that they
associate with Him.
[7.191] Will they
associate that which cannot create a thing while they are created?
[7.192] They cannot
help them, nor can they help themselves.
[7.193] If you call
them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same whether you call
them or you are silent.
[7.194] Those whom
you invoke, other than Allah, are worshipers like yourselves. Call them, and
let them answer you, if what you say is true!
[7.195] Have they
feet to walk with? Have they hands to punish with? Have they eyes to see with?
Have they ears to hear with? Say, 'Call on your partners and then try to scheme
against me. Give me no respite.
Allah guards the righteous [7.196]
[7.196] My Guardian
is Allah, who has sent down the Book. He guards the righteous.
[7. 197] Those whom you
invoke, other than Him, cannot help you, nor can they help themselves.'
[7.198] If you call
them to guidance, they will not hear you. You see them looking towards you, but
they cannot see.
The median way, justice and ignorance [7.199]
[7.199] Accept the
easing, order with fine jurisprudence, and avoid the ignorant.
[7.200] When satan
provokes you seek refuge in Allah; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[7.201] Indeed, when
a visitation of satan touches the cautious (worshipers) they remember, and then
see clearly.
[7.202] And their
brothers, they prolong them in error, and they will never stop.
[7.203] When you do
not bring them a verse, they say, 'Why have you not chosen one?' Say, 'I follow
only what is revealed to me from my Lord. This (Koran) is a veritable proof
from your Lord, guidance and mercy for people who believe.'
[7.204] When the
Koran is recited, listen to it in silence in order that Allah has mercy upon
you.
[7.205] Remember your
Lord in your soul with humility and fear, and not with a loud voice, morning
and evening, and do not be among the inattentive.
[7.206] Those who are
with your Lord are not too proud to worship Him. They exalt Him and to Him they
prostrate.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[8.1] They ask you
about the spoils (of war). Say, 'The spoils belong to Allah and the Messenger.
Therefore, have fear of Allah and set things right between you.
Obey Allah and His
Messenger, if you are believers.'
[8.2] Indeed the
believers are those whose hearts quake at the mention of Allah, and when His
verses are recited to them it increased them in faith. They are those who put
their trust in their Lord.
[8.3] Those who pray
steadfastly, and spend of that which We have provided them,
[8.4] those are, in
truth, the believers. They shall have degrees with their Lord and forgiveness,
and a generous provision.
[8.5] It is like when
your Lord caused you to leave your home with the truth, though some of the believers
disliked it.
[8.6] They argued with you about the truth after it had been made
clear, as though they were being led to certain death while looking.
[8.7] (Remember) when
Allah promised to grant you one of the two parties (at Badr), and you wished
for the one that was not strong. Allah wanted to establish the truth by His
Words and to sever the unbelievers to the last,
[8.8] in order that
He might verify the truth and annul the falsehood, even though the wrongdoers
hated it.
The angels at Badr [8.9-10]
[8.9] And when you
(Prophet Muhammad) prayed to your Lord for help, He answered, 'I am sending to
your aid a thousand angels in succession.'
[8.10] Allah only
made it to be glad tidings and so that your hearts may be satisfied; victory
comes only from Allah; He is Almighty, Wise.
[8.11] When you were
overcome by sleep, as security from Him, He sent down water from the sky to
cleanse you and to purify you of satan's filth, to strengthen your hearts and
to steady your footsteps.
Angels fight at encounter of Badr [8.12]
[8.12] And when Allah
revealed to the angels, saying, 'I shall be with you. Give courage to the
believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. Strike them
above the necks, smite their finger tips.'
[8.13] This is
because they had made a breach with Allah and His Messenger. He who makes a
breach with Allah and His Messenger indeed, Allah is stern in retribution.
[8.14] 'That for you,
so taste it, the punishment of the Fire is for the unbelievers.'
[8.15] Believers,
when you encounter unbelievers on the march do not turn your backs to them in
flight.
[8.16] If anyone on
that day turns his back to them in flight, except when maneuvering to fight, or
to join another party, he shall be laden with the Anger of Allah and Gehenna
shall be his refuge an evil arrival.
[8.17] It was not you
who killed them, but Allah slew them, neither was it you who threw at them.
Allah threw at them in order that He confers on the believers a fair benefit.
Indeed, Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[8.18] Allah will
surely weaken the guile of the unbelievers.
[8.19] If you were
seeking a victory, victory has now come to you. If you desist, it will be
better for you. If you resume We will return, and even if your forces are
numerous, they shall not help you at all. And Allah is with the believers.
[8.20] Believers,
obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you are
hearing.
Those who hear but do not listen [8.21-23]
[8.21] Do not be like
those who say, 'We hear,' but they do not listen.
[8.22] The worst
beasts before Allah are those who are deaf, dumb, and do not understand.
[8.23] Indeed, had
Allah known any good in them, He would have let them hear. But even if He had
made them hear, they would have turned away, swerving aside.
[8.24] Believers,
respond to Allah and the Messenger when he calls you to that which revives you.
Know that Allah is between the person and his heart, and that to Him you shall
all be gathered.
[8.25] And be
cautious against a sedition that will not smite the harm doers alone. Know that
the punishment of Allah is Stern.
[8.26] And remember how
He gave you shelter when you were few in number and considered weak in the
land, ever fearing that the people would snatch you away; but He gave you
refuge and supported you with His victory and provided you with goodness, so
that you might give thanks.
[8.27] Believers, do
not betray Allah and the Messenger, nor knowingly betray your trust.
[8.28] Know that your
children and your wealth are but a temptation, and that the reward with Allah
is great.
The forgiveness of Allah [8.29]
[8.29] Believers, if
you fear Allah, He will give you a criteria and cleanse you of your sins and
forgive you. Allah is the Owner of great bounty.
[8.30] And when the
unbelievers plotted against you (Prophet Muhammad). They sought to either take
you captive or have you killed, or expelled. They plotted but Allah (in reply)
also plotted. Allah is the Best in plotting.
The contempt of the unbelievers [8.32-35]
[8.31] Whenever Our
verses are recited to them, they say, 'We have heard them, if we wished, we
could speak its like. They are but tales of the ancients.'
[8.32] When they say,
'O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from You, rain down upon us stones from
heaven or bring us a painful punishment.'
[8.33] But Allah was
not to punish them whilst you were living in their midst. Nor would Allah
punish them if they repeatedly ask forgiveness of Him.
[8.34] And why should
Allah not punish them, when they have barred others from the Sacred Mosque,
although they were not its guardians? Its only guardians are the cautious,
though most of them do not know.
[8.35] Their prayers
at the Sacred House are nothing but whistling and clapping. Therefore, taste
the punishment for your disbelief.
[8.36] Those who
disbelieve spend their wealth to bar (others) from the Path of Allah. They will
spend it; but it will become a regret for them, then they will be overcome. The
unbelievers shall be gathered in Gehenna,
[8.37] in order that
Allah will separate the wicked from the good. He will heap the wicked one upon
another, and then heap them together and cast them in Gehenna those shall be
the losers.
[8.38] Tell the
unbelievers that if they abandon their ways He will forgive them what is past;
but, if they return, that was indeed the way of their forefathers who have
passed away.
[8.39] Fight them
until persecution is no more and the Religion of Allah reigns supreme. If they
desist, Allah sees the things they do;
[8.40] but if they
turn away, know that Allah is your guardian, (He is) the best Guardian and the
best Giver of victory.
[8.41] And know that
one fifth of whatever you take as spoils belong to Allah, the Messenger,
kinsmen of the Messenger, the orphans, the needy, and the destitute traveler;
if you believe in Allah and what We sent down to Our worshiper on the day of
victory, the day when the two armies met. Allah has power over all things.
[8.42] And when you
were encamped on the nearside and they (the unbelievers) on the farther side,
with the caravan below, had you made an appointment with them, you would have
surely failed to keep it; but Allah sought to accomplish what He had ordained,
so that by clear evidence, he who was destined to perish might perish, and he
who was destined to live might live. Surely, Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[8.43] And when Allah
made them appear to you in a vision as a small band, had He showed them to you
as many, your courage would have failed you and you would have quarreled over
the affair. But Allah saved; He knows the inner most thoughts in the chests.
[8.44] And when you
met them, He showed them in your eyes as being few, and decreased (your number)
in their eyes so that Allah might determine what was ordained. To Allah all
matters return.
[8.45] Believers, when
you meet an army stand firm and remember Allah abundantly, in order that you
are prosperous.
[8.46] Obey Allah and
His Messenger and do not dispute with one another lest you should lose courage
and your resolve weaken. Have patience Allah is with those who are patient.
[8.47] Do not be like
those who left their homes elated with insolence and showing off to people,
barring others from the Path of Allah but Allah encompasses what they do.
[8.48] And when satan
made their foul deeds seem fair to them. He said, 'No one shall conquer you
this day. I shall be your savior.' But when the two armies came within sight of
each other, he took to his heels, saying, 'I reject you, for I can see what you
cannot. I fear Allah, Allah is Stern in retribution.’
[8.49] And when the
hypocrites and those in whose hearts was sickness said, 'Those, their religion
has deceived them.' But whosoever puts his trust in Allah, indeed Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
[8.50] If you could
see the angels when they carry off the souls of the unbelievers, beating their
faces and their backs, saying, 'Taste the punishment of Burning!
[8.51] That is for
what your hands have forwarded, Allah is not unjust to His worshipers.'
[8.52] Like Pharaoh's
family and those who have gone before them, they disbelieved the signs of
Allah. Therefore, Allah seized them in their sinfulness. Mighty is Allah and
stern in retribution.
[8.53] This is
because Allah would never change His favor that He bestowed upon a nation until
they change what is in their hearts. Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[8.54] Like Pharaoh's
family and those who have gone before them, they belied the signs of their
Lord, and so We destroyed them for their sins and drowned Pharaoh's family.
They were all harm doers.
[8.55] Indeed, the
basest creatures before Allah are the unbelievers for they will not believe;
[8.56] those with
whom you have made a treaty, then break their treaty with you every time;
having no fear (of Allah),
[8.57] if you meet
them in battle, cause their example to scatter those behind them so that they
remember.
[8.58] If you fear treachery from any of your allies, you can
dissolve with them equally. Allah does not love the treacherous.
[8.59] Do not suppose
that the unbelievers have outstripped (Allah). They cannot frustrate Me.
[8.60] Muster against
them whatever you are able of force and tethers (ropes) of horses, so that you
strike terror into the enemies of Allah and your enemy, and others besides them
whom you do not know but Allah does. All that you spend in the Way of Allah
shall be repaid to you. You shall not be wronged.
[8.61] If they
incline to peace, incline to it also, and put your trust in Allah. Surely, He
is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[8.62] Should they
seek to deceive you, Allah is sufficient for you. It is He who supported you
with His victory and with believers,
[8.63] and brought
their hearts together. If you had given away all the riches of the earth, you
could not have so united them, but Allah has united them. He is
Almighty, Wise.
[8.64] O Prophet,
Allah suffices you and whosoever follows you of the believers.
[8.65] O Prophet, urge
the believers to fight. If there are twenty patient men among you, you shall
overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred, they shall overcome a
thousand unbelievers, for they are a nation who do not understand.
[8.66] Allah has now
lightened it for you, for He knows that there is weakness amongst you. If there
are a hundred patient men among you, they shall overcome two hundred; and if
there are a thousand, they shall, by the permission of Allah, defeat two
thousand. Allah is with the patient.
[8.67] It is not for
any Prophet to have prisoners in order to slaughter many in the land. You want
the gains of this life, and Allah wants the Everlasting Life, and Allah is
Mighty, Wise.
[8.68] Had there not
been a previous writing from Allah, you would have been afflicted by a mighty
punishment.
[8.69] Eat of what
you have taken from the spoils; such is lawful and good, and fear Allah. Allah
is Forgiving and Most Merciful.
[8.70] O Prophet, say
to those you have taken captive in your hand, 'If Allah finds goodness in your
hearts, He will give you that which is better than what has been taken from
you, and He will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’
[8.71] But if they
seek to betray you, they had betrayed Allah before, but He has let you overcome
them. Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[8.72] Those who
believe and migrated, and fought for the Cause of Allah with their wealth and
their persons; and those who sheltered them and helped them shall be guides to
each other. And those who believe, but have not emigrated you have no guidance
towards them till they emigrate. But if they seek your help in the cause of
your religion, it is your duty to help them, except against a nation with whom
you have a treaty. Allah sees the things you do.
[8.73] The
unbelievers, they are guides of one another. Unless you do this, there will be
persecution in the land and great corruption.
[8.74] Those who believe
and migrated from their homes and fought for the Way of Allah, and those who
have sheltered them and helped them they are truly the believers. Theirs shall
be forgiveness and a generous provision.
[8.75] And those who
believed afterwards and emigrated, and struggled with you they are of you. And
in the Book of Allah, the near kinsmen deserve one another (in inheritance).
Allah has knowledge of all things.
[9.1] An acquittal
from Allah and His Messenger to the idolaters with whom you have made
agreements;
[9.2] 'For four
months you shall journey freely in the land. But know that you shall not render
Allah incapable, and that Allah will humiliate the unbelievers.'
[9.3] A proclamation
from Allah and His Messenger, to the people on the day of the Grand Pilgrimage;
'Allah rejects, and His Messenger (rejects) the idolaters. So if you repent,
that will be better for you; but if you turn your backs, know that you cannot
frustrate Allah. And give glad tidings to the unbelievers of a painful
punishment,
[9.4] except those
idolaters who have fully honored their treaties with you and aided none against
you. With these fulfill your covenant till their term. Surely, Allah loves the
righteous.
[9.5] When the sacred
months are over, slay the idolaters wherever you find them. Take them and
confine them, then lie in ambush everywhere for them. If they repent and
establish the prayer and pay the obligatory charity, let them go their way.
Allah is Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
When non-Muslims ask Muslims for asylum it is obligated upon Muslims to protect them and tell them about Islam [9.6]
[9.6] If an idolater
seeks asylum with you, give him protection in order that he hears the Word of
Allah, and then convey him to his place of safety, because they are a nation
who do not know.
As long as those of another faith are straight with Muslims, Muslims are ordered to be straight with them [9.7]
[9.7] How can the
idolaters have any treaty with Allah and His Messenger, except those with whom
you have made treaties by the Sacred Mosque? So long as they are straight with you,
so be straight with them. Allah loves the righteous.
[9.8] How? If they
prevail against you they will respect neither agreements nor ties of kindred.
They satisfy you with their tongues, but their hearts are averse; and most of
them are wicked.
[9.9] They sell the
verses of Allah for a small price and bar others from His Path. Evil is what
they have been doing.
[9.10] They honor with the believers neither bonds nor treaties.
Such are the transgressors.
[9.11] If they repent
and establish the prayer and pay the obligatory charity, they shall become your
brothers in the religion. So We make plain Our verses for a nation that knows.
[9.12] But if, after
coming to terms with you, they break their oaths and revile your belief, fight
the leaders of the disbelief for they have no oaths in order that they will
desist.
For many years Muslims were persecuted for their belief in the Oneness of Allah but they did not retaliate, why, because they obeyed Allah and His Prophet and waited for a verse to be sent down that permitted them to take up arms against their aggressors [9.13-14]
[9.13] Will you not fight against those who have broken their oaths
and conspired to expel the Messenger? They were the first to attack you. Do you
fear them? Surely, Allah has better rights that you fear Him, if you are
believers.
[9.14] Fight them,
Allah will punish them with your hands and degrade them. He will grant you
victory over them and heal the chests of a believing nation.
[9.15] He will take
away all anger from their hearts, Allah turns to whomsoever He will. Allah is
Knowing, Wise.
[9.16] Did you
suppose that you would be left before Allah has known those of you who fought
and did not take a confidant other than Allah, His Messenger, and the
believers? Allah is Aware of what you do.
[9.17] Idolaters
should not inhabit the mosques of Allah bearing witness against themselves with
disbelief. Those, their deeds have been annulled, and in the Fire they shall
live for ever.
[9.18] None should
inhabit the mosques of Allah except those who believe in Allah and the Last
Day, establish their prayers and pay the obligatory charity, and fear none
except Allah. May these be among the guided.
[9.19] Do you
consider giving drink to the pilgrims and inhabiting the Sacred Mosque is the
same as one who believes in Allah and the Last Day, and struggles in the Way of
Allah? These are not held equal by Allah. Allah does not guide the harm doers.
[9.20] Those who
believe, and migrated, and struggle in the Way of Allah with their wealth and
their persons are greater in rank with Allah. It is they who are the winners.
[9.21] Their Lord
gives them glad tidings of mercy from Him, and pleasure; for them await gardens
in which there is eternal bliss.
[9.22] where they
shall live for ever. The wage with Allah is great indeed.
Believers should take rightly guided Islamic authorities as guides rather than family members who do not believe [9.23]
[9.23] Believers, do
not take your fathers or your brothers for a guide if they love disbelief
rather than belief. Whosoever of you takes them for guides are the harm doers.
A Muslim should love Allah and His Messenger more than his family and possessions [9.24]
[9.24] Say, 'If your
fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your tribes, the property you
have acquired, the merchandise you fear will not be sold, and the homes you
love, are dearer to you than Allah, His Messenger and the struggling for His
Way, then wait until Allah shall bring His command. Allah does not guide the
evildoers.'
[9.25] Allah has
helped you on many a battlefield. In the Battle of Hunain, when your numbers
were pleasing you they availed you nothing; the earth, for all its vastness,
seemed to close in upon you and you turned your backs and fled.
[9.26] Then, Allah
caused His tranquility (sechina) to descend upon His Messenger and the
believers; He sent legions you did not see and sternly punished the
unbelievers. Such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
[9.27] Yet
thereafter, Allah turns to whom He will. He is the Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.
[9.28] Believers, the
idolaters are unclean. Do not let them approach the Sacred Mosque after this year.
If you fear poverty, Allah, if He wills, will enrich you through His bounty. He
is Knowing, Wise.
[9.29] Fight those
who neither believe in Allah nor the Last Day, who do not forbid what Allah and
His Messenger have forbidden, and do not embrace the religion of the truth,
being among those who have been given the Book (Bible and the Torah), until
they pay tribute out of hand and have been humiliated.
[9.30] The Jews say
Ezra is the son of Allah, while the Christians (who follow Paul) say the
Messiah is the son of Allah. Such are their assertions, by which they imitate
those who disbelieved before. Allah fights them! How perverted are they!
[9.31] They take
their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, and the Messiah, son of Mary,
though they were ordered to worship but one God, there is no god except He.
Exalted is He above that they associate with Him!
[9. 32] They desire
to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths; but Allah seeks only to
perfect His Light, though the unbelievers hate it.
Allah sent Prophet Muhammad to raise Islam above all other religions [9.33]
[9.33] It is He who
has sent forth His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to uplift
it above every religion, no matter how much the idolaters hate it.
[9.34] Believers,
many are the rabbis and monks who in falsehood defraud people of their
possessions and bar people from the Path of Allah. Give glad tidings of a
painful punishment to those who treasure gold and silver and do not spend it in
the Way of Allah.
[9.35] On that Day
they (the treasures) will be heated in the fire of Gehenna (Hell), and their
foreheads, sides, and backs will be branded with them, and told. 'These are the
things which you have treasured. Taste then that which you were treasuring!'
[9.36] The number of
the months, with Allah, is twelve in the Book of Allah, the day when He created
the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the right
religion. Therefore, do not wrong yourselves in them and fight against the
unbelievers all together as they themselves fight against you all together;
know that Allah is with the cautious.
[9.37] The postponement of sacred months is an increase in
disbelief in which the unbelievers are misguided. They allow it one year and
forbid it another year, so that they can make up for the months that Allah has
sanctified so making lawful what Allah has forbidden. Their foul acts seem fair
to them Allah does not guide the unbelievers.
Turning the other cheek in personal affairs is often virtuous, however, when it affects the rights of a nation to exist, or if that nation is inflicted by external injustice, turning the other cheek spells social suicide. In these verses, when the early Muslims faced annihilation Allah told the believers to take up arms and support Prophet Muhammad [9.38-40]
[9.38] Believers, why
is it that when it is said to you, 'March in the Way of Allah,' you linger with
heaviness in the land? Are you content with this life rather than the
Everlasting Life? Yet the enjoyment of this life in (comparison to) the
Everlasting Life is little.
[9.39] If you do not
go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and replace you by
another nation. You will in no way harm Him; for Allah has power over all
things.
[9.40] If you do not
help him, Allah will help him as He helped him when he was driven out with one
other (Abu Bakr) by the unbelievers. When the two were in the cave, he said to
his companion, 'Do not sorrow, Allah is with us.' Then Allah caused His
tranquility (sechina) to descend upon him and supported him with legions (of
angels) you did not see, and He made the word of the unbelievers the lowest,
and the Word of Allah is the highest. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[9.41] Whether
lightly or heavily, march on and fight for the Way of Allah, with your wealth
and your persons. This will be best for you, if you but knew.
[9.42] Had the gain
been immediate or the journey easy, they would have followed you; but the
distance seemed far to them. Yet they will swear by Allah, 'Had we been able,
we would have gone out with you.' They bring destruction upon their souls.
Allah knows that they are lying.
[9.43] Allah has
forgiven you! Why did you give them leave (to stay behind) until it was clear
to you which of them was truthful and knew those who lied?
[9.44] Those who
believe in Allah and the Last Day will not ask your permission so that they may
struggle with their wealth and their selves. Allah knows best the righteous.
[9.45] Only those who ask your permission do not believe in Allah
and the Last Day and whose hearts are filled with doubt. And
in their doubt, they waiver.
[9.46] Had they intended to set forth with you, they would have
prepared themselves for it. But Allah did not like their going forth and held
them back, and it was said, 'Stay back with those who stay back.'
[9.47] Had they gone
forth among you, they would only have increased your burden, and run to and fro
in your midst, seeking to stir up sedition between you; and some of you would
listen to them; and Allah knows the harm doers.
[9.48] Beforehand
they had already sought to stir up sedition, and turned things upside down for
you, until the truth came, and the command of Allah appeared, although they
were averse.
[9.49] Among them are
some that say, 'Give us leave and do not expose us to temptation.' Surely, they
have already succumbed to temptation. Gehenna shall encompass the unbelievers.
[9.50] If good comes
to you, it grieves them; but if hardship befalls you, they say, 'We have taken
our precautions,' and they turn away, rejoicing.
[9.51] Say, 'Nothing
will befall us except what Allah has ordained. He is our Guardian. In Allah,
let the believers put their trust.'
[9.52] Say, 'Are you
waiting for anything to befall us except one of the two excellent things
(victory or martyrdom)? We are waiting for the punishment of Allah to smite
you, either from Him or at our hands. Wait if you will, we are waiting.'
The hypocrisy revealed [9.53-59]
[9.53] Say, 'Whether
you spend voluntarily or reluctantly it shall not be accepted from you; for you
are a wicked nation.'
[9.54] Nothing
prevents their offerings from being accepted except that they do not believe in
Allah and His Messenger. They do not come to the prayer except lazily and spend
grudgingly.
[9.55] Let neither
their wealth nor their children please you. Through these Allah seeks to punish
them in this life, and that their souls depart while they are unbelievers.
[9.56] They swear by
Allah that they belong with you, yet they are not of you. They are a nation
that are afraid.
[9.57] If they could
find a shelter or caverns, or any place to creep into they will turn stampeding
to it.
[9.58] There are some
among them who find fault with you concerning the distribution of charity. If a
share is given to them they are contented, but if they receive nothing then
they are angry.
[9.59] Would that
they were well-pleased with what Allah and His Messenger have given them, and
would say, 'Allah is sufficient for us. Allah will provide for us from His
abundance, and so will His Messenger. To Allah, we hope.'
[9.60] The obligatory
charity shall be only for the poor and the needy, and for those who work to
collect it, and to influence hearts (to belief), for ransoming captives, and
debtors in the Way of Allah and the destitute traveler. It is an obligation
from Allah. Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.61] And there are
others among them who hurt the Prophet saying, 'He lends an ear (to
everything).' Say, 'He lends an ear of good for you; he believes in Allah and
trusts the believers, and he is a mercy to the believers among you. Those who
hurt the Messenger of Allah for them there is a painful punishment.’
[9.62] They swear in
the Name of Allah in order to please you. But it is more just that they should
please Allah and His Messenger if they are believers.
[9.63] Are they not
aware that whosoever opposes Allah and His Messenger shall live for ever in the
Fire of Gehenna? That surely is the greatest degradation.
[9.64] The hypocrites
are afraid lest a chapter be sent down against them telling them what is in
their hearts. Say, 'Mock if you will; Allah will surely bring forth what you
are fearing.'
[9.65] If you
question them, they will say, 'We were only plunging and playing.' Say, 'Were
you mocking Allah, His verses, and His Messenger?
[9.66] Do not make
excuses. You have disbelieved after you believed. If we forgive some of you, We
will punish others, for they were sinners.'
[9.67] Be they men or women, the hypocrites are all alike. They
order what is evil, forbid what is just, and tighten their purse strings. They
forsook Allah, so Allah forsook them. Surely, the hypocrites are evildoers.
[9.68] Allah has
promised the hypocrites, both men and women, and the unbelievers the Fire of
Gehenna. They shall live in it for ever. It is sufficient for them. Allah has
cursed them and for them is a lasting punishment.
[9.69] You are like
those before you. They were stronger than you in might, and had greater riches
and more children. They took enjoyment in their share, so do you take enjoyment
in your share as those before you took enjoyment in their share. You have
plunged as they plunged. Those, their works are annulled, failed in this world
and in the Everlasting Life, those, they are the losers.
[9.70] Have they not
heard the news of those who have gone before them? The news of the nations of
Noah, Aad and Thamood, of Abraham's nation, and the people of Midian and the
ruined cities? Their Messengers showed them clear signs. Allah did not harm
them, but they harmed themselves.
Check list for Muslims and a check list for those who want to hold them in check [9.71-72]
[9.71] The believers,
both men and women, are guides to each other. They order what is just and
forbid what is evil; they establish their prayers and pay the obligatory charity
and obey Allah and His Messenger. On these Allah will have mercy. He is Mighty,
Wise.
[9.72] Allah has
promised the believing men and women gardens underneath which rivers flow, in
which they shall live for ever. Goodly mansions in the Gardens of Eden, and the
pleasure from Allah which is greater. That is the greatest winning.
Characteristics of the unbelievers and hypocrites together
with their status with Allah [9.73-80]
[9.73] O Prophet, struggle
with the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh with them. Gehenna shall
be their refuge an evil arrival.
[9.74] They swear by
Allah that they said nothing. Yet they did utter the word of disbelief and
disbelieved after they had submitted. They intended what they never attained
to, and took revenge only that Allah enriched them, and His Messenger, of His
Bounty. If they repent, it will indeed be better for them; but if they turn
away, Allah will sternly punish them both in this world and in the Everlasting
Life. They have none on earth to protect or help them.
[9.75] Some of them
have made a covenant with Allah, 'If Allah gives to us of His bounty, we will
give charity and be of the righteous.'
[9.76] But when Allah
had bestowed His bounty on them they became greedy and turned away, swerving
aside.
[9.77] He has caused
hypocrisy to be in their hearts till the Day they meet Him, because they have
changed what they promised Allah and because they were liars.
[9.78] Did they not
know that Allah knows their secret and what they conspire together, and that
Allah knows all the unseen?
[9.79] As for those
who taunt the believers who give charity voluntarily, and scoff at those who
give according to their means, Allah will scoff at them. Theirs shall be a
painful punishment.
[9.80] (It is the
same) whether or not you beg forgiveness for them. If you beg forgiveness for
them seventy times Allah will not forgive them, for they have disbelieved in
Allah and His Messenger. Allah does not guide the evildoers.
[9.81] Those who were
left behind were glad that they were left behind by the Messenger of Allah, for
they disliked to struggle in the Way of Allah with their wealth and their persons.
They said, 'Do not go forth in the heat.' Say, 'The Fire of Gehenna is more
hot!' Would that they understood!
[9.82] They shall
laugh but little and shed many tears. So shall they be recompensed for their
earnings.
[9.83] If Allah
brings you back to a party of them and they ask permission to march with you,
say, 'You shall never march with me, nor shall you fight with me against any
enemy. You were pleased to remain on the first occasion, therefore, you shall
now stay with those who remain behind.'
[9.84] You shall
never pray over any one of them when he is dead, nor stand over his tomb. For
they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died whilst they were sinners.
[9.85] Let neither
their riches nor their children please you. With it Allah wants to punish them
in this life, so that their souls depart while they disbelieve.
[9.86] Whenever a
chapter is sent down, saying, 'Believe in Allah and struggle with His
Messenger,' the rich among them asked you to excuse them, saying, 'Leave us
with those who are to stay behind.'
[9.87] They were
content to be with those who stayed behind, a seal was set upon their hearts,
so they do not understand.
[9.88] But the
Messenger and those who believed with him struggled with their wealth and their
selves For them awaits goodness and those are the winners.
[9.89] Allah has
prepared for them gardens underneath which rivers flow, in which they shall
live for ever. That is the greatest winning.
The believers who were unable to take part at the encounter
of Tabuk [9.90-92]
[9.90] Some Arabs of
the desert who had an excuse came asking permission to stay behind; whilst
those who belied Allah and His Messenger remained behind. A painful punishment
shall fall on those of them that disbelieved.
[9.91] There is no fault
for the weak, the sick, and those lacking the means to spend (to stay behind),
if they are true to Allah and His Messenger. There is no way against the
righteous; Allah is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[9.92] Nor shall
those who came to you to be provided with mounts. And when you said, 'I can
find no mounts for you,' they turned back, their eyes streaming with tears
grieving that they could not find the means to spend.
[9.93] But the blame
is to be laid on those who asked permission of you whilst they are rich. They
are content to remain with those who stay behind. Allah has set a seal upon
their hearts so they do not know.
[9.94] When you
return, they will apologize to you. Say, 'Make no excuses; we will not believe
you. Allah has already told us of your news. Surely, Allah and His Messenger
will see your work; then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and
the visible, and He will inform you of what you were doing.'
[9.95] When you
return to them, they will swear to you by Allah that you might turn aside from
them. Let them alone, they are unclean. Gehenna shall be their refuge, a
recompense for their earnings.
[9.96] They will
swear to you in order to please you. But if you will be pleased with them, Allah
will not be pleased with the evildoing nation.
The innermost thoughts of some Arab hypocrites towards the Prophet [9.97-78]
[9.97] The Bedouin
Arabs surpass (the city dwellers) in disbelief and hypocrisy, and are more
likely not to know the bounds that Allah has sent down to His Messenger. But
Allah is Knowing, Wise.
[9.98] Some Arabs
(Banu Asad and Ghatfan tribes) regard what they spend as a (compulsory) fine
and wait for some misfortune to befall you. Theirs shall be the evil turn! Allah
is Hearing, Knowing.
[9.99] Yet there are
some Arabs (Juhaina and Muszaina tribes) who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
and regard what they spend as a means of bringing them close to Allah and to
the prayers of the Messenger. Indeed, they are an offering for them; Allah will
admit them to His Mercy. He is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9.100] As for the first outstrippers among the migrants and
supporters and those who followed them in doing good, Allah is pleased with
them and they are pleased with Him. He has prepared for them gardens underneath
which rivers flow, where they shall live for ever. That is the greatest
winning.
The Prophet is warned that there are some hypocrites in the Bedouin tribes and in the people of Madinah [9.101-106]
[9.101] Some of the
Bedouin Arabs around you are hypocrites, and so are some of the people of
Madinah who are well versed in hypocrisy. You do not know them, but We do.
Twice We will punish them then they shall return to a mighty punishment.
[9.102] There are
others who have confessed their sins; they intermixed good deeds with another
evil. It may be that Allah will turn towards them in mercy. Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[9.103] Take charity
from their wealth, in order that they are thereby cleansed and purified, and
pray for them; for your prayer is a comforting mercy for them. Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
[9.104] Do they not
know that Allah accepts the repentance of His worshipers and takes their
charity, and that Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful?
[9.105] Say, 'Allah
will see your works and so will His Messenger and the believers; then you shall
be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the visible, and He will inform you
of what you were doing.'
[9.106] There are
others who must wait for the Commandment of Allah. He will either punish or
turn towards them. And Allah is Knowing, Wise.
Allah informs Prophet Muhammad that a mosque has been built
to pervert the teachings of Islam, and it is there that the hypocrites
congregate [9.107-110]
[9.107] And there are
those who have taken a mosque to cause harm, disbelief, and to divide the
believers, and as a place of ambush for those who fought Allah and His
Messenger before. They swear, 'We desired nothing but good', but Allah bears
witness that they are liars.
[9.108] You shall
never stand there. A mosque founded upon piety from the first day is worthier
for you to stand in. In it are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loves
those who purify themselves.
[9.109] Is he who
founds his building on the fear of Allah and His pleasure, better or he who
founds his building on the brink of a crumbling edge so that it will tumble
with him into the Fire of Gehenna? Allah does not guide the harm doers.
[9.110] The buildings
they have built will always cause doubt in their hearts, unless their hearts
are torn into pieces. Allah is Knowing, Wise.
The promise of Allah to Muslims, the believing Jews during the time of Moses and before, and the believing Nazarenes who followed Jesus [9.111-112]
[9.111] Allah has
purchased from the believers their selves and possessions, and for them is
Paradise. They fight in the Way of Allah, slay, and are slain. That is a
binding promise upon Him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Koran; and who is
there that more truthfully fulfills his covenant than Allah? Therefore, rejoice
in the bargain you have bargained with Him. That is the mighty winning.
[9.112] Those who
repent, those who worship Allah and praise (Him); those who journey, those who
bow, those who prostrate themselves; those who order righteousness and forbid
evil, and those who observe the limits of Allah give glad tidings to the
believers.
[9.113] It is not for
the Prophet or the believers to ask forgiveness for idolaters, even though they
are near kindred, after it has become clear that they are the inhabitants of
Hell.
[9.114] Abraham only
asked for forgiveness for his father because of a promise he had made to him.
But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he declared
himself quit of him. Surely, Abraham was earnest in his supplication and
tenderhearted.
The fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy that the covenant would be taken away from the Jews if they did not follow the guidance he had been given [9.115-116]
[9.115] Nor will
Allah lead a nation astray after He has given them guidance until He has made
clear to them all that they should guard against. Allah has knowledge of all
things.
[9.116] Indeed, to
Allah belong the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes
death. Other than Allah, you have neither a guardian nor a helper.
The three sincere penitents that did not take part in the encounter of Tabuk [9.117-119]
[9.117] In the hour
of adversity, Allah turned (in mercy) to the Prophet, the Emigrants (of Mecca)
and the Supporters (of Madinah) who followed him when some of their hearts were
about to swerve away. He turned to them, indeed, He is Gentle, the Most
Merciful.
[9.118] And to the
three who were left behind (at the Battle of Tabuk), until the earth became
narrow with all its vastness, and their souls became narrow for them, they knew
there was no shelter from Allah except in Him. Then He turned to them (in
mercy) so that they might also turn (in repentance). Allah is the Turner, the
Most Merciful.
[9.119] Believers,
fear Allah and stand with the truthful.
[9.120] The people of
Madinah and the Arabs who dwell around them have no cause to stay behind the
Messenger of Allah, or to prefer their lives to his. They are neither stricken
by thirst, nor by tiredness, nor yet by hunger in the Way of Allah, nor do they
take steps that anger the unbelievers, nor gain any gain from an enemy, but
that it is counted as a righteous deed. Allah does not waste the wage of the
good doers.
[9.121] Each sum they
spend, be it small or large, and each valley they cross is written to their
account, so that Allah may recompense them for their best deeds.
[9.122] The believers
should not go forth altogether, rather, a party from each section should go
forth to become well versed in the religion, and when they return to their
people warn them in order that they may beware.
[9.123] Believers,
fight the unbelievers who are near you. Let them find firmness in you. Know
that Allah is with those who are cautious.
[9.124] Whenever a chapter
is sent down to you, some ask, 'Which of you has it increased in belief?' It
will surely increase the belief of the believers and they are joyful.
[9.125] As for those
whose hearts are diseased, they will be increased in filth added to their filth,
so that they die as unbelievers.
[9.126] Do they not
see how once or twice every year they are tried? Yet still they neither repent
nor remember.
[9.127] Whenever a
chapter is sent down, they glance at each other, (asking), 'Does anyone see
you?' Then they turn away. Allah has turned away their hearts, for they are a
nation who do not understand.
An insight into the character of Prophet Muhammad [9.128-129]
[9.128] Indeed, there
has come to you a Messenger from your own, he grieves for your suffering, and
is anxious about you, and is gentle, merciful to the believers.
[9.129] Therefore, if
they turn away, say, 'Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god except He. In
Him I have put my trust. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[10.1] AlifLaamRa.
Those are the verses of the Wise Book.
[10.2] Is it a wonder
to the people that We revealed to a man from among themselves, 'Warn mankind,
and bear the glad tidings to those who believe that they stand firm with their
Lord?' (Yet) the unbelievers say, 'This is a clear sorcerer.'
The Creator and His creation [10.3-6]
[10.3] Indeed, your
Lord is Allah, who, in six days created the heavens and the earth and then
willed to the Throne, directing affairs. There is no intercessor except by His
permission. Such is Allah your Lord, therefore worship Him. Will you not
remember?
[10.4] To Him all of
you will return together. This is, in truth, the promise of Allah. He
originates creation, then He revives it so that He may recompense those who
believe and do righteous deeds. As for the unbelievers, theirs is a drink of
boiling water and a painful punishment for their disbelief.
[10.5] It was He that
made the sun a brightness and the moon a light, and determined it in phases so
that you might know the number of years and the reckoning. Allah did not create
them except in truth, and distinguishes the verses to a nation who know.
[10.6] In the
alternation of the night and day, and in all that Allah has created in the
heavens and the earth, surely there are signs for people who are cautious.
[10.7] Those who do
not expect to meet Us, and are well-pleased with this life and are satisfied
with it, and those who are inattentive to Our signs,
[10.8] for them,
their refuge is the Fire for what they have been earning.
[10.9] Indeed, those
who believe and do righteous works, their Lord will guide them for their
belief, beneath them rivers will flow in gardens of bliss.
[10.10] (In it) their
supplication will be, 'Exaltations to You, Allah!' And their greeting will be,
'Peace!' They will end their supplication with 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the
all the Worlds!'
[10.11] If Allah should hasten evil to people as they would hasten
good, their term would already have been decided. But We
leave those who do not expect to meet Us to wander blindly in their insolence.
[10.12] When affliction befalls a man, he supplicates to Us (lying)
on his side, sitting or standing. But as soon as We relieve him from his
affliction, he continues (in the same way), as though he never supplicated to
Us when harm touched him. So it is, that which the sinners were doing seem
fairly decorated to them.
[10.13] We destroyed
generations before you when they did evil. (When) their Messengers came to them
with clear verses they would not believe; so We recompense the sinning nation.
[10.14] After them We
made you their successors in the earth, so that We might see how you would do.
[10.15] When Our
verses, clear verses, are recited to them, those who do not reckon to meet Us
say, 'Bring a Koran other than this, or make changes in it.' Say, 'It is not
for me to change it by myself. I follow nothing, except what is sent down to
me. Indeed, if I should rebel against my Lord I fear the punishment of a Great
Day.'
[10.16] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'Had Allah willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He
have made it known to you. I lived among you all my life before it (was sent
down). Will you not understand?’
[10.17] Who does
greater evil than he who forges a lie about Allah or belies His verses? Indeed,
the evildoers do not prosper.
[10.18] They worship,
other than Allah, that which can neither harm nor benefit them, and say, 'These
are our intercessors with Allah.' Say, 'Will you tell Allah of something He
does not know about either in the heavens or earth? Exaltations to Him! Exalted
be He above what they associate!'
[10.19] (Before)
mankind were but one nation, then they differed with one another. But for a
Word that preceded from your Lord, it (the matters)
over which they differed had already been decided.
[10.20] They say,
'Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord.' Say, 'The Unseen belongs
to Allah alone. Wait if you will I am one of those who wait.'
[10.21] When We let
people taste (Our) mercy after they had been afflicted by hardship, they devise
against Our verses. Say, 'Allah is more swift in
devising.' Indeed, Our Messengers (the angels) are writing down whatever you
devise.
The supplication of the unbeliever in times of distress
[10.22-23]
[10.22] It is He who
conveys you by land and sea. When you are on board the ship and the ships run
with them upon a fair breeze they are joyful. (But when) a strong wind and
waves come upon them from every side, and they think they are encompassed, they
supplicate to Allah, making their religion His sincerely, (saying), 'If You
save us from this, we will indeed be among the thankful.'
[10.23] But when He
has saved them, see how they become wrongfully insolent in the land. People,
your insolence is only against yourselves; the enjoyment of this present life,
then to Us you shall return and We shall tell you what you did.
[10.24] This present
life is like the water We send down from the sky. The plants of the earth mix
with it and from it mankind and cattle eat; then when the earth has become lush
and adorned, its inhabitants think they have power over it, Our command comes
upon it by night or day, and We cause it to be stubble, just as though it had
not flourished the day before. In this way We distinguish Our verses for those
who reflect.
The House of Peace [10.25-26]
[10.25] Allah invites
you to the House of Peace. He guides whom He will to a Straight Path
[10.26] for those who
do good is a fine reward and a surplus. Neither dust nor shame shall cover
their faces. Those are the companions of Paradise in it they shall live for
ever.
The day of Judgement [10.27-30[
[10.27] As for those
who have earned evil deeds, evil shall be recompensed with its like. Abasement
will cover them, they shall have none to defend them from Allah as though their
faces were covered with parts of the blackness of night. Those, they are the
companions of the Fire, in it they shall live for ever.
[10.28] And on the
Day when We assemble them all together, We shall say to those who associated
(other gods with Allah), 'Go to your place, you and your associates!' Then, We
will separate them, and their associates will say (to them), 'It was not us
that you worshipped.'
[10.29] Allah is a
Sufficient witness between us and you, surely, we were heedless of your
worship.
[10.30] There, each
soul shall prove its past deeds. They shall be restored to Allah, their
Guardian, the True, and that which they forged will escape from them.
[10.32] Such is
Allah, your Lord, the True. What, is there after truth, anything except error.
Then how are you turned around (from faith)? '
[10.33] So the Word of your Lord is realized against the evildoers
that they do not believe.
[10.34] Say, 'Is
there any (among) your associates who originates creation, then cause it to be
revived yet again?' Say, 'Allah, He originates creation, then revives it yet
again. How is it that you are so perverted?'
[10.35] Say, 'Do any
of your partners guide you to the truth?' Say, 'Allah, He guides to the truth.
Who then is worthier to be followed He who guides to the truth or he who cannot
guide unless he (himself) is guided? What is the matter with you, how then can
you judge?'
[10.36] Most of them
follow nothing except conjecture. But conjecture does not help against the
truth. Allah knows the things they do.
[10.37] This Koran
could not have been forged by other than Allah. It confirms what was before it;
a distinguishing Book, in which there is no doubt, from the Lord of all the
worlds.
[10.38] Do they say,
'He has forged it'. Say, 'Compose one chapter like it, and call upon whom you
will, other than Allah (to help you), if what you say is true! '
[10.39] They have
belied that which they did not understand of its knowledge, nor has its interpretation reached them. Those
who were before also belied. But see how was the end of the harm doers.
[10.40] Some believe
in it, while others do not believe it. Your Lord knows well the corrupters.
[10.41] If they belie
you, say, 'I have my work, you have your work. You are quit of what I do, and I
am quit of what you do.'
[10.42] Some of them
listen to you. But can you make the deaf hear you, even though they cannot
understand?
[10.43] Some of them
look to you. But can you guide the blind, even though they do not see?
[10.44] Indeed, Allah
does not wrong mankind a thing, but they wrong themselves.
[10.45] The Day when
He will gather them, (it will be) as though they had lingered but an hour of the
Day and they will recognize one another. Lost are those who belied the meeting
with their Lord and were not guided.
[10.46] Whether We
let you see some of that with which We promised them, or We call you to Us, to
Us they shall return. Allah is witness of the things they do.
[10.47] Every nation
has its Messenger. Then, when their Messenger comes the matter is justly
decided between them; they are not wronged.
[10.48] They ask, 'If
what you say is true, when will this promise come?'
[10.49] Say, 'I have
no power to benefit or harm myself except as Allah wills. To every nation is a
fixed term and when their term comes they cannot delay it for an hour, nor can
they bring it forward.
[10.50] Say, 'Have
you considered? Should His punishment come upon you by night or by day, what
(part) of it would the sinners try to hasten?'
[10.51] And when it
overtakes you, is it then that you will believe in it, now, when you already
try to hasten it!
[10.52] Then it shall
be said to the evildoers, 'Taste the punishment of eternity! Shall you be
recompensed except according to what you earned?'
[10.53] They ask you
to tell them if it is true. Say, 'Yes, by my Lord! It is true, and you cannot
frustrate it!'
[10.54] If each soul
that has done evil had all that is in the earth, it would offer it for its
ransom. And secretly they will feel regret when they see the punishment, and
the matter is justly decided between them, and they are not wronged.
[10.55] Indeed, to
Allah belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Indeed, the promise of
Allah is true though most of them do not have knowledge.
[10.56] It is He who
gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be returned.
The Holy Koran; a warning, blessing and mercy from Allah
[10.57-58]
[10.57] People, an
admonition has now come to you from your Lord, and a healing for what is in the
chests, a guide and a mercy to believers.
[10.58] Say, 'In the
Bounty of Allah and His Mercy let them rejoice, it (the Koran) is better than
that which they hoard.'
[10.59] Say, 'Have
you considered the provision that Allah has sent down for you, and some you
have made unlawful and some lawful?' Say, 'Has Allah given you His permission,
or do you forge (falsehood) against Allah?'
[10.60] What will
those who forged falsehood about Allah think on the Day of Resurrection? Allah
is Bountiful to mankind; yet most of them do not give thanks.
[10.61] You are not
engaged in any matter, neither do you recite any portion of the Koran, nor do
you do any work, except that We are witnesses over you when you press upon it.
Not even as much as the weight of an ant in earth or heaven escapes your Lord,
nor is there anything smaller or greater, but it is (recorded) in a Clear Book.
[10.62] Indeed, there
shall be neither fear nor sorrow upon the guided by Allah.
[10.63] Those who
believe and are cautious
[10.64] there is for
them glad tidings in this present life and in the Everlasting Life. The Word of
Allah is unchanging, that is the mighty triumph.
[10.65] Do not let
their speech grieve you. All might belongs to Allah. He is the Hearing, the
Knowing.
[10.66] Attention,
Indeed to Allah belongs everyone that is in the heavens and in the earth. Those
who call upon associates, other than Allah, follow nothing but assumptions,
(they are) only lying.
[10.67] It is He who
has made the night for your rest and the day to see. Surely, in this there are
signs for people who listen.
[10.68] They say,
'Allah has taken a son.' Exaltations be to Him (Allah)! Rich is He. To Him
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth you have no authority for
this! What, do you say of Allah what you do not know?
[10.69] Say, 'Those
who forge falsehoods against Allah shall not prosper.'
[10.70] (They take
their) enjoyment in this world, but to Us they shall return, then, We shall let
them taste the terrible punishment because they were unbelievers.'
[10.71] And recite to
them the story of Noah. He said to his nation, 'O my nation, if my standing
here, reminding you of the verses of Allah grieves you, and in Allah I have put
my trust; decide upon your affair with your associates, then do not let your
affair worry you. Come to a decision about me, and give me no respite.
[10.72] Then, if you turn your backs, I have not asked of you a
wage. My wage falls only on Allah. I am commanded to be from those who
surrender (Muslims).'
[10.73] But they
belied him. Therefore We saved him and those who were
with him in the
[10.74] After him We sent Messengers to their nation. They brought
them clear signs, but they were not of those to believe because they had belied
it previously. So We seal the hearts of the evildoers.
The story of Prophets Moses, Aaron and Pharaoh [10.75-93]
[10.75] Then, after
them We sent Moses and Aaron with Our signs to Pharaoh and his Council. But
they were arrogant, for they were a sinful nation.
[10.76] When the
truth came to them from Us they said, 'This is indeed clear magic.'
[10.77] Moses said, 'Is this what you say of the truth
when it has come to you? Is this sorcery? Sorcerers do not prosper!'
[10.78] They said,
'Have you come to turn us away from that which we found our fathers practicing
(in order that) the domination of the land might belong to you two? We do not
believe you!'
Pharaoh orders the most skilful sorcerers of Egypt to compete against Moses [10.79-82]
[10.79] (Then)
Pharaoh said, 'Bring every skilled sorcerer.'
[10.80] When the
sorcerers came, Moses said to them, 'Cast down what you will cast.'
[10.81] And when they
had cast, Moses said, 'What you have brought is sorcery. Surely, Allah will
render it as nothing. Allah does not put right the work of the corrupt.'
[10.82] Allah
verifies the truth by His Words, even though the sinners hate it.
[10.83] So none
believed Moses except a few of his nation because they feared that Pharaoh and
their Council would persecute them. Pharaoh was mighty in the
land, and one of the
evildoers.
[10.84] Moses said,
'O my nation, if you believe in Allah, put your trust in Him, if you have
surrendered (Muslims).'
[10.85] They said,
'We have put our trust in Allah. Our Lord, do not let us be a temptation to the
harm-doing nation.
[10.86] Save us,
through Your Mercy, from the unbelieving nation.'
[10.87] We revealed
to Moses and his brother, 'Take certain houses for your people in Egypt. Make
your houses a direction (for pray); establish the prayer; and give glad tidings
to the believers.'
[10.88] 'Our Lord,'
supplicated Moses. 'You have given Pharaoh and his Council adornments and
possessions in this life. Our Lord, let them go astray from Your
Path. Our Lord,
destroy their possessions and harden their hearts so that they shall not
believe until they see the painful punishment.’
[10.89] He (Allah)
said, 'Your supplication is answered; so go straight and do not follow the way
of those who do not know.'
[10.90] We brought
the Children of Israel through the sea, and Pharaoh and his legions pursued
them arrogantly and frantically. But as he was drowning he cried out, '( Now) I
believe that there is no god except He in whom the Children of Israel believe.
I am of those that surrender (Muslims).'
[10.91] (Allah said),
'Now (you believe)! But before this you rebelled and were of the corrupt.
[10.92] We shall
deliver you (Ramsis II) with your body this day, so that you may be a sign to
those after you. Indeed many people pay no heed to Our signs!
[10.93] (Thereafter)
We settled the Children of Israel in a blessed land and provided them with good
things. They did not differ until knowledge was given them. Indeed, your Lord
will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection.
[10.94] If you are in doubt of what We have sent down to you, ask
those who recite the Book before you. The truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore do not be of the doubters.
[10.95] Do not be among those who belie the verses of Allah, for
then you would be among the losers.
[10.96] Those against whom the Word of your Lord will be realized
will not believe,
[10.97] even
though every sign comes to them, until they see the painful punishment.
[10.98] Why, was
there never a village that believed and its belief benefited them? Except
Jonah's nation, when they believed, We spared them from a degrading punishment
in this life and We gave them enjoyment for awhile.
[10.99] Had your Lord
willed, whosoever is in the earth, all would have believed. Would you then
constrain people until they believe?
[10.100] No soul can
believe except by the permission of Allah. Upon those who do not understand
lays His punishment.
[10.101] Say, 'See
what is in the heavens and the earth!' But neither signs nor warnings help the
unbelievers.
[10.102] Do they
watch and wait for anything except for days similar to those who passed away
before them? Say, 'Wait; I shall be with you among those who are
waiting.'
[10.103] Then we
shall save Our Messengers and the believers. It is Our obligated duty, We shall
save those who believe.
Worship Allah alone [10.104-106]
[10.104] Say, 'O
people! If you are in doubt concerning my religion, I worship none of those you
worship, other than Allah but I worship Allah, who will cause you to die, for I
am commanded to be among the believers,
[10.105] and, set
your face towards the religion, being of pure faith, and do not be among the
idolaters.
[10.106] Do not pray to,
other than Allah, to anything that can neither help nor harm you, for if you
do, you will become a harm doer.
[10.107] If Allah
touches you with an affliction none can remove it except He; and if He wills
any good for you, none can repel His Bounty. He causes it to fall upon
whosoever of His worshippers that He will. He is the Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.'
[10.108] Say, 'O
people! The truth has come to you from your Lord. Whosoever is guided is guided
only for himself, and whosoever goes astray, he is astray for himself. I am not
a guardian over you. '
[10.109] Follow what
is revealed to you, and be patient till Allah shall judge, and He is the Best
of judges.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[11.1] AlifLaamRa.
(This is) a Book whose verses are clear, and then distinguished from Him, the
Wise, the Aware.
[11.2] Worship none
except Allah. I am for you, a warner sent from Him and a bearer of glad
tidings.
[11.3] And ask
forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will give you enjoyment
till a stated term and will give of His Bounty to those of grace. But if you
turn away, I fear for you the punishment of a Mighty Day.
[11.4] To Allah you
shall all return. He has power over all things.
[11.5] See, they
cover their chests to conceal from Him. But when they wrap themselves in their
clothes He knows what they hide and what they reveal. Indeed, He knows every
thought within the chest.
[11.6] There is not a
crawling (creature) on the earth whose provision is not by Allah. He knows its
resting place and its repository. All is in a Clear Book.
[11.7] It is He who
created the heavens and the earth in six days and His Throne was upon the
waters that He might try you, (and see) which of you excel in works. If you
say, 'After death you shall be raised up,' the unbelievers will say, 'This is
nothing but clear sorcery.'
[11.8] And if We
delay the punishment till an appointed time, they will ask, 'What has detained
it?' Indeed, the Day will come to them, it will not be turned away
from them, and that
they mocked at will encompass them.
[11.9] If We let a
human taste Our Mercy and then withhold it from him, he becomes desperate and
ungrateful.
[11.10] And if after
adversity had come upon him, We let him taste prosperity, he says, 'Evil has
left me!' see, he is jubilant and boastful,
[11.11] except those
who are patient and do good deeds, for them awaits forgiveness and a mighty
wage.
[11.12] Perhaps you
are leaving part of what has been sent down to you, and your chest is
straitened by it, because they say, 'Why has no treasure been sent down to him,
or an angel come with him?' You are only a warner, and Allah is a Guardian over
everything.
[11.13] Or do they
say, 'He has forged it?' Say (to them), 'Then produce ten forged chapters like
it. Call, if you are able, upon other than Allah, if what you say is true.'
[11.14] But if they
do not answer you, know that it has been sent down with the knowledge of Allah,
and that there is no god except He. So, have you surrendered (become Muslims)?
The good deeds of the unbelievers are repaid in this life
[11.15-16]
[11.15] We shall pay
those who desire the present life and its adornments in full for the work they
have done therein, they shall not be defrauded;
[11.16] those are
they who in the Everlasting Life will have only the Fire. There, their deeds
will have failed and their works will be void.
[11.17] Then what of
he who stands upon a clear proof from his Lord, recited by a witness from Him
and before him is the Book of Moses for a guide and a mercy? Those believe in
it. But as for those partisans who disbelieve in it, their promised land shall
be the Fire. Therefore do not doubt it. It is the truth from your Lord, yet
most people do not believe.
[11.18] And who is
greater in evil than he who forges a lie against Allah? Those, they shall be
brought before their Lord, and witnesses will say, 'Those are they who lied
against their Lord.' Indeed, the curse of Allah shall fall upon the evildoers,
[11.19] who bar
others from the Path of Allah and seek to make it crooked, they disbelieve in
the Everlasting Life.
[11.20] They are
unable to frustrate Him on the earth; there is none to protect them, except
Allah. Those, their punishment shall be doubled; they could neither hear nor
see.
[11.21] Those are
they that have lost their souls, and that which they forged has left them;
[11.22] without doubt
they will be the greatest losers in the Everlasting Life.
[11.23] Whereas those
who believe and do good deeds and humble themselves before their Lord, they are
the companions of Paradise, and there they shall live for ever.
[11.24] The likeness
of the two parties is as one who is blind and deaf, and one that sees and
hears, are they equally alike, will you not remember?
[11.25] We sent Noah
to his nation. (He said,) 'I am a warner for you, and a bearer of glad tidings.
[11.26] Worship none
except Allah. I fear for you the punishment of a painful Day.'
[11.27] The
unbelieving Council of his nation said, 'We do not see you other than a human
like ourselves. We see your followers are none but the lowliest amongst us, and
their opinion is not to be considered. We do not see you superior to us,
rather, we consider you liars.'
[11.28] He said,
'What do you think my nation! If I have a clear proof from my Lord and He has
given me mercy from Him, though it is hidden from you, can we
compel you to accept
it when you hate it?
[11.29] My nation,
for this I do not ask you for your wealth for my wage is only with Allah. Nor
will I drive away the believers, for they will surely meet their Lord.
But, I can see that
you are ignorant.
[11.30] Were I to
drive you away my nation, who would help me from Allah? Will you not remember?
[11.31] I do not say
to you that I possess the treasuries of Allah, and I do not know the unseen. I
do not say I am an angel, nor do I say to those whom you despise, Allah will
not give them any good. Allah knows best what is in their hearts. Indeed, if
this were so then I would be amongst the harm doers.'
[11.32] They said, 'O
Noah, you have disputed, and disputed too much, with us. Bring (down) upon us
that which you promised us, if what you say is true!'
[11.33] He replied,
'Allah will bring it (down) upon you if He will; you will never frustrate Him.
[11.34] Nor will my
sincere counsel benefit you if I sincerely desire to counsel you if Allah
desires to lead you astray. He is your Lord, and to Him you shall return.'
[11.35] Or do they
say, 'He has fabricated it (himself)?' Say, 'If I had fabricated it, then the
sin rests upon me. I reject the sins you do.'
[11.36] And it was
revealed to Noah, 'None of your nation will believe except whosoever has
already believed. Do not distress yourself with what they may do.
[11.37] Build the Ark
with Our seeing (and protection), and as We reveal. Do not speak to Me
concerning the evildoers; they shall be drowned.'
[11.38] Whenever an
assembly of his nation passed by him as he was building the Ark, they mocked
him. Whereupon he said, 'If you mock us, we shall indeed
mock you, just as you
mock.
[11.39] You shall
know to whom a degrading punishment will come, and upon whom an everlasting
punishment will fall.'
[11.40] And when Our
command came and the oven gushed (forth with water), We said (to Noah), 'Take
on board (the Ark) a pair from every species and your
family, except he of
whom the word has already been spoken, and those who believe. And none except a
few believed with him.
[11.41] He (Noah)
said, 'Embark. In the Name of Allah will be its course and berthing. Indeed, my
Lord is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
[11.42] And so it
(the Ark) ran with them amidst the mountainous waves, and Noah cried out to his
son, who was standing apart, 'Embark with us, my son, do not be with the
unbelievers!'
[11.43] But he
replied, 'I shall seek refuge on a mountain, which will protect me from the
water.' He (Noah) said, 'Today, there is no defender from the command of Allah,
except those to whom He has mercy.' And the waves came between them, and he was
drowned.
[11.44] And it was
said, 'Earth, swallow up your waters. Heaven, cease!' The water subsided and
the matter was accomplished. And the Ark came to rest upon (the mountain of) Al
Judi, and it was said, 'Be gone, evildoing nation!'
[11.45] Noah called
out to his Lord, saying, 'O Lord, my son was of my family, and Your promise is
surely the truth. You are the most Just of judges.'
[11.46] He said,
'Noah, he is not of your family. It is not a good deed. Do not ask Me about
things of which you have no knowledge. I reproach you lest you become among the
ignorant.'
[11.47] He said, 'My
Lord, I seek refuge with You from asking You of that which I have no knowledge.
If You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I shall be among the losers.'
[11.48] It was said,
'O Noah, descend with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the nations of
those with you; and nations We shall give them enjoyment, and then from Us they
shall be visited with a painful punishment.'
[11.49] That is from
the news of the unseen which We reveal to you; neither you nor your nation knew
this before now. Have patience; the outcome is for the cautious.
[11.50] To Aad (We
sent) their brother Hood. He said, 'My nation, worship Allah; you have no god
except He. You are only forgers.
[11.51] My nation,
for this I ask of you no wage. My wage is only with He who created me. Will you
not understand?
[11.52] My nation,
ask your Lord to forgive you and turn to Him in repentance. From the sky He
will loose an abundance (of rain) upon you; He will add strength to your
strength. Do not turn away as sinners.'
[11.53] They replied,
'Hood, you have not brought us a clear sign. We will not forsake our gods
because of what you say. We do not believe you.
[11.54] We say
nothing except our gods have afflicted you with some kind of evil.’ He said, 'I
call Allah to witness, and you to bear witness, that I reject what you
associate,
[11.55] other than
Him, so all of you, scheme against me, then you shall give me no respite.
[11.56] In truth, I
have put my trust in Allah, (who is) my Lord and your Lord. There is no
crawling creature that He does not take by the forelock. Indeed, my Lord is on
a Straight Path.
[11.57] If you turn away, I have delivered to you that with which I was sent, and my Lord will cause people other than you to be your successors. You cannot harm Him a thing. My Lord is the Guardian over every thing.'
[11.58] And when Our
command came, We saved Hood, together with those who believed with him through
Our Mercy, and saved them from a harsh punishment.
[11.59] Such was Aad.
They disbelieved the verses of their Lord, rebelled against His Messengers, and
did the bidding of every rebellious tyrant .
[11.60] They were
overtaken by a curse in this world, and (they shall be cursed) on the Day of
Resurrection. Indeed, Aad disbelieved in their Lord. Gone are Aad, the nation
of Hood.
[11.61] And to Thamood, (We sent) their brother Salih. He said, 'My nation, worship Allah; you have no god except He. It is
He who made you from the earth and let you live upon
it. Ask His forgiveness then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and answers
(prayers).'
[11.62] They said, 'Salih, before this you were a source of hope to
us. What, would you now forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped?
Indeed, we are disquieted, and doubt that to which you invite.'
[11.63] He
said, 'My nation, think! If I have a
clear proof from my Lord and He has given me His Mercy, who would help me
against Allah if I rebel against Him?
Indeed, you would do
nothing for me except increase my loss.'
[11.64] 'My nation,
this is the she-camel of Allah, a sign for you. Leave her to graze upon the
earth of Allah and do not touch her with evil lest you be seized by a
punishment that is near.'
[11.65] Yet they
hamstrung her. He (Salih) said, 'Take your enjoyment in your homes for three
days! This is a promise that cannot be belied!'
[11.66] And when Our command came, We saved Salih together with
those who believed with him through Our Mercy, and from the ignominy of that
day. Your
Lord is Strong and
Mighty.
[11.67] And the harm
doers were seized by the Shout (of the angel), and in the morning, they were
found crouched in their dwellings, dead,
[11.68] as though
they had never lived there. Indeed, Thamood disbelieved in their Lord. So,
begone Thamood.
[11.69] Our
Messengers came to Abraham with glad tidings. They said, 'Peace!' He replied
'Peace! ' and in a while brought them a roasted calf.
[11.70] But when he
saw that their hands did not reach towards it, he was wary and became fearful
of them, but they said, 'Do not be afraid. We are sent to the
nation of Lot.'
[11.71] His wife (Sarah),
who was standing nearby, laughed. Thereupon, We gave her the good news of
Isaac, and after Isaac of Jacob.
[11.72] She replied,
'Alas for me! Shall I bear (a child) when I am old woman and my husband is
advanced in years? This is indeed a strange thing.'
[11.73] They said,
'What, do you marvel at the command of Allah? The Mercy of Allah and His
Blessings be upon you, O people of the House. Indeed, He is
Praised, Exalted.'
[11.74] And when the
wonderment departed from Abraham and the glad tidings reached him, he pleaded
with Us for the nation of Lot;
[11.75] indeed,
Abraham was forbearing, tenderhearted and penitent.
[11.76] (It was
said,) 'Abraham, turn away from this; your Lord's command has indeed come, and
there is coming upon them a punishment that will not be turned back.'
[11.77] And when Our
messengers came to Lot, he was troubled and distressed for them, and said,
'This is a harsh day.'
[11.78] His nation
came running towards him; whilst they were doing evil deeds. 'My nation,' he
said, 'here are my daughters (take them in marriage), they are cleaner for you.
Fear Allah and do not humiliate me by my guests. Is there not one man amongst
you of right mind?'
[11.79] They replied,
'You know we have no right for your daughters. You know very well what we
desire.'
[11.80] He said,
'Would that I were powerful over you, or might take refuge in a strong pillar!'
[11.81] They (the
angels) said, 'Lot, we are the Messengers of your Lord, they shall not touch
you. Depart with your family in the watch of the night and let none of you turn
round, except your wife. She shall be struck by that which strikes them. Their
appointed time is the morning. Is it not that the morning is near?'
[11.82] And when Our
command came, We turned it upside down, and rained on it, stone after stone of
baked clay,
[11.83] marked with
your Lord, and never far from the evildoers.
[11.84] And to
Midian, (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said, 'My nation, worship Allah;
you have no god except He. Do not reduce the measure nor the scale. I see you
are prosperous, and fear the punishment of an encompassing day for you.
[11.85] My nation, be
just in filling the measure and the scale. Do not reduce people's goods and do
not corrupt the land with mischief.
[11.86] What remains
with Allah is better for you, if you are believers. I am not your guardian.’
[11.88] He said,
'Think, my nation! If I have a clear sign from my Lord and He has provided me
with good provision, I do not desire to go behind you, taking for myself that
which I forbid you. I seek but to reform as much as I can, my help comes only
from Allah. In Him I have put my trust and to Him I turn in penitence.
[11.89] And my
nation, do not let your breaking with me bring upon you something similar to
that which struck the nation of Noah, Hood, and Salih and it is not long since
the people of Lot (were punished).
[11.90] Ask the forgiveness of your Lord and turn to Him in
repentance. Indeed, my Lord is the Most Merciful, Loving.'
[11.91] They said,
'Shu'aib, we do not understand much of what you say to us. Indeed, we see you
weak among us. If it was not for your tribe we would have stoned you because
you are not strong against us. '
[11.92] He said, 'My
nation, is my tribe stronger against you than Allah? You have taken Him to be
thrown behind you, my Lord encompasses all that you do.
[11.93] My nation, do
according to your position; as I am doing; and certainly you will know to whom
the degrading punishment will come and who is a liar. Be watchful; I shall be
watching with you.'
[11.94] And when Our
command came We saved Shu'aib through Our Mercy, together with those who believed.
(Then) the evildoers were seized by a Shout, and when morning came they were
crouched in their dwellings, dead,
[11.95] as if they
had never have lived there. Begone, the nation of Midian, just as Thamood are
gone.
[11.96] We sent Moses
with Our signs and with clear authority
[11.97] to Pharaoh
and his Council. But they followed the command of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's
command was not right-minded.
[11.98] He shall go
before his nation on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire. Evil
is the watering-place to be led down to!
[11.99] A curse was
sent to follow them in this world and then upon them on the Day of
Resurrection. Evil is the offering to be offered.
[11.100] That, which
We have related to you, is the news of the villages; some of them still stand,
whereas others are stubble.
[11.101] We did not
wrong them, rather, they wronged themselves. Their gods that they called upon,
other than Allah, did not help them when your Lord's command came they did not
increased them except in their destruction.
[11.102] Such is the
seizing of your Lord, when He seizes the evildoing villages. His seizing is
painful, stern.
[11.103] Indeed, for
he who fears the punishment of the Everlasting Life that is a sign. That is a
Day on which everyone shall be assembled. That shall be a witnessed Day.
[11.104] We shall not postpone it except until a counted
term.
[11.105] When that
Day arrives no soul shall speak except by His permission. Some shall be
wretched, and others happy.
[11.106] The wretched
shall be (cast) in the Fire where they will moan and sigh,
[11.107] and there
they shall live for ever, as long as the heavens and the earth endure, and as
your Lord wills. Indeed, your Lord accomplishes whatsoever He will.
[11.108] As for the
happy, they shall live in Paradise for ever, so as long as the heavens and the
earth endure, and as your Lord wills an unbroken gift.
The futility of following baseless traditions rather than the message and warning sent by Allah via His prophets [11.109]
[11.109] Therefore do
no be doubtful as to what these worship. They worship only that which their
fathers worshiped before them. We shall indeed pay them in full their
undiminished measure.
[11.110] We gave Moses the Book, but they differed regarding it, but
for a word that preceded from your Lord, it had been decided between them; and
they are in
disquieting doubt of it.
[11.111] Indeed, your
Lord will pay each one of them in full for their deeds. He is aware of the
things they do.
[11.112] So you and
whosoever repents with you go straight as you have been commanded and do not be
insolent, indeed, He sees what you do.
[11.113] And do not
incline to the wrongdoers lest you are touched by the Fire, for then you shall
not be helped. You have no guardians other than Allah.
[11.114] And
establish your prayer at the two edges of the day and in part of the night.
Good deeds will repel evil deeds. That is a remembrance for those who
remember.
[11.115] Therefore
have patience; Allah will not let the wage of the good doers go to waste.
[11.116] If (only)
there had been except for a few among them whom We saved among the generations
that have gone before you, some that remained forbidding corruption in the
land, but the wrongdoers pursued the ease they had been given to delight in and
became sinners.
[11.117] Your Lord
would never destroy the villages unjustly, whilst their people were reforming.
[11.118] Had your
Lord willed, He would have made mankind a single nation. But they continue in
their differences
[11.119] except those
on whom your Lord shows mercy. For this end He has created them. The Word of
your Lord shall be perfectly completed, 'I shall fill
Gehenna (Hell) with
jinn and people, all together.'
Stories of the prophets and messengers strengthen and remind the believing heart [11.120]
[11.120] And all We
relate to you of the tidings of the Messengers is that whereby We strengthen
your heart and through these the truth has come to you, and an
admonition and a
reminder to the believers.
[11.121] Say to those
who disbelieve, 'Do according to your station; we are doing according to our
station.
[11.122] Wait; we too
are waiting.'
[11.123] To Allah belongs
the unseen in the heavens and in the earth; to Him the matter, in its entirety,
shall be returned. Worship Him, and put your trust in Him.
Your Lord is not
inattentive of the things you do.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[12.1] AlifLaamRa.
Those are the verses of the Clear Book.
[12.2] We have sent
it down, an Arabic Koran, in order that you understand.
[12.3] In the sending
down of this Koran, We will narrate to you (Prophet Muhammad) the best of
narratives, of which you were previously unaware.
[12.4] When Joseph
said to his father, 'Father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun and the moon; I
saw them prostrating themselves before me.'
[12.5] He said, 'O my
son, say nothing of this vision to your brothers lest they should cunningly
plot against you indeed, satan is the clear enemy of the human,
[12.6] so your Lord
will choose you and teach you the interpretation of visions, and perfect His
Favor upon you and upon the House of Jacob, as He perfected it on your fathers
Abraham and Isaac before you. Your Lord is Knowing, Wise.
[12.7] Indeed, in
Joseph and his brothers there were signs for those who inquire.
[12.8] They said,
'Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than ourselves, even though we
are many. Truly, our father is obviously wrong.
[12.9] (Let us) kill
Joseph, or cast him away in some (far off) land, so that your father's face
will be left for you, and afterwards you will be a righteous nation.'
[12.10] One of them
said, 'No, do not kill Joseph, if you do anything, cast him into a dark pit, a
traveler will pick him up.'
[12.11] They said,
'Father, what is the matter with you, do you not trust us with Joseph? Indeed,
we are sincere advisors.
[12.12] Send him with
us tomorrow to frolic and play. We will look after him.'
[12.13] He said, 'It
grieves me to let him go with you, for I fear lest the wolf should devour him
when you are not paying attention to him.'
[12.14] They said,
'We are many, if a wolf devours him, then we are losers!'
[12.15] When they
went with him, they agreed to put him in the bottom of a well. We revealed to
him, 'You shall tell them of what they did when they are not aware (it is
you).'
Jacob disbelieves the lie of his sons [12.16-19]
[12.16] At nightfall,
they returned weeping to their father.
[12.17] They said,
'We went racing and left Joseph with our things. The wolf devoured him, but you
will not believe us, though we speak the truth.'
[12.18] And they
brought his shirt (stained) with blood, a lie. He said, 'No, your souls have
tempted you to do something. But come sweet patience! The help of
Allah is always there
to seek against that which you describe.'
[12.19] Thereafter
travelers came, and sent their waterman. And when he had let down his pail, (he
cried,) 'Rejoice, a boy!' Then they concealed him among their merchandise, but
Allah knew what they did.
[12.20] Then, they
sold him for a trifling price, a number of dirhams, because they considered him
to be of little value.
[12.21] The Egyptian
that bought him said to his wife, 'Make his stay honorable. He may benefit us,
or take him for our son.' As such We established Joseph in the land, so that We
might teach him the interpretation of visions. Allah prevails in His affairs,
though most people do not know.
[12.22] And when he
reached maturity, We bestowed on him judgment and knowledge. As such We
recompense those who do good.
[12.23] And she, in
whose house he was, sought to seduce him and closed the doors saying, 'Come!'
'In Allah is my refuge!' he replied. 'My Lord has made my dwelling a good one.
Harm doers never prosper.'
[12.24] She desired
him, had he not been shown the proof of his Lord he would have taken her. But
We turned him away from evil and abomination, for he was one of Our sincere
worshipers.
[12.25] They raced to
the door and she tore his shirt from behind. And by the door, they met her
husband whereupon she said, 'What is the recompense of one whose intent is evil
against your people other than being imprisoned, or sternly punished!'
