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The Qur'an

Pickthall tr.)

have made one change. Allah is now God.od with the capital 'G' means the One and only God,e same meaning as Allah.

llah is Arabic while God is English.Web Editor





Surah 1 - Al Fatihah (The Opening)

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds;

Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment.

Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.

Show us the straight way.

The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, Thos

hose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.





Surah 2 - Al Baqarah (The Heifer)

the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

A.L.M.

This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those wh

ar God.

Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend o

what We have provided for them.

And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before th

me, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.

They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these wh

ll prosper.

As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether tho

arn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.

God hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and o

eir eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).

Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in God ane Last Day," but they do not (really) believe.

Fain would they deceive God and those who believe, but they on

eceive themselves and realize (it) not!

0. In their hearts is a disease; and God has increased the

sease, and grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they ar

lse (to themselves).



. When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," the

ay: "Why, we only want to make peace!"

2. Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but the

alize (it) not.

3. When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe" they sa

Shall we believe as the fools believe?" -- nay, of a surety they ar

e fools buy they do not know.

4. When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe," b

hen they are alone with their evil ones, they say: "We are really wi

ou, we (were) only jesting."

5. God will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rop

their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (to and fro).

6. These are they who have bartered guidance for error: but the

affic is profitless, and they have lost true direction.

7. Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighte

around him, God took away their light and left them in utte

arkness, so they could not see.

8. Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).

9. Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sk

it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning, they pres

eir fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, th

hile they are in terror of death. But God is ever round the rejecte

Faith!

0. The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the ligelps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows o



em, they stand still. And if God willed, He could take away the

culty of hearing and seeing; for God hath power over all things.

. O ye people! adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you an

ose who came before you, that ye may have the chance to lea

ghteousness.

2. Who has made the earth your couch, and the heaven you

anopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought for

erewith fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Go

hen ye know (the truth).

3. And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time t

me to Our servant, then produce a Surah like thereunto; and ca

our witnesses or helpers (if there are any) besides God, if yo

oubts) are true.

4. But if ye cannot, and of a surety ye cannot, then fear the fir

hose fuel is Men and Stones, which is prepared for those wh

ject Faith.

5. But give glad tidings to those who believe and wo

ghteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rive

ow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, th

what we were fed with before," for they are given things

militude; and they have therein companions (pure and holy); an

ey abide therein (for ever).

6. God disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well a

ghest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; b

ose who reject Faith say: "What means God by this similitude?" B

He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path

ut He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path).



7. Those who break God's Covenant after it is ratified, and wh

under what God has ordered to be joined, and do mischief on eart

hese cause loss (only) to themselves.

8. How can ye reject the faith in God? Seeing that ye were witho

e, and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and w

gain bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.

9. It is He who hath created for you all things that are on eart

oreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave orde

nd perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things he ha

erfect knowledge.

0. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent o

arth." They said, "Wilt thou place therein one who will mak

ischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Th

aises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye kno

ot."

. And He taught Adam the nature of all things; then He placeem before the angels, and said: "Tell Me the nature of these if y

e right."

2. They said: "Glory to Thee, of knowledge we have none, save th

hou hast taught us: in truth it is Thou who art perfect in knowledg

nd wisdom."

3. He said: "O Adam! tell them their natures." When he had to

em, God said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heave

nd earth, and I know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?"

4. And behold, We said to the angels: "Bow down to Adam;" an

ey bowed down, not so Iblis, he refused and was haughty, he wathose who reject Faith.



5. We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and e

the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will, b

pproach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."

6. Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get the

ut of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get y

own, all (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth we your dwelling place and your means of livelihood for a time."

7. Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration, and h

ord turned toward him; for He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

8. We said: "Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, theromes to you guidance from Me," whosoever follows My guidanc

n them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

9. "But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall b

ompanions of the Fire; they shall abide therein."

0. O children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favor whichestowed upon you, and fulfil your Covenant with Me as I fulfil M

ovenant with you and fear none but Me.

. And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which

th you, and be not the first to reject faith therein, nor sell My Sign

r a small price: and fear Me, and Me alone.

2. And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth whe

e know (what it is).

3. And be steadfast in prayer; practice regular charity; and bo

own your heads with those who bow down (in worship).

4. Do ye enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget (to practic

ourselves and et e stud the Scri ture? Will e n



nderstand?

5. Nay, seek (God's) help with patient perseverance and prayer:

indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit.

6. Who bear in mind the certainty that they are to meet their Lor

nd that they are to return to Him.

7. O children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favor which

estowed upon You, and that I preferred you to all others (for M

essage).

8. Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall n

vail another nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shaompensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from

utside).

9. And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh

ey set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons an

t your womenfolk live; therein was a tremendous trial from youord.

0. And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you an

owned Pharaoh's people within your very sight.

. And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses, and in h

bsence you took the calf (for worship), and ye did grievous wrong.

2. Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to b

ateful.

3. And remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the criterio

etween right and wrong), there was a chance for you to be guideight.



4. And remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! Y

ave indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf, so tu

n repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrongdoers

at will be better for you in the sight of your Maker." Then He turne

ward you (in forgiveness); for He is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.

5. And remember ye said: "O Moses! we shall never believe in thentil we see God manifestly," but ye were dazed with thunder an

htning even as ye looked on.

6. Then We raised you up after your death; ye had the chance to b

ateful.

7. And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to yo

anna and quails, saying: "Eat of the good things We have provide

r you;" (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harme

eir own souls.

8. And remember We said: "Enter this town, and eat of the plen

erein as ye wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and ords, and We shall forgive you your faults and increase (the portio

) those who do good."

9. But the transgressors changed the word from that which ha

een given them; so We sent on the transgressors a plague fro

eaven, for that they infringed (our command) repeatedly.

0. And remember Moses prayed for water for his people; We said

Strike the rock with thy staff." Then gushed forth therefrom twelv

prings. Each group knew its own place for water. So eat and drin

the sustenance provided by God and do no evil nor mischief o

e (face of the) earth.