[12.26] He (Joseph)
said, 'It was she who sought to seduce me,' and a witness (an infant) of her
people bore witness, saying, 'If his shirt is torn from the front, she is
speaking the truth and he is one of the liars,
[12.27] but, if his
shirt is torn from behind, she lied, and he is of the truthful.'
[12.28] And when he
saw his shirt torn at the back, he said, 'This is one of your (women's) guiles.
Your guile, (O woman), is great indeed!
[12.29] Joseph, turn
away from this. And you, ask forgiveness for your sin. You are indeed one of
the sinners.'
[12.30] Certain women
in the city said, 'The Governor's wife has sought to seduce her servant. He has
made her heart stricken with love for him. Clearly, we perceive her to be in
error.'
[12.31] When she
heard of their sly whispers, she sent for them and prepared a banquet. To each
she gave a knife, (then called Joseph saying,) 'Come and attend to them.' When
they saw him, they were so taken with him that they cut their hands, and said,
'Allah save us! This is no mortal, he is no other but a noble angel!'
[12.32] Whereupon she
said, 'Now you see, this is he on whose account you blamed me. Yes, I sought to
seduce him, but he was unyielding. If he declines to do what I command, he
shall be imprisoned and be one of the humiliated.'
The supplication of Joseph [12.33-34]
[12.33] He
supplicated, 'Lord, prison is dearer to me than that to which they invite me.
Yet if You do not shield me from their guile I shall yield to them and be one
of the ignorant.'
[12.34] His Lord
answered him and He turned their guile away from him. Indeed, He is the Hearer,
the Knower.
The imprisonment of Joseph [12.35-54]
[12.35] Then it
seemed good to them, even after they had seen the signs, that they should
imprison him for some time.
[12.36] Two young men
went to prison with him. One of them said, 'I saw (in a vision) that I was
pressing grapes.' And the other said, 'I saw (in a vision) that I was carrying
bread upon my head, and that birds ate of it. Tell us its interpretation, for
we can see you are among the good.'
Joseph rejects those who do not believe in Allah and the Everlasting Life [12.37-40]
[12.37] He said,
'Before any food comes to feed either of you, I will give you its
interpretation. That which I will tell you has been taught to me by Allah. I
reject the belief of a nation who do not believe in Allah and disbelieve in the
Everlasting Life.
[12.38] I follow the
creed of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is not for us to associate
anything with Allah. Such is the favor of Allah to us, and to mankind. Yet most
people do not give thanks.
[12.39] My fellow
prisoners, say which is better, many gods at variance, or Allah the One, the
Conqueror?
[12.40] That which
you worship, other than Him, are nothing but names which you and your fathers
have named and for which Allah has sent down no authority. Judgement rests with
Allah alone. He has commanded you to worship none except Him. That is the right
religion, yet most people do not know.
[12.41] My fellow
prisoners, one of you will pour wine for his lord whereas the other will be
crucified, and birds will peck at his head. The matter you inquired about has
been decided.
[12.42] And he said to the one of the two who he knew would be
saved, 'Mention me in the presence of your lord.' But satan
made him forget to mention him to his master, so that he remained in prison for
a certain number years.
[12.43] The king
said, 'I saw in a vision seven fatted cows being devoured by seven lean ones;
and seven green ears of corn and seven others withered. My counselors, tell me
the meaning of my vision, if you can interpret visions.'
[12.44] They said,
'They are confused nightmares, nor do we know anything of the interpretation of
visions.'
[12.45] After all
that time, the one of the two who had been saved remembered, he said, 'I will interpret
it for you, so let me go.'
[12.46] (He said,)
'Joseph, the truthful, tell us of the seven fatted cows that were devoured by
seven lean ones also of the seven green ears of corn and the other seven which
were withered, so that I can go back to the people and then they will then
know.'
[12.47] He replied,
'You shall sow for seven years as is your way. Leave in the ear (of corn) you
reap, except a little which you eat.
[12.48] Thereafter,
seven hard years will come upon you, which will consume all but little of that
which you have stored.
[12.49] Then, there
will come a year in which people are helped, in which the people will press.'
[12.50] The king
said, 'Bring him before me.' But when the king's envoy came to him, he said,
'Go back to your lord and ask him, "What about the women who cut their
hands. Indeed, my Lord knows their guile.'
[12.51] 'What was
your business, women,' he asked, 'when you solicited Joseph?’ 'Allah save us!'
they replied, 'We know no evil against him.' The Governor's wife said, 'The
truth has been discovered at last; I solicited him; he is among the truthful.
[12.52] This (I have done) so that he will know I did not secretly
betray him, and that Allah does not guide the guile of the treacherous.
[12.53] Yet I do not
consider my soul was innocent, surely the soul incites to evil except to whom
my Lord has mercy; indeed, my Lord is Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.'
[12.54] The king
said, 'Bring him before me. I will assign him to myself.' And when he had
spoken with him he said, 'Today, you are firmly established in both our favor
and trust.'
[12.55] He (Joseph)
said, 'Give me charge of the storehouses of the land, I am a knowledgeable
guardian.'
[12.56] And as such
We established Joseph in the land to live wherever he liked. We bestow Our
Mercy on whom We will, and We never waste the wage of the
righteous.
[12.57] Indeed, the
reward of the Everlasting Life is better for those who believe and are
cautious.
[12.58] Joseph's
brothers came and presented themselves before him. He recognized them, but they
did not know him.
[12.59] And when he
had given them their provisions, he said, 'Bring me a certain brother from your
father. Do you not see that I give just measure and am the best
of hosts?
[12.60] If you do not
bring him to me, you shall receive no measure (of corn) from me, nor shall you
come near me (again).'
[12.61] They replied,
'We will ask our father for him. This we will surely do.'
[12.62] Then he said
to his attendants, 'Put their merchandise in their saddlebags, hopefully they
will recognize it when they return to their people. Perhaps they will come
back.'
[12.63] When they
returned to their father, they said, 'Father, we have been denied the measure.
Send our brother with us and we shall receive our measure. We will indeed look
after him.'
[12.64] He replied,
'Am I to trust you with him as I once trusted you with his brother? Why, Allah
is the Best of guardians, and He is the Most Merciful of the
Merciful.'
[12.65] When they
opened their saddlebags, they found that their merchandise had been given back
to them. 'Father,' they said 'what more do we desire? Look, our merchandise has
been returned to us. We will receive provisions for our family and we will look
after our brother. We shall receive an extra camel-load, that is an easy
measure.'
[12.66] He replied,
'I will never send him with you until you swear by Allah that you will bring
him back to me, unless you are prevented.' And when they had given him their
oath, he said, 'Allah is the Guardian of what we say.'
[12. 67] Then he
said, 'My sons, do not enter from one gate. Enter through different gates. I
cannot be of any help to you against Allah; judgement belongs to Allah alone.
In Him I have put my trust. In Him let all put their trust.'
[12.68] And when they
entered from where their father had instructed them, nothing helped them
against (the decree of) Allah. It was but a need in Jacob's soul which he had
fulfilled. He possessed knowledge because of what We had taught him, though
most people do not know.
[12.69] When they
presented themselves before Joseph, he took his brother in his arms, and said,
'I am your brother. Do not grieve at what they did.'
[12.70] And when he
had given them their provisions, he hid a drinking-cup in his brother's
saddlebag. Then a herald called out after them, 'Cameleers, you are thieves!'
[12.71] They turned
back and asked, 'What have you lost?'
[12.72] 'We are
missing the goblet of the king,' he replied. 'Whosoever restores it shall have
a camel load, that I guarantee.'
[12.73] 'By Allah,'
they said, 'you know we did not come to do evil in this land. We are not
thieves.'
[12.74] They said,
'What shall be the recompense, if you prove to be lying?'
[12.75] They replied,
'Its recompense in whosoever’s saddle bag it is found, he shall be its
recompense. As such we punish the harm doers.'
[12.76] He searched
their bags before his brother's and then took out the goblet from his brother's
bag. As such We directed Joseph. By the king's law he had no right to seize his
brother unless Allah willed otherwise. We raise whom We will in rank; over
every knowledgeable person is One who knows.
[12.77] They said,
'If he is a thief know then that a brother of his has committed theft before
him.' But Joseph kept it secret and did not reveal it to them. He said,
'You are in a worse
position. And Allah knows well what you describe.'
[12.78] They said,
'Mighty prince, his father is old, advanced in years, take one of us instead of
him. We can see you are amongst the good doers.'
[12.79] He replied,
'Allah forbid that we should seize any but he with whom our property was found,
for then we should be harm doers.'
[12.80] When they
despaired of him, they went in private to confer together. The eldest said, 'Do
you not know that your father took a pledge from you in the Name of Allah, and
that you failed before regarding Joseph? I shall never stir from this land
until my father gives me leave or Allah makes known to me His judgement, He is
the Best of judges.
[12.81] Return, all
of you to your father and say to him, “Father, your son has committed a theft.
We testify only to what we know. How could we guard against the unforeseen?
[12.82] Ask the
village where we were and the caravan in which we traveled, we speak the
truth.”’
[12.83] 'No' he
(Jacob) said, 'your souls have tempted you to do something. But come sweet
patience. Allah may bring them all to me. He alone is the Knowing, the Wise.'
[12.84] And he turned
away and said, 'Alas for Joseph!' His eyes turned white with the grief he
repressed within him.
[12.85] They said,
'By Allah, will you not cease to mention Joseph until you are consumed, or are
among the perishing?'
[12.86] He replied,
'I complain to Allah of my anguish and sadness. I know from Allah what you do
not know.
[12.87] Go and seek
news of Joseph and his brother. Do not despair of the Comfort of Allah, none
but unbelievers despair of the Comfort of Allah.'
[12.88] And when they
presented themselves before him they said, 'O mighty prince, we and our people
are afflicted with distress. We have brought but little merchandise. Fill up
the measure, and be charitable to us; Allah rewards the charitable.’
[12.89] 'Do you know'
he replied, 'what you did to Joseph and his brother in your ignorance?'
[12.90] They said,
'Are you Joseph?' 'I am Joseph,' he answered, 'and this is my brother. Allah
has been gracious to us. Those who keep from evil and are patient, indeed,
Allah does not let the wage of the good doers go to waste.'
[12.91] 'By Allah,'
they said, 'Allah has preferred you above us all. We have indeed been sinful.'
[12.92] He replied,
'Let no reproach be on you this day. Allah will forgive you He is the Most
Merciful of the merciful.
Joseph tells his brothers to return home and bring the rest of his family to Egypt [12.93-100]
[12.93] Go, take this
shirt of mine and cast it over my father's face, he will recover his sight.
Then return to me with all your family.'
[12.94] As the caravan departed, their father said, 'I smell the
scent of Joseph, unless you think I am foolish.'
[12.95] 'By Allah,
'they said, 'this is but your old illusion.'
[12.96] And when the
bearer of glad tidings arrived, he laid Joseph's shirt over him, and he saw
once again. He said, 'Did I not tell you that I know from Allah what you do not
know?'
[12.97] His sons
said, 'Father, ask forgiveness for our sins. We have indeed been sinners.'
[12.98] He said, 'I
shall ask my Lord to forgive you. He is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
[12.99] And when they
entered before Joseph, he took his father and mother into his arms and said,
'Welcome to Egypt, safe, if Allah wills!'
[12.100] He lifted
his parents to the throne, and (the others) bowed before him. Joseph said to
his father, 'This is the meaning of my vision of long ago, my Lord has verified
it. He has been gracious to me. He brought me out of prison and brought you out
of the desert after satan had corrupted (the relationship) between me and my
brothers. My Lord is Gentle to whom He will. He alone is the Knower, the Wise.
Joseph supplicates to Allah to be permitted to die in submission (as a Muslim [12.101]
[12.101] Lord, You
have given me the kingdom and taught me to interpret visions. Originator of the
heavens and the earth, my Guardian in this world and in the Everlasting Life.
Let me die in submission (as a Muslim) and let me join the righteous.'
[12.102] That is of
the news We reveal to you of the unseen. You were not present when they agreed
upon their plan, scheming.
[12.103] Even though
you are so eager, most people will not believe.
[12.104] You shall
ask no wage for it. It is nothing except a reminder to all mankind.
[12.105] How many
signs in the heavens and earth do they pass by and turn away from.
[12.106] And most of
them do not believe in Allah, but they associate others with Him.
[12.107] Do they feel
secure that the punishment of Allah will envelop them, or that the Hour will
overtake them suddenly when they are unaware?
[12.108] Say, 'This
is my Path. I call to Allah with sure knowledge, I and my followers.
Exaltations be to Allah! I am not among the idolaters. '
[12.109] We did not
send any before you from the inhabitants of the village, but men to whom a
revelation was sent. Have they not traveled in the land and seen what was the
end of those before them? Better is the dwelling in the Everlasting Life for
those who keep from evil. Do you not understand?
When the messengers of Allah were belied Allah sent down His help [12.110]
[12.110] And when at
length Our Messengers despaired and reckoned that they would be belied, Our
help came down to them, saving whom We pleased. Our
Might cannot be
withheld from the guilty nation.
[12.111] Indeed, in
their stories is a lesson for those of understanding. This is no forged tale,
rather, it is a confirmation of the previous, a distinguishing of all things, a
guidance and a mercy to a nation who believe.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[13.1]
AlifLaamMeemRa. Those are the verses of the Book. That which is sent down to
you (Prophet Muhammad) from your Lord is the truth, yet most people do not
believe.
[13.2] It is Allah
who raised the heavens without pillars that you see. Then He willed to the
Throne and subjected the sun and the moon, each pursuing an appointed course.
He directs the affair. He makes plain His verses so that you will firmly
believe in meeting your Lord.
[13.3] It is He who
stretched out the earth and placed upon it firm mountains and rivers. And of
all fruits, He has put in it two pairs and drew the veil of night over the day.
Surely, in these there are signs for a nation who think.
[13.4] And in the
land, there are adjoining plots, gardens of vines, sown fields and palm-trees
in pairs and single that are watered with one water, yet We make some excel
others in produce. Surely, in that are signs for a nation who understand.
[13.5] If you would
wonder, then wondrous is their saying, 'When we are dust, shall we be raised to
life again, a new creation?' Such are those who disbelieve in their Lord. Their
necks shall be fettered. They shall be the inhabitants of the Fire, in it they
shall live for ever.
[13.6] They bid you
to hasten the evil before the good, yet examples have passed away before them.
Your Lord is Forgiving to people despite their evildoing; yet your Lord is
Stern in retribution.
[13.7] The
unbelievers say, 'Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord?' You are
only a warner, and there is a guide for every nation.
[13.8] Allah knows
what every female bears, and what shrinks and swells the womb. And everything with
Him has its measure.
[13.9] (He is) the
Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Exalted.
[13.10] Similar to yourself is he who conceals his saying, and he who proclaims it, he who hides himself in the night, and he who goes forth by day,
[13.11] he has
attendant angels before him and behind him, who, by the Command of Allah watch
over him. Allah does not change what is in a nation unless they change what is
in themselves. Whenever Allah wants evil for a nation, none can ward it off.
Other than Him, they have no guardian.
[13.12] It is He who
shows you the lightning, for fear and hope, and who produces laden clouds.
[13.13] The thunder
exalts His praise, and so are the angels are in awe of Him. He looses the
thunderbolts and smites whosoever He will. Yet they dispute about
Allah who is Mighty
in power.
[13.14] To Him is the
Call of truth. Those to whom they call, other than Him, give them no answer.
They are like he who stretches out his hands to the water and
bids it rise to his
mouth, it does not reach it! The prayers of the unbelievers go astray.
[13.15] All who dwell
in the heavens and earth shall prostrate themselves before Allah, either
willingly or unwillingly; as do their shadows in the mornings and
evenings.
Allah tells us He is the Creator of everything and that He is One without associates [13.16]
[13.16] Say, 'Who is
the Lord of the heavens and the earth?' Say, 'Allah.' Say, 'Why then have you
chosen guardians other than Him, even though they have neither the power to benefit
nor harm themselves?' Say, 'Are the blind and the seeing equal? Are darkness
and light equal? Or, have they ascribed to Allah associates who create as He
creates so that all creation is alike to them?’ Say, 'Allah is the Creator of
everything. He is the One, the Conqueror.'
[13.17] He sends down
water from the sky and the valleys (wadis) flow each in their measure, and the
torrent carries a swelling scum; and fire from that which they kindle; desiring
ornament or ware, from that rises a scum like it. As such, Allah strikes both
the truth and the false. As for the scum it is cast away as jetsam, but, that
which profits people remains on the earth. As such Allah strikes the parables.
[13.18] For those who
answer their Lord is a most fine reward. But for those who do not answer Him if
they possessed all that the earth contains, and as much besides, they would
offer it for their ransom. Theirs shall be an evil reckoning. Gehenna (Hell)
shall be their refuge, an evil cradling!
[13.19] Then is he
who knows what is sent down to you from your Lord is the truth like he who is
blind? Indeed, only those possessed with minds remember
[13.20] who fulfill
their promise to Allah and do not break their pledge;
[13.21] who join
together what Allah has bidden to be united; who fear their Lord and dread the
evil reckoning.
[13.22] Patient men, desiring
the Face of their Lord, establish their prayers, and spend of what We have
given them in private and in public; and who ward-off evil with good. Theirs
shall be the Ultimate Abode.
[13.23] They shall
enter the Gardens of Eden together with the righteous among their fathers,
their wives, and their descendants. From every gate the angels will come to
them,
[13.24] 'Peace be to
you, for that you were patient.' Best is the Ultimate Abode.
[13.25] As for those
who break the covenant of Allah after accepting it, who part what He has
commanded to be united and worked corruption in the land, a curse shall be laid
on them, and they shall have an evil abode.
[13.26] Allah gives
abundantly and sparingly to whom He will. They rejoice in this present life;
but this present life, beside the Everlasting Life, is nothing but a passing enjoyment.
[13.27] And those who
disbelieve say, 'Why has no sign been sent down to him by his Lord?' Say,
'Allah leads astray whom He will, and guides those who repent,
[13.28] those who
believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Is it not
with the remembrance of Allah that hearts are satisfied.
[13.29] For those who
believe and do good works is blessedness and blessed resort.'
[13.30] As such, We
have sent you forth to a nation before whom others have passed away in order
that you recite to them what We have revealed to you. Yet they disbelieve the
Merciful. Say, 'He is my Lord. There is no god except He. In Him I have put my
trust, and to Him I turn.'
[13.31] If only a
Koran whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth cleaved asunder,
or the dead spoken to. No, but to Allah is the affair altogether. Do those who
believe know that had Allah willed He could have guided all people? As for
those who disbelieve, because of what they do, disaster will not cease to
afflict them, or it alights near their home until the promise of Allah comes.
Allah will not break His promise.
[13.32] Other
Messengers were mocked before you but I respited the unbelievers, then I seized
them. And how was My retribution!
[13.33] What, He who
stands over every soul for what it has earned, yet they made partners for
Allah. Say, 'Name them. Or would you tell Him of that which is unknown in the
earth to Him? Or in outward speech only?' Indeed, their devising seems fair to
the unbelievers, for they are barred from the Right Way. None can guide those
whom Allah leads astray.
[13.34] They shall be
punished in this life but the punishment of the Everlasting Life is more
grievous. None shall defend them from Allah.
[13.35] The likeness
of Paradise which the righteous have been promised beneath it rivers flow, its
produce and shade are eternal. Such is the payment of the righteous. But the
payment of the unbelievers is the Fire.
[13.36] Those to whom
We have given the Book rejoice in what is sent down to you, while some factions
reject a part of it. Say, 'I am commanded to worship Allah and to associate
none with Him. To Him I supplicate, and to Him I turn.'
[13.37] And as such
We have sent it down an Arabic judgment. And if you follow their desires, after
the knowledge that has come to you, you shall have no guardian other than
Allah, nor yet a defender.
No prophet or messenger could bring a sign or a miracle unless it was by the permission of Allah [13.38-39]
[13.38] We have sent
forth other Messengers before you and given them wives and descendants. Yet
none of them could bring a sign except by the permission of Allah. Every term
has its Book.
[13.39] Allah blots
out, and He establishes what He will. With Him is the Essence of the Book.
[13.40] Whether We
show you part of that We promise them, or We call you to Us, it is only for you
to deliver the Message, and Ours is the accounting.
[13.41] Do they not
see how We come to the land and reduce its extremities? Allah judges; none
repel His judgement. Swift is His reckoning.
[13.42] Those who
have gone before them devised, but to Allah is the devising altogether. He
knows what every soul earns. The unbelievers shall know without doubt for whom
is the Ultimate Abode.
[13.43] Those who
disbelieve say, 'You are not a Messenger.' Say, 'Allah is a Sufficient witness
between me and you, and whosoever possess knowledge of the Book.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Prophet Muhammad was given the Koran to bring mankind from darkness to light [14.1]
[14.1] AlifLaamRa. We
have sent down to you (this Book) in order that you bring mankind from darkness
to the light by the permission of your Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the
Praised.
[14.2] Allah to whom
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Woe to the unbelievers for a
terrible punishment.
[14.3] Those who
prefer this life more than the Everlasting Life, and bar others from the way of
Allah and seek to make it crooked they are in far error.
[14.4] We have sent
no Messenger except in the tongue of his own nation, so that he might make
everything plain to them. But Allah leads astray whom He will and guides whom
He will. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[14.5] We sent Moses
with Our signs, 'Bring your nation out of darkness into the light, and remind
them of the Days of Allah. Surely, in
that are signs for every patient, thankful (person).
[14.6] Moses said to
his nation, 'Remember the blessing of Allah to you when He saved you from
Pharaoh's family, who had oppressed you cruelly, and who slew your sons and
spared your women. Surely, that was a great trial from your Lord.
[14.7] And when your
Lord proclaimed, "If you give thanks, I will increase you, but, if you are
unthankful My punishment is indeed stern." '
[14.8] And Moses
said, 'If you and all mankind are thankless, He is surely Rich, Praised.'
The rejection of truth [14.9-20]
[14.9] Have you not
heard what befell the nations that have gone before you? The nations of Noah,
Aad, and Thamood, and those who came after? None knows them but Allah. Their
Messengers came to them with clear signs, but they thrust their hands into
their mouths and said, 'Without doubt we disbelieve the Message you have been
sent with. That which you call us to is disquieting.'
[14.10] Their
Messengers said, 'Is there any doubt about Allah, the Originator of the heavens
and the earth? He calls you to Him in order that He forgives you your sins and
defers you till a stated term.' They said, 'You are only mortals like us. You
wish to bar us from that which our fathers worshipped. Give us some clear
proof.'
[14.11] Their
Messengers said to them, 'We are nothing except humans like you. But Allah
bestows His Mercy on those of His worshipers whom He chooses. We cannot give
you proof, except with the permission of Allah. In Allah, let believers put
their trust.
[14.12] And why
should we not put our trust in Allah, when He has already guided us to our
Paths? We will endure your hurt patiently. In Allah, let all who trust place
their trust.'
[14.13] Those who
disbelieved said to their Messengers, 'Return to our faith or we will banish
you from our land.' But Allah revealed to them, 'We shall destroy the harm
doers
[14.14] and let you
live in the land after them. This is for him who fears My station and fears My
threat.'
[14.15] They sought a
judgment, then every tyrant was disappointed.
Description of Hell [14.16-17]
[14.16] Gehenna
(Hell) is before him and he is given oozing pus to drink,
[14.17] which he
gulps and can scarcely swallow. Death will come to him from every side, yet he
cannot not die, and yet to come is a dreadful punishment.
[14.18] As for the
likeness of those who disbelieve in their Lord, their works are like ashes
which a strong wind scatters on a stormy day; they are powerless over that they
have earned; that is the far error.
[14.19] Do you not
see that Allah has created the heavens and the earth with truth? He can put you
away if He will and bring into being a new creation;
[14.20] indeed, that
is no great thing for Allah.
The question the leaders of the unbelievers will be asked by their followers in Hell [14.21]
[14.21] Together they
shall all come before Allah. Then the weak will say to those who were proud,
'We were your followers. Can you help us in anything against the punishment of
Allah?' They will say, 'Had Allah guided us we would have guided you. It is now
the same for us whether we cannot endure or bear patiently, we have no place of
refuge.'
satan abandons his followers [14.22]
[14.22] And when the issue has been decided, satan will say (to
them), 'The promise which Allah made you was true. I promised you, but failed
to keep it. I had no authority over you except that I called you, and you
answered me. Do not blame me, rather, blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor
can you help me. I disbelieved in your associating me (with Allah) before.'
Indeed, for the evildoers there is a painful punishment.
[14.23] As for those
who believe and do good works, they shall be admitted to gardens underneath
which rivers flow in which, by the permission of their Lord, they shall live for
ever. Their greeting shall be, 'Peace!'
[14.24] Have you not
seen how Allah sets forth a parable that a good deed is like a good tree, its
roots are firm and its branches are in the heaven,
[14.25] yielding its
fruit every season by the permission of Allah? Allah gives parables to mankind
so that they might remember.
[14.26] The likeness
of a corrupt word is like a corrupt tree uprooted from the earth having no
stability.
[14.27] Allah will
strengthen the believers with a steadfast Word, both in this life and in the
Everlasting Life. Allah leads the evildoers astray. Allah does what He will.
[14.28] Have you not
seen those who exchanged the favor of Allah with disbelief and landed their
nation in a house of ruin?
[14.29] They shall be
roasted in Gehenna; an evil establishment!
[14.30] They set up
rivals with Allah to lead others astray. Say to them, 'Take your pleasure; your
arrival shall be the Fire.'
[14.31] Tell My
worshippers, those who believe, who establish the prayer, and spend of what We have
given them in private and in public, before the coming of that Day in which
there is neither bargaining, nor the taking of friends,
[14.32] it is Allah
who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down water from the heaven
with which He brings forth fruits for your provision. He has subjected to you
ships which, by His command, run upon the sea. He has subjected to you rivers,
[14.33] and He
subjected to you the sun and the moon, which are constant in their courses.
And, He has subjected to you the night and the day, and gave you all that you
asked of Him.
[14.34] If you count
the blessings of Allah, you will never number them. Indeed, the human is wicked
and thankless.
[14.35] And when
Abraham said, 'My Lord, make this a land secure. Turn me and my children away
from worshipping idols.
[14.36] My Lord they
have led many people astray. Whosoever follows me belongs to me. Whosoever
rebels against me, You are surely Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.
Abraham supplicates for Lady Hagar and Ishmael as he leaves them by the Ka’ba in Mecca according to the order of Allah [14.37]
[14.37] Our Lord, I
have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley near Your Holy House; our
Lord, in order that they establish the prayer. Make the hearts of people yearn
towards them, and provide them with fruits, in order that they are thankful.
[14.38] Our Lord, You
have knowledge of all that we hide and all that we reveal; nothing in heaven or
earth is hidden from Allah.
[14.39] Praise be to
Allah who has given me Ishmael and Isaac in my old age! Indeed, my Lord is the
Hearer of the supplication.
[14.40] My Lord, make
me and my descendants establishers of prayer. Our Lord, accept my prayer.
[14.41] Forgive me,
our Lord, and forgive my parents and all the believers on the Day of Reckoning.'
[14.42] Do not think
that Allah is unaware of the harm doers work. He only gives them respite till
the Day on which all eyes will stare,
[14.43] when they
shall run with their necks outstretched and heads erect, their glances never
return to themselves, their hearts are empty.
[14.44] Warn mankind
of the Day when the punishment will overtake them, when the evildoers will say,
'Our Lord, grant us respite for awhile, we will answer Your call, and follow
the Messengers.' Did you not once swear that you would never cease?
[14.45] You lived in
the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it was clear to you how We
dealt with them, and how We struck parables for you.
[14.46] They plotted
their plots, but their plots are (known) to Allah, even though their plots were
such as to move mountains.
[14.47] Do not think
that Allah will break the promise He gave to His Messengers. Mighty is Allah,
and Vengeful.
[14. 48] On the Day
when the earth is changed into other than the earth and the heavens, all shall
come before Allah, the One, the Conqueror.
[14.49] On that Day,
you shall see the sinners coupled together in fetters;
[14.50] their
garments shall be of melted tar, and their faces enveloped by the Fire.
[14.51] Allah will
recompense each soul according to its earnings. Swift is the Reckoning of
Allah.
[14.52] This is a
message to be delivered to mankind so that they may be warned by it, and know
that He is (Allah) One God, and so all those possessed of minds may remember.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[15.1] AlifLaamRa.
Those are the verses of the Book, the Clear Koran.
[15.2] It could be
that those who disbelieve will wish that they were Muslims.
[15.3] Let them eat
and enjoy; and let their hopes deceive them, soon they shall know.
[15.4] We never destroyed a village whose term had not already been
decreed.
[15.5] No nation can
outstrip its term, nor do they put it back.
[15.6] They say, 'You
to whom the Remembrance is sent down, you are indeed mad.
[15.7] Why do you not
bring down the angels, if what you say is true.'
[15.8] We do not send
angels except with the truth. Then they shall have no respite.
[15.9] It is We who
sent down the Koran, and We watch over it.
As Prophet Muhammad was mocked so were the previous Messengers [15.10-11]
[15.10] We have sent
forth before you Messengers among the factions of the ancients.
[15.11] But no
Messenger came to them except he was mocked.
[15.12] So We make it
enter the hearts of the sinners.
[15.13] They do not
believe in it even though the practice of the ancients has already gone.
[15.14] If We opened
a gate in the heaven and they kept ascending through it,
[15.15] still they
would say, 'Our eyes were dazzled; truly, we must have been a bewitched
people.'
[15.16] We have set
constellations in the heavens and made them pleasing to the beholders,
[15.17] and guarded
them from every stoned satan.
[15.18] Except for he
who steals the listening and is then pursued by a visible flame.
[15.19] We have
spread out the earth and set upon it firm mountains. Everything We have caused
to grow therein is justly weighed;
[15.20] and there
appointed for you is a livelihood, and for those you do not provide.
[15.21] And there is
not a thing but with Us are its treasuries, and We do not send it down except
in a known measure.
[15.22] We send the
winds fertilizing, and We send down out of heaven water, from which you drink
and you are not its treasurers.
[15.23] And surely,
it is We who give life and make to die. We are the Inheritor.
[15.24] We know those
of you who press forward, and We know the laggards,
[15.25] and it is
your Lord who will gather them. He is Wise, Knowing.
Mankind are not descended from monkeys [15.26]
[15.26] We created
mankind from clay, molded from mud,
[15.27] and before
him We created the jinn from smokeless fire.
[15.28] When your
Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal from clay of molded mud.
[15.29] When I have
shaped him and ran My created soul in him fall down prostrating towards him'.
[15.30] All the
angels prostrated themselves,
[15.31] except iblis
(father of the jinn) who refused to be one of those who prostrated themselves.
[15.32] He said,
'iblis, what is the matter with you, that you do you not prostrate yourself? '
[15.33] He replied,
'I will not prostrate to a mortal You have created of clay, from molded mud.'
[15.34] (Allah) said,
'Begone, you are accursed!
[15.35] A curse shall
be on you till the Day of Recompense.'
[15.36] He said, 'My
Lord, reprieve me till the Day they are raised.'
[15.37] He answered,
'You are among those reprieved
[15.38] till the
appointed time.’
[15.39] (satan) said,
'My Lord, for Your perverting me, I shall make (matters) in the earth seem most
fair to them and I shall pervert all,
[15.40] except the
devoted amongst Your worshippers.
[15.41] He (Allah)
said, 'This is for Me the Right Path
[15.42] over My worshipers
you have no authority, except the perverse that follow you.
[15.43] Gehenna
(Hell) will be the promise for all of them.
Hell has seven gates [15.44]
[15.44] It has seven
gates, and through each gate a portion of them belong.
[15.45] But the
cautious shall live amongst gardens and fountains,
[15.46] 'In peace and
security, enter them!'
[15.47] We shall
remove all rancor from their hearts, and as brethren they shall recline on
couches face to face.
[15.48] There, no
fatigue shall smite them, nor shall they ever be driven from it.'
[15.49] Tell My
worshipers that I am the Forgiving, the Most Merciful,
[15.50] and that My
punishment is the painful chastisement.
[15.51] Tell them of
Abraham's guests.
[15.52] They entered
to him and said, 'Peace,' but he replied, 'We are afraid of you.'
[15.53] 'Do not be
afraid,' they answered. 'We come to give you glad tidings of a knowledgeable
child.'
[15.54] He said,
'What is this, do you bring me glad tidings even though I am old?' Of what do
you give me glad tidings?'
[15.55] They replied,
'In truth we have given you glad tidings, do not be one of those who despair.'
[15.56] He replied,
'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, except those that are astray?’
[15.57] He asked,
'Messengers, what is your errand?'
[15.58] They replied,
'We are sent to sinful nation,
[15.59] except Lot's
family, of whom we shall save all,
[15.60] except his
wife. We decreed that she should be amongst those who remain behind.
[15.61] And when the
envoys came to the family of Lot,
[15.62] he said to
them, 'I do not know you.'
[15.63] 'No,' they
replied, 'We bring you (news) of that concerning which they were doubting.
[15.64] We bring you
the truth, and indeed we are truthful.
[15.65] Depart with your
family in a part of the night and walk behind them and let none of you turn
round. Go to a place where you are commanded.'
[15.66] And We made
known to him this decree that the wrongdoers were to be utterly cut off in the
morning.
[15.67] The people of
the city came to him rejoicing.
[15.68] He said,
'These are my guests; do not shame me.
[15.69] Fear Allah
and do not disgrace me.'
[15.70] They replied,
'Have we not forbidden you (the people of) the worlds?'
[15.71] He said,
'Here are my daughters; take them (in marriage), if you would be doing.'
[15.72] By your life,
they wandered blindly in their dazzlement.
[15.73] At sunrise a
dreadful Shout seized them.
[15.74] We laid it
(the city) upside down and rained stones of baked clay upon them.
[15.75] Surely, in
that there are signs for those who contemplate.
[15.76] Indeed, it is
on a way which still exists.
[15.77] Surely, in that
there is a sign for those who believe.
The story of the dwellers of the Thicket and Al Hijr
[15.78-84]
[15.78] The dwellers
of the Thicket were harm doers.
[15.79] On them, too,
We took vengeance, and they are both on a clear roadway.
[15.80] And the
dwellers of Al Hijr also belied the Messengers.
[15.81] We brought
them signs, but they turned away.
[15.82] They hewed
their dwellings out of the mountains in safety.
[15.83] But the Shout
seized them in the morning,
[15.84] and that
which they had earned did not help them.
[15.85] We did not
create the heavens and the earth, and what is between them except in truth. The
Hour is sure to come, therefore, forgive them with a gracious
pardon.
[15.86] Your Lord is
the Creator, the Knower.
[15.87] We have given you the seven dual (verses, Al Fatihah) and
the Mighty Holy Reading (Koran).
[15.88] Do not stretch your eyes to that We have given pairs of them
to enjoy, nor sorrow for them, and lower your wing to the believers.
[15.89] And say, 'I
am the plain warner.'
[15.90] So We sent it
down to the partitioners,
[15.91] who have
broken the Koran into parts,
[15.92] so by your Lord,
We will question them all
[15.93] about what
they did.
[15.94] Proclaim
then, what you are commanded and turn away from the unbelievers.
[15.95] We suffice
you against those who mock,
[15.96] and those who
set up other gods with Allah, indeed, they will soon know.
[15.97] Indeed, We
know your chest is straitened by that they say.
[15.98] Exalt with
the praise of your Lord and be one of those who prostrate.
[15.99] Worship your
Lord till the certainty (death) comes to you.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[16.1] The Command of
Allah will surely come; do not seek to hasten it. Highly exalted is He above
that they associate with Him.
[16.2] He sends down
the angels with the Spirit (Gabriel) by His command to those of His worshipers
whom He chooses, (saying,) 'Warn, there is no god except Me, therefore fear
Me.'
[16.3] He created the
heavens and the earth with truth. Exalted is He above what they associate (with
Him)!
[16.4] He created
mankind from a sperm drop, yet he is a clear adversary.
[16.5] And the cattle
He created for you. In them, you have warmth and other uses, and of them you
eat.
[16.6] In them there
is beauty for you when you bring them home and when you lead them to pasture.
[16.7] They carry
your loads to a land which you could not otherwise reach except by painful toil
to oneself. Your Lord is the Clement, the Most Merciful.
[16.8] (He has
created for you) horses, mules, and donkeys, which you ride and as an
adornment; and He creates what you do not know.
[16.9] It is for
Allah to show the way. Some swerve from it, but had He willed, He would have
guided all of you.
[16.10] It is He who
sends down water from heaven, which provides drink for you and brings forth
trees on which your herds feed.
[16.11] And thereby
He brings forth crops and olives, palms and vines, and all the fruits. Surely,
in this there is a sign for a nation who think.
[16.12] He has
subjected to you the night, the day, the sun and the moon. The stars are
subjected by His Command. Surely, in that there is a sign for a nation who
understands.
[16.13] And what He
has multiplied for you in the earth is of various hues; surely, in that there
is a sign for a nation who remember.
[16.14] It is He who
has subjected the sea to you, so that you eat of its soft flesh and bring up
from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing
their course through
it in order that you seek His bounty and give thanks.
[16.15] He set firm
mountains upon the earth lest it should shake with you; and rivers, and roads,
in order that you are guided.
[16.16] And waymarks;
and by the star they are guided.
[16.17] Is He who
creates as he who does not create? Will you not remember?
[16.18] If you count
the favors of Allah, you could not number them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and
the Most Merciful.
[16.19] Allah has knowledge
of all that you hide and all that you reveal.
[16.20] But those
whom you invoke, other than Allah do not create anything they are themselves
created.
[16.21] They are
dead, not living; and they do not know when they will be raised (to life).
[16.22] Your God is
One God. Those who do not believe in the Everlasting Life their hearts
disbelieve, and are puffed up with pride.
[16.23] Allah knows
without doubt what they hide and what they make known. He does not love the
proud.
[16.24] And if they
are asked, 'What has your Lord revealed?' they say, 'Tales of the ancients,
fairytales!'
[16.25] They shall
carry their sins completely on the Day of Resurrection, and some of the sins of
those who were led astray by them without knowledge. Evil is that which they
sin.
[16.26] Those who
have gone before them also plotted. Then, Allah came upon their building from
the foundations, and the roof fell down on them from above them. And the
punishment overtook them from where they did not know.
[16.27] He will degrade
them on the Day of Resurrection. He will say, 'Where are My partners, for whose
sake you opposed?' And those to whom knowledge has been given will say,
'Degradation today and evil are on the unbelievers,
[16.28] whom the
angels take while they were still harming themselves.' Then they will offer
submission, saying, 'We have done no evil!' No, surely Allah knows what you
have done.
[16.29] Enter the
gates of Gehenna (Hell) to be in it for ever. Evil is the lodging of the proud.
[16.30] It is said to
the cautious, 'What has your Lord revealed?' They will reply, 'Good! ' For
those who did good in this world is goodness; indeed the lodging in the
Everlasting Life is better an excellent dwelling for the cautious.
[16.31] They shall
enter the Gardens of Eden, under which rivers flow, and there they shall have
all they desire. So Allah recompenses the cautious,
[16.32] whom the
angels take while they are goodly, saying, 'Peace be on you. Enter Paradise for
what you were doing.'
[16.33] Are they
looking for the angels to come down or the order of your Lord to come? As such
did those who have gone before them. Allah did not wrong them, but they wronged
themselves,
[16.34] so the evil
things which they did coiled around them, and they were encompassed by that
they mocked.
[16.35] The idolaters
say, 'Had Allah willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped
anything other than Him, nor would we have forbidden anything without Him', as
such did those before them. Yet what should Messengers do but give a clear
deliverance?
[16.36] We sent a
Messenger to every nation, saying, 'Worship Allah and avoid the idols.' Amongst
them were some whom Allah guided, and some justly disposed to error. Travel in
the land and see what was the end of those who belied (the Revelation and the
prophets)!
[16.37] Though you
are ever so eager to guide them, Allah will not guide those who mislead
(others). There shall be none to help them.
[16.38] They solemnly
swear by Allah that Allah will never raise the dead to life. No, surely the
promise of Allah is binding upon Him, though most people do not know.
[16.39] This is in
order that He may make clear to them that which they differed upon, and in
order that those who disbelieve might know that they were indeed lying.
[16.40] When We
decree a thing, We only say, 'Be,' and it is.
[16.41] And those who
after they have been wronged emigrated for the Cause of Allah, We will lodge
them with a good (life) in this world, but greater still is the wage of the
Everlasting Life, if they but knew;
[16.42] such are
those who are patient, and put their trust in their Lord.
[16.43] We never sent but men before you to whom We revealed, ask the people of the Remembrance, if you do not know.
[16.44] (We sent
them) with clear signs and the Psalms. And We sent down to you the Remembrance so
that you can make clear to people what has been sent down to them, in order
that they reflect.
[16.45] Do those who
do evil feel secure that Allah will not make the earth to swallow them, or that
the punishment will not fall upon them from where they do not know?
[16.46] Or, that He
will not seize them in their going to and fro, and they will not be able to
frustrate Him?
[16.47] Or, that He
will not seize them, a little at a time and destroy them? Indeed, your Lord is
Clement, the Most Merciful.
[16.48] Do they not
see how every thing Allah created casts its shadow right and left, prostrating
itself before Allah in all humility?
[16.49] Everything in
the heavens and every crawling creature on earth, and the angels prostrate to
Allah and they are not proud;
[16.50] they fear
their Lord from above them and do as they are commanded.
[16.51] Allah says,
'Do not take to yourself two gods. He is only One God; so have awe of Me.'
[16.52] To Him
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. His is the Religion for ever.
Would you then fear any but Allah?
[16.53] Whatever
favor you have is from Allah. Whenever you are afflicted you groan to Him.
[16.54] When He
removes your affliction then some of you set up associates to their Lord
[16.55] that they may
show ingratitude for what We gave them. So, take your pleasure, you shall soon
know.
[16.56] They set
aside a share of that which We have provided them for what they did not know.
By Allah, you shall be questioned about your forgeries!
[16.57] They ascribe
daughters to Allah exaltations to Him! But they themselves would have what they
desire!
[16.58] When good
news of the birth of a female is given to any of them, his face grows dark and
inwardly he chokes.
[16.59] Because of
the evil of the good news he hides himself from people, (pondering) whether he
will keep her and be humiliated, or trample her into the dust. Evil is their
judgement!
[16.60] Those who do
not believe in the Everlasting Life, theirs is the evil likeness; and for Allah
is the highest likeness. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[16.61] If Allah
punished people for their sins, He would not leave one creature that crawls on
the earth. He reprieves them to an appointed term; when their term is come,
they shall neither delay it by a single hour nor can they hasten it.
[16.62] They ascribe
to Allah what they themselves dislike. Their tongues utter falsehoods (when
they say) the finest of wages shall be theirs. Without doubt, the Fire shall be
theirs and they will be hastened to it.
[16.63] Indeed, by
Allah, We have sent Messengers before you to other nations. But satan made
their deeds seem fair to them so that today he is their guardian, and a painful
punishment awaits them.
[16.64] We have not
revealed to you (Prophet Muhammad) the Book except that you may clarify for
them that upon which they differ, and as guidance and mercy to a nation who
believe.
[16.65] Allah sends
down water from the sky with which He revives the earth after its death.
Surely, in this there is a sign for people who listen.
[16.66] Indeed, in
the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their
bellies, between the filth (bowels) and blood, pure milk, which is sweet to
those who drink.
[16.67] And the
fruits of the palm and of the vine, from which you derive intoxicants and
wholesome provisions. Surely, in this there is a sign for nation who
understand.
[16.68] Your Lord
revealed to the bee, 'Build your homes in the mountains, in the trees, and in
what they are building.
[16.69] Eat every kind of fruit, and follow the easy ways of your
Lord.' From its belly comes forth a drink (honey) of many hues in which there
is healing for people. Surely, in this there is a sign for a nation who
reflect.
[16.70] Allah created
you, and causes you to die. There are some of you who, after knowing something,
will be kept back to the vilest state of life, knowing nothing. Allah is the
Knowing, Powerful.
[16.71] In your
provisions Allah has preferred some of you above others. But, those who have
been preferred do not give their provisions to those whom their right hand
possess so that they might be equal therein. What, do they vainly disbelieve
the favor of Allah?
[16.72] Allah has
given you wives from among yourselves, and has given you and your wives, sons
and grandsons and He has provided you with good things. What, do they believe
in vanity; do they disbelieve in the favor of Allah?
[16.73] Do they
worship, other than Allah, that which has no power to provide them with
anything either from the heavens or earth, and can do nothing!
[16.74] Therefore, do not strike parables for Allah; Allah knows,
but you do not!
[16.75] Allah strikes
a parable. A servant owned by his master, having no power over anything, and
one to whom We have given from Us a fine provision who spends it secretly and
openly, are they equal? Praise be to Allah! No, most of them do not know!
[16.76] And Allah
strikes a parable. Two men, one is dumb and powerless, a burden to his master
wherever he sends him he returns with no good. Is he equal with one who orders
justice and follows the Straight Path?
[16.77] To Allah
belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. The matter of the Final Hour
shall be like the twinkling of an eye, or even less. Allah has power over all
things.
[16.78] Allah brought
you out of your mothers' wombs, and gave you hearing, sight and hearts, in
order that you be thankful.
[16.79] Have they not
seen the birds that are subjected in the air of the heaven? Nothing holds them
except Allah. Surely, in this are signs for those who believe.
[16.80] And it is
Allah who has given you houses in which to rest, and from the hides of cattle
homes so they are light for you on the day you travel and on the day of
settling; while from their wool, fur, and hair (He has given you) furnishing
and enjoyment for a while.
[16.81] From the
things He created, Allah has given you a covering shade, and He has made for
you refuges in the mountains. He has given you garments to protect you from the
heat, and garments to protect you from your own violence. As such it is that He
perfects His favors upon you, in order that you submit.
[16.82] But, if they turn
away, your mission is only to give plain warning.
[16.83] They
recognize the favors of Allah, then they disbelieve them; most of them are
unbelievers.
The unbelievers will not be allowed to make restitution of the Day of Judgement [16.84-89]
[16.84] On the Day We
shall raise up from every nation a witness, then permission will not be given
to the unbelievers, nor shall they be allowed to make restitution.
[16.85] And when the
harm doers see their punishment, it shall never be lightened, nor shall they
ever be respited.
[16.86] And when the
idolaters see their associates they will say, 'Our Lord, these are our
associates on whom we called other than You.' But they will throw back at them
saying, 'Surely, you are truly liars.'
[16.87] On that Day
they shall offer to submit to Allah, and what they forged will forsake them.
[16.88] Those who
disbelieve and bar others from the Path of Allah, We shall add punishment upon
their punishment because they were corrupting.
[16.89] And on that
Day We shall raise up from every nation a witness from their own against them,
and We shall bring you (Prophet Muhammad) as a witness against those. And We
have sent down to you the Book making everything clear, as a guidance, and
mercy, and glad tidings to those who submit.
[16.90] Allah orders
justice, and good deeds, and giving to one's kindred. He forbids indecency,
dishonor and insolence. He admonishes you in order that you take heed.
[16.91] Fulfill the
covenant of Allah, when you make a covenant and do not break your oaths after
they have been confirmed (by swearing in His Name) for you make Allah your
surety. Allah has knowledge of what you do.
[16.92] Do not be
like the woman who breaks her thread, after it is firmly spun into fibers, by
taking your oaths as mere mutual deceit, one nation being more numerous than
the other. Allah tries you with it. On the Day of Resurrection, He will clarify
to you everything on which you were at variance.
[16.93] Had Allah
willed, He would have made you one nation. But He leads astray whomsoever He
will and gives guidance to whomsoever He will. You shall be questioned about
what you did.
[16.94] Do not take
oaths to deceive each other, lest your foot should slip after its firmness,
lest you should taste evil, for you barred others from the Path of Allah, and
lest a mighty punishment awaits you.
[16.95] Do not sell
the covenant of Allah for a trifling price. What is with Allah is better for
you if you but knew.
[16.96] That which
you have is transitory, but that which is with Allah endures. We shall reward
the patient according to the best of their deeds,
[16.97] For whosoever
does a righteous deed, be they believing men or women, We shall recompense them
with their wage according to the best of their deeds.
[16.98] When you
recite the Koran, seek refuge in Allah from the stoned satan,
[16.99] he has no
authority over the believers who put their trust in their Lord.
[16.100] He has
authority over those who are guided by him, and those who ascribe associates to
Him (Allah).
[16.101] When We exchange a verse for another and Allah knows best what He
is sending down they say, 'You are but a forger.' No, most of them do not know.
[16.102] Say, 'The
Holy Spirit (Gabriel) brought it down from your Lord in truth to confirm those
who believe, and to give guidance and glad tidings to those who surrender.'
[16.103] We know very
well that they say, 'A mortal teaches him.' The tongue of him at whom they hint
is a non-Arab; and this is a clear Arabic tongue.
[16.104] Those who
disbelieve in the verses of Allah, Allah does not guide them for them is a
painful punishment.
[16.105] None forge
lies except those who disbelieve the verses of Allah those, they are the liars.
[16.106] Whosoever
disbelieves in Allah after believing except he who is forced while his heart
remains in his belief but he who opens his chest for disbelief, shall receive
the Anger of Allah and for such awaits a mighty punishment.
[16.107] That is
because they loved this present life above the Everlasting Life. Allah does not
guide the unbelievers.
[16.108] They are
those whose hearts, hearing and sight are sealed by Allah; they are the
heedless.
[16.109] In the
Everlasting Life, they shall assuredly be the losers.
[16.110] Then indeed
your Lord – to those who emigrated, after they were persecuted, and then strove
and were patient, surely, your Lord is thereafter Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[16.111] On the Day
when every soul will come pleading for itself and when every soul will be
recompensed in full for what it did they shall not be wronged.
[16.112] Allah strikes
a parable of the village which was safe and peaceful. Its provisions came in
abundance from everywhere; but it was thankless for the favors of Allah.
Therefore, for what they were doing, Allah let it taste the garment of hunger
and fear.
[16.113] A Messenger
from their own was sent to them, but they belied him. So while they were harm
doers they were seized by the punishment.
[16.114] Eat of the
lawful and good things with which Allah has provided you and be thankful for
the favors of Allah if it is He you worship.
[16.115] These things
alone He has forbidden to you, what is already dead, blood, the flesh of swine,
what has been offered-up to other than Allah. But to whoever is forced to eat
any of these, neither desiring nor wanting to transgress, Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[16.116] And do not
say what your tongues falsely describe 'This is lawful, and that is forbidden,'
in order to forge a lie about Allah. Indeed, those who forge a lie about Allah shall
never prosper.
[16.117] Brief (is
their) enjoyment, after which a painful punishment awaits them.
[16.118] We have
forbidden the Jews what We have already related to you. We did not wrong them,
but they wronged themselves.
[16.119] Surely, your
Lord to those who commit evil through ignorance and afterwards repent, and mend
their ways your Lord thereafter is surely Forgiving,
Merciful.
[16.120] Abraham was
(equal to) a nation, obedient to Allah, of pure faith and was not among the
idolaters,
[16.121] ever
thankful for His favors. He chose him and He guided him to a Straight Path.
[16.122] We gave
goodness to him in this world, and in the Everlasting Life he shall be amongst
the righteous.
[16.123] Then, We
revealed to you, 'Follow the Creed of Abraham, he of pure faith, he was not
among the idolaters.'
[16.124] The Sabbath was
ordained only for those who differed about it. On the Day of Resurrection, your
Lord will decide the differences that were between them.
[16.125] Call to the
Path of your Lord with wisdom and fine admonition. Dispute with them in the
best manner. Your Lord is well aware of those who have gone astray from His
Path and He is well aware of those who are guided.
[16.126] If you
punish, let your punishment be proportionate to the punishment you received.
But if you are patient, it is better for the patient.
[16.127] Be patient;
yet your patience is only by the help of Allah. Do not grieve for them (the
unbelievers), nor distress yourself because of their devising.
[16.128] Allah is
with the cautious and those who do good.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Allah shows some of His special signs to Prophet Muhammad on his miraculous night journey between Mecca and Jerusalem [17.1]
[17.1] Exalted is He
who carried His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) to travel in the night from the
Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We
might show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer.
[17.2] We gave Moses
the Book and made it a guide for the Children of Israel. 'Take no guardian
other than Me.
[17.3] (You are) the
descendants of those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah. He was a truly
thankful worshiper.'
[17.4] And We decreed
for the Children of Israel in the Book, 'You shall corrupt the land twice, and
you shall ascend exceedingly high.'
[17.5] And when the
promise of the first came, We sent against you Our worshipers, those of great
might, and they went through the habitations, and the promise was accomplished.
[17.6] Then, We gave
the turn back to you to prevail over them, and We helped you with wealth and
children, and made you the greater host.
[17.7] (We said), 'If
you do good, it shall be for your own souls; but if you do evil it is
likewise.' And when the second promise came (We sent them against you), to
sadden your faces and to enter the Mosque as they entered it the first time,
they utterly destroyed whatever they came across.
[17.8] Perhaps Allah
will have mercy on you. But if you return, We will return. We have made Gehenna
(Hell) a prison for the unbelievers.
[17.9] This Koran
guides to the straightest way. It gives glad tidings of a great wage to the
believers who do good deeds,
[17.10] and for those
who do not believe in the Everlasting Life We have prepared for them a painful
punishment.
[17.11] Yet the human
prays for evil as he prays for good, mankind is always hasty.
[17.12] We appointed
the night and the day as two signs. Then, We blotted out the sign of the night
and made the sign of the day to see, so that you seek the bounty of your Lord
and that you know the number of years and the reckoning. And We have clearly
distinguished everything.
[17.13] And to every
human – We have fastened to him his bird of deeds upon his neck; and on the Day
of Resurrection We shall bring forth to him a book spread open wide.
[17.14] 'Read your
book. Your self suffices you this Day as a reckoner against you.’
[17.15] Whosoever is guided is only guided for his own self, and whosoever goes astray it is only against it. No soul shall bear another's burden. Nor do We punish until we have sent a Messenger.
[17.16] When We desire to annihilate a village, We command those who
live in ease, but they commit evil therein, then the Word is realized against
it and it is utterly annihilated.
[17.17] How many
generations have We destroyed since Noah! Your Lord
suffices as One who is Aware of and sees the sins of His worshipers.
[17.18] For whosoever
desires this fleeting life We hasten for him whatever We will and to whom We
want. Then, We have prepared Gehenna for him where he will be roasted,
condemned and rejected.
[17.19] Whosoever,
being a believer, desires the Everlasting Life and strives for it as he should,
those, their striving will be thanked.
[17.20] We help these
and those, a gift from your Lord; and your Lord's gift is not restricted.
[17.21] See how We have
preferred some above others. Yet the Everlasting Life is greater in rank and
greater in preferment.
[17.22] Do not set up
with Allah another god, or you will sit condemned and forsaken.
[17.23] Your Lord has
ordered you to worship none except Him, and to be good to your parents. If
either or both of them attain old age with you, do not say, "Fie
on you", nor
rebuke them, but speak to them with words of respect.
[17.24] And lower to
them the wing of humbleness out of mercy and say, 'My Lord, be merciful to
them, as they raised me since I was little.'
[17.25] Your Lord
knows very well what is in your hearts. If you are good, He is forgiving to
those who are penitent.
[17.26] Give to the
near of kin, the needy and the destitute traveler their rights and do not
squander,
[17.27] for the
wasteful are the brothers of satan; and satan is ungrateful to his Lord.
[17.28] But if you
turn away from them to seek the Mercy of your Lord, hoping to attain it, then
speak to them with gentle words.
[17.29] And do not
keep your hand chained to your neck (when spending), nor open it completely, so
that you will sit blamed and destitute.
[17.30] Your Lord
gives to whom He will His provisions both abundantly and sparingly. He is aware
and sees His worshipers.
[17.31] Do not kill
your children because you fear poverty. We will provide for you and them.
Killing them is a great sin.
[17.32] Do not draw
near to fornication, for it is an indecency, and its way is evil.
[17.33] Do not kill
the soul whom Allah has forbidden except by right. If he is slain unjustly, We have
given his heir authority. But let him not exceed the limit in slaying, for he
will be helped.
[17.34] Do not draw
near the wealth of the orphan except in the best manner, until he reaches
maturity. And keep your promise. Surely, the promise will be questioned.
[17.35] Give full
measure when you measure, and weigh with even scales. That is better, and
fairer in the end.
[17.36] Do not follow
what you do not know. The hearing, sight and heart about all these you shall be
questioned.
[17.37] Do not walk
proudly in the earth. Indeed, you will never tear open the earth, nor attain
the height of mountains.
[17.38] The
wickedness of all this is hateful with your Lord.
[17.39] That is of
the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up with Allah another god,
or you will be cast into Gehenna, condemned and rejected.
[17.40] What! Has
your Lord favored you with sons and taken to Himself females from among the
angels? Indeed, you utter a monstrous thing!
[17.41] In this Koran
We have clarified so that they may remember; but it has only increased their
aversion.
[17.42] Say, 'If
there had been other gods with Him, as they say, they would surely have sought
a way to the Lord of the Throne.'
[17.43] Exaltations
be to Him! High indeed be He exalted above what they say!
[17.44] The seven
heavens, the earth, and whosoever in them, exalt Him. There is nothing that
does not exalt with His praise, but you do not understand their exaltation.
Surely, He is Clement, Forgiving.
[17.45] When you
recite the Koran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the
Everlasting Life an obstructing barrier.
[17.46] We lay veils
upon their hearts and heaviness in their ears, lest they understand it. When
you (Prophet Muhammad) mention your Lord alone in the Koran, they turn their
backs in aversion.
[17.47] When they
listen to you, We know very well how they listen. When they conspire, when the
evildoers declare, 'You are only following a man who is bewitched!'
[17.48] See what they
compared you to. They have surely gone astray and cannot find a Path.
[17.49] 'What! ' they
say. 'When we are (turned to) bones and broken bits, shall we be raised again
in a new creation?'
[17.50] Say, 'Let you
be stones or iron,
[17.51] or any other
creation yet more monstrous in your minds.' They will ask, 'Who will restore
us?' Say, 'He who originated you at first.' They will shake their
heads and ask, 'When
will this be?' Say, 'Maybe it is near,
[17.52] on that Day,
He will summon you, and you shall answer Him with praise and you shall think
you have stayed but for a little.'
Allah tells His worshipers to speak with the finest words
[17.53]
[17.53] Tell My
worshipers, that they should say words that are the finest, satan would arouse
discord among them; he is the clear enemy of mankind.
[17.54] Your Lord
knows you very well. He will have mercy on you if He will, or punish you if He will.
We have not sent you to be their guardian.
[17.55] Your Lord
knows very well all who are in the heavens and the earth. We have preferred
some Prophets above others, and to David We gave the Psalms.
[17.56] Say, 'Call to
those whom you assert, other than Him. They have neither the power to remove
your affliction nor to transfer it.'
[17.57] Those, they
call upon are themselves seeking a means to come to their Lord, competing with
each other to be nearer; they hope for His Mercy and fear His punishment.
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is the subject of caution.
[17.58] There is no
village except that it shall be destroyed or that We will punish it with a
stern punishment before the Day of Resurrection. That is inscribed in the
Book.
[17.59] Nothing
prevented Us from sending the signs but that the ancients belied them. To
Thamood, We brought the she-camel as a visible (sign), yet they wronged her. We
do not send signs except to frighten.
[17.60] When We said
to you, 'Indeed, your Lord encompasses all people.' We did not make the vision
which We showed to you, and the tree cursed in the Koran except to be a trial
for people, and We frighten them, but it only increases them in great
insolence.
Pride the great sin of satan, the avowed enemy of mankind
[17.61-65]
[17.61] When We said
to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam,' they all prostrated
themselves, except iblis (father of the jinn), who said, 'Shall I prostrate to
him whom You have created from clay?
[17.62] What do You
think?' he said, 'This whom You have honored above me, if You defer me until
the Day of Resurrection, I will root out all but a few of his seed (by
misleading them).'
[17.63] 'Begone!'
said He. 'Indeed, Gehenna is your recompense, and the reward of those who
follow you, an ample recompense.
[17.64] Rouse with
your voice whoever you are able from among them. Rally against them your
cavalry and those on foot. Share their wealth and children with them, and
promise them.' But satan promises them nothing except delusion.
[17.65] 'Over My
worshipers you shall have no authority.' Your Lord is their Sufficing Guardian.
[17.66] It is your
Lord who drives your ships at sea so that you may seek His bounty. He is indeed
the Most Merciful towards you.
[17.67] When misfortune
befalls you at sea, all except He of those to whom you supplicate forsake you;
yet when He delivers you safely to the land, you turn away. The human is
unthankful.
[17.68] Do you feel
secure that He will not cause the shore to swallow you, or let loose a squall
of pebbles upon you? Then you shall find no guardian for yourself.
[17.69] Or, do you
feel secure that He will not send you back into it a second time, and send
against you a violent tempest and drown you because of disbelief? Then you
shall find no prosecutor (to help) you against Us.
[17.70] We have
honored the children of Adam and carried them on both land and sea. We have
provided them with good things and greatly preferred them above much of Our
creation.
[17.71] On the Day
when We call all the people with their record, whosoever is given his book in
his right hand shall read their book, and they shall not be wronged by as much
as a single date-fiber.
[17.72] But he who is
blind in this life, shall be blind in the Everlasting Life and will be further
astray from the Path.
[17.73] Indeed, they were
near to seducing you from that We revealed to you, so that you might forge
against Us another, and then they would surely have taken you as a friend;
[17.74] and if We had
not fortified you, you would have been very slightly inclining towards them;
[17.75] then We would
have let you taste the double of life and death; and you would have found none
to help you against Us.
[17.76] They very
nearly provoked you to drive you out of the land, but they would have only
lingered for a little while after you.
[17.77] Such was Our
way with those whom We sent before you. You shall find no change in Our way.
[17.78] Establish the
prayer at the decline of the sun till the darkening of the night and the Koran
recital at dawn. Surely, the Koran recital at dawn is witnessed.
[17.79] As for the
night there is a voluntary deed for you to keep vigil in part it. Perhaps your
Lord will raise you to a praiseworthy station.
[17.80] Say, 'Lord,
grant me an entrance of sincerity and an exit of sincerity, and give me from
Yours a victorious power.'
[17.81] Say, 'Truth
has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood will certainly vanish.'
[17.82] We sent down of the Koran that which is a healing and a
mercy to believers, but to the harm doers it does not increase them, except in
loss.
[17.83] Yet when We
bestow favors upon mankind he turns his back and withdraws to one side. But
when evil befalls him, he despairs.
[17.84] Say, 'Each
human works in his own manner. But your Lord knows very well who is best guided
on the way.'
[17.85] They question
you about the spirit. Say, 'The spirit is from the command of my Lord. Except
for a little knowledge you have been given nothing.'
[17.86] If We pleased
We could take away that which We have revealed to you then you should find none
to guard you against Us,
[17.87] except for
Mercy from your Lord; for His favor to you is great indeed.
The inability of mankind and jinn combined to produce an Arabic Koran [17.88]
[17.88] Say, 'If
mankind and jinn combined together to produce the like of this Koran, they
would never be able to produce one like it, not even if they were to help one
another.'
[17.89] Indeed, We
have set forth for mankind in this Koran every kind of parable, yet most people
refuse all except disbelief.
The rebelliousness of the Koraysh to message brought by Prophet Muhammad [17.90-96]
[17.90] They say, 'We
will not believe in you until you make a spring gush from the earth for us,
[17.91] or, until you
own a garden of palms and vines and cause rivers to gush forth with abundant
water in them;
[17.92] or, until you
cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces, as you have claimed, or, as a surety
bring Allah with the angels in front;
[17.93] or, until you
possess an ornate house of gold, or ascend into the heavens; and we will not
believe in your ascension until you have brought down for us a book which we
can read.' Say, 'Exaltations to my Lord! Am I anything except a human Messenger?'
[17.94] Nothing
prevented people from believing when guidance came to them but (the excuse),
'Has Allah sent a human as a Messenger?'
[17.95] Say, 'Had
there been angels walking at peace in the earth, We would have sent down an
angel from heaven to them as a Messenger.'
[17.96] Say, 'Allah
is sufficient as a witness between me and you. He knows and observes His
worshipers.'
[17.97] Those whom
Allah guides are rightly guided; but for those whom He leads astray you shall
find no guardian, other than Him. On the Day of Resurrection We shall gather
all of them upon their faces, blind, dumb, deaf. Gehenna shall be their refuge,
whenever it dwindles, We will increase the Blaze for them.
[17.98] That will be
their recompense because they disbelieved Our verses and said, 'When we are
turned to bones and broken bits, shall we really be raised up once more as a
new creation?'
[17.99] Have they not
seen that Allah, who has created the heavens and the earth, has power to create
their like? There is no doubt that He has appointed for them a term, yet the
unbelievers refuse all but disbelief.
[17.100] Say, 'If you
possessed the treasuries of my Lord's Mercy, you would hold them back for fear
of spending and mankind is ever grudging!’
[17.101] To Moses We
gave nine clear signs. Ask the Children of Israel about how he came to them.
When Pharaoh said to him, 'Moses, I think you are bewitched.'
[17.102] 'You know,'
he replied, 'that none except the Lord of the heavens and the earth has sent
down these as clear proofs. Pharaoh, I believe you are destroyed.'
[17.103] Pharaoh
sought to provoke them so that they would leave the land, but We drowned him,
together with all who were with him.
[17.104] And
thereafter We said to the Children of Israel, 'Dwell in the land. When the
promise of the Everlasting Life comes We shall bring you all together.'
[17.105] We have sent
it down with the truth, and with the truth it has come down. We have not sent
you except a bearer of glad tidings and a warner,
[17.106] and We have
divided the Koran for you to recite at intervals to mankind and We have sent it
down successively.
[17.107] Say,
'Believe in it, or do not believe. When it is recited to those to whom
knowledge was given before they fall prostrate upon their faces
[17.108] and say,
"Exaltations be to our Lord! The promise of our Lord is done."'
[17.109] They fall
down upon their chin, weeping and it increases them in humility.
[17.110] Say, 'Call
upon Allah, or call upon the Merciful; whichever (Name) you call upon, to Him
belong the Most Beautiful Names.' Pray neither loudly nor to quietly, rather,
seek a middle course between them.
[17.111] Say, 'Praise
be to Allah who has not taken a son; who has no associate in the Kingdom; nor
out of humility any guardian.' And exalt Him repeatedly with exaltations.
18 The Cave -Al-Kahf
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[18.1] Praise belongs
to Allah who has sent down the Book to His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) and has
not made any crookedness in it,
[18.2] unswerving. To
warn of great violence from Him, and to give good tidings to the believers who
do good deeds that theirs shall be a goodly wage
[18.3] and they will
live for ever therein.
[18.4] And it (the
Koran) warns those who say, 'Allah has taken a son.'
[18.5] Surely, of
this they have no knowledge, neither they nor their fathers; it is a monstrous
word that comes from their mouths, they say nothing but a lie.
[18.6] Yet perchance,
if they do not believe in this tiding, you will consume yourself with grief and
follow after them.
[18.7] We have
appointed all that is on the earth an adornment for it, in order that We try
which of them is finest in works.
[18. 8] We will surely reduce all that is on it to barren dust.
[18.9] Or, do you
think the companions of the Cave and the tomb stone were a wonder among Our
signs?
[18.10] When the
youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said, 'Lord give us from Your Mercy and
furnish us with rectitude in our affair.'
[18.11] For many
years We sealed up their hearing in the Cave,
[18.12] and
thereafter We revived them to find out which of the two parties could best
calculate the length of their stay.
Why the men of the cave left their people [18.13-15]
[18.13] In truth We
tell to you their news. They were young men who believed in their Lord, and We
increased them in guidance.
[18.14] We
strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said, 'Our Lord is the Lord of
the heavens and the earth. We will call on no other god except Him; (for if we
did), we would have spoken outrageously (in disbelief).
[18.15] These, our nation have taken to themselves gods, other than
Allah. Why do they not bring some clear authority regarding them! Who does
greater evil than he who forges a lie against Allah?'
[18.16] When you
depart from them and from what they worship, other than Allah, seek refuge in
the Cave. Allah will extend His Mercy to you and will furnish you with a gentle
issue of your affair.
[18.17] You might
have seen the rising sun incline towards the right of their Cave, and, as it
set go past them on the left, while they stayed within an open space in the
Cave. That was one of the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is rightly
guided; but he whom He leads astray you shall not find for him a guardian to
guide him.
[18.18] You might
have thought them awake, though they were sleeping. We turned them about to the
right and to the left, while their dog stretched its paws at the entrance. Had
you seen them you would surely have become filled with terror and turned your
back on them in flight.
[18.19] As such We
revived them so that they might question one another. 'How long have you stayed
here?' asked one of them. 'We have been here a day, or part of it, ' they
replied. They said, 'Your Lord knows best how long we have stayed here. Let one
of you go to the city with this silver (coin) and let him search for one who
has the purest food and bring provision from it. Let him be courteous, but let
no one sense it is you.
[18.20] For, if they
appear in front of you, they will stone you to death or restore you to their
religion. Then you will never prosper.'
[18.21] And so We
made them (the unbelievers) stumble upon them, so that they might know that the
promise of Allah is true and that there is no doubt about the
Hour. They argued
among themselves over their affair, then (the unbelievers) said, 'Build a
building over them (their remains). Their Lord knows best who they were. 'But
those who prevailed over the matter said, 'We will build around them a Mosque.'
[18.22] Some will
say, 'They were three; their dog was the fourth.' Others, guessing at the
Unseen, will say, 'They were five and their dog was the sixth.' And yet others,
'Seven; their dog was the eighth.' Say, 'My Lord knows best their number.
Except for a few none know their number.' Therefore, do not dispute with them
except in outward disputation, and do not ask any of them concerning them.
[18.23] Do not say of
anything, 'I will do it tomorrow,'
[18.24] unless (you
add) 'if Allah wills.' And remember your Lord when you forget and say, 'It may be
that my Lord will guide me to something nearer to rectitude than this.'
[18.25] And they
stayed in the Cave three hundred years and to that they added nine more.
[18.26] Say, 'None
but Allah knows how long they stayed. To Him belong the Unseen in the heavens
and the earth. How well He sees, and how well He hears!
They have no other
guardian, other than Him, and He allows no one (to share) His rule.'
[18.27] Recite what
is revealed to you in the Book of your Lord. No one can change His Words. You
shall find no refuge other than Him.
[18.28] And be
patient with those who call to their Lord in the morning and evening, desiring
His Face. And do not turn your eyes away from them desiring the good things of
this life, nor obey he whose heart We have made neglectful of Our remembrance;
so that he follows his own lust, and his affair has become excessive.
[18.29] Say, 'This is
the truth from your Lord. Let whosoever will, believe, and whosoever will,
disbelieve it.' For the harm doers, We have prepared a Fire, the pavilion of
which encompasses them. When they cry out for relief, they shall be showered
with water as hot as molten copper, which will scald their faces; how evil a
drink, and how evil a resting-place!
[18.30] As for those
who believe and do good works We do not waste the wage of whosoever does good
works.
[18.31] Those, they
shall live in the Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow. They shall be
adorned with bracelets of gold and arrayed in green garments of silk, and
brocade, reclining therein on couches; how excellent is their reward and how
fine is their resting place!
[18.32] Give them the
parable of two men. To one we gave two gardens of vines and surrounded them
with palm trees and in between the two we placed a sown
field.
[18.33] Each of the
two gardens yielded its produce and did not fail in the least and We made a
river to gush through them,
[18.34] so he had
fruit. As he spoke with his companion, as he was conversing with him, 'My
wealth is more abundant than yours and men have a greater respect for me.'
[18.35] And when,
having wronged himself, he entered his garden, he said, 'I do not think that
this will ever perish!
[18.36] Nor do I
think that the Hour will come. Even if I returned to my Lord, I should surely
find a better place than this.'
[18.37] His companion
said, during his conversation with him, 'What, do you disbelieve in Him who
created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, and then fashioned you into a
man!
[18.38] He is Allah,
my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with My Lord.
[18.39] When you
entered your garden why did you not say, "If Allah wills; there is no
power except by Allah." Though you see me lesser than yourself in wealth
and children,
[18.40] maybe my Lord
will give me a garden better than yours, and send down a thunderbolt from
heaven, so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust,
[18.41] or, in the
morning its water will be drained into the earth so that you will not have a
means to reach it.'
[18.42] And all his
fruit were destroyed, and in the morning he wrung his hands with grief at all
he had spent on it, for it had collapsed upon its trellises, and he said,
'Would that I had not associated anyone with my Lord!'
[18.43] He had no
host to help him besides Allah, and he was helpless
[18.44] that Day.
Supremacy belongs only to Allah, the True. He is the best to reward and the
best ending.
[18.45] Give to them
a parable about this present life. It is like water We have sent down from the sky
with which the plants of the earth mingle, and in the morning it is straw the
wind scatters. Allah is Powerful over all things.
[18.46] Wealth and
children are the ornament of this present life. But the things that last and
good deeds, are better with your Lord in reward and hope.
[18.47] And on the
Day when We shall set the mountains in motion and you shall see the earth a
leveled plain; when We gather them together, and would not leave even one
behind,
[18.48] and they
shall be presented in ranks before your Lord (who will say to them,) 'You have
returned to Us as We created you the first time. No, you claimed We would not
appoint a meeting for you!
[18.49] And the Book
shall be set in place, and you will see the sinners fearful of what is in it.'
They shall say, 'Woe to us! How is it, this book omits nothing small or great,
all are counted! ' And they shall find what they did is present, and Your Lord
will wrong no one.
[18.50] When We said
to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam, ' all prostrated themselves
except iblis, who was one of the jinn, disobedient to the command of his Lord.
Would you then take him and his descendants to be your guardians, other than
Me, when they are your clear enemy? How evil is the exchange for the harm
doers!
[18.51] Neither did I
make them witnesses at the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor at their
own creation. I would never take those who lead others astray to be My
supporters.
[18.52] And the Day
He will say, 'Call on those whom you claimed to be My associates.' They will
invoke them, but they will receive no answer, for We shall place a gulf between
them.
[18.53] And when the
evildoers see the Fire of Hell they will reckon it is there they shall fall.
They shall find no escape from it.
[18.54] We have set
forth for people in this Koran all manner of parables; the human is the most
disputatious of things.
There is nothing to prevent people from believing and asking Allah to forgive them [18.55]
[18.55] Nothing
prevented people from believing and seeking the forgiveness of their Lord when
guidance came to them, unless they are waiting for the fate of the ancients to
overtake them, or that the punishment should come upon them face to face.
[18.56] We send Our
Messengers only to proclaim glad tidings and to give warning. But the
unbelievers dispute with false arguments so that they may belie the truth. They
have taken My verses and warnings in mockery.
[18.57] Who is
greater in evil than he who, when reminded of the verses of his Lord, turns
away from them and forgets what his hands have sent before him? We have placed
veils over their hearts lest they should understand it, and there is heaviness
in their ears. Even if you call them to guidance, they will never be guided.
[18.58] Your Lord is
Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Had it been His will to take them to task for what
they earned, He would have hastened their punishment; but they have an
appointed hour from which they will never escape.
[18.59] And those
villages! When they became evil We destroyed them and appointed a meeting for
their destruction.
[18.60] When Moses
said to his (assisting) youth, 'I will not give up until I reach the point
where the two seas meet even though I should go on for many years.'
[18.61] But when they
came to the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, which made its way
burrowing into the sea.
[18.62] And when they
had gone further, he said to his assisting youth; 'Bring us our breakfast; we
are worn out from our journey.'
[18.63] He replied,
'What do you think, I forgot the fish when we were resting on the rock. None
but satan made me forget to mention this it made its way into the sea in a
marvelous fashion.'
[18.64] 'This is what
we have been seeking!' said he, and they retraced their footsteps
[18.65] and found one
of Our worshipers to whom We had given from Our Mercy, and to whom We had
taught knowledge of Ours.
[18. 66] Moses said
to him, 'May I follow you so that you can teach me of that you have learned of
righteousness?'
[18.67] 'You will not
bear patiently with me,' He replied.
[18.68] 'For how can
you bear patiently with that which you have never encompassed in your
knowledge?'
[18.69] He (Moses)
said, 'If Allah wills, you shall find me patient, I shall not disobey your
order.'
[18.70] He said, 'If
you follow me, you must not question me about anything till I myself speak to
you concerning it.'
[18.71] So they
departed. When they boarded a ship, he bored a hole in it. 'What, have you made
a hole in it,' he said, 'is it to drown its passengers? You have done a
dreadful thing.'
[18.72] 'Did I not I
tell you,' he replied, 'that you would not bear patiently with me?’
[18.73] Moses said,
'Do not blame me for what I forgot, nor press me to do something which is too
difficult,'
[18.74] and so they
departed. Thereafter they met a boy and he killed him. He (Moses) exclaimed, 'What, have you killed a pure soul and it was not done (in
retaliation) for a soul you have done a terrible thing.'
[18.75] 'Did I not
tell you,' he replied, 'that you would not be able to bear patiently with me?'
[18.76] He (Moses)
said, 'If I question you again do not let me be your companion; you already
have enough excuse.'
[18.77] So they departed and thereafter they came to the inhabitants
of a village. They asked its inhabitants for some food, but they declined to
host them. There, they found a wall about to fall down whereupon his companion
restored it. He (Moses) said, 'Had you wished, you could have taken payment for
that.'
[18.78] He said,
'This is the parting between me and you. But now I will tell you the
interpretation of that which you could not patiently bear.
[18.79] As for the
ship, it belonged to poor people working on the sea. I rendered it imperfect
because behind them there was a king who was taking every ship by brutal force.
[18.80] As for the
boy, his parents are believers, and we were afraid lest he should impose on
them with his insolence and disbelief.
[18.81] It was our
wish that their Lord should grant them another in exchange, another better in
purity and tenderness.
[18.82] As for the
wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city. Beneath it was (buried) a
treasure which belonged to them. Their father had been a righteous person and
your Lord willed that when they reach manhood to bring out their treasure as a
mercy from your Lord. What I did was not done by my own command. That is the
interpretation of what you could not bear with patience.'
[18.83] They will ask
you about Thul-Karnain (the pious and chosen). Say, “I will recite to you
something of his story.
[18.84] We
established him in the land and gave him means to all things.
[18.85] He journeyed
on a way
[18.86] until, when
he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and
nearby he found a nation. 'Thul-Karnain, ' We said, 'you must either punish
them or show them kindness.'
[18.87] He replied,
'The evildoer we shall punish. Then he shall return to his Lord and He will
punish him with a stern punishment.
[18.88] As for he who
believes and does good works he shall receive a fine reward in recompense and
we shall speak to him with a mild command.'
[18.89] Then he
followed the road,
[18.90] until he
reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for whom We
provided no veil against it to shade them.
[18.91] So, We
encompassed in knowledge what was with him.
[18.92] Then he
followed the road,
[18.93] when he
reached between the two barriers he found on one side of them a nation who
could barely understand speech.
Gog and Magog are barricaded behind a barrier but will be let
loose just before the end of the world [18.94-99]
[18.94] 'Thul-Karnain, ' they said, 'Look, Gog and Magog are corrupting the earth. Build for us a barrier between us and them, and we will pay you a tribute.'
[18.95] He replied,
'That which my Lord has given me is better, therefore help me with all your
power, and I will build a barrier between you and between them.
[18.96] Bring me
ingots of iron.’ After he had leveled
between the two cliffs, he said, 'Blow.' And when he made it a fire, he said,
'Bring me molten copper so that I may pour over it.'
[18.97] Thereafter
they could neither scale it, nor could they pierce it.
[18.98] He said,
'This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord's promise is come, He will make
it dust. The promise of my Lord is true.'
[18.99] On that day,
We will let them surge on one another, and the Horn shall be blown, and We will
gather them all together.
[18.100] On that Day
We shall present Gehenna (Hell) to the unbelievers,
[18.101] whose eyes
were blinded to My remembrance and they were not able to hear. “
[18.102] Do the
unbelievers think that they can take My worshipers as guides other than Me? We
have prepared Gehenna to be the hospitality of the unbelievers.
[18.103] Say, 'Shall
we tell you of those who are the greatest losers in deeds?'
[18.104] (They are)
those whose striving in this world go astray, while
they think that what they are doing are good deeds.
[18.105] Those are
they who disbelieve the verses of their Lord and deny that they will ever meet
Him their deeds have failed. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall not give any
weight to them.
[18.106] Gehenna is
their recompense; because they disbelieved and mocked My verses, and My
Messengers.
[18.107] The hospitality of those who believe and do good works shall
be the Gardens of Paradise
[18.108] where they
will live for ever and never wish that they should be removed from it.
[18.109] Say, 'If the
sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, the sea would surely be spent before the
Words of my Lord are spent, even if We brought its like for replenishment.'
How to meet Allah [18.110]
[18.110] Say, 'I am
only a human like you, revealed to me is that your God is One God. Let him who
hopes for the encounter with his Lord do good work, and not associate anyone
with the worship of his Lord.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[19.1]
KaafHaYa'aeenSaad.
[19.2] A mention of
the Mercy of your Lord to his worshiper Zachariah,
[19.3] when he called
upon his Lord in secret,
[19.4] saying, 'O my
Lord, my bones are enfeebled, and my head glows silver with age. Yet, never
Lord, have I been unblessed in prayer to You.
[19.5] Indeed, I fear
my kinsmen who will succeed me, for my wife is barren. Grant me a kinsman
[19.6] who will be my
heir and an heir to the House of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, satisfied.'
[19.7] 'O Zachariah,
We give you good tidings of a son, and he shall be called John (Yahya); a name
We have never given before.'
[19.8] 'How shall I
have a son, Lord,' he asked, 'when my wife is barren, and I am advanced in
years?'
[19.9] He replied,
'It shall be so; your Lord says, "It is easy for Me, indeed, I created you
before time when you were not a thing."
[19.10] He
(Zachariah) said, 'Lord, make for me a sign.' He replied, 'Your sign is that
you shall not speak to people for three nights being without fault.'
[19.11] Then he came
out from the Sanctuary to his nation, and gestured to them to exalt (their
Lord) at the dawn and at the evening.
[19.12] (We said), 'O
John, hold fast to the Book', and We bestowed on him judgment while yet a child
[19.13] and
tenderness from Us and purity, and he was cautious;
[19.14] honoring his
parents, being neither arrogant nor rebellious.
[19.15] Peace be upon him on the day he was born and the day he dies, and
on him the day when he is raised up alive.
The story of the Virgin Mary; the conception and birth of
Prophet Jesus [19.16-36]
[19.16] And mention
in the Book, Mary, how she withdrew from her people to an eastern place and she
took a veil apart from them;
[19.17] We sent to
her Our Spirit (Gabriel) in the resemblance of a perfect human.
[19.18] (And when she
saw him) she said, 'I take refuge in the Merciful from you! If you are fearful.'
[19.19] 'I am the
Messenger of your Lord,' he replied, 'and have come to give you a pure boy.'
[19.20] 'How shall I
bear a son,' she answered, 'when I am not touched by a human and not unchaste?'
[19.21] "Even
so" he replied, "as such your Lord has said, 'Easy it is for Me. And
We shall make him a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us. It is a matter
decreed.'"
[19.22] Thereupon she
carried him, and retired to a far off place.
[19.23] And when the
birth-pangs came upon her by the trunk of a palm-tree, she said, 'Oh, would
that I had died before this and become a thing forgotten!'
[19.24] He called
from below to her, 'Do not sorrow, look, your Lord has provided a rivulet below
you,
[19.25] and shake the
trunk of this palm-tree it will drop fresh ripe dates upon you.
[19.26] Therefore eat
and drink and rejoice with your eyes. If you meet any human say to him, "I
have vowed a fast to the Merciful and will not speak with anyone today."'
[19.27] She came to
her nation, carrying him; and they said, 'O Mary, you have committed a
monstrous thing.
[19.28] O sister of
Aaron, your father was never an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste.'
[19.29] So she
pointed to him (Prophet Jesus). But they replied, 'How can we speak with a baby
in the cradle?'
[19.30] He (the baby)
said, 'I am the worshiper of Allah. Allah has given me the Book and made me a
Prophet.
[19.31] He made me to
be blessed wherever I am, and He has charged me with prayer and charity for as
long as I shall live.
[19.32] (He has made
me) kind to my mother; He has not made me arrogant, unprosperous.
[19.33] Peace be upon
me on the day I was born, and on the day I die; and on the day when I shall be
raised up alive.'
[19.34] Such was (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary. A saying of
truth, concerning what they doubt.
[19.35] It is not for
Allah to take a son! Exaltations to Him! When He decrees a thing He only says,
'Be,' and it is.
[19.36] Indeed, Allah
is my Lord and your Lord therefore worship Him. That is the Straight Path.
[19.37] But the
parties have fallen into variance among themselves, then woe to those who
disbelieve for the scene of a Dreadful Day.
[19.38] How well they
will hear and see on the Day when they come before Us! The evildoers are today
in clear error.
[19.39] Warn them of
that Day of Anguish, when the matter is determined whilst heedlessly they
disbelieve.
[19.40] For We shall
inherit the earth and all that are on it. To Us, they shall return.
[19.41] Mention in
the Book Abraham; He was truthful and a Prophet.
[19.42] He said to
his father, 'O father, why worship that which can neither see nor hear, nor
helps you in anything?
[19.43] Father,
knowledge has come to me which has not come you, therefore, follow me. I will
guide you to a Level Path.
[19.44] Father, do
not worship satan; for satan has rebelled against the Merciful.
[19.45] Father, I
fear that the punishment of the Merciful will fall upon you and you will become
a guide of satan.'
[19.46] But he
replied, 'Do you shrink away from my gods, Abraham? Surely, if you do not cease
I will stone you, so leave me for awhile.'
[19.47] 'Peace be on
you, ' he (Abraham) said, 'I shall call upon my Lord to forgive you, for to me
He has been gracious.
[19.48] Now I will go
away from you and that you call upon, other than Allah. I will call on my Lord.
Perhaps I shall not be unblessed in calling my Lord.'
[19.49] So when he
turned away from them and those they worshipped, other than Allah, We gave him
Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We made a Prophet,
[19.50] and We gave
them of Our Mercy and We appointed to them a truthful, highly sincere tongue.
[19.51] Mention in the
Book, Moses. He was devoted, a Messenger, and a Prophet.
[19.52] We called out
to him from the right side of the mountain, and drew him near in (Divine)
conversation.
[19.53] From Our
Mercy We gave him, his brother Aaron, a Prophet.
[19.54] And mention
in the Book, Ishmael; he too was true to his promise, a Messenger and a
Prophet.
[19.55] And he
ordered his people to pray and to give charity and his Lord was pleased with
him.
[19.56] And mention
in the Book, Idris; he too was of the truth and a Prophet,
[19.57] We raised him
to a high place.
[19. 58] These are
whom Allah has blessed among the Prophets from among the seed of Adam and of
those whom We bore with Noah; the descendants of
Abraham, of Israel,
and of those whom We have guided and chose. For when the verses of the Merciful
were recited to them, they fell down prostrate, weeping.
[19.59] But the
generation that succeeded them wasted their prayers and followed their desires,
so they shall encounter error
[19.60] except he who
repents and believes and does good works; those shall be admitted to Paradise
and shall not be wronged in any way.
[19.61] (They shall
enter the) Gardens of Eden, which the Merciful has promised His worshipers in
the Unseen. Indeed, His promise shall come.
[19.62] There, they
shall hear no idle talk, but only peace. And there they shall be given their
provision at dawn and at the evening.
[19.63] That is the
Paradise which We shall give the cautious worshipers to inherit.
[19.64] (Gabriel
said,) 'We do not descend except at the command of your Lord. To Him belongs
all that is before us and all that is behind us, and all that lies between.
Your Lord does not forget.
[19.65] Lord of the
heavens and the earth and all that is between them, so worship Him, be patient
in His worship. Do you know any that can be named with His Name!'
[19.66] The human
says. 'What, when I am dead, shall I be raised to life?'
[19.67] Will the
human not remember that We created him before when he was not a thing.
[19.68] By your Lord,
We will gather them and the satans, and We shall parade them hobbling on their
knees in Gehenna,
[19.69] from every party
We will pluck out whichever of them was the most
hardened in disdain of the Most Merciful.
[19.70] We alone know who deserves most to be burned therein.
[19.71] There is not
one of you who shall not go down to it: such is a thing decreed, determined by
your Lord.
[19.72] Then, We will
save those who were cautious of Us, but the harm doers shall be left there
hobbling on their knees.
[19.73] When Our
clear verses are recited to them the unbelievers say to the believers, 'Which
of the two parties has a better position or company?'
[19.74] How many
generations have We destroyed before them, who were far greater in riches and
more boastful!
[19.75] Say,
'Whosoever is in error, let the Most Merciful prolong his life span until they
see that which they were threatened, be it a punishment, or the Hour. Then
shall they know whose is the worst place and who is weaker in hosts.'
[19.76] Allah will increase
those who were guided in guidance and things that abide. Good deeds are better
in reward with your Lord, and, better in return.
[19.77] Have you seen
he who disbelieves Our verses and yet says, 'I shall surely be given wealth and
children! '
[19. 78] Has he
gained knowledge of the Unseen? Or taken a covenant with the Merciful?
[19.79] On the
contrary, We will write down what he says and prolong the length of his
punishment.
[19.80] We shall
inherit that of which he speaks and he will come before Us alone.
[19.82] Indeed no!
They will renounce their worship and turn against them.
[19.83] Have you not
seen how We send down to the unbelievers satans who prick them?
[19.84] Therefore, do
not hasten (things) against them, for We count out to them a number,
[19.85] and on the
Day when We will ceremonially gather the righteous to the Merciful,
[19.86] and drive the
evildoers as herds, into Gehenna
[19.87] who have no
power of intercession, except those who have taken a covenant with the
Merciful.
[19.88] And they say,
'The Merciful has taken a son.'
[19.89] Surely, you
have brought a monstrous thing!
[19.90] Thereby the
heavens are nearly torn and the earth split asunder, and mountains fall
crashing down
[19.91] because they
have ascribed a son to the Merciful.
[19.92] It is not for
the Merciful to take a son!
[19.93] There is none
in the heavens and earth except he comes to the Merciful as a worshiper.
[19.94] He has
counted them and exactly numbered all;
[19.95] and each one
shall come to Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone.
[19.96] Those who
believe and do righteous deeds, the Merciful will assign for them love.
[19.97] We have made
it easy in your own tongue in order that you proclaim the glad tidings to the
cautious and give warning to a stubborn nation.
[19.98] How many
generations have We destroyed before them! Do you sense even one of them, or
hear a whisper from them?
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[20.1] TaHa.
[20.2] We have not
sent down the Koran to you for you to be tired,
[20.3] but as a
reminder to he who fears.
[20.4] It is a
sending down from Him who has created the earth, and the high heavens,
[20.5] the Merciful
willed to the Throne.
[20.6] To Him belongs
all that is in the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, and
underneath the soil.
[20.7] If you speak
loudly; He has indeed knowledge of the secret and the hidden.
[20.8] Allah, there
is no god except He. To Him belong the most Beautiful Names.
[20.9] Has the story
of Moses reached you?
[20.10] When he saw a
fire, he said to his family, 'Stay here, for I can see a fire. Perhaps I can
bring you a lighted torch or find at the fire guidance.'
[20.11] When he
reached it, he was called. 'O Moses,
[20.12] I am your
Lord. Take off your shoes, for you are in Towa, the sacred valley.
[20.13] I have chosen
you. Therefore, listen to what shall be revealed.
[20.14] Indeed, I am
Allah. There is no god except Me. Worship Me, and establish the prayer of My
remembrance.
[20.15] The Hour is
coming. I almost conceal it, so that every soul will be recompensed for its
labors.
[20.16] Do not let
those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires bar you from it, or you
will perish.
[20.17] What is that
in your right hand, Moses?'
[20.18] 'It is my
staff,’ Moses replied, ‘upon it I lean and with it I beat down leaves to feed
my sheep and for me there are other uses in it.'
[20.19] He said,
'Moses, cast it down.'
[20.20] So he cast it
down, and thereupon it turned into a sliding serpent.
[20.21] 'Take it, and
do not fear,' He said, 'We will restore it to its former state.
[20.22] Now, put your
hand under your armpit. It shall come out white, without evil, a second sign.
[20.23] But We shall
show you some of Our greatest signs.
[20.24] Go to
Pharaoh, he has become insolent.'
[20.25] 'Lord,' said
Moses, 'expand my chest,
[20.26] and ease my
task for me.
[20.27] Unloose the
knot upon my tongue,
[20.28] that they may
understand my speech.
[20.29] Appoint for
me a minister from my family
[20.30] Aaron, my
brother.
[20.31] By him
confirm my strength
[20.32] and let him
share my task,
[20.33] so that we
exalt You
[20.34] and remember
You abundantly.
[20.35] You are
surely seeing us.’
[20.36] He replied,
'Moses, your request is granted.
[20.37] We had
already shown you favor
[20.38] when We
revealed what was to be made known to your mother,
[20.39] saying, ‘Put
him in the box and cast it into the river. The river will cast him on to the
bank, and he shall be taken up by an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his.’ I
lavished My Love on you, and to be formed in My Sight.
[20. 40] Your sister
went (to them) and said, 'Shall I guide you to one who will nurse him?' And so We
restored you to your mother, so that her eyes might rejoice and that she might
not sorrow. And when you killed a soul We saved you from grief and then We
tried you with many trials. You stayed among the people of Midian for a number
of years, and then, Moses, you came here according to a decree.
[20.41] I have chosen
you for Me.
[20.42] Go, you and
your brother with My signs, and do not be negligent of My Remembrance.
[20.43] Go to
Pharaoh, for he has become insolent.
[20.44] Speak to him
with gentle words; perhaps he will ponder or fear.'
[20.45] 'O our Lord,'
both said, 'We fear lest he may be excessive against us or become insolent.'
[20. 46] He replied,
'Have no fear I shall be with you, both hearing and seeing.
[20.47] Both of you
go to him (Pharaoh) and say, "We are the Messengers of your Lord. Let the
Children of Israel depart with us, and do not punish them. We have come to you
with a sign from your Lord; peace be on him who follows guidance!
[20.48] It is
revealed to us that a punishment will fall on those who belie and turn
away."
[20.49] He (Pharaoh)
said, 'Moses, who is the Lord of you both?'
[20.50] 'Our Lord,'
he replied, 'is He Who gave everything its creation and then guided it.'
[20.51] He (Pharaoh)
asked, 'How was it then, with the former generations?'
[20.52] He (Moses)
answered, 'The knowledge of them is in a Book with My Lord. My Lord neither
goes astray, nor forgets.
[20.53] It is He who
has made for you the earth as a cradle and threaded roads for you and sends
down water from the sky with which We bring forth every kind of plant.
[20.54] You eat and
let your cattle graze.' Surely, in this there are signs for those of
understanding.
[20.55] We created
you from it (the earth), and to it We shall restore you; and from it We will
bring you forth yet a second time.
[20.56] So We showed
him (Pharaoh) Our signs, all of them, but he belied and refused them.
[20.57] He said,
'Moses, have you come to drive us from our land with your sorcery?
[20.58] We will
indeed bring sorcery similar to yours. Appoint a meeting place between us and
you, in a place which is agreeable to both which neither we nor you shall not
fail (to keep).'
[20.59] He (Moses)
replied, 'Your meeting shall be on the day of the feast, and let the people be
assembled by midmorning.'
[20.60] So Pharaoh withdrew
and gathered his guile, then returned,
[20.61] and Moses
said to them, 'Alas! Do not forge a lie against Allah lest He destroys you with
a punishment. Indeed, whosoever forges has failed.'
[20.62] They disputed
upon their plan with one another, and spoke in secret
[20.63] saying,
'These two are sorcerers whose aim is to drive you from your land by their
sorcery and destroy your noble ways.
[20.64] Gather your
guile and then lineup a rank those who gain the upper hand today shall indeed
prosper.'
[20.65] They said to
Moses, 'Will you throw down or shall we be the first?’
[20.66] Moses
replied, 'No, you throw first.' And by their sorcery it seemed to him that
their ropes and staffs were sliding.
[20.67] Moses became
fearful within himself.
[20.68] But We said
to him, 'Do not be afraid; you shall surely be the uppermost.
[20.69] Throw that
which is in your right hand. It will swallow up that which they have made, for
that which they made is but the guile of a sorcerer. Wherever he goes the sorcerer
does not prosper.'
[20.70] Thereafter
the sorcerers threw themselves down, prostrating, saying, 'We believe in the
Lord of Aaron and Moses.'
[20.71] 'Have you
believed him before I have given you permission!' he (Pharaoh) said. 'Indeed,
he (must be) your chief, the one who taught you sorcery. I will cut off on
opposite sides a hand and a foot then crucify you on the trunks of palm-trees.
Indeed, you shall know whose punishment is more stern, and more lasting!'
[20.72] Their reply
was, 'We will not prefer you over the clear signs that have come to us, nor
over Him who has created us. So decide upon whatever you decide, you can only
decided upon things in this present life.
[20.73] We believe in
our Lord so that He forgives us our sins and the sorcery you have forced us to
practice. Allah is Better, and Everlasting.'
[20.74] Gehenna
(Hell) awaits whosoever comes before his Lord as a sinner, there he shall
neither die nor live.
[20.75] But for
whosoever comes before Him as a believer and having done good works there
awaits the most highest degree;
[20.76] living for
ever in the Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow. Such shall be the
recompense of he who purifies himself.
[20.77] To Moses we
also revealed, 'Set forth with My worshipers by night and strike for them a dry
path in the sea. Do not fear that you will be overtaken, neither be afraid.'
[20.78] Pharaoh
pursued them with his legions so they were overwhelmed from the sea with that
which drowned them.
[20.79] For Pharaoh
had misled his nation, and did not guide them.
[20.80] Children of
Israel! We saved you from your enemies and made a covenant with you on the
right side of the Mountain. We sent down manna and quails.
[20.81] 'Eat of the
good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress therein lest
My Anger should fall upon you, and upon whosoever My Anger falls has assuredly
fallen,
[20.82] but to
whosoever repents, believes and does good deeds, and is at last guided, I am
Forgiving.'
[20.83] 'Moses, why
have you come with such haste from your nation?'
[20.84] Moses
replied, 'They are following me. My Lord, I made haste only so that I might
please You.'
[20.85] He (Allah)
said, 'We tempted your nation in your absence, and the Samaritan has misled them
into error.'
[20.86] With great
anger and sorrow, Moses returned to his nation. 'My nation,’ he said, 'did your Lord not make you a fine
promise? Did the time of the covenant seem long to you? Or did you desire that
the anger of your Lord should fall upon you so that you failed in your coming
to my appointment?'
[20.87] They replied,
'We have not failed in our promise to you through our choosing. We were laden
with fardels, even the ornaments of the nation, and threw them just as the
Samaritan had thrown them (into the fire),
[20.88] and made a
calf for them, a figure that lowed. "This," they said, "is your god
and the god of Moses but whom he has forgotten."
[20.89] What! Did
they not see that it did not speak a word to them in return, and for them it
could own neither harm nor benefit?
The Children of Israel reject Aaron’s attempts to stop them worshiping the golden calf [20.90-94]
[20.90] Aaron had
said to them before, 'My nation, you have been tempted by it. Your Lord is the
Merciful. Follow me and obey my order.'
[20.91] They replied,
'We will not stop; we will cling to it until Moses returns to us.'
[20.92] He (Moses)
said to Aaron, 'When you saw them in error, what prevented you,
[20.93] from
following after me, did you disobey my order?'
[20.94] 'Son of my
mother,' he replied, 'Do not seize my beard nor my head. I was afraid that you
might say, "You have divided the Children of Israel and did not uphold my
word."
[20.95] 'You,
Samaritan, ' said he (Moses), 'what was your business? '
[20.96] He replied, 'I
saw what they did not see and seized a handful of dust from the foot print of
the messenger and so I cast it this my soul prompted me to do.'
[20.97] 'Begone! Your
lot in this life is to cry, "untouchable!" ' said he (Moses). 'An
appointment awaits you that you cannot fail to keep. Look at your god which you
clung to indeed we will burn it and scatter its ashes upon the sea.'
[20.98] Your God is
only One, Allah. There is no god, except He, alone. His knowledge encompasses
all things.
[20.99] And so We
narrate to you the stories of the past, and We have given you a remembrance
from Us.
[20.100] Whosoever
has turned away from it shall bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection.
[20.101] and live in
it for ever; how evil will that burden be for them on the Day of Resurrection.
[20.102] The Day when
the Horn shall be blown. On that Day, We shall assemble all the sinners with
blued eyes,
[20.103] and they
shall murmur among themselves, 'You have stayed away but ten (days and
nights).'
[20.104] We know well
what they will say. The most just among them in the matter will declare, 'You
have stayed away but one day.'
[20.105] They will
question you about the mountains. Say, 'My Lord will scatter them as ashes
[20.106] and leave
them a desolate waste,
[20.107] with neither
crookedness nor any curving to be seen therein.'
[20. 108] On that
Day, they will follow the Summoner, who is not crooked, their voices hushed
before the Merciful, and you shall hear nothing except a murmuring.
[20.109] On that Day
intercession will not benefit them except him that has received the permission
of the Merciful and whose words are pleased by Him.
[20.110] He knows
what is before them and behind them, and they do not comprehend Him in
knowledge.
[20.111] (All) faces
shall be humbled before the Living One, the Eternal. Those who are burdened
with wrong doing shall have failed,
[20.112] but those
who have believed and done good works shall fear neither wrong nor injustice.
[20.113] As such We
sent it down, an Arabic Koran, and explained in it threats in order that they
be cautious, or, that it prompts the Remembrance in them.
[20.114] Highly exalted
be Allah, the true King! Do not hasten with the Koran before its revelation has
been completed to you, but say, 'Lord, increase me in knowledge.'
[20.115] We made a
covenant with Adam, but he forgot and We found in him no constancy.
[20.116] And when We
said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves before Adam,' they all prostrated
themselves except iblis, who refused.
[20.117] 'Adam,' We
said, 'This is you and your wife's enemy. Do not let him expel you from the
Garden, so that you (Adam) will be tired.
[20.118] It has been
given to you so that you shall neither become hungry nor naked therein;
[20.119] there, (you
shall) neither thirst, nor suffer from the sun.'
[20.120] But satan
whispered to him saying, 'Adam, shall I direct you the Tree of Eternity and a
kingdom which never decays?'
[20.121] They both
ate of it, and their shameful parts appeared to them, whereupon they began to
stitch upon themselves leaves from the Garden. And so it was, Adam erred and
disobeyed his Lord.
[20.122] But
afterwards his Lord chose him; He turned again towards him and guided him.
[20.123] 'Both of
you, together, go down out of it (the Garden) each of you an enemy to the
other,’ He said, 'but, if My Guidance
comes to you, whosoever follows My Guidance shall neither go astray nor be
unprosperous;
[20.124] but
whosoever turns away from My remembrance, his life shall be narrow and on the Day
of Resurrection We shall raise him blind.'
[20.125] 'My Lord, '
he will say, 'why have You raised me blind when I was able to see?'
[20.126] He (Allah)
will say, 'It is so, Our verses came to you and you forgot them. So this Day
you are forgotten.'
[20.127] In this way
We recompense the prodigal who disbelieves the verses of his Lord. But the
punishment of the Everlasting Life is more terrible and everlasting.
[20.128] Is it not a
guidance to them, how many generations We destroyed before them in whose
dwelling places they walk? Surely, in this there are signs for those of reason.
[20.129] Except for a
Word that preceded from your Lord, and a stated term, it had been fastened.
[20.130] Therefore,
be patient with what they say, and exalt with the praise of your Lord before
sunrise and before sunset. And in the watches of the night and at the edges of
the day, exalt Him, so that you will be pleasing.
[20.131] Do not
stretch your eyes at the flower of this life which We have given couples to
enjoy, it is with this that We might try them; and the provision of your
Lord is better, and
more enduring.
[20.132] Order your
family to pray and be patient in it. We do not ask you for provisions, rather,
it is We who provide for you. And the final outcome is for the cautious.
[20.133] They say,
'Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?' Did not a clear sign come to
them in the preceding Scrolls?
[20.134] Had We destroyed
them with a punishment before this, they would have said, 'Our Lord, why did
You not send us a Messenger so that we could have followed Your verses before
we were humiliated and degraded.'
[20.135] Say,
'Everyone is waiting; so wait. Indeed, you shall know who are the companions of
the Even Path, and those who are guided.'
21 The Prophets - Al-'Anbiya'
Time is running out yet mankind persists in the neglect of the Word of Allah [21.1-2
[21.1] The Reckoning
for mankind is drawing near, yet they are heedless and turn away.
[21.2] No recent
revival of the remembrance comes to them from their Lord, except that they play
with it as they listen
[21.3] their hearts
are diverted. The harm-doers mutter to one another, 'Is this anything else but
a human like yourself? What, will you follow sorcery with your eyes open?'
[21.4] He said, 'My
Lord has knowledge of what is said in the heavens and on earth. He is the
Hearer, the Knower.'
[21.5] Some say, 'No,
it is only mixed dreams.' 'No, he has forged it himself', or, 'no, he is a
poet! Let him bring us a sign, just as the ancient ones were sent as
Messengers.'
[21.6] Of the
villages We destroyed, there was not one that believed. What, will they not
believe?
[21.7] We never sent
(anyone) before you except men to whom We revealed to them. 'Ask the people of
the Remembrance if you do not know.'
[21.8] Nor did We
make them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.
[21.9] Then We were
true to the promise, We saved them together with those whom We willed, and
destroyed the transgressors.
[21.10] Now, We have
sent down to you a Book in which is your Remembrance. Will you not understand?
[21.11] How many
harm-doing villages have We shattered and replaced them with another nation.
[21.12] And when they
felt Our Might they fled from it.
[21.13] 'Do not run
away. Return to your luxury that you rejoiced in, and your homes in order that
you be questioned! '
[21.14] They said,
'Alas for us we were harm doers!'
[21.15] And this they
did not stop crying out until We made them stubble, silent, and still.
[21.16] It was not in
play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them.
[21.17] Had We wished
to take to Us an amusement We would have taken it to Us from Ours had We done
so.
[21.18] No, We hurl
truth at falsehood, and it shall conquer it, and see, falsehood vanishes. Woe
to you for all you have described.
[21.19] To Him
belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. Those who are with Him are
not too proud to worship Him, nor are they ever wearied.
[21.20] They never
fail to exalt Him either at night or in the day.
[21.21] Or, have they
taken earthly gods who revive the dead?
[21.22] Had there
been gods in heaven or earth, other than Allah, both would indeed have been
ruined. Exalted be Allah, Lord of the Throne, above that they describe.
[21.23] He is not to
be questioned about what He does, but they shall be questioned.
[21.24] Have they
taken gods, other than Him? Say, 'Bring us your proof! Here is the Remembrance
of he who is with me and the Remembrance of those before me.' But no, most of
them do not know the truth, therefore they turn away.
[21.25] We never sent
a Messenger before you except that We revealed to him saying, 'There is no god
except Me, therefore, worship Me.'
[21.26] They say,
'The Merciful has taken a son.' Exaltations to Him! No, they are only His
honored worshipers,
[21.27] who do not
surpass Him in speech, and do as He commands.
[21.28] He knows what
is before them and what is behind them. They intercede for none except for him
whom He is well pleased, and they tremble in awe of Him.
If anyone claims that they are God they will be recompensed with Hell [21.29]
[21.29] If any one of
them says, 'I am a god other than Him,' We will recompense him with Gehenna
(Hell). As such We recompense the harm doers.
[21.30] Have the
unbelievers not seen that the heavens and the earth were sewn up as one (solid)
mass, then We unstitched them, and that We made every living thing of water?
Will they not believe!
[21.31] We set firm
mountains upon the earth lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein
ravines to be paths so that they might be guided.
[21.32] We
established the heaven as a well protected roof, yet they still turn away from
its signs.
[21.33] It is He who
created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an
orbit.
[21.34] We have never assigned immortality to a human before you,
therefore, if you yourself die, will they live for ever?
[21.35] Every soul
shall taste death. We will try you with a trial of evil and good. Then, to Us
you shall be returned.
[21.36] When the
unbelievers see you, they take you only for mockery, saying, 'Is this he who
talks about your gods?' While they are unbelievers in the Remembrance of the
Merciful.
[21.37] The human was
created of haste. Indeed, I will show you My signs; so do not ask Me to hasten
them.
[21.38] They say, 'If
you are truthful, when will this promise come?'
[21.39] If the
unbelievers only knew when they will be unable to shield either their faces or
their backs from the Fire; when they will not be helped!
[21.40] It will
overtake them suddenly, dumbfounding them. They shall be unable to ward it off,
and they shall not be respited.
[21.41] Before you,
other Messengers were mocked, but the mockers were encompassed by the very
thing they mocked.
[21.42] Say, 'Who
will guard you, by night and by day from the Merciful?' But no, they turn away
from their Lord's remembrance.
[21.43] Or have they
gods to defend them, other than Us? Indeed, they are unable to help themselves,
neither shall they be guarded in safety from Us.
[21.44] We gave days
of enjoyment to them and their fathers until their life became long. Are they
unable to see how We come to their land and reduce its borders. Or, is it they
who are the victors?
[21.45] Say, 'I warn
you only by the Revelation.' But the deaf hear nothing when they are warned.
[21.46] But if just a
breath of your Lord's punishment were to touch them, they would say, 'Woe for
us, we were harm doers!'
[21.47] On the Day of
Resurrection We shall set up just scales, so that no soul shall in the least be
wronged, even though it be the weight of a grain of mustard seed We will bring
it We Suffice as reckoners.
[21.48] We gave Moses
and Aaron the Criterion, and gave them a light and a Remembrance for the
cautious;
[21.49] those who
fear Allah in the Unseen, tremble because of the Hour.
[21.50] This is a
blessed Remembrance which We have sent down. Do you disbelieve it?
[21.51] Before this
We gave Abraham his virtue, for We knew him.
[21.52] He said to
his father and to his nation, 'What, are these the statues to which you cling?'
[21.53] They replied,
'We found our fathers worshipping them.'
[21.54] He said,
'Truly, you and your fathers are in clear error.'
[21.55] They said,
'Is it the truth you have brought us, or are you one of those that play?'
[21.56] 'No,' he
answered, 'your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Originator
of them, and I am among those bearing witness to it.
[21.57] By Allah, I
will certainly outwit your idols as soon as you have turned your backs and
gone.'
[21.58] He broke them
all into pieces, except their great one so that they might return to it.
[21.59] 'Who has done
this to our gods?' they exclaimed. 'He must surely be a harm doer.'
[21.60] 'We have
heard a young man called Abraham mention them' they replied.
[21.61] They said,
'Then bring him here so that the people may see, so that they may bear
witness.'
Even though the unbelievers recognize the truth most will
not admit it because of their position in society [21.62-67]
[21.62] 'Abraham,'
they said, 'was it you who did this to our gods?'
[21.63] 'No,' he replied.
'It was their great one amongst them that did it. Ask them, if they are able to
speak.'
[21.64] So they
returned one to another saying, 'Surely, it is you who are the harm doers!'
[21.65] But then they reversed their minds, 'You know they do not speak.'
[21.66] He said,
'Would you then worship that, instead of Allah, which can neither help nor harm
you?
[21.67] Shame on you
and on that you worship other than Allah! Have you no understanding?'
[21.68] They said,
'Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do anything!'
[21.69] 'O Fire,' We
said, 'be coolness and safety for Abraham.'
[21.70] They sought
to outwit him, but We made them the worst of losers.
[21.71] We saved him
and Lot, and brought them to the land which We had blessed for all the worlds.
[21.72] We gave him,
in excess, Isaac, and Jacob (for a grandson); and We made each righteous
[21.73] and appointed
them leaders to guide by Our Command and We revealed to them to do good deeds,
and to establish the prayer, and the giving of charity, and they were for Us
worshipers.
[21.74] To Lot, We gave
judgment and knowledge and saved him from the village that had been committing
corrupt deeds; for they were an evil nation and were debauched.
[21.75] We admitted
him to Our Mercy, he was among the righteous.
[21.76] And
(remember) Noah, when he supplicated to Us, We answered him, and We saved him
and his nation from great distress,
[21.77] and helped
him against the nation who had belied Our signs. They were an evil nation; We
drowned them all.
[21.78] And David and
Solomon they passed judgment upon the tilled land on which the people’s sheep
had strayed. We bore witness to their judgment, and
[21.79] We made
Solomon to understand it, and to both We gave judgment and knowledge. And with
David We subjected the mountains and birds to exalt (Allah). All this We have
done.
[21.80] We taught him
the craft of making garments that fortify you against your own violence. Are
you thankful?
[21.81] To Solomon
the raging wind ran at his command to the land which We had blessed. We have
knowledge of all things.
[21.82] And some of
the satans dived for him and others did work as well. We were watching over
them.
[21.83] And Job when
he called to his Lord, 'Affliction has befallen me, and You are the Most
Merciful of the merciful.'
[21.84] We answered
him and removed his affliction, and We gave his people, and those like them
that were with them, mercy from Us, as a reminder to those who worship.
[21.85] And Ishmael,
Idris, and Thul-Kifl (the son of Job) each were patient.
[21.86] We admitted
them to Our Mercy, for they were of the righteous.
[21.87] And Thul-Nun
(Prophet Jonah), he went away in anger thinking We had no power over him. But
in the darkness he cried, 'There is no god except You.
Exaltations to You! I
was among the harm doers.'
[21.88] We heard his
prayer and saved him from grief. As such We shall save the believers.
The Mercy of Allah to Zachariah [21.89-90]
[21.89] And Zachariah
when he called to his Lord saying, 'Lord, do not let me remain by myself; You
are the Best of inheritors.'
[21.90] So We
answered him, and gave him John, curing his wife (of sterility). They raced
with each other in good works and called on Us out of yearning and awe, and
they were humble to Us.
[21.91] And she
(Mary) who guarded her virginity. We breathed into her of Our spirit (Gabriel),
and made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
[21.92] Indeed, this
nation of yours is one nation, and I am Your Lord, therefore worship Me.
[21.93] But they (the
Christians and Jews) split their affair between them all shall return to Us.
[21.94] The endeavors
of he who believes and does good works shall not go unthanked. We write it down
for him.
[21.95] (It is
ordained that) no village We have destroyed shall return
[21.96] till Gog and
Magog are let loose and slide down out of every slope;
[21.97] when the true
promise draws near; the eyes of the unbelievers will stare (and they will say),
'Alas for us! Of this we have been heedless. We have been
harm doers.'
The people of Hell and the people of Paradise [21.98-104]
[21.98] You and all
those who you were worshipping, other than Allah, shall be the fuel of Gehenna;
there you shall all go down to it.
[21.99] If those had
been gods, they would never have gone down to it, but in it they shall live for
ever.
[21.100] There is
groaning for them therein, and they do not hear.
[21.101] But those
whom We have surpassed with the finest (rank) from Us shall be far removed from
it,
[21.102] neither
shall they hear any of its whisper, but shall live for ever in that their souls
desired.
[21.103] The greatest
terror shall not grieve them, and the angels will receive them, 'This is the
Day you have been promised.'
[21.104] On that Day,
We shall roll up the heaven like a written scroll is rolled. As We originated
the first creation, so will We bring it back again. This is a binding promise
on Us which We shall assuredly fulfill.
[21.105] We have written
in the Psalms, after the Remembrance, 'The righteous among My worshipers shall
inherit the earth.’
[21.106] Surely, in
this is a proclamation to a worshiping nation.
[21.107] We have not
sent you (Prophet Muhammad) except as a mercy to all the worlds.
[21.108] Say, 'It is
revealed to me that your God is One God, do you then surrender?'
[21.109] If they turn back, say, 'I have warned you all alike, though
I cannot tell whether what you are promised is imminent or distant.
[21.110] He knows
your spoken words and what you hide.
[21.111] And I do not
know if this is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a time.'
[21.112] He said, 'My
Lord, judge in truth. Our Lord is the Merciful whose help is ever to be sought
against what you describe.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[22.1] O people, have
fear of your Lord. The earthquake of the Hour shall be a great thing.
[22.2] On that Day
you will see every one that suckles shall forsake her suckling, and every
carrier shall miscarry, and you shall see mankind drunk although they are not
drunk; dreadful will be the punishment of Allah.
[22.3] Among people
there are those, who without knowledge, dispute about Allah and follow every
rebel satan,
[22.4] against whom
it is written down that whosoever takes him for a guide, he guides astray, and
leads him to the punishment of the Blaze.
[22.5] O people, if
you are in doubt about the Resurrection, remember that We
first created you from dust, then, from a sperm drop, then from a clot, and
then from a bite-size tissue formed and unformed, so that We might clarify for
you. We establish in the wombs whatever We will for an
appointed term, and then We bring you forth as infants, then you come of age.
Some of you die, and some of you are kept back to the vilest state of life,
after knowing somewhat, they know nothing. And you see the earth dry; but no
sooner do We send down rain upon it than it begins to quiver and swell, putting
forth every fine variety (of herbage).
[22.6] That is because Allah is the Truth; He revives the dead and
has power over all things.
[22.7] And the Hour
is sure to come there is no doubt. And Allah will raise up those in the graves.
[22.8] Some dispute
about Allah, though they have neither knowledge nor guidance, nor an
illuminating Book.
[22.9] There is for
him who turns his side to lead (others) astray from the Path of Allah,
degradation in this life and We shall let him taste the punishment of the
burning on the Day of
Resurrection.
[22.10] 'This, is the
reward for what your hands have forwarded. Allah is not unjust to the
worshipers.'
[22.11] There are
among the people such who worship Allah and (yet stand) on the very edge. When
goodness comes to him, he is content, but if a trial befalls him he falls upon
his face, he loses this world and the Everlasting Life; that is indeed a clear
loss.
[22.12] He calls to
other than Allah, to that which neither hurts him, nor benefits him; that is
indeed far error.
[22.13] He calls upon
him whose harm is nearer than his benefit, an evil guide and an evil friend.
[22.14] As for those who
believe and do good works Allah will admit them to gardens underneath which
rivers flow. Allah indeed does what He will.
[22.15] If any one
thinks that Allah will not give him (Prophet Muhammad) victory in this present
world and in the Everlasting Life, let him stretch a rope to heaven, and let
him sever it. Then, let him see if his guile does away with that which has
enraged him.
[22.16] As such We
have sent it in clear verses. Indeed, Allah gives guidance to whom He will.
[22.17] Surely, they
that believe, and those of Jewry, the Sabaeans, the Nazarenes, the Magians, and
the unbelievers, Allah will judge them on the Day of Resurrection. Surely,
Allah is witness over everything.
[22.18] Have you not
seen that to Allah prostrate all who are in the heavens and all who are in the
earth, the sun and the moon, the stars and the mountains, the trees and the
beasts, and many people? And many deserve the punishment. He who is abased by
Allah has none to honor him. Allah does what He will.
[22.19] Those are two
who disputed concerning their Lord. Garments of fire have been prepared for the
unbelievers. Boiling water shall be poured over their heads,
[22.20] and that
which is in their bellies and their skins shall be melted;
[22.21] for them are
hooked rods of iron.
[22.22] Whenever in
their anguish they try to get out of it, they are restored to it. (It will be
said), 'Taste the punishment of burning.'
The people of Paradise [22.23-24]
[22.23] Allah will
admit those who believe and do good works to gardens underneath which rivers
flow. They shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and with pearls, and
their garments shall be of silk.
[22.24] For they
shall be guided to good speech and guided to the praised path.
[22.25] The
unbelievers who bar from the Way of Allah and from the Holy Mosque which We
made equal for all peoples, he who cleaves to it and the tent-dweller alike,
and whosoever seeks to violate it wrongfully, We shall let him taste a painful
punishment.
Abraham and Ishmael are ordered proclaim the pilgrimage and establish its rites [22.26-38]
[22.26] And when We
settled for Abraham (and Ishmael) the place of the Holy Mosque, (We said), 'You
shall not associate with Me anything. Purify My House for those who
circumambulate it and those who stand, for those who bow and prostrate.
[22.27] Proclaim the
pilgrimage to the people. They will come to you on foot and on every lean
camel, they shall come from every deep ravine;
[22.28] that
they witness profitable things for them and mention the Name of Allah on well
known days over the flocks which He has provided them. Eat thereof, and feed the wretched poor.
[22.29] Then, let the
pilgrims accomplish their acts of cleansing, and let them fulfill their vows,
and circumambulate the Ancient House.
[22.30] All that; and
whosoever venerates the sacred rites of Allah it shall be better for him with
his Lord. The flocks are lawful to you, except that which is recited to you.
Therefore, avoid the filth of idols and avoid speaking falsely,
[22.31] being of pure
faith to Allah, not associating anything with Him. He who associates others
with Allah is like he who falls from heaven and is snatched away by the birds
or carried by the wind to some far-off place.
[22.32] All that;
and, he who venerates the waymarks of Allah, surely it is from the piety of the
hearts.
[22.33] In them, you
have benefits until an appointed time. After their place of sacrifice is at the
Ancient House.
[22.34] For every
nation We have appointed a holy ritual, that they pronounce the Name of Allah over
the beast of flocks which He has provided them. Your God is
One God; to Him
surrender yourselves. Give glad tidings to the humble,
[22.35] whose hearts,
when Allah is mentioned, quake, who endure their misfortunes with patience, and
establish their prayers, and spend of that which We have provided them.
[22.36] And the
camels We have made a part of the waymarks of Allah. In them is good for you.
Pronounce over them the Name of Allah, when they are hobbled;
and when they have fallen down on their sides, eat of them and
feed the impoverished non-requestor and the requestor. As such We have subjected them to you, in order that you give
thanks.
[22.37] Their flesh and blood does not reach Allah rather it is
piety from you that reaches Him. As such He has subjected them to you, in order
that you exalt Allah
for guiding you. And
give glad tidings to the generous.
[22.38] Allah will
defend those who believe. Verily, Allah does not love the ungrateful cheat.
[22.39] Permission is
given to those who fight because they were wronged. Allah has power to grant
them victory:
[22.40] those who
have been unjustly driven from their homes, just because they said, 'Our Lord
is Allah.' Had Allah not repelled some people by the means of
others, the monasteries and churches, the synagogues and mosques
in which the Name of Allah is remembered would have been destroyed. But whoever
helps Allah shall be helped by Him. Allah is the Strong, the Almighty,
[22.41] those who, if
We established them in the land, will establish the prayers and pay the
obligatory charity, order with honor and forbid dishonor, and to Allah is the
end of all affairs.
[22.42] If they belie
you, so too before them, the nation of Noah belied, and Aad and Thamood
[22.43] and the
nation of Abraham and the nation of Lot;
[22.44] and the
inhabitants of Midian, to Moses they also belied. I respited the unbelievers,
then I seized them, and how was My disapproval!
[22.45] How many a
village We have destroyed in its harm doing, so that it lies fallen upon its
turrets, and how many an abandoned well, and empty palace!
[22.46] Have they
never journeyed through the land so that they have hearts to understand, or
ears to hear with? It is not the eyes, but the hearts in the chests that are
blind.
[22.47] They ask you
to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise. Each day with your
Lord is like a thousand years in your reckoning.
[22.48] And how many
a village have I respited in its evil doing! Then I seized it. To Me is the
return.
[22.49] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'O people, I have been sent to warn you plainly.
[22.50] Those who
believe and do good works, theirs shall be forgiveness and a generous
provision;
[22.51] but those who
strive to void Our verses, thinking they have escaped, shall be the people of
Hell.'
Allah supersedes the tampering of satan and confirms His verses [22.52-57]
[22.52] Never have We
sent a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but when he hoped, satan tampered
with his hope. But Allah supersedes the tampering of satan and confirms His
verses. And Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[22.53] (This He
permits) in order that He makes satan's interjections a temptation for those in
whose hearts is a sickness and those whose hearts are hardened and the harm
doers are in a wide schism,
[22.54] and so that
those to whom knowledge has been given will know that this is the truth from
your Lord and so believe in it and that their hearts will be humble to Him. Indeed,
Allah will surely guide those who believe to a Straight Path.
[22.55] The
unbelievers will never cease to doubt it until the Hour overtakes them suddenly
or the punishment of the Barren Day comes upon them.
[22.56] The Kingdom
upon that Day shall belong to Allah. He will judge between them. Those who
believe and do good works shall be in Gardens of Bliss,
[22.57] but for those
who disbelieved Our verses and belied there awaits a humbling punishment.
The reward of those who emigrated in the way of Allah and were slain or died [22.58-60]
[22.58] As for those
who emigrated in the way of Allah and were slain, or died, Allah will provide
them with fine provisions. Allah is the Best of providers.
[22.59] He will admit
them by a gate that is pleasing to them, and surely, Allah is the Knower, the
Clement.
[22.60] So shall it
be. He who punishes after the manner that he was punished and then again is
oppressed, shall be helped by Allah. Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
[22.61] That is
because Allah causes the night to enter into the day, and the day enter into
the night. Allah is the Hearer and the Seer.
[22.62] That is
because Allah is the Truth, and falsehood is all that they call upon, other
than Him. Allah is the Most High, the Most Great.
[22.63] Do you not
see that Allah sends down water from the sky and in the morning the earth
becomes green? Allah is Subtle, the Aware.
[22.64] To Him belong
all that is in the heavens and earth, surely, Allah is the Rich, the Praised.
[22.65] Do you not
see that Allah has subjected to you all that is on the earth, and the ships
which run upon the sea by His command? He holds the sky back lest it should
fall upon the earth except by His permission. Allah is Gentle to people, the
Most Merciful.
[22.66] It is He who
revives you, then He will cause you to die and then He revives you. Indeed, the
human is ungrateful.
[22.67] For every
nation We have appointed a Holy Rite which they shall perform. Do not let them
dispute with you concerning the matter. Call to your Lord; surely, you are upon
a Straight Path.
[22.68] If they argue
with you, say, 'Allah knows best all that you do.‘
[22.69] On the Day of
Resurrection, Allah will judge between you concerning that in which you vary.
[22.70] Are you not
aware that Allah has knowledge of what is in the heaven and earth? This is
(recorded) in a Book. That is easy for Allah.
[22.71] Yet they
worship that for which He did not send down authority, and that of which they
have no knowledge. Indeed, the harm doers shall have no helpers.
[22.72] When Our
clear verses are recited to them, you will recognize denial upon the faces of
the unbelievers. They nearly rush upon those who recite Our verses to them.
Say, 'Shall I tell you what is worse than that?' The Fire which Allah has
promised those who disbelieve an evil arrival.'
[22.73] People, this
is a parable, listen to it. Those whom you call upon, other than Allah, could
never create a fly, though they banded together to do this. And if a fly robs
them of anything, they could never rescue it from it. The seeker and the sought
are alike in their weakness.
[22.74] They do not value Allah as He should be valued. For Allah is
Powerful and Mighty.
[22.75] Allah chooses
Messengers from angels and from people. Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
[22.76] He knows what
is before them and behind them. To Allah all things are returned.
[22.77] O you who
believe, bow down and prostrate yourselves. Worship your Lord and do good, in
order that you prosper.
[22.78] Struggle for Allah
as is due to Him. He has chosen you and has not laden a burden upon you in your
religion, being the Creed of Abraham your father. He has named you Muslims
before and in this so that the Messenger (Muhammad) can be a witness for you,
and in order that you be witnesses against mankind.
Therefore, establish
the prayer and pay the obligatory charity and hold fast to Allah. He is your
Guardian, the Excellent Guardian, the Excellent Helper!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[23.1] Prosperous are
the believers,
[23.2] who are humble
in their prayers;
[23.3] who turn away
from idle talk;
[23.4] who give
charity,
[23.5] who guard
their privates,
[23.6] except with their
wives and what their right hand possess, and then they are not blamed.
[23.7] Those who seek
beyond that are transgressors.
[23.8] (Prosperous
are those) who preserve their trusts and pledges
[23.9] and those who
observe their prayers.
[23.10] Those are the
heirs
[23.11] who will
inherit Paradise; they shall live there for ever.
The miracle of conception and birth details of which were unknown to man at the time of the revelation of the Koran [23.12-
[23.12] We created
the human from an essence of clay:
[23.13] then We made
him, a drop, in a secure receptacle (the womb).
[23.14] Then We
created of the drop, a clot (of congealed blood) and We created the clot into
bite-size tissue, then We created the bite-size tissue into bones, then
We clothed the bones
with flesh, and then produced it an other creation. Blessed is Allah, the Best
of creators!
[23.15] After that
you shall surely die,
[23.16] and be
resurrected on the Day of Resurrection.
[23.17] We have
created seven ways above you; of Our creation, We are never inattentive.
[23.18] We sent down water from the sky in due measure, and lodged
it in the earth, and We are able to take it all away.
[23.19] With it, We produced for you gardens of palms and vines,
yielding abundant fruit for you to eat.
[23.20] Also, a tree
which grows on the Tor of Sinai and gives oil and relish for its eaters.
[23.21] In the
cattle, too, is a lesson for you. We let you drink of that which is in their
bellies, and there are many benefits in them for you, and you eat of them,
[23.22] and upon them
and on the ships you are carried.
[23.23] We sent Noah
to his nation. 'Worship Allah, my nation,' he said, 'for you have no god except
He. Will you not be cautious? '
[23.24] The
unbelieving assembly of his nation said, 'This is but a human like you, who
desires to gain superiority over you. Had Allah willed, He could have sent down
angels. We never heard of this among our ancient forefathers.
[23.25] He is nothing
else except a man who is mad, so watch him for awhile.’
[23.26] He (Noah)
said, 'Lord, help me, for they belie me.'
[23.27] We said to
him, 'Make the Ark under Our Eye, and Our Revelation, and then when Our command
comes and the oven gushes water, take onboard a pair from every kind and your
family, except him against whom the decision has already been passed. Do not
address Me concerning those who have done evil; they shall be drowned.
[23.28] And when you
and all those with you are seated in the Ark, say, 'Praise be to Allah who has
saved us from the harm doing nation.'
[23.29] And say,
'Lord, let me land a blessed landing. You are the Best of harborers.'
[23.30] Surely, in
that are signs, and surely We will put (nations) to the test.
[23.31] Then We
produced after them another generation
[23.32] and We sent
to them a Messenger from themselves, saying, 'Worship Allah, for you have no
god except He. Will you not be cautious?'
[23.33] The
unbelieving assembly of his nation, who belied the encounter of the Everlasting
Life, and on whom We had bestowed ease in this life, said, 'This is but a human
like yourselves; he eats of what you eat and drinks of what you drink.
[23.34] If you obey a
mortal like yourselves, you shall be lost.
[23.35] What, does he
promise you that when you are dead and turned to dust and bones, you will be
brought forth?
[23.36] After, after
with that which you are promised!
[23.37] There is
nothing but our present life; we die, and we live, and we shall not be
resurrected.
[23.38] He is nothing
but a man who has forged against Allah a lie, we will never believe him.'
[23.39] He said,
'Help me, Lord, they belie me.'
[23.40] He replied,
'Before long, by the morning, they shall be remorseful.'
[23.41] And the Cry
seized them in justice and We made them withered. So begone with the harm doing
nation.
[23.42] After them We
produced other generations
[23.43] no nation
outstrips its term, nor do they put it back.
[23.44] Then We sent
Our Messengers in succession. Yet whenever its Messenger came to a nation they
belied him, so We made them follow others, and We made them but as tales, so
begone the nation who did not believe!
[23.45] Then We sent
Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and clear authority
[23.46] to Pharaoh
and his Council, but they were very proud, and they were a tyrannical nation.
[23.47] 'What! ' they
said, 'are we to believe in two mortals like us, whose nation are our
worshipers?'
[23.48] So they
belied them, and they were among the destroyed.
[23.49] And We gave
Moses the Book, in order that they might be guided.
[23.50] We made the
son of Mary and his mother a sign, and gave them a refuge on a hillside where
there was a hollow and a spring.
[23.51] Messengers!
Eat of that which is good and do good deeds; I have knowledge of the things you
do.
[23.52] Your nation
is but one nation, and I am your Lord, therefore fear Me.
[23.53] Yet they have
split their affairs between themselves into sects, each rejoicing in what it
has.
[23.54] Leave them in
their perplexity for a time.
[23.55] Do they think
that in giving them wealth and children
[23.56] We hasten in
good works for them? No, they are not aware.
[23.57] Those who
tremble in fear of their Lord,
[23.58] who believe
in the verses of their Lord;
[23.59] who associate
none with their Lord,
[23.60] who give what
they give, with their hearts quaking, that they will return to their Lord:
[23.61] those, hasten
in good works, outracing to them.
[23.62] We charge no
soul with more than it can bear. We have a Book with Us which speaks the truth,
and they shall not be wronged.
[23.63] But their
hearts are in ignorance of this (Koran); and they have deeds besides that which
they are doing.
[23.64] But when We
seize with the punishment those of them that live in ease, they groan.
[23.65] (We shall
say), 'Do not groan today, surely you shall receive no help from Us.'
[23.66] My verses
were recited to you, but you turned upon your heels,
[23.67] being proud
against it, talking foolishness by night.
[23.68] Should they
not think upon the saying? Or, did anything come upon them that had not come
upon their ancient forefathers?
[23.69] Or, is it
because they do not recognize their Messenger that they denied him?
[23.70] Do they say
he is mad! No, he came to them with the truth, but most of them hate the truth.
[23.71] Had the truth
followed their fancies, the heavens, the earth, and all who live in them would
have surely been corrupted. No, We brought them their
Remembrance; but from
their Remembrance they turn away.
[23.72] Or, do you
ask a tribute from them? Your Lord's tribute is better. He is the Best of
providers.
[23.73] Indeed you
are calling them to a Straight Path,
[23.74] but those who
disbelieve in the Everlasting Life deviate from the Path.
[23.75] If We had
mercy on them and removed their afflictions, they would still persist in their
insolence, blindly wandering.
[23.76] Already We
have seized them with the punishment, but they neither humbled themselves to
their Lord, nor did they beseech Him,
[23.77] when We
opened on them a gate of severe punishment, they utterly despaired.
[23.78] It was He who
produced for you hearing, eyes, and hearts, yet little is that you thank.
[23.79] It was He who
scattered you on the earth, and before Him you shall be gathered.
[23.80] It is He who
revives and makes to die, and to Him belong the alternation of the night and
the day. Will you not understand!
[23.81] No, but they
said what the ancients said before them,
[23.82] 'When we are
dead and become dust and bones shall we be resurrected?
[23.83] We and our
fathers have been promised this before. It is but of the ancients' fictitious
tales.'
[23.84] Say, ‘If you
have knowledge, to whom belongs the earth?' and, 'whoever is in it?'
[23.85] They will
say, 'To Allah.' Say, 'Then will you not remember!'
[23.86] Say, 'Who is
the Lord of the seven heavens, and of the Great Throne?'
[23.87] They will
say, 'Allah.' Say, 'Will you not be cautious?'
[23.88] Say, 'In
whose Hands is the Kingdom of all things, He protects, and none protects
against Him, if you have knowledge!'
[23.89] 'Allah,' they
will reply. Say, 'How then can you be so bewitched?'
[23.90] No, We have
brought the truth to them, but they are liars.
[23.91] Allah has not
taken to Himself any son, there is no other god with Him. Were this otherwise
each god would have taken that which he created, and some of them would have
risen above others; Exalted is Allah beyond that they describe!
[23.92] (He is) the
Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, High Exalted be He above that they
associate.
[23.93] Say, 'Lord,
if You should show me that which they are promised,
[23.94] O my Lord, do
not put me among the harm doing people.'
[23.95] Indeed, We
are able to show you that which We promised them.
[23.96] Repel evil
with that which is better. We know that which they describe.
[23.97] And say, 'O my
Lord, I seek refuge in You from evil suggestions of the satans.
[23.98] O my Lord, I
seek refuge in You lest they attend me.'
[23.99] Until, when death comes to one of them he says, 'My Lord,
let me go back,
[23.100] that I
should do righteousness in that I forsook. 'No! It is only a word which he will
speak. Behind them there shall stand a barrier till the Day that they shall be
resurrected.
[23.101] And when the
Horn is blown, on that Day their ties of kindred shall be no more, nor will
they ask each other.
[23.102] Those whose
scales are heavy shall prosper,
[23.103] but those
whose scales are light shall forfeit their souls and live in Gehenna (Hell) for
ever.
[23.104] The fire
lashes their faces and therein are shriveled lips.
[23.105] (We shall
say), 'Were My verses not recited to you, and did you not belie them?'
[23.106] 'Lord,' they
will reply, 'adversity prevailed over us and we were erring.
[23.107] Our Lord,
bring us out of it. If we return (to sin), then we shall indeed be harm doers.'
[23.108] He will say,
'Slink there in it and do not speak to Me.'
[23.109] Among My
worshipers there were a party who said, ‘Lord, we believed. Forgive us and have
mercy on us: You are the Best of the merciful.’
[23.110] But you took
them for laughingstock, mocking at them, until they caused you to forget My
remembrance.
[23.111] Today I
shall recompense them for their patience, for it is they that have won.
[23.112] And He will
ask, 'How many years did you live on earth?'
[23.113] They will
reply, 'A day, or part of a day; ask those who have kept count.'
[23.114] He will say,
'You have tarried a little, did you know?
[23.115] Did you
think that We had created you only for play, and that you would never be
returned to Us? '
[23.116] High Exalted
be Allah, the King, the Truth. There is no god except He, the Lord of the Noble
Throne.
[23.117] Whosoever
calls upon another god, other than Allah, having no proof his reckoning will be
with his Lord. The unbelievers shall never prosper.
[23.118] And say, 'My
Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of the merciful.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[24.1] This is a
chapter which We have sent down and appointed; and in it We have sent down clear
verses in order that you will remember.
[24.2] You shall lash
the fornicatress and the fornicator each with a hundred lashes. In the religion
of Allah, let no tenderness for them seize you if you believe in Allah and the
Last Day; and let their punishment be witnessed by a party of believers.
[24.3] The fornicator
shall marry none but a fornicatress or an idolatress; and the fornicatress none shall marry her but a
fornicator or an idolater; that is forbidden to the believers.
[24.4] Those who
accuse chaste women, and cannot produce four witnesses, you shall lash them
with eighty lashes. And never accept their testimony, for they are evildoers,
[24.5] except those
among them that afterwards repent and mend their ways. Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[24.6] And those who
accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, let them testify by
swearing by Allah four times that he is of the truthful,
[24.7] and the fifth
time, that the curse of Allah shall be upon him, if he should be of the liars.
[24.8] But the
punishment will be averted from her if she swears four times that he is of the
liars,
[24.9] and on the
fifth time the Wrath of Allah shall be upon her if he is of the truthful.
[24.10] If it were
not for the bounty of Allah to you and His Mercy, and that Allah turns, and is
the Wise,
[24.11] those who
came with the slander were a number of you. Do not regard it evil for you,
rather it is good for you. Every person of them shall have the sin that he has
earned charged to him. As for he who took upon himself the greater part there
is a mightier punishment.
[24.12] Had you heard
it, and the believing men and women, thought good thoughts about one another
said, 'This is a clear falsehood!'
[24.13] Why, did they
not bring four witnesses against it? But since they did not bring the
witnesses, before Allah they are the liars.
[24.14] But for the
bounty of Allah and His Mercy towards you in this life and in the Everlasting
Life you would have been sternly punished for that which you were involved.
[24.15] You carried
with your tongues and uttered with your mouths what you did not know. You have
thought it a trifle, but before Allah it was a mighty thing.
[24.16] When you
heard it, why did you not say, 'It is not right for us to speak of this.
Exaltations to You! This is a mighty slander!'
[24.17] Allah exhorts
you never again to repeat the like, if you are believers.
[24.18] Allah makes
plain to you His verses, and Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[24.19] Those who
love that indecency should be broadcast about those who believe theirs is a
painful punishment in this world and in the Everlasting Life. Allah knows, and
you do not know.
[24.20] If it was not
for the bounty of Allah to you and His Mercy, and Allah is the Gentle, the Most
Merciful.
[24.21] Believers, do
not follow in the steps of satan, for those who follow the steps of satan, he
bids to indecency and dishonor. But for the bounty of Allah to you, and His
Mercy no one of you would ever have been purified; but Allah purifies whom He
will; Allah is the Hearer, the Knower.
[24.22] Do not let
those of you who possess bounty and plenty swear not to give kinsmen, and the
poor, and those who emigrate in the way of Allah. Let them pardon and forgive.
Do you not yearn that Allah forgives you? And Allah is the Forgiver, the Most
Merciful.
[24.23] Surely, those
who defame chaste, unsuspecting, believing women, shall be cursed in this world
and in the Everlasting Life, and for them there is a mighty
punishment.
[24.24] On the Day
when their tongues, hands and feet shall testify against them concerning what
they were doing.
[24.25] Upon that Day
Allah will pay them their due in full, and they will know that Allah is the
clear truth.
[24.26] Evil women
for evil men, and evil men for evil women; good women for good men, and good
men for good women these are clear of what has been said; for them is forgiveness,
and a generous provision.
[24.27] Believers, do
not enter houses other than your houses until you first ask permission and
greet with peace the people thereof; that is better for you in order that you
remember.
[24.28] And if you do
not find anyone there, do not enter it until permission is given to you. And if
you are told 'Return', so return, that is purer for you; and Allah knows the
things you do.
[24.29] There is no
fault in you that you enter uninhabited houses wherein there is benefit for
you. Allah knows what you reveal and what you hide.
[24.30] Say to the
believers they should lower their gaze and guard their private parts that is purer
for them. Allah is Aware of the things they do.
[24.31] And say to
the believing women, that they lower their gaze cast down their eyes and guard
their chastity, and do not reveal their adornment except that which is outward
(face and hands); and let them draw their veils over their neck, and not reveal
their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husbands'
fathers, or their sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their
brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or what their right
hands own, or such male attendants having no sexual desire, or children who
have not yet attained knowledge of women's private parts; nor let them stamp
their feet, so that their hidden ornament is known. And, O believers turn to
Allah all together, in order that you prosper.
[24.32] Marry those
among you who are spouseless and the virtuous among your male and female slaves
(thereby freeing them), if they are poor, Allah will enrich
them of His bounty;
Allah is Embracing, Knowing.
[24.33] Let those who
do not find the means to marry be abstinent until Allah enriches them of His
bounty. Those your right hand owns who seek their freedom, make a contract with
them accordingly if you know some good in them, and give them from the wealth
of Allah that He has given you. Do not force your slave-girls into prostitution
in order to seek worldly gain for they wish to preserve their chastity.
Whosoever compels them, surely Allah, after their being compelled, is the Forgiver
(to the girls), the Most Merciful.
[24.34] Now We have
sent down to you clarifying verses, and an example of those who passed away
before you and admonition to the cautious.
[24.35] Allah is the
Lighter of the heavens and the earth. The example of His Light is like a tube,
in which there is a wick. The wick is in a lamp and the lamp is as a glittering
planet kindled from a Blessed Tree, an olive that is neither of the East nor of
the West. Its oil would almost shine forth though no fire touched it. Light
upon light; Allah guides to His Light whom He will. Allah strikes parables for
people. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[24.36] In houses
which Allah has allowed to be raised up, and His Name to be remembered therein.
In the morning and evening
[24.37] are men who
exalt Him there, whom neither trade nor sale can divert from the remembrance of
Allah, and establish the prayers, and pay the obligatory
charity; fearing a Day when hearts and eyes shall be turned about,
[24.38] that Allah
will recompense them for the finest deeds they did and increase them from His
bounty. Allah provides without measure to whom He will.
Those who have light and those who do not [24.39-40]
[24.39] As for the
unbelievers, their works are like a mirage in the wilderness. The thirsty
person thinks it is water, but when he comes near he finds that it is nothing. He
finds Allah there, who pays him his account in full. Allah is Swift in
reckoning.
[24.40] Or, they are
like darkness upon a deep sea covered with a wave above which is another wave,
above which are clouds, darkness piled one upon the other; when he stretches
out his hand he can scarcely see it. Indeed, to whomsoever Allah assigns no
light, he shall have no light.
[24.41] Have you not
seen how Allah is exalted by those in the heavens and earth, and the birds with
outspread wings? He knows its prayers and its exaltations and Allah has
knowledge of the things they do.
[24.42] To Allah
belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. To Him is the arrival.
[24.43] Have you not
seen how Allah drives the clouds, then gathers them and converts them into a
mass, then you see rain coming from the midst of them? And He sends down out of
heaven mountains in which there is hail, pelting with it whom He will, and
turning it away from whom He will. The flash of its lightning almost snatches
away the sight.
[24.44] Allah turns
about the night and the day (to succeed one another); surely, in this there is
a lesson for those who have eyes.
[24.45] Allah created
everything that walks from water. Some creep upon their bellies, others walk on
two feet, and others walk on four. Allah creates whatever He will. Allah is
Powerful over everything.
[24.46] We have sent
down clarifying verses. Allah guides whom He will to a Straight Path.
[24.47] They say, 'We
believe in Allah and the Messenger and obey.' But a party of them turn away
after this. Those are not believers.
[24.48] And when they
are called to Allah and His Messenger so that he judges between them, a party
of them swerve away.
[24.49] If the right
is theirs, they would have hastened to him obediently.
[24.50] Is there a sickness in their hearts, or, are they in doubt?
Do they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust? No, but those they
are the harm doers.
[24.51] But when the
believers are called to Allah and His Messenger, in order that he judges
between them, their reply is, 'We hear and obey.' Such are the
prosperous.
[24.52] Those who
obey Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah, and have awe of Him, shall be the
winners.
[24.53] They swear by
Allah in the most earnest oaths, that if you order them, they would go forth.
Say, 'Do not swear, known obedience (is better). Allah is Aware of the things
you do.’
[24.54] Say, 'Obey
Allah and obey the Messenger. If you turn away, upon him only rests what is
laid upon him, and upon you rests what is laid on you. If you obey him, you
shall be guided. It is only for the Messenger to deliver a clear message.'
[24.55] Allah has
promised those of you who believe and do good works that He will indeed make
them successors in the land as He made those who were before them successors,
and that He will indeed establish their religion for them; that which He has
approved for them, and will exchange safety for them after their fear. They
worship Me and associate nothing with Me. After that, those who disbelieve are
the impious.
[24.56] Establish the
prayers, pay the charity, and obey the Messenger, in order to have mercy.
[24.57] Never think
that the unbelievers will be able to frustrate (Us) in the earth. Their refuge
is the Fire, an evil arrival.