. And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind



od (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of wh

e earth groweth, its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, its garlic, lentil

nd onions." He said: "Will ye exchange the better for the worse? G

e down to any town, and ye shall find what ye want!" They wer

overed with humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves th

rath of God. This because they went on rejecting the signs of Go

nd slaying His messengers without just cause. This because thebelled and went on transgressing.

2. Those who believe (in the Qur'an) and those who follow th

ewish (Scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians, and wh

elieve in God and the last day, and work righteousness, shall hav

eir reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall theieve.

3. And remember We took your Covenant and We raised abov

ou (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai) (saying): "Hold firmly

hat We have given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what

erein, perchance ye may fear God."

4. But ye turned back thereafter, had it not been for the Grace an

ercy of God to you, ye had surely been among the lost.

5. And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in th

atter of the Sabbath; We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised an

jected."

6. So We made it an example to their own time, and to the

osterity, and a lesson to those who fear God.

7. And remember Moses said to his people: "God commands tha

e sacrifice a heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock o

s?" He said: "God save me from being an ignorant (fool)!"



8. They said: "Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to u

hat (heifer) it is! He said: "He says: The heifer should be neither to

d nor too young, but of middling age; now do what ye ar

ommanded!

9. They said: "Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to u

er color." He said: "He says, a fawn-colored heifer, pure and rich ne, the admiration of beholders!"

0. They said, "Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to u

hat she is, to us are all heifers alike; we wish indeed for guidanc

God wills."

. He said: "He says, a heifer not trained to till the soil or water th

elds; sound and without blemish." They said: "Now hast tho

ought the truth." Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not wi

oodwill.

2. Remember ye slew a man and fell into a dispute amon

ourselves as to the crime, but God was to bring forth what ye dde.

3. So We said: "Strike the (body) with a piece of the (heifer)." Thu

od bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His Signs, perchanc

e may understand.

4. Thenceforth were your hearts hardened; they became like a rocnd even worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some fro

hich rivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunde

end forth water; and others which sink for fear of God. And God

ot unmindful of what ye do.

5. Can ye (O ye men of Faith) entertain the hope that they welieve in you? Seeing that a party of them heard the word of Go



nd perverted it knowingly after they understood it.

6. Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: "We believe

ut when they meet each other in private, they say: "Shall you te

em what God hath revealed to you, that they may engage you

gument about it before your Lord?" Do ye not understand (the

m)?

7. Know they not that God knoweth what they conceal and what the

veal?

8. And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book b

ee therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture.

9. Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands an

en say: "This is from God," to traffic with it for a miserable price

Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain the

ake thereby.

0. And they say: "The fire shall not touch us but for a few numbereays;" Say: "Have ye taken a promise from God for He never break

s promise? Or is it that ye say of God what ye do not know?"

. Nay, those who seek gain in Evil, and are girt round by their sin

ey are Companions of the Fire, therein shall they abide (for ever).

2. But those who have faith and work righteousness, they arompanions of the Garden, therein shall they abide (for ever).

3. And remember We took a Covenant from the children of Isra

o this effect): worship none but God; treat with kindness yo

arents and kindred, and orphans and those in need; speak fair t

e people; be steadfast in prayer; and practice regular charity. Thed ye turn back, except a few among you, and ye backslide (eve

ow .



4. And remember We took your Covenant (to this effect): shed n

ood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your home

nd this ye solemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.

5. After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselve

nd banish a party of you from their homes; assist (their enemiegainst them, in guilt and rancor; and if they come to you as captive

e ransom them, though it was not lawful for you to banish them. The

it only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject th

st? But what is the reward for those among you who behave lik

is but disgrace in this life? and on the Day of Judgment they sha

e consigned to the most grievous penalty. For God is not unmindfwhat ye do.

6. These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price o

e Hereafter; their penalty shall not be lightened, nor shall they b

elped.

7. We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a successioMessengers; We gave Jesus the son of Mary clear (Signs) an

rengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there come

you a Messenger with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffe

p with pride? Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!

8. They say, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Godord, we need no more)." Nay, God's curse is on them for the

asphemy; little is it they believe.

9. And when there comes to them a Book from God, confirmin

hat is with them, although from of old they had prayed for victo

gainst those without faith, when there comes to them that which the

hould) have recognized, they refused to believe in it; but the cursGod is on those without Faith.



0. Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in th

ey deny (the revelation) which God has sent down, in insolent env

at God of His Grace should send it to any of His servants H

eases; thus have they drawn on themselves wrath upon wrath. An

umiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith.

. When it is said to them: "Believe in what God hath sent down

ey say, "We believe in what was sent down to us;" yet they reject a

esides, even if it be truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Wh

en have ye slain the prophets of God in times gone by, if ye d

deed believe?"

2. There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshippee Calf (even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.

3. And remember We took your Covenant and We raised abov

ou (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai), (saying): "Hold firmly

hat We have given you and hearken (to the Law);" they said: "W

ear, and we disobey;" and they had to drink into their hearts (of th

int) of the calf because of their faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed ar

e behests of your faith if ye have any faith!"

4. Say: "If the last Home, with God, be for you specially, and not fo

nyone else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere."

5. But they will never seek for death, on account of the (sins) whiceir hands have sent on before them. And God is well acquainte

th the wrongdoers.

6. Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of lif

ven more than the idolaters; each one of them wishes he could b

ven a life of a thousand years; but the grant of such life will not sav

m from (due) punishment, for God sees well all that they do.



7. Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, for he brings down th

evelation) to thy heart by God's will, a confirmation of what we

efore, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe.

8. Whoever is an enemy to God and His angels and apostles,

abriel and Michael, Lo! God is an enemy to those who reject faith

9. We have sent down to thee manifest signs (ayat); and non

ject them but those who are perverse.

00. Is it not (the case) that every time they make a Covenant, som

arty among them throw it aside?-Nay, most of them are faithless.