[24.58] Believers,
let those your right hand owns and those who have not come of age ask
permission of you three times before the dawn prayer, when you put aside your
garments, in the heat of noon, and after the night prayer. These are the three
occasions of privacy. There is no fault in you or them, apart from these, that
they go about you, you are of each other. As such Allah makes plain to you His
verses, Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[24.59] And when
children reach the age of puberty, let them ask permission as those before them
asked permission. As such Allah makes clear to you His verses. Allah is the Knower,
the Wise.
Relaxed dress code for older women [24.60]
[24.60] (As for)
women that are past childbearing who have no hope of marriage there is no fault
in them that they discard their cloaks provided they do not reveal their
adornments, but it is better if they abstain. Allah is the Hearer, the Knower.
[24.61] It shall be
no fault for the blind, the lame, the sick and yourselves to eat from your
houses. Nor the houses of your fathers', your mothers', your brothers', your
sisters', your paternal uncles, your paternal aunts, your maternal uncles, your
maternal aunts or in houses the keys of which you own, or in those of your
friend, there is no fault in you that you all eat together, or separately. When
you enter houses, greet (with peace) one another with a salutation from Allah,
blessed and good. As such Allah makes clear to you His verses so that you
understand.
[24.62] The believers
are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and who, when gathered
with him upon a common matter do not depart till they have asked his
permission. Surely, those who ask your permission are those who believe in
Allah and His Messenger. When they ask your permission for some of their
affairs, grant it to whomever you please and ask Allah for forgiveness for
them; Allah is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
[24.63] Do not make
the calling of the Messenger among yourselves like your calling to one another.
Allah knows those of you who slip away surreptitiously, so let those who
disobey His command beware, lest they are struck by sedition, or, they are
stricken with a painful punishment.
[24.64] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. He has Knowledge of what
state you are upon. On the Day when they shall be returned to Him, He will tell
them all what they have done. And Allah has knowledge of everything.
25 The Criterion - Al-Furqan
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[25.1] Blessed is He
who has sent down the Criterion to His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad), that he is
a warner to all mankind;
[25.2] to whom the
Kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs, who has not taken a son, nor does
He have an associate in the Kingdom, and He created everything, then He
ordained it very precisely.
[25.3] Yet they worship,
other than Him, gods which cannot create anything and were themselves created.
They own neither harm nor benefit for themselves,
neither do they own death nor life, nor a resurrection.
The assertion of the unbelievers and the rebuttal of Allah
[25.4-10]
[25.4] The
unbelievers say, 'This is but a falsehood he has forged – another nation has
helped him.' So they have come with wrong and falsehood.
[25.5] They say, 'He
has written tales of the ancients, they are recited to him at dawn and at the
evening.'
[25.6] Say, 'It was
sent down by Him who knows the secrets of heavens and earth. He is Forgiving,
the Most Merciful.’
[25.7] They also say,
'How is it that this Messenger eats food and walks about the markets? Why has
no angel been sent down with him to warn us?
[25.8] Or, why has no
treasure been thrown to him, or a garden for him to eat from?' And the harm
doers say, 'The man you follow is surely bewitched.'
[25.9] See how they
strike examples for you, surely they have gone astray and are unable to find a
way.
[25.10] Blessed be He
who, if He wills, can assign you better things than these; gardens underneath
which rivers flow, and He shall assign for you palaces.
[25.12] When it sees
them from a far off place, they shall hear it raging and sighing.
[25.13] And when,
chained in (iron) fetters, they are cast into some narrow space of the Fire, they
will call out for destruction.
[25.14] 'Do not call
out today for one destruction; call out for many destructions.'
[25.15] Say, 'Is that
better, or the Garden of Eternity which the cautious have been promised? It is
their recompense and their arrival!'
[25.16] Living there
for ever, they shall find in it all that they desire. That is a promise binding
upon your Lord, and to be asked of Him.
[25.17] On the Day
when He gathers them with all that they worship, other than Allah, He will say,
'Was it you who misled My worshipers, or did they themselves go astray?'
[25.18] They will
answer, 'Exaltations to You. We should not have taken others for a guardian,
but You gave them and their fathers enjoyment until they forgot Your
Remembrance and they were a destroyed nation.'
[25.19] So they belie
what you say, and you can neither turn it aside, nor find any help. Those of
you who have done evil, We let them taste a great punishment.
[25.20] We did not
send Messengers before you but that they ate food and walked about in the
markets, We have appointed some of you to be a trial for others. Will you
endure? Your Lord is the Seer.
The pride of the unbelievers and their good deeds [25.21-23]
[25.21] Those who do
not hope to meet Us ask, 'Why have no angels been sent to us? Why can we not
see our Lord?' How proud they are within themselves, and have become greatly
disdainful.
[25.22] On the Day
when they behold the angels, there will be no glad tidings for the sinners.
They will say, 'A refuge which is forbidden!'
[25.23] Then We shall
advance upon the work which they have done and render it as scattered dust.
[25.24] On that Day,
the companions of Paradise (will have) a better abode and a finer
resting-place.
[25.25] On that Day,
the heaven is split asunder with clouds and the angels are sent down in
majesty,
[25.26] the true Kingdom on that Day shall belong to the
Merciful a harsh day for the unbelievers.
[25.27] Upon that Day
the harm doer shall bite his hands, and say, 'Would that I had taken a Path
with the Messenger!
[25.28] Would that I
had never chosen so-and-so for my companion!
[25.29] He led me
astray from the Remembrance after it had reached me, satan is ever the
foresaker of humans.'
[25.30] The Messenger
says, 'O my Lord, my people have taken this Koran while deserting it.'
[25.31] To every
Prophet We have appointed an enemy among the harm doers; your Lord is Sufficient
for you, a Guide and a Helper.
[25.32] The
unbelievers ask, 'Why was the Koran not sent down to him all at once?' As such
We strengthen your heart thereby, and We have recited it very distinctly.
[25.33] They do not
bring to you any parable but that which We bring to you is the truth and better
in explanation.
[25.34] Those who
will be gathered into Gehenna (Hell) upon their faces shall be in the worst in
place, and have gone further astray from the Path.
[25.35] We gave the
Book to Moses and gave him his brother Aaron as a minister.
[25.36] (Then) We said,
'Go to the nation who have belied Our signs.' And We utterly destroyed them.
[25.37] The nation of
Noah, We drowned them when they belied their Messenger, and made of them a sign
to the nation. For the harm doers We have prepared a painful punishment
Aad, Thamood and the nation of Er Rass were destroyed because they belied their prophets, it was not an act of the so called “Mother Nature” [23.38-40]
[25.38] also to Aad
and Thamood, and the nation of Er Rass and many generations in between;
[25.39] to each of
them We gave examples, and each of them We utterly ruined.
[25.40] They have
surely passed by the village which was rained upon by evil rain (of stones);
what, have they never seen it? No, they look for no resurrection.
[25.41] Whenever they
see you, they mock you (saying), 'Is this whom Allah has sent as a Messenger?
[25.42] He would have
mislead us from our gods, if we had not been steadfast to them.' But they shall
know who is further astray from the Path when they see the punishment.
[25.43] Have you seen
him who has made gods of his own desires? Would you be a guardian over him?
[25. 44] Do you think
that most of them can hear or understand? They are like cattle, no, they are
further astray from the Path.
[25.45] Do you not
see how your Lord stretches the shadow? Had it been His will, He could have
made it constant. Then He appointed the sun to be a guide to it;
[25.46] thereafter We
seize it to Us withdrawing it gently.
[25.47] It is He who
has appointed the night a mantle for you and sleep for a rest. The day He has
appointed for rising.
[25.48] It is He who
loosens the winds, bearing glad tidings before the Hands of His Mercy, and We
have sent down pure water from the heaven,
[25.49] so, that with
it We revive dead lands and provide drink for the cattle and the human We
created.
[25.50] We have
indeed turned it about them, so that they remember; yet most people refuse all
except disbelief.
[25.51] Had it been
Our will, We could have raised a warner in every village.
[25.52] So do not
obey the unbelievers, but struggle mightily with it (the Koran).
[25.53] It was He who
let forth the two seas, this one is palatably sweet and this salt, a bitter
taste, and He set a barrier between them, and a refuge which is forbidden.
[25.54] And it is He
who created the human from water and gave him kindred of blood and of marriage.
Your Lord is the Powerful.
[25.55] Yet they (the
unbelievers) worship, other than Allah, that which can neither benefit nor harm
them. Surely, the unbeliever is ever a partisan against his Lord.
Prophet Muhammad was sent as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner for all mankind [25.56-59]
[25.56] We did not
send you but as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner.
[25.57] Say, 'I
demand of you no wage for this except for he who wishes to take the Path to his
Lord.'
[25.58] Put your trust
in the All Living who never dies, and exalt with His praise, He is sufficiently
aware of His worshipers' sins.
[25.59] (It is) He
who, in six days created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between
them, and then He willed to the Throne. The Merciful; ask about Him from he who
knows Him.
[25.60] When it is
said to them, 'Prostrate yourselves before the Merciful', they ask, 'And what
is the Merciful? Shall we prostrate ourselves to whatever you bid us?' And it
increases their aversion.
[25.61] Blessed be He
who has set the constellations in the heaven, and set amongst them a sun, and
an illuminating moon.
[25.62] It is He who
has made the night and day follow each other for those whom He desires to
remember or He desires to be thankful.
[25.63] The worshipers of the Merciful are those who walk humbly on
the earth, and when the ignorant address them say, 'Peace,'
[25.64] who pass the
night prostrating and standing to their Lord.
[25.65] Who say, 'Our
Lord, turn from us the punishment of Gehenna, for its punishment is the most
terrible;
[25.66] it is an evil
settling, and an evil residence,'
[25.67] who when they
spend are neither wasteful nor miserly, between that is a just stand,
[25.68] who do not
call upon another god with Allah, nor slay the soul which Allah has forbidden
except by right; who do not fornicate, for he who does this shall face
punishment
[25.69] doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection is his punishment, and therein he shall live, humbled,
[25.70] except he who
repents and believes and does good works those, Allah will change their evil
deeds into good deeds; Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
[25.71] He who
repents and does good works truly turns to Allah in repentance,
[25.72] and those who
do not bear false witness, and when they pass by idle talk, pass by with honor
[25.73] and who when
they are reminded of the verses of their Lord, they do not fall down deaf and
blind.
[25.74] Those
who say, 'Lord give us of our wives and children what pleases our eyes and make
us leaders to the fearful.'
[25.75] Those shall
be recompensed with the highest rank for their patience. There they shall
receive a greeting, and peace!
[25.76] There they
shall live for ever; a fine dwelling place, and residence.
[25.77] Say, 'My Lord
cares little for you if it was not for your supplication, indeed you have
belied (the Messenger and the Koran) so it (the punishment) will be fastened.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[26.1] TaSeenMeem.
[26.2] Those are the
verses of the clear Book.
[26.3] Perhaps you consume
yourself that they are not believers.
[26.4] If We will, We
can send down on them a sign from heaven before which their necks will remain
humbled.
[26.5] A fresh
remembrance has never come to them from the Merciful, except they turn away
from it.
[26.6] So, they
belied, but surely the tidings of that they mocked will come to them.
[26.7] Have they not
seen the earth, how many We caused to grow in it every generous kind?
[26.8] Surely, in
this there is a sign yet most of them do not believe.
[26.9] Your Lord, He
is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.10] And when your
Lord called to Moses, saying, 'Go to the harm-doing nation,
[26.11] the nation of
Pharaoh. Will they not fear Me?'
[26.12] 'My Lord, '
he replied, 'I fear they will belie me
[26.13] and my chest
will become constricted and my tongue will not be loosed (in my speech),
therefore, send to Aaron.
[26.14] They hold a
sin against me, and I fear that they will kill me.'
Moses meeting with Pharaoh and his request to let the Children of Israel leave Egypt [26.15-
[26.15] He said,
'Never so, go both of you with Our signs; We shall be with you, listening
[26.16] go both to Pharaoh
and both of you say to him, “We are (each) a Messenger from the Lord of all the
Worlds.
[26.17] Send forth
with us the Children of Israel.”'
[26.18] He (Pharaoh)
said (to Moses), 'Did We not bring you up when you were a child? And have you
not spent years of your life amongst us?
[26.19] Yet you were
ungrateful and have done the deed you did.'
[26.20] He (Moses)
replied, 'Indeed, I did that when I was among those who stray.
[26.21] I fled from
you because I feared you. But my Lord has given me judgment and made me one of
the Messengers.
[26.22] Is this then
the blessing with which you reproach me, that you have the Children of Israel
for worshipers!'
[26.23] Pharaoh said,
'And what is the Lord of the Worlds?'
[26.24] 'He' (Moses)
replied, 'is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between
them, if you believe!'
[26.25] 'Do you not
hear?' said he (Pharaoh) to those around him.
[26.26] He said,
'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.'
[26.27] (Pharaoh)
said, 'Surely, the Messenger who has been sent to you is mad!'
[26.28] 'He is the
Lord of the East and the West, ' said he (Moses), 'and all that is between
them, if you could understand!'
[26.29] 'If you take
any other god except myself,' he (Pharaoh) replied, 'you shall be thrown into
prison.'
[26.30] 'What, even
if I brought you something clear, ' said he (Moses).
[26.31] He (Pharaoh)
replied, 'Show us your sign, if you are of the truthful.'
[26.32] He cast down
his staff and thereupon it was a clear serpent.
[26.33] Then he drew
out his hand, and it was luminous to the onlookers.
[26.34] 'This', said
he (Pharaoh) to his Council, 'is a cunning sorcerer
[26.35] who seeks to
expel you from your land by his sorcery. What is your counsel?'
The superiority of the miracles given to Moses defeat the
magic of the sorcerers [26.36-46]
[26.36] They replied,
'Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to your cities
[26.37] to bring
every knowledgeable sorcerer.'
[26.38] The sorcerers were gathered at the appointed time on a
well-known day,
[26.39] and the
people were asked, 'Will you gather
[26.40] in order that
we shall follow the sorcerers if they are the victors.'
[26.41] Then, when
the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they said, 'Shall we receive a wage if we win?'
[26.42] 'Yes, indeed'
he answered, 'and you shall become among those who are near stationed.’
[26.43] Moses said to
them, 'Cast down what you cast.'
[26.44] So they cast
their ropes and staffs, saying, 'By Pharaoh's might, we shall be the victors.'
The sorcerers recognize the greatness of the miracles and fall prostrate in belief despite their sentence to death [26.45-51]
[26.45] Then Moses
cast down his staff and it swallowed up their lying invention,
[26.46] so the
sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves,
[26.47] saying, 'We
believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
[26.48] the Lord of
Moses and Aaron.'
[26.49] He (Pharaoh)
said, 'You have believed him before I have given you permission. He is the
chief of you who has taught you sorcery. But you shall know. I will surely cut off
on opposite sides a hand and a foot, and crucify you all.'
[26.50] 'There is no
harm, ' they replied, 'for surely to our Lord we are turning.
[26.51] We are eager
that Our Lord should forgive us our offenses, for we are the first of the
believers.'
[26.52] Also, We
revealed to Moses, saying, 'Go with My worshipers by night, for you will be
followed.'
[26.53] Then Pharaoh
sent gatherers to the cities.
[26.54] 'These,' they
said, 'are a small band,
[26.55] they have
enraged us,
[26.56] and we are a
host on our guard.'
[26.57] As such We
expelled them from their gardens and their fountains,
[26.58] their
treasures and a noble station.
[26.59] As such we
gave it to the Children of Israel.
[26.60] At sunrise,
they followed them.
[26.61] And when the
two hosts came in view of each other, Moses' companions said, 'We have been
reached!'
[26.62] 'No, indeed'
he replied, 'my Lord is with me and He will guide me.'
[26.63] Then We
revealed to Moses, 'Strike the sea with your staff', so it divided and each
part was as a mighty mount.
[26.64] And there We
brought the others on,
[26.65] and We saved
Moses and those who were with him together,
[26.66] then, We
drowned the others.
[26.67] Surely, in
that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe.
[26.68] Surely, your
Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
The futility of following baseless traditions rather than the message and warning sent by Allah to Abraham [26.69-82
[26.69] And recite to
them the news of Abraham.
[26.70] He said to
his father and to his nation, 'What do you worship?'
[26.71] They replied,
'We worship idols and continue cleaving to them.'
[26.72] 'Do they hear
you when you call on them?' He asked.
[26.73] 'Can they
benefit you or harm you?'
[26.74] They replied,
'No, but we found our fathers doing so.'
[26.75] He said,
'Have you considered what you worship,
[26.76] you, and your
elderly fathers?
[26.77] They are
enemies to me except the Lord of all the Worlds
[26.78] who created
me; and He guides me,
[26.79] and He gives
me to eat and drink,
[26.80] who, when I
am sick, heals me;
[26.81] who makes me
to die and then revives me,
[26.82] and whom I am
eager shall forgive me my sins on the Day of Recompense.'
[26.83] My Lord, give
me judgment, and join me with the righteous.
[26.84] And appoint
me a tongue of truthfulness among the latter.
[26.85] and place me
amongst the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.
[26.86] and forgive
my father, for he was among the astray.
[26.87] Do not
degrade me on the Day when they are resurrected.
[26.88] The Day when
neither wealth nor sons shall benefit
[26.89] except him
who comes before Allah with a pure heart;
[26.90] and Paradise
shall be brought forward to the cautious.
[26.91] And Hell is
brought near to the perverse.'
[26.92] It will be
said to them, 'Where is that you worshipped,
[26.93] other than
Allah? Do they help you or even help themselves?'
[26.94] And they will
be pitched into it, they and the perverse
[26.95] and the hosts
of iblis all together.
[26.96] And they will
say while they dispute with one another,
[26.97] 'By Allah, we
were certainly in clear error,
[26.98] when we made
you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.99] It was nothing
but the evildoers who led us astray.
[26.100] We have no
intercessors now,
[26.101] no caring
friend.
[26.102] Would that
we might return again, and be among the believers.'
[26.103] Surely, in
that there is a sign, yet most of them do not believe.
[26.104] Surely, Your
Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
The story of Prophet Noah [26.105-
[26.105] The nation
of Noah, belied their Messengers.
[26.106] when Noah,
their brother, said to them, 'Will you not be cautious?
[26.107] I am for you
an honest Messenger,
[26.108] so fear
Allah, and obey me.
[26.109] For this I
ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.110] So fear
Allah and obey me.'
[26.111] They
replied, 'Are we to believe you whom the lowliest follow?'
[26.112] He said, 'I
have no knowledge of what they have done.
[26.113] Their
account falls only upon My Lord, if you were but aware.
[26.114] I will not
drive away the believers.
[26.115] I am only a
clear warner.'
[26.116] 'Noah,' they
replied, 'if you do not desist you shall be of those stoned.'
[26.117] He said, 'My
Lord, my nation have belied me.
[26.118] So open
between me and them an opening, and save me and the believers who are with me.'
[26.119] We saved him
and those who were with him in the laden ship,
[26.120] afterwards,
We drowned the rest.
[26.121] Surely, in
that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe.
[26.122] Your Lord is
the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.123] (The nation
of) Aad belied their Messengers.
[26.124] When their brother
Hood said to them, 'Will you not be cautious?
[26.125] I am for you
an honest Messenger.
[26.126] Fear Allah
and obey me.
[26.127] For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds.
The people of Aad
abuse the blessings of Allah and become tyrants [26.128-140]
[26.128] Do you build
over each high place a sign to amuse yourselves!
[26.129] And do you
take to yourselves underground reservoirs, in order to live for ever!
[26.130] When you
assault, you assault like tyrants.
[26.131] So fear
Allah, and obey me.
[26.132] Fear Him who
has given you all the things you know.
[26.133] He has given
you flocks and sons,
[26.134] gardens and
fountains.
[26.135] Indeed, I
fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day.'
[26.136] They
replied, 'It is the same to us whether you admonish or whether you are not one
of the admonishers.
[26.137] That is
nothing but a habit of the ancients,
[26.138] and we shall
never be punished.'
[26.139] So they
belied him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.140] Surely, your
Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.141] Thamood,
belied their Messengers.
[26.142] Their brother Salih said to them, 'Will you not be cautious?
[26.143] I am for you
an honest Messenger.
[26.144] So fear
Allah, and obey me.
[26.145] For this I
ask of you no wage; my wage falls only upon the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.146] Will you be
left secure in this,
[26.147] amidst
gardens and fountains,
[26.148] sown fields
and palm trees, with slender spathes.
[26.149] Will you
still hew your dwellings in the mountains?
[26.150] So fear
Allah and obey me.
[26.151] Do not obey the order of the wasteful,
[26.152] who corrupt
in the earth, and do not reform.'
[26.153] They
replied, 'Surely, you are one of those bewitched.
[26.154] You are but
a human like ourselves. Produce for us a sign, if you are of the truthful.'
Salih is given the she-camel of Allah as a sign, and with it he tells his nation to fear Allah and not to harm her [26.155-159]
[26.155] He said,
'Here is a she-camel. She shall have her share of water as you have yours on an
appointed day.
[26.156] Do not touch her with malice so that punishment of a
dreadful day seizes you.'
[26.157] Yet they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were
remorseful,
[26.158] and the
punishment seized them. Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do
not believe.
[26.159] Your Lord,
He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
The story of Prophet Lot and his nation [26.160-175]
[26.160] Lot's
nation, belied their Messengers.
[26.161] When their
brother Lot said to them, 'Will you not be cautious?
[26.162] I am for you
an honest Messenger.
[26.163] So fear
Allah, and obey me.
[26.164] I ask of you
no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.165] What, do you
come to the males of the world,
[26.166] and leave
your wives whom your Lord has created for you? No, but you are a transgressing
nation.'
[26.167] 'Lot,' they
replied, 'if you do not desist, you shall be thrown out.'
[26.168] He said,
'Truly, I am a detester of what you do.'
[26.169] 'My Lord,
save me and my people from that they are doing.'
[26.170] So We saved
him and all his people,
[26.171] except an
old woman who stayed behind,
[26.172] then We
destroyed the others.
[26.173] We rained
upon them a rain, and evil is the rain (of stones) on those that are warned.
[26.174] Surely, in
that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe.
[26.175] Your Lord, He
is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.176] The dwellers
of the Thicket belied their Messengers.
[26.177] Shu'aib said
to them, 'Will you not be cautious?
[26.178] I am for you
an honest Messenger.
[26.179] So fear
Allah, and obey me.
[26.180] I ask of you
no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.181] Fill up the
measure, do not be among the cheats,
[26.182] and weigh
with the straight scale,
[26.183] and do not
diminish the goods of the people, and do not make mischief in the earth,
working corruption.
[26.184] Fear He who
created you, and the generations of the ancient.'
[26.185] They
replied, 'You are surely one of those bewitched.
[26.186] You are but
a human like ourselves, we think that you are one of the liars.
[26.187] Drop down on
us lumps from heaven, if you are one of the truthful.'
[26.188] He said, 'My
Lord knows what you are doing.'
[26.189] But they
belied him, then the punishment of the Day of Shadow (raining fire) seized
them. Truly, it was the punishment of a dreadful day.
[26.190] Surely, in
that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe.
[26.191] Your Lord,
He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.192] Truly, it is
the sending of the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.193] The honest
Spirit (Gabriel) brought it down
[26.194] upon your
heart (Prophet Muhammad), in order to be one of the warners,
[26.195] in a clear,
Arabic tongue.
The Children of
Israel reject Prophet Muhammad although he was mentioned in their scriptures
[26.196-211]
[26.196] Truly, it is
in the Books of the ancients.
[26.197] Was it not a
sign for them known to the learned of the Children of Israel?
[26.198] If We had
revealed it to a non-Arab,
[26.199] and he had
recited it to them, they would not have believed.
[26.200] Even so, We
have caused it to enter into the hearts of harm doers:
[26.201] they shall not
believe in it until they see the painful punishment
[26.202] so that it
will come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware,
[26.203] and then
they will say, 'Shall we be respited?'
[26.204] Do they wish
to hasten Our punishment?
[26.205] What do you
see? If We gave them enjoyment for years,
[26.206] and then
what they were promised comes to them,
[26.207] what avail
will their past enjoyments be to them?
[26.208] We never
destroyed a village that did not have warners
[26.209] for a reminder, and We never harmed.
[26.210] It was not
the satans who brought it down;
[26.211] it is not
for them, nor are they able.
[26.212] Truly, they
are expelled from hearing.
[26.213] So do not
call upon another god with Allah, lest you should be one of those who are
punished.
Allah orders Prophet Muhammad to start preaching to his tribe and family [26.214-220]
[26.214] Warn your
tribe and your near kinsmen.
[26.215] and lower
your wing to the believers who follow you.
[26.216] If they
disobey you, say, 'I am quit of what you do.'
[26.217] Put your
trust in the Almighty, the Most Merciful,
[26.218] who sees you
when you stand
[26.219] and when you
turn among those who prostrate themselves.
[26.220] Surely, He
is the Hearer, the Knower.
[26.221] Shall I tell
you on whom the satans descend?
[26.222] They descend
on every guilty impostor.
[26.223] They listen,
but most of them are liars.
[26.224] Poets are
followed by the perverse.
[26.225] Have you not
seen how they wander in every valley,
[26.226] and they say
what they do not do?
[26.227] Except those
who believe, and do good works and remember Allah in abundance and became victorious
after they had been wronged. The wrongdoers will surely know which turn they
will be returning to (Hell).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[27.1] TaSeen. Those
are the verses of the Koran, a clear Book,
[27.2] a guidance and
glad tidings to believers,
[27.3] who establish
their prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and are certain of the
Everlasting Life.
[27.4] As for those
who do not believe in the Everlasting Life, We have decorated for them their
works, and they wander blindly.
[27.5] Such are those
for whom there is an evil punishment, and in the Everlasting Life are the
greatest losers.
The Koran was sent by Allah [27.6]
[27.6] You have
received the Koran from the Wise, the Knower.
[27.7] When Moses
said to his household, 'Indeed, I can see a fire far away. I will go and bring
you news of it or I will bring you a lighted flame so that you can warm
yourselves.'
[27.8] And when he
came near it he was called, 'Blessed be who is (Moses) in the fire and (the
angels) who are around it! Exaltations to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[27.9] Moses, it is
I, Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.
[27.10] Cast down
your staff.' And when he saw it writhing like a serpent, he turned about
retreating, and did not turn back. 'Moses, do not fear, indeed the
Messengers do not
fear (when they are) with Me,
[27.11] except he who
has done evil, then, after evil, has changed into good. I am the Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
[27.12] Put your hand
inside your collar and it will come out luminous without evil – among the nine
signs to Pharaoh and his nation, indeed they were an impious nation.'
[27.13] But when Our
signs came to them visibly, they said, 'This is plain sorcery.'
[27.14] They denied
them unjustly out of pride, though their souls acknowledged them. See, how was
the end of the corrupt workers!
[27.15] We gave
knowledge to David and Solomon. They said, 'Praise be to Allah who has
preferred us above many of His believing worshipers.'
[27.16] Solomon
inherited David. He said, 'Know, my people, we have been taught the speech of
birds and given everything. Surely, this is a clear bounty.'
[27.17] We gathered
to Solomon his army of jinn, humans and birds; gathered and dispersed,
[27.18] and when they
came to the Valley of the Ants, an ant said, 'Ants, go into your dwellings lest
Solomon and his army should, unknowingly, crush you.'
[27.19] He smiled,
and laughed at its words, and said, 'My Lord, inspire me that I should be
thankful for Your blessing with which You have blessed me and my parents, and
that I may do good works that will please You. Admit me, by Your Mercy, among
Your righteous worshipers.'
[27.20] He reviewed
the birds and said, 'Why is it that I do not see the hoopoe here? Or is he
among the absent?
[27.21] Surely, I
will punish him with a terrible punishment, or I will slaughter him or he gives
me a good reason.'
[27.22] He was not
long in coming, and said, 'I know what you do not know. I come to you from
Sheba with certain news.
[27.23] There I found
a woman ruling over them. She possess everything and has a great throne.
[27.24] But she and
her people prostrate to the sun instead of Allah. And satan has made their
deeds seem pleasing to them and barred them from the Path, and therefore they
are not guided.
[27.25] Do they not
prostrate themselves to Allah who brings forth all that is concealed in the
heavens and earth and He knows what they hide and what they reveal?
[27.26] Allah, there
is no god except He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'
[27.27] He replied,
'We shall see if what you have said is true or whether you are among those who
lie.
[27.28] Take my
letter, and drop it to them. Then turn aside and see what they shall return.'
[27.29] She (the Queen of Sheba) said, 'O Council, look, an
honorable letter has been dropped to me.
[27.30] It is from
Solomon and it is "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[27.31] Do not rise
up against me, but come to me in surrender (Muslims)."’
[27.32] She said, 'O
Council, let me hear your counsel, concerning my affairs, for I am not used to
deciding an affair until you bear me witness.'
[27.33] They replied,
'We are possessors of force and great might. It is for you to command, so
consider what you will.'
[27.34] She said,
'When kings enter a village, they ruin it and humiliate its nobles. And this
they will do.
[27.35] But I shall
send them a gift and see what the messengers bring back.'
[27.36] But when he
came to Solomon, he said, 'Is it wealth that you would give me, when Allah has
given me that which is better than He has given to you? No, but instead you
rejoice in your gift!
[27.37] Go back then,
we shall surely come against them with soldiers of which they have no power to
oppose, and we shall drive them from there abased and humiliated.'
[27.38] And he said,
'O Council, which of you will bring me her throne, before they come to me,
Muslims (submissive to Allah)?'
[27.39] An efreet (an
extremely strong jinn) among the jinn replied, 'I will bring it to you before
you rise from your place; I have the strength and am trustworthy.'
[27.40] But he who
had knowledge of the Book, said, 'I will bring it to you before your glance
comes back to you.' And when he saw it set before him, he
(Solomon) said, 'This
is a favor from my Lord that He might test me whether I am thankful or
ungrateful. Whosoever gives thanks gives thanks only for his (own soul's) good,
but he who is ungrateful, truly my Lord is Rich and Generous.'
[27.41] (Then) he
said, 'Let her throne be disguised, so that we can see whether she is guided or
if she is among those who are not guided.'
[27.42] And when she
came she was asked, 'Is your throne like this?' And she replied, 'It looks like
it.' And we were given the knowledge before her, and were
Muslims.
[27.43] That which she
worshipped, other than Allah, had prevented her, for she came from an
unbelieving nation.
[27.44] It was said
to her, 'Enter the pavilion.' And when she saw it, she thought it was a pool of
water, and bared her legs. But he said, 'It is a pavilion smoothed with
crystal.' She said, 'My Lord, I have wronged myself, and I become a Muslim
(submissive) with Solomon to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.'
[27.45] To Thamood We
sent their brother Salih saying, 'Worship Allah.' But they were two parties in
dispute with one another.
[27.46] 'My nation,'
he said, 'why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good? Why do you not ask
the forgiveness of Allah, in order that you find mercy?'
[27.47] They said,
'We predict an evil omen from you and those who are with you.' He replied,
'Your prediction is with Allah, you are a nation being tested.'
[27.48] In the city
there were nine people who were corrupting the land and did not reform.
[27.49] They said, 'Let
us swear by Allah to attack him and his family at night, then we will tell his
guardian we were not witnesses of the destruction of his family; and surely we
are truthful.'
[27.50] And they
devised a scheme and, without their knowledge, We devised a scheme.
[27.51] And behold
the consequences of their devising! We destroyed them, and their nation
altogether.
[27.52] Those are
their houses, all are in ruins because of the evil they committed; surely in
this there is a sign for nation who know.
[27.53] And We saved
those who believed and were cautious.
[27. 54] And Lot, he
said to his nation, 'Do you commit indecencies with your eyes open!
[27.55] Do you
approach men lustfully instead of women! No, you are an ignorant nation.'
[27.56] Yet the only
answer of his nation was that they said, 'Expel the family of Lot from your
village, they are people who purified themselves!'
[27.57] So We saved
him and his family, except his wife, whom We decreed should stay behind.
[27.58] And we rained
on them a rain (of stones); indeed it is an evil rain that rains on those that
are warned.
[27.59] Say, 'Praise
belongs to Allah and peace be upon His worshipers whom He has chosen!' Who is
more worthier, Allah or that which they associate!
[27.60] Is He who
created the heavens and the earth, and sent water from the sky for you and
caused gardens to grow full of beauty of which its tree you could never grow,
is there a god with Allah? No, but they are a nation who set up equals with
Him!
[27.61] Who has
established the earth a fixed place and set therein rivers; and set for it firm
mountains and placed a barrier between the two seas, is there a god with Allah?
No, most of them are without knowledge.
[27.62] Who answers
the oppressed when he supplicates to Him and removes evil and appoints you as
inheritors of the earth, is there a god with Allah? How little you remember!
[27.63] Who guides
you in the darkness of the land and sea, and sends the winds bearing glad
tidings of His Mercy, is there a god with Allah? Exalted is Allah above what
they associate.
[27.64] Who
originates creation, then brings it back again, who gives you sustenance from
the heaven and the earth, is there a god with Allah? Say, 'Bring us your proof
if you are among the truthful!'
[27.65] Say, 'None in
the heavens or the earth knows the Unseen except Allah, and they are not aware
when they shall be resurrected.'
[27.66] No, their
knowledge fails them as to the Everlasting Life; no, they are in doubt about
it, no, they are blind to it.
[27.67] The unbelievers say, 'When we and our fathers are turned to
dust, shall we be brought forth?
[27.68] We were promised
this before, and so were our fathers. It is but the fictitious story of the
ancients.'
[27.69] Say, 'Journey
in the land and see what was the end of the sinners.'
[27.70] Do not be
sorry for them, nor be distressed for what they devise.
[27.71] And they ask,
'When will this promise come, if what you say is true?'
[27.72] Say, 'It may
be that part of what you seek to hasten on is already riding behind you.'
[27.73] Surely, your
Lord is bountiful to the people; yet most of them do not give thanks.
[27.74] Surely, your
Lord knows what they hide in their hearts and what they reveal.
[27.75] There is not
a thing hidden in the heaven and earth except that it is in a Clear Book.
[27.76-79]
[27.76] Surely, this
Koran relates to the Children of Israel most of that which they are at
variance.
[27.77] It is a
guidance and a mercy to believers.
[27.78] Surely, by
His Judgement, your Lord will decide between them. He is the Mighty, the
Knower.
[27.79] Therefore put
your trust in Allah, for you are upon a clear truth.
[27.80] You do not
make the deaf hear, nor do you make the deaf hear you call when they turn
about, retreating.
[27.81] Nor do you
guide the blind out of their error, nor do you make any to hear, except those
who believe in Our verses and are Muslims.
[27.82] And when the
Word falls on them, We will bring out from the earth a beast that shall speak
to them, 'Indeed the people were not certain of Our verses.'
[27.83] On that Day
We shall gather a crowd from every nation of those who belied Our verses, so
they are gathered.
[27.84] When they
have come, He will say, 'Did you belie My verses, although you knew nothing, or
what was it you were doing?'
[27.85] And the Word
shall fall upon them because of the evil they committed, and they shall be
speechless.
[27.86] Have they not
seen how We have made the night for them to rest in and the day to see? Surely,
there are signs in this for the nation who believe.
[27.87] On the Day
the Horn shall be blown all who live in the heavens and earth will be
terrified, except those whom Allah wills. All shall come to Him humbled.
[27.88] And you will
see the mountains which you think to be firm pass by like clouds. (Such is the)
making of Allah, who has created everything well. He is Aware of the things you
do.
[27.89] Whosoever
comes with a good deed shall have better than it, and shall be secure from the
terrors of that Day.
[27.90] But those who
come with an evil deed shall have their faces thrust into the Fire, 'Are you
recompensed except for your deeds?'
[27.91] (Say Prophet
Muhammad), 'I am only ordered to worship the Lord of this country, which He has
made sacred, everything belongs to Him. And I am ordered to be of the Muslims,
[27.92] and to recite
the Koran.’ Whosoever is guided is only guided for himself, and to whosoever
goes astray, say, 'I am only a warner.'
[27.93] And say,
'Praise belongs to Allah! He will show you His signs and you will recognize
them. Your Lord is not inattentive of what you do.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[28.1] TaSeenMeem.
[28.2] Those are the
verses of the Clear Book.
[28.3] We shall in
truth recite to you some of the news of Moses and Pharaoh for a nation who
believe.
[28.4] Pharaoh had
exalted himself in the land and had divided its people into sects, one group he
abased, putting their sons to death and sparing their women, for he was one of
those who corrupted.
[28.5] But We wanted
to be gracious to those abased in the land, and to make them leaders and
inheritors,
[28.6] and to
establish them in the land; and to show Pharaoh and Haman, and their armies,
the very thing they dreaded.
[28.7] We revealed
this to Moses' mother, 'Suckle him, but when you fear for him cast him into the
water. Neither fear, nor sorrow because We shall restore him to you and make
him among the Messengers.'
[28.8] Then the
family of Pharaoh picked him out to be an enemy and a sorrow for them, indeed
Pharaoh and Haman, and their army were sinners.
[28.9] Pharaoh's wife
said to him, 'He will be a comfort to me and you. Do not slay him, perhaps he
may benefit us, or we will take him for our son.' But they were unaware.
[28.10] In the
morning the heart of Moses' mother became empty. She would have revealed (who
he was) had We not settled her heart so that she might be among the believers.
[28.11] She said to
his sister, 'Follow him.' And she watched him from a distance, but they were
unaware.
[28.12] We had
forbidden to him before that he should be suckled by foster mothers, therefore
she (Moses' sister) said (to them), 'Shall I direct you to a people of a
household who will take charge of him for you and advise him?'
[28.13] So, We
restored him to his mother, so that she might be comforted and not sorrow, and
that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. Yet most of them do not
know.
[28.14] And when he
was full grown, and reached the perfection of his strength, We gave him
judgment and knowledge. As such We recompense the good doers.
[28.15] And he
entered the city unnoticed by the people and found two men fighting, one was of
his own party, and the other of his enemies. The one of his party appealed for
his help against his enemy, Moses struck and killed him, and said, 'This is the
work of satan, he is surely a clear, misleading enemy.
[28.16] Forgive me,
my Lord, for I have wronged myself, ' and so He forgave him; for He is indeed
the Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[28.17] He said, 'My Lord
as You have favored me, I will never be a helper to the wrongdoer.'
[28.18] In the
morning, he was in the city, fearful and vigilant, then he whom he had helped
the day before cried out to him again for help. 'Clearly,' said Moses, 'you are
quarrelsome.'
[28.19] And when
Moses was about to seize he who was the enemy of both of them, he said, 'Moses,
would you kill me as you killed a living soul yesterday? You desire only to be
a tyrant in the land, and you do not want to be among the reformers!'
[28.20] Then a man
came running from the furthest part of the city, 'Moses,' he said, 'the
Assembly are plotting to kill you. Leave, for I am one of your sincere
advisers.'
[28.21] So he left,
fearful and vigilant, saying, 'My Lord, save me from the harm-doing nation.'
[28.22] And when he
turned his face towards Midian, he said, 'It may be that my Lord will guide me
on the right way.'
[28.23] When he came
to the water wells of Midian he found there some people drawing water, and he
found two women apart from them who were keeping back (their flocks). 'What is
your business?' he asked. They replied, 'We cannot draw water until the
shepherds have driven away (their flocks), and our father is an elderly man.'
[28.24] So he drew
water for them and then retired to the shade, saying, 'O my Lord, surely I have
need of whatever good You send me.'
[28.25] Then, one of
the two came to him walking shyly, and said, 'My father invites you, so that he
can recompense you with a wage for having drawn water for us.' So when he came
to him and told him his story, (the father) said, 'Do not be afraid, you have
been saved from the nation of harm doers.'
[28.26] One of the
two women said, 'Father, hire him. The best who you can hire, is the strong,
the honest.'
[28.27] He said, 'I
will let you marry one of these two daughters of mine on condition that you
hire yourself to me for eight years. If you complete ten that is of your own accord;
I shall not press you. Surely, you will find me, if Allah wills, among the
good.'
[28.28] 'So be it
between me and you,' said Moses. 'Whichever of the two terms I fulfill, it will
be no injustice to me. Allah is the Guardian of what we say.'
[28.29] And when
Moses had fulfilled the term and departed with his household, he saw from far
away on the side of the Tor a fire. He said to his household, 'Stay here, for I
can see a fire. Perhaps I can bring you news, or a flame from the fire so that
you can warm yourselves.'
[28.30] When he came
to it, he was called from the right bank in the blessed plot of the tree (he
heard speech without letter or voice coming from all directions),
'Moses, I am Allah,
Lord of the Worlds.
Moses takes Pharaoh the clear signs of Allah [28.31-42]
[28.31] Cast down
your staff.' And when he saw his staff writhing as though it were a serpent, he
turned about in retreat, and did not turn back. 'O Moses, approach and have no
fear. You are surely safe.
[28.32] Put your hand
in the neck (of your shirt), it will come out luminous, unharmed, and draw your
arm to you so that you are not afraid. These are two signs from your Lord to
Pharaoh and his Assembly. Surely, they were an impious nation.'
[28.33] 'My Lord, '
(said Moses), 'I have killed a living soul among them, and fear that they will
slay me.
[28.34] Aaron my
brother has a more eloquent tongue than I, (please) send him with me as a
helper to confirm I speak truly, I fear that they will belie me.'
[28.35] He said, 'We
will strengthen your arm with your brother, and appoint for you both an
authority so that they shall not reach you. With our signs you and those who
follow you shall be the victors.
[28.36] And when
Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said, 'This is nothing but forged
sorcery. We have never heard of this among our fathers, the ancients.'
[28.37] Moses
replied, 'My Lord knows well who brings guidance from Him and who shall possess
the Last Residence. The harm doers will not prosper.'
[28.38] 'Assembly,'
said Pharaoh, 'I do not know that you have any god except me!' 'O Haman, kindle
a fire upon clay and make me a tower so that I can climb to see the God of
Moses, I think that he is one of the liars!'
[28.39] He and his
hosts became wrongfully proud in the land and they thought that they would
never be returned to Us.
[28.40] Therefore, We
seized him and his hosts, and cast them into the sea. See how was the end of the
harm doers.
[28.41] We made them
leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall not be
victors.
[28.42] In this world
We laid Our curse on them, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be among
the exiled.
[28.43] And We gave
Moses the Book, after We had destroyed the former generations, to be
reflections for people and a guidance, and a mercy in order that they might
remember.
Most Jews rejected Prophet Muhammad in the same way they rejected their own prophets [28.44-48]
[28.44] (Prophet
Muhammad) you were not on the western side (of the mountain) when We decreed
the commandment to Moses, nor were you among those
witnessing.
[28.45] We raised
generations who lived long. You did not live among the people of Midian, nor
did you recite to them Our verses; but We were sending
Messengers.
[28.46] You were not
present on the side of the Tor when We called. Yet as a mercy from your Lord to
warn a nation to whom no warner has been sent before, in order that they
remember
[28.47] and not say,
when evil befalls them on account of that which their hands forwarded, 'Our
Lord, why did You not send a Messenger to us so that we might follow Your
verses and so that we might be among the believers.'
[28.48] So when the
truth (Prophet Muhammad) came to them from Us, they said, 'Why is he not given
the like of that which was given to Moses?' But did they not also disbelieve in
that which Moses was given before! They say (about Moses and Aaron), 'Two
sorcerers supporting one another! ' And they said, 'We disbelieve both.'
[28.49] Say (Prophet
Muhammad to the Jews), 'If what you say is true, bring down from Allah a Book
that is a better guidance than both, I will follow it!'
[28.50] If they do
not answer you, know that they are only following their desires. And who is
further astray than he who is led by his desires without guidance from
Allah! Allah does not
guide the harm doers.
[28.51] We have
brought them the Word in order that they remember.
[28.52] Those to whom
We gave the Book before, believe in it.
[28.53] When it is
recited to them, they say, 'We believe in it, because it is the truth from Our
Lord. We surrendered ourselves before it came.’
[28.54]'Their wage
shall be given them twice, because they have endured patiently, averting evil
with good and spending from what We have given them;
[28.55] and because
when they hear idle talk they turn away from it and say, 'We have our deeds,
and you have your deeds. Peace be upon you. We do not desire the ignorant.'
[28.56] You cannot
guide whom you please; it is Allah who guides whom He will. He knows well those
who are guided.
[28.57] They say, 'If
we follow the guidance with you, we shall be driven from our land.' But have We
not given them a secure sanctuary from which fruits of every kind are collected
as a provision from Us? Indeed, most of them do not know.
[28.58] How many a
village have We destroyed that were ungrateful in their life! Those are their
dwellings, (they are) uninhabited after them except for a little; We are the
inheritors.
[28.59] Nor did your
Lord destroy the villages until He had sent a Messenger to its mother village
reciting to them Our verses. We never destroyed villages unless their
inhabitants were harm doers.
[28.60] The things
you have been given, and its adornments, are but the enjoyment of this present
life. What is with Allah is better and everlasting. Do you not understand?
[28.61] Is he to whom
We promised a fine promise and receives it, like he who has been given the
enjoyment of this present life, then on the Day of Resurrection shall be among
those that are arraigned?
The Day when those who were associated with Allah reject their followers [28.62-75]
[28.62] On that Day
He will call to them, saying, 'Where are those whom you alleged to be My
associates?'
[28.63] Those against whom the Word is realized shall say, 'Our
Lord, those whom we led astray, we led them astray even as we ourselves were
astray. We are quit of them to You; it was not us that
they worshipped.'
[28.64] It will be said to them, 'Call on your associates!' And they
will call on them, but they will not respond to them, and they shall see the
punishment if only they had been guided.
[28.65] On that Day
He will call to them and He will say, 'What response did you give Our
Messengers?'
[28.66] And on that
Day the news will be blinded for them, and they will not ask each other.
[28.67] But, as for
he who repents and believes, and does good deeds, he will be among those who
prosper.
[28.68] Your Lord
creates whosoever He will and He chooses, the choice was not theirs (the
unbelievers). Exalted is Allah, above that they associate!
[28.69] Your Lord
knows what their chests hide and what they reveal.
[28.70] And He is
Allah; there is no god except He. The Praise is His in the former as in the
latter. His is the Judgement, to Him you shall be returned.
[28.71] Say, 'Think!
What if Allah should enshroud you in unceasing night till the Day of
Resurrection, what god, other than Allah, shall bring you light! Will you not
hear?'
[28.72] Say, 'What
would you think if Allah should make the day unceasing over you till the Day of
Resurrection, what god, other than Allah, shall bring you the night to sleep
in. Will you not see?'
[28.73] In His Mercy
He has appointed for you the night and the day, so that you can rest in it, and
seek His bounty, in order that you will be thankful.'
[28.74] Upon that Day
He will call to them saying, 'Now, where are those whom you alleged to be My
associates?'
[28.75] From every
nation We will bring a witness, and We shall say to them, 'Produce your proof!'
Then they shall know the truth is with Allah, and their own fabrications will
forsake them.
[28.76] Korah was one
of Moses' nation. But he was insolent to them, for We had given him such
treasures that their very keys were too heavy a burden for even the strong. His
people said to him, 'Do not exult; Allah does not love the boastful.
[28.77] But seek, in
that which Allah has given you to attain the Everlasting residence. Do not
forget your share in this world. Do good, as Allah has been good to you, and do
not corrupt in the land, Allah does not love those who corrupt.
[28.78] But he
replied, 'What was given me is only because of the knowledge I possess.' Did he
not know that from the generations before him Allah had destroyed a mightier
and more numerous in multitude? The sinners shall not be questioned about their
sins.
[28.79] So he went
out in all his finery among his nation, those who desired this life said,
'Would that we had the like of that Korah has been given! He has indeed a
mighty fortune.'
[28.80] But those to
whom knowledge had been given said, 'Alas for you! Better is the reward of
Allah for him who believes and does good works; but none shall receive it
except the patient.'
[28.81] We caused the
earth to swallow him, together with his dwelling, and there was no host to help
him, other than Allah; and he was not amongst the victorious.
[28.82] And in the
morning those who had wished to be in his place the previous evening said,
'Indeed, Allah outspreads to whom He will among His worshipers, and He
restrains. Had He not shown us favor, He could have caused the earth to swallow
us. Indeed, the unbelievers shall never prosper.'
[28.83] That is the
Last Abode, We shall assign it to those who desire neither exorbitance in the
earth, nor corruption. The outcome is for the cautious.
[28.84] Whosoever
does a good deed shall have better than it. But whosoever does evil deeds, they
shall be recompensed for what they were doing.
[28.85] He who has
obligated the Koran will bring you to an appointment. Say, 'My Lord knows well
who comes with guidance, and who is in clear error.'
[28.86] You did not
hope that the Book would be given to you except as mercy from your Lord. So do
not be a supporter of the unbelievers.
[28.87] Let no one bar
you from the verses of Allah after they have been sent down to you, but call to
your Lord, and do not be amongst the idolaters.
[28.88] And do not
call upon another god with Allah, there is no god except He. All things perish,
except His Face, Judgement is His, and to Him all of you shall return.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[29.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[29.2] Do people
think that they are left alone by saying, 'We are believers,' and will not be
tried?
[29.3] We tried those
who have gone before them. Allah knows those who are truthful and those who
lie.
[29.4] Or do the
evildoers think that they will outstrip Us? How evil is their judgment!
[29.5] He who hopes
to meet Allah (must know) that the term of Allah is coming. He is the Hearer,
the Knower.
[29.6] He who
strives, strives for himself. Allah is the Rich, independent of the worlds.
[29.7] As for those
who believe and do good works, We shall acquit them of their sins, and
recompense them with the best for what they were doing.
Believers must be kind to their parents, but they must not obey their parents if they tell them to believe Allah has an associate [29.8-9]
[29.8] We have
charged the human to be kind to his parents. But if they bid you to associate
with Me that which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me you will
return, and I shall inform you of all that you have done.
[29.9] Those who
believe and do good works shall be admitted among the righteous.
[29.10] There are
some people who say, 'We believe in Allah,' yet when such is hurt in the cause
of Allah, he makes the persecution of people as though it were the punishment
of Allah. But then if help comes from his Lord, he will say, 'We were with
you.' Does Allah not know what is in the (people's) chests of the worlds?
[29.11] Most
certainly Allah knows the believers and the hypocrites.
No one can bear the burden of another’s sin [29.12-13]
[29.12] The
unbelievers say to those who believe, 'Follow our path, and we will carry your
sins.' Yet they cannot carry even a thing of their sins. They are surely lying.
[29.13] They shall
certainly carry their loads, and other loads besides their loads, and on the
Day of Resurrection, they shall be questioned about what they forged.
[29.14] Indeed, We
sent Noah to his nation, and he lived amongst them for a thousand years, less
fifty (but they belied him), then the Flood seized them while they were harm
doers.
[29.15] But We saved
him and all who were in the Ark, and made (the event) a sign to the worlds.
[29.16] And (remember)
Abraham. When he said to his people 'Worship Allah and fear Him. That would be
best for you, if you but knew.
[29.17] You only
worship, other than Allah, idols and invent falsehoods. Those whom you worship,
other than Allah, have no power to give you provision. Therefore seek the
provision of Allah, and worship Him. Give thanks to Him, to Him you shall
return.'
[29.18] If you belie
me, other nations before you also belied. It is only for a Messenger to deliver
the clear deliverance.
[29.19] Do they not
see how Allah originates the Creation, and then brings it back? That is an easy
matter for Allah.
[29.20] Say, 'Travel
in the land and see how He started the Creation. Then Allah will originate the
Everlasting Life. Allah has power over all things.
[29.21] He punishes
whom He will and has mercy to whom He will. To Him you shall be turned.
[29.22] You are not
able to frustrate Him either in the earth or heaven, nor have you, other than
Allah, a guardian or helper.
[29.23] Those who
disbelieve the verses of Allah and the meeting with Him shall despair of My
Mercy, for them there awaits a painful punishment.’
[29.24] The only
answer his nation gave was that they said, 'Kill him, or burn him! 'But Allah
saved him from the fire. Surely, in this there are signs for a nation who
believe.
[29.25] He said,
'Other than Allah, you have taken to yourselves idols as an affection between
yourselves in the present life. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you shall
deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and
none shall help you.'
[29.26] Lot believed
him, and said, 'I will migrate to my Lord; He is the Almighty, the Wise.'
Amongst the descendants of Abraham were prophets who were given the Book [29.27]
[29.27] And, We gave
him (Abraham), Isaac and Jacob and appointed on his descendants the Prophethood
and the Book. We gave him his wage in this world, and in the Everlasting Life
he shall be among the righteous.
[29.28] And Lot who
said to his nation, 'You commit indecency which no other being in all the world
has committed before you.
[29.29] What, do you
approach men and cause a detour on the road, and commit dishonor (sodomy) in
your assembly?' But the only reply of his nation was, 'Then bring down the
punishment of Allah, if what you say is true.'
[29.30] 'My Lord, '
he said, 'help me against this corrupt nation.'
[29.31] And when Our
Messengers brought Abraham the glad tidings they said, 'We are destroying the
people of this village, because its people are harm doers.’
[29.32] He said, 'Lot
is in it.' They replied, 'We know who are in it, we shall save him and his
family, except his wife, she has become of those that shall remain behind.'
[29.33] And when Our
Messengers came to Lot, he was troubled and distressed on their account. But
they said, 'Have no fear, and do not be sad. Surely, we will save you and your
family except your wife, she has become of those that shall remain behind.'
[29.34] We shall send
down anger out of heaven upon the people of this city because they are
debauchers.
[29.35] Indeed, We
left a clear sign for a nation that understands.
The people of Midian are seized by an earthquake on account of their disbelief and corruption [29.36-37]
[29.36] And to Midian
their brother Shu'aib. He said, 'Worship Allah, my nation. Look to the Last
Day. Do not make mischief in the land, doing corrupt works.
[29.37] But they
belied him, so the earthquake seized them, and when morning came, they were
found fallen crouched in their dwellings, dead.
satan made the works of Aad and Thamood seem fair to them
[29.38]
[29.38] Aad and Thamood,
it has become clear to you from their dwellings; satan made their works seem
fair to them and barred them from the Path, although they saw clearly.
[29.39] And Korah,
Pharaoh, and Haman, Moses came to them with clear signs, but they became very
insolent in the earth, yet they did not outstrip Us.
[29.40] Each of them
We seized for his sin. On some We loosed a squall of pebbles, and others were
seized by the Cry. Some We caused to be swallowed up by the earth, and some We
drowned. Allah would never wrong them but they wronged themselves.
[29.41] The likeness
of those who have taken guardians, other than Allah, is as the likeness of the
spider that takes to itself a house; surely the spider's house is the weakest
house if they but knew.
[29.42] Allah knows
whatever they call upon other than Him; He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[29. 43] And We
strike these parables for the people, but none understands except the
knowledgeable.
[29.44] Allah has
created the heavens and the earth with the truth. Surely, in that there is a
sign for believers.
The importance of prayer and the greatness of the remembrance of Allah [29.45]
[29.45] Recite what
has been sent down to you of the Book, and establish the prayer. Prayer forbids
indecency and dishonor. The remembrance of Allah is greater, and Allah knows
what you do.
[29.46] And do not
dispute with the People of the Book (Nazarenes) except in the best manner,
except for those among them who do wrong and say (to them), 'We believe in that
which was sent down to us and that which was sent down to you. Our God and your
God is One, and to Him we have surrendered.'
[29.47] As such, We
have sent down to you the Book. Those to whom We gave the Book believe in it,
and so do some of these. None reject Our verses except the unbelievers.
[29.48] Never before
did you recited any Book, or inscribe it with your right hand. If you had done
so, those who follow falsehood would have doubted.
[29.49] No, rather
they are clear verses in the chests of those who have been given knowledge.
None disbelieves Our verses except the harm doers.
[29.50] They ask,
'Why has not a sign been sent down upon him from his Lord?' Say, 'The signs are
only with Allah. I am only a clear warner.'
[29.51] Is it not
enough for them that We have sent down to you the Book that is recited to them?
Surely, in this there is a mercy and a reminder to a nation who believe.
[29.52] Say, 'Allah
suffices as a witness between me and you. He knows whatsoever is in the heavens
and the earth. Those who believe in falsehood and disbelieve in Allah those are
they who are the losers.'
[29.53] They demand
that you hasten the punishment! But had it not been for the stated term, the
punishment would come to them; it will come upon them suddenly when they are
unaware.
[29.54] They demand
that you hasten on the punishment! Gehenna (Hell) will encompass the
unbelievers.
[29.55] On the Day
the punishment shall cover them from above them and from beneath their feet, He
shall say, 'Taste now what you were doing!'
[29.56] O My
worshipers who believe, My earth is vast, therefore worship Me!
[29.57] Every soul
shall taste death, and to Us you shall be returned.
[29.58] Those who
believe and do good deeds We shall lodge them in the rooms of Paradise
underneath which rivers flow, therein living for ever, an excellent wage for
those who labor,
[29.59] those who are
patient, and put their trust in their Lord.
[29.60] How many a
beast does not bear its own provision. Allah provides for it, as (He provides)
for you. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
[29.61] If you ask
them, 'Who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the
moon?' They will say, 'Allah.' How perverted they are!
[29.62] Allah
outspreads and restricts His provision to whomsoever He will of His worshipers.
Allah has knowledge of all things.
[29.63] If you were
to ask them, ‘Who sends down water out of the sky and thereby revives the earth
after it was dead,' they will reply, 'Allah.' Say, 'Praise belongs to Allah!'
No, but most of them do not understand.
[29.64] The life of this world is nothing but a diversion and play.
Indeed, the Everlasting Residence is the Eternal Life, if they but knew.
[29.65] When they
embark upon ships, they call to Allah making their religion sincerely His; but
when He brings them safe to the land, they associate others with Him
[29.66] showing
ingratitude for what We have given them and take their enjoyment; soon they
shall know!
[29.67] Do they not
see how We appointed a safe Sanctuary while all around them people are snatched
away? Would they believe in falsehood and do they disbelieve in the favor of
Allah!
[29.68] And who does
greater evil that he who forges a lie against Allah or belied the truth when it
comes to him! Is there not a lodging in Gehenna for the unbelievers?
[29.69] Those who
struggle in Our cause, We will surely guide them to Our ways; and Allah is with
those who do good.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[30.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[30.2] The Romans
have been defeated (by the Persians)
[30.3] in a
land close by. But, in a few
years after their defeat they shall become the victors.
[30.4] To Allah
belongs the Command before and after, and on that Day the believers will
rejoice
[30.5] in the victory
of Allah. Allah gives victory to whosoever He will, and He is the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[30.6] The promise of
Allah! Allah does not fail His promise, yet most people do not know.
[30.7] They know an
outward part of this life, but of the Everlasting Life they are inattentive.
[30.8] Have they
never thought to themselves that Allah did not create the heavens and the earth
and all that is between except with truth, and for a stated term? Yet most
people disbelieve that they will ever meet their Lord.
[30.9] What, have they
never journeyed in the land and seen what was the end of those before them?
They were stronger in might than themselves, and they plowed the land and
cultivated it more than they themselves have cultivated it. And to them, their
Messengers came with clear signs, and Allah did not wrong them, but they
wronged themselves.
[30.10] Evil was the
end of the harm doers, because they belied the verses of Allah and mocked at
them.
[30.11] Allah
originates creation, then brings it back again, then to Him you shall be
returned.
[30.12] On the Day
when the Hour comes, the wrongdoers will be speechless.
[30.13] They shall
have none to intercede for them amongst their associates, and they shall disbelieve
in their associates.
[30.14] On the Day
when the Hour has come, they will be divided,
[30.15] those who
believe and did good deeds shall be well pleased in a garden,
[30.16] but those who
disbelieved and belied Our verses and the meeting of the Everlasting Life,
shall be arraigned for punishment.
[30.17] Therefore,
exalt Allah when you enter the evening and in the morning.
[30.18] His is the
praise in the heavens and the earth, at the setting sun and at noon.
[30.19] He brings out
the living from the dead, and the dead from the living. He revives the earth
after its death. Likewise you shall be brought forth.
[30.20] And of His
signs is that He created you from dust and you became humans scattered
throughout the earth.
[30.21] And of His
signs is that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you might
reside with them, and has put kindness and mercy between you.
Surely, there are
signs in this for those who think.
[30.22] And His signs
are the creation of heavens and earth and the diversity of your tongues and
colors. Surely, there are signs in this for all the worlds.
[30.23] And of His
signs is that you sleep at night and day, and seek His bounty. Surely, there
are signs in this for those who hear.
[30.24] And of His
signs is that He shows you the lightning for fear and hope. He sends down water
from the sky and with it He revives the earth after its death.
Surely, in this there
are signs for a nation that understand.
[30.25] And of His
signs is that the heaven and earth stand firm at His command. And when He calls
you once out of the earth, you shall come forth.
[30.26] To Him
belongs whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient to His
Will.
[30.27] It is He who
originates the creation, and then brings it back again, that is easier for Him.
For Him is the Highest Example in the heavens and earth He is the Almighty, the
Wise.
[30.28] He sets for
you an example, drawn from yourselves. Do you have from among those whom your
right hand possesses associates in what We have given you, who share it equally
with you? Do you fear them as you fear one another? So We made plain Our signs
to a nation of understanding.
[30.29] No, the
wrongdoers follow their own desires without knowledge. And who can guide those
whom Allah has led astray? There shall be none to help them.
[30.30] Therefore set
your face to the religion purely, the upright creation upon which He originated
people. There is no changing of the creation of Allah. This is the valuable
religion, although most people do not know –
[30.31] turning to
Him. And fear Him, establish the prayer and do not be of the idolaters,
[30.32] those who
have divided their religion, and become sects, each rejoicing in what they
have.
[30.33] When
affliction befalls mankind they turn to Him calling their Lord in prayer, but
when He lets them taste His Mercy, some of them assign associates to their Lord,
[30.34] disbelieving
in what We have given them. Enjoy, but you shall soon know.
[30.35] Or have We
sent down to them an authority that speaks of that they associate with Him?
[30.36] When We give
people a taste of mercy, they rejoice in it, but when evil befalls them through
the forwarding of their own hands, they become despondent.
[30.37] Do they not
see that Allah outspreads and restricts His provision to whom He will? Surely,
there are signs in this for those who believe.
The blessings of charity [30.38]
[30.38] And give to
the kinsman his due, and to the needy, and to the destitute traveler. That is
best for those who desire the Face of Allah; such will surely prosper.
[30.39] That which
you give in usury so that it increases in other people's wealth, will not
increase with Allah; but the charity you give desiring the Face of Allah, to
those, they shall be recompensed many times over.
[30.40] It is Allah
who has created you and given you your provision. He will cause you to die, and
will then revive you. Can any of your associates do any of that? Exalted is He
above what they associate.
[30.41] Corruption
has appeared on land and sea with what the hands of the people earned.
Therefore, they taste some of what they did in order that they return.
It isn’t “mother nature”, they are the signs and warnings of Allah for present and future generations [30.42-45]
[30.42] Say, 'Journey
in the land and see what was the end of those who were before you. Most of them
were idolaters.'
[30.43] Therefore in
purity set your face to the religion, before there comes from Allah a Day that
cannot be turned back. On that Day mankind will be separated.
[30.44] Those who
disbelieve will be charged for their disbelief, while the righteous are making
provision for themselves
[30.45] so that He
will recompense those who believe and do righteous deeds from His bounty. He
does not love the unbelievers.
[30.46] And of His
signs is that He looses the winds as bearers of glad tidings, so that He lets
you taste His Mercy and that the ships may sail at His command in order that
you can seek His bounty and be thankful.
[30.47] Before you We
sent other Messengers to their people; and they came with clear signs. We took
revenge upon the sinners, and it was an incumbent duty upon Us to give victory
to the believers.
[30.48] It is Allah
who looses the winds that stir the clouds. He spreads them as He will in heaven
and disperses them, so that you can see the rain falling from their midst. When
He smites with it whom He will of His worshipers they rejoice,
[30.49] though before
its coming they had despaired.
[30.50] Look then at
the marks of Mercy of Allah; how He revives the earth after its death. He is
the Reviver of the dead. He has power over all things.
[30.51] Yet if We sent
a wind so they see it yellow, indeed after that they would still be
unbelievers.
[30.52] You cannot
make the dead hear you, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they
retreat, turning about.
[30.53] You cannot guide
the blind out of their error. Nor shall you make any to hear except those who
believe in Our verses, and are submissive.
[30.54] Allah creates
you weak; after weakness He gives you strength and after strength weakness and
gray hairs. He creates whatever He will. He is the Knower, the Capable.
[30.55] Upon the Day
when the Hour has come, the harm doers will swear that they had stayed no more
than an hour. As such they are deceived.
[30.56] But those to
whom knowledge and belief have been given will say, 'You have stayed in the
Book of Allah (the Protected Tablets) till the Day of Resurrection. This is the
Day of Resurrection, yet you did not know.'
[30.57] On that Day,
excuses shall not benefit the harm doers, nor shall they be asked to make
amends.
[30.58] In this Koran
We have set forth for mankind all manner of examples. Yet if you bring to them
a sign the unbelievers will surely say, 'You are but falsifiers.'
[30.59] As such Allah
seals the hearts of those who do not know.
[30.60] Therefore,
have patience. The promise of Allah is true. Do not let those who are uncertain
make you unsteady.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[31.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[31.2] Those are the
verses of the Wise Book,
[31.3] a guidance and
a mercy to those who do good,
[31.4] who establish
the prayer, pay the obligatory charity, and firmly believe in the Everlasting
Life.
[31.5] Those are
guided by their Lord and will surely prosper.
[31.6] There are some
people who would purchase distracting talk, to lead astray from the Path of
Allah without knowledge, and take it in mockery; for those is a humiliating
punishment.
[31.7] When Our
verses are recited to him, he turns his back in pride, as though he never heard
them, and in his ears was heaviness. Give glad tidings to him of a painful
punishment!
[31.8] But for those
who believe and do good works are Gardens of Bliss,
[31.9] where they
shall live for ever. The promise of Allah is the truth; He is the Almighty, the
Wise.
[31.10] He created the
heavens without pillars that you see and cast on the earth firm mountains lest
it should shake with you. Upon it He dispersed all manner of crawling thing,
and He sent down water from the sky with which He caused to grow in it every
generous kind.
[31.11] Such is the
creation of Allah; now show me what, other than Him, created! No, the harm
doers are in clear error.
The story of Lokman and the advice he gave his son
[31.12-13]
[31.12] We gave
wisdom to Lokman (saying), 'Give thanks to Allah. He who gives thanks, thanks
only for himself, but whosoever is ungrateful, surely, Allah is the Rich, the
Praised.'
[31.13] And when
Lokman said to his son, in warning, 'My son, associate none with Allah, to
associate others with Allah is a tremendous wrong.'
[31.14] And We
charged the human concerning his parents, for his mother bore him in weakness
upon weakness, and his weaning was in two years. Be thankful to Me and to your
parents, to Me is the arrival.
[31.15] But if they
strive with you to make you associate with Me that of which you have no
knowledge, do not obey them. And accompany them in this life with kindness; and
follow the Path of he who turned to Me. To Me you shall return and I will
inform you of all that you have done.
[31.16] (Lokman
said,) 'My son, if it should be but the weight of one grain of mustard-seed,
and though it be on a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah shall
bring it. Surely, Allah is the Subtle, Aware.
[31.17] My son,
establish the prayer, order with honor but forbid dishonor, and bear patiently
with whatever may fall upon you, indeed that is true constancy.
[31.18] Do not turn
your cheek in scorn away from people, nor walk proudly on the earth; Allah does
not love the proud and the boastful.
[31.19] Walk
modestly, and lower your voice; the most hideous of voices is the braying of
the donkey.
[31.20] Do you not
see how Allah has subjected to you all that is in the heavens and the earth,
and lavished on you His visible and unseen favors? Yet some people would argue
about Allah without knowledge, or guidance, or an Illuminating Book.'
The error of following baseless traditions rather than the message and warnings sent by Allah [31.21]
[31.21] When it is
said to them, 'Follow what Allah has sent down,' they reply, 'No, rather we
will follow that which we found our fathers upon.' What! Even though satan is
inviting them to the punishment of the Fire!
[31.22] He who
surrenders himself to Allah and is a good doer, has grasped the firmest handle.
To Allah the issue of affairs return.
[31.23] As for those
who disbelieve, do not let their disbelief grieve you, to Us they shall return
and We will tell to them what they did. Allah has knowledge of what is
innermost in their chests.
[31.24] We give to
them a little enjoyment for awhile, and then will compel them to a tremendous
punishment.
[31.25] If you ask
them, 'Who has created the heavens and the earth?' They will reply, 'Allah.'
Say, 'Praise belongs to Allah!' But most of them do not have knowledge.
[31.26] To Allah
belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. He is the Rich, the Praised.
[31.27] If all the
trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to replenish it
(with ink), the Words of Allah would never end. Allah is the Almighty, the
Wise.
The denial of the fact that it is just as easy for Allah to
create us as it is for Him to resurrect us with His command “Be” and it becomes
[31.28]
[31.28] Your creation and your resurrection are but as a single soul. Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
[31.29] Do you not
see how Allah causes the night to enter into the day, and the day enter into
the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running to a named term?
Allah is Aware of what you do.
[31.30] For Allah is
the Truth, while that which they call upon, other than Him, is false. For that
Allah is the Most High, the Great.
[31.31] Do you not
see how the ships run upon the sea, by the Favor of Allah so that He may show
you His signs? Surely, there are signs in this for every steadfast, thankful
person.
[31.32] When the
waves, like shadows, envelop them, they call to Allah making their religion
sincerely His, but no sooner does He bring them safely to land then some of
them are halfhearted. None denies Our verses, except the ungrateful traitor.
[31.33] People, fear
your Lord, and fear the Day when no father shall ransom a thing for his child
nor a child for his father. The promise of Allah is surely true. So do not let
the life of this present world delude you, nor let the deluder (satan) delude
you concerning Allah.
[31.34] Allah, He
alone has knowledge of the Hour. He sends down the rain and He knows what is in
the wombs. No soul knows what he will earn tomorrow; and no soul knows in what
land it will die. Surely, Allah is the Knower, the Aware.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[32.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[32.2] The sending
down of the Book in which there is no doubt that is from the Lord of the
Worlds.
[32.3] Or do they
say, 'He has forged it himself?' Say, 'No, it is the truth from your Lord so
that you can warn a nation to whom none has warned before you, in order that
they are guided.’
[32.4] It was Allah,
who, in six days created the heavens and the earth and all that is between
them, and then willed to the Throne. You have no guardian nor intercessor other
than Him. Will you not remember?
[32.5] He directs the
affair from heaven to earth. Then it will ascend to Him in one day, a day whose
value is a thousand years by your reckoning.
[32.6] He is the
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the Most Merciful,
[32.7] who perfected
everything He created. He originated the creation of the human from clay,
[32.8] then He made
his offspring from a clot of weak water (semen).
[32.9] Then He
created him and (caused the angel to) breathe into him his (created) spirit. He
gave you eyes and ears, and hearts, yet little do you thank.
[32.10] They say, 'What, when we have been destroyed in the earth,
shall we indeed be in a new creation?' Indeed, they disbelieve that they will
meet their Lord.
[32.11] Say, 'The
Angel of Death, who has been given charge of you will gather you then to your
Lord you shall be returned.'
[32.12] Would that
you could see the wrongdoers when they lower their heads before their Lord!
They will say, 'Our Lord, we have now seen and heard. Send us back and we will do
righteous deeds, we are certain.'
[32.13] Had We
Willed, We would have guided every soul. But My Word shall be realized, 'I will
fill Gehenna (Hell) with jinn and people all together.'
[32.14] (We shall say
to them), 'Now taste, for you forgot the encounter of this Day, We have
forgotten you. Taste Our eternal punishment, for that which you were doing.'
[32.15] Only those
who believe in Our verses, when reminded of them, prostrate themselves and
exalt with the praise of their Lord in humility;
[32.16] whose sides
forsake their couches as they supplicate to their Lord in fear and hope; who
give in charity of that which We have given them.
[32.17] No soul knows
what pleases the eye is in store for them as a recompense for what they used to
do.
[32.18] Can he, then,
who is a believer, be compared to he who is wicked? They are not equal.
[32.19] As for those who believe and do good works, there are for
them the Gardens of Refuge, in hospitality for that which they have done.
[32.20] But those who
do evil their refuge is the Fire. As often as they desire to come out of it
they shall be driven back, and it will be said to them, 'Taste the punishment
of the Fire, which you have belied.'
[32.21] But We will
let them taste the nearest punishment (in this life) before the greater
punishment, so that they may return (to faith).
[32.22] And who is
more wicked than he who, when reminded of the verses of his Lord turns away
from them? We take revenge on the sinners.
[32.23] We have given the Book to Moses, so (Prophet Muhammad) do
not be in doubt concerning the meeting with him (Prophet Moses) and made it a
guidance to the Children of Israel.
[32.24] When they were patient, We made from them leaders, guiding
with Our Command and they were certain of Our verses.
[32.25] On the Day of
Resurrection your Lord will distinguish between them that on which they varied.
[32.26] Is it not a
guidance to them, how many generations We destroyed before them in whose
dwelling places they walk? Surely, in this there are signs. Will they not then
hear!
[32.27] Do they not
see how We drive the water to the parched lands and bring forth therefrom crops
from which their cattle and themselves eat? Will they not see!