01. And when came to them a Messenger from God, confirminhat was with them, a party of the People of the Book threw awa

e Book of God behind their backs, as if (it had been something

ey did not know!

02. They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against th

ower of Solomon; the blasphemers were, not Solomon, but the evnes, teaching men magic, and such things as came down

abylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taug

nyone (such things) without saying: "We are only for trial, so do n

aspheme." They learned from them the means to sow discor

etween man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone exce

y God's permission. And they learned what harmed them, not wha

ofited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would hav

o share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price fo

hich they did sell their souls, if they but knew!

03. If they had kept their faith and guarded themselves from evil, fa

etter had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!

04. O ye of Faith! say not (to the Prophet) words of ambiguou



mport, but words of respect; and hearken (to him); to those witho

ith is a grievous punishment.

05. It is never the wish of those without faith among the People

e Book, nor of the Pagans, that anything good should come dow

you from your Lord. But God will choose for His special Merc

hom He will, for God is Lord of grace abounding.

06. None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to b

rgotten, but We substitute something better or similar; knowe

ou not that God hath power over all things?

07. Knowest thou not that to God belongeth the dominion of th

eavens and the earth! And besides Him ye have neither patron no

elper.

08. Would ye question your Messenger as Moses was questione

old? But whoever changeth from faith to unbelief, hath straye

thout doubt from the even way.

09. Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could tu

ou (people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfis

nvy, after the truth hath become manifest unto them; but forgive an

verlook, till God accomplish His purpose; for God hath power ove

things.

0. And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: and whateveood ye send forth for your souls before you, ye shall find it with Go

r God sees well all that ye do.

1. And they say: "None shall enter paradise unless he be a Jew o

Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your pro

ye are truthful."

2. Na whoever submits his whole self to God and is a doer o



ood, he will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fea

or shall they grieve.

3. The Jews say: "The Christians have naught (to stand) upon

nd the Christians say: "The Jews have naught (to stand) upon." Ye

ey (profess to) study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is wh

ose say who know not, but God will judge between them in theuarrel on the Day of Judgment.

4. And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places fo

e worship of God, God's name should be celebrated? Whose ze

(in fact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such should themselve

nter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace is world, and in the world to come, an exceeding torment.

5. To God belong the East and the West; whithersoever ye turn

ere is the presence of God. For God is All-Pervading, All-Knowing

6. They say: "God hath begotten a son;" Glory be to Him. Nay, t

m belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; everythinnders worship to Him.

7. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth

hen He decreeth a matter He saith to it: "Be;" and it is.

8. Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not God unto Us

r why cometh not unto us a sign?" So said the people before them

ords of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indee

ade clear the signs unto any people who hold firmly to faith (in the

earts).

9. Verily, We have sent thee in truth as a bearer of glad tiding

nd a warner. But of thee no question shall be asked of Companionthe blazing fire.



20. Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with the

nless thou follow their form of religion. Say: "The guidance of Go

at is the (only) guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires after th

nowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neithe

otector nor helper against God.

21. Those to whom We have sent the book study it as it should budied; they are the ones that believe therein; those who reject fai

erein, the loss is their own.

22. O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favor which

estowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others (for m

essage).

23. Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall n

vail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her, nor sha

tercession profit her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

24. And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord, with certa

ommands, which he fulfilled; He said: "I will make thee an Imam e nations." He pleaded: "And also (Imams) from my offspring!" H

nswered: "But my promise is not within the reach of evildoers."

25. Remember We made the house a place of assembly for me

nd a place of safety; and take ye the station of Abraham as a plac

prayer; and We covenanted with Abraham and Isma'il, that thehould sanctify My House for those who compass it round, or use

s a retreat, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein in prayer).

26. And remember Abraham said: "My Lord, make this a City o

eace, and feed its people with fruits, such of them as believe

od and the Last Day." He said: "(Yea), and such as reject faith, fo

while will I grant them their pleasure, but will soon drive them to thrment of fire, an evil destination (indeed)!"



27. And remember Abraham and Isma'il raised the foundations o

e House (with this prayer): "Our Lord! accept (this service) from u

r thou art the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

28. "Our Lord! make of us Muslims, bowing to Thy (Will), and of o

ogeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (Will), and show us ouaces for the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in mercy

r Thou art the Oft-Returning, Most-Merciful.

29. "Our Lord! send amongst them a Messenger of their own, wh

hall rehearse Thy Signs to them and instruct them in Scripture an

Wisdom, and sanctify them; for Thou art the Exalted in Might, th

Wise."

30. And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such a

ebase their souls with folly? Him We chose and rendered pure

is world: and he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of th

ghteous.

31. Behold! his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to me)" He said:

ow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the universe."

32. And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and s

d Jacob; "O my sons! God hath chosen the faith for you; then d

ot except in the faith of Islam."

33. Were ye witnesses when death appeared before Jacob

ehold, he said to his sons: "What will ye worship after me?" The

aid: "We shall worship thy God and the God of thy fathers, o

braham, Isma'il, and Isaac, the one (true) God, to Him we bow (

am)."

34. That was a People that hath passed away. They shall reap thuit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! of their merits there is n



uestion in your case!

35. They say: "Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guide

o salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the religion

braham the true, and he joined not gods with God."

36. Say ye: "We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, anAbraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given t

oses and Jesus and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord, w

ake no difference between one and another of them, and we bo

God (in Islam)."

37. So if they believe as ye believe, they are indeed on the rig

ath; but if they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but God w

uffice thee as against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the A

nowing.

38. (Our religion is) the baptism of God; and who can baptize bette

an God? and it is He whom we worship.

39. Say: Will ye dispute with us about God, seeing that He is ou

ord and your Lord; that we are responsible for our doings and ye fo

ours; and that we are sincere (in our faith) in Him?

40. Or do ye say that Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribe

ere Jews or Christians? Say: Do ye know better than God? Ah

ho is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they havom God? But God is not unmindful of what ye do!

41. That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap th

uit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is n

uestion in your case.