[32.28] They also
ask, 'When will this Opening come, if what you say is true? '
[32.29] Say, 'On the
Day of Opening the faith of the unbelievers will not benefit them, nor shall
they be respited.'
[32.30] Therefore
turn away from them, and wait, they are waiting.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[33.1] O Prophet,
fear Allah, and do not obey the unbelievers and the hypocrites. Allah is the
Knower, the Wise.
[33.2] Follow what is
revealed to you from your Lord, for Allah is Aware of what they do,
[33.3] put your trust
in Allah; Allah suffices as a Guardian.
[33.4] Allah has
never made any man with two hearts inside him. Nor has He made your wives, when
you divorce, saying, 'Be as my mother's back,' your mothers. Neither has He
made your fostered sons as your own sons. These are your own sayings, words
which you utter with your mouths; but Allah speaks the truth and guides to the
Path.
[33.5] Name them after
their fathers, that is more just with Allah. If you do not know their fathers,
regard them as your brothers in the religion, or those under your sponsorship.
There is no fault in you if you make mistakes, but only in what your hearts
intended. Allah is Forgiving and the Most Merciful,
[33.6] The Prophet
has a greater right on the believers than their own selves, his wives are their
mothers. Kinsmen are closer to one another in the Book of Allah than to other
believers and the emigrants; although you should act honorably towards those
you sponsor, that is written in the Book
[33.7] We took from
the Prophets their covenant and from you (Prophet Muhammad), from Noah and
Abraham, from Moses and Jesus the son of Mary. We took a solemn covenant from
them,
[33.8] so that Allah
might question the truthful about their truthfulness. But for the unbelievers
He has prepared a painful punishment.
[33.9] Believers,
remember the Favor of Allah to you when there came against you hosts (armies).
We unleashed against them a wind and hosts (angels) you could not see. Allah
sees the things you do.
[33.10] They came on
you from above and from below, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts leapt
to your throats, and you thought thoughts about Allah;
[33.11] there the
believers were tried, they were shaken, a severe quake.
[33.12] The
hypocrites and those in whose hearts there is a disease said, 'Allah and His
Messenger promised nothing but delusion.'
[33.13] And when a
party of them said, 'People of Yathrib (Madinah), there is no place for you
here, therefore return.' And a party of them asked leave of the
Prophet, saying, 'Our
houses are exposed' whereas they were not, they only wished to flee.
[33.14] And if an
entrance had been forced against them from its quarters, and then they had been
asked to incite, they would have done so, and remained in it (the city) but a
little (time).
[33.15] Yet before
that, they made a covenant with Allah never to turn their backs. And covenants
with Allah shall be questioned.
[33.16] Say, 'Flight
will not avail you, if you flee from death or slaughter, you would enjoy (this
world) only for a little (time).'
[33.17] Say, 'Who can
defend you from Allah if He desires harm for you, or if He desires mercy for
you?' They shall find for themselves none, other than Allah, to protect or help
them.
[33.18] Allah knows
those of you who hinder, and those who say to their brothers, 'Come to us,' and
they do not come to the battle but a little,
[33.19] being mean
towards you. When fear comes to them, you see them looking at you, their eyes
rolling as though they were on the point of death. But once the fear departs
they assail you with their sharp tongues, being greedy to possess good things.
Those have never believed; Allah has annulled their deeds. That is easy for
Allah.
[33.20] They think
the confederates have not departed. Indeed, if the confederates should come
again they would sooner be in the desert among the Bedouins asking news of you.
If they were among you, they would fight but a little.
[33.21] In the
Messenger of Allah you have a fine example for he who hopes for Allah and the
Last Day and remembers Allah abundantly.
[33.22] When the
believers saw the confederates they said, 'This is what Allah and His Messenger
have promised us. Surely, Allah and His Messenger have spoken in truth.' And
this did not increase them except in belief and submission.
[33.23] Among the
believers there are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah. Some
have fulfilled their vow dying, and others await, unyielding to
change,
[33.24] so that Allah
will recompense the truthful for their truthfulness and punish the hypocrites
if He will, or turn again to them. Surely, Allah is the Forgiver and the Most
Merciful.
[33.25] Allah sent
back the unbelievers in their rage, and they gained no good. Allah spared the
believers from fighting, surely Allah is the Strong, the Mighty.
[33.26] He brought
down from their fortresses those who had supported them from among the People
of the (Jewish) Book and cast terror into their hearts, so that some you killed
and others you took captive.
[33.27] He made you inheritors
of their land, their houses, and their possessions, and another land on which
you had never set foot before. Truly, Allah is Powerful over everything.
[33.28] O Prophet,
say to your wives, 'If you seek this life and its finery, come, I will release
you with a fine release.
[33.29] But if you
seek Allah and His Messenger and the Everlasting Residence, know that Allah has
prepared for those of you who do good works a mighty wage.'
[33.30] O wives of
the Prophet! Whosoever among you commit a flagrant indecency, for her the
punishment shall be doubled, that is easy for Allah.
[33.31] But she who
obeys Allah and His Messenger and does good works shall be doubly recompensed;
for her We have made a generous provision.
[33.32] O wives of
the Prophet, you are not like other women. If you fear (Allah), do not be to
complaisant in your speech, lest he in whose heart there is a sickness may
desire (of his mother); but speak honorable words.
[33.33] Stay in your
homes and do not display your finery as pagan women used to do in the olden
Days of Ignorance. Establish your prayers, pay the obligatory charity, and obey
Allah and His Messenger. O family of the House, Allah only wishes to distance
fault from you, and to cleanse you, and to purify you abundantly.
[33.34] And remember
that which is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and the Wisdom.
Allah is the Subtle, the Knower.
[33.35] For men and
women who have surrendered believing men and women; obedient men and women;
truthful men and women, patient men and women, humble men and women, men and
women who give charity, men and women who fast, men and women who guard their
privates, men and women who remember Allah in abundance, for them Allah has
prepared forgiveness and a mighty wage.
[33.36] It is not for
any believer man or woman to have the choice in the affair when a matter is
decreed by Allah and His Prophet. Whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger
strays into clear error.
[33.37] And when you
said to he whom Allah had favored and yourself have favored, 'Keep your wife
and fear Allah,' and you sought to hide in yourself what Allah was to reveal,
fearing people; although Allah has a better right for you to fear Him. And when
Zayd had accomplished what he would of her (divorce), We gave her to you
(Prophet Muhammad) in marriage, so that there is no fault in believers
concerning (marriage to) the former spouse of their foster children if they
divorced them. The decree of Allah must be done.
[33.38] No fault
shall be attached to the Prophet for doing what Allah has obligated for him.
Such was the way of Allah with those who passed away before the decree of Allah
is a decree determined
[33.39] who were
delivering the Messages of Allah, fearing Him and fearing none except Allah.
Allah suffices as a Reckoner.
[33.40] Muhammad is
not the father of any of your men. He is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of
the Prophets. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[33.41] Believers,
remember Allah frequently,
[33.42] exalt Him at
dawn and in the evening.
[33.43] It is He who
has mercy on you, and His angels to bring you out from the darkness into light.
He is the Most Merciful to the believers.
[33.44] On the Day
they meet Him, their greeting shall be 'Peace!' A generous recompense He has
prepared for them.
[33.45] O Prophet, We
have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and to bear warning;
[33.46] a caller to
Allah by His permission and as a light shedding lamp.
[33.47] Give to the
believers the glad tidings that with Allah there is for them a great bounty.
[33.48] Do not obey
the unbelievers and the hypocrites, pay no attention to their hurt. Put your
trust in Allah; Allah suffices as a Guardian.
[33.49] Believers, if
you marry believing women and divorce them before the marriage is consummated,
you have no period to count against them. Provide for them and release them
kindly.
[33.50] O Prophet, We
have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have given dowries and those whom
your right hand possesses, of whatever spoils of war that Allah has given you;
and the daughters of your paternal uncles and paternal aunts, and of your
paternal and maternal aunts who migrated with you; and any believing woman who
gives herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet wishes to take her in marriage.
This is only for you and not any other believer. We know the duties We have imposed on them concerning their wives and those
whom their right hand possesses, so that there should be no fault in you. Allah
is the Forgiving and Merciful.
[33.51] You may defer any of them (your wives) if you please and
invite any of them if you please. If you seek any you have put aside there is
no fault in you. So that it is likelier they will be comforted, and not sorrow,
and every one of them will be pleased, and all are pleased with what you give
them. Allah knows what is in your hearts. Allah is the Knower, the Clement.
[33.52] It shall be unlawful
for you to take more wives or to exchange your present wives for other women,
though their beauty pleases you, except those whom your right hand possesses.
Allah is watchful over everything.
[33.53] Believers, do
not enter the houses of the Prophet for a meal without waiting for the proper
time, unless you are given permission. But if you are invited, enter, and when
you have eaten, disperse, not desiring conversation, for that is hurtful to the
Prophet and he would be shy before you; but of the truth Allah is not shy. And
when you ask his wives for anything, speak to them from behind a curtain, that
is cleaner for your hearts and theirs. You must not hurt the Messenger of Allah,
nor shall you ever wed his wives after him, surely, this would be a monstrous
thing with Allah.
[33.54] Whether you
reveal a thing or conceal it, Allah has knowledge of all things.
[33.55] It shall be
no offense for them (to be seen unveiled) by their fathers, their sons, their
brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, and those
whom their right hands possess. And fear Allah, for Allah is witness of
everything.
[33.56] Allah and His
angels praise and venerate the Prophet. Believers, praise and venerate him and
pronounce peace upon him in abundance.
[33.57] Those who
(try to) hurt Allah and His Messenger shall be cursed by Allah in this present
life and in the Everlasting Life, and He has prepared for them a humbling
punishment.
[33.58] Those who
hurt believing men and believing women undeservedly, shall bear the guilt of
slander and a major sin.
[33.59] O Prophet,
tell your wives, your daughters and the believing women to draw their veils
close to them, so it is likelier they will be known, and not hurt. Allah is the
Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
[33.60] If the
hypocrites and those who have a disease in their hearts, and those who make a
commotion in the City do not desist, We will surely urge you against them. Then
they will be your neighbors for only a little (while),
[33.61] cursed
wherever they are found, they will be seized and put to death.
[33.62] Such has been
the way of Allah with those who have passed before them, and you shall find no
change in the ways of Allah.
[33.63] The people
will ask you about the Hour. Say, 'The knowledge of it is with Allah alone,
what makes you to know that the Hour is near?'
[33.64] Allah has
cursed the unbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze.
[33.65] Living there
for ever, they shall neither find a guardian nor a helper.
[33.66] On that Day
when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they shall say, 'Would that we
had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!'
[33.67] And they
shall say, 'Our Lord, We obeyed our masters and our eminent ones, but they
misled us from the way.
[33.68] Our Lord, let
their punishment be doubled; and curse them with a mighty curse.'
[33.69] Believers, do
not be like those who hurt Moses. Allah cleared him of what they said. His face
is honorable with Allah.
[33.70] O you who believe,
fear Allah and say sound statements,
[33.71] and He will
mend your deeds for you and forgive your sins. Whosoever obeys Allah and His
Messenger shall win a great victory.
[33.72] We offered the trust to the heavens, and the earth, and the
mountains, but they refused to bear it, and were afraid of it, and the human
carried it. Surely, he is a harm doer, and ignorant.
Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful [33.73]
[33.73] Allah
punishes the hypocrites, men and women alike, and the idolaters, both men and
women alike; and Allah turns to the believers, men and women alike. Allah is
the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[34.1] Praise is for
Allah, to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth! And the Praise
belongs to Him in the Everlasting Life. He is the Wise, the Knower.
[34.2] He knows all
that penetrates the earth and all that comes forth from it, all that comes down
from heaven and all that ascends to it. He is the Most Merciful, the Forgiver.
[34.3] The
unbelievers say, 'The Hour will never come to us.' Say, 'By my Lord, yes, it is
surely coming to you! By Him who knows the Unseen, not even the weight of an
atom in heavens and earth escapes Him; neither is there anything smaller than
that, nor greater except that it is in a Clear Book,
[34.4] in order that
He recompenses those who believe and do good works; theirs shall be forgiveness
and a generous provision.
[34.5] But those who
labor against Our verses (thinking they are) frustrating (Our Messengers),
theirs shall be the painful punishment of anger.'
[34.6] Those to whom
the knowledge has been given can see that what has been sent down to you from
your Lord is the truth, guiding to the Path of the Almighty, the Praised.
The blindness of the unbelievers to the power and might of
Allah; the denial of the fact that it is just as easy for Allah to create us as
it is for Him to resurrect us with His command “Be” and it becomes [34.7-9]
[34.7] The
unbelievers say, 'Shall we direct you to a man who will tell you that when you
have been utterly torn into pieces you will be raised in a new creation?
[34.8] What, has he
forged a lie about Allah, or is he mad!' No, those who do not believe in the
Everlasting Life are in the punishment and in far error.
[34.9] Have they not
seen what is before them and behind them in heaven and earth? If We willed, We
would make the earth swallow them up, or We would let lumps from heaven fall
down on them. Surely, there is a sign in this for every penitent worshiper.
[34.10] We gave David
bounty from Us. 'O mountains, and birds, echo (the praise of Allah) with him. '
And We softened iron for him,
[34.11] (saying),
'Make large coats of mail and measure their links well. Do good deeds, for
surely I see the things you do.'
[34.12] To Solomon
the morning course of the wind was a month's journey, and its evening course
was also a month's journey. We caused copper to be (as a) molten spring for
him. And the jinn, some served him by the permission of his Lord. But as for
those amongst them that swerved away from Our Command, We shall let them taste
the punishment of the Blaze (the Fire).
[34.13] They made for
him whatever he wanted, arches, statues, bowls as basins, and fixed cauldrons. (We
said,) 'Give thanks, House of David and work.' Yet only a few of My worshipers
are thankful.
[34.14] And when We
decreed (Solomon's) death, they had no indication that he was dead until (they
saw a termite), a crawler of the earth eating away his staff.
And when he fell
down, the jinn realized that had they known the unseen, they would not have
continued in their humiliating punishment.
[34.15] For Sheba
there was indeed a sign. In their dwelling place there were two gardens, on the
right and left side. (We said), 'Eat of your Lord's provisions and give thanks
to Him, a good land, and a Lord who is the Forgiving.'
[34.16] But they
turned away. So We sent against them the Flood (at the city) of Arim, and
exchanged their gardens with two others bearing bitter fruit and
Tamarisks, and here
and there a few Lotus trees.
[34.17] As such We
recompensed them for their disbelief; do We recompense any except the
unbelievers?
[34.18] Between them
and the villages which We had blessed, We placed easily visible villages, and
We spaced the journey between them exactly. (We said),
'Travel through them
by day and night in safety.'
[34.19] But they
said, 'Lord, make the stages between our journeys longer,' so they wronged
themselves; so We made them news and We tore them utterly into pieces. Surely,
there are signs in this for every one who is patient, thankful.
[34.20] iblis' made
his guess true to them; and all except for a party of believers followed him.
[34.21] Yet he had no
authority over them except that We would know who believed in the Everlasting
Life, from he who doubted. Your Lord is the Watcher over all things.
[34.22] Say, 'Call on
those whom you assert, other than Allah. They do not possess as much as the
weight of an atom in the heavens or earth, nor do they have a partnership in
either, neither does He have supporters among them.'
[34.23] Intercession
with Him will not help, except for him to whom He gives permission. When terror
is lifted from their hearts, they shall say, 'What did your Lord say?' 'The
truth, ' they shall answer. 'He is the Most High, the Great.'
[34.24] Say, 'Who
provides for you from the heavens and earth?' Say, 'Allah.' Surely, either we
or you are rightly guided or in clear error.
[34.25] Say, 'You
will not to be questioned about our sins, neither will we be questioned for
your actions.'
[34.26] Say, 'Our Lord
will bring us all together, then, with truth, He will rightly judge between us.
He is the Opener, the Knower.’
[34.27] Say, 'Show me
those whom you joined with Him as associates; no, indeed; rather He is Allah,
the Almighty, the Wise.’
[34.28] We did not
send you (Prophet Muhammad) for all mankind except to bring them glad tidings
and to warn, but most people do not know.
[34.29] They ask,
'When, if what you say is true, will this promise come?'
[34.30] Say, 'You are
promised a Day. You can neither hold it back, nor can you hasten it by a single
hour.'
[34.31] The
unbelievers say, 'We will not believe in this Koran, nor in (the Books) that
were before it.' If you could only see the harm doers when they are brought
before their Lord! They will argue against each other. Those who had been
abased will say to those who were proud, 'But for you, we would have been
believers.'
[34.32] Then, those
who were proud will say to those who were abased, 'Was it we who barred you
from the Guidance after it had come to you? No, you yourselves were sinners.'
[34.33] Those that
were abased will say to those who were proud, 'Rather, it was scheming night
and day, when you ordered us to disbelieve in Allah and set up equals to Him.'
And they will regret in secret when they see the punishment and We put (iron)
fetters on the necks of the unbelievers. Shall they be recompensed except for
what they were doing?
Wealth and status without belief and good deeds will not
bring you close to Allah [34.34-39]
[34.34] We never sent
a warner to a village except that those (who lived) in luxury said, 'We
disbelieve in the Message you have been sent with!'
[34.35] And they said,
'We have been given an abundance of wealth and children we shall never be
punished!'
[34.36] Say, 'My Lord
outspreads and withholds His provision to whomsoever He will. But most people
do not know.'
[34.37] It is neither
your riches nor your children that shall bring you close in nearness to Us,
except he who believes and does good work. For those their awaits a double
recompense for their deeds, they shall live in safety in their lofty chambers.
[34.38] But those who
labor to negate Our verses shall be arraigned in to the punishment.
[34.39] Say, 'My Lord
outspreads and withholds His provision to whomsoever He will of His worshipers.
Whatsoever you expend He will replace it. He is the Best of providers.'
[34.40] On the Day
when He gathers them all together, He will say to the angels, 'Was it you that
these worshipped?'
[34.41] 'Exaltations
to You!' they will answer. 'You are our Guardian other than them! No, rather
they worshipped the jinn, and it was them which most believed.'
[34.42] Therefore,
today none of you shall have the power to either benefit or harm one another.'
To the evildoers We shall say, 'Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you
belied!'
[34.43] When Our
clear verses, are recited to them, they say, 'This is nothing but a man whose
wish is to prevent you from that which your fathers used to worship. 'And they
say, 'This is nothing but a forged lie.' And those who disbelieve say of the
truth when it reaches them, 'This is nothing but clear sorcery.’
[34.44] Yet We have
not given them any Books to study, nor, before you, have We sent them a warner.
[34.45] Those who
have gone before them belied, yet they did not reach a tenth of what We gave
them; yet they belied My Messengers. And how was (My) rejection (their
destruction)!
[34.46] Say, 'I give
you only one admonition, that you stand before Allah either two by two, or one
by one and reflect. There is no madness is in your companion. He (Prophet
Muhammad) is only a warner to you, before a terrible punishment.'
[34.47] Say, 'I ask
no wage of you; that shall be yours. My wage is only upon Allah and He is
Witness over everything.'
[34.48] Say, 'My Lord
hurls the truth the Knower of the Unseen.'
[34.49] Say, 'Truth
has come. Falsehood has vanished and shall return no more.'
[34.50] Say, 'If I go
astray, then I go astray only against myself; if I am guided it is because of
that which my Lord has revealed to me. He is the Hearer, and the
Near.'
[34.51] If you could
only see when they (the unbelievers) are seized with terror, and there is no
escape. They shall be seized from a nearby place,
[34.52] and say, 'We
believe in it.' But how can they reach from a place that is distant,
[34.53] since they
disbelieved in it before, guessing at the Unseen from a distant place?
[34.54] And a barrier
is set between them and that which they desire, as it was done before with
their like; they were in suspicious doubt.
35 The Originator - Fatir
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[35.1] Praise belongs
for Allah, the Originator of the heavens and earth, who appointed the angels to
be Messengers, with wings, two, three, and four. He increases the creation as
He wills. Allah has power over all things.
[35.2] Whatever mercy
Allah opens to people, none can withhold; and whatever He withholds none can
release after Him. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[35.3] People,
remember the blessings of Allah to you. Except for Allah, is there any other
creator who provides for you out of heaven and earth? There is no god except
He. Where then do you turn?
[35.4] If they belie you, other Messengers have been belied before
you. To Allah all matters are returned.
[35.5] People, the
promise of Allah is true, so do not let this present life delude you, and do
not let the deluder (satan) delude you about Allah.
[35.6] satan is
indeed your enemy; therefore take him for an enemy. He calls his party so that
they will become the companions of the Blaze.
[35.7] For the
unbelievers awaits a terrible punishment, but for those who believe and do good
deeds is forgiveness and a great recompense.
[35.8] What then of he whose evil deeds have been decorated fair to
him and thinks them to be good? Allah leads astray whomsoever He will and
whomsoever He will He guides. Do not let your soul be wasted in regrets for
them; Allah has knowledge of all they do.
[35.9] Allah is He
who sends the winds that stir up the clouds. Then, We drive them on to a dead
land and revive the earth after it's death. Such is the Raising Up.
[35.10] He who wants
might, the Might belongs to Allah altogether. To Him ascend good words, and the
righteous deed He raises. But those who devise evil deeds theirs shall be a
terrible punishment, and their plotting shall be annulled.
[35.11] Allah created
you from dust, then from a (sperm) drop. Then he made you pairs. No female
conceives or is delivered except by His Knowledge. He whose life is long,
whatsoever is increased or decreased of his age is in a Clear Book. Surely,
that is easy for Allah.
[35.12] The two seas are not alike. One is fresh, sweet and pleasant
to taste, while the other is salt and bitter. Yet, from each you eat fresh
flesh and bring forth out of it ornaments for you to wear. And you see the
ships plow their course through it so that you may seek His bounty, and in
order that you give thanks.
[35.13] He causes the
night to enter into the day and the day into the night. He has subjected the
sun and the moon each running for a named term. Such is Allah, your Lord. To
Him belongs the Kingdom; and those whom you call upon, other than Him, do not
possess even as much as the membrane of a date-stone.
The Day when those associated with Allah will disown their followers [35.14]
[35.14] If you
supplicate to them they cannot hear your supplication, and if they heard, they cannot
answer you. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown your associating. None
can tell you like He who is the Aware.
[35.15] People, it is
you who are in need of Allah. He is the Rich, the Praised.
[35.16] He can put
you away, if He will, and bring a new creation
[35.17] this is not a
great matter for Allah.
[35.18] No laden soul
shall bear another's load. If one is heavy-burdened and calls for his load to
be carried, nothing of it will be carried, not even if he is a close relative.
You warn only those who fear their Lord in the Unseen, and establish the
prayer. He who purifies himself, purifies himself for the good of his own soul.
To Allah is the arrival.
[35.19] The blind and the seeing are not equal,
[35.20] nor are
darkness and light.
[35.21] The shade and
the hot wind are not equal,
[35.22] nor are the
living and the dead equal. Allah makes to hear whosoever He will, but you cannot
make those who are in their graves hear.
[35.23] You (Prophet
Muhammad) are but a warner.
[35.24] We have sent
you with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings and warning, for there is no
nation, that has not had a warner pass away in it.
[35.25] If they belie
you, those before them also belied. Their Messengers came to them with clear
signs; the Psalms, and the Illuminating Book.
[35.26] Then I seized
those who disbelieved, and how was My rejection!
[35.27] Did you not
see how Allah sends down water from the sky and with it brings forth different
colored fruits? In the mountains there are paths of various colors, of white
and red, and jet-black.
[35.28] People too,
and beasts and cattle have their different colors. But it is only those amongst
His worshippers that fear Allah who have knowledge. Indeed, Allah is the
Almighty and the Forgiving.
[35.29] Indeed, those
who recite the Book of Allah and establish their prayers and spend, in secret
and in public of that which We have provided them, look for a trade that does
not come to nothing,
[35.30] so that He
may pay them in full their wages and enrich them from His bounty. Surely, He is
the Forgiver and the Thanker.
[35.31] That which We
have revealed to you of the Book is the truth and it confirms what was before
it. Allah is Aware and sees His worshipers.
[35.32] Then, We gave
the Book as an inheritance to those of our worshipers whom We chose. Among
them, is he who was harmful to himself, and some who minimize, and some who, by
the permission of Allah, race in charity, this is the greatest virtue.
[35.33] They shall
enter the Gardens of Eden, where they shall be adorned with bracelets of gold
and with pearls, and there, their robes shall be of silk.
[35.34] They shall
say, 'Praise belongs to Allah who has removed all sorrow from us. Indeed, our
Lord is the Forgiver, the Thanker.
[35.35] Through His
bounty He has made us to live in the abode of Everlasting Life, where neither
weariness nor fatigue shall touch us.'
[35.36] As for the
unbelievers, theirs is the Fire of Gehenna. They shall neither be done away
with nor die, and its punishment shall never be lightened for them. As such
shall We recompense every unbeliever.
[35.37] There they
will cry out, 'Our Lord, bring us out, and we will do good, other than what we
have done.' What, did We not make your lives long enough to remember for
whosoever would remember? A warner came to you, so taste now! None shall help
the harm doers.
[35.38] Allah knows
the Unseen in the heavens and earth. He knows that which is in the innermost of
the chests.
[35.39] It is He who made you caliphs in the earth. He who
disbelieves, his disbelief shall be charged against him. The unbelievers;
disbelief does nothing for them, except, increase them in hate with Allah their
disbelief increases the unbelievers only in loss.
Allah challenges those who associate partners with Him to show Him what they created [35.40]
[35.40] Say, 'Have
you considered your associates who you call upon, other than Allah? Show me
what they have created in the earth! Or, have they a partnership in the heavens
' Or, have We given them a Book so that they have proof of it? No, the harm
doers promise each other nothing else but delusion.
[35.41] It is Allah
who holds the heavens and the earth lest they vanish. Should they vanish, none
would hold them after Him. He is the Clement, the Forgiving.
[35.42] They solemnly
swore by Allah that if a warner came to them they would be more rightly guided
than any other of the nations. Yet, when a warner came to them, it only
increased their aversion,
[35.43] behaving
arrogantly in the land and devising evil. But, evil devising coils only those
who do it. Do they look except for the ways of former nations? You shall never
find any change in the way of Allah.
[35.44] What, have
they not journeyed through the land and seen the end of those who went before
them? They were stronger and mightier than themselves. Allah! There is nothing
in heavens or earth that can frustrate Him, He is the Knower, the Able.
[35.45] If Allah
should take people to task for what they have earned, He would not leave one
creature that crawls upon the face (of the earth)! But, He is deferring them to
a named time. And when their time comes, indeed, Allah is the Seer of His
worshipers.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[36.1] YaSeen.
Allah swears by the Wise Koran that Prophet Muhammad is truly His Messenger and that he was sent to warn [36.2-11]
[36.2] By the Wise
Koran,
[36.3] you (Prophet
Muhammad) are truly among the Messengers sent
[36.4] upon a
Straight Path.
[36.5] The sending
down of the Mighty, the Most Merciful
[36.6] so that you
may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and so were heedless.
[36.7] The Phrase has
become obligatory upon most of them, yet they do not believe.
[36.8] We have bound
their necks with fetters up to their chin, so that their heads are raised and
cannot be lowered.
[36.9] We have set a
barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and, We have covered them so
that they do not see.
[36.10] It is the
same whether you have warned them or you have not warned them, they do not
believe.
[36.11] You only warn
he who follows the Remembrance and fears the Merciful in the Unseen. Give to
him glad tidings of forgiveness and a generous wage.
[36.12] Surely, it is
We who revive the dead and write down what they have forwarded and what they
have left behind; We have counted everything in a Clear Book.
[36.13] Give to them
a parable; to the people of the village there came Messengers,
[36.14] We sent to
them two, but they belied them so We reinforced them with a third. They said,
'We have surely been sent as Messengers to you.’
[36.15] But they
said, 'You are only humans like ourselves. The Merciful has not sent down
anything, your speech is but lies!'
[36.16] They said,
'Our Lord knows that we are Messengers to you.
[36.17] And it is
only for us to deliver a Clear Message.'
[36.18] They
answered, 'We predict evil of you. If you do not desist, we will stone you and
a painful punishment from us will befall you.'
[36.19] They said,
'Your prediction is with you, if you are reminded. Surely, you are but a
wayward nation.'
[36.20] Then, a man
came running from the furthest part of the village 'My nation,’ he said,
'follow the Messengers,
[36.21] follow those
who ask no wage of you and are rightly guided.
[36.22] Why should I
not worship Him who has originated me and to whom you shall all be returned?
[36.23] What, shall I
take, other than Him, gods whose intercession, if the Merciful desires to
afflict me, cannot help me at all, and they will never save me?
[36.24] Surely, I
should then be in clear error.
[36.25] I believe in
your Lord, so hear me.'
[36.26] It was said
(to him), 'Enter Paradise,' and he said, 'Would that my people knew
[36.27] that my Lord
has forgiven me, and caused me to be amongst the receivers of generosity.'
[36.28] And We did
not send down to his nation after him any army from heaven, neither would We
send any down.
[36.29] It was only
one Shout and they were silent, still.
[36.30] Woe, for
those (unbelieving) worshipers! They mocked every Messenger that came to them.
[36.31] Have they not
seen how many generations We destroyed before them? They shall never return to
them,
[36.32] all shall be
arraigned before Us.
[36.33] The dead land
is a sign for them. We revive it, and from it produce grain from which they
eat.
[36.34] And there We
made gardens of palms and vines, and in it We caused fountains to gush forth,
[36.35] so that they
might eat of its fruit and the labor of their hands. Will they not give thanks?
[36.36] Exaltations
to Him who created pairs of all the things the earth produces and of
themselves, and that of which they have no knowledge.
[36.37] A sign for them
is the night. From it We withdraw the day and they are
in darkness.
[36.38] The sun runs to its fixed resting-place; that is the decree
of the Almighty, the Knower.
[36.39] And the moon,
We have determined it in phases till it returns like an old palm-branch.
[36.40] The sun shall
not outstrip the moon, nor shall the night outstrip the day. Each is floating
in an orbit.
[36.41] And a sign
for them is that We carried their offspring in the laden Ark (of Noah).
[36.42] And We have
created for them the like of it in which they board.
[36.43] We drown them
if We will, then they have none to cry to, nor can they be saved,
[36.44] except
through Our Mercy and as enjoyment for awhile.
[36.45] When it is
said to them, 'Have fear of that which is before you and behind you in order
that you find mercy.'
[36.46] Yet there
never comes to them any sign of their Lord's signs, but they turn away from it.
The insolence and ingratitude of those who do not give charity from that which Allah gave them and their disbelief in the Day of Judgement [36.47-50]
[36.47] And when it
is said to them, 'Spend of that which Allah has given you,' the unbelievers say
to the believers, 'Are we to feed those whom Allah can feed if He chooses?
Surely, you are only in clear error.'
[36.48] They also say, 'When will this promise be, if
what you say is true?'
[36.49] They await
but one Shout, which will seize them while they dispute.
[36.50] Then they
will be unable to make a will, nor shall they return to their kinsmen.
The realization of the Day of Resurrection [36.51-
[36.51] And the Horn
is blown, and, from the graves they rush forth to their Lord.
[36.52] 'Woe for us!
' they will say. 'Who has roused us from our sleeping-place? This is what the
Merciful promised; the Messengers have spoken the truth! '
[36.53] And it is but
one Shout and they are all arraigned before Us.
[36.54] Today, no
soul shall be wronged a thing. You shall not be recompensed except according to
your deeds.
[36.55] Indeed, the
companions of the Garden are this Day busy in their rejoicing.
[36.56] Together with
their spouses, they shall recline on couches in the shade.
[36.57] They shall
have fruits and all that they call for.
[36.58] Peace, a
saying from the Most Merciful Lord.
[36.59] (And He will
say), 'Distance yourselves, O sinners, this Day.
[36.60] Children of
Adam, did I not make a covenant with you, that you should not worship satan he
is surely a clear enemy to you
[36.61] and that you
worship Me? Surely, that is the Straight Path.
[36.62] Yet he has
led many a host of you astray, did you not understand?
[36.63] This, then is
Gehenna (Hell), that which you were promised.
[36.64] Roast well
therein this Day for you were unbelievers.’
[36.65] This Day We set
a seal on their mouths and their hands speak to Us, and their feet will testify
to their earnings.
[36.66] Had it been
Our will We would have obliterated their sight so that they raced to the Path.
But, how would they see?
[36.67] Had it been
Our will We would have transmuted them (into monkeys, pigs and stones) where
they were, so that they could neither go forward nor yet return.
[36.68] To whoever We
give a long life We make him stoop. Do they not understand?
The Koran is not Arabic poetry, it is a Remembrance and a clear Holy Reading sent by Allah [36.69-70]
[36.69] We have not
taught him (Prophet Muhammad) poetry, nor does it become him. This is only a
Remembrance and a Clear Holy Reading (Koran)
[36.70] that he may
warn the living, and so that Judgement may be passed against the unbelievers.
[36.71] Have they not
seen how We have created for them the cattle they master with Our Hands?
[36.72] We have
subdued these to them, and some of them they ride and some of them they eat;
[36.73] they also
have other uses in them and drinks. What, will they not give thanks!
It is just as easy for Allah to resurrect us as it is for Him to create us, He only has to say “Be” and it is [36.74-83]
[36.74] And yet they
have taken gods, other than Allah, so that they might helped!
[36.75] They cannot
help them, for them (the so-called) army are brought (with them to Hell).
[36.76] So do not let
their sayings grieve you. Surely, We have knowledge of what they hide and all
that they reveal.
[36.77] Has the human
not seen how We created him from a drop (of sperm)? Yet he is a clear opponent.
[36.78] And he has
struck for Us a parable, and forgotten his own creation. He asks, 'Who will
quicken the bones after they have decayed?'
[36.79] Say, 'He will
quicken them who originated them the first time; He has knowledge of every
creation;
[36.80] who has made
fire for you from the green tree with which you kindle.'
[36.81] Is He who
created the heavens and the earth unable to create their like? Yes, indeed, He
is the Creator, the Knower.
[36.82] When He wills
a thing, His command is to say to it 'Be', and it is!
[36.83] Exaltations
to Him in whose Hand is the Kingdom of all things, and to Him you will be
returned.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[37.1] By the aligners (angels) aligning.
[37.2] and the
drivers driving,
[37.3] and those who
recite the Remembrance
Allah bears witness that He is One [37.4-5]
[37.4] surely, your
God is One,
[37.5] the Lord of
the heavens and the earth and of all that is between them; the Lord of the
Easts.
The satans try to listen to the High Assembly but are chased away by a piercing flame [37.6-11]
[37.6] We have
adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the planets,
[37.7] a protection
against every rebel satan;
[37.8] so they cannot
listen to the High Assembly, for they are pelted from every side.
[37.9] They are
rejected and theirs is an everlasting punishment;
[37.10] except such
as snatches a fragment, and he is pursued by a piercing flame.
[37.11] So ask them,
are they stronger in constitution, or those whom We have created. We have
created them of sticky clay.
[37.12] No, you
marvel, while they scoff.
[37.13] When they are
reminded, they do not remember.
[37.14] When they are
shown a sign, they scoff at it
[37.15] and say,
'This is nothing but clear sorcery!'
[37.16] What, when we
are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected.
[37.17] What, and our
forefathers, the ancients!'
[37.18] Say, 'Yes,
but worthless.'
Sorrow and anguish on the Day of Recompense [37.19-39]
[37.19] It will be
but one Shout, then see, they are watching
[37.20] and they will
say, 'Woe for us. This is the Day of Recompense.'
[37.21] This is the
Day of Decision which you belied.
[37.22] Gather
together the evildoers, their wives, and that they were worshipping,
[37.23] other than
Allah, and guide them to the Path of Hell!
[37.24] And halt them
so that they may be questioned.
[37.25] 'Why do you
not help one another?
[37.26] No, today
they will resign themselves in submission,
[37.27] and approach
each other with questions,
[37.28] saying, 'You
used to come to us from the right hand.'
[37.29] But they reply,
'Rather, you were not believers.
[37.30] We had no
authority over you, but you were an insolent nation.
[37.31] The statement of Our Lord is realized against us, and we are
tasting it,
[37.32] we perverted
you, indeed, we were perverts.'
[37.33] Therefore, on
that Day they will all share Our punishment.
[37.34] As such We
shall deal with the evildoers.
[37.35] For when it
was said to them, 'There is no god except Allah,' they were always proud
[37.36] and said,
'Are we to renounce our gods for the sake of a mad poet?'
[37.37] No, indeed,
he has brought the truth, and confirmed the Messengers.
[37.38] You shall
certainly taste the painful punishment,
[37.39] but you shall
not be recompensed except for what you were doing.
[37.40] But for the
sincere worshipers of Allah,
[37.41] there is
waiting for them a known provision;
[37.42] fruits. And
they are receivers of generosity
[37.43] in the
Gardens of Delight,
[37.44] sitting face
to face upon couches,
[37.45] a goblet from
a spring shall be passed round to them
[37.46] white, a
delight to the drinkers,
[37.47] there is
neither sickness in it, nor intoxication.
[37.48] And with them
will be maidens (houris) who restrain their wide glances
[37.49] as if they
were hidden pearls.
[37.50] They will go
to one another asking each other questions.
[37.51] One of them
will say, 'I had a companion
[37.52] who would
say, "Are you among the believers (of the resurrection)?
[37.53] When we are
dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we be recompensed?"‘
[37.54] And he will
reply, 'Are you looking down (into Hell)?'
[37.55] Then, he will
look and see him in the midst of Hell.
[37.56] 'By Allah,'
he will say, 'you almost destroyed me!
[37.57] But for the
Favor of Allah I should have surely been among those who were arraigned (with
you in Hell).
[37.58] What then,
shall we not die
[37.59] except our
first death, and shall we not be punished?'
[37.60] Indeed, this
is the mighty victory,
[37.61] and for the
like of this let the workers work.
[37.62] Is this a better hospitality or the tree of Az-Zakkum!
[37.63] We have made this (tree) a trial for the evildoers.
[37.64] It is a tree
that grows from the bottom of Hell;
[37.65] its spathes
are like the heads of satans
[37.66] on it they
shall feed, and with it they shall fill their bellies.
[37.67] On top of it
they shall have a brew of boiling water,
[37.68] then their
return is to Hell.
[37.69] They found
their fathers in error,
[37.70] yet they run
in their footsteps,
[37.71] yet before
them most of the ancients went astray,
[37.72] though We had
sent among them warners.
[37.73] See then the
end of those who were warned,
[37.74] except the
sincere worshipers of Allah.
[37.75] Noah called
to Us, and We are the Best to answer.
[37.76] We saved him
and his people from the great distress,
[37.77] and We made
his offspring the survivors.
[37.78] And We let it
remain upon him in the latter,
[37.79] 'Peace be
upon Noah among all the worlds.'
[37.80] As such We
recompense the good doers,
[37.81] he was one of
Our believing worshipers.
[37.82] Afterwards We
drowned the others.
Abraham challenges his people and demonstrates the worthlessness of their idolatry [37.83-99]
[37.83] Of his party
was Abraham.
[37.84] (Remember
when) he came to his Lord with a pure heart;
[37.85] and when he
said to his father and to his nation, 'What do you worship?
[37.86] It is
falsehood that you desire gods other than Allah!
[37.87] What do you
think of the Lord of the Worlds?'
[37.88] He cast a
glance at the stars
[37.89] and said,
'Surely, I am sick (of what you worship)!'
[37.90] But they
turned their backs and went away from him.
[37.91] Then he
turned to their gods, and said, 'What do you eat?
[37.92] What is the
matter with you, that you do not speak?'
[37.93] And he turned
upon them striking them with the right hand.
[37.94] Thereafter
they (the people) came to him in haste.
[37.95] He said, 'Do
you worship what you, yourselves have carved
[37.96] when it is
Allah who created you and all that you do?'
[37.97] They replied,
'Build for him a building and cast him into the fire.'
[37.98] Their desire
was to outwit him, but We made them to be the humiliated.
[37.99] He said, 'I
will go to my Lord; He will guide me.
[37.100] My Lord,
grant me a righteous (son).'
[37.101] And We gave
him the glad tidings of a very gentle son (Ishmael).
[37.102] And when he
reached the age of traveling with him, he said, 'My son, while I was sleeping I
saw that I shall slaughter (sacrifice) you, tell me what is your opinion.' He
replied, 'Father, do as you are ordered (by Allah). Allah willing, you shall
find me one of those who are steadfast.'
[37.103] And when
they had both submitted, and his son had laid down prostrate upon his forehead,
[37.104] We called to
him, saying, 'O Abraham,
[37.105] you have
confirmed your vision.' As such We recompense the good doers.
[37.106] That was
indeed a clear trial.
[37.107] So, We
ransomed him with a mighty sacrifice,
[37.108] and We let
it (the beautiful praise) remain upon him in the latter (generations),
[37.109] 'Peace be
upon Abraham!'
[37.110] As such We
recompense the good doers.
[37.111] He was one
of Our believing worshipers.
[37.112] Then, We
gave him the glad tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, one of the righteous,
[37.113] and We
blessed him and Isaac, and from their offspring are some good doers, and others
who clearly wronged themselves.
[37.114] We also
favored Moses and Aaron
[37.115] and We saved
them with their nation from a great distress.
[37.116] We helped
them, and they became victorious,
[37.117] and We gave
them the Clear Book,
[37.118] and guided
them upon the Straight Path.
[37.119] And We let
it (the beautiful praise) remain upon on both of them in the latter
(generations),
[37.120] 'Peace be
upon Moses and Aaron! '
[37.121] As such We
recompense the good doers.
[37.122] They were
among Our believing worshipers.
Elias rebukes his people for their disbelief [37.123-130]
[37.123] And Elias
(El Yaseen) was among the Messengers.
[37.124] He asked his
people, 'Do you not fear (Allah)?
[37.125] Do you call
on Ba'lan (the idol Baal) and abandon the Best Creator,
[37.126] Allah is
your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.'
[37.127] But they
belied him, so they will be among the arraigned (in Hell),
[37.128] except the
sincere worshipers of Allah.
[37.129] And We let
it (the beautiful praise) remain upon him in the latter (generations),
[37.130] 'Peace be
upon El Yaseen! '
[37.131] As such We
recompense the good doers.
[37.132] He was among
Our believing worshipers.
[37.133] Lot, too,
was among the Messengers.
[37.134] We saved him
and all his kinsmen,
[37.135] except an
old woman who lingered,
[37.136] and We
destroyed the others.
[37.137] You pass by
them in the morning
[37.138] and at
night, will you not understand?
[37.139] Jonah, too,
was one of the Messengers.
[37.140] He ran away
to the laden ship,
[37.141] and cast
lots, and he was among the losers (of the lots that were cast).
[37.142] So the whale
swallowed him, for he was blameworthy,
[37.143] and had he
not been among those who exalt (Allah),
[37.144] he would
have lingered in its belly till the Day they are resurrected.
[37.145] But We cast
him, upon the shore, and he was ill,
[37.146] and We
caused a pumpkin tree to grow over him.
[37.147] Then We sent
him to a hundred thousand or more,
[37.148] and they
believed, and We gave them enjoyment for awhile.
[37.149] Now, ask
them, has your Lord daughters, and they sons?
[37.150] Or, did We
create the angels females while they were witnessing?
[37.151] Then is it
of their lying that they say,
[37.152] 'Allah has
begotten?' They are truly liars.
[37.153] Has
He chosen daughters above sons?
[37.154] What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
[37.155] What, will
you not remember?
[37.156] Or, do you
have a clear authority?
[37. 157] Bring your
Book, if what you say is true!
[37.158] They assert
kinship between Him and the angels. But the angels know that they (the liars)
will be arraigned (in Hell).
[37.159] Exaltations
to Allah above what they describe,
[37.160] except for
the sincere worshipers of Allah.
[37.161] But as for you,
and that you worship,
[37.162] you shall
tempt none against Him
[37.163] except for
he who shall roast in Hell.
[37.164] (Gabriel
said to the Prophet), 'Each of us has a known place.
[37.165] We are
surely those who are arranged in ranks.
[37.166] And we are
they who exalt (Allah).'
[37.167] What, would
they then say,
[37.168] 'If only we
had a reminder from the ancients,
[37.169] we would
have been sincere worshipers of Allah.'
[37. 170] But they
disbelieve in it (the Koran), but soon they shall know!
[37.171] Our Word had
already preceded Our worshipers, the Messengers,
[37.172] that they
shall receive Our help
[37.173] and Our
armies shall be the victors.
[37.174] So turn
(away) from them for a while.
[37.175] See them and
soon they shall see.
[37.176] What, do
they seek to hasten Our punishment?
[37.177] When it
descends upon their courtyards, evil will be the morning of those forewarned.
[37.178] So turn
(away) from them for a while,
[37.179] and see,
soon they shall see!
[37.180] Exaltations
be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, above that they describe!
[37.181] Peace be on
the Messengers.
[37.182] And praise
belongs to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[38.1] Saad, by the
Holy Reading (Koran) of the Remembrance.
[38.2] No, the
unbelievers exalt in their division.
[38.3] How many
generations have We destroyed before them. They called, 'The time is neither of
escape, nor safety.'
[38.4] They marvel
now that, from among themselves, a warner has come to them. The unbelievers
say, 'This is a lying sorcerer.
[38.5] What, has he
made the gods One God? This is indeed a wondrous thing.'
[38.6] Their assembly
left (saying), 'Go, and be patient to your gods, this is something to be
desired.
[38.7] We never heard
of this in the former religion. It is nothing but an invention.
[38.8] What, out of
all of us, has the Remembrance been sent down to him (Prophet Muhammad)?' No,
they are doubtful about My Remembrance, no, they have not yet tasted My
punishment.
[38.9] Or, have they
the treasuries of the Mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Giving?
[38.10] Or, is theirs
the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them? Then let
them ascend by (their) means!
[38.11] The army is
defeated as (were) the confederates.
[38.12] Before them
the nations of Noah, Aad and Pharaoh, and he of the tent-pegs belied,
[38.13] Thamood, the
nation of Lot and the dwellers of the Thicket such were the confederates.
[38.14] There was not
one of those that did not belie the Messengers. Therefore, My
retribution was realized.
[38.15] These only wait for a single Shout for which there will be
no delay.
[38.16] They say,
'Our Lord, hasten to us our share before the Day of Recompense.'
[38.17] Bear
patiently with what they say, and remember Our worshiper David, a man of might.
He was ever turning in repentance.
[38.18] We subjected
the mountains to exalt (Me) with him in the evening and at sunrise,
[38.19] and the
birds, too, gathered each obedient to him.
[38.20] We made his
kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.
[38.21] Has the news
of the dispute reached you (Prophet Muhammad)? When they scaled the Sanctuary
[38.22] they went to
David whereupon he was afraid of them, but they said, 'Do not be afraid, we are
two that have a dispute, one of us has wronged the other.
Judge between us
justly, and do not transgress, and guide us to the Right Path.
[38.23] This, my
brother has ninety-nine ewes, but I have only one ewe (a female sheep). He
said, "Give her into my keeping" and overcame me in the argument.'
[38.24] He (David)
replied, 'He has without doubt wronged you in seeking to add your ewe to his
sheep. Many inter-mixers wrong one another; except those who believe, and do
good works, and they are few indeed.' David realized that We
had tried him and sought the forgiveness of his Lord and fell down, prostrate
and repented.
[38.25] So, We
forgave him that, and he has a near place with Us and
a fine return.
[38.26] (We said),
'David, We have made you a caliph in the earth. Judge with justice among people
and do not yield to your own preference in case it should lead you from the
Path of Allah. Surely, a terrible punishment awaits those who stray from the
Path of Allah, because they forget the Day of Reckoning.'
[38.27] It was not in
falsehood that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between
them. That is the thought of the unbelievers. But woe to the unbelievers
because of the Fire!
[38.28] Are We to
make those who believe and do good works the same as those who corrupt the
earth? Are We to make the righteous as the wicked?
[38.29] It is a
Blessed Book that We have sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad), so that those
possessed with minds might ponder its verses and remember.
[38.30] We gave
Solomon to David; and he was an excellent worshiper, he was penitent.
[38.31] When his
dressage steeds were presented to him in the evening,
[38.32] he said,
'Indeed I have loved the love of good things better than the remembrance of my
Lord until the sun has vanished behind a veil.
[38.33] Bring them
back to me!' And he hacked their legs and necks (slaughtering them for Allah).
[38.34] Indeed, We
tried Solomon and placed a body (of a child) upon his throne, then he repented.
[38.35] He said,
'Forgive me my Lord, and give me a kingdom the like of which will not befall
any after me, surely, You are the Giver.'
[38.36] So We subjected
the wind to him, so that it ran softly by his command wherever he wished;
[38.37] and the
satans, every builder and diver
[38.38] and others
joined together by (iron) fetters.
[38.39] 'This is Our
gift, give or withhold without reckoning.'
[38.40] And he has a
place near to Us, and a fine return.
The mercy of Allah to Job when satan afflicted him with harm and pain [38.41-44]
[38.41] Also,
remember Our worshiper Job. He called out to his Lord, (saying), 'satan has
afflicted me with harm and pain.'
[38.42] (We said),
'Stamp your foot on the ground, here is cool water with which to wash and a
drink.'
[38.43] We restored
to him to his family and like those with them, a mercy from Us and a reminder
to a nation that understand.
[38.44] (We said to him), 'Take a bundle of rushes and strike with it; and do not break your oath.' We found him to be patient, a good worshiper and he was penitent.
Allah purified His
prophets [38.45-48]
[38.45] Also,
remember Our worshipers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, those of might and vision.
[38.46] Indeed, We
purified them with a most pure quality, the remembrance of the Everlasting
Life.
[38.47] Indeed with Us they are among the chosen, the excellent.
[38.48] Also, remember
our worshipers Ishmael, Elisha, and Thul-Kifl, they are among the good.
[38.49] This is a
Reminder, and indeed for the cautious is a fine return,
[38.50] the Gardens
of Eden whose gates shall be open to them,
[38.51] in which they
will recline, and call for abundant fruit and drink therein.
[38.52] And with them
will be maidens of equal age with modest gaze.
[38.53] 'This is what
you are promised on the Day of Recompense,
[38.54] this is Our
unending provision.'
[38.55] All of this;
but, for the proud there is an ill return.
[38.56] They shall
roast in (the Fire) of Gehenna, an evil cradling.
[38.57] All of this;
so let them taste it, boiling water and pus,
[38.58] and other
similar to it, joined together.
[38.59] (We shall say
to their leaders), 'This is a troop rushing in with you, there is no welcome
for them, they shall roast in the Fire.'
[38.60] But they will
say, 'No, it is you that has no welcome. It was you who brought it upon us, an
evil place!'
[38.61] They will
say, 'Our Lord, give those who brought this upon us double the punishment of
the Fire!'
[38. 62] And they
will say, 'Why do we not see the men that we counted as being among the wicked
in here?
[38.63] Have we taken
them in mockery? Or, have our eyes swerved from them?'
[38.64] Surely that
is true, the disputing of the inhabitants of the Fire
[38.65] Say, 'I am
only a warner. There is no god except Allah, the One, the Conqueror,
[38.66] the Lord of
the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; the Almighty, the
Forgiving.'
[38.67] Say, 'This is
a mighty message
[38.68] from which
you turn away.
[38.69] I had no
knowledge of the High Assembly's dispute.
[38.70] This alone is
revealed to me, I am only a clear warner.'
satan’s pride banishes him from Paradise and he becomes the
sworn enemy of mankind [38.71-85]
[38.71] When your
Lord said to the angels, 'I am creating a human from clay,
[38.72] after I have
shaped him and breathed of My spirit (I created) into him, fall down prostrate
before him.'
[38.73] So all the
angels prostrated themselves
[38.74] except iblis (satan,
the father of the jinn), he became too proud, for he was one of the
unbelievers.
[38.75] He (Allah)
said, 'iblis, what prevented you from prostrating yourself towards that which I
have created with My Hands? Have you become too proud, or are you among the
grand?'
[38.76] He (satan)
replied, 'I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him
from clay.'
[38.77] 'Begone! '
said He, 'you are stoned'.
[38.78] 'My curse
shall rest on you until the Day of Recompense. '
[38.79] He (satan)
replied, 'Respite me my Lord till the Day of Resurrection.'
[38.80] He (Allah)
said, 'You are among those that are respited
[38.81] till the Day
of the known time.'
[38.82] He (satan)
said, 'I swear by Your Might, that I will seduce all of them
[38.83] except those
among them who are Your sincere worshipers.'
[38.84] He (Allah)
said, 'This is the truth, and I speak the truth,
[38.85] I shall
certainly fill Gehenna with you and every one of them that follows you.'
Prophet Muhammad fulfills the prophesy of Jesus who prophesied that Allah would send someone who did not speak from himself but only with the Words of Allah [38.86-88]
[38.86] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'For this I ask of you no wage, and I am not of those who take
things upon themselves.
[38.87] This is
nothing else but a reminder to all the worlds,
[38.88] and after a
while you shall know its news.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[39.1] The sending
down of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise,
[39.2] We have sent
down the Book with the truth to you (Prophet Muhammad), therefore worship
Allah, and make your religion sincerely His.
[39.3] Is it not that
the sincere religion belongs to Allah? As for those who choose guardians, other
than Him, (saying), 'We only worship them so that they will bring us near to
Allah,' Indeed, Allah will judge between them concerning their differences.
Indeed, Allah does not guide he who is an unthankful liar.
[39.4] If Allah had
desired to take a son, He would have chosen whatever He willed out of His
creation. Exaltations to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Conqueror.
[39.5] He created the
heavens and the earth in truth, wrapping the night about the day and wrapping
the day about the night, He has subjected the sun and the moon each to run for
a stated term. Is He not the Almighty, the Forgiving?
The miracle of conception unknown to physicians at the time of the revelation of the Koran [39.6]
[39.6] He created you
from a single soul, then from it He created its spouse. And He sent down to you
eight pairs of the cattle. He creates you in your mothers' womb, creation after
creation, in three (stages of) darkness. Such then is Allah, your Lord. For Him
is the Kingdom. There is no god except Him. How, then, can you turn away?
[39.7] If you
disbelieve, Allah is Rich, independent of you. Yet He does not approve of
disbelief to His worshipers, but if you believe He will approve it in you. No
laden soul shall bear another's load. Then, to Allah you shall return and He
will tell to you what you have done. He knows the innermost of your chests.
[39.8] When an
affliction befalls a human, he supplicates to his Lord and turns to Him (in
repentance) yet, no sooner does He bestow on him His blessing than he forgets
that for which he had just supplicated and sets up associates with Allah in
order to lead (people) away from His Path. Say, 'Enjoy your disbelief for
awhile, you shall surely be among the companions of the Fire.
[39.9] Or, is he who
is obedient that prostrates himself and stands during parts of the night, being
afraid of the Everlasting Life but hoping for the Mercy of the Lord (to be
compared to the unbeliever)?' Say, 'Are they equal, those who know and those
who do not know?' Only those with minds remember.
[39.10] Say, 'My
worshipers who believe, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world
there is good and the earth of Allah is wide surely, those who are patient will
be recompensed in full without count.'
[39.11] Say, 'I am
ordered to worship Allah making my religion sincerely His.
[39.12] I am ordered
to be the first of those to be submissive (Muslims to Him).'
[39.13] Say, 'Indeed,
if I rebel against my Lord I fear the punishment of a dreadful Day.'
[39.14] Say, 'I
worship Allah and make my religion sincerely His.
[39.15] (As for
yourselves) worship what you will, other than Him.' Say, 'The losers are surely
those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of
Resurrection. Is that
not a clear loss?'
[39.16] Above them
they shall have layers of fire and beneath them layers. By this Allah puts fear
into His worshipers. 'O My worshipers, fear Me!'
[39.17] Those who
shun the worship of idols and turn in repentance to Allah for them glad tidings.
Therefore give good tidings to My worshipers,
[39.18] who listen to
the Words and follow what is finest of it. These are they whom Allah has
guided. They are those of understanding.
[39.19] Can you save
from the Fire he whom against the word of punishment has been realized?
[39.20] As for those who fear their Lord, there await high mansions
above which are built (more) high mansions, beneath which rivers flow, such is
the promise of
Allah; Allah will not
fail His promise.
The signs of Allah in plants [39.21]
[39.21] Have you not
seen how Allah sends down water from the sky and threaded it as springs in the
earth? Then, He brings forth plants of various colors, after which they wither,
and you see them turning yellow, and then He makes them into broken stubble.
Surely, in this there is a reminder for those of understanding.
[39.22] Is he whose
chest Allah has expanded to Islam, so that he walks upon a light from his Lord
(as those whose heart is sealed)? But woe to those whose hearts are hardened
against the Remembrance of Allah! Those are in clear error.
[39.23] Allah has
sent down the best discourse, a Book, con-similar in its oft-repeated (verses)
that the skins of those who fear their Lord tremble; and thereafter their skins
and hearts soften to the Remembrance of Allah. Such is the Guidance of Allah,
whereby He guides whosoever He will; and whosoever Allah leads astray, he has
no guide.
[39.24] Is he whose face
is cautious of the evil of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection (to be
compared to the unbeliever)! To the evildoers it shall be said,
'Now taste that which
you have been earning.'
[39.25] Those who
went before them also belied, then Our punishment overtook them from where they
were unaware;
[39.26] Allah let
them taste degradation in this present life, but the punishment of the
Everlasting Life shall be greater if they but knew.
[39.27] Indeed, We
have struck of every manner of parable for mankind in this Koran in order that
they will remember.
[39.28] It is an
Arabic Koran free from all crookedness, in order that they will be cautious.
[39.29] Allah has
struck an example of a man shared by disagreeing partners, and a man who is
owned by just one man, are the two equally alike? Praise belongs to Allah, but
most of them do not know.
[39.30] You are
mortal, and they are mortal
[39.31] then, on the
Day of Resurrection, you shall dispute before your Lord.
[39.32] Who does
greater evil than he who lies against Allah and belies the truth when it comes
to him? Is there not a lodging in Gehenna (Hell) for the unbelievers?
[39.33] And he who
comes with the truth, and confirms it, those are they who surely fear Allah.
[39.34] They shall
have whatever they want with their Lord, that is the recompense of the good
doers,
[39.35] that Allah
may acquit them of the worst of what they did, and recompense with the finest
wages for what they did.
[39.36] Is it not
that Allah suffices His worshiper, even though they frighten you with those
other than Him? He whom Allah leads astray has no guide.
[39.37] But he whom
Allah guides, none can lead astray. Is not Allah the Almighty, capable of
retribution?
[39.38] If you ask
them who created the heavens and the earth, they will reply, 'Allah.' Say, 'Do
you think that, if Allah wills to afflict me those you call upon, other than
Him, could remove His affliction, or, that if He wills to let me have mercy,
they could withhold His Mercy?' Say, 'Allah suffices me. Those who put their
trust, put their trust in Him.'
[39.39] Say, 'O
nation, work according to your status, I am working according to my status, and
soon you will know
[39.40] upon whom the
punishment will come that will degrade him, and who will be overtaken by an everlasting
punishment.'
[39.41] Surely, We
have sent down to you the Book for mankind with the truth. Whosoever is guided,
is guided for himself, and he who goes astray, it is only for his own loss, you
(Prophet Muhammad) are not their (compulsory) guardian.
[39.42] Allah takes
away souls at the time of their death (the temporary death of sleep), and those
who do not die during their sleep He withholds that upon which
He has decreed death,
but turns lose the other till a stated term. Surely, there are signs in this
for a nation who contemplate.
[39.43] Have they
chosen, other than Allah, to intercede for them? Say, 'What, even though they
have no power at all, nor understanding?'
[39.44] Say,
'Intercession belongs altogether to Allah. His is the Kingdom of the heavens
and the earth. To Him you shall be returned.'
[39.45] When Allah is
mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Everlasting Life
shrink in aversion. But when those, other than Him, are mentioned, see, they
are filled with glad tidings.
[39.46] Say, 'O
Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth who has knowledge of the
Unseen and Visible, You shall judge between the differences of Your
worshipers.'
[39.47] On the Day of
Resurrection, if the harm doers owned all that is in the earth and as much
again besides, they would offer it to ransom themselves from the evil of the
punishment. From Allah will come to them that with which they had never
reckoned,
[39.48] and the evils
of their earnings will appear to them, and that which they mocked at will
encompass them.
[39.49] When an
affliction befalls a human he calls upon Us, but when We confer Our Favor on
him, he says, 'I have only been given it on account of knowledge.’ Rather, it
is but a trial, yet most do not know.
[39.50] Those before
them said the same, but what they earned did not help them;
[39.51] and the evil
of their earnings coiled upon them. The harm doers among these will also be
coiled by the evils of their earnings, they will be unable to defeat it.
[39.52] Do they not know
that Allah outspreads and withholds His provision to whosoever He will? Surely,
there are signs in this for a believing nation.
[39.53] Say, 'O My
worshipers, who have sinned excessively against themselves, do not despair of
the Mercy of Allah, surely, Allah forgives all sins. He is the
Forgiver, the Most
Merciful.
[39.54] Turn to your
Lord and surrender yourselves to Him before the punishment overtakes you, for
then you will not be helped.
[39.55] Follow the
best of what has been sent down from your Lord before the punishment overtakes
you suddenly, while you are unaware.'
[39.56] Lest any soul
should say, 'Sadly, I have neglected my duty to Allah and was of those that
mocked.'
[39.57] Or, lest it
should say, 'If Allah had only guided me I would have been one of the
cautious.'
[39.58] Or, lest when
it sees the punishment should say, 'O that I might return, and be among those
that did good!'
satan was cast from Paradise, never to return, because of his sin of pride but most of humanity never paid attention to this lesson and are too proud to worship Allah [39.59-61]
[39.59] 'Indeed, My
verses did come to you, but you belied them. You were proud and became one of
the unbelievers.'
[39.60] On the Day of
Resurrection, you shall see those who lied about Allah with blackened faces. In
Gehenna is there not a lodging for those who were proud?
[39.61] But, Allah
will save those who fear Him with their winnings (Paradise). No evil shall
touch them, nor shall they ever grieve.
[39.62] Allah is the
Creator of all things, and of all things He is the Guardian.
[39.63] To Him belong
the keys of the heavens and the earth. Those who disbelieve in the verses of
Allah they are the losers.
[39.64] Say, 'O you
who are ignorant, is it other than Allah that you would order me to worship?'
[39.65] It has
already been revealed to you and to those who have gone before you, that if you
associate (partners) with Allah, your works would be annulled and you will be
among the losers.
[39.66] No, worship
Allah and be with those who give thanks!
[39.67] They have not
valued Allah with His true value. But on the Day of Resurrection, the entire
earth will be in His grip, and the heavens shall be rolled up upon in His
Right. Exaltations to Him! Exalted high is He above all that they associate!
[39.68] The Horn
shall be blown and all who are in heavens and earth shall swoon, except those
whom Allah wills. Then, the Horn will blow again and they shall stand and gaze.
[39.69] The earth
will shine with the Light of its Lord, and the Book (of deeds) will be set (in
place). The Prophets and witnesses shall be brought and the matter will be
justly decided between them, and they will not be wronged.
[39.70] Every soul
shall be paid in full according to what it has done, for He knows well what
they did.
[39.71] In companies
the unbelievers shall be driven into Gehenna. As they draw near, its gates will
be opened and its keepers will ask them, 'Did there not come to you Messengers
of your own, who recited to you the verses of your Lord and warned you of the
encounter of this your Day?' 'Yes indeed,' they will answer. And the word of
the punishment has been realized against the unbelievers.
[39.72] It will be said to them, 'Enter the gates of Gehenna and
live there for ever.' Evil is the lodging place of the proud.
[39.73] Then, those
that feared their Lord shall be driven in companies into Paradise. When they
draw near its gates will be opened, and its keepers will say to them, 'Peace be
upon you, you have done well. Enter and live in it for ever.’
[39.74] They will
say, 'Praise belongs to Allah who has been true to His promise to us and given
us the earth to inherit, that we shall live in Paradise wherever we wish.' How
excellent is the recompense of those that labor!
[39.75] And you shall
see the angels encircling the Throne exalting with the praise of their Lord.
And the matter will be justly decided between them, and it shall be said,
'Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds!'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[40.1] HaMeem.
[40.2] The sending
down of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the Knower.
[40.3] The Forgiver
of sins and the Acceptor of repentance. Stern in retribution, the Bountiful,
there is no god except He and to Him is the arrival.
[40.4] None but the
unbelievers dispute concerning the verses of Allah. So do not be deluded by
their going to and fro in the land.
[40.5] The nation of
Noah before them belied, and so did the parties after them. Every nation strove
against their Messenger to seize him, disputing with false arguments to refute
the truth. Then I seized them, how was My punishment!
[40.6] And so it is that the Word of your Lord shall be realized
against the unbelievers they are the inhabitants of the Fire.
[40.7] Those who bear
the Throne and those around it exalt with the praise of their Lord and believe
in Him. They ask forgiveness for the believers (saying), 'Our Lord, You embrace
all things in mercy and knowledge. Forgive those who repent and follow Your
Way. Shield them against the punishment of Hell.
[40.8] Admit them,
Our Lord, to the Gardens of Eden which You have promised them, together with
those who were righteous among their fathers, their wives, and their offspring.
You are the Almighty, the Wise,
[40.9] and guard them
against all evil deeds. Whosoever You guarded against evil deeds on that Day,
surely, You have had mercy upon them, and that is indeed the mighty triumph.'
[40.10] It shall be
proclaimed to the unbelievers, 'Surely, the hatred of Allah for you is greater
than your hatred of yourselves. You were called to belief but disbelieved.'
[40.11] They shall
say, 'Our Lord, twice You have made us die, and twice You have given us life,
now, we confess our sins. Is there any way we can be brought out of this?'
[40.12] (They shall
be answered), 'That is because you disbelieved when Allah alone was supplicated
to, but when others were associated with Him you believed.' Judgement belongs
to Allah, the Most High, the Great.
[40.13] It is He who
shows to you His signs and sends down your provision from the sky. Yet no one
remembers except he who is penitent.
[40.14] Supplicate
then to Allah making your religion sincerely His, even though the unbelievers
oppose it.
[40.15] Exalter in
ranks, Owner of the Throne. He lets the spirit (the revelation) descend at His
order on those of His worshipers whom He chooses, in order that He warns of the
Day of the Meeting;
[40.16] the Day when
they shall rise up with nothing hidden from Allah. And who is the Owner of the
Kingdom on that Day? Allah, the One, the Conqueror!
[40.17] On that Day
every soul shall be recompensed for its earnings and on that Day none shall be
wronged. The reckoning of Allah is swift.
[40.18] Warn them
against the Imminent Day when, choking with anguish, the hearts will be in
their throats, the harm doers will not have a single, loyal friend, and there
will be no intercessor to be obeyed.
[40.19] He (Allah)
knows the furtive looks of the eyes and what the chests conceal.
[40.20] With justice
Allah will judge, but those upon whom they call, other than Him, can not judge
anything at all! Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
The clear signs given to the Messengers of Allah [40.21-22]
[40.21] Have they
never journeyed through the land and seen what was the end of those who have
gone before them? They were stronger than themselves in might and left firmer
traces in the earth, but Allah seized them for their sinning, and they had none
to protect them from Allah.
[40.22] That was
because they disbelieved their Messengers when they came to them with clear
signs, and so Allah seized them. Surely, He is Strong, and Stern in
retribution.
[40.23] We sent Moses
with Our signs and with clear authority
[40.24] to Pharaoh,
Haman, and Korah. But they said, 'A sorcerer, a liar.'
[40.25] And when he
brought them the truth from Us they said, 'Kill the sons of those who believe
with him, but spare their women.' But the scheming of the unbelievers is always
in error.
[40.26] Pharaoh said,
'Let me kill Moses, then let him call to his Lord! I am fearful that he will
change your religion or cause mischief in the land.'
[40.27] Moses said,
'I take refuge in my Lord and in your Lord from every proud (person), who does
not believe in Day of Reckoning.'
[40.28] But one of
Pharaoh's people, who was in secret a believer, asked, 'Would you kill a man
because he says, "My Lord is Allah?" He has brought you clear signs
from your Lord. If he is lying, let his lie be on his head, but, if he is
speaking the truth then at least a part of what he promises will befall you.
Allah does not guide the lying sinner.
[40.29] O my nation,
today the kingdom is yours and you are the masters in the land. But, if the
might of Allah should come against us, who will help us?' Pharaoh said, 'I only
let you see what I see. I guide you to the path of righteousness!'
[40.30] The one who
believed said, 'I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates my
nation,
[40.31] or, something
similar to the circumstances of the nations of Noah, Aad, and Thamood, and
those who came after them. Allah does not want to wrong His worshipers.
[40.32] And, my
nation, I fear for you the Day of Calling,
[40.33] the Day when
you will turn in retreat with none to protect you from Allah. He whom Allah
leads astray has no guide.
[40.34] Before this,
Joseph brought you clear signs, but you continued to be doubtful of that which
he brought. When he passed away you said, "Allah will never send another
Messenger after him." As such Allah leads astray the sinner, the doubter.
[40.35] Those who
dispute the signs of Allah without any authority having reached them are very
hateful before Allah and the believers. As such Allah sets a seal on every
heart that is proud and arrogant.’
[40.36] Pharaoh said,
'Haman, build me a tower that I can reach the ways,
[40.37] the ways of
heaven so that I may look upon the God of Moses, because I think that he is a
liar! ' And so Pharaoh's evil deeds were made to seem fair to him, and he was
barred from the Way. And Pharaoh's guile came to nothing except ruin.
[40.38] He who was a
believer said, 'Follow me, my nation, so that I may guide you to the Right
Path.
[40.39] O my nation,
the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment, but surely, the life of the
Everlasting Life is the stable abode.
[40.40] Those who do
an evil deed shall only be rewarded with its like, but those who believe and do
good works, either men and women, shall enter the Gardens of Paradise and are
provided for without reckoning.
[40.41] My nation,
how is it that I call you to salvation and you call me to the Fire?
[40.42] You call me
to disbelieve in Allah and to associate with Him that of which I know nothing;
while I call you to the Almighty, the Forgiving.
[40.43] There is no
doubt that what you call me to has neither a call in this world, nor in the
Everlasting Life. To Allah we shall return, and the excessive sinners are the
inhabitants of the Fire.
[40.44] You will
remember what I say to you. To Allah I commit my affair, surely, Allah sees His
worshipers.'
[40.45] Allah saved
him from the evils that they devised, and an evil punishment encompassed
Pharaoh's people.
[40.46] (Before) the
Fire they shall be exposed morning and evening, and on the Day when the Hour
comes, (it will be said), 'Admit the family of Pharaoh into the most terrible
punishment!'
[40.47] And when they
argue with one another in Hell, the weak will say to the proud, 'We were your
followers, will you help us against any share of the Fire?'
[40.48] But those who
were proud will reply, 'All of us are in it (Hell). Allah has judged between
His worshipers.'
[40.49] And those in
the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna (Hell), 'Call your Lord to lessen
our punishment for one day!'
[40.50] But they will
say, 'Did your Messengers not come to you with clear signs?' 'Yes indeed, '
they will answer. And they will reply, 'Then you call.' But the calling of the
unbelievers is only in error.
[40.51] Surely, We
shall help Our Messengers and the believers both in this world and on the Day
when the witnesses rise.
[40.52] On that Day
no excuse will benefit the harm doers. Theirs shall be the curse, and an evil
lodging.
[40.53] We gave Moses
the Guidance and bequeathed upon the Children of Israel the Book
[40.54] for guidance
and a reminder for those of understanding.
[40.55] Therefore
have patience; the promise of Allah is true, and ask forgiveness of your sins,
and exalt with the praise of your Lord in the evening and at dawn.
[40.56] (As for)
those who dispute the verses of Allah without authority having been given to
them, there is nothing in their chests but pride; that, they shall never
attain. Therefore seek refuge in Allah, surely, He is the Hearer, the Seer.
[40.57] Indeed, the
creation of heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, yet most
people do not know.
[40.58] The blind and
the seeing are not equal, nor are those who believe and do good works, and the
wrongdoer yet you seldom reflect.
[40.59] There is no doubt
that the Hour is coming, yet most people do not believe.
[40.60] Your Lord has
said, 'Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who are too proud to worship Me
shall enter Gehenna utterly abject.'
With the multitude of the signs of Allah that surround us how can people turn away from Him? [40.61-77]
[40.61] It is Allah
who made for you the night in which to rest and the day to see. Allah is
bountiful to the people, yet most people do not give thanks.
[40.62] Such is
Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no god except He. How
then can you turn away from Him?
[40.63] As such those
who disbelieve the signs of Allah turn away.
[40.64] It is Allah
who has given you the earth as a fixed place, and the heaven for a canopy. He
has shaped you and made you fine images, and provided you with goodness. Such
is Allah, your Lord. Blessed be Allah, Lord of all the Worlds.
[40.65] He is the
Living; there is no god except He. Supplicate to Him and make the religion
sincerely His. Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[40.66] Say, 'I am
forbidden to worship those whom you worship, other than Allah. Clear verses
have come to me from my Lord and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the
Worlds.'
[40.67] It is He who
created you from dust, then from a (sperm) drop, and then a (blood) clot. He
then brings you forth as an infant, then you reach your strength, after which
you come of age though some of you die before it and that you reach an
appointed term, in order that you understand.
[40.68] It is He who
gives life and makes to die, and when He decrees a thing, He says to it, 'Be,'
and it is!