42. The fools among the people will say: "What hath turned the

om the Qiblah to which the were used?" Sa : to God belon bo



ast and West; He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight.

43. Thus have We made of you an Ummah justly balanced, that y

ight be witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witnes

ver yourselves; and We appointed the Qiblah to which thou wa

sed, only to test those who followed the Messenger from those wh

ould turn on their heels (from the faith). Indeed it was (a changeomentous, except to those guided by God. And never would Go

ake your faith of no effect. For God is to all people most surely fu

kindness, Most Merciful.

44. We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heaven

ow shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn they face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque; wherever ye are, tu

our faces in that direction. The people of the book know well th

at is the truth from their Lord, nor is God unmindful of what they do

45. Even if thou wert to bring to the People of the Book all the sign

ogether), they would not follow thy Qiblah; nor art thou going

llow their Qiblah; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qiblah. ou, after the knowledge hath reached thee, wert to follow the

ain) desires, then wert thou indeed (clearly) in the wrong.

46. The People of the Book know this as they know their own son

ut some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know.

47. The truth is from thy Lord, so be not at all in doubt.

48. To each is a goal to which God turns him; then strive togethe

s in a race) toward all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, God w

ing you together. For God hath power over all things.

49. From whencesoever thou startest forth, turn thy face in threction of the Sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from th



ord. And God is not unmindful of what ye do.

50. So from whencesoever thou startest forth, turn thy face in th

rection of the Sacred Mosque; among wheresoever ye are tu

our face thither, that there be no ground of dispute against yo

mong the people, except those of them that are bent o

ckedness; so fear them not, but fear Me; and that I may complety favors on you, and ye may (consent to) be guided.

51. A similar (favor have ye already received) in that We have sen

mong you a Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our sign

nd sanctifying you, and instructing you in Scripture and wisdom, an

new Knowledge.

52. Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful t

e, and reject not faith.

53. O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance an

ayer: for God is with those who patiently persevere.

54. And say not of those who are slain in the way of God: "They ar

ead." Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.

55. Be sure We shall test you with something of fear and hunge

ome loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give gla

dings to those who patiently persevere.

56. Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To God we belong, an

Him is our return."

57. They are those on whom (descend) blessings from God, an

ercy, and they are the ones that receive guidance.

58. Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of God. So

ose who visit the house in the season or at other times, shou



ompass them round, it is no sin in them. And if anyone obeyeth h

wn impulse to good, be sure that God is He Who recogniseth an

noweth.

59. Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down, an

e guidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the boo

n them shall be God's curse, and the curse of those entitled turse.

60. Except those who repent and make amends and open

eclare (the truth), to them I turn; for I am Oft-Returning, Mo

erciful.

61. Those who reject faith, and die rejecting, on them is God

urse, and the curse of angels, and of all mankind.

62. They will abide therein: Their penalty will not be lightened, no

ll respite be their (lot).

63. And your God is one God; there is no god but He, Mosracious, Most Merciful.

64. Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in th

ternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships throug

e ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which God send

own from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an ear

at is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through tharth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they trail lik

eir slaves between the sky and the earth; (here) indeed are sign

r a people that are wise.

65. Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Go

s equal (with God); they love them as they should love God. Bose of faith are overflowing in their love for God. If only th



nrighteous could see, behold, they would see the penalty, that t

od belongs all power, and God will strongly enforce the penalty.

66. Then would those who are followed clear themselves of thos

ho follow (them); they would see the penalty, and all relation

etween them would be cut off.

67. And those who followed would say: "If only we had one mor

hance, we would clear ourselves of them, as they have cleare

emselves of us." Thus will God show them (the fruits of) their deed

s (nothing but) regrets, nor will there be a way for them out of th

e.

68. O ye people! eat of what is on earth, lawful and good; and d

ot follow the footsteps of the Evil One, for he is to you an avowe

nemy.

69. For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that y

hould say of God that of which ye have no knowledge.

70. When it is said to them: "Follow what God hath revealed," the

ay: "Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers." What! even thoug

eir fathers were void of wisdom and guidance?

71. The parable of those who reject faith is as if one were to sho

e a goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and crie

eaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom.

72. O ye who believe! eat of the good things that We have provide

r you, and be grateful to God, if it is Him ye worship.

73. He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the fles

swine, and that on which any other name hath been invokeesides that of God, but if one is forced by necessity, without wilf

sobedience nor trans ressin due limits then is he uiltless. Fo



od is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

74. Those who conceal God's revelations in the Book, an

urchase for them a miserable profit, they swallow into themselve

aught but fire; God will not address them on the Day

esurrection, nor purify them; grievous will be their penalty.

75. They are the ones who buy error in place of guidance an

rment in place of forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (they show) fo

e Fire!

76. (Their doom is) because God sent down the Book in truth b

ose who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism faom the purpose).

77. It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces toward East o

West; but it is righteousness to believe in God and the Last Day, an

e Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of you

ubstance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for th

eedy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom oaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to ful

e contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pa

r suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Suc

e the people of truth, the God-fearing.

78. O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you ases of murder; the free for the free, the slave for the slave, th

oman for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother

e slain, then grant any reasonable demand, and compensate hi

th handsome gratitude; this is a concession and a Mercy from yo

ord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty

79. In the law of equality there is (saving of) life to you, O ye men onderstanding! that ye may restrain yourselves.



80. It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leav

ny goods, that he make a bequest to parents and next of ki

ccording to reasonable usage; this is due from the God-fearing.

81. If anyone changes the bequest after hearing it, the guilt shall b

n those who make the change. For God hears and knows all things

82. But if anyone fears partiality or wrongdoing on the part of th

stator, and makes peace between (the parties concerned), there

o wrong in him; for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

83. O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed to you as it wa

escribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint.

84. (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or o

journey, the prescribed number (should be made up) from day

ter. For those who can do it (with hardship), is a ransom, th

eding of one that is indigent. But he that will give more, of his ow

ee will, it is better for him, and it is better for you, that ye fast, if y

nly knew.

85. Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, a

guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgme

etween right and wrong). So everyone of you who is present (at h

ome) during that month should spend it in fasting, but if anyone is

on a journey, the prescribed period, (should be made up) by dayter. God intends every facility for you, He does not want to put yo

difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, an

glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall b

ateful.

86. When my servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed clos

o them); I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth o

e; let them also, with a will, listen to My call, and believe in Me; th



ey may walk in the right way.

87. Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach t

our wives. They are your garments. And ye are their garments. Go

noweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but H

rned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them, and see

hat God hath ordained for you, and eat and drink, until the whiread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; the

omplete your fast till the night appears; but do not associate wi

our wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are limi

et by) God; approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth God make clea

s signs to men, that they may learn self-restraint.

88. And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanitie

or use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat u

rongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property.

89. They ask thee concerning the new moons. Say: they are b

gns to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and fo

grimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back; it rtue if ye fear God. Enter houses through the proper doors, and fea

od, that ye may prosper.

90. Fight in the Cause of God, those who fight you, but do n

ansgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors.

91. And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out fro

here they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are wors

an slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless the

rst) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is th

ward of those who suppress faith.

92. But if they cease, God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.



93. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression

nd there prevail justice and faith in God; but if they cease, let ther

e no hostility except to those who practice oppression.

94. The prohibited month for the prohibited month, and so for a

ings prohibited, there is the law of equality. If then anyon

ansgresses the prohibition against you, transgress ye likewisgainst him. But fear God, and know that God is with those wh

strain themselves.

95. And spend of your substance in the Cause of God, and mak

ot your own hands contribute to your destruction, but do good; fo

od loveth those who do good.

96. And complete the Hajj or 'Umra in the service of God. But if y

e prevented (from completing it), send an offering for sacrific

uch as ye may find, and do not shave your heads until the offerin

aches the place of sacrifice. And if any of you is ill, or has a

ment in his scalp, (necessitating shaving), (he should)

ompensation either fast, or feed the poor, or offer sacrifice; andhen ye are in peaceful conditions (again), if anyone wishes t

ontinue the 'Umra on to the Hajj, he must make an offering, such a

e can afford it, he should fast three days during the Hajj and seve

ays on his return, making ten days in all. This is for those whos

ousehold is not in (the precincts of) the Sacred Mosque. And fea

od, and know that God is strict in punishment.

97. For Hajj are the months well known. If anyone undertakes th

uty therein, let there be no obscenity nor wickedness, nor wranglin

the Hajj. And whatever good ye do, (be sure) God knoweth it. An

ke a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best of provision

right conduct. So fear Me, o ye that are wise!

98. It is no crime in you if ye seek of the bounty of your Lord (durin



lgrimage). Then when ye pour down from (Mount) Arafat, celebrat

e praises of God at the Sacred Monument, and celebrate H

aises as He has directed you, even though, before this, ye we

stray.

99. Then pass on at a quick pace from the place whence it is usu

r the multitude so to do, and ask for God's forgiveness. For God ft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

00. So when ye have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate th

aises of God, as ye used to celebrate the praises of your father

ea, with far more heart and soul. There are men who say: "Our Lord

ve us (thy bounties) in this world!" but they will have no portion e Hereafter.

01. And there are men who say: "Our Lord! give us good in th

orld and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment o

e fire!"

02. To these will be allotted what they have earned, and God uick in account.

03. Celebrate the praises of God during the Appointed Days, but

nyone hastens to leave in two days, there is no blame on him, and

nyone stays on, there is no blame on him, if his aim is to do righ

hen fear God, and know that ye will surely be gathered unto Him.

04. There is the type of man whose speech about this world's lif

ay dazzle thee, and he calls God to witness about what is in h

eart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies.

05. When he turns his back, his aim everywhere is to sprea

ischief through the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Goveth not mischief.



06. When it is said to him, "Fear God," he is led by arrogance t

more) crime. Enough for him is Hell; an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!

07. And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn th

easure of God; and God is full of kindness to (His) devotees.

08. O ye who believe! enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and folloot the footsteps of the Evil One; for he is to you an avowed enemy.

09. If ye backslide after the clear (signs) have come to you, the

now that God is Exalted in Power, Wise.

0. Will they wait until God comes to them in canopies of cloud

th angels (in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? But

od do all questions go back (for decision).

1. Ask the Children of Israel how many Clear (Signs) We hav

ent them. But if anyone, after God's favor has come to him

ubstitutes (something else), God is strict in punishment.

2. The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and the

coff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them o

e Day of Resurrection; for God bestows His abundance witho

easures on whom He will.

3. Mankind was one single nation, and God sent Messengers wi

ad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, dge between people in matters wherein they differed; but th

eople of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not diffe

mong themselves, except through selfish contumacy. God by H

race guided the believers to the truth, concerning that wherein the

ffered. For God guides whom He will to a path that is straight.

4. Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of Bliss) witho



uch (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? The

ncountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spi

at even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him crie

When (will come) the help of God?" Ah! verily, the help of God

lways) near!

5. They ask thee what they should spend (in charity). SaWhatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred an

phans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye d

at is good, God knoweth it well.

6. Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it

ossible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you and that ye lovthing which is bad for you. But God knoweth, and ye know not.

7. They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Sa

ighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight

od to prevent access to the path of God, to deny Him, to preve

ccess to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members. Tumu

nd oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fightinou until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any o

ou turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bea

o fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be Companions of th

re and will abide therein.

8. Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fougnd strove and struggled) in the path of God, they have the hope

e Mercy of God; and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

9. They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them

eat sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than th

ofit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; say: "What

eyond your needs." Thus doth God make clear to you His Signs: der that ye may consider.



20. (Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter. They ask the

oncerning orphans. Say: "The best thing to do is what is for the

ood; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren; b

od knows the man who means mischief from the man who mean

ood. And if God had wished, He could have put you into difficultie

e is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise."

21. Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe;

ave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woma

ven though she allure you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers un

ey believe: a man slave who believes is better than an unbelieve

ven though he allure you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to th

e. But God beckons by His grace to the Garden (of Bliss) anrgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: that they ma

elebrate His praise.

22. They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: They are

urt and a pollution; so keep away from women in their courses, an

o not approach them until they are clean. But when they havurified themselves ye may approach them in any manner, time, o

ace ordained for you by God. For God loves those who turn to Hi

onstantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean

23. Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when o

ow ye will. But do some good act for your souls beforehand; an

ar God, and know that ye are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), anve (these) good tidings to those who believe.

24. And make not God's (name) an excuse in your oaths again

oing good, or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; fo

od is one who heareth and knoweth all things.

25. God will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in yo

aths, but for the intention in our hearts; and He is Oft-For ivin



ost Forbearing.

26. For those who take an oath for abstention from their wives,

aiting for four months is ordained; if then they return, God is Of

orgiving, Most Merciful.

27. But if their intention is firm for divorce, God heareth annoweth all things.

28. Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for thre

onthly periods, nor is it lawful for them, to hide what God ha

eated in their wombs, if they have faith in God and the Last Day

nd their husbands have the better right to take them back in th

eriod, if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have righ

milar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; b

en have a degree (of advantage) over them and God is Exalted

ower, Wise.

29. A divorce is only permissible twice: after that, the parties shou

ther hold together on equitable terms or separate with kindness.not lawful for you, (men), to take back any of your gifts (from you

ves), except when both parties fear that they would be unable

eep the limits ordained by God. If ye (judges) do indeed fear th

ey would be unable to keep the limits ordained by God, there is n

ame on either of them if she give something for her freedom

hese are the limits ordained by God; so do not transgress them. ny do transgress the limits ordained by God, such persons wron

hemselves as well as others).

30. So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), he cannot, afte

at, remarry her until after she has married another husband and h

as divorced her. In that case there is no blame on either of them

ey reunite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordaineGod. Such are the limits ordained b God, which He makes pla



those who understand.

31. When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat

ther take them back on equitable terms or set them free o

quitable terms; but do not take them back to injure them or to tak

ndue advantage; if anyone does that, He wrongs his own soul. D

ot treat God's Signs as a jest, but solemnly rehearse God's favon you, and the fact that He sent down to you the Book and Wisdom

r your instruction. And fear God, and know that God is we

cquainted with all things.

32. When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat

o not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if theutually agree on equitable terms. This instruction is for all among

ou, who believe in God and the Last Day. That is (the cours

aking for) most virtue and purity amongst you, and God knows, an

e know not.

33. The mothers shall give suck to their offspring for two who

ears, if the father desires, to complete the term. But he shall beae cost of their food and clothing on equitable terms. No soul sha

ave a burden laid on it greater than it can bear. No mother shall b

eated unfairly on account of her child, nor father on account of h

hild. An heir shall be chargeable in the same way if they bot

ecide on weaning, by mutual consent, and after due consultatio

ere is no blame on them. If ye decide on a foster-mother for youfspring, there is no blame on you, provided ye pay (the mothe

hat ye offered, on equitable terms. But fear God and know that Go

ees well what ye do.

34. If any of you die and leave widows behind, they shall wa

oncerning themselves four months and ten days: when they hav

lfilled their term, there is no blame on you if they dispose emselves in a just and reasonable manner. And God is we



cquainted with what ye do.

35. There is no blame on you if ye make an offer of betrothal or ho

in your hearts. God knows that ye cherish them in your hearts: b

o not make a secret contract with them except in terms honorabl

or resolve on the tie of marriage till the term prescribed is fulfille

nd know that God knoweth what is in your hearts and take heed om; and know that God is Oft Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

36. There is no blame on you if ye divorce women befor

onsummation or the fixation of their dower; but bestow on them (

uitable gift), the wealthy according to his means, and the po

ccording to his means; a gift of a reasonable amount is due froose who wish to do the right thing.

37. And if ye divorce them before consummation, but after th

xation of a dower for them, then the half of the dower (is due t

em), unless they remit it. Or (the man's half) is remitted by him

hose hands is the marriage tie; and the remission (of the man

alf) is the nearest to righteousness. And do not forget liberalietween yourselves. For God sees well all that ye do.

38. Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the midd

ayer, and stand before God in a devout (frame of mind).

39. If ye fear (an enemy), pray on foot, or riding (as may be mo

onvenient), but when ye are in security, celebrate God's praises

e manner He has taught you, which ye knew not (before).

40. Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath fo

eir widows a year's maintenance and residence; but if they leav

he residence), there is no blame on you for what they do wi

emselves, provided it is reasonable, and God is Exalted in PoweWise.



41. For divorced women maintenance (should be provided) on

asonable (scale). This is a duty on the righteous.

42. Thus doth God make clear His Signs to you: in order that y

ay understand.

43. Didst thou not turn thy vision to those who abandoned theomes, though they were thousands (in number), for fear of death

od said to them: "Die." Then He restored them to life. For God

ll of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.

44. Then fight in the Cause of God, and know that God heareth an

noweth all things.

45. Who is he that will loan to God a beautiful loan, which God w

ouble unto his credit and multiply many times? It is God that give

ou) want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return.

46. Hast thou not turned thy vision to the chiefs of the children

rael after (the time of) Moses? They said to a Prophet (that wamong them: "Appoint for us a king, that we may fight in the Caus

God." He said: "Is it not possible if ye were commanded to figh

at ye will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse to fight in th

ause of God, seeing that we were turned out of our homes and ou

milies?" But when they were commanded to fight, they turned bac

xcept a small band among them. But God has full knowledge ose who do wrong.

47. Their Prophet said to them: "God hath appointed Talut as kin

ver you." They say: "How can he exercise authority over us when w

e better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not eve

fted with wealth in abundance?" He said: "God hath chosen hi

bove you, and hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge anodily prowess; God granteth His authority to whom He pleaset



od careth for all, and He knoweth all things."