[40.69] Do you not
see how those who dispute about the verses of Allah how they are turned about?
[40.70] Those who
belie the Book and that with which We sent Our Messengers shall soon know.
[40.71] When the
fetters and chains are round their necks they shall be dragged
[40.72] into boiling
water, then, into the Fire they shall be poured.
[40.73] It will then
be asked of them, 'Where are those whom you associated,
[40.74] other than
Allah?' They will reply, 'They have gone astray from us. Indeed what we used to
call upon before is nothing.' Accordingly, Allah leads the unbelievers astray.
[40.75] (And it will
be said), 'That is because you rejoiced on earth in things of which you had no
right, and were very happy.
[40.76] Enter the
gates of Gehenna and live there for ever. Evil is the lodging of the proud.’
[40.77] Therefore
have patience, the Promise of Allah is true. Whether We show you something of
that We promise them or call you to Us, to Us they shall all return.
[40.78] We sent other
Messengers before you; of some, We have already told you, of others We have not
told you. Yet it was not for any Messenger to bring a verse except by the
permission of Allah. And when the command of Allah comes the matter will be
justly decided; and the vain-doers will be lost.
[40.79] It is Allah
who has provided you with cattle, some that you ride and some that you eat,
[40.80] and for you
there are other uses in them, and that upon them you may reach a need in your
chests, and upon them and on ships you are carried.
[40.81] He shows you
His signs. Now which of the signs of Allah do you disbelieve?
[40.82] Have they
never journeyed through the land and seen what was the end of those who have
gone before them? They were stronger than themselves in might and left firmer
traces upon the earth; yet, whatsoever they earned did not help them.
[40.83] When their
Messengers brought them clear verses they rejoiced in such knowledge as they
had; but they were encompassed by that which they mocked.
[40.84] And when they
saw Our Might, they said, 'We believe in Allah alone, and we disbelieve in that
we used to associate with Him.'
[40.85] But when they
saw Our Might their belief did not benefit them! It is the way of Allah that
has passed concerning His worshipers. There, the unbelievers shall be lost.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[41.1] HaMeem.
[41.2] A sending down
from the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[41.3] A Book, the
verses of which are distinguished, an Arabic Koran for a nation who know.
[41.4] It bears glad
tidings and a warning, yet most of them turn away and do not listen.
[41.5] They say, 'Our
hearts are veiled from that to which you call us, and in our ears there is
heaviness. And between us and you is a veil. So work (as you will) and we are
working.'
[41.6] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'I am only a human like you, to whom it is revealed that your God is
One God. Therefore be straight with Him and ask Him to forgive you. Woe to the
idolaters,
[41.7] who do not pay
charity and disbelieve in the Everlasting Life.
[41.8] For those who
believe and do good works is an enduring wage.'
[41.9] Say, 'Do you
disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days? And do you set up equals
with Him? He is the Lord of the Worlds.'
[41.10] He set firm
mountains on top (of the earth) and He blessed it. And in four days He ordained
in it many provisions, equal to those who ask.
[41.11] Then He
willed to the heaven when it was smoke, and to it and the earth He said, 'Come
willingly, or unwillingly.' 'We come willingly,' they answered.
[41.12] In two days
He determined them seven heavens, and He revealed to each heaven its commands.
We decorated the lowest heaven with lamps and preserve them. Such is the decree
of the Almighty, the Knower.
Prophet Muhammad is told to remind people of the devastation
that overtook former generations because of their disbelief in the message
given to their prophet [41.13-18]
[41.13] But if they
turn away, say, 'I have given you warning of a thunderbolt similar to that
which overtook Aad and Thamood.'
[41.14] When their
Messengers came to them from before them and behind them, (saying), 'Worship
none except Allah, ' they answered, 'Had it been the will of our Lord, He would
have sent down angels. So we disbelieve in the Message with which you were
sent.'
[41.15] As for Aad,
they behaved proudly in the earth without right. 'Who is stronger than us?'
they would say. Could they not see that Allah, who created them, is stronger
than they? But they disbelieved Our signs.
[41.16] Then, on the
ominous days, We loosed against them a howling wind that We might let them
taste the punishment of humiliation in this life; but more humiliating will be
the punishment of the Everlasting Life and they will not be helped.
[41.17] As for
Thamood, We (offered) them Our Guidance, but they preferred blindness to
guidance. So a thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them because of
what they had earned;
[41.18] and We saved
those who believed and feared Allah.
[41.19] On the Day
when the enemies of Allah will be rightfully gathered together before Fire,
[41.20] when they
reach it, their hearing, eyes and skins will testify against them for what they
were doing.
[41.21] 'Why did you
bear witness against us, ' they will ask their skins, and they will reply,
'Allah has given us speech, as He has given speech to everything. It was He who
created you the first time, and to Him you shall return.
[41.22] It is not
that you covered yourselves so that your hearing, eyes and skin could not bear
witness against you but you thought that Allah did not know much of that which
you do.
[41.23] Rather, it is
the thoughts you thought about your Lord that have destroyed you, therefore,
this morning you find yourselves among the losers.'
[41.24] Even if they
are patient the Fire shall still be their lodging, and if they seek pardon,
they shall not be among those who are pardoned.
[41.25] We have
assigned companions to them, who make what is before them and behind them seem
fair to them. The statement has been realized against them in nations of people
and jinn alike that passed away before them they were indeed the losers.
[41.26] The
unbelievers say, 'Do not listen to this Koran, and talk idly about it so that
you might be overcome.'
[41.27] We will let
the unbelievers taste a terrible punishment, and recompense them with the worst
of what they were doing.
[41.28] The Fire that
is the recompense of the enemies of Allah. There it is that they will be lodged
for eternity, a recompense for their disbelief of Our verses.
[41.29] The
unbelievers will say, 'Lord, show us the jinn and people who led us astray, to
put them under our feet so that they are among the lowest.'
[41.30] The angels
will descend on those who said, 'Allah is Our Lord,' and have then gone
straight, (saying,) 'Be neither fearful, nor sad; rejoice in the Paradise you
have been promised.
[41.31] We are your
guides in this world and in the Everlasting Life. There, you shall have all
that your souls desire, and all that you ask for
[41.32] as
hospitality from One, the Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
[41.33] And, who is
better in saying than he who invites to Allah, does what is right, and says,
'Surely, I am of those who surrender.'
[41.34] Good and evil
deeds are not equal. Repel with that which is most just, and see, the one whom
there is enmity between you will be as if he were a loyal guide.
[41.35] But none will
receive it except those who are patient and, none shall receive it, except he
who has a great share.
Seek refuge with Allah when you are provoked by satan
[41.36]
[41.36] If a
provocation from satan should provoke you, seek refuge in Allah. He is the
Hearer, the Knower.
[41.37] Among His
signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. But do not prostrate
yourselves before the sun or the moon; rather prostrate before Allah, who
created them both, if it is He whom you worship.
[41.38] But if they
become proud, those who are with your Lord exalt Him by day and night, and
never grow weary.
[41.39] And among His
signs is that you see the earth humble; then when He sends down rain upon it,
it quivers and swells. He who revives is He who revives the dead, surely, He is
powerful over everything.
[41.40] Those who
disbelieve Our verses when it comes to them are not hidden from Us. Is he who
is cast in the Fire better than he who comes in safety on the Day of
Resurrection? Do as you will, surely, He sees the things you do.
[41.41] Those who
disbelieve in the Remembrance when it comes to them and indeed this is a Mighty
Book
[41.42] falsehood
does not come to it from before it or from behind it. It is a sending down from
the One, the Wise, the Praised.
[41.43] Nothing that
is said to you has not already been said to other Messengers before you.
Indeed, your Lord is a Lord of forgiveness, but stern in retribution.
[41.44] Had We made the
Koran in a non-Arabic (language) they would have said, 'If only its verses were
distinguished! Why in (a) non-Arabic (language, when the Prophet is) an Arab? ' Say, 'To the believers it is a guidance and a healing. But
to those who do not believe, there is a heaviness in
their ears, to them it is blindness. They are those called from afar.'
[41.45] We gave the Book to Moses, but there were disputes about it,
and had it not been for a Word that preceded from your Lord (their disputes)
would have been decided between them. But they are in disquieting doubt about
it.
[41.46] He who does
good does it for himself; and he who does evil does so against it. Your Lord
never wrongs His worshipers.
[41.47] To Him is
referred the knowledge of the Hour. No fruit sprouts forth from its sheath, no
female conceives or is delivered, except with His Knowledge. On the Day He will
call to them, 'Where then are My associates?' they will reply, 'We proclaim to
You that none of us can bear witness.'
[41.48] Those they
used to call upon before will go away from them, and they shall think that they
have no asylum.
[41.49] Mankind never
wearies of supplicating for goodness, but when evil befalls him he is downcast
and (grows) desperate.
[41.50] And if We
give him a taste of mercy from Us after his affliction has befallen him, he is
sure to say, 'This is my own. I do not think the Hour will ever come. And even
if I am returned to my Lord, with Him there is for me the finest reward
(Paradise).' Then, We shall tell the unbelievers what they did and let them
taste a harsh punishment.
[41.51] When We favor
a human, he swerves away and withdraws aside, but when evil befalls him he is
full of unending prayer.
[41.52] Say, 'Think,
if this (Koran) is indeed from Allah, and you disbelieve in it, who is further
astray than he who is in a wide schism?
[41.53] We will show
them Our signs in all the horizons and in themselves, until it is clear to them
that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient that your Lord is witness over
everything?'
[41.54] Are they not in doubt concerning the Meeting with their
Lord? Attention, He encompasses everything.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[42.1] HaMeem
[42.2] 'AeenSeenQaaf
[42.3] As such Allah,
the Almighty, the Wise reveals to you (Prophet Muhammad) and to those before
you.
[42.4] To Him belongs
whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. He is the High, the Exalted.
[42.5] The heavens
nearly break apart above them as the angels exalt with the praise of their Lord
and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Indeed Allah is the Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.
[42.6] As for those
who take guardians for themselves, other than Him, Allah is the Warden over
them. You are not a guardian over them.
[42.7] As such We
have revealed to you an Arabic Koran, so that you can warn the Mother of
Villages (Mecca) and all who live about it, and that you also warn them of the
Day of Gathering in which there is no doubt that a division will be in
Paradise, and a division in the Blaze.
[42.8] Had it been
the Will of Allah, He would have made them all one nation. But He admits into His
Mercy whom He will, the harm doers shall have neither a guardian nor helper.
Allah revives the dead [42.9]
[42.9] Or have they
taken to themselves guardians other than Him? But Allah, He is the Guardian. He
revives the dead and has power over all things.
[42.10] Whatever you
differ upon, its judgement belongs to Allah. Such is Allah, my Lord, in Him I
have put my trust, and to Him I turn in repentance.
[42.11] The
Originator of the heavens and the earth, He has given you from yourselves,
pairs, and also pairs of cattle, thereby multiplying you. There is nothing like
Him. He is the Hearer, the Seer.
[42.12] To Him
belongs the keys of the heavens and the earth. He outspreads and withholds His
provisions to whom He will, surely, He has knowledge of all things.
[42.13] He has made
plain for you the Religion with which He charged Noah and that which We have
revealed to you, and that with which We charged (Prophets)
Abraham, Moses and
Jesus, (saying), 'Establish the Religion and do not be divided therein.' That
which you invite them to is too overwhelming for the idolaters. Allah brings
close to Himself whom He will, and guides to Him those who turn in repentance.
[42.14] Yet they
became divided only after knowledge had reached them from their own insolence.
And had it not been for a Word that had preceded from your
Lord, till an appointed
term, it would have been determined between them. But those who inherited the
Book after them are in disquieting doubt about it,
[42.15] so invite and
go straight as you are ordered, and do not follow their desires and say, 'I
believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down. I am ordered to be just among
you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds and you have yours;
there is no argument between us and you, Allah will bring us all together, to
Him is the arrival.'
[42.16] As for those
who argue concerning Allah after being answered, their arguments will be
annulled before their Lord, and His Wrath will fall upon them, and for them
there is a terrible punishment.
[42.17] It is Allah
who has sent down the Book in truth and the Scale. And what will let you know?
The Hour is near.
[42.18] Those who
disbelieve in it seek to hasten it, but the believers are in fear of it,
knowing it to be the truth. Indeed, those who doubt the Hour have strayed far
away.
[42.19] Allah is
Subtle towards His worshipers, and provides for whosoever He will. He is the
Strong, the Almighty.
[42.20] Whoever hopes
for the tillage of the Everlasting Life, We will increase his tillage; and
whoever hopes for the tillage of this world, We give him some of it, but in the
Everlasting Life he shall have no share.
[42.21] Or do they
have associates who have made lawful to them in religion what Allah has not
permitted? Had it not been for the Decisive Word, it would have been decided
between them. For the evildoers there is a painful punishment.
[42.22] You shall see the harm doers in fear of what they have
earned as it is about to fall on them. But those who believe and do good deeds
shall live in the meadows of the Gardens and from their Lord they will have all
that they desire that is the great bounty.
[42.23] This is the
glad tidings that Allah gives to His worshipers, who believe and do good works.
Say, 'For this I ask of you no wage except the love of the (Prophet's)
relatives. We will add good to whosoever gains a good deed. Allah is the
Forgiving and the Thanker.'
Allah wipes out falsehood and verifies the truth [42.24]
[42.24] Or do they
say, 'He has forged a lie about Allah? But if Allah wills He could set a seal
upon your heart. Allah wipes out falsehood and verifies the truth by His Words.
He knows the innermost of the chests.
[42.25] It is He who
accepts the repentance of His worshipers and pardons their evil deeds. He has
knowledge of what you do.
[42.26] He answers
those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them from His bounty. But
for the unbelievers there is a terrible punishment.
[42.27] If Allah had
expanded His provision to His worshipers, they would become tyrannical in the
earth, but He sends down to them what He will in due measure; He is Aware and
sees His worshipers.
[42.28] It is He who sends down rain for them after they despaired,
and He unfolds His Mercy. He is the Guardian, the Praised.
[42.29] Among His
signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the crawling things
which He has dispersed in them. If He will, He is Able to gather all of them.
[42.30] If affliction
befalls you, it is what your own hands have earned, but He pardons a lot.
[42.31] You are not
able to frustrate Him in the earth, nor do you have a guardian and a helper
other than Allah.
[42.32] And among His
signs are the ships that run on the sea like mountains and
[42.33] if He will,
He calms the wind so that they remain motionless upon its back, surely, there
are signs in this for every thankful, patient (person).
[42.34] Or, He wrecks
them for what they have earned, but He pardons a lot.
[42.35] Those who
dispute Our verses may know that they have no asylum.
[42.36] That which
you have been given is but the enjoyment of the present life. Better and more
enduring is that which Allah has for those who believe and put their trust in
their Lord.
[42.37] And those who
avoid the major sins and indecencies and, when angered, forgive;
[42.38] those who
answer their Lord, establish the prayers, and their affairs are by
consultation; who spend of that which We have given them,
[42.39] and when
harmed they become victorious.
[42.40] The
recompense of a sin is a sin like it, but whosoever forgives and seeks to
reform, his wage will be with Allah. Surely, He does not love the harm doers.
[42.41] And whosoever
harms after he has been harmed there is no blame upon them.
[42.42] The blame is
only against those who wrong people, and are wrongfully insolent in the earth,
for them there is a painful punishment.
[42.43] Surely, he
who bears patiently and forgives indeed that is true constancy.
The losers and the winners [42.44-46]
[42.44] He whom Allah
leads astray has none to protect him thereafter. You will see the harm doers
when they see the punishment saying, 'Is there a way back?'
[42.45] You shall see
them exposed before it, humbled in shame and looking upon it with a furtive
glance and the believers will say, 'Indeed, the losers are they who lose
themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.' The harm doers shall
suffer an everlasting punishment.
[42.46] They shall
have none to protect or help them other than Allah. He whom Allah leads astray
there is no way for him.
Answer your Creator while there is still time [42.47-48]
[42.47] Answer your
Lord before that Day arrives which cannot be turned back from Allah, for you on
that Day there shall be neither shelter, nor denial.
[42.48] But if they
turn away, We have not sent you (Prophet Muhammad) to be their (compulsory)
guardian. It is only for you to deliver (the Message). When We give the human a
taste of Our Mercy, he rejoices because of it; but when, because of what he has
earned, evil befalls him, the human is ungrateful.
The ownership of the heavens and earth [42.49]
[42.49] To Allah
belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He will. He
gives females to whom He will and males to whom He will.
[42.50] Or, He
couples them, both males and females, and to others, if He will, He makes them
barren. Surely, He is the Knower, the Powerful.
[42.51] It does not
belong to any human that Allah should speak to him except by Revelation, or
from behind a veil, or that He sent a Messenger to reveal
whatsoever He will by
His Permission. He is the High, the Wise.
[42.52] As such We
have revealed to you (Prophet Muhammad) a spirit (the revelation of the Koran)
from Our Ordinance. You did not know what the Book was, nor belief, but We made
it a light whereby We guide those of Our worshipers whom We will. And you
(Prophet Muhammad), you, surely guide to a Straight Path.
[42.53] The Path of
Allah, to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.
Surely, to Allah all things return.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[43.1] HaMeem.
Since the beginning of creation, Allah in His Mercy, kept
sending His prophets to guide mankind, however most people rejected His
messengers and paid no heed to His signs. It was because of their disbelief
that many cities were destroyed and remain as a warning [43.2-14]
[43.2] By the Clear
Book
[43.3] We have made
it an Arabic Koran in order that you understand.
[43.4] It is in the
Origin of the Book with Us, sublime and wise.
[43.5] Shall We turn
away the Remembrance from you because you are a sinful nation?
[43.6] How many a
Prophet did We send to the ancients,
[43.7] no Prophet
came to them except that they mocked him,
[43.8] so We
destroyed those who were mightier in courage than they. And the example of the
ancients has passed away.
[43.9] Yet, if you
ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will answer, 'The
Almighty, the Knower created them.'
[43.10] (It is) He
who made the earth to be a cradle for you and made in it ways for you, in order
that you are guided.
[43.11] And (it is
He), who sends down water from the sky in its measure thereby We revive the
land that was dead, as such you shall be brought forth.
[43.12] And, (it is
He) who has created all the pairs and appointed for you ships and the cattle on
which you ride,
[43.13] so that you
can sit upon their backs and then remember the Favors of your Lord and say,
'Exaltations to Him who has subjected these to us otherwise, we ourselves were
not capable of it,
[43.14] indeed, to
our Lord we are turning.'
[43.15] Yet they
assign to Him some of His own (created) worshipers! Clearly, the human is
unthankful.
[43.16] Or, has He taken daughters from those He has created for
Himself and favored sons for you?
[43.17] Yet when one of them is given glad news of (a daughter) that
which he likened to the Merciful his face darkens and he chokes inwardly (with
gloom).
[43.18] (As such they
attribute to Allah) who is brought up among ornaments but when disputes arise
are powerless.
[43.19] They claim that the angels, who are themselves the
worshipers of the Merciful, are females. Did they witness their creation! Their
witness shall be written down and they shall be questioned.
[43.20] They say, 'Had it been the will of the Merciful, we would
never have worshipped them.' Of this they have no knowledge, they are but
guessing.
[43.21] Or have We
given them a Book before this which they hold fast to?
[43.22] No, but they
say, 'We found our fathers following a creed, and by following in their
footsteps we are guided.’
[43.23] As such, We
never sent a warner before you to a village, except those living in luxury
said, 'We found our fathers following a creed, and by following in their
footsteps we are guided.'
[43.24] Say, 'What
then if I bring you a better guidance than that you found your fathers
following?' But they reply, 'We disbelieve in that you have been sent with.'
[43.25] So We took
vengeance upon them, and see how the end was of those who lied.
[43.26] (Remember)
when Abraham, said to his father and his nation, 'I am quit from what you
worship,
[43.27] except Him
who originated me, for He will guide me.'
[43.28] He made this
an abiding word among his descendants, in order that they would return.
[43.29] I gave them
and their fathers days of enjoyment until the truth and a clear Messenger came
to them.
[43.30] But when the
truth came to them, they said, 'This is sorcery, we disbelieve in it.'
The elders of the Koraysh tribe enviously resent that Prophet Muhammad, an orphan, was blessed to be chosen as the Messenger of Allah [43.31-32]
[43.31] They also
said, 'Why was this Koran not sent down to a great man from the two Villages?'
[43.32] What, is it
they who divide the Mercy of your Lord! (It is) We who divided between them
their livelihoods in this life, raising some in rank above others, so
that some may take
the other into his service. Your Lord's Mercy is better than all they gather.
[43.33] If it were
not that mankind would be one nation We would have made for whosoever
disbelieves in the Merciful silver roofs upon their houses, and stairs to
climb,
[43.34] with doors to
their houses and couches on which to recline;
[43.35] and gold,
surely, all this is but the enjoyment of this present life. The Everlasting
Life with your Lord is for those who fear (Him).
[43.36] To whosoever
blinds himself from the Remembrance of the Merciful, We shall assign him a
satan so he is his companion,
[43.37] and they bar
them from the Way, though they themselves think that they are guided.
[43.38] And when he
comes before Us, he shall say, 'Would that there had been between me and you,
the distance of the two Easts!' Evil is the companion.
[43.39] Because of
the harm you did, it would be of no benefit to you today, you are partners in
the punishment.
[43.40] What, will
you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind and he who is in clear error?
[43.41] Even if We
take you away, We shall take vengeance upon them,
[43.42] or We show
you a part of that which We have promised them, for indeed We have power over
them.
[43.43] Therefore,
hold fast to that which is revealed to you, indeed, you are on the Straight
Path.
[43.44] It is indeed
a Reminder to you and to your nation, and without doubt you shall be
questioned.
[43.45] Ask Our
Messengers whom We sent before you if We have ever made gods, other than the
Merciful, to be worshipped.
[43.46] We sent Moses
with Our signs to Pharaoh and his Council, and he said, 'I am the Messenger of
the Lord of the Worlds.'
[43.47] But when he
showed them Our signs they laughed at them,
[43.48] yet there was
not a sign that We showed them that was not greater than its sister, and We
seized them with the punishment so that they might return.
[43.49] 'Sorcerer, '
they said, 'pray to your Lord for us in accordance to the covenant He has made
with you, and surely we shall be rightly guided! '
[43.50] But when We
had relieved them of their punishment they broke their promise.
[43.51] Then Pharaoh
made a proclamation to his people, 'My people, is the kingdom of Egypt not mine
and these rivers which flow beneath me? What, can you not see?
[43.52] Am I not
better than this contemptible (man), who can scarcely make things clear
(because of the impediment of his speech)?
[43.53] Why have no
armlets of gold been given him, or angels sent down successively with him?'
[43.54] He (Pharaoh)
intimidated his nation, so they obeyed him, for they were a sinning nation.
[43.55] And when they
angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned all of them,
[43.56] and We made
them a thing of the past, and We made them an example to later people.
[43.57] When the son
of Mary is mentioned as an example, your people turn away from it
[43.58] and say,
'What are our gods better, or is he?' They do not mention him to you except to
dispute, truly, they are a contentious nation.
[43.59] He (Prophet
Jesus) was only a worshiper whom We favored and We made him an example to the
Children of Israel.
[43.60] Had it been
Our Will We would have made angels among you as successors in the earth.
satan is the clear of mankind [43.61-62]
[43.61] It is the
knowledge of the Hour. Have no doubt concerning it, and follow me. This is a
Straight Path,
[43.62] and do let
satan prevent you, for he is your clear enemy.
Jesus orders his followers to worship Allah and tells them that this is the Straight Path [43.63-66]
[43.63] And when
(Prophet) Jesus came with clear signs, he said, 'I have come to you with wisdom
and to clarify to you some of the matters about which you differ. Fear Allah
and obey me.
[43.64] Indeed, Allah
is my Lord and your Lord, therefore worship Him. That is the Straight Path.'
[43.65] Yet the
parties differed among themselves. So woe to those who did evil among the
punishment of a Painful Day.
[43.66] Are they
looking for anything except the Hour (to overtake them). It will come upon them
suddenly when they are unaware!
[43.67] On that Day
close friends shall become enemies of each other, except those who fear
(Allah).
[43.68] O My
worshipers, there is no fear for you on this Day, nor will you grieve
[43.69] to those who
believed in Our verses and were Muslims,
[43.70] (it will be
said) 'You and your spouses, enter, walking with joy into Paradise! '
[43.71] To them will
be passed large platters and cups of gold. There will be all that souls desire
and all that eyes delight in. (And it will be said,) 'There you shall live for
ever.
[43.72] Such is the
Paradise you shall inherit, for the things you did.
[43.73] You shall
have therein abundant fruit to eat.'
[43.74] But the
evildoers shall live for ever in the punishment of Gehenna (Hell),
[43.75] which will
not be lightened for them, and therein they shall be silent.
[43.76] We did not
wrong them, but they were harm doers.
[43.77] 'O Malik, '
(the angel of Hell) they will call out, 'let your Lord put an end to us! ' But he will answer, 'Here you shall stay.'
[43.78] We brought you the truth, but most of you were averse to the
truth.
[43.79] Or have they
devised a matter! We are devising.
[43.80] Do they think
We do not hear their secret and that which they conspire! Yes, indeed Our
angels, who are present with them write it down.
Allah orders Prophet Muhammad to say that if He had a son,
he would be the first to worship him [43.81-89]
[43.81] Say (Prophet
Muhammad), 'If the Merciful had a son, I would be the first of the worshipers.
[43.82] Exaltations
be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, above that
which they describe!'
[43.83] Let them
alone to plunge and play, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they
are promised.
[43.84] He who is God
in the heavens is also God in the earth; He is the Wise, the Knower.
[43.85] Exaltations
to Him to whom belong the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between them! With Him is the knowledge of the Hour and to
Him you shall be
returned.
[43.86] Those whom
they call upon, other than Him, have no power to intercede (for them), except
those that have knowingly borne witness to the truth.
[43.87] Yet if you
ask them, 'Who created you?' they will say, 'Allah.' How then can they turn
away from Him?
[43.88] And for his
saying, 'My Lord, these are an unbelieving nation,'
[43.89] pardon them,
and say, 'Peace', soon they will know.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[44.1] HaMeem
[44.2] By the Clear
Book
[44.3] that We sent down during a Blessed Night. We are ever warning.
[44.4] In it every wise matter is determined
[44.5] an order from
Us. We are ever sending.
[44.6] A Mercy from
your Lord, He is the Hearer, the Knower.
[44.7] Lord of the
heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you are certain (of your
faith).
[44.8] There is no
god except He. He revives and causes to die. (He is) your Lord and the Lord of
your fathers, the ancients.
[44.9] Yet they are in doubt, playing.
[44.10] Watch for the Day when the heaven will bring clear smoke,
[44.11] engulfing the
people; this will be a painful punishment.
[44.12] 'Our Lord,
remove this punishment from us, we are believers. '
[44.13] But how will
they avail themselves of the Reminder, when a clear Messenger had already come
to them
[44.14] but then they
turned away from him, saying, 'He is tutored, mad!'
[44.15] We are
removing the punishment a little, but you revert.
[44.16] But on that
Day We will assault them most mightily, and then We shall revenge!
[44.17] We tried
Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them,
[44.18] (saying,) 'Be
obedient to me O worshipers of Allah. I am your honest Messenger.
[44.19] Do not rise
up against Allah, I come to you with clear authority.
[44.20] I take refuge
with my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me.
[44.21] And if you do
not believe me, then leave me!'
[44.22] Then he
supplicated to his Lord saying, 'These are sinful people.'
[44.23] (His Lord
answered), 'Set out with My worshipers
in the night, for you will surely be followed.
[44.24] Then leave
the sea calm they are an army that will be drowned.’
[44.25] How many
gardens and fountains did they leave behind,
[44.26] and sown fields,
fine sitting places,
[44.27] and good
things in which they took delight.
[44.28] As such (it
was). And We made other people inherit them.
[44.29] Neither
heaven nor earth shed tears for them; nor were they respited,
[44.30] and We saved the
Children of Israel from a humiliating punishment
[44.31] from Pharaoh,
who ranked high in sin,
[44.32] and We chose
them, out of a knowledge above the nations (of their time).
[44.33] And gave
signs to them in which there was a clear trial.
[44.34] Yet these
say,
[44.35] 'There is
nothing except the first death, we shall never be revived.
[44.36] Bring us our
fathers, if what you say is true.'
[44.37] Are they
better or the people of Tubba' and those who were before them whom We
destroyed? Indeed they were sinners.
[44.38] It was not in
play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them.
[44.39] We created
them in nothing else except the truth. But most do not know.
[44.40] The Day of
Decision is the appointed time for all.
[44.41] On that Day
no cousin shall help his cousin and they shall not be helped
[44.42] except those
on whom Allah will have mercy. He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[44.43] The food of
the Zakkum tree
[44.44] shall be the
food of the guilty sinners.
[44.45] Like molten
copper boiling in the belly
[44.46] as the
boiling of the hot water.
[44.47] 'Seize him
and drag him into the center of Hell.
[44.48] Then pour the
punishment of boiling water over his head,
[44.49] (Saying),
'Taste, surely you are the mighty and noble!
[44.50] This is that
which you doubted.'
[44.51] Indeed, for
those who feared (Allah) is a secure place
[44.52] amidst
gardens and fountains,
[44.53] dressed in
silks and brocade, set face to face.
[44.54] As such, We shall
wed them to wideeyed houris (the virgins of Paradise).
[44.55] There in
security, they will call for every kind of fruit.
[44.56] There they
shall not taste death, except the first death, and He will shield them from the
punishment of Hell,
[44.57] as a bounty
from your Lord. That will be the mighty triumph.
[44.58] We have now
made it easy on your tongue, in order that they remember.
[44.59] So be
watchful, they too are watching.
45 The Kneeling - Al-Jathiah
[45.1] HaMeem.
If the Words of Allah and His signs are not believed, in what will people believe? [45.2-11]
[45.2] The sending
down of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.
[45.3] Indeed, there
are signs in the heavens and earth for believers,
[45.4] and in your
creation, and in the crawling things that He has scattered far and near, there
are signs for a nation whose belief is certain,
[45.5] and in the
alternation of the night and day, in the provision Allah sends down from heaven
with which the earth is revived after its death, and in the changing about of
the winds, there are signs for people who understand.
[45.6] Such are the
verses of Allah. We recite them to you in truth. So in what speech, after Allah
and His signs, will they believe?
[45.7] Woe to all the
guilty impostors!
[45.8] He hears the
verses of Allah recited to him and then, as though he never heard them,
persists in insolence. Give to him the glad tidings of a painful punishment.
[45.9] As for he who
knows something of Our verses and then mocks them for those there is a
humiliating punishment.
[45.10] Gehenna
(Hell) is behind them, all that they have earned shall not help them at all,
nor shall those they took as guardians, other than Allah. For them there is a
mighty punishment.
[45.11] This is
guidance; for those who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord the anger of the
painful punishment awaits them.
[45.12] It is Allah
who has subjected to you the sea so that ships run upon it at His command, and
so that you may seek His bounty and be thankful.
[45.13] He has
subjected to you whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth; all is from Him.
Surely, there are signs in this for people who contemplate.
[45.14] Tell the
believers to forgive those who do not look for the Days of Allah, so that He
recompenses the people for what they have earned.
[45.15] He who does
what is right does it for his own gain, and he who does evil does so at his own
loss, then to your Lord you shall all return.
The blessings and mercy of Allah to the Children of Israel for their belief in one God and those amongst them debated about the Truth of Allah [45.16-17]
[45.16] We gave to
the Children of Israel the Book, judgment and prophethood. We provided them
with good things and preferred them above the worlds (of their
time).
[45.17] We gave them
clear signs of the Command; yet it was not until after knowledge had come to them
that they differed among themselves, and were insolent to each other. On the
Day of Resurrection your Lord will indeed decide their differences.
Prophet Muhammad, the last prophet of Allah, was given the Law of Allah [45.18-20]
[45.18] And now, We
have set you on the jurisprudence of the Command, therefore follow it and do
not follow the desires of those who do not know.
[45.19] Indeed, they
will not help you at all against Allah. The harm doers are guides of each
other; but Allah is the Guide of the cautious.
[45.20] These are
clear proofs for people, a guidance, and mercy for those who are certain (of
the Resurrection) in belief.
[45.21] Do those who commit evil deeds think that We will make them
(equal) to the believers who do good works, so that in life and death they
shall be alike? How evil they judge!
[45.22] Allah created
the heavens and the earth in truth and that each soul shall be recompensed for
what it earned, they shall not be wronged.
Those who follow the frailties of personal desire in preference to the infallible guidance of Allah [45.23]
[45.23] Have you seen
he who took his desire for a god? With knowledge, Allah has led him astray,
setting a seal upon his hearing and heart, and has made a veil over his eyes,
who then shall guide him after Allah? Will you not then remember!
The denial of the fact that it is just as easy for Allah to
create us as it is for Him to resurrect us with His command “Be” and it becomes
[45.24-37]
[45.24] They say,
'There is nothing except this life, we die and we live, it is only time that
destroys us.' Surely, of this they have no knowledge, they are just guessing.
[45.25] And when Our
verses are recited to them, their only argument is, 'Bring our fathers back to
us, if what you say is true!'
[45.26] Say, 'Allah
revives you and causes you to die. Then, He shall gather you on the Day of
Resurrection, and of this there is no doubt, yet most people do not
know.'
[45.27] To Allah
belongs the Kingdom in the heavens and the earth. On the Day when the Hour
comes, those who disbelieved shall be the losers.
[45.28] You shall see
every nation hobbling on their knees. Each nation shall be summoned to its
Book. (And it will be said,) 'This Day, you shall be recompensed
for what you were
doing.
[45.29] This is Our
Book that speaks with the truth over you. We have recorded all that you were
doing.'
[45.30] As for those
who have believed and done good works, their Lord will admit them into His
Mercy that is a mighty triumph!
[45.31] But, to the
unbelievers (it will be said), 'Were My verses not recited to you, but you were
proud and were you not a sinful nation?'
[45.32] When it was
said, 'The promise of Allah is true, and of the Hour there is no doubt,' you
replied, 'We do not know what the Hour is, we guess, assuming, and we are by no
means certain.'
[45.33] The evil of
their deeds will appear to them, and they shall be encompassed by that they
mocked,
[45.34] and it shall
be said, 'Today, We will forget you as you yourselves forgot that you would
encounter this Day. The Fire shall be your refuge, and none will help you.
[45.35] That is
because you took the verses of Allah (the Koran) in mockery, and you were
deluded by your worldly life.' So that Day they will not be brought out
of it; nor shall they
be repentant.
[45.36] Praise,
belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the
Worlds.
[45.37] His is the Pride
in the heavens and earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[46.1] HaMeem.
Allah challenges those who do not believe to show those who believe what their associates have created [46.2-8]
[46.2] The sending
down of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.
[46.3] It was in
truth that We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them,
for an appointed term. Yet the unbelievers do not turn away from that which
they were warned.
[46.4] Say, 'Have you
seen those whom you call upon, other than Allah? Show me what they have created
from the earth! Or, do they have a partnership in the
heavens? Bring me a
Book before this or some other remnant of knowledge, if what you say is true.'
[46.5] Who is further
astray than he who calls upon, other than Allah, those who will never answer
him till the Day of Resurrection, who are indeed, heedless of their
supplication?
Those who were worshipped other, than Allah, will disown their followers [46.6]
[46.6] And, when
mankind are gathered, those will become their enemies and disown their worship.
Prophet Muhammad is accused of forging the Koran, yet Allah Himself bears witness that the Koran is from Him alone [46.7-
[46.7] When Our clear
verses are recited to them, the unbelievers say of the truth that came to them,
'This is clear sorcery.'
[46.8] Or, do they
say, 'He has forged it?' Say, 'If I have forged it, then you have no power to
help me against Allah, He knows what you say. It is sufficient that He
is the Witness
between me and you. He is the Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
Allah confirms that Prophet Muhammad is indeed His Messenger. The prophecy of Jesus is fulfilled Prophet Muhammad, “ A messenger will come who will not speak from himself, but only with the Words of Allah [46.9-10]
[46.9] Say, 'I am not
an innovation among the Messengers; nor know what will be done with me or you.
I follow only what is revealed to me; I am only a clear
warner.'
A sincere witness from the Children of Israel put aside
racial pride and recognizes, and testifies that the Koran is from Allah
[46.10-14]
[46.10] Say,
'Consider, if this (Koran) is from Allah and you disbelieve in it, and a
witness from the Children of Israel testifies to its like and believes, while
you are
proud! Indeed, Allah
does not guide the harm doers.'
[46.11] The
unbelievers say of the believers, 'Had it been any good they would not have
believed in it before us.' And because they are not guided by it they say,
'This is an ancient falsehood.'
[46.12] Yet before it
there was the Book of Moses which was an authority, and a mercy. This (Koran)
is the Book confirming it (the other untampered Books) in the
Arabic tongue, to
warn the harm doers and to give glad tidings to those who do good.
[46.13] Those who
say, 'Our Lord is Allah,' and follow the Straight Path shall have nothing to
fear nor shall they sorrow.
[46.14] Those, they shall
be for ever the inhabitants of Paradise, a recompense for what they did.
[46.15] We have
charged the human to be kind to his parents. With much pain his mother bore
him, and with much pain she gave birth to him; his bearing and
weaning are thirty
months. When he grows to manhood and attains his fortieth year, he says, 'Make
me so disposed My Lord, so that I give thanks for the favors
with which You have
blessed me, my father and mother, and that I will do good deeds that will
please You. And, make me righteous and also my descendants. To You I repent,
and I am among those who surrender.’
[46.16] Such are
those from whom We will accept the best of what they have done and whose evil
deeds We shall overlook. Those, they are among the inhabitants of Paradise;
true is the promise that has been promised them.
[46.17] But he who
says to his father and his mother, 'Fie on you! Do you promise me that I shall
be brought forth, when entire generations have passed away before me?' Yet they
supplicate to Allah for help 'Woe to you! Believe, surely the promise of Allah
is true.' Then he says, 'This is nothing but fairytales of the ancients.'
[46.18] Such are they
against whom the statement is realized concerning the nations of humans and
jinn alike that passed away before them; they were the losers.
[46.19] Each shall
have their degrees, according to what they have done, so that He will
recompense them for their works, and they shall not be wronged.
[46.20] Upon the Day
when the unbelievers are brought before the Fire, (We shall say to them), 'You
squandered your good things in your earthly life and took your fill of
enjoyment in them, therefore today you shall be recompensed with a humiliating
punishment, because you were unrightfully proud in the earth and for that you
were debauchers.'
[46.21] Remember
Aad's brother who warned his nation in (the valley of) Al Ahqaf. Warners had
already preceded and succeeded him saying, 'Worship none
except Allah! (he
said) 'Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a Dreadful Day.'
[46.22] 'Have you
come to turn us away from our gods (they replied)? If what you say is true then
bring down that which you promise us!'
[46.23] 'Allah alone
has the knowledge' he said, 'I am sent to deliver to you the Message. But I can
see that you are ignorant people.'
[46.24] And when they
saw it as a sudden cloud heading for their valley they said, 'This is a cloud
that will bring us rain!' 'Rather,' (he replied), 'it is that which you have
sought to hasten, a wind in which there is a painful punishment.
[46.25] It will
destroy everything by the command of its Lord.' And when morning came there was
nothing to be seen except their dwellings. As such We
recompense sinful
people.
[46.26] And We had
established them in that which We have not established you, and We made for
them hearing, sight, and hearts, but their hearing, sight, and
hearts did not help
them a thing, because they disbelieved the signs of Allah. And what they mocked
encompassed them.
[46.27] We destroyed
the villages around you and We repeated Our signs so that they might return.
[46.28] Why did not
those who they took, other than Allah, as mediating gods help them! Indeed,
they went astray from them! Such were their lies and what they were forging.
[46.29] (Remember)
how We sent to you (Prophet Muhammad) a company of jinn who, when they came and
listened to the Koran, said to each other, 'Be silent!' Then, when it was
finished, they returned to their nation and warned them.
[46.30] 'Our nation,'
they said, 'we have just been listening to a Book sent down after Moses
confirming what came before it and guiding to the truth and to a
Straight Path.
[46.31] Our nation,
answer the Caller of Allah and believe in Him! He (Allah) will forgive you some
of your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
[46.32] Those who do
not answer the Caller of Allah cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor shall
any one protect them other than Him; those are in clear error.'
[46.33] Have they not
seen that it is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied
by their creation, and that He is Able to restore the dead to
life? Yes, He has
power over all things!
[46.34] On the Day
when the unbelievers are brought before the Fire they shall be asked, 'Is this
not the truth?' 'Yes, by our Lord,' they will answer. He will say,
'Then taste the
punishment, for you were unbelievers.’
[46.35] Be patient,
as the Messengers of might were patient, and do not hasten it for them. On the
Day when they see what they have been promised, it will be as if they did not
stay except an hour of a day. (This Koran is) a Conveyance! Shall any be
destroyed except the nation of evildoers?
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[47.1] Those who
disbelieve and bar from the way of Allah, Allah will cause their deeds go
astray.
[47.2] As for the
believers who do good works and believe in what is sent down to Muhammad, which
is the truth from their Lord, He will acquit them of their sins
and repair their
condition.
[47.3] This is
because the unbelievers follow falsehood while the believers follow the truth
from their Lord. As such Allah sets forth for people their examples.
[47.4] Therefore,
when you meet the unbelievers smite their necks, then, when you have killed
many of them, tie the bonds. Then, either free them by grace or
ransom until war
shall lay down its loads, in this way, it shall be. Had Allah willed, He would
have been victorious over them; except that He might test you, the one
by the means of
others. As for those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will not let their
works to go astray.
[47.5] He will guide
them and repair their condition;
[47.6] and He will
admit them to the Paradise He has made known to them.
[47.7] Believers, if
you help Allah, He will help you and strengthen your feet.
[47.8] But the
unbelievers shall be the destroyed losers. He will bring their deeds to
nothing.
[47.9] That is
because they hated what Allah has sent down, so He annulled their deeds.
[47.10] Have they
never journeyed through the land and seen what was the end of those who had
gone before them? Allah destroyed them! Likewise it is for the
unbelievers,
[47.11] that is
because Allah is the Guardian of the believers, and the unbelievers have no
guardian.
[47.12] Allah will
indeed admit those who believe and do good works into Gardens underneath which
rivers flow. As for the unbelievers, they take their fill of pleasure and eat
as the cattle eat, but the Fire shall be their lodging!
[47.13] How many a
village mightier than your own village, which has expelled you, We have destroyed
there was none to help them!
[47.14] Is he who has
clear proof from his Lord to be compared to him whose evil deeds are made to
seem fair to him, so that they followed their desires?
[47.15] The example
of the Paradise which the cautious have been promised in it, there are rivers
of unstaling water, and rivers of milk that never change in flavor, and rivers
of wine, delectable to the drinkers, and rivers of pure, filtered honey. They
shall have therein of every fruit and forgiveness from their Lord. Are they
then like he who shall live in the Fire for ever and given boiling water to
drink that tears his bowels apart!
[47.16] Some of them
listen to you, but no sooner do they leave you they ask those to whom knowledge
has been given, 'What did he say just now?' Such are those whom Allah has set a
seal upon their hearts and who follow their own desires.
[47.17] As for those
who were guided, He increases their guidance and gives them their protection.
[47.18] Are they
looking except for the Hour to overtake them suddenly? Its signs have come. But
how will they be reminded when it has come to them?
[47.19] Therefore, know
that there is no god except Allah and ask for forgiveness of your sins and for
the believers, men and women. Allah knows your going to and fro, and your
lodging.
[47.20] The believers
ask, 'Has a chapter been sent down?' But when a clear chapter is sent down and
fighting is mentioned in it, you see those in whose hearts is sickness looking
towards you as one who swoons at death.
[47.21] Yet obedience
and honorable words (would be better for them). Then, when the matter is
decided, if they were true to Allah it would be better for them.
[47.22] Could it be,
that if you turn away, you might make corruption in the land and break the ties
of kinship?
[47.23] Such are
those whom Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their eyes.
[47.24] Will they not
then contemplate on the Koran? Or are there locks upon their hearts!
[47.25] As for those
who turn back in their footsteps after the guidance of Allah has become clear
to them, it was satan who tempted them, and Allah has respited them.
[47.26] That is
because they say to those averse to what Allah has sent down 'We shall obey you
in some of the matters.' Allah knows their secrets.
[47.27] How shall it
be when the angels (of death) take them and beat them on their face and back?
[47.28] That is because
they follow what angers Allah and hate His pleasure, therefore He has annulled
their deeds.
[47.29] Or, do those
who have a disease in their hearts think that Allah will not reveal their
hatred?
[47.30] If We willed,
We would show them to you and you would recognize them by their marks. But you
will surely know them by their twisted speech. Allah
knows your deeds.
[47.31] Without doubt
We shall test you until We know those who struggle and are patient among you,
and make clear your news.
[47.32] Those who
disbelieve and bar from the Path of Allah, and break with the Messenger after
guidance has been made clear to them shall not hurt Allah a thing, and He will
annul their deeds.
[47.33] Believers,
obey Allah and His Messenger and never let your labors go in vain!
[47.34] As for those who disbelieve and bar (others) from the Path
of Allah and then die as unbelievers – Allah will not forgive them.
[47.35] Therefore, do
not be weakened and call out for peace, you shall be the upper ones, and Allah
is with you and will not deprive you of your labors.
[47.36] The life of
this world is but play and an amusement. If you believe and are cautious, He
will give you your wage, and will not ask for your possessions.
[47.37] If He asked you
for them, and presses you, you would be mean and He would expose your anger.
[47.38] There you
are! You are called upon to spend in the Way of Allah. Some of you are mean;
yet whoever is mean is mean only to his own soul. Allah is the
Rich and you are the
poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with another nation, and they will
not be like you.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[48.1] Indeed, We
have opened for you (Prophet Muhammad) a clear opening,
[48.2] that Allah
forgives your past and future sins, and completes His Favor to you, and guides
you on a Straight Path,
[48.3] and that Allah
helps you with a mighty help.
[48.4] It was He who
sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers so that they might add
belief upon belief. To Allah belong the armies of the heavens and the earth.
Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
Allah forgives the sins of those who believe but punishes
those who do not [48.5-7]
[48.5] (From His
Wisdom) He admits the believers, both men and women, into Gardens underneath
which rivers flow, there to live for ever, and acquit them of their sins that
with Allah is a mighty triumph
[48.6] and that He
might punish the hypocrites and the idolaters, both men and women, and those
who think evil thoughts of Allah. An evil turn (of fortune) will befall them.
The Wrath of Allah is on them, and He has cursed them and prepared for them Gehenna
(Hell), an evil arrival!
[48.7] To Allah
belong the armies of the heavens and the earth. Allah is the Almighty and the
Wise.
Prophet Muhammad is a witness, and a bearer of glad tidings and warning [48.8-10]
[48.8] We have sent
you (Prophet Muhammad) as a witness and as a bearer of glad tidings and
warning,
[48.9] so that you
believe in Allah and His Messenger and that you support him, revere him
(Prophet Muhammad), and exalt Him (Allah), at the dawn and in the
evening.
[48.10] Those who
swear allegiance to you swear allegiance to Allah. The Hand of Allah is above
their hands. He who breaks his oath breaks it against his self, but for he that
keeps his covenant made with Allah, Allah shall give him a mighty wage.
Hypocrisy; those who say with the tongues what they do not mean in their hearts [48.11-17]
[48.11] The Bedouins
who lagged behind will say to you, 'We were occupied with our possessions and
families, so ask Allah to forgive us.' But they say with their
tongues what they do
not mean in their hearts. Say, 'Who can help you against Allah if it is that He
wills harm for you or desires benefit for you? Allah is Aware of
what you do.'
[48.12] No, you
thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their
families, and this was made to seem fair in your hearts so you harbored evil
thoughts, and so you are a destroyed nation.
[48.13] But whosoever
disbelieves in Allah and His Messenger; We have prepared a Blazing Fire for the
unbelievers.
[48.14] To Allah belongs
the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He will and punishes
whom He will. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
[48.15] When you set
forth to take the spoils, those Bedouins who lagged behind will say, 'Let us
follow you.' They hope to change the Words of Allah. Say, 'You
shall not follow us.
Allah has said so before.' They will reply, 'No, you are envious of us.'
Rather, they have only understood a little!
[48.16] Say to the
Arabs who lagged behind, 'You shall be called upon to fight a mighty nation,
unless they embrace Islam. If you are obedient you shall receive a
good wage from Allah.
But, if you turn away, as you turned your backs before, He will punish you with
a painful punishment.'
[48.17] There is no
fault in the blind, or the lame, or the sick. He who obeys Allah and His
Messenger He shall admit him to Gardens underneath which rivers flow;
but he who turns away
shall be punished with a painful punishment.
[48.18] Allah was
pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to you under the tree and
He knew what was in their hearts. Therefore, He sent down
tranquility upon them
and rewarded them with a victory close by
[48.19] and they took
many spoils, and Allah is the Almighty, and the Wise.
[48.20] Allah has
promised that you take many spoils. He has hastened this to you, and restrained
the hands of people from you so that He makes it a sign to the believers and to
guide you on a Straight Path.
[48.21] And there
were (other spoils) which you were unable to take. Allah has encompassed it
already, Allah is powerful over all things.
[48.22] If the
unbelievers had fought you they would have been put to flight, and found none
to protect or help them.
[48.23] Such is the way of Allah in days gone by, and you shall find
no change in the ways of Allah.
[48.24] It was He who
restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the hollow
(Hudaibiah) of
Allah sees the things
you do.
[48.25] They are
those who disbelieved and barred you from the Holy Mosque and the offering
detained so as not to reach its place of sacrifice if it had not been for
certain believing men and certain believing women whom you did not know, you
might have trampled upon them, and so sin reached you because of (killing) them
while you did not know. In order that Allah admits into His Mercy whom He will,
had they (the believers) been easy to distinguish, We would have punished the
unbelievers among them with a painful punishment.
[48.26] And when the
unbelievers established in their hearts fierce bigotry, the fierce bigotry of
ignorance, Allah sent down His tranquility on His Messenger and the believers
and firmly fastened to them the Word of 'taqwa' (there is no god except Allah,
and Muhammad is His Messenger, as it is the cause of righteousness) to which
they have better right and are worthy of it. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[48.27] Indeed,
Allah, in truth, has realized His Messenger's vision. You shall enter the
Sacred Mosque in security if Allah wills, with hair shaven or cut short and
without fear. He knew what you did not know, and granted you a near victory.
[48.28-29]
[48.28] It is He who
has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He
exalts it above all other religions. Allah is the Sufficient Witness.
The description of Muslims was written in the Torah and the lost Gospel given to Jesus [48.29]
[48.29] Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah. Those who are with him are harsh against the
unbelievers but merciful to one another. You see them bow and
prostrate themselves
seeking the bounty and pleasure of Allah. Their mark is on their faces from the
trace of prostration. That is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in
the Gospel, as the seed which puts forth its shoot and strengthens it, so that
it grows stout and rises straight upon its stalk, delighting the sowers, and
through them He enrages the unbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who
believe and do good deeds, forgiveness and a great wage.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[49.1] Believers do
not advance before Allah and His Messenger. Fear Allah. Allah is the Hearer,
the Knower.
[49.2] Believers, do
not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor speak loudly to him
as you do to one another lest your works should be annulled
without your
knowledge.
[49.3] Those who
lower their voice in the presence of the Messenger of Allah are those whose
hearts Allah has tested for warding off (evil). They shall receive
forgiveness and a
great wage.
[49.4] Whereas those
who call out to you from behind the apartments, most of them lack
understanding.
[49.5] If they had
patience until you went out to them, it would have been better for them. But
Allah is the Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
Obedience to the Messenger of Allah and the importance of examining the source of your information [49.6-8]
[49.6] Believers, if
an evildoer brings you a piece of news, inquire first, in case you should
unwittingly wrong others and then repent of what you have done.
[49.7] Know that the
Messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in many matters, you
would surely suffer. But Allah has endeared the Belief to you
and beautified it in
your hearts, and has made detestable to you disbelief, wrongdoing, and
disobedience. Such are those who are righteous
[49.8] by the Favor
and Blessing of Allah. Allah is the Knower and the Wise.
[49.9] If two parties
of believers fight, reform between them. If either of them is insolent against
the other, fight the insolent one till they revert to the order of Allah. If
they revert, reform between them with justice, and weigh with justice. Allah
loves those who weigh with justice.
[49.10] Believers are
indeed brothers, therefore make things right among your two brothers and fear
Allah, so that you will be subject to mercy.
[49.11] Believers, do
not let people mock other people who may be better than themselves. Do not let
women mock women, who may be better than themselves. Do not find fault with one
another, nor abuse one another with nicknames. An evil name is disobedience
after belief. Those who do not repent are the harm doers.
[49.12] Believers,
abstain from most suspicion, some suspicion is a sin. Neither spy nor backbite
one another would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead
brother? Surely, you
would loathe it. Fear Allah, without doubt Allah turns (in mercy) and He is the
Merciful.
[49.13] People, We
have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes
that you might know one another. The noblest of you before Allah is the most
righteous of you. Allah is the Knower, the Aware.
[49.14] The Arabs
declare, 'We believe.' Say, 'You do not', rather, say, 'we submit,' because
belief has not yet found its way into your hearts. If you obey Allah and His
Messenger, He will not reduce a thing from of your deeds. Allah is the
Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
[49.15] The believers
are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and have not doubted, and who
struggled in His Way with their possessions and themselves. Such are those who
are truthful.
[49.16] Say, 'Would
you teach Allah what your religion is, when Allah knows all that is in the
heavens and the earth?' Allah has knowledge of all things.
[49.17] They regard it
as a favor to you that they have submitted! Say, 'Do not regard your submission
as a favor to me, rather, it is Allah who bestows upon you a favor by guiding
you to belief, if you are truthful.
[49.18] Indeed, Allah
knows the Unseen of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is the Seer of what
you do.'
50 Qaaf - Qaaf
Disbelief in the resurrection and the events of the Day of
Resurrection [50.1-45]
[50.1] Qaaf. By the
Glorious Koran!
[50.2] No, but they
marvel that from among themselves a warner has come to them. The unbelievers
say (in mockery), 'This is a marvelous thing!
[50.3] What, when we
are dead and turned to dust? That indeed would be an unlikely return!'
[50.4] We know all
that the earth takes away of them, and a Book of Records is with Us.
[50.5] Rather, they
belied the truth when it came to them, and now they are in a state of
confusion.
[50.6] What, have
they never observed the heaven above them, (and seen) how We built and adorned
it, leaving no crack?
[50.7] We spread out
the earth and set upon it firm mountains, and We cause every delightful thing
to grow in it
[50.8] as a lesson
and a reminder to every penitent worshiper.
[50.9] We sent down
blessed water from the sky with which We caused gardens and the grains of
harvest to grow,
[50.10] and tall
palm-trees with compact spathes
[50.11] as a
provision for the worshipers; thereby We revived a land that was dead. Such
shall be the emerging.
The destruction of nations were signs of Allah not acts of “Mother Nature” [50.12-14]
[50.12] Before them,
the nation of Noah, the nation of Ar-Rass belied and so did Thamood
[50.13] and Aad,
Pharaoh and the brothers of Lot,
[50.14] the dwellers
of the Thicket and the nation of Tubba', all belied their Messengers, therefore
My threat was realized.
[50.15] What, were We wearied by the first creation? No, indeed; yet
they are in doubt about a new creation.
[50.16] Indeed, We
created the human. We know the whisperings of his soul, and are closer to him
than the jugular vein.
[50.17] When both
receivers (the angels) receive, one on his right, the other on his left,
[50.18] whatever
phrase he utters, an observer is present.
[50.19] And when the
agony of death comes in truth (they will say), 'This is what you have been
trying to avoid!'
[50.20] And the Horn shall
be blown; that is the Day of Threat!
[50.21] Each soul
shall come with a driver, and a witness.
[50.22] (It will be
said), 'Of this you have been heedless. Therefore, we have now removed your
covering. Today your sight is sharp.'
[50.23] And his companion
will say, 'This is that which I have present.'
[50.24] (It will be
said), 'Indeed, cast into Gehenna (Hell) every deviating unbeliever,
[50.25] forbidder of
good, transgressor and doubter,
[50.26] who has set
up with Allah another god. Indeed, you two, cast him into the terrible
punishment.'
[50.27] And his
companion shall say, 'Our Lord, I did not make him insolent, he was far
astray.'
[50.28] He (Allah)
will say, 'Do not dispute before Me. I sent you a warning beforehand.
[50.29] The Word cannot
be changed with Me; I do not wrong My worshipers.'
[50.30] On that Day
We shall ask Gehenna, 'Are you full?' And it will answer, 'are there any more?'
[50.31] And Paradise,
which is not far away, shall be brought closer to those who were cautious.
[50.32] (It shall be
said to them), 'This is that you were promised. It is for every heeding
penitent.
[50.33] Whosoever
fears the Merciful in the Unseen, and comes with a contrite heart.
[50.34] Enter it in
peace. This is the Day of Eternity!'
[50.35] There they
have all that they desire, and with Us is much more.
[50.36] How many
generations, stronger in might than they have We destroyed before them! They
searched the land, could they find any asylum?
[50.37] Surely, in
this there is a Reminder for he who has a heart or listens attentively while
witnessing.
[50.38] In six days
We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them and no
weariness touched Us!
Remember Allah by making Zikr [50.39-40]
[50.39] Bear then
with patience what they say. Exalt with the praise of your Lord before sunrise
and before sunset.
[50.40] And exalt Him
in the night, and at the ends of the prostrations.
[50.41] Listen for
the Day when the Caller will call from a nearby place.
[50.42] On the Day
when they will hear the Shout, in truth that Day they will emerge.
[50. 43] It is We who
give life and make to die. To Us is the arrival.
[50.44] Upon that Day
the earth will be rent asunder from around them as they hurry forth that is an
easy gathering for Us.
Prophet Muhammad [50.45]
[50.45] Indeed, We
know what they say. You (Prophet Muhammad) are not a tyrant over them.
Therefore, remind by the Koran whosoever fears (My) threat.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[51.1] By the
scatterers (the wind) scattering,
[51.2] then the
bearers of weight (the clouds),
[51.3] then the easy
runners (the ships);
[51.4] then by the
distributors (angels), ordered;
[51.5] indeed, that
which you are promised is true,
[51.6] and the
recompense shall surely happen.
[51.7] By the heaven
with its passages,
[51.8] surely, you
are in different sayings,
[51.9] and are turned
away from him who is turned.
[51.10] Woe to the
liars
[51.11] who are
heedless in the immersion.
[51.12] 'When will
the Day of Judgement be?' they ask.
[51.13] On that Day
they shall be tried at the Fire,
[51.14] 'Taste your
trial. This is what you have sought to hasten!'
[51.15] The righteous
shall live among gardens and fountains,
[51.16] receiving
what their Lord will give them because before this they were good doers.
[51.17] They slept
but a little at night,
[51.18] and at dawn
would ask forgiveness,
[51.19] and in their
wealth was a share for whosoever asked and for whosoever was prevented.
[51.20] For those
with sure belief there are signs in the earth,
[51. 21] and also in
yourselves. Can you not see?
[51.22] In the sky is
your provision and that which you are promised.
[51.23] So by the
Lord of heaven and earth, it is as true as your speech.
[51.24] Have you
heard the story of Abraham's honored guests?
[51.25] They entered
to him and said, 'Peace.' And he replied, 'Peace, you are people unknown to
me.'
[51.26] So he turned
to his household and brought a fattened calf.
[51.27] He set it
before them, saying, 'Will you not eat?'
[51.28] Then he
conceived a fear about them, and they said, 'Have no fear', and gave him the
glad tidings that he was to have a knowledgeable son.
[51.29] (Sarah) his
wife came with an exclamation and clasped her face, and said, 'Surely, I am a
barren old woman!'
[51.30] 'Such, says
your Lord, ' they replied, 'He is the Wise, the Knower.'
The angels tell Abraham that they have been sent to destroy the nation of Lot [51.31-37]
[51.31] 'Messengers,'
said he (Abraham), 'what is your errand?'
[51.32] They replied,
'We are sent to a sinful nation,
[51.33] so that we
bring down stones of clay upon them
[51.34] marked by
your Lord for the sinful.'
[51.35] So We brought
the believers out of that they were in.
[51.36] But We found
in it only one household of those who had surrendered themselves,
[51.37] and left
therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
[51.38] In Moses,
too, (there were signs). We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority,
[51.39] but he turned
his back with his Assembly, saying, 'He is (either) a sorcerer or a mad man!'
[51.40] So We seized
him and his hosts and cast them into the sea. Indeed, he was blameworthy.
[51.41] And in Aad.
We let loose on them a withering wind
[51.42] that left
nothing it came upon, except that it was ashes.
[51.43] And in
Thamood it was said to them, 'Take your enjoyment for awhile!'
[51.44] But in their
pride they turn away from the commandment of their Lord and the thunderbolt
struck them whilst they were looking;
[51.45] they could
neither stand up straight, nor were they helped.
[51.46] And before
them the nation of Noah, indeed they were a debauched nation.
[51.47] We built the
heaven with might, and We widely extended it.
[51.48] and We
cradled the earth. And We are the Best of Cradlers.
[51.49] We created
two kinds of all things, so that you will remember.
[51.50] Therefore,
flee to Allah. I am a clear warner to you from Him.
[51.51] Do not set up
with Allah another god. I am a clear warner to you from Him.
[51.52] Similarly, no
Messenger came to those before them but they said, 'Sorcerer, or mad!'
[51.53] Have they
handed this down from one to another? No, rather, they are an insolent nation.
[51.54] So turn away from
them, you shall not be blamed,
[51.55] But remind,
the Reminder will benefit the believers.
[51.56] I have not
created mankind and jinn except to worship Me.
[51.57] I do not
desire provision from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.
[51.58] Surely, Allah
is the Provider, the Possessor of Power, the Mighty.
[51.59] The evildoers
shall have for their portion, a portion like their companions (who were
destroyed before them). Therefore, they should not ask Us to hasten!
[51.60] Woe then to
the unbelievers for their Day which they were promised!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[52.1] By the Mount
[52.2] and by the
Book in lines
[52.3] in an exposed
parchment
[52.4] by the Visited
House,
[52.5] and the
uplifted roof
[52.6] and the sea
that is full
[52.7] surely, the
punishment of your Lord is about to come,
[52.8] there is none
to prevent it.
[52.9] Upon the Day when
the heaven spins dizzily
[52.10] and the
mountains move, moving.
[52.11] On that Day
woe to those who belied
[52.12] those who are
in plunging, playing.
[52.13] On that Day
when they shall be pitched into the Fire of Gehenna (Hell),
[52.14] (it will be
said to them), 'This is the Fire which you belied!
[52.15] Is this
magic, or is it that you do you not see?
[52.16] Roast in it,
bear it with or without patience, it is the same, you are only being
recompensed for that which you used to do.
[52.17] But in the
Gardens the righteous shall live in bliss,
[52.18] rejoicing in
all their Lord has given them, and their Lord will guard them against the
punishment of Hell.
[52.19] (It will be
said), 'Eat and drink with a good appetite because of that which you did.'
[52.20] (They shall
be) reclining on couches ranged in rows and We shall wed them to houris
(virgins of Paradise) with large wide eyes.
[52.21] Those who
believe, and whose descendants follow in belief, We will join their descendants
to them. And We will not reduce them of anything of their deeds. Every one is
pledged for what he has earned.
[52.22] We shall give
them fruits and meat as they desire.
[52.23] There they
will pass a goblet to one another with neither idle talk nor sin,
[52.24] and youths,
of their own, shall pass among them as if they were hidden pearls.
[52.25] They will go
to one another asking each other questions,
[52.26] 'When we were
among our people,' they will say, 'we were ever fearful,
[52.27] but Allah has
been gracious to us and has protected us from the punishment of the burning
wind.
[52.28] Before, we
were supplicating to Him. He is the Giving, the Most Merciful.'
[52.29] Therefore,
remind. By the Favor of Allah, you are neither a soothsayer, nor mad.
[52.30] Or do they
say, 'He is a poet, we are waiting for some misfortune to befall him?'
[52.31] Say, 'Wait if
you will; I shall be waiting with you.'
[52.32] Or, do their
intellects order them to do this? Or, are they an insolent people?
[52.33] Do they say,
'He has invented it?' No, they do not believe.
[52.34] Let them
produce a phrase like it, if what they say is true!
[52.35] Or, were they
created out of nothing? Or, were they their own creators?
[52.36] Or, did they
create the heavens and the earth? No, their belief is not certain!
[52.37] Or, are the
treasures of your Lord in their keeping? Or, are they the controllers?
[52.38] Or, do they
have a ladder on which they listen? Then let any of them that has listened
bring a clear authority.
[52.39] Or, has He
daughters, and they sons?
[52.40] Or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they become weighed
down in debt?
[52.41] Or, is the Unseen in their keeping, so they are writing it
down?
[52.42] Or, do they
desire to outwit? The unbelievers are the outwitted.
[52.43] Or, do they
have a god, other than Allah? Exaltations to Allah above that which they
associate!
[52.44] Even if they
saw lumps falling from the sky they would say, 'A massed cloud!'
[52.45] So leave them
till they encounter their Day in which they shall be thunderstruck.
[52.46] The Day when
their guile shall not relieve them a thing, and they shall not be helped.
[52.47] For the harm
doers there is indeed, a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
[52.48] And be
patient under the Judgement of your Lord, surely, you are before Our Eyes. And
exalt with the praise of your Lord when you arise,
[52.49] and exalt Him
in the night and at the declining of the stars.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Allah swears that Prophet Muhammad is neither straying from the Straight Path nor is he in error [53.1-3]
[53.1] By the star
when it plunges,
[53.2] your companion
is neither astray, neither errs,
Allah confirms the prophecy of Jesus which is that Prophet Muhammad does not speak out of desire but only by the Word of Allah [53.3-5]
[53.3] nor does he speak
out of desire.
[53.4] Indeed it is
not except a Revelation which is revealed,
[53.5] taught by One
who is Stern in power.
[53.6] Of might, he
(Gabriel) stood firm
[53.7] while he was in
the highest horizon;
[53.8] then he drew
near, and became close
[53.9] he was but two
bows' length or even nearer,
[53.10] so (Allah)
revealed to His worshiper (Gabriel) that which he revealed (to Prophet
Muhammad).
[53.11] His heart did
not lie of what he saw.
[53.12] What, will
you dispute with him about what he sees!
[53.13] Indeed, he
saw him in another descent
[53.14] at the Lote
Tree (Sidrat tree) of the ending
[53.15] close to the
Garden of Refuge.
[53.16] When there
comes to the Lote Tree, that which comes
[53.17] his eyes did
not swerve, nor did they stray
[53.18] for indeed he
saw one of the greatest signs of his Lord.
[53.19] (Among the
idols) have you considered allat and al'uzza,
[53.20] and, another,
the third manat?
[53.21] What, have
you males, and He females!
[53.22] That is
indeed an unjust division.
[53.23] They are but
names, named by you and your fathers. Allah has not sent down any authority for
them. They follow conjecture and their soul's desire, even
though the guidance
of their Lord has come to them.
[53.24] Is the human
to have whatever he fancies?
[53.25] To Allah
belongs the Eternal life and the first life.
[53.26] How many an
angel is there in the heavens whose intercession shall not benefit until Allah
gives permission to whom He will and is pleased.
[53.27] Those who
disbelieve in the Everlasting Life call the angels by female names.
[53.28] Yet of this
they have no knowledge, they follow mere conjecture, and conjecture does not
help against truth.
[53.29] So turn from
those who turn away from Our Remembrance and only desire this present life.
[53.30] That is all
they have of knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Path, and
those who are guided.
[53.31] To Allah
belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. He will recompense
the evildoers according to their deeds, and recompense those who have done good
with the finest reward
[53.32] those who
avoid the major sin and indecencies except the small sins, indeed your Lord is of
immense forgiveness and He is more knowledgeable of you when He created you
from the earth and when you were still unborn in your mothers' wombs. Do not
praise yourself. Allah knows the cautious.
[53.33] Have you
considered he who turns his back,
[53.34] and gives a
little, grudgingly?
[53.35] Or, does he
possess knowledge of the Unseen, and can therefore see?
[53.36] Or, has he
not been told of that which is in the Scrolls of Moses
[53.37] and Abraham,
who paid his debt in full?
[53.38] That no soul
shall bear another's burden,
[53.39] and that
everyone shall have in his account only that which he worked for,
[53.40] and that his
work is surely seen
[53.41] then, he
shall be recompensed for it in full repayment
[53.42] and that the
final return is to your Lord,
[53.43] that it is He
who causes to laugh and causes to weep.
[53.44] and that it
is He who causes to die, and causes to live
[53.45] and that it
is He who created pairs, the male and the female,
[53.46] from an
ejaculated drop (of sperm),
[53.47] and that upon
Him is the second creation
[53.48] and that it
is He who gives riches and causes to hoard,
[53.49] and that He
is the Lord of (the star) Sirius,
[53.50] that it was
He that destroyed ancient Aad
[53.51] and Thamood,
sparing no one,
[53.52] and before
them the nation of Noah, they exceeded in evil and were insolent.
[53.53] He plunged
the villages
[53.54] so that there
came upon them that which came.
[53.55] So which then
of your Lord's favors do you dispute?
[53.56] This is a
warner from the warners of ancient times.
[53.57] The Imminent
is near at hand;
[53.58] none except
Allah can disclose it.
[53.59] Do you marvel
then at this discourse (the Koran)?
[53.60] Or do you
laugh, and do you not weep
[53.61] while you are
thoughtless?
[53.62] Rather,
prostrate to Allah and worship Him.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[54.1] The Hour is
drawing near, and the moon is split (in two).
[54.2] Yet if they
see a sign (the unbelievers) turn their backs and say, 'This is but a continuation
of sorcery!'
[54.3] They have
belied, and follow their own fancies. But, every issue will be settled!
[54.4] Tidings
containing a deterrent have come to them
[54.5] which are full
of wisdom; but the warnings do not help.
[54.6] Therefore, turn
away from them. On the Day when the Caller summons them to a terrible thing,
[54.7] their eyes
will be humbled as they come out from their graves as if they were scattered
locusts,
[54.8] running (with
their necks extended) to the Caller. The unbelievers will say, 'This is indeed
a harsh Day!'
[54.9] (Long) before
them the nation of Noah belied. They belied Our worshiper saying, 'Mad!' and he
was reprimanded.
[54.10] Then he supplicated
to his Lord, (saying), 'I am overcome, help me!'
[54.11] We opened the
Gates of Heaven with torrential water
[54.12] and caused
the earth to gush with springs, so that the waters met for a predestined
matter.
[54.13] We carried
him in a well built, watertight vessel made from planks (of wood)
[54.14] that
ran on under Our Eyes, a recompense for him because he had been disbelieved.
[54.15] We have left it as a sign. Is there any that will remember?
[54.16] How then were
My punishment and My warnings!
[54.17] We have made
the Koran easy to remember, is there any that will remember!
Allah saves Hood and his followers from his disbelieving
nation [54.18-22]
[54.18] Aad too
belied. How then were My punishment and My warnings!
[54.19] And We sent
against them a howling wind in a Day of continuous ill fortune
[54.20] and snatched
people up as though they were stumps of uprooted palm-trees.
[54.21] How then were
My punishment and My warnings!
[54.22] We have made
the Koran easy to remember, is there any that will remember?
[54.23] Thamood, too,
belied Our warnings.
[54.24] They said,
'Are we to follow a mortal who is one of us? Then indeed, we would surely be in
error and insane.
[54.25] Out of all of
us has the Reminder been given to him alone? Rather, he is indeed an arrogant
liar.'
[54.26] (To him We
said), 'Tomorrow they shall know who is the arrogant liar.
[54.27] We are
sending to them as a trial, a she-camel, so watch them and have patience.
[54.28] Tell them
that the water is to be divided between them, a drink each for them in turn.'
[54.29] But they
called their companion who took hold of her and hamstrung her.
[54.30] How then were
My punishment and My warnings!
[54.31] Then We sent
against them one Shout and they became like the trampled twigs of the (sheep)
pen-builder.
[54.32] We have made
the Koran an easy Remembrance, is there any that will remember!
[54.33] The nation of
Lot belied Our warnings.
[54.34] We let loose
on all of them a squall of clay stones, except for the house of Lot whom We
saved at dawn
[54.35] through Our
Mercy. So it is that We recompense the thankful.
[54.36] He had warned
them of Our assault but they disputed the warnings.
[54.37] They even
solicited of him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, 'Now, taste My
punishment and My warnings!'
[54.38] And at
daybreak a determined punishment came upon them.
[54.39] 'Now, taste
My punishment and My warnings!'
[54.40] We have made
the Koran an easy Remembrance, is there any that will remember!
[54.41] The warnings
also came to Pharaoh's people,
[54.42] but they
belied all Our signs so We seized them with the seizing of the Mighty,
Powerful.
[54.43] What then,
are your unbelievers better than those? Or do you have an immunity (written) in
the Scrolls?
[54.44] Or do they
say, 'We are a gathering that will be victorious?'
[54.45] Most
certainly their gatherings shall be routed, and they will turn their backs.
[54.46] Rather, the Hour
is their encounter. And that Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.
[54.47] Indeed the
wrongdoers are in error and a raging fire.