48. And (further) their Prophet said to them: "A sign of his authorit

that there shall come to you the Ark of the Covenant, with (a

ssurance) therein of security from your Lord, and the relics left b

e family of Moses and the family of Aaron, carried by angels. In th

a Symbol for you if ye indeed have faith."

49. When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: "God will test yo

the stream; if any drinks of its water, he goes not with my army

nly those who taste not of it go with me; a mere sip out of the han

excused." But they all drank of it, except a few. When they crosse

e river, he and the faithful ones with him, they said: "This day wannot cope with Goliath and his forces." But those who wer

onvinced that they must meet God, said: "How oft, by God's w

ath a small force vanquished a big one? God is with those wh

eadfastly persevere."

50. When they advanced to meet Goliath and his forces, the

ayed: "Our Lord! pour out constancy on us and make our stepm; help us against those that reject faith."

51. By God's will they routed them: and David slew Goliath; an

od gave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) H

lled. And did not God check one set of people by means o

nother, the earth would indeed be full of mischief, but God is full oounty to all the worlds.

52. These are the signs of God; We rehearse them to thee in trut

erily thou art one of the apostles.

53. Those apostles We endowed with gifts, some above others: t

ne of them God spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honor); tesus the son of Mary, We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him



th the Holy Spirit. If God had so willed, succeeding generation

ould not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) ha

ome to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing an

hers rejecting. If God had so willed, they would not have foug

ach other; but God fulfilleth His plan.

54. O ye who believe! spend out of (the bounties) We havovided for you, before the day comes when no bargaining (w

vail), nor friendship, nor intercession. Those who reject faith, the

e the wrongdoers.

55. God! there is no god but He, the living, the Self-subsistin

ernal. No slumber can seize him nor sleep. His are all things in theavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presenc

xcept as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to h

eatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compas

ught of his knowledge except as He willeth. His throne doth exten

ver the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guardin

nd preserving them. For He is the Most High, the Supreme (

ory).

56. Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clea

om error; whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath graspe

e most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And God heare

nd knoweth all things.

57. God is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths

arkness He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject fai

e patrons are the Evil Ones: from light they will lead them forth in

e depths of darkness. They will be companions of the fire, to dwe

erein (for ever).

58. Hast thou not turned thy vision to one who disputed wibraham about his Lord, because God had granted him power



braham said: "My Lord is He Who Giveth life and death." He sai

give life and death." Said Abraham: "But it is God that causeth th

un to rise from the East, do thou then cause him to rise from th

West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected fait

or doth God give guidance to a people unjust.

59. Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all ins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall God bring it (ever) to lif

ter (this) its death?" But God caused him to die for a hundre

ears, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tar

hus)?" He said: "(Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay

ou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and th

ink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: and that Way make of thee a Sign unto the people, look further at the bone

ow We bring them together and clothe them with flesh! When th

as shown clearly to him he said: "I know that God hath power ove

things."

60. Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! show me how thou givest lif

the dead. He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said: "Yeaut to satisfy my own understanding." He said: "Take four birds

me them to turn to thee; put a portion of them on every hill, and ca

them; they will come to thee (flying) with speed. Then know th

od is Exalted in Power, Wise."

61. The parable of those who spend their substance in the way od is that of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ea

ath a hundred grains. God giveth manifold increase to whom H

easeth; and God careth for all and He knoweth all things.

62. Those who spend their substance in the Cause of God, an

llow not up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or wi

ury, for them their reward is with their Lord; on them shall be nar, nor shall they grieve.



63. Kind words and the covering of faults are better than chari

llowed by injury. God is free of all wants, and He is Mos

orbearing.

64. O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of yo

enerosity or by injury, like those who spend their substance to been of men, but believe neither in God nor in the last day. They ar

Parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil; on it fal

eavy rain, which leaves it (just) a bare stone. They will be able to d

othing with aught they have earned. And God guideth not those wh

ject faith.

65. And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seekinplease God and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high an

rtile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase

arvest, and if it receives not heavy rain, light moisture sufficeth

od seeth well whatever ye do.

66. Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with datealms and vines and streams flowing underneath, and all kinds

uit, while he is stricken with old age, and his children are not stron

nough to look after themselves) that it should be caught in

hirlwind, with fire therein and be burnt up? Thus doth God mak

ear to you (His) signs; that ye may consider.

67. O ye who believe! give of the good things which ye havonorably) earned, and of the fruits of the earth which We hav

oduced for you, and do not even aim at getting anything which

ad, in order that out of it ye may give away something, when y

ourselves would not receive it except with closed eyes. And kno

at God is free of all wants, and worthy of all praise.

68. The Evil One threatens ou with povert and bids ou to condu



nseemly. God promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties and Go

areth for all and He knoweth all things.

69. He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to who

sdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but non

ll grasp the message but men of understanding.

70. And whatever ye spend in charity or devotion, be sure Go

nows it all. But the wrongdoers have no helpers.

71. If ye disclose (acts of) charity, even so it is well, but if ye conce

em, and make them reach those (really) in need, that is best fo

ou: it will remove from you some of your (stains of) evil. And God

ell acquainted with what ye do.

72. It is not required of thee (O Messenger), to set them on the rig

ath, but God sets on the right path whom He pleaseth. Whatever

ood ye give benefits your own souls, and ye shall only do s

eeking the "Face" of God. Whatever good ye give, shall b

ndered back to you, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.

73. (Charity is) for those in need, who, in God's cause, ar

stricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seekin

or trade or work). The ignorant man thinks, because of the

odesty, that they are free from want. Thou shalt know them by the

nfailing) mark: they beg not importunately from all and sundry. An

hatever of good ye give, be assured God knoweth it well.

74. Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by da

secret and in public, have their reward with their Lord: on the

hall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

75. Those who devour usury will not stand except as stands onhom the Evil One by his touch hath driven to madness. That



ecause they say: "Trade is like usury, but God hath permitted trad

nd forbidden usury. Those who, after receiving direction from the

ord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for God (t

dge); but those who repeat (the offence) are companions of th

e: they will abide therein (for ever).