[54.48] On the Day
when they are dragged on their faces into the Fire, (it will be said to them),
'Taste the touch of the Scorching!'
[54.49] Indeed, We
have created all things according to a measure.
[54.50] And Our Order
is but one word like the flashing of an eye.
[54.51] And We
destroyed those like you, is there any that will remember!
[54.52] All their
deeds are in the Scrolls,
[54.53] everything,
be it great or small, is recorded.
[54.54] Indeed, the
cautious shall live amid gardens and a river,
[54.55] in a secure
abode, in the presence of the Powerful King.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[55.1] The Merciful
[55.2] has taught the
Koran.
[55.3] He created the
human
[55.4] and taught him
its pronunciation.
[55.5] The sun and
the moon to a reckoning.
[55.6] The stars and
the trees prostrate themselves.
[55.7] He raised the
heaven on high and set the scale.
[55.8] Do not
transgress the scales.
[55.9] Give just
weight and do not skimp the scales.
[55.10] He set down
the earth for the creation.
[55.11] Therein are
fruits and palm trees with sheaths,
[55.12] the grain in
the blade; and aromatic herbs.
[55.13] Which favors
of your Lord will you both (humans and jinn) belie?
[55.14] He created the
human from clay, like earthenware
[55.15] and He
created the jinn from smokeless fire.
[55.16] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.17] The Lord of
the Two Easts, the Lord of the Two Wests.
[55.18] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.19] He has let
forth the two seas, they meet together,
[55.20] and between
them is a barrier which they do not overpass.
[55.21] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.22] Pearls and
corals come from both.
[55.23] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.24] Also, His are
the ships that run, raised up like mountains upon the sea.
[55.25] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.26] All that live
on it will perish.
[55.27] Yet the Face
of your Lord will abide forever, Majestic and Splendid.
[55.28] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.29] Whosoever is
in the heaven and earth ask Him. Every day He is upon an affair (He reveals
according to His Eternal determination).
[55.30] Which favors of
your Lord will you both belie?
[55.31] We shall
surely aim, O both burdened.
[55.32] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.33] Tribe of jinn
and of human, if you are able to penetrate the provinces of heaven and earth,
pass through them! But you shall not pass through except with a power!
[55.34] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.35] Flames of
fire and molten copper shall be loosed against you, and you shall not be
helped.
[55.36] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.37] When the
heaven splits asunder and turns crimson, like red leather.
[55.38] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.39] On that Day,
neither human nor jinn shall be asked about his sin.
[55.40] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.41] The sinners
shall be known by their mark, they shall be seized by their forelocks and their
feet.
[55.42] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.43] This is
Gehenna (Hell) which the sinners belied,
[55.44] they shall go
round between it, and between a hot, boiling water.
[55.45] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.46] And for he
who fears the standing (before) his Lord there are two Gardens.
[55.47] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.48] (Gardens)
with many branches.
[55.49] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.50] Therein are
two running fountains.
[55.51] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.52] Therein are
two kinds of every fruit.
[55.53] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.54] (They shall)
recline on couches lined with brocade, and the fruits of the Gardens will be
near at hand.
[55.55] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.56] Therein are
maidens who restrain their glances, whom neither human nor jinn have touched
before.
[55.57] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.58] As (lovely
as) rubies and as (beautiful as) coral.
[55.59] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.60] Shall the
recompense of goodness be anything other than goodness?
[55.61] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.62] And beside
these there shall be two Gardens.
[55.63] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.64] The greenest
of green pastures.
[55.65] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.66] Therein are
two gushing fountains of water.
[55.67] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.68] In them are
fruits, palm trees and pomegranates.
[55.69] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.70] In them shall
be good and pleasing.
[55.71] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.72] Maidens (of
Paradise, Houris) in cloistered cool pavilions.
[55.73] Which favors of
your Lord will you both belie?
[55.74] Neither human
nor jinn will have touched them before.
[55.75] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.76] Reclining on
green cushions and fine carpets.
[55.77] Which favors
of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.78] Blessed be
the Name of your Lord, Majestic, Splendid.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[56.1] When the Event
(the resurrection) comes
[56.2] there is no
denying its coming
[56.3] (it will)
abase (some) and exalt (others).
[56.4] When the earth
is shaken
[56.5] and the
mountains fragmented
[56.6] becoming
scattered dust,
[56.7] you shall be
divided into three parties,
[56.8] Companions of
the Right, what are the Companions of the Right?
[56.9] Companions of
the Left, what are the Companions of the Left?
[56.10] And the
Outstrippers, the Outstrippers
[56.11] those are
they brought near (to their Lord)
[56.12] in the
Gardens of Delight,
[56.13] a host of the
ancients
[56.14] but only a
few from the later generations.
[56.15] on lavish
couches
[56.16] they shall recline,
facing each other,
[56.17] (and there)
shall wait on them immortal youths
[56.18] with goblets
and ewers, and a cup from a spring
[56.19] that will
neither make the head throb, nor intoxicate,
[56.20] with fruits
of their own choice
[56.21] and any flesh
of fowl that they desire.
[56.22] And wide-eyed
houris
[56.23] like hidden
pearls,
[56.24] a recompense
for all that they did.
[56.25] There they
shall hear no idle talk, no cause of sin,
[56.26] but only the
saying, 'Peace, Peace!'
[56.27] The
Companions of the Right
[56.28] (will be)
among thorn-less Lote trees.
[56.29] Banana trees,
piled
[56.30] and
continuous shade,
[56.31] and flowing
water
[56.32] and an
abundance of fruits,
[56.33] unfailing and
not forbidden.
[56.34] And couches
raised up.
[56.35] Indeed We
formed them (the houris and all believing women),
[56.36] and made them
virgins,
[56.37] chaste,
loving companions of the same age
[56.38] for the
Companions of the Right
[56.39] a multitude
of the ancients,
[56.40] and a
multitude of the later people.
The recompense of the Companions of the Left [56.41-56]
[56.41] As for the
Companions of the Left
[56.42] (they shall live)
amid burning winds and boiling water,
[56.43] in the shadow
of a smoking blaze,
[56.44] neither cool
nor good.
[56.45] Before they
lived at ease,
[56.46] and persisted
in the great sin
[56.47] and
constantly said, 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we
then be restored to life?
[56.48] What, and our
fathers, the ancients?'
[56.49] Say, 'Those
of ancient times and those of later times
[56.50] shall be
gathered together to the appointed time on a known Day.'
[56.51] Then you went
astray, you that belied,
[56.52] you shall eat
(the fruit) of the Tree of Zakkum.
[56.53] You shall
fill your bellies with it,
[56.54] and drink
boiling water on top of that,
[56.55] and you will
drink as the lapping of thirsty camels.
[56.56] Such shall be your hospitality on the Day of Recompense.
A time for self examination and contemplation [56.57-96]
[56.57] We created
you, why will you not believe!
[56.58] Have you
thought about what (sperm) you ejaculate?
[56.59] Did you
create it, or are We the Creator?
[56.60] It was We who
decreed death among you. We will not be surpassed
[56.61] that We will
change you and cause you to grow again in a way you do not know.
[56.62] You have
surely known of the first creation. Why then, will you not remember!
[56.63] Ponder upon
the soil you till,
[56.64] is it you
that sow it, or are We the Sower?
[56.65] If We will,
We would make it broken stubble and you would remain wondering,
[56.66] (Saying,) 'We
are laden with debts!
[56.67] Rather, we have
been prevented!'
[56.68] Have you
thought about the water you drink?
[56.69] Is it you
that send it down from the clouds or We?
[56.70] If We will, We would make it bitter, why then do you not give thanks?
[56.71] Have you thought about the fire you kindle?
[56.72] Is it you
that originated its tree, or are We the Originator?
[56.73] We have made
it a reminder, and a blessing to the traveler.
[56.74] Then, exalt
the Name of your Lord, the Great.
[56.75] I swear by
the fallings of the stars
[56.76] and that is a
mighty oath, if you but knew
[56.77] it is indeed
a Glorious Koran,
[56.78] in a Book
protected (from tampering)
[56.79] which none
shall touch except the purified;
[56.80] a sending
down from the Lord of all the Worlds.
[56.81] What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,
[56.82] do you make
it your provision to belie it?
[56.83] Why, then,
when the soul leaps up to the throat of the dying
[56.84] and you are
watching at that time
[56.85] We are nearer
to him than you, but you do not see
[56.86] why then, if
you are not revived,
[56.87] do you not
restore his soul, if you are truthful?
[56.88] If he is
among the near
[56.89] there shall
be calmness and ease, a Garden of Delight.
[56.90] If he is a
Companion of the Right
[56.91] (he will be
greeted with), 'Peace be upon you, Companion of the Right!'
[56.92] But, if he is
of those who belied, and went astray,
[56.93] there shall
be a hospitality of boiling water,
[56.94] and a
roasting in Hell.
[56.95] Indeed, this
is the certain truth.
[56.96] So exalt the
Name of your Lord, the Great.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[57.1] All that is in
the heavens and earth exalt Allah. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[57.2] To Him belongs
the Kingdom in the heavens and earth. It is He who revives and causes to die,
and He has power over all things.
[57.3] He is the
First and the Last, the Clear and the Hidden. He has knowledge of all things.
[57.4] He created the
heavens and the earth in six days, and willed to the Throne. He knows what
penetrates the earth and all that emerges from it; all that descends from
heaven and all that ascends to it. He is with you wherever you are. Allah sees
the things you do.
[57.5] To Him belongs
the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. To Him all matters shall return.
[57.6] He causes the
night to enter into the day and the day to enter into the night. He has
knowledge of the thoughts of the innermost of the chests.
[57.7] Believe in
Allah and His Messenger and spend (in charity) of that which He has made you
successors. Whosoever of you believes and spends shall have a
mighty wage.
[57.8] Why is it that
you do not believe in Allah, when the Messenger calls on you to believe in your
Lord, and He has made a covenant with you if you are
believers?
[57.9] It is He who
sends down clear verses to His worshiper, so that He brings you out of the
darkness into the light. Indeed, Allah is the Gentle, the Most Merciful to you.
Your wealth belongs to Allah, and you are its trustee
[57.10-11]
[57.10] And why is it
that you do not spend in the Way of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens
and earth belong to Allah alone? Those who spent before the victory and took
part in the fighting are mightier in rank and are not equal to those who spent
and fought thereafter. Yet, Allah has promised each a fine reward, and Allah is
Aware of what you do.
[57.11] Who will lend
a generous loan to Allah? He will multiply it for him and he shall receive a
generous wage.
[57.12] The Day (will
surely come) when you shall see believing men and women with their light
running before them on their right hands, (it will be said to them),
'Glad tidings for you
this Day. You shall live for ever in Gardens underneath which rivers flow!’
That is indeed the mighty triumph.
[57.13] On that Day
the hypocrites, both men and women, will say to the believers, 'Wait for us so
that we can take from your light.' But they will be answered, 'Go back and seek
a light!' And a wall with a door shall be between them. Inside it there is
mercy, and outside will be the punishment.
[57.14] They will
call out to them, saying, 'Were we not with you?' 'Yes,' they will reply, 'but you
tempted yourselves, you waited (for problems to befall the
believers), and you
doubted, and were deluded by your own fancies until the Command of Allah came,
and the deluder (satan) deluded you concerning Allah.
[57.15] Today no
ransom shall be accepted from you or from the unbelievers. Your shelter is the
Fire, that is your sponsor, the worst arrival!'
Be humble in your remembrance of Allah [57.16-17]
[57.16] Is it not
time that the hearts of the believers be humbled to the Remembrance of Allah
and the truth which He has sent down? They should not be like those who were
given the Book before this, whose time became very long so that their hearts
became hardened. Many of them were impious.
[57.17] Know that Allah
revives the earth after it was dead. We have made plain to you the signs in
order that you understand.
Allah promises those who give in charity will be repaid many times over [57.18]
[57.18] Indeed, those
who give in charity, be they men or women, and those who lend a good loan to
Allah, shall be repaid in multiples. They shall receive a
generous wage.
The reward of Allah [57.19]
[57.19] Those who
believe in Allah and His Messengers are the sincere and the martyrs before
their Lord, they shall have their reward and their light. But those that
disbelieve and belied Our verses are the inhabitants of Gehenna (Hell).
[57.20] Know that the
life of this world is but play and an amusement, and adornment, and a cause for
boasting among you, a rivalry for greater riches and children. It is like rain
whose vegetation pleases the unbelievers, but then it withers and turns yellow,
becoming broken stubble. In the Everlasting Life is a terrible punishment,
forgiveness, and great pleasure from Allah. The life of this world is nothing
except the joy of delusion.
[57.21] Therefore,
race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden as wide as heaven and
earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers. Such is the
Favor of Allah; He gives it to whom He will. Allah is the Owner of great favor.
[57.22] No affliction
can befall either the earth, or yourself, except that it is (written) in a Book
before We created it. That is easy for Allah;
[57.23] so that you
will not be saddened for whatever does not come to you, nor be overjoyed in
what has come to you. Allah does not love those who are proud
and boastful
[57.24] nor those who
are mean, and encourage others to be mean. And he that turns away, (know) that
Allah is Rich and Praised.
The Messenger of Allah were sent with proofs, Holy Books, and jurisprudence [57.25]
[57.25] We have sent
Our Messengers with proofs, and sent them with the Book and the Scales, so that
people might establish the Scale (of justice). We have sent down iron in which
there is great might and diverse benefit for people, so that Allah knows those
who help Him and His Messengers in the Unseen. Indeed, Allah is the Strong, the
Almighty.
[57.26] We sent forth
Noah and Abraham, and appointed the Prophethood and the Book to be given to
their descendants. Some were guided, but many were
impious.
Allah gave Jesus a Gospel, where is it now? It was never included in the New Testament of the Bible. [57.27]
[57.27] Following
them We sent Our (other) Messengers, and We sent following in their footsteps,
(Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary and gave him the Gospel, and put tenderness
and mercy in the hearts of his followers. As for monasticism, they invented it
thereby seeking the pleasure of Allah. We did not write it for them, and they
did not observe it as it should be observed. We gave to those of them who
believed their wage, but many of them are impious.
[57.28] Believers,
fear Allah and believe in His Messenger (Prophet Muhammad), He will give you a
double portion of His Mercy and He will make for you a light in
which to walk, and
forgive you; Allah is the Forgiver and the Most Merciful.
[57.29] So that the
People of the Book may know that they have no power over any of the favors of
Allah; that the favors are in the Hand of Allah; He gives it to
whom He will. The
Favor of Allah is the Great.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[58.1] Allah has
heard the words of her that reasons with you (Prophet Muhammad) concerning her husband
and made her complaint to Allah. Allah has heard both of you discussing with
one another. Indeed, Allah is the Hearer, the Seer.
[58.2] Those of you
who say to their wives, 'Be as my mother's back, ' indeed, they are not their
mothers. Their mothers are only those who gave birth to them.
Indeed they speak
dishonorably and falsely. But Allah is the Pardoning, the Forgiving.
[58.3] Those who say
to their wives, 'Be as my mother's back, ' then retract their words thereafter
shall set a person free before they touch each other again. By that you are
admonished. Allah is Aware of all that you do.
[58.4] He who is
unable shall fast for two successive months before they touch one another. If
he is unable to do this, let him feed sixty needy people that, so that you
believe in Allah and His Messenger. Such are the bounds of Allah. There is a
painful punishment awaiting the unbelievers.
The opponents of Allah and His Messenger [58.5-8]
[58.5] Those who
oppose Allah and His Messenger shall be frustrated just as those before them
were frustrated. We have sent down proofs and clear verses, and for the
unbelievers, there is a humiliating punishment.
[58.6] On the Day
when Allah will raise them up all together He will inform them of what they
did. Allah has taken count of it, although they have forgotten. Allah is
Witness to all things.
[58.7] Have you not
seen that Allah knows that which is in the heavens and the earth? There is no
secret talk between three but He is the fourth of them; nor between five but He
is the sixth of them; nor between fewer or more but He is with them wherever
they are. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they
have done. Surely, Allah has knowledge of all things.
[58.8] Have you not
seen those who were forbidden to talk in secrecy together? They return to that
which they are forbidden and talk secretly together in sin and
hatred, and in disobedience to the Messenger. Then, when they come
to you they greet you with greetings with which Allah does not greet you, and
they say within themselves, 'Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?'
Gehenna (Hell) suffices them, they shall be roasted, an evil arrival!
Secret, malicious talk is from satan
[58.9- 10]
[58.9] Believers,
when you talk in secret do not talk together in sin and hatred, and
disobedience towards the Messenger, but talk of piety and caution. Fear Allah
before whom you shall be gathered.
[58.10] Talking
together maliciously in secret is from satan, so that
believers should sorrow, yet he can not harm them at all, except by the
permission of Allah. In Allah let the believers put their trust.
[58.11] Believers,
make room in your sitting places when it is asked of you, and Allah will make
room for you. When you are asked to move, so move, and Allah
will raise up in
ranks those who believed among you and those who have been given knowledge.
Allah is Aware of what you do.
[58.12] Believers,
when you consult with the Messenger, present before your consultation a free will
offering. That is best and purest for you. But if you lack the
means, Allah is the
Forgiver and the Most Merciful.
[58.13] Are you
afraid to offer a freewill offering before your consultation? But if you do
not, Allah will turn to you again, then establish the prayer and pay the
obligatory charity,
and be obedient to Allah and His Messenger. Allah is Aware of what you do.
[58.14] Do you see
those who have been guided by a nation that incurred the Wrath of Allah? They
belong neither to you, nor to them, and knowingly they swear to lies.
[58.15] Allah has
prepared for them a grievous punishment. Evil indeed is that which they have
done.
[58.16] They have
taken their oaths as a disguise and bar from the Way of Allah, so a humiliating
punishment awaits them.
[58.17] Neither their
wealth nor their children shall help them a thing against Allah. They are the
inhabitants of the Fire, and there they shall live for ever.
[58.18] On the Day
when Allah shall raise them all up, they will swear to Him as they now swear to
you thinking that they are upon something. Indeed, they are the liars!
[58.19] satan has
mastered them and caused them to forget the Remembrance of Allah. Those are satan's
party; and satan's party shall assuredly be the losers.
[58.20] Those who
oppose Allah and His Messenger shall be among the humiliated.
[58.21] Allah has
written, 'I will surely be the Victor, I and My Messengers.' Surely, Allah is
the Strong, the Almighty.
[58.22] You shall
find no nation believing in Allah and the Last Day loving anyone that opposes
Allah and His Messenger, even though they be their fathers, their
sons, their brothers,
or their tribe. Those, He has written upon their hearts faith and strengthened
them with a spirit from Him. He will admit them to the Gardens
underneath which
rivers flow, where they shall live for ever. Allah is pleased with them and
they are pleased with Him. They are the Party of Allah; and the Party of
Allah are the
winners.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[59.1] All that is in
heavens and earth exalt Allah. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[59.2] It was He who
expelled the unbelievers among the People of the Book from their homes into the
first exile. You did not think that they would go out, and they thought their
fortresses would protect them from Allah. But Allah came upon them from where
they did not expect, casting terror into their hearts that their homes were
destroyed by their own hands as well as by the hands of the believers.
Therefore, take heed you that have eyes.
[59.3] Had it been
that Allah had not decreed that they should be dispersed, He would have surely
punished them in this world. And in the Everlasting Life the
punishment of the
Fire awaits them,
[59.4] because they
broke their promise with Allah and His Messenger; and whosoever breaks their
promise with Allah, Allah is Stern in retribution.
[59.5] Whatever
palm-tree you cut down or left standing upon its roots, it is by the permission
of Allah, so that He might humiliate the impious.
[59.6] And whatever
spoils of war Allah has given to His Messenger from them, you hastened on
neither horse nor camel against them, but Allah gives His
Messengers authority
over whom He will. Allah is Powerful over all things.
[59.7] The spoils of
war taken from the villagers and given by Allah to His Messenger belong to
Allah, His Messenger and the near kinsmen, the orphans, the needy and the
destitute traveler, so that it is not something taken in turns by the rich
among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it; and whatever he forbids
you, abstain. And fear Allah; surely, Allah is Stern in retribution.
[59.8] (A share of
the spoils shall also be given) to the poor emigrants who were expelled from
their homes and their possessions, who seek the Favor and Pleasure of Allah,
and help Allah and His Messenger. These are they that are truthful.
[59.9] And those
before them who had made their dwelling in the abode (the City of Madinah), and
because of their belief love those who have emigrated to them;
they do not find any
(envy) in their chests for what they have been given and prefer them above
themselves, even though they themselves have a need. Whosoever is saved from
the greed of his own soul, they are the ones who win.
[59.10] Those who
came after them say, 'Forgive us our Lord, and forgive our brothers who were
believers before us. Do not put in our hearts any spite towards those who
believe. Lord, You are the Gentle, the Most Merciful.'
[59.11] Have you not
seen the hypocrites? They say to their brothers among the People of the Book
who disbelieve, 'If they expel you, we will go with you. We will
never obey anyone against
you. If they fight against you we will certainly help you.' But Allah bears
witness that they are, without doubt, liars.
[59.12] If they are
expelled or fought against, they will not go with them, nor will they will help
them. Indeed, if they helped them, they would turn their backs and
then they would not
be helped.
[59.13] Their fear of
you in their hearts is greater than their fear of Allah; that is because they
are a people who do not understand.
[59.14] They will
never fight against you all together except from fortified villages or from
behind walls. Their courage is great among themselves; you think them to be
united, yet their hearts are not united. That is because they are a people who
have no sense.
[59.15] Just as those
who, not long before, tasted the mischief of their actions, there awaits for
them a painful punishment.
[59.16] Like satan when
he said to the human, 'Disbelieve'; then as soon as he disbelieved, he said,
'Indeed, I am innocent of you, surely, I fear Allah, the Lord of all the
Worlds.'
[59.17] Their end
shall be that they live for ever in the Fire. That is the recompense of the
harm doers.
[59.18] Believers,
fear Allah. Let every soul look to what it has forwarded for the future, and
fear Allah, for Allah is Aware of the things you do.
[59.19] Do not be
like those who have forgotten Allah so that He has caused them to forget their
souls. Those, they are the evildoers.
[59.20] The inhabitants of the Fire and the inhabitants of
[59.21] Had We sent
down this Koran upon a mountain, you would have seen it humble itself and split
asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the parables we strike for people so that
they will reflect.
[59.22] He is Allah,
there is no god except He. He knows the Unseen and the Visible. He is the
Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[59.23] He is Allah,
there is no god except He. He is the King, the Pure, the Peace, the Confirmer,
the Watchful, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Sublime. Exalted is Allah, above
all that they associate!
[59.24] He is Allah,
the Creator, the Originator, the Shaper. To Him belong the Most Beautiful
Names. All that is in the heavens and earth exalt Him. He is the
Almighty, the Wise.
60 Tested - Al-Mumtahana
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[60.1] Believers, do
not take My enemy and your enemy for your guides, offering them love when they
have disbelieved the truth that has come to you, who expel
the Messenger and
yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord! If you go out to struggle
in My way seeking My pleasure, but secretly love them, I know well what you
conceal and what you reveal; whosoever of you does this will have gone astray
from the Right Path.
[60.2] If they come
upon you, they will be your enemies, and stretch out their hands and tongues to
do evil to you. They wish that you would disbelieve.
[60.3] On the Day of Resurrection
neither your blood relatives nor your children shall be of benefit to you.
Allah will differentiate between you, and Allah sees the
things you do.
[60.4] You have a
good example in Abraham and those with him. They said to their nation, 'We are
quit of you, and that which you worship, other than Allah. We disbelieve you,
enmity and hatred has shown itself between us for ever until you believe in
Allah alone.' Except that Abraham said to his father, 'Surely, I shall
supplicate to ask for forgiveness for you although I have no power to do
anything for you with Allah.' 'Our Lord, in You we have put our trust; to You
we turn, and to You is the arrival,
[60.5] Our Lord, do
not make us a temptation for the unbelievers and forgive us. Our Lord, You are
the Almighty, the Wise.'
[60.6] In those there
is a good example for whosoever hopes for Allah and the Last Day. Whosoever
turns away, indeed, Allah is the Rich and the Praised.
[60.7] It may be that
Allah establishes love between you and those with whom you are at enmity. Allah
is the Powerful, Allah is the Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
Allah does not forbid you to be kind or just to those who accept you as Muslims and do not harm you, Allah wants you to be just [60.8]
[60.8] Allah does not
forbid you to be kind and to act justly to those who have neither made war on
your Religion nor expelled you from your homes. Allah loves the just.
Allah only forbids you to be guided by those who have fought against you because you are Muslims and contributed to you expulsion [60.9]
[60.9] But Allah only
forbids you to be guided by those who have fought against you in your
religion's cause and expelled you from your homes or have supported
others in your
expulsion. Whosoever takes them as guides are harm doers.
[60.10] Believers,
when believing women come to you as emigrants, test them. Allah best knows
their belief. If you find them to be believers do not return them to the
unbelievers; they are not permitted to the unbelievers, nor are the unbelievers
permitted to them. But give back to the unbelievers what they have spent, and
there is no fault in you to marry such women, provided you give them their
dowries. Do not hold on to the ties with unbelieving women, ask what you have
spent and let them ask what they have spent. Such is the Judgement of Allah; He
judges between you; and Allah is the Knower, and the Wise.
[60.11] If any of your wives desert you to be with the unbelievers
and you retaliate, give those whose wives who have deserted the equivalent of
what they have spent. And fear Allah in whom you believe.
[60.12] O Prophet,
when believing women come to you and swear loyalty to you upon the condition
that they will not associate anything with Allah, and will not
steal, nor commit
adultery, nor slay their children, nor fabricate slander between their hands
and their feet, nor disobey you in any honorable thing, supplicate to Allah for
forgiveness for them, Allah is the Forgiving and the Most Merciful.
Do not abandon the guidance of Allah by seeking the guidance of the unbelievers. Seek the guidance of believing authorities [60.13]
[60.13] Believers, do
not take as guides those who have incurred the Wrath of Allah and who despair
of the Everlasting Life (to come), like the unbelievers
despaired of the
inhabitants of the tombs (that they shall be resurrected).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[61.1] All that is in
the heavens and earth exalt Allah. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[61.2] Believers, why
do you say what you never do?
[61.3] It is most
hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do.
[61.4] Allah loves
those who fight in His Way lining up as if they were a stacked building.
[61.5] And when Moses,
said to his nation, 'Why do you harm me, when you know that I am the Messenger
of Allah sent to you?' But when they swerved away Allah caused their hearts to
swerve. Allah never guides impious people.
Jesus is rejected by the Children of Israel when he tells them that he has been sent to confirm the Torah and bring them news of Prophet Muhammad [61.6]
[61.6] And when
(Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary said, 'Children of Israel, I am sent to you by
Allah to confirm the Torah that was before me, and to give news of a Messenger
(Prophet Muhammad) who will come after me whose name shall be Ahmad.' Yet when
he came to them with clear proofs, they said, 'This is clear
sorcery.'
[61.7] And who does
greater evil than he who forges a lie against Allah, when he is being called to
Islam? Allah does not guide the harm-doing people.
[61.8] They seek to
extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths; but Allah will complete His
Light, much as the unbelievers dislike it.
Allah sent Prophet Muhammad with Islam and raised it above all religions [61.9]
[61.9] It is He who
has sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, so that He
raises it above all religions, much as the unbelievers dislike it.
[61.10] Believers!
Shall I direct you to a commerce that will save you from a painful punishment?
[61.11] You shall
believe in Allah and His Messenger and struggle for His Way with your
possessions and yourselves. That is better for you, if you but knew.
[61.12] He will
forgive you your sins and admit you to Gardens underneath which rivers flow,
and to fine dwelling places in the Gardens of Eden. That is the mighty
triumph.
[61.13] And other
things that you love, victory from Allah and an opening that is near. (O
Prophet Muhammad) give glad tidings to the believers.
[61.14] Believers, be
the helpers of Allah. When (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary said to the
disciples, 'Who will be my helpers unto Allah?' The disciples replied,
'We will be the
helpers of Allah.' A party of the Children of Israel believed, and a party
disbelieved. So, We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they
overcame.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[62.1] All that is in
heavens and earth exalt Allah, the King, the Pure, the Almighty, the Wise.
[62.2] It is He who
has raised among the illiterate (Arabs), a Messenger from themselves, to recite
to them His verses, to purify them, and to teach them the Book and the Wisdom,
though before that they were in clear error,
[62.3] together with
others who have not as yet joined them. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[62.4] Such is the
Favor of Allah; He gives it to whom He will, and Allah is of abounding favors.
The likeness of those you knew the Torah given to Moses but concealed its truth and prophecy [62.5]
[62.5] The likeness of
those who were loaded with the Torah, but did not carry it, is like that of a
donkey carrying books. Evil is the example of the people who have belied the
verses of Allah. Allah does not guide the evildoers.
Allah challenges the Jews who claim that they are the only ones guided by Him [62.6-8]
[62.6] Say, 'O you
who are Jews, if you claim that of all people, you alone are the guided by
Allah, then long for death if you are truthful!'
[62.7] But, because
of what their hands forwarded they will never long for it. Allah knows the harm
doers.
[62.8] Say, 'Death
from which you flee is sure to reach you. Then you shall be returned to the
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He will tell you all that you have
done.'
[62.9] Believers,
when you are called to prayer on the Day of the Congregation (Friday), hasten
to the Remembrance of Allah and put your trading to one-side. That is the best
for you, if you but knew.
[62.10] Then, when
the prayer has ended, disperse in the land and seek the favor of Allah, and,
remember Allah often, so that you prosper.
[62.11] Yet when they
see some commerce or amusement they flock to it, leaving you standing. Say,
'That which is with Allah is better than the amusement and commerce. Allah is
the Best of Providers.'
[63.1] When the
hypocrites come to you they say, 'We bear witness that you are the Messenger of
Allah.' Allah knows that you (Prophet Muhammad) are indeed
His Messenger, and
Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars!
[63.2] They have
taken their oaths as a cover and barred others from the Path of Allah. Evil is
what they have done.
[63.3] That is because they believed, then disbelieved, because of
this a seal has been set upon their hearts so they are unable to understand.
[63.4] When you see them their bodies please you, but when they
speak and you listen to their sayings, they are like propped-up timber. Every
shout (they hear) they take it to be against them. They are the enemy be wary
of them. Allah kills them! How perverse they are!
[63.5] When it is
said to them. 'Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you,' they
turn their heads in pride and you see them go away.
[63.6] It is equal
for them whether you ask for their forgiveness or you do not ask for their
forgiveness, Allah will not forgive them. Allah does not guide the evildoers.
[63.7] It is they
that say, 'Spend nothing on those who follow the Messenger of Allah until they
disperse.' Yet to Allah belong the treasuries of heavens and the earth, but the
hypocrites do not understand.
[63.8] They say, 'If
we return to the City, the strong will expel the humiliated.' But the might
belongs to Allah, and His Messenger and the believers, but the
hypocrites do not
know.
[63.9] Believers, do
not let either your possessions or your children divert you from the
Remembrance of Allah. Those who do that shall be the losers.
[63.10] So spend of that with which We have provided you before
death comes upon any of you and he then says, 'O my Lord, if only You would
defer me to a
near term, so that I
could give in charity and be among the good doers.'
[63.11] But Allah will
never defer any soul when its term comes. Allah is Aware of what you do.
64 The Loss and Gain - At-Taghabon
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[64.1] All that is in
heavens and earth exalt Allah. His is the Kingdom, and His the Praise. He is
powerful over all things.
[64.2] It is He who
created you. Amongst you is an unbeliever and amongst you is a believer. Allah
sees the things you do.
[64.3] He created the
heavens and the earth in truth and He shaped you and gave you good shapes. To
Him is the arrival.
[64.4] He knows
whatever is in the heavens and the earth and He knows all what you conceal and
what you reveal. Allah knows the innermost of the chests.
[64.5] Have you not
heard the news of those before you who disbelieved? They tasted the mischief of
their action, and for them is a painful punishment.
[64.6] That is
because, when their Messengers came to them with clear proofs they said, 'Shall
humans be our guides?' They disbelieved and turned away, but Allah was not in
need (of them). Allah is the Rich and the Praised.
[64.7] The
unbelievers think that they will never be raised up. Say, 'By my Lord, yes
indeed, you shall assuredly be raised up! Then you shall be told of all that
you have done. That is easy for Allah.'
[64.8] Believe in
Allah, and His Messenger, and in the Light which We have sent down. Allah is
Aware of all that you do.
[64.9] The Day on
which He will gather you for the Day of Gathering; that is the Day of Loss and
Gain. He who believes in Allah and does good deeds, Allah will
acquit him of his
evil deeds and admit him to Gardens underneath which rivers flow, where he
shall live for ever. That is the mighty triumph.
[64.10] As for those
who disbelieved and belied Our verses, they shall be the inhabitants of the
Fire and shall live therein for ever. Evil shall be their arrival.
[64.11] No affliction
falls except by the permission of Allah. For those who believe in Allah, Allah
will guide his heart. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[64.12] Obey Allah
and obey the Messenger. But, if you turn away, Our Messenger's duty is only to
deliver the Clear Message.
[64.13] Allah, there
is no god except He. In Allah let the believers put their trust.
[64.14] Believers,
some of your wives and children are enemies; so beware of them. But if you
pardon, overlook and forgive them, then Allah is the Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.
[64.15] Your wealth
and children are but a trial, and with Allah is a mighty wage.
[64.16] Therefore
fear Allah as much as you can, and listen, obey, and spend well for yourselves.
And whosoever is saved from the greed of his own soul; those are the winners.
[64.17] If you lend a
good loan to Allah He will multiply it for you and will forgive you. Allah is
the Thankful, the Clement.
[64.18] He is the
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the Wise.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[65.1] O (nation of
the) Prophet, if you divorce your wives, divorce them after (the end of their)
menstrual cycle. Count their waiting period and fear Allah your Lord.
Do not drive them
from their homes or let them go away unless they commit a proven immorality.
Such are the bounds set by Allah, he that exceeds the
bounds of Allah wrongs himself. You do not know, perhaps after that Allah will
bring a new event.
[65.2] When they have reached their term, either keep them
honorably or part from them honorably. Call two honest men among you to witness
and give your
witnessing before
Allah. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day is warned to do this.
Whosoever fears Allah, He will appoint for him a way out,
[65.3] and provide
for him from where he does not expect, Allah is Sufficient for whosoever puts
his trust in Him. Indeed, Allah brings about whatever He decrees. Allah has set
a measure for all things.
[65.4] As for your
women who have despaired of further menstruating, if you are in doubt, then
their waiting period is three months as well as those who have not yet
menstruated. As for those who are pregnant, their term shall be the time they
deliver their burden. Allah will ease (matters) by His order for whosoever
fears Him.
[65.5] Such is the command of Allah that He has sent down to you.
Whosoever fears Allah shall be relieved of his sins and given a mighty wage.
[65.6] Lodge them in
your home according to your means. Do not harass them so as to (make life)
difficult for them. If they are with child, spend upon them until they deliver
their burden; and if they suckle give them their wage and consult together
honorably. But if you both make difficulties, let another woman suckle for him.
[65.7] Let the rich
spend according to his wealth and for he whose provision is little, let him
spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not charge a soul
except with that He
has given him. Surely, Allah will bring ease after difficulty.
Pride is a great sin, it was also the sin that barred satan
from Paradise [65.8-10]
[65.8] How many a
village has turned in its pride against the Order of their Lord and His
Messengers! We made it a stern reckoning, and punished it with a horrible
punishment.
[65.9] So it tasted
the mischief of its action, and the end of its matter was loss.
[65.10] Allah has
prepared a severe punishment for them. So those possessing understanding fear
Allah. Believers, Allah has sent this down for you as a Reminder,
[65.11] a Messenger
reciting to you the verses, clear verses of Allah, so that he may bring forth
those who believe and do good deeds from the darkness into the
light. Whosoever
believes in Allah and does good deeds He will admit to Gardens underneath which
rivers flow where they shall live for ever and ever. For those, Allah has made
a goodly provision.
[65.12] It is Allah
who has created the seven heavens, and of the earth their like, and the Command
descends between them so that you know Allah is powerful over all things, and
that Allah encompasses everything in knowledge.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[66.1] O Prophet, why
do you forbid that which Allah has made lawful to you. Do you seek to please
your wives?' Allah is the Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
[66.2] Allah has
absolved you from your oaths. Allah is your Guardian, the Knowing, the Wise.
[66.3] The Prophet
confided a certain matter to one of his wives but thereafter she disclosed it,
then Allah revealed what she had done to him. He made part of it known and
another part not. And when he acquainted her with it, she said, 'Who has told
you this?' He replied, 'I was told of it by the Knower, the Aware.'
[66.4] If both of you
(wives) turn to Allah in repentance, even though your hearts inclined; but if
you support one another against him, (know that) Allah is his
Guardian, and
Gabriel, and the righteous among the believers; and thereafter the angels are
his reinforcers.
[66.5] It may be that
if he divorces you his Lord will give him in your place better wives than
yourselves, women who have surrendered, believing, obedient, penitent
worshippers and given to fasting; who were (previously) married, and virgins
too.
[66.6] Believers,
guard yourselves and your families against the Fire the fuel of which is people
and stones, over which there are harsh, and stern angels who never disobey
Allah in that which He orders and do what they are ordered.
[66.7] Unbelievers,
make no excuse for yourselves this Day. You shall be recompensed only according
to your deeds.
[66.8] Believers,
turn to Allah in sincere repentance. Your Lord may acquit you of your sins, and
admit you to Gardens underneath which rivers flow on a Day when
Allah will not
degrade the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before
them and on their right hands, and they will say, 'Our Lord, complete
our light for us and
forgive us. Surely, You have power over all things.'
Harshness on unbelievers in this life is to protect them from the everlasting punishment of Hell [66.9]
[66.9] O Prophet,
struggle with the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal harshly with them.
Gehenna (Hell) shall be their refuge, an evil arrival!
[66.10] Allah has
given as an example for the unbelievers, the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot.
They were married to two of Our righteous worshipers, but they
betrayed them. It was
not for (Noah and Lot) to avail them a thing. It was said to them both, 'Enter
the Fire with those who shall enter.'
[66.11] But to those
who believe Allah has given as an example Pharaoh's wife, who said. 'My Lord,
build me a house before You in Paradise and save me from
Pharaoh and his work,
and save me from a harm-doing nation.'
[66.12] And, Mary,
'Imran's daughter, who guarded her chastity so We breathed into her of Our
Spirit (Gabriel); and she put her trust in the Words of her Lord and
His Books, and was
among the devout.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[67.1] Blessed be He
in whose Hand is the Kingdom, He is powerful over all things,
[67.2] who created
death and life that He might examine which of you is best in deeds, and He is
the Almighty, the Forgiving,
[67.3] who
created the seven heavens, one above the other. You cannot see any inconsistency in the creation of the
Merciful. Return your gaze, do you see any
crack!
[67.4] Then return
your gaze once more and yet again, your gaze comes back to you dazzled, and
tired.
[67.5] We have
adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and We made them a stoning for the satans,
We have prepared the punishment of the Blaze for them.
[67.6] And for those
who disbelieve in their Lord there awaits the punishment of Gehenna (Hell) an
evil arrival!
[67.7] When they are
cast into it they shall hear it sighing, while it boils
[67.8] nearly
bursting apart out of rage. Every time a host is cast therein, its keepers will
ask them, 'Did no one come to warn you?'
[67.9] 'Yes, indeed'
they will reply, 'but we belied the Warner (Messenger) saying, 'Allah has not
sent down anything, you are but in great error!'
[67.10] And they will
then say, 'If only we had listened and understood we should not now be among
the inhabitants of the Blaze.'
[67.11] So it is that
they confess their sins. Curse the inhabitants of the Blaze!
[67.12] But those who
fear their Lord in the Unseen, for them there is forgiveness and a great wage.
[67.13] (Whether you)
speak in secret or aloud, He knows the innermost of the chests.
[67.14] Shall He who
has created (all things) not know? He is the Subtle, the Aware.
[67.15] It is He who
has made the earth submissive to you. Walk about in its land and eat of His
provision. To Him is the Resurrection.
[67.16] Do you feel
secure that He who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up
while it shakes?
[67.17] Do you feel
secure that He who is in the heaven will not loose against you a squall of pebbles
then you shall know how was My warning.
[67.18] Those who
have gone before you also belied (their Messengers) then how was My
disapproval!
[67.19] Do they not
observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them? None,
except the Merciful holds them. Surely, He sees all things.
[67.20] Or, who is it
that shall be your host to help you, other than the Merciful? Indeed, the
unbelievers are only deluded.
[67.21] Or, who is it
that shall provide for you if He withholds His provision? Yet they persist in
arrogance and aversion.
[67.22] What, is he
who walks, falling upon his face, more guided than he who walks upright on a
Straight Path!
[67.23] Say, 'It is
He who has created you and given to you hearing, sight and hearts but little is
it that you thank.'
[67.24] Say, 'It was
He who created you, dispersing you in the earth, and to Him you shall be
gathered.'
[67.25] They ask,
'When will this promise come, if you speak truthfully?'
[67.26] Say, 'The
knowledge (of that) is with Allah; I am only a clear warner.'
[67.27] Then, when
they see it drawing near, the faces of the unbelievers will be blackened, and
it is said, 'This is what you were promised.'
[67.28] Say, 'What do
you think, if Allah destroys me and those with me, or has mercy upon us, who
then will protect the unbelievers from the painful punishment?'
[67.29] Say, 'He is
the Merciful. In Him we believe and in Him we put all our trust. Indeed, you
shall soon know who is in clear error.'
[67.30] Say, 'What do
you think. If your water should sink into the earth in the morning, who then
would bring you running water?'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[68.1] Noon. By the
Pen and that (the angels) write,
[68.2] you are not,
because of the favor of your Lord, mad.
[68.3] Indeed, there
is an unfailing wage for you.
[68.4] Surely, you (Prophet Muhammad) are of a great morality.
[68.5] You shall see and they will see
[68.6] which of you
is the demented.
[68.7] Indeed, your
Lord knows very well those who strayed from His Path, and those who are guided.
[68.8] Therefore, do
not obey those who belie,
[68.9] they wish you
would compromise, then, they would compromise.
[68.10] And do not
obey every mean swearer,
[68.11] the backbiter
who goes about slandering,
[68.12] those who
hinder good, the guilty aggressor,
[68.13] the crude of
low character
[68.14] because he
has wealth and sons.
[68.15] When Our
verses are recited to him, he says, 'They are but fairytales of the ancients!'
[68.16] We shall mark
him upon his nose!
[68.17] We have tried
them as We tried the owners of the garden who had sworn that in the morning
they would reap it,
[68.18] without
adding to their swearing, (Allah willing, InshaAllah).
[68.19] Then, a
visitation from your Lord came down upon it while they slept,
[68.20] and in the
morning it was if the garden had been reaped.
[68.21] (Then) in the
morning they called out to one another, saying,
[68.22] 'Come out to
your tillage if you want to reap!'
[68.23] And so they
departed, whispering to one another,
[68.24] 'No needy
person shall set foot in it today. '
[68.25] And they went
out early, determined in their resolve.
[68.26] But when they
saw it they said, 'We have surely gone astray.
[68.27] No, rather,
we have been prevented!'
[68.28] (Whereupon)
the best among them said, 'Did I not say to you to exalt (Allah)?'
[68.29] 'Exaltations
to Allah, our Lord,' they said, 'We were truly harm doers.'
[68.30] And they came
blaming one another.
[68.31] They said,
'Woe to us, truly we were insolent!
[68.32] It may be
that our Lord will give us better than it in exchange. To our Lord we humbly
turn.'
[68.33] Such was
their punishment. But the punishment of the Everlasting Life is much greater,
if they but knew.
[68.34] Surely, the
cautious shall have Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.
[68.35] What, shall
We make those who are submissive like the wrongdoers?
[68.36] What is the matter
with you then, how do you judge?
[68.37] Or, have you
a Book from which you study
[68.38] surely in it
you shall have whatever you choose!
[68.39] Or, have you
an oath from Us that stretches to the Day of Resurrection (if so) you shall
surely have what you judge!
[68.40] Ask them,
which of them will guarantee that!
[68.41] Or, do they
have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if what they say is
true!
[68.42] On the Day
when the leg shall be bared, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves, they
will be unable.
[68.43] Their eyes
will be humbled, and humiliation shall spread over them for they were already
ordered to prostrate themselves when they were undiminished.
[68.44] Therefore,
leave Me with he who belied this discourse. We will draw them on little by
little from where they do not know.
[68.45] I shall
respite them, My stratagem is firm.
[68.46] Or, do you
ask them for a wage, so that they are burdened with debt?
[68.47] Or, is the
Unseen with them, and they are writing it down!
[68.48] So be patient
with the judgement of your Lord and do not be like the Companion of the Whale
(Jonah), when he called out choking inwardly.
[68.49] Had the favor
of his Lord not come upon him, he would have been blamed, cast upon the shore.
[68.50] But his Lord
had chosen him and He placed him among the righteous.
[68.51] When the
unbelievers hear the Reminder, they nearly strike you down with their glances,
and say, 'Surely, he is mad!'
[68.52] But it is
nothing other than a Reminder for all the worlds.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[69.1] The
Resurrection Verifier;
[69.2] and what is
the Resurrection Verifier?
[69.3] What makes you
to know what the Resurrection Verifier is?
[69.4] Thamood and
Aad belied the Clatterer.
[69.5] Thamood, they were
destroyed by the violent shout (of Gabriel),
[69.6] as for Aad,
they were destroyed by a howling, violent wind
[69.7] that He
subjected upon them for seven nights and eight days consecutively and you might
have seen them struck down as if they were the stumps of palm trees that had
fallen down.
[69.8] Can you see
any remnant of them now?
[69.9] Similarly,
Pharaoh, and those before him, and the ruined villages, sinned
[69.10] and rebelled
against their Lord's Messenger. So He took them with a stern taking.
[69.11] And when the
waters rose (high) We carried you in the sailing (Ark),
[69.12] making it a
Reminder for you, for all attentive ears to retain.
[69.13] When a single
blow is blown on the Horn,
[69.14] when the
earth with all its mountains is lifted up and crushed with a single blow,
[69.15] on that Day,
the Event occurs.
[69.16] The heaven
will be split; because on that Day it will be frail.
[69.17] The angels
will stand on all its sides. And on that Day, eight (of them) will carry the
Throne of your Lord above them.
[69.18] On that Day
you shall be exposed, and no secret of yours will remain hidden.
[69.19] Then, he who
is given his book in his right hand will say, 'Here, take and read my book!
[69.20] Indeed, I
knew that I should come to my reckoning.'
[69.21] His shall be
a pleasing life
[69.22] in a high
Garden,
[69.23] its fruits
are near.
[69.24] (It will be
said), 'Eat and drink with a good appetite because of what you did in days long
passed.'
[69.25] But, he who
is given his book in his left hand will say, 'Woe to me, would that my book had
not been given to me!
[69.26] Nor that I
knew my reckoning!
[69.27] Would that it
(my death) had ended it all!
[69.28] My wealth has
not helped me a thing
[69.29] and my
authority has been destroyed.'
[69.30] (It will be
said), 'Take him and bind him.
[69.31] Roast him in
Hell,
[69.32] then in a chain
seventy arm's lengths long insert him.
[69.33] He did not
believe in Allah, the Great,
[69.34] nor did he
urge the feeding of the needy.
[69.35] Today he
shall have no loyal friend here,
[69.36] nor any food
except foul pus
[69.37] that none but
sinners eat.'
Allah swears to the nobility, truthfulness and upright character of Prophet Muhammad [69.38-52]
[69.38] I swear by
all that you can see,
[69.39] and all that
you do not see,
[69.40] that this is
the speech of a noble Messenger.
[69.41] It is not the
speech of a poet little do you believe
[69.42] nor is it the
speech of a soothsayer little do you remember.
[69.43] (It is) a
sending down from the Lord of all the Worlds.
[69.44] Had he
invented sayings against Us,
[69.45] We would have
seized him by the right hand
[69.46] then, We
would surely have cut from him the aorta (vein)
[69.47] not one of
you could have prevented it from him.
[69.48] Indeed, it is
a Reminder to those who fear Allah,
[69.49] We know that
there are some among you who will belie.
[69.50] Indeed, it is
a sorrow to the unbelievers
[69.51] yet it is a
certain truth.
[69.52] Exalt the
Name of your Lord, the Great.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[70.1] A caller
supplicated about a punishment to fall on
[70.2] the
unbelievers which none can prevent.
[70.3] (A punishment)
from Allah, the Owner of the Elevated Passages.
[70.4] To Him the angels
and the Spirit (Gabriel) ascend in a day, the measure of which is fifty
thousand years.
[70.5] Therefore be
patient, with a beautiful patience;
[70.6] they see it as
being far off;
[70.7] but We see it
near.
[70.8] On that Day
the heaven shall become like molten copper,
[70.9] and the
mountains shall be like puffs of wool.
[70.10] No loyal
friend will ask another loyal friend
[70.11] though they
are in sight of each other. To ransom himself from the punishment of that Day,
the sinner will wish that he might even ransom himself by his sons,
[70.12] his companion
(wife), his brother,
[70.13] the kinsmen
who gave him shelter,
[70.14] and whosoever
is in the earth, altogether, so that it might save him.
[70.15] No, in truth,
it is a Furnace!
[70.16] It snatches
away by the scalps,
[70.17] and it shall
call him who withdrew and turned his back
[70.18] and amassed
(riches) and hoarded.
Greed, impatience, envy and righteousness [70.19-40]
[70.19] Indeed, the
human was created grudging and impatient.
[70.20] When evil comes upon him he is impatient;
Check list for
Muslims and those who want to keep Muslims in check [70.21-35]
[70.21] but when good
comes upon him, he is grudging
[70.22] except those
that pray
[70.23] who are
constant in prayer;
[70.24] who, from
their wealth is a known right
[70.25] for the
impoverished non-requester and the requester,
[70.26] who confirm
the Day of Reckoning
[70.27] and go in
fear of the punishment of their Lord,
[70.28] for none is
secure from the punishment of their Lord,
[70.29] who guard
their privates
[70.30] except from
their wives and what their right hands own, for these they are not blameworthy.
[70.31] But whosoever
seeks beyond that, they are the transgressors.
[70.32] (Those) who
keep their trusts and their covenant,
[70.33] and standby
their witnessing,
[70.34] and who are
constant in their prayers.
[70.35] Those are
highly honored in the Gardens.
[70.36] But what is
the matter with the unbelievers, that they strain their glances continuously
towards them,
[70.37] on the right
and on the left in groups?
[70.38] What, is
every one of them eager to be admitted to the Garden of Bliss?
[70.39] Not at all,
for We have created them of what they know.
[70.40] No, I swear
by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We have the ability
[70.41] to exchange
them with others better than they; nothing can outstrip Us!
[70.42] So leave them
alone to plunge and play, until they encounter the Day which they are promised;
[70.43] the Day when
they shall rush from their graves, as if they were hurrying to a raised flag,
[70.44] their eyes
are humbled and they are covered with humiliation. Such is the Day that they
were promised.
71 Prophet Noah - Nooh
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[71.1] We sent Noah
to his nation, saying, 'Give warning to your nation before a painful punishment
overtakes them.'
[71.2] He said, 'My
nation, I am a clear warner for you.
[71.3] Worship Allah,
fear Him, and obey me.
[71.4] He will
forgive you your sins and respite you till an appointed term. When the term of
Allah arrives it cannot be deferred; if you but knew.'
[71.5] 'My Lord,'
said he, 'night and day I have called my nation,
[71.6] but my call
has only increased them in running away.
[71.7] Each time I
called them so that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their
ears and wrapped themselves in their garments, and persisted becoming very
proud.
[71.8] I called to
them clearly,
[71.9] and indeed, I
spoke to them both publicly and in secret,
[71.10] "Ask for
the forgiveness of your Lord," I said. "Surely, He is the Forgiver.
[71.11] He will let
loose the sky upon you in abundance
[71.12] and give to
you wealth and sons, and provide you with gardens and rivers.
[71.13] What is the
matter with you that you do not want the Greatness of Allah,
[71.14] He has
created you by stages!
[71.15] Have you not
seen how Allah created the seven heavens one above the other,
[71.16] setting in
them the moon as a light and the sun as a lantern?
[71.17] Allah has
caused you to grow out of the earth,
[71.18] and to it He
will return you. Then, He will bring you forth.
[71.19] Allah has
made the earth spread out for you
[71.20] so that you
walk in its spacious paths."'
[71.21] Noah said,
'My Lord, they have rebelled against me and followed he whose wealth and
offspring increase him only in loss,
[71.22] they have
devised a mighty plot,
[71.23] and said, 'Do
not renounce your gods, do not leave waddan or suwa'an or yaghutha, or ya'uqa,
or nasra.'
[71.24] And they have
led many astray. (Noah supplicated saying), 'Allah, do not increase the harm
doers except in error!'
[71.25] So because of
their sins they were drowned and admitted into the Fire. They found none to
help them other than Allah.
[71.26] And Noah
(supplicated) saying, 'My Lord, do not leave a single unbeliever upon the
earth.
[71.27] Surely, if
You leave them they will mislead Your worshipers and father none but the
immoral, and unbelievers.
[71.28] Forgive me, My Lord, and my parents, and whosoever seeks
refuge in my house as a believer, and the believers men and women alike, and do
not increase the harm doers except in ruin!'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[72.1] Say, 'It is
revealed to me that a party of jinn listened then said, "We have indeed
heard a wonderful Koran,
[72.2] that guides to
the Right Path. We believe in it and we will not associate anyone with our
Lord.
[72.3] He, exalted be
the Majesty of our Lord, who has neither taken to Himself a wife, nor a son!
[72.4] The ignorant
fool among us has spoken outrageously against Allah,
[72.5] we never
thought that either human or jinn would ever tell a lie against Allah!"'
[72.6] But there were
certain men from mankind who would take refuge with certain males from the jinn
and they increased them in tyranny.
[72.7] Like you, they
thought that Allah would never raise the dead.
The jinn would make their way to the heavens in an effort to try and listen to the heavenly decree for humanity then return to earth where some would make mischief with any news they might have learned by fortune telling [72.8-10]
[72.8] (The jinn
continued saying), "We made our way towards heaven, but we found it filled
with stern guards and a flame.
[72.9] There, we
would sit to eavesdrop, but now an eavesdropper finds a flame in wait for him.
[72.10] And so we do
not know whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord
intends to guide them.
The believing and unbelieving jinn [72.11-17]
[72.11] Some of us
are righteous, but some are otherwise, we are sects that differ.
[72. 12] We know that
we cannot frustrate Allah in the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
[72.13] When we heard
the Guidance, we believed in it, and whosoever believes in his Lord shall fear
neither shortage nor injustice.
[72.14] Some of us
have surrendered (Muslims) and some of us have deviated. Those who surrendered
sought the Right Path,
[72.15] but those who
have deviated shall become the fuel of Gehenna (Hell).
[72.16] If they had
followed the Path We would give to them abundant water to drink,
[72.17] and tested
them with it. And whosoever turns away from his Lord's Remembrance, He will
hurl him into a stern punishment.
[72.18] Mosques
belong to Allah, so do not call to anyone else, other than Allah.
[72.19] When the
worshiper of Allah stood supplicating to Him, they swarmed around him (Prophet
Muhammad).
[72.20] Say, 'I
supplicate only to my Lord and I do not associate any with Him.'
[72.21] Say, 'Indeed,
I possess no power over you, either for harm or for guidance.'
[72. 22] Say, 'None
shall protect me from Allah, and other than Him, I will find no refuge,
[72.23] except a
deliverance from Allah and His Messages. He who disobeys Allah and His
Messenger, for him is the Fire of Gehenna, which he will be in for ever.
[72.24] When they see
that which they were promised they shall know who is weaker in helpers and
fewer in numbers.’
[72.25] Say, 'I do
not know whether that which you are promised is near, or whether my Lord will
set for it a time.
[72.26] He is the
Knower of the Unseen and does not disclose His Unseen to anyone,
The angels bear witness that Prophet Muhammad delivered the Message of Allah [72.27-28]
[72.27] except only
to a Messenger that He has chosen, and He sends guardians before him and behind
him,
[72.28] so that He
may know that they have delivered the Messages of their Lord and He encompasses
all that is with them, and He has counted everything in
numbers.'
73 The Wrapped - Al-Muzzammil
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[73.1] O you (Prophet
Muhammad) wrapped,
[73.2] rise (to pray)
the night except a little;
[73.3] half the
night, or a little less
[73.4] or a little
more; and with recitation, recite the Koran.
[73.5] We are about
to cast upon you a weighty Word.
[73.6] Indeed, the
first part of night is heavier in tread, and more upright in speech.
[73.7] You have by
day prolonged occupations.
[73.8] Remember the
Name of your Lord and dedicate yourself devoutly to Him.
[73.9] He is the Lord
of the East and the West; there is no god except Him. Take Him for your
Guardian.
[73.10] Bear
patiently with what they say and with a fine abandonment forsake them.
[73.11] Leave to Me
those who belie, those who lead a life of pleasure, and bear with them yet a
little while.
[73.12] We have
fetters (for them) and a blazing fire,
[73.13] choking food
and a painful punishment.
[73.14] On the Day
when the earth with all its mountains quake and the mountains become heaps of
shifting sand.
[73.15] Indeed, We have
sent to you a Messenger as a witness over you, just as We sent a Messenger to
Pharaoh.
[73.16] Pharaoh
disobeyed Our Messenger, so We seized him remorselessly.
[73.17] If you disbelieve,
how will you guard yourself against the Day that will make children gray
haired,
[73.18] on which the
heaven will split apart, and His promise is done.
[73.19] This is
indeed a Reminder. Let whosoever will take the Path to his Lord.
[73.20] Your Lord
knows that you keep vigil nearly two thirds of the night and sometimes half or
one-third of it, and a party of those with you. Allah measures the night and
the day. He knows that you cannot count it, and turns to you. Therefore, recite
from the Koran as much as is easy (for you); He knows that among you there are
the sick and others traveling the road seeking the bounty of Allah; and others
fighting in the Way of Allah. So then, recite from it as much as is easy.
Establish your prayers, pay the obligatory charity, and lend Allah a generous
loan. Whatever good you shall forward to your souls' account, you surely will
find it better with Allah, and a mightier wage. And supplicate for the
forgiveness of Allah. Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[74.1] O you (Prophet
Muhammad), the cloaked,
[74.2] arise and warn,
[74.3] and exalt your
Lord,
[74.4] and purify
your clothing,
[74.5] and flee from
the statues!
[74.6] Do not give,
thinking to gain greater
[74.7] be patient
unto your Lord.
[74.8] When the Horn
is blown,
[74.9] that shall be
a Harsh Day
[74.10] and it will
not be easy for the unbelievers.
[74.11] Leave Me
alone with he whom I created
[74.12] and
designated for him ample wealth,
[74.13] and sons that
stand in witness.
[74.14] I made things
smooth and easy for him,
[74.15] yet he is
eager that I increase him.
[74.16] Not at all!
Surely, he has been disobedient to Our verses.
[74.17] I will
constrain him to a hard ascent.
[74.18] He reflected,
and then determined
[74.19] death seized
him, how was his determining!
[74.20] Again, death
seized him, how was his determining!
[74.21] Then he
looked,
[74.22] frowned and
scowled;
[74.23] then he
retreated and grew proud
[74.24] and said,
'This is no more than traced sorcery;
[74.25] It is nothing
but the word of a mortal!'
[74.26] I will surely
roast him in the Scorching.
[74.27] What will let
you know what the Scorching is like!
[74.28] It neither
spares, nor releases,
[74.29] and it burns
the flesh.
[74.30] Over it are
nineteen (angels guarding).
[74.31] We have appointed
none but angels to guard the Fire, and made their number only as a trial for
the unbelievers, so that those to whom the Book was given are certain and those
who believe increase in belief. And that those who were given the Book, and those who believe will not be in doubt. And that
those in whose hearts there is a sickness, together with the unbelievers, may
say, 'What did Allah intend by this as an example?' As such, Allah leaves in
error whom He will and He guides whomsoever He will.
None knows the hosts of your Lord except He. This is
no more than a Reminder to humans.
[74.32] No, by the
moon!
[74.33] By the
receding night
[74.34] and the
morning when it appears,
[74.35] it is one of
the greatest trials,
[74.36] a warning to
humans,
[74.37] to whoever
among you desires to go forward, or lag behind.
[74.38] Each soul is
held in pledge for what it earns,
[74.39] except the
Companions of the Right.
[74.40] In Gardens
they will question
[74.41] concerning
the sinners,
[74.42] 'What caused
you to be thrust into the Scorching (Fire)? '
[74.43] They will
reply, 'We were not among those who prayed
[74.44] and we did
not feed the needy.
[74.45] We plunged in
with the plungers
[74.46] and belied
the Day of Recompense
[74.47] till the
certainty (death) overtook us.'
[74.48] The
intercession of their intercessors shall not benefit them.
[74.49] What is the
matter with them that they turn away from this Reminder,
[74.50] like startled
wild donkeys
[74.51] fleeing
before a lion?
[74.52] Indeed, each
one of them desires to be given unrolled scrolls.
[74.53] No, indeed
they have no fear of the Everlasting Life.
[74.54] No, indeed,
surely, this is a Reminder.
[74.55] So, whoever
wills, will remember it.
[74.56] But none will
remember, unless Allah wills, He is the Owner of fear, the Owner of
forgiveness.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Allah, Himself swears by the Day of Resurrection and His ability to recreate us [75.1-4]
[75.1] No! I swear by
the Day of Resurrection,
[75.2] No! I swear by
the reproachful soul!
[75.3] What, does the
human think We shall never gather his bones?
[75.4] Indeed yes, We
are able to shape his finger tips yet again!
[75.5] Rather, the
human desires to continue in his immorality,
[75.6] 'When will the
Day of Resurrection be?' he asks,
[75.7] but when the
sight is dazed
[75.8] and the moon
eclipsed,
[75.9] when the sun
and moon are gathered together
[75.10] on that Day
the human will ask, 'To (which place) shall I flee?'
[75.11] No, there
shall be no (place of) refuge.
[75.12] For on that
Day the refuge shall be to your Lord.
[75.13] On that Day
the human shall be informed of his former and latter deeds.
[75.14] He shall be a
clear proof against himself,
[75.15] even though
he offers his excuses.
[75.16] Do not move
your tongue with it (the Revelation) to hasten it.
[75.17] It's
gathering and reciting is upon Us.
[75.18] When We
recite it, follow its recitation.
[75.19] It's
explanation is upon Us.
[75.20] Yet you love
this hasty world
[75.21] and are
heedless of the Everlasting Life.
Will your face be radiant or scowling on the Day of
Judgement? [75.22-25]
[75.22] On that Day
there shall be radiant faces,
[75.23] gazing
towards their Lord.
[75.24] And on that
Day there shall be scowling faces,
[75.25] so they might
think the Calamity had been inflicted upon them.
[75.26] But, when
(the soul) reaches the collar bone
[75.27] and it is
said, 'Who is a healing chanter?'
[75.28] and when he
thinks it is the time of departure
[75.29] and when leg
is intertwined with leg,
[75.30] upon that Day
the driving shall be to your Lord.
[75.31] Because, he
neither believed nor prayed;
[75.32] he belied the
truth and turned away;
[75.33] then went
arrogantly to his household.
[75.34] Near to you
and nearer,
[75.35] then nearer
to you and nearer!
[75.36] Does the
human think he will be left to roam at will?
[75.37] What, was he
not an ejaculated drop (of sperm)?
[75.38] Then he was a
clot of blood, then He created and formed him
[75.39] and made from
him two kinds, male and female.
[75.40] What, is He
then unable to revive the dead?
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[76.1] Indeed, there came
upon the human a period of time when he was an unremembered thing.
[76.2] We have
created the human from a (sperm) drop, a mixture, testing him; We made him to
hear and see.
[76.3] Indeed, We
have guided him to the path, he is either grateful or ungrateful.
[76.4] Indeed, for
the unbelievers We have prepared chains, fetters and a Blazing (Fire).
[76.5] But the
righteous shall drink of a goblet mixed with camphor;
[76.6] a fountain at
which the worshipers of Allah drink and make it gush forth abundantly;
[76.7] they who keep
their vows and fear a Day whose evil is spread;
[76.8] who give food
for the love of Him to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,
[76.9] (saying), 'We
feed you only desirous of the Face of Allah; we seek of you neither recompense
nor thanks,
[76.10] for we fear
from our Lord a stern, frownful Day.'
[76.11] So Allah will
save them from the evil of that Day and has secured for them radiance and
joyfulness,
[76.12] and
recompense them for their patience with a Garden, and robes of silk.
[76.13] Reclining
there upon couches, they shall see neither the sun nor the moon.
[76.14] Near them
shall be its shades with its clusters hung gently down,
[76.15] and passed
around them shall be silver vessels, and crystal goblets,
[76.16] goblets of
silver that they have precisely measured.
[76.17] And they
shall be given to drink from a cup whose mixture is ginger,
[76.18] from a
fountain called Salsabila.
[76.19] Immortal
youths will go about them, when you see them, you would suppose them to be
scattered pearls.
[76.20] When you see
them, you see bliss, and a great Kingdom.
[76.21] Upon them
there will be garments of green silk, rich brocade, and they will be adorned
with bracelets of silver. Their Lord will give them a pure beverage to drink.
[76.22] 'See, this is
your recompense, your striving is thanked.'
[76.23] We have
indeed, sent down to you the Koran, a (clear) sending,
[76.24] therefore be
patient under the Judgement of your Lord, and do not obey either the sinner or
the unbeliever.
[76.25] And, remember
the Name of your Lord at the dawn and in the evening;
[76.26] and in the
night prostrate to Him; and exalt Him for a long night.
[76.27] Indeed, these
love the hasty life, and are heedless and leave behind them a heavy Day.
[76.28] We created
them, and We strengthened their joints, but, when We will, We shall indeed
exchange their likes.
[76.29] This is
indeed a Reminder, so that he who will, takes a path to his Lord.
[76.30] Yet you will
not unless Allah wills; surely, Allah is the Knower, the Wise.
[76.31] He is
Merciful to whom He will; but, for the harm doers He has prepared for them a
painful punishment.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[77.1] By (the wind)
those sent (as horses') mane (in succession),
[77.2] storming
tempestuously
[77.3] and by the
scatterers scattering (rain)
[77.4] then the
criterion (the verses of Koran), separating
[77.5] and those
(angels) dropping, reminding
[77.6] excusing or
warning,
[77.7] surely, that
which you have been promised is about to fall!
[77.8] When the stars
are extinguished,
[77.9] and when the
sky is rent asunder
[77.10] and the
mountains scattered,
[77.11] and when the
Messengers' time is set
[77.12] to what day
shall they be deferred?
Where will you be on the Day of Resurrection? [77.13-50]
[77.13] Upon the Day
of Decision!
[77.14] Would that
you knew what the Day of Decision is!
[77.15] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.16] Did We not
destroy the ancients
[77.17] and let the
latter follow them?
[77.18] As such shall
We deal with the sinners.
[77.19] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.20] Did We not
create you from a weak water,
[77.21] which We
placed within a sure lodging
[77.22] for an
appointed term?
[77.23] We
determined, how excellent a Determiner are We!
[77.24] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.25] Have We not
made the earth a housing
[77.26] for both the
living and the dead?
[77.27] Have We not
placed high mountains upon it and filled you with sweet water?
[77.28] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.29] Depart to
that which you belied!
[77.30] Depart into
the shadow of three masses,
[77.31] wherein there
is neither shade, nor freeing from the blazing flames
[77.32] it throws
spits as (high as a huge) palace,
[77.33] as black
camels.
[77.34] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.35] This is the
Day they shall not speak,
[77.36] nor shall
they be given permission, so that they can apologize.
[77.37] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.38] Such is the
Day of Decision. We will gather you with the ancients.
[77.39] If you are
cunning, then try your cunning against Me!
[77.40] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.41] Indeed, the
cautious, shall live amid shades and fountains
[77.42] and have such
fruits as they desire.
[77.43] (It shall be
said to them), 'Eat and drink, with a good appetite, for all that you did.'
[77.44] As such We
recompense those who did good.
[77.45] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.46] 'Eat and
enjoy yourselves a little, for you are sinners!'
[77.47] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.48] When it is
said to them, 'Bow yourselves,' they do not bow.
[77.49] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it!
[77.50] After this,
in what discourse will they believe?
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[78.1] What do they
question each other about!
[78.2] About the
Great News
[78.3] whereupon they
are at variance?
[78.4] Indeed, they
shall know!
[78.5] Again, indeed,
they shall know!
[78.6] Have We not
made the earth as a cradle
[78.7] and the
mountains as pegs?
[78.8] And We created
you in pairs,
[78.9] and We made
your sleep a rest,
[78.10] and We made
the night a mantle,
[78.11] and We made
the day for a livelihood.
[78.12] And We built
above you seven strong ones,
[78.13] and placed in
them a blazing lamp
[78.14] and have sent
down from the clouds, pouring rain
[78.15] that We may
bring forth with it grain, plants
[78.16] and luxuriant
gardens.
[78.17] Indeed, the
Day of Decision is an appointed time,
[78.18] the Day that
the Horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds
[78.19] and heaven is
opened, having gates,
[78.20] and the
mountains move, and vaporize.
[78.21] Indeed,
Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush,
[78.22] a return for
the insolent,
[78.23] there, they
shall live for ages,
[78.24] tasting
neither coolness nor any drink
[78.25] except
boiling water and pus
[78.26] for a
suitable recompense.
[78.27] Indeed, they
did not hope for a Reckoning,
[78.28] and they
absolutely belied Our verses,
[78.29] and
everything We have numbered in a Book.
[78.30] 'Taste! We
shall not increase you except in punishment!'
[78.31] But, for the
cautious a place of prosperity,
[78.32] and gardens
and vineyards,
[78.33] curvaceous
(virgins), of equal age
[78.34] and an
overflowing cup.
[78.35] There, they
shall neither hear idle talk, nor yet any falsehood,
[78.36] a recompense from
your Lord, a gift, a reckoning,
[78.37] the Lord of
the heavens and earth, and all that is between them, the Merciful, of whom they
are unable to speak.
Prophet Muhammad will be given permission to intercede for his followers [78.38-39]
[78.38] On that Day,
when the Spirit (Gabriel) and the angels stand in ranks they shall not speak,
except he to whom the Merciful has given permission, and says
what is right.
[78.39] That is the
Day, the truth, so whosoever wills takes a way to his Lord.
[78.40] Indeed, We
have forewarned you of an imminent punishment, the Day when the person will
look upon his works and the unbelievers will say, 'Would that I were dust!'
79 The Pluckers - An-Nazi'at
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[79.1] By the
pluckers (the angels of death), violently plucking (the souls of the
unbelievers),
[79.2] by the drawers
(the angels of death), gently drawing (the souls of the believers),
[79.3] by the
swimmers (angels) swimming gently
[79.4] and the
outstrippers (angels), outstripping,
[79.5] by the
managers (angels) affair.
[79.6] On the Day,
the shiverer shivers
[79.7] followed by
the succeeding,
[79.8] hearts will
throb on that Day
[79.9] and their eyes
will be humbled.
[79.10] They say,
'What, are we being restored as we were before,
[79.11] even after we
are fragmented bones?'
[79.12] They will
say, 'Then we are returned, lost!'
[79.13] But it will
be only a single blow,
[79.14] and they will
be upon the surface of the earth (alive).
[79.15] Have you
received the story of Moses?
[79.16] His Lord
called to him in the Sacred Valley of Towa,
[79.17] saying, 'Go
to Pharaoh, he has become exceedingly insolent,
[79.18] and say,
"Will you purify yourself,
[79.19] that I might
guide you to your Lord, so that you fear (Him)."
[79.20] He showed him
the mighty sign,
[79.21] but he belied
and disobeyed,
[79.22] and hastily
turned away,
[79.23] then, he
gathered, proclaimed, then said,
[79.24] 'I am your
lord, the most high!'
[79.25] So Allah seized
him with the punishment of the Everlasting Life, and of this world.
[79.26] Surely, in
this there is a lesson for he that fears!
[79.27] What, are you
harder to create than the heaven which He has built?
[79.28] He raised it
high and leveled it,
[79.29] and darkened
its night and brought forth its morning.
[79.30] And the earth
He extended after that;
[79.31] and then
brought from it its water and pastures.
[79.32] And the
mountains He set firm
[79.33] an enjoyment
for you and your herds.
The warning of Hell [79.39]
[79.34] But when the
Great Catastrophe comes,
[79.35] the Day when
the human will remember what he has worked for,
[79.36] and when Hell
is advanced for whoever sees,
[79.37] then as for
whosoever was insolent
[79.38] preferring
the present life,
[79.39] surely, Hell
will be their refuge.
[79.40] But,
whosoever feared the standing before his Lord and prevented the self from
desires,
[79.41] indeed, their
refuge shall be Paradise.
When will the end of the world come? [79.42-46]
[79.42] They will
question you about the Hour, 'When shall it be?'
[79.43] But how are
you to know?
[79.44] Its final end
is for your Lord.
[79.45] You are but a
warner for those who fear it.
[79.46] On the Day
when they behold it, it will be as if they had lingered but an evening, or, a
morning.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[80.1] He frowned and
turned away
[80.2] when the blind
came to him.
[80.3] And what could
let you know? Perhaps he (comes to hear you) to be purified.
[80.4] (He might)
remember, and the Reminder might profit him.
[80.5] As for he who
is sufficed
[80.6] you attended
to him,
[80.7] although it is
not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified.
[80.8] And to him who
came to you eagerly
[80.9] and fearfully,
[80.10] of him you
were unmindful.
[80.11] No indeed,
this is a Reminder;
[80.12] and whosoever
wills, shall remember it.
[80.13] Upon highly
honored pages,
[80.14] exalted,
purified,
[80.15] by the hands
of scribes
[80.16] noble and
pious.
[80.17] Perish the
human! How unthankful he is!
[80.18] From what did
He create him?
[80.19] From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him,
[80.20] then eased
his path for him,
[80.21] then causes
him to die and buries him,
[80.22] then, He will
raise him when He wills.
[80.23] Indeed, he
has not fulfilled that which He has ordered him.
[80.24] Let the human
reflect on the food he eats,
[80.25] how We pour
down rain in abundance,
[80.26] and split the
earth, splitting,
[80.27] how We made
the grain to grow,
[80.28] grapes, and
fresh fodder,
[80.29] and the
olive, and the palm,
[80.30] the densely
tree'd gardens,
[80.31] and fruit and
pastures,
[80.32] for you and
for your herds to delight in.
[80.33] But, when the
Blast comes,
[80.34] on that Day
each person will flee from his brother,
[80.35] his mother
and his father,
[80.36] his wife and
his children.
[80.37] Everyone on
that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied.
[80.38] Some faces
will shine,
[80.39] laughing and
joyful,
[80.40] whereas some
faces will be covered with dust
[80.41] and veiled
with darkness.
[80.42] Those, they
are the unbelievers, the immoral.
81 The Winding-Up - At-Takweer
[81.1] When the sun
is wound-up;
[81.2] when the stars
are thrown down,
[81.3] and the
mountains have been taken,
[81.4] when the
pregnant camels are neglected,
[81.5] when the
savage beasts are gathered
[81.6] when the seas
are set boiling,
[81.7] when the souls
are coupled (to their body),
[81.8] when the
buried female infant is asked
[81.9] for what crime
she was slain,
[81.10] when the
scrolls are unrolled,
[81.11] when heaven
is stripped,
[81.12] when Hell is
set ablaze,
[81.13] when Paradise
is brought near,
[81.14] then, each
soul shall know what it has produced.
[81.15] Rather, I
swear by the returning
[81.16] orbiting,
disappearing;
[81.17] by the night
when it approaches
[81.18] and the
morning when it extends,
[81.19] it is indeed
the word of an Honorable Messenger,
[81.20] of power,
given a rank by the Owner of the Throne
[81.21] obeyed, and
honest.
[81.22] Your
Companion is not mad,
[81.23] in truth he
saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon,
[81.24] he is not
grudging of the Unseen.
[81.25] Nor is this
the word of a stoned satan.
[81.26] Where then
are you going?
[81.27] This is
nothing but a Reminder to the worlds,
[81.28] for whosoever
of you would go straight,
[81.29] but you shall
not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[82.1] When the sky
is split,
[82.2] when the
planets are scattered,
[82.3] when the
oceans are gushed forth,
[82.4] when the
graves are overturned,
[82.5] the soul shall
know what it has done, the former and the latter.
There are angels watching over you and writing what you do 24 hours a day [82.6-12]
[82.6] O human! What
has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord
[82.7] who created
you, formed you and proportioned you?
[82.8] In whatever
shape He will He could surely have fashioned you.
[82.9] Rather, you
belied the Recompense.
[82.10] Yet over you
there are watchers,
[82.11] noble scribes
[82.12] who know of
all that you do.
[82.13] Indeed, the
righteous shall (live) in bliss.
[82.14] But the
wicked, indeed they shall be in the Fiery Furnace,
[82.15] roasting in
it on the Day of Recompense
[82.16] and from it
they shall never be absent.
[82.17] What could
let you know what the Day of Recompense is!
[82.18] Again, what
could let you know what the Day of Recompense is!
[82.19] It is the Day when no soul can do a thing for another soul. That Day, the command belongs to Allah.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[83.1] Woe to the
diminishers,
[83.2] who, when
people measure for them, take full measure,
[83.3] but when they
measure or weigh for others, they reduce!
[83.4] Do they not
think that they will be resurrected
[83.5] for a great
Day,
[83.6] the Day when
people will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
[83.7] No indeed, the
Book of the immoral is in Sijjeen.
[83.8] What could let
you know what the Sijjeen is!
[83.9] (It is) a
marked Book.
[83.10] Woe on that
Day to those who belied it,
[83.11] who belied
the Day of Recompense!
[83.12] None belies
it except every guilty sinner.
[83.13] When Our
verses are recited to him, he says, 'Fictitious tales of the ancients!'
[83.14] No indeed!
Their own deeds have cast a veil over their hearts.
[83.15] No indeed, on
that Day they shall be veiled from their Lord.
[83.16] Then they
shall roast in Hell,
[83.17] and it will
be said to them, 'This is that which you belied!’
[83.18] But, the Book
of the righteous is in the 'Illiyoon.
[83.19] What could
let you know what the 'Illiyoon is!
[83.20] (It is) a
marked Book,
[83.21] witnessed by
those who are near (to Allah).
[83.22] The righteous
shall indeed be blissful,
[83.23] (reclining)
upon couches they will gaze,
[83.24] and in their
faces you shall know the radiance of bliss.
[83.25] They shall be
given to drink of a wine that is sealed,
[83.26] its seal is
musk, for this let the competitors compete;
[83.27] and its
mixture is Tasneem,
[83.28] a fountain at
which those brought near (to their Lord) drink.
[83.29] The sinners
laughed at the believers
[83.30] and winked at
one another as they passed them by.
[83.31] When they
returned to their people they returned jesting;
[83.32] and when they
saw them said, 'These are they who are astray!'
[83.33] Yet they were
not sent to be their guardians.
[83.34] But on this
Day the believers will laugh at the unbelievers
[83.35] as they
(recline) upon their couches and gaze (around them).
[83.36] Have the
unbelievers been rewarded for what they did?
84 The Rending - Al-'Inshiqaq
[84.1] When the sky
is torn apart,
[84.2] hearing and
obeying its Lord, as it must do;
[84.3] when the earth
is stretched out
[84.4] and casts out
all that is within and voids itself,
[84.5] obeying its
Lord, as it must do!
[84.6] O human, you
are working hard towards your Lord and you will meet Him.
[84.7] Then, he who
is given his book in his right hand
[84.8] shall have an
easy reckoning
[84.9] and will
return rejoicing to his family.
[84.10] But he who is
given his book from behind his back
[84.11] shall call
for destruction
[84.12] and roast at
the Blaze.
[84.13] Once, he
lived joyfully among his family
[84.14] and surely
thought he would never return (to his Lord).
[84.15] Yes indeed,
his Lord was ever watching him.
[84.16] I swear by
the twilight;
[84.17] by the night
and all that it envelops;
[84.18] by the moon,
in its fullness
[84.19] that you
shall surely ride from stage to stage.
[84.20] What is the
matter with them, that they do not believe
[84.21] and when the
Koran is recited to them that they do not prostrate!
[84.22] No, the
unbelievers only belie,
[84.23] and Allah
knows very well what they gather.
[84.24] Therefore
give to them glad tidings of a painful punishment,
[84.25] except to
those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for theirs is an unfailing recompense.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Believers who were persecuted because they said Allah is One and has neither a partner nor an associate [85.1-22]
[85.1] By the heaven
of the constellations!
[85.2] By the
Promised Day!
[85.3] By the witness
and the witnessed!
[85.4] The companions
of the pit were killed
[85.5] the fire with
its fuel,
[85.6] when they were
seated around it
[85.7] and they were
witnesses of what they did to the believers
[85.8] and their
revenge on them was only because they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the
Praised,
[85.9] to whom
belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and earth. And Allah is the Witness of all
things.
[85.10] Those who
persecuted the believing men and women and never repented, there is for them
the punishment of Gehenna (Hell), and for them the punishment of the burning.
[85.11] (But) for
those who believe and do good works, for them there are Gardens underneath
which rivers flow that is the Great Victory!
[85.12] Indeed, the
seizing of your Lord is severe.
[85.13] It is He who
originates and repeats.
[85.14] And He is the
Forgiving, and the Loving.
[85.15] Owner of the
Throne, the Exalted.
[85.16] The Doer of
whatever He wants.
[85.17] Has it come
to you the story of the hosts
[85.18] of Pharaoh
and of Thamood?
[85.19] Yet the
unbelievers still belie,
[85.20] Allah
encompasses them all from behind.
[85.21] Indeed, this
is a Glorious Koran,
[85.22] in a Guarded
Tablet.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Death is not the end, Allah is Able to resurrect us as easily as He created us. He only has to say “Be” and it is. [86.1-17]
[86.1] By the sky,
and by the nightly comer!
[86.2] What could let
you know what the nightly comer is!
[86.3] (It is) the
piercing star.
[86.4] For every soul
there is a watcher.
[86.5] Let the human
reflect of what he is created.
[86.6] He was created
from ejaculated water
[86.7] that issues
from between the loins and the ribs.
[86.8] Surely, He is
Able to bring him back,
[86.9] on the Day
when consciences are examined,
[86.10] when he will
be helpless, with no supporter.
[86.11] By the sky
with its returning rain,
[86.12] and by the
earth bursting with vegetation;
[86.13] this is
indeed a Decisive Word,
[86.14] it is not a
jest.
[86.15] They are
cunningly devising,
[86.16] and I am
cunningly devising.
[86.17] Therefore
respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[87.1] Exalt the Name
of your Lord, the Highest,
[87.2] who has
created and shaped,
[87.3] who has ordained
and guided,
[87.4] who brings
forth the pastures,
[87.5] then made it
dry dark, flaky stubble,
[87.6] We shall make
you recite so that you will not forget,
[87.7] except what
Allah wills, surely, He knows all that is (spoken) aloud and what is hidden.
[87.8] We shall ease
you to the easy.
[87.9] Therefore
remind, if the Reminder benefits,
[87.10] and he who
fears shall remember,
[87.11] but the most
wretched shall avoid it,
[87.12] who will
roast in the Great Fire,
[87.13] in which he
will neither die nor live therein.
[87.14] Prosperous is
he who purifies himself,
[87.15] and remembers
the Name of his Lord, so he prays.
[87.16] But you
prefer the present life,
[87.17] but the
Everlasting Life is better, and more enduring.
[87.18] Surely, this
is in the ancient Scrolls,
[87.19] the Scrolls
of Abraham and Moses.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[88.1] Have you
received the news of the Enveloper?
[88.2] On that Day
faces shall be humbled,
[88.3] laboring,
worn-out,
[88.4] roasting at a
scorching Fire
[88.5] that is fueled
from a tremendously hot fountain,
[88.6] no food for
them except thorny plants
[88.7] which neither
sustains, nor satisfy hunger.
[88.8] (Whereas
other) faces on that Day will be joyful,
[88.9] well pleased
with their striving,
[88.10] in a Garden
on high,
[88.11] where they
will hear no idle talk.
[88.12] A gushing
fountain shall be there
[88.13] and raised
couches,
[88.14] and prepared
goblets,
[88.15] and arranged
cushions
[88.16] and outspread
carpets.
[88.17] What, do they
not reflect upon how the camel was created?
[88.18] And how the
heaven was raised up,
[88.19] and how the
mountains were firmly fixed?
[88.20] And how the
earth was outstretched?
[88.21] Therefore
remind, you are only a Reminder.
[88.22] You are not
charged to oversee them.
[88.23] As for those
who turn their back and disbelieve,
[88.24] Allah will
punish them with the greatest punishment.
[88.25] Indeed, to Us
they shall return,
[88.26] then upon Us
shall rest their reckoning.
89 The Dawn - Al-Fajr
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[89.1] By the dawn
[89.2] and ten nights
(of pilgrimage or the last ten days of Ramadan),
[89.3] by the even,
and the odd,
[89.4] by the night
when it journeys on!
[89.5] Is there in
that an oath for the mindful?
[89.6] Have you not
heard how your Lord dealt with Aad
[89.7] of the
columned (city) of Iram,
[89.8] the like of
which was never created in the countries?
[89.9] And Thamood,
who hewed out the rocks of the valley?
[89.10] And
Pharaoh, of the pegs (impaling his victims)?
[89.11] They were tyrants in the land
[89.12] and exceeded
in corruption therein.
[89.13] (Therefore)
your Lord let loose upon them a scourge of punishment;
[89.14] indeed, your
Lord is ever watchful.
[89.15] As for man,
when his Lord tests him by honoring him and favoring him, he says, 'My Lord,
has honored me.'
[89.16] But when He
tests him by restricting his provision, he says, 'My Lord has humiliated me.'
[89.17] No! But you
show no good to the orphan,
[89.18] nor do you
urge one another to feed the needy.
[89.19] and you
devour the inheritance with greed,
[89.20] and you
ardently love wealth.
[89.21] No! But when
the earth quakes and is pounded,
[89.22] and your Lord
comes with the angels, rank upon rank,
[89.23] and Gehenna
(Hell) is brought near on that Day the human will remember, and how shall the
Reminder be for him?
[89.24] He will say,
'Would that I had forwarded (good works) for my life!'
[89.25] But on that
Day none will punish as He (Allah) will punish,
[89.26] nor will any
bind as He binds.
[89.27] O satisfied
soul,
[89.28] return to
your Lord well-pleased, well-pleasing.
[89.29] Join My
worshipers and
[89.30] enter My
Paradise!
90 The Country - Al-Balad
[90.1] No, I swear by
this country (Mecca),
[90.2] and you are a
lodger in this country.
[90.3] And by the
giver of birth, and whom he fathered,
[90.4] We created the
human in fatigue.
[90.5] Does he think
that none has power over him!
[90.6] He will say,
'I have destroyed a vast wealth.'
[90.7] Does he think
that none has observed him?
[90.8] Have We not
given him two eyes,
[90.9] a tongue, and
two lips,
[90.10] and guided
him on the two paths (of good and evil)?
[90.11] Yet he has
not scaled the height.
[90.12] What could
let you know what the height is!
[90.13] (It is) the
freeing of a slave,
[90.14] the giving of
food upon the day of hunger
[90.15] to an
orphaned relative
[90.16] or to a needy
person in distress;
[90.17] so that he
becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge
each other to be merciful.
[90.18] Those are the
Companions of the Right.
[90.19] But those who
disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left,
[90.20] with the Fire
closed above them.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
The signs of the greatness of Allah surround us yet most of mankind, like the people of Thamood, reject Him on account of pride, giving preference to their own created ability rather than the ultimate power and ability of their Creator [91.1- 15]
[91.1] By the sun and
its midmorning,
[91.2] by the moon,
which follows it,
[91.3] by the day,
when it displays it,
[91.4] by the night,
when it envelops it!
[91.5] By the heaven
and Who built it,
[91.6] by the earth
and Who spread it,
[91.7] by the soul
and Who shaped it
[91.8] and inspired
it with its sin and its piety,
[91.9] prosperous is
he who purified it,
[91.10] and failed is
he who buried it!
[91.11] Thamood
belied in their pride
[91.12] when the most
wicked of them broke forth,
[91.13] the Messenger
of Allah said to them, '(This is) the she-camel of Allah, let her drink.'
[91.14] But they
belied him, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin and
leveled it (their village).
[91.15] He does not
fear the result (of their destruction).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[92.1] By the night,
when it envelops,
[92.2] and by the day
when it unveils.
[92.3] And by Who
created the male and female,
[92.4] your striving
is indeed to different ends!
[92.5] For him that
gives and fears (Allah)
[92.6] and believes
in the finest,
[92.7] We shall
surely ease him to the Path of Easing;
[92.8] but for him
that is a miser, and sufficed,
[92.9] and he belied
the finest
[92.10] We shall
surely ease for him the Path of Hardship (the Fire).
[92.11] When he falls
(into Hell), his wealth will not help him.
[92.12] Indeed,
Guidance is Ours,
[92.13] and to Us
belong the Last and the First.
[92.14] I have now
warned you of the Blazing Fire,
[92.15] in which none
shall be roasted except the most wretched sinner,
[92.16] who belied
and turned away,
[92.17] and from
which the cautious shall be distanced.
[92.18] He who gives
his wealth to be purified,
[92.19] and confers
no favor upon anyone for recompense
[92.20] seeking only
the Face of his Lord, the Most High,
[92.21] surely, he
shall be satisfied.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[93.1] By the
midmorning,
[93.2] and by the
night when it covers,
[93.3] your Lord has
not forsaken you (Prophet Muhammad), nor does He hate you.
[93.4] The Last shall
be better for you than the First.
[93.5] Your Lord will
give you, and you will be satisfied.
[93.6] Did He not
find you an orphan and give you shelter?
[93.7] Did He not
find you a wanderer so He guided you?
[93.8] Did He not
find you poor and suffice you?
[93.9] Do not oppress
the orphan,
[93.10] nor drive
away the one who asks.
[93.11] But tell of
the favors of your Lord!
94 The Expanding - Al-'Inshirah
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[94.1] Have We not
expanded your chest for you (Prophet Muhammad),
[94.2] and relieved
you of your burden
[94.3] that weighed
down your back?
[94.4] Have We not
raised your remembrance?
[94.5] Indeed,
hardship is followed by ease,
[94.6] indeed, hardship
is followed by ease!
[94.7] So, when you
have finished (your prayer), labor (in supplication),
[94.8] and let your
longing be for your Lord (in humility).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[95.1] By the fig and
the olive!
[95.2] and the Mount,
Sinai,
[95.3] and this safe
country (Mecca)!
[95.4] Indeed, We
created the human with the fairest stature
[95.5] and We shall
return him to the lowest of the low,
[95.6] except the
believers who do good works, for theirs shall be an unfailing recompense.
[95.7] So, what then
shall belie you concerning the Recompense?
[95.8] Is Allah not
the Most Just of judges!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[96.1] Read (Prophet
Muhammad) in the Name of your Lord who created,
[96.2] created the
human from a (blood) clot.
[96.3] Read! Your
Lord is the Most Generous,
[96.4] who taught by
the pen,
[96.5] taught the
human what he did not know.
[96.6] Indeed, surely
the human is very insolent
[96.7] that he sees
himself sufficed.
[96.8] Indeed, to
your Lord is the returning.
[96.9] What do you
think? Have you seen he who forbids
[96.10] a worshiper
when he prays.
[96.11] Have you seen
if he was upon guidance
[96.12] or orders
piety?
[96.13] What do you
think? Have you seen if he belies and turns away,
[96.14] does he not
know that Allah sees?
[96.15] Indeed, if he
does not desist, We will seize him by the forelock,
[96.16] a lying,
sinful forelock.
[96.17] So, let him
call upon his way!
[96.18] We, will call
the Zabania (the harsh angels of Hell).
[96.19] No, indeed;
do not obey him! Prostrate and come nearer (to Allah).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
The Night of Honor which occurs during the last nights of
Ramadan [97.1-5] [97.1] We sent
this (the Holy Koran) down on the Night of Honor.
[97.2] What could let
you know what the Night of Honor is!
[97.3] The Night of
Honor is better than a thousand months,
[97.4] in it the
angels and the Spirit (Gabriel) descend by the permission of their Lord upon every
command.
[97.5] Peace it is,
till the break of dawn.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[98.1] The
unbelievers among the People of the Book and the idolaters would never desist
until the Clear Proof came to them.
[98.2] A Messenger
from Allah reciting Purified Pages
[98.3] in which there
are valuable Books.
[98.4] Those to whom the Book was given did not divide themselves
until the Clear Proof came to them.
[98.5] Yet they were ordered to worship Allah alone, making the
Religion His sincerely, upright, and to establish their prayers and to pay the
obligatory charity. That is indeed the Religion of Straightness.
[98.6] The unbelievers
among the People of the Book and the idolaters shall be for ever in the Fire of
Gehenna (Hell). They are the worst of all creatures.
[98.7] But those who
believe and do good deeds are the best of all creatures.
[98.8] Their recompense
is with their Lord; Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow, where they
shall live for ever. Allah is well-pleased with them, and they are well-pleased
with Him. That is for he who fears his Lord!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[99.1] When the earth
is shaken with its mighty shaking,
[99.2] and when the
earth brings forth its burdens
[99.3] and the human
asks, "What is the matter with it?"
[99.4] On that Day it
shall proclaim its news,
[99.5] for your Lord
will have revealed to it.
[99.6] On that Day
mankind shall issue in scatterings to see their deeds.
[99.7] Whosoever has
done an atom's weight of good shall see it,
[99.8] and whosoever
has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[100.1] By the
snorting runners (the horses),
[100.2] by the
strikers of fire,
[100.3] by the dawn
raiders,
[100.4] raising a
trail of dust,
[100.5] dividing the
gathering.
[100.6] Indeed, the
human is ungrateful to his Lord.
[100.7] To this he
himself shall bear witness.
[100.8] And indeed he
is ardent for the love of good (wealth, becoming greedy).
[100.9] Does he not
know that when that which is in the graves is overthrown,
[100.10] and that
which is in the chest is brought out,
[100.11] indeed, on
that Day their Lord will be aware of them!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[101.1] The Clatterer
(the Day of Judgement)!
[101.2] What is the
Clatterer.
[101.3] What shall
let you know what the Clatterer is!
[101.4] On that Day
people shall become like scattered moths
[101.5] and the
mountains like tufts of carded wool.
[101.6] Then he whose
deeds weigh heavy in the Scale
[101.7] shall live in
a life which is pleasing,
[101.8] but he whose
weight is light in the Scale,
[101.9] his head will
be in the Plunging
[101.10] What shall
let you know what the Plunging is?
[101.11] (It is) a
Fire which is extremely hot.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[102.1] The excessive
gathering (of increase and boasting) occupied you (from worshipping and
obeying)
[102.2] until you
visit the graves.
[102.3] But no,
indeed, you shall soon know.
[102.4] Again, no
indeed, you shall soon know.
[102.5] Indeed, did
you know with certain knowledge
[102.6] that you
shall surely see Hell?
[102.7] Again, you
shall surely see it with the sight of certainty.
[102.8] On that Day,
you shall be questioned about the pleasures.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[103.1] By the time
of the afternoon!
[103.2] Surely, the
human is in a (state of) loss,
[103.3] except those
who believe and do good works and charge one another with the truth and charge
one another with patience.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[104.1] Woe to every
backbiter, slanderer
[104.2] who amasses
wealth and counts it,
[104.3] thinking his
wealth will render him immortal!
[104.4] On the
contrary! He shall be flung to the Crusher.
[104. 5] What shall
let you know what the Crusher is?
[104.6] (It is) the
kindled Fire of Allah,
[104.7] which shall
oversee the hearts,
[104.8] closed around
them
[104.9] in extended
columns.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[105.1] Have you not
seen how Allah dealt with the companions of the Elephant?
[105.2] Did He not
cause their schemes to go astray?
[105.3] And He sent
against them flights of birds
[105.4] pelting them
with stones of baked clay,
[105.5] so that He
made them like straw eaten (by cattle).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[106.1] For the
custom of the Koraysh,
[106.2] their custom
of the winter and summer journey.
[106.3] Therefore let
them worship the Lord of this House
[106.4] who fed them
from hunger and secured them from fear.
107 The Assistance - Al-Ma'un
[107.1] Have you seen
he who belied the Recompense?
[107.2] It is he who
turns away the orphan
[107.3] and does not
urge others to feed the needy.
[107.4] Woe to those
who pray,
[107.5] who are
heedless of their prayers (delaying them from their prescribed times),
[107.6] who show off,
[107.7] and prevent
the utensils of assistance.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[108.1] Indeed, We
have given you (Prophet Muhammad) the abundance (Al Kawthar: river, its pool
and springs).
[108.2] So pray to
your Lord and sacrifice.
[108.3] Surely, he
who hates you, he is the most severed.
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[109.1] Say, 'O
unbelievers,
[109.2] I do not
worship what you worship,
[109.3] nor do you
worship what I worship.
[109.4] Nor am I
worshiping what you have worshipped,
[109.5] neither will
you worship what I worship.
[109.6] To you your
religion, and to me my Religion.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[110.1] When the
victory of Allah and the opening comes,
[110.2] and you see
people embracing the Religion of Allah in throngs,
[110.3] exalt with
the praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness from Him. For indeed, He is the
Turner (for the penitent).
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[111.1] Perish the
hands of Abi Lahab, and perish he!
[111.2] His wealth
will not suffice him, neither what he has gained;
[111.3] he shall
roast at a Flaming Fire,
[111.4] and his wife,
laden with firewood
[111.5] shall have a
rope of palm-fiber around her neck!
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[112.1] Say, 'He is
Allah, the One,
[112.2] the called
upon.
[112.3] Who has not
given birth, and has not been born,
[112.4] and there is
none equal to Him.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[113.1] Say, 'I take
refuge with the Lord of Daybreak
[113.2] from the evil
of what He has created,
[113.3] from the evil
of the darkness when it gathers
[113.4] from the evil
of the blowers on knots;
[113.5] from the evil
of the envier when he envies.'
In the Name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[114.1] Say, 'I take
refuge with the Lord of people,
[114.2] the King of
people,
[114.3] the God of
people,
[114.4] from the evil
of the slinking whisperer.
[114.5] who whispers in the chests of people,
[114.6] both jinn and
people.’
1. Translator’s Notes
2. Table of Chapters - Suwar
3. TOPICS IN A NUTSHELL
4. PROPHET JESUS IN THE KORAN
The Question Allah asked Prophet Jesus:
The Christian innovation of the Trinity:
Was Prophet Jesus crucified?
Will Prophet Jesus return?
Has the Koran ever been altered or revised?
Was Prophet Jesus given a Book like Prophets Moses and Muhammad?
Why did Constantine prefer Christianity?
How do the teachings of Prophet Jesus and Paul differ?
What became of the Nazarenes?
Translator's Notes
Translators of the meaning of the Holy Koran are incapable of thanking
Allah. Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, said, "We cannot
count the songs of Your praise, as You have praised Yourself." Allah
starts His Holy Book with words that praise Himself by Himself, and we are just
repeaters. In this spirit, we repeat His thanks for helping us to be the first
Muslims with Islamic qualifications each born with a different mother tongue
(Arabic and English) to attempt to translate the meaning of His Holy Book.
In
preparation for this great work - which was spread over a period of sixteen
years - we undertook the translation of several Islamic references and
experimented with various styles of translation for ease of reading and
accuracy.
We
repeat His thanks for His beloved Prophet, praise and veneration be upon him,
and for guiding Khadeijah. We also repeat His thanks for simplifying our task,
by guiding us to see the errors of pioneers and with the ability to correct
them.
Finally,
we repeat His thanks for blessing us with our teachers, the late Muhaddith
Abdullah Ben Sadek, the late Shaykh Muhammad Al-Fatih and his son, Professor
Hasan El-Fatih Qaribullah, the Shaykh of Sammania Tariqah (Path) worldwide.
Koran, Kor'an not Qur'an
According
to the Warsh and Hafs method of recitation it is correct to spell the word
"Koran" in this manner. When "Koran" is spelled
"Qur'an" it leads to its mispronunciation in the English language as
it is contrary to the rules of English grammar which dictate "qu"
must always be followed by a vowel, either an a,e,i,o,u. "qu"
is pronounced "qw" as in quick, quiet, quarter etc.
TOPICS IN A NUTSHELL
Please
refer to the Concordance of the Koran for full coverage.
When
searching for "Christians", please search under "Nazarenes"
and also "Christians". Nazarenes were the actual followers of Prophet
Jesus, whereas "Christians" was a name adopted by Paul and thereby
distinguishes his followers from the "Nazarenes".
Animals
apes 2:65, 5:60
Ark, in 11:37-50
camel 5:103, 7:73-77, 11:64-66, 17:59, 22:28, 26:155, 54:27, 81:4, 88:17, 91:13
cow 2:67-71, 12:43, 12:46
dog 18:18-22
donkey 2:259, 16:8, 31:19, 62:5, 74:50
elephant 105:1-5
goat 6:143
horse 3:14, 16:8, 59:6, 71:1, 111-5
mule 16:8
nations, of 6:38
sheep 6:143-146, 21:79, 38:23-24, 54:31
swine 5:60
Atom
knowledge, of 34:3
weight, of evil 99:8
weight, of good 4:40, 99:7
unbelievers 34:22
Belief;
Believe refer also to Oneness:
Allah knows 4:25
angels 40:7
believers 2:3-4, 2:121, 2:153, 2:172, 2:183, 2:186, 2:218, 3:16, 49:14
brothers, in 9:11
brotherhood, in 59:9, 60:10
challenge 52:36
Day of Judgement 6:158, 30:56, 22:18, 22:56
denial, of 5:5, 7:45
dispute, about 4:59
evil 2:93, 10:33, 49:11, 7:153
examine 3:141
example, of 66:11
guide, in 9:23
guidance, of 4:175, 6:82, 7:203, 42:52, 45:20, 49:17
heart 49:7, 49:14
Everlasting Life 6:113, 17:10
hypocrites, in 3:167, 4:143, 5:41
increase, in 3:173, 33:22, 48:4, 74:31
Jews, see People of the Book 2:41, 2:55, 2:75-76, 2:85, 2:88, 2:91, 2:93,
2:108, 2:135-137, 3:183, 4:150, 4:155-156, 5:41, 6:20, 7:157-158, 16:79
judge 5:50
justice, in 4:135
Nazarenes, see People of the Book 2:82, 2:135-137, 2:257, 2:277, 3:52, 3:179,
4:150 4:171, 4:173, 5:82-85, 6:82, 7:157-158, 10:2, 12:57, 16:97, 18:2, 18:107,
24:55,48:29
patience, in 3:200
People of the Book 3:72-73, 3:110, 4:150, 4:159, 4:171, 5:59, 7:157-158
polytheists 6:148
Prophets 3:81
Prophet Muhammad - 9:60
Prophet Abraham 3:68, 3:84
Prophet David 38:24
Prophet Isaac 3:84
Prophet Ishmael 3:84
Prophet Jacob 3:84
Prophet Jesus 3:52, 3:84, 4:171, 5:110-111
Prophet Jonah 10:98
Prophet Joseph 12:37, 12:57, 12:108
Prophet Moses 3:84, 7:121-126, 10:78, 11:17, 26:24
Prophet Noah 10:74-75, 11:36, 23:26
Prophet Salih 11:62, 7:75-76
recant 3:177, 4:137, 7:89, 9:66, 16:106
reward, for 2:25-26, 10:9, 52:21
striving, to 9:88, 49:15
strong belief 8:2, 9:124, 45:4, 49:15, 22:55
supplication 3:193
unbelievers 2:6, 2:8-9, 2:13-14, 2:26, 2:100, 2:165, 2:212, 4:38, 4:51, 4:60,
4:136, 4:150, 5:41, 6:25, 6:110, 6:124, 12:106, 16:22, 21:30, 26:201, 27:4, 34:8,
34:31, 40:10, 40:85
warning 2:208, 2:254, 2:264, 2:267, 3:100, 3:102, 3:118-119, 3:130, 3:149,
3:156, 4:94, 4:144, 5:2, 6:48, 16:60, 57:28
Birds
crow 5:31
flight, of 105:3
hoopoe 27:20
hunting 5:4
nations, of 6:38
prayers, of 24:41
Prophet Abraham, and 2:60
Prophet David, and 21:80, 34:10, 38:19
Prophet Jesus, and 3:49, 5:110
Prophet Joseph, vision 12:36-41
Prophet Solomon, story 27:16-44
quail 2:57, 7:160, 20:80
Charity;
Alms Giving
amount, of 2:219
believers 3:16-17, 32:15-16, 35:32
command to give 16:90
covenant with Allah 9:75
Day of Judgement 2:254
death, before 63:10
debt, release of 2:280
manners in giving 2:262-264, 2:271, 22:36
pilgrimage, during 2:196
Prophet Isaac 21:73-74
Prophet Ishmael 19:55
Prophet Jacob 21:73-74
Prophet Jesus 19:31
promotion, of 4:114
purification, as 9:103
recipients, of 2:215, 2:271, 2:273, 9:60
repentance, by 9:104
reward, for 2:272, 2:274, 3:92, 3:133-34, 4:162, 12:88, 30:39, 57:7, 57:18
spending, for show 4:38
unbelievers, of 3:117, 4:38, 41:7
Nazarenes,
People of the Book (Torah or Gospel), also see Prophet Jesus
fancies, of 2:111
claim, of 5:18
covenant, with 5:14
Day of Judgement 2:113, 22:18
death, before 4:159
dialog, with 29:46
guidance 2:120
invitation, to 3:64, 5:15
Messiah, and 9:30
monasticism, 57:27
nearest, to Muslims 5:82
Paradise 2:111
Prophets
Prophet Abraham 2:135, 2:140, 3:67, 3:65
Prophet Isaac 2:140
Prophet Ishmael 2:140
Prophet Jacob 2:140
guardians, of 5:51
question, to 3:70-71, 3:98
some, of the 3:199
trustworthy, some 3:75
warning 2:109, 3:20, 3:79, 4:171, 5:77, 98:1, 98:6
Conservation;
Waste
brothers, of devils 17:27
command, not to 26:151
Creation
of the Universe
atom's weight, 34:22
challenge 23:86
command 6:14
contemplation, upon 3:190, 7:185
creation, of earth and heavens 2:29, 6:73, 7:54, 9:36, 10:3, 11:7, 13:2, 15:85,
21:30, 25:59, 32:4, 38:27, 41:12, 42:11, 50:38, 64:3, 65:12, 67:3, 71:15
Day of Judgement 7:187, 14:48, 39:67, 39:68, 45:27
heavens, seven 2:29, 17:44, 65:12, 67:3, 71:15
knowledge, of 2:284, 3:29, 5:97, 6:3
obedient, to Allah 2:116, 3:83
ownership, of 2:107, 2:117, 2:164, 2:255, 2:284, 3:109, 3:129, 4:171, 5:17-18,
5:40, 6:101, 7:158, 10:68, 85:9
Prophet Abraham 6:75
prostration, of 13:15, 16:49, 22:19
signs, of 3:190, 7:187, 10:101, 12:105, 14:32, 30:24
Throne/Seat 2:555, 11:7, 23:86, 43:82
unbelievers 14:2, 17:19, 21:30, 29:61, 38:10
unseen, of 16:77
Debts
recording, of 2:282
unrecorded 2:283
Family
Life
Adultery; Fornication; Dating; Lovers
marriage, to 24:2-3
warning 4:24-25, 17:32, 25:68
Children
Day of Judgement 60:3
puberty, at 24:31, 24:59
supplication, of 25:74-75
warning 8:28, 9:85, 17:31, 18:46, 34:37, 63:9, 64:14-15
Divorce
before consummation 33:49
dowry 2:237, 4:20
false witness 24:4, 24:6-9, 24:23
final 2:230-31
pregnancy, during 65:6
reconcile 2:226-227, 4:128
swearing 24:6-9
waiting period 2:228, 2:241, 65:4
warning 2:232-333
Gays and Lesbians
indecent 27:54-58, 29:28
Prophet Lot 11:77-83, 21:72, 21:75, 26:165-175
punishment, for 29:31-33, 54:33-34
warning 7:80-81
Inheritance
distribution, of 2:180-182, 4:7-8, 4:11-12, 4:36, 4:176, 8:41
warning 4:19, 89:17-20
Marriage
abstinence, from 24:33
dowry, before 5:5, 4:4
justice, in 4:135
modesty, in 24:31
position of husband 4:34
pregnancy 2:233, 39:6
remarriage 2:235
who to marry 5:5, 60:10
who not to marry 2:221, 4:22-23, 24:3, 60:10
Orphans
care, of 2:83, 2:215, 2:177, 2:220, 4:3, 4:8, 4:36, 4:127, 8:41, 59:7
reward, for 90:15
warning 4:2, 4:5-6, 4:10, 6:152, 17:34, 89:17-20
Parents
justice, to 4:135
kindness, to 2:215, 4:36, 6:151
mother 31:14, 46:15
supplication 71:28
warning 29:8
Fasting
command, to 2:184-185, 33:78, 2:183
divorce, when 58:3-4
expiation, of 4:92, 5:89
illness, during 2:184
inability, to 2:184
journey, 2:184
pilgrimage 2:196, 5:95
Ramadan 2:185
reward, for 4:146, 9:112
time, to 2:187
Fish
fish 7:163, 16:14, 18:61-63
whale 37:142, 68:48
Forgiveness
Allah, is 2:182, 2:192, 2:235, 4:23, 4:25, 4:43
angels, ask 42:5
ask, for 2:199, 2:285, 3:17, 4:110, 11:3, 27:46, 40:7, 40:55, 51:18, 57:21,
71:10, 110:3
believers 5:9
Lord, of 41:43
merit, of 2:263
martyrdom, 3:157
promise, of Allah 2:268
rain, when asking for 11:61
recompense, is 3:136
reward, of 11:11, 33:35, 36:11, 47:15, 48:29
sin, not forgiven 4:48
supplicate, for 73:20
unbelievers 4:48, 9:80, 9:113, 47:34, 63:5-6
warning 18:55
Who forgives 3:135
Gabriel,
Angel
enemy, of 2:97-98
Mary, mother of Prophet Jesus 66:12
order, to descend 19:64
Prophet Jesus, and 2:87, 2:253, 5:10
revelation, bringer of 26:193
Gambling;
Bingo; Games of Chance
sinful 2:219
work of satan 5:90-91
Gog
and Magog
corrupters 18:94
loose, let 21:97
Heavenly
Bodies
Constellations
constellations Ch. 85
description, of 15:16
heavens, 25:61, 55:33
jinn and humans, 55:33, 72:8
oath 85:1
Planets
Day of Judgement 82:2
lower heaven, with 37:6
Prophet Abraham 6:76
Prophet Joseph 12:4
Moon
appointed, course 13:2, 14:33
creation, at 7:54
crescent, of 2:189
Day of Judgement, 54:1, 75:6-9
eclipse, of 75:8
illuminating 25:61
jinn, and human 55:33, 72:8
moon Ch. 54
oath, 74:32, 84:16-20, 91:1-2
orbit, of 21:33, 36:40
Paradise, in 76:13
phases, of 10:5, 31:29, 35:13, 36:39, 39:5, 2:189
Prophet Abraham, and 6:77
Prophet Joseph, vision 112:4
prostration, of 22:19
reckoning, as 6:96, 55:5
subservient, to 16:12
unbelievers 29:61
warning 41:37
Stars
creation, at 7:54
Day of Judgement 77:8, 81:2
falling stars 56:75
guides, as 16:16, 6:97
jinn and humans 55:33, 72:8
oath, 56:75-79
praise, your Lord 52:49
piercing, 86:3
Prophet Abraham 37:83-89
prostration, of 55:6, 22:19
star Ch. 53
subservient, to 16:12
Sun
brightness, of 10:5
cave, outside 18:17
creation, of 14:33
Day of Judgement, on 75:9-10, 81:1
declining, of 17:78
decree, by 36:38
Eden, garden of 20:119
lantern, as 71:16
oath, by 91:1
orbit, of 7:54, 21:33, 35:13, 36:40
Paradise, in 76:13
praise, in heavens 30:18
Prophet Abraham, 2:258, 6:78
Prophet Joseph, vision of 12:4
prostration, of 22:19
reckoning, as 6:96, 55:5
shadows 25:45
Sheba, and 27:24
sun ch. 91
Thul-Karnain, the pious 18:86, 18:90
unbelievers, say 29:61
warning 41:37
Hell
- Gehenna
angels, of 96:18
call, of those 32:20
cast, into 8:37, 40:76
Day of Judgement 18:53, 18:100, 50:30, 52:13
description, of 13:18, 14:16, 17:8, 21:39, 44:43-50
hypocrites, in 4:140, 9:68, 9:73, 48:6
inhabitants, of 2:217, 7:50, 7:179, 11:119, 19:86, 20:74, 40:47-48
iblis, see satan
murderer, in 4:93
People of the Book 98:6
perverse, in 26:91
punishment, in 9:35, 10:27, 14:29
questioning, before entry 39:71-72
pride, because of 2:206, 40:60
removed, from 3:185
satan/iblis 7:18, 17:61-63, 38:82-85,
satan, friend of 4:121
scales, light 23:103
tree, of 37:44
unbelievers, in 2:166-167, 4:55, 4:169, 5:10, 7:40-41, 8:36, 9:68, 9:73,
10:27-28, 18:102, 21:23, 21:99, 25:32-34, 35:36, 37:157-159, 38:27, 50:24,
85:10
warning 3:12. 3:196-197, 17:39
Jesus,
Prophet of Allah
affirmation of Allah: 19:35
Allah, questioning of divinity: 5:116
Nazarenes 4:150, 4:171
Christians, pure; see Nazarenes followers of Prophet Jesus
Christians, followers of Paul 9:30-31
conception/birth, of 19:16-41
covenant, with 33:7-8
crucifixion, of Judas 3:55, 4:157-158
cross, see
crucifixion
disciples, of 3:52, 5:112, 61:14
falsity, of sonship 4:171, 9:30
Gabriel, Spirit of Purity, sent to 2:253
identity, of 2:136, 3:45, 3:84, 4,157, 4:171, 5:75, 6:85, 19:35
Jews, and 2:87, 4:150, 4:156, 5:46, 5:78, 9:31, 61:6, 61:14
Mary, mother of 3:36-37, 3:42-47, 19:16-41, 66:12
Messiah, messenger 3:45, 4:171, 5:75
miracles, of 2:87, 2:253, 5:110, 5:112-14, 43:63
monasticism 57:27
nature, of 19:31-32
permission for miracles 5:10
prophet sent for 3:49
prophecy of a prophet yet to come 61:6
revelation, to 4:163
trinity 5:116, 19:35, 4:171, 5:73
unbelievers 5:17, 5:72, 5:116
warning 4:171, 5:116, 19:37, 42:13
Jews,
People of the Book (Torah)
Allah, their saying 3:181, 5:64
apes 2:65
claim, of 5:18
cursed 5:64, 3:181
death, before 4:159
death, long for 62:6
dialog, with 29:46
enmity, of 5:82
Ezra 9:30
invitation, to 3:20, 3:64, 5:15
Paradise 2:111
Prophets
Prophet Abraham 2:120, 2:135, 2:140, 3:65
Prophet Isaac 2:140
Prophet Ishmael 2:140
Prophet Jacob 2:140
protectors, of 5:51
question, to 3:70-71, 3:98
Sabbath 4:47, 4:154, 7:163, 16:124
slaying, of Prophets 3:181
some, of 3:199
tampered, with 4:46
Torah 5:44
trustworthy, some 3:75
warning 2:120, 3:79, 4:171, 5:77, 98:1, 98:6
wronged, themselves 16:118
Jinn
believing 46:29, 55:56, 72:1-8
challenge, and 55:33
created, to 51:56
created, from 15:27
Day of Judgement 55:39
favors, and 55:13-15
Hell 7:38, 7:179, 11:119
iblis, see satan
jinn Ch. 72
jinn, worshipped 34:42
Koran, and 17:88
losers, some 41:25
Paradise, in 55:56
partners, not 6:100
questioning, of 6:130
satan, disobedience of 18:50
satan, pride of 18:50
satans, of 6:112
seducers, of mankind 6:128
Prophet Solomon, and 27:17, 27:39, 34:12, 34:14
unbelievers, and 41:29
Ka'bah
first House, of Allah 3:96
pilgrimage, during 5:95
purification, of 22:27
Sacred House 5:97
sacrifice, place of 22:34
sanctuary, as 2:125
support of Allah 14:37
unbelievers, at 8:35
Intoxicants
prayer 4:43
sinful 2:219
work of satan 5:90-91
Insects
and Reptiles
ant 27:18
bee 16:68
fly 22:73
frog 7:133
gnat 2:26
lice 7:133
locust 7:133, 54:7
nation, of 6:38
spider 29:41
Magic
taught, them 2:102
refuge from 113:1-5
warning 2:102
Mary,
the Virgin Mother of Prophet Jesus
Mary 2:87. 2:253, 3:36-45, 4:156-157, 4:171, 5:17, 5:46, 5:72-78, 5:110-116,
9:31, Ch. 19, 19:16-34, 23:50, 33:7, 43:57, 57:27, 61:6, 61:14, 66:12
Metals
Brass
punished, with 55:35
Thul-Karnain 18:96
Copper
Day of Judgement, heavens 70:8
food, of sinners 44:45
punishment, of 18:29
Iron
iron Ch. 57
Prophet David, and 34:10-11,
punishment, rods of 22:22
strength, of 57:25
Thul-Karnain 18:96
Night
Journey of Prophet Muhammad - praise and peace be upon him - from the Ka'bah to
the Mosque in Jerusalem, to the Sidrat Tree
night journey 17:1-2
events, at Sidrat Tree 53:1-19
unbelievers 17:93
Oneness
of Allah, refer also to belief
Allah 112:1-4, 2:163, 16:22
Nazarenes, People of the Book 4:171, 5:73, 29:46
clear message 14:52
Day of Judgement 14:48, 20:111, 40:16
Finest Names 59:24
Prophet Muhammad 18:110, 21:107-108, 38:65, 41:6
Prophet Abraham 2:132-133
Prophet Ishmael 2:132-133
Prophet Isaac 2:132-133
Prophet Jacob 2:132-133
Prophet Jesus 9:31, 39:4
Prophet Joseph 12:38-39
Jews, People of the Book 9:31, 29:46
reward 41:32
surrender, to 22:35
trust, in 25:58
warning 14:4
witnessing 6:19, 37:1-4
Oaths
breaking, of 9:12-13
deceit, in 16:92
deterrent, as 2:224
expiation, of 5:89
slip, in 2:225
solemn swearing 5:89
unbelievers 3:77, 58:16
warning 16:91, 16:94, 38:45, 48:10, 68:10
Paradise
Nazarenes, 2:111, 5:72
Day of Judgement 26:90
description, of 13:35, 29:58, 47:15
entry, into 39:73, 43:70
extent, of 3:133
greetings, of 7:46, 16:32
Jews 2:111. 5:71
martyrs, in 9:111
people, of 2:82, 18:107, 19:60-63, 39:73
Prophet Adam 2:35, 7:19
promise, of 41:30
reward, of 3:133, 4:124, 7:42-43, 7:49, 9:111, 46:14
trial, before 2:214, 3:142
truth, of 7:44
unbelievers 5:72
warning 2:221, 7:27, 7:40
Prayer;
Supplication
answer, of 2:186
acceptance, of 10:89,12:34
believers 2:186, 8:45, 9:71, 9:99, 22:42, 32:16
command 2:43, 2:83, 13:36, 20:14
comfort, in 9:103
cautious, in 2:239, 4:102
dedication, in 8:35
death, at 5:106
forgiveness, 73:20
Friday, congregational 62:9-10
friends, in 5:55
general 2:177, 4:162, 6:72, 7:29, 22:37, 24:56, 108:2
hypocrites 4:142
Jews 2:89, 5:12, 7:56, 7:134, 7:161
Muslims 22:78
neglect, of 19:59, 74:43
patience, in 2:45, 2:153, 13:22, 20:132, 22:36
performance, of 2:239, 4:101-103, 7:55, 7:56, 17:79, 17:110, 23:2, 73:2
Pharaoh, 43:49
Prophet Muhammad 33:46, 60:12, 72:18-20
Prophet Abraham 2:125, 2:127, 14:30, 14:37, 14:39, 60:4
Prophet Ishmael 2:127, 19:55
Prophet Jacob 2:74
Prophet Jesus 19:31
Prophet Job 21:85
Lokman 31:17
Prophet Moses 10:87, 20:14, 44:22
Prophet Noah 21:77, 54:10, 71:26
Prophet Shu'aib 11:87
Prophet Thul-Nun 21:89
Prophet Zachariah 19:4
prosperity, in 23:9
Paradise 10:10
requisites of 4:43, 5:6, 24:58, 29:45
reward, for 2:110, 2:157, 2:277, 7:170, 9:18, 24:37-38
steadfast, in 8:3, 14:31, 70:19-23
times, of 2:238, 11:114, 17:78-79, 105:5
unbelievers 4:49-50, 4:117, 7:28-29, 9:84, 13:4, 13:14, 16:86, 17:67, 25:79,
35:14, 39:8, 40:12, 46:5, 46:17.
warning 5:58, 9:53-55, 9:107-109, 10:106, 30:31, 30:33-36, 31:17, 107:4
Prophet
Muhammad - praise and peace be upon him
abundance, Al Kawthar 108:1
Allah, is witness to 13:43, 29:52
asks no reward 38:86
aversion, backs in 17:46
bearer, of 33:45-48, 48:8, 61:13
belie, you 3:184
believers, and 3:164, 4:70, 4:162, 10:2, 33:45, 61:13, 65:11
believers, believing 4:162
believe, in His Messenger 57:28
best, of narratives 12:3
Book, know him 6:20
chapter, Ch. 47
character, of 68:4
challenge, to produce 2:23
Christians, Nazarenes, people of the Book 2:146, 4:150, 5:19, 5:68, 6:20,
7:157, 43:81, 61:6
compassion, of 3:159, 9:128
covenant, with 33:7
disbelieve, in some 4:150
doubt, do not be 32:23
doubt, in 2:23
example, good 33:21
expanded, your chest 94:1
family, of 33:28, 66:1, 66:3
Favor, of Allah 4:113
fealty, to 48:10, 48:18
first, of worshipers 43:81
forgery, not 46:8, 34:7-8
forsaken, not 93:3
follow, me 3:31
guidance, and 2:272
guardian, not 42:48
human, like you 41:6
identity, of 3:144, 3:164, 6:107, 7:188, 18:110, 33:40, 34:28, 38:86, 39:41,
41:6, 42:48, 46:9, 48:8-9, 48:29, 61:9, 72:27, 73:15
His, worshiper 17:1
invitation, 16:125
Prophet
Muhammad, contd.
Jews, people of the Book 2:146, 4:150, 5:19, 5:68, 6:20, 7:157, 11:12, 46:10,
5:68
Jinn, company of 46:29
Kawthar, given you 108:1
Know, him as they know their own sons 2:146
Koran 3:44, 10:15-16, 25:30, 39:41, 42:52, 65:11, 98:2
Leniently, with them 3:159
love, Allah 3:31
Madness, no 34:46
mankind, for all 34:28
Mecca 27:91
Merciful, if He had a son 43:81
mercy, sent as 21:107
Messenger, Allah knows 63:1
Messenger, believe in His 57:28
Messenger, has come 4:170
Messenger, from yourselves 2:151
Messenger, to humanity 4:79
Messengers, sent 36:3
messages, deliverer of 72:28
mission, of 10:2, 11:2, 22:50, 25:1, 52:29
mocked, is 25:41-42
morality, a great 68:4
mosques, and 72:20-23
news, of the unseen 3:44
news, of the dispute 38:21
news, of a Messenger 61:6
night journey, see also section, 17:1, 53:10
opened, for you 48:1
ordered, to worship 27:91
path, of 12:108
patience, and 76:24, 16:127
People, of the Book 5:68
plotted, against you 8:30
poet, not 69:40-41
poetry, not taught 36:69
prayed, to your Lord 8:9
prayer, and 73:1-16
Prophet Jesus 43:81, 61:6
Prophet
Muhammad contd.
Prophets, took a covenant from 33:7
prophesied, coming 61:6
read, in the Name of your Lord 96:1
reasons, with you 58:1
recited, it 10:16
recognized, they 2:146, 6:20
religion, above all others 61:9
Remembrance, sent down 38:8
reveals, to you 42:3
revealed, to him 53:10
revealed, to you 16:64, 42:52
revelation 3:44, 47:2
revere, him 48:9
right, of 33:6
river, of 108:1
Sacred Mosque, 17:1
sent, not to be 42:48
sent down, the Book 18:1, 39:2, 39:41
sent down, the Criterion 25:1
sent down, to him 38:8
sent down, to you, 2:5, 5:68, 13:1, 38:29
sent you, forth, 2:119
sent to, warn 22:49, 26:194
soothsayer, not 69:42
some, believed 4:55
speaks, not out of desire 53:2-5
supplicating, to Him 72:19
teacher, as 3:164
travel, in the night 17:1
truth, with 4:170
truth, came 28:48
tyrant, not a 50:45
unbelievers, 4:113, 13:43, 16:127, 34:7, 48:26, 58:20, 66:9, 72:24, 73:17,
76:24
unlettered 7:157
verses, of Allah 2:252
victory, 22:15
wage, as for no 38:86
warner, are but 35:23, 48:9
warning 10:2, 7:184, 22:50, 25:1, 26:194
Prophet Muhammad contd.
wrapped, 73:1
western, side 28:44
witness, 48:8
witness, against 4:41, 16:89
worship, ordered to 27:91
Zayd, 33:37
Prophets,
some of the
Prophet Aaron 2:248, 4:163, 6:84, 7:122, 7:142, 7:150, 10:75, 19:28, 19:53,
20:30, 20:70, 20:90-92, 21:49, 23:45, 25:35, 26:13, 26:48, 28:34, 37:114-120
Prophet Abraham 2:124-140, 2:258-60, 3:33, 3:65-68, 3:84, 3:95-97, 4:54, 4:125,
4:163, 6:74-75, 6:83, 6:161, 9:70, 9:114, 11:69, 11:75-76, 12:6, 12:38, Ch. 14,
14:35, 15:51, 16:120-123, 19:41-47, 19:58, 21:52, 21:61-70, 22:27, 22:44,
22:78, 26:69, 29:16, 29:25-31, 33:7, 37:7, 37:83, 37:104, 37:109, 38:45, 42:13,
43:26, 51:24, 51:31, 53:37, 57:26, 60:4, 87:19
Prophet Adam 2:31-37, 3:33, 3:59, 7:11-12, 7:19, 7:26-27, 7:31, 7:35, 17:61,
18:50, 19:58, 20:115-121, 36:60
Prophet David 2:251, 4:163, 5:78, 6:84, 17:55, 21:79, 21:80, 27:15, 34:10-13,
38:17-30
Prophet Elisha 6:86, 38:48
Prophet Hood 7:65, 7:72, Ch. 11, 11:50-60, 11:89, 26:124
Prohet Idris 19:56, 21:86
Prophet Ishmael 2:125-140, 3:84, 4:163, 6:86, 14:39, 19:54, 21:86, 37:101,
38:48
Prophet Jacob 2:132-33, 2:136, 2:140, 3:84, 4:163, 6:84, 11:71, 12:6, 12:38,
12:68, 19:6, 19:49, 21:73, 29:27, 38:45
Prophet Jesus, see separate entry
Prophet Job 4:163, 6:84, 21:84, 38:41
Prophet John 3:39, 6:85, 19:7, 19:12, 21:91
Prophet Jonah 4:163, 6:86, Ch. 10, 10:98
Prophet Joseph 6:84, Ch. 12, 40:34
Prophet Lot 6:86, 7:80, 7:83, 11:70-89, 15:59-61, 20:97, 21:72-75, 22:44,
26:161-170, 27:54-56, 29:26-33, 26:160, 37:133, 38:13, 50:13, 54:33-34, 66:10
Prophet Muhammad, see separate entry
Prophet Noah 3:33, 4:163, 6:84, 7:59, 7:69, 9:70, 10:71-73, 11:25-89, 14:9,
17:3, 17:17, 19:58, 21:77, 22:43, 23:23-26, 25:37, 26:105-106, 26:116, 29:14,
33:7, 33:75, 37:79, 38:12, 40:15, 40:31, 42:13, 50:12, 51:46, 53:52, 54:9,
57:26, 66:10, Ch. 71, 71:1-26
Prophet Moses 2:51-67, 2:87, 2:92, 2:108, 2:136, 2:246, 2:246-248, 3:84,
4:150-53, 4:164, 5:20-24, 6:84, 6:91, 6:154, 7:103-160, 10:75-88, 11:17, 11:96,
11:110, 14:5-8, 17:2, 17:101, 18:60-77, 19:51, 20:9-95, 21:49, 22:45, 23:45-49,
25:5, 26:10-65, 27:7-10, 28:3-76, 29:39, 32:23, 33:7, 33:69, 37:114, 37:120,
40:23-37, 40:53, 41:45, 42:13, 43:46, 46:12, 46:30, 51:38, 53:36, 61:5, 79:15,
87:19
Prophet Salih 7:73-77, 11:61-66, 11:89, 26:142, 27:45
Prophet Shu'aib 7:85-93, 11:84-94, 26:177, 29:36
Prophet Solomon 2:102, 4:163, 6:84, 21:79-82, 27:15-44, 34:12, 38:30-34
Prophet Zachariah 3:37-38, 6:85, 19:2-8, 21:90
Pilgrimage
command, to 2:196, 22:30-31
fasting, during 2:196
hunting, on 5:1-2, 5:96
Prophet Abraham 3:97, 6:162-163
rules, of 2:196
sacrifice, on 2:196
Safwa and Marwa 2:158
shaving, during 2:196
Prostration
angels 7:11. 17:61
believers 32:15, 48:29, 53:62, 76:26
command, to 22:77, 84:21
command, to before Prophet Adam 2:34, 38:72-73
covenant, with Prophets Abraham and Ishmael 2:125
Day of Judgement 68:42-43
dwell, who 13:15, 22:27
humility, in 7:205-206, 9:112
iblis, see satan
knowledgeable 17:107
obey 15:98
mark, of 48:29
Mary, mother of Prophet Jesus 3:45
prostration Ch. 32
satan 7:11-12, 15:32-33, 17:61, 18:50, 20:116, 38:75
unbelievers 25:60, 68:42-43, 77:48
warning 96:19
worshipers 25:63-64, 39:9
Qintar,
measurement
People of the Book 3:75
Trade
conduct, in 5:8, 6:152, 7:85, 11:85, 55:9, 49:9
fraud, in 3:161, 7:85, 11:85, 26:181
general 5:42
perish, never 35:29
remembrance, during 24:37
warning 2:275, 4:29
Trees;
Plants; Herbs
banana 56:29
corn 2:61, 13:4
cucumbers 2:61
date 4:49-53, 4:78, 4:124, 6:95, 6:99, 16:11, 17:71, 19:25, 35:13
fig 95:1
fruit 16:11, 55:11
grapes 12:36, 16:11, 80:28
herbs 2:61, 55:12
leaf 6:59
lentils 2:61
lotus 34:16
mustard 31:16
nabaq 56:28
olive 6:11, 6:99, 6:141, 24:35, 80:29, 95:1, 80:29
onions 2:61
palm 2:266, 5:11, 6:99, 6:141, 13:4, 16:67, 17:91, 18:32, 19:23-25, 20:71,
23:19, 36:34, 36:39, 54:20, 69:7, 80:29
plants 18:45, 39:21, 78:15, 88:6
pomegranates 55:68
pumpkin 37:146
sidrat 53:14
tamarisk 34:16
thicket 15:78, 26:176, 38:13, 50:14
thorny 88:16
timber 63:4
tree 7:19-22, 14:24, 14:26, 16:10, 16:68, 17:60, 18:32, 20:120, 22:19, 23:20,
24:35, 27:60, 28:30, 31:27, 34:16, 36:80, 37:62, 37:63-64, 37:146, 55:6, 56:52,
56:72
vine 16:67, 18:32
zaqqum 44:43, 56:52
Usury;
Interest
abstain, from 2:278
Jews 4:160-161
warning 2:275-276, 3:130, 30:3
Who were the Nazarenes?
What is Nazareth?
Where
did the name Christian come from?
What did Allah instructed Prophet Muhammad to say regarding "If the
Merciful had a son .."
Who was the guardian of Mary?
Was Joseph engaged or the guardian of Mary?
How did the virgin Mary conceive?
Where was Prophet Jesus born?
PROPHET JESUS IN THE KORAN
When
searching for "Christians", please search under "Nazarenes"
and also "Christians". Nazarenes were the actual followers of Prophet
Jesus, whereas "Christians" was a name adopted by Paul and used to
distinguish his followers from the "Nazarenes".
Who were the Nazarenes?
A
sect of Judaism, followers of Prophet Jesus of Nazareth.
What is Nazareth?
The
town in which Prophet Jesus started preaching.
Where did the name Christian come from?
Christian
is the name given by Paul to his followers.
What did Allah instructed Prophet Muhammad
to say?
"Say
(Prophet Muhammad), 'If the Merciful had a son, I would be the first of the
worshipers.'" Ch 43:81
Who was the guardian of Mary?
"Her
Lord graciously accepted her (Mary). He made her grow with a fine upbringing
and entrusted her to the care of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah went to her in
the sanctuary, he found that she had provision with her. 'Mary,' he said, 'how
does this come to you?' 'It is from Allah,' she answered. Truly, Allah provides
whomsoever He will without reckoning." Ch 3:37
Was Joseph engaged, married or the
guardian of Mary?
No,
Zachariah was her only guardian. Zachariah was a prophet, the father of John
the Baptist, and we are told by Prophet Muhammad, that Zachariah was also a
carpenter. This statement was recorded by the scholar of Prophetic quotations,
Imam Nawawi and can be found in his book "The Gardens of Righteous
People".
How did the virgin Mary conceive?
"We
sent to her Our Spirit (Gabriel) in the resemblance of a perfect human. (And
when she saw him) she said, 'I take refuge in the Merciful from you! If you are
fearful.'
'I am
the Messenger of your Lord,' he replied, 'and have come to give you a pure
boy.' 'How shall I bear a son,' she answered, 'when I am not touched by a human
and not unchaste?' Even so your Lord has said, 'Easy it is for Me. And We shall
make him a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us. This is Our decree.' Thereupon
she conceived him, and retired to a far off place."
Ch19:17-22
Where was Prophet Jesus born?
"And when the birth-pangs surprised her by the trunk of a palm-tree, she
said, 'Oh, would that I had died before this and become a thing forgotten!' He
called from below to her, 'Do not sorrow, look, your Lord has provided a
rivulet below you, and shake the trunk of this palm-tree it will drop fresh
ripe dates upon you.
Therefore eat and drink and rejoice with your eyes. If you meet any human say
to him, "I have vowed a fast to the Merciful and will not speak with
anyone today."'
She came to her nation, carrying him; and they said, 'O Mary, you have
committed a monstrous thing. O sister of Aaron, your father was never an evil
man, nor was your mother unchaste.' Mary pointed to him (Prophet Jesus). But
they replied, 'How can we speak with a baby in the cradle?' He (the baby Prophet
Jesus) said, 'I am the worshiper of Allah. Allah has given me the Book and made
me a Prophet. He made me to be blessed wherever I am, and He has charged me
with prayer and charity for as long as I shall live. He has made me kind to my
mother; He has not made me arrogant, unprosperous. Peace be upon me on the day I was born, and on the day I die; and
on the day when I shall be raised up alive.' Such was (Prophet) Jesus, the son
of Mary. That is the truth, concerning what they doubt." Ch 19 verses
23-34
The Question Allah asked Prophet Jesus:
"And
when Allah said, '(Prophet) Jesus, son of Mary, did you ever say to the people,
"Take me and my mother for two gods, other than Allah?" 'Exaltations
to You,' he said, 'how could I say that to which I have no right? If I had said
that, You would have surely known. You know what is in my self, but I do not
know what is in Yours. Indeed, You are the Knowledgeable of the unseen."
Ch 5 verse 116
The Christian innovation of the
Trinity:
"People
of the Book, do not exaggerate about your religion. Do not say about Allah
except the truth. Indeed, the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, is only a Messenger
(and Prophet) of Allah, and His Word (Be) which He gave to Mary, and a
(created) spirit by Him. So believe in Allah and His Messengers and do not say,
'Trinity.' Refrain, it is better for you. Allah is only One God. Exaltations to
Him that He should have son! To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in
the earth, it is sufficient that Allah is a Guardian." Ch4 verse 171
Was Prophet Jesus crucified?
Allah
tells us, "And for their saying, 'We killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of
Mary, the Messenger (and Prophet) of Allah.' They did not kill him, nor did
they crucify him, but to them, he (the crucified) had been given the look (of
Prophet Jesus). Those who differ concerning him (Prophet Jesus) are surely in
doubt regarding him, they have no knowledge of him, except the following of
supposition, and (it is) a certainty they did not kill him. Rather, Allah raised
him up to Him. Allah is Almighty, the Wise.
Ch 4 verses 157-158.
Will Prophet Jesus return?
Prophet
Muhammad informed us that he will return just before the end of the world. He
will descend at the Dome of the Rock and join the guided Muslim Leader (Al
Mahdi), in the dawn prayer. After the prayer Prophet Jesus will go out and slay
the false messiah. He will then destroy the myth of the cross and follow the
teachings of the Koran sent to Prophet Muhammad, which is the same
doctrine given to each and everyone of the Prophets of Allah, but in its
purest, final form. When he dies he will be buried in Madinah next to Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon all the prophets of Allah.
Has the Koran ever been altered or
revised?
No,
the Arabic Koran remains exactly as it was first revealed to Prophet Muhammad,
praise and veneration be upon him. The first written copy still exists! The
Arabic Koran has never been subject to alteration or revision and Allah has
promised to protect His Word forever.
Unlike
Judaism, which is restricted to Jews, Islam is not restricted to Arabs, it is
the last Message of the Creator sent for all mankind.
Was
Prophet Jesus given a Book like Prophets Moses and Muhammad?
Yes, but it no longer exists. The books found in the New Testament were written
by either Paul or his followers.
The
gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have been proven by Biblical scholars
not to be those of the disciples of Prophet Jesus but written by people who
bore the same names and never met the prophet.
The
Book given to Prophet Jesus, together with the teachings of Prophet Jesus'
disciples were destroyed by Constantine, the Emperor of Rome, at the Conference
of Nicea because they preached the Oneness of the Creator who does not have a
son. Constantine favored the concept of the Trinity, that is three gods in one,
which was the innovation of Paul because it was not that different from the
pagan religions of Rome. Those who believed in the Oneness of the Creator were
murdered on their return home from Nicea and anyone found in possession of
Books proclaiming the Oneness of the Creator was put to death and their Books
destroyed.
Why did Constantine prefer
Christianity?
Historical
records of that era record that there had been no less than twelve emperors of
Rome within a very short space of time. Each emperor ruled for an average of
three years, and all died an unnatural death
The
benefit of doing so was that Christians became, during this historically
troubled time, his supporters instead of adversaries. The pagan citizens of
Rome raised very little objection and accepted the new religion in their
society due to the similarity of their own.
One
must remember that although Paul had abandoned the essence of the Nazarene
belief, which is the Oneness of the Creator, in favor of his own innovation of
the trinity, but he promoted the moral and ethical values of the Nazarenes.
After Constantine's conversion to Christianity, these values were free to
influence the pagan Roman society. Through Constantine's stratagem, the
citizens of Rome were now more inclined to be law abiding. This not only eased
his role as Emperor but strengthened his position, and so, unlike his
predecessors he ruled over the Roman Empire for many years.
How do the teachings of Prophet Jesus
and Paul differ?
Jesus
was the Messiah, a Prophet and Messenger of Allah sent only to the Jews and
given a Holy Book. Paul was neither the Messiah, a prophet nor a messenger and
was not given a Holy Book.
Prophet
Jesus preached the essential message of the Oneness of Allah, the Creator. He
called his fellow Jews, the "Lost Sheep of Israel", back to the true
teachings of Prophets John, the Baptist and Moses by drawing their attention
too and correcting the tampering of certain Rabbis who, for secular gain, had
corrupted the Book given to Moses. Of such people Allah refers to their
continuous tampering in the Koran by saying, "Do you then hope that they
will believe in you (Prophet Muhammad), when some of them have already heard
the Word of Allah and knowingly tampered with it, although they understood its
meaning!" Ch 2 verse 75.
What became of the Nazarenes?
At
the advent of Prophet Muhammad, praise and veneration be upon him, only a few
true Jewish Nazarenes remained. Some had chosen to remove themselves from
society and lived in hermitages awaiting the coming of the last Prophet of
Allah. There they were free to practice the true teachings of Prophet Jesus,
peace be upon him. These teachings were the worship of One God together with
the adherence to the original law of Moses, the Mosaic Law, that Prophet Jesus
had restored, rather than the corrupted version the Jews elected to follow.
Sincere
Nazarenes, such as the celebrated Rabbi Abdullah ben Shalom, recognized the
truth Prophet Muhammad brought and converted to Islam. These sincere people
knew it was obligatory to follow a Prophet sent by Allah, despite the fact that
Prophet Muhammad was not a Jew like themselves. They recognized him by his
description inscribed in ancient manuscripts, they also knew from these
manuscripts the location of his birth, but more importantly they recognized him
by his teachings.
There
were, however, others who professed themselves to be Nazarenes but had deviated
from the teachings of Prophet Jesus and were more in-line with the Christians,
the followers of Paul. With this understanding, the reader will be able to
determine which category of Nazarenes is being addressed when coming across
their reference or as being "People of the Book" in this translation
of the meaning of the Holy Koran.
In essence:
Prophet
Jesus taught his followers to worship One God, the Creator alone, and to love
and care for one another together with many other good, ethical manners. Paul
abandoned the spiritual teachings of Prophet Jesus and substituted his own
innovation, but kept Prophet Jesus' appealing, caring, ethical manners, which,
when one analyzes them, may be applied to any good living person regardless
whether or not they believe in the Creator.
Table of Chapters - Suwar
Chapter
Transliterature
1 The Opener Al-Fatihah
2 The Cow Al-Baqarah
3 Family of 'Imran Aali
'Imran
4 Women An
Nisa'
5 The Table Al-Ma'ida
6 The Cattle Al-'An'am
7 The Ramparts Al-'A'raf
8 The Spoils Al-'Anfal
9 Repentance Al-Tawba
10 Prophet Jonah Yunus
11 Prophet Hood Hood
12 Prophet Joseph Yusuf
13 Thunder Al-Ra'd
14 Prophet Abraham Ibrahim
15 The Valley of Hijr Al-Hijr
16 The Bees An-Nahl
17 The Night Journey Al-'Isra
18 The Cave Al-Kahf
19 Mary Mar-yam
20 Taha Taha
21 The Prophets Al-'Anbiya'
22 The Pilgrimage Al-Hajj
23 The Believers Al-Mu'minum
24 The Light An-Noor
25 The Criterion Al-Furqan
26 The Poets Ash-Shu'ara
27 The Ants An-Naml
28 The Story Al-Qasas
29 The Spider Al-'Ankabut
30 The Romans Ar-Rum
31 Lokman Lokman
32 The Prostration As-Sajda
33 The Confederates Al-Ahzab
34 Sheba Saba'
35 The Originator Fatir
36 Yaseen YaSeen
37 The Alignment As-Saffat
38 Saad Saad
39 The Groups Az-Zumar
40 The Forgiver Ghafir
41 Distinguished Fussilat
42 The Consultation Ash-Shurah
43 Gold Az-Zukhruf
44 The Smoke Ad-Dukhan
45 The Kneeling Al-Jathiah
46 The Valley of Al-Ahqaf
Al-Ahqaf
47 Prophet Muhammad Muhammad
48 The Opening Alfat-h
49 The Apartments Al-Hujurat
50 Qaaf Qaaf
51 The Scatterers Ath-Thariyat
52 The Mount At-Tur
53 The Star An-Najm
54 The Moon Al
Qamar
55 The Merciful Ar-Rahman
56 The Event Al-Waqi'a
57 The Iron Al-Hadeed
58 The Reasoning Al-Mujadala
59 The Gathering Al-Hashr
60 Tested Al-Mumtahana
61 The Line As-Saff
62 Friday Al-Jumu'ah
63 The Hypocrites Al-Munafikoon
64 The Loss and Gain At-Taghabon
65 The Divorce At-Talaq
66 The Forbidding At-Tahreem
67 The Kingdom Al-Mulk
68 The Pen Al
Qalam
69 Resurrection Verifier Al
Haqqah
70 The Elevated Passages Al-Ma'arij
71 Prophet Noah Nooh
72 The Jinn Al-Jinn
73 The Wrapped Al-Muzzammil
74 The Cloaked Al-Muddaththir
75 The Resurrection Al-Qiyamah
76 The Human Al-'Insan
77 Those Sent Al
Mursalat
78 The News An-Naba'
79 The Pluckers An-Nazi'at
80 Frowned 'Abasa
81 The Winding-Up At-Takweer
82 The Splitting Al-'Infitar
83 The Diminishers Al-Mutaffifin
84 The Rending Al-'Inshiqaq
85 The Constellations Al-Burooj
86 The Nightly Comer At-Tariq
87 The Highest Al-'A'la
88 The Enveloper Al-Ghashiyah
89 The Dawn Al-Fajr
90 The Country Al-Balad
91 The Sun Ash-Shams
92 The Night Al-Layl
93 The Mid-Morning Ad-Duha
94 The Expanding Al-'Inshirah
95 The Fig At-Teen
96 The Clot Al-'Alaq
97 The Honor Al-Qadr
98 The Proof Al-Bayyina
99 The Earthquake Az-Zalzalah
100 The Runners Al-'Adiyat
101 The Clatterer Al-Qari'a
102 The Excessive Gathering At-Takathor
103 The Afternoon Al-'Asr
104 The Backbiter Al-Humazah
105 The Elephant Al-Feil
106 Koraysh Koraysh
107 The Assistance Al-Ma'un
108 The River of Abundance Al-Kawthar
109 The Unbelievers Al-Kafiroon
110 The Victory An-Nasr
111 The Flame Al-Lahab
112 Oneness Al-'Ikhlas
113 Daybreak Al-Falaq
114 People An-Nas