76. God will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase foeeds of charity: for He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked.

77. Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, an

stablish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their rewar

th their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

78. O ye who believe! fear God, and give up what remains of you

emand for usury, if ye are indeed believers.

79. If ye do it not, take notice of war from God and His Messenge

ut if ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums; deal not unjustly

nd ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.

80. If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time till it is easy for hi

repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if y

nly knew.

81. And fear the day when ye shall be brought back to God. The

hall every soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt wi

njustly.

82. O ye who believe! when ye deal with each other, in transaction

volving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them t

riting. Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: l

ot the scribe refuse to write, as God has taught him, so let him writ

et him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear his Lord Godnd not diminish aught of what he owes. If the party liable is mental



eficient, or weak, or unable himself to dictate, let his guardia

ctate faithfully. And get two witnesses, out of your own men, and

ere are not two men, then a man and two women, such as y

hoose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other ca

mind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are called o

or evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your contract) for

ture period, whether it be small or big: it is juster in the sight od, more suitable as evidence, and more convenient to preve

oubts among yourselves; but if it be a transaction which ye carry o

n the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if ye reduc

not to writing. But take witnesses whenever ye make a commerci

ontract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If ye do (suc

arm), it would be wickedness in you. So fear God; for it is God thaaches you. And God is well acquainted with all things.

83. If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge wit

ossession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits

ing on trust with another, let the trustee (faithfully) discharge h

ust, and let him fear his Lord. Conceal not evidence; for whoeve

onceals it, his heart is tainted with sin. And God knoweth all that y

o.

84. To God belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth

Whether ye show what is in your minds or conceal it, God calleth yo

account for it. He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and punishe

hom He pleaseth. For God hath power over all things.

85. The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to hi

om his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth

od, His angels, His books, and His Messengers. "We make n

stinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers

nd they say: "We hear, and we obey: (we seek) Thy forgivenes

ur Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys."



86. On no soul doth God place a burden greater than it can bear.

ets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earn

Pray): "Our Lord! condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; ou

ord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou didst lay on thos

efore us; our Lord! lay not on us a burden greater than we hav

rength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Hav

ercy on us. Thou art our Protector; help us against those who stangainst Faith."





Surah 3 - Ali 'Imran (The Family of mran)


A.L.M.

God! there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsistin

ernal.

It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Booonfirming what went before it; and He sent down Law (of Mose

nd the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, an

e sent down the Criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).

Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of God will suffer th

everest penalty, and God is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.

From God, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.

He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is n

od but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: in it are verses basfundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation

e Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts

erversity follow the part there of that is allegorical, seeking discor

nd searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidde

eanings except God and those who are firmly grounded

nowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from ouord;" and none will grasp the Message except men

nderstandin .



"Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Tho

ast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; fo

hou art the Grantor of bounties without measure.

"Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind together against

ay about which there is no doubt: for God never fails in Homise."

0. Those who reject faith, neither their possessions nor the

umerous) progeny will avail them aught against God: they a

emselves but fuel for the fire.

. (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaohnd their predecessors: they denied Our Signs, and God called the

account for their sins. For God is strict in punishment.

2. Say to those who reject Faith: "Soon will ye be vanquished an

athered together to hell, an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!

3. "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies th

et (in combat): one was fighting in the Cause of God, the othe

sisting God; these saw with their own eyes twice their number. B

od doth support with His aid whom He pleaseth. In this is a warnin

r such as have eyes to see."

4. Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: womend sons; heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (fo

ood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled lan

uch are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Go

the best of the goals (to return to).

5. Say: shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than thoseor the righteous are gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rive



owing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with companions pur

nd holy), and the good pleasure of God. For in God's sight are (a

s servants.

6. (Namely), those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believe

rgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the fire."

7. Those who show patience, firmness and self-control; who ar

ue (in word and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in th

ay of God); and who pray for forgiveness in the early hours of th

orning.

8. There is no god but He: that is the witness of God, His angel

nd those endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There

o god but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.

9. The Religion before God is Islam (submission to His will): nor d

e People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy

ach other, after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny th

gns of God, God is swift in calling to account.

0. So if they dispute with thee, say: "I have submitted my whole se

God and so have those who follow me." And say to the People o

e Book and to those who are unlearned: "Do ye (also) subm

ourselves?" If they do, they are in right guidance, but if they tu

ack, thy duty is to convey the Message; and in God's sight are (a

s servants.

. As to those who deny the Signs of God, and in defiance of righ

ay the Prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing wi

ankind, announce to them a grievous penalty.

2. They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and e Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help.



3. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have been given

ortion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of God, to sett

eir dispute, but a party of them turn back and decline (th

bitration).

4. This because they say: "The fire shall not touch us but for a fe

umbered days;" for their forgeries deceive them as to their owligion.

5. But how (will they fare) when We gather them together against

ay about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out ju

hat it has earned, without (favor or injustice)?

6. Say: "O God! Lord of Power (and Rule), thou givest Power t

hom Thou pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Tho

easest, thou enduest with honor whom thou pleasest, and tho

ingest low whom Thou pleasest; in Thy hand is all Good. Verily

ver all things thou hast power.

7. "Thou causest the Night to gain on the Day, and Thou causese Day to gain on the Night; Thou bringest the Living out of th

ead, and thou bringest the Dead out of the Living; and Thou give

ustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure."

8. Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rathe

an believers; if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Godxcept by way of precaution, that ye may guard yourselves fro

em. But God cautions you (to remember) Himself, for the final go

to God.

9. Say: "Whether ye hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Go

nows it all. He knows what is in the heavens, and what is on eart

nd God has power over all things.



0. "On the day when every soul will be confronted with all the good

as done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a gre

stance between it and its evil. But God cautions you (to remembe

mself. And God is full of kindness to those that serve Him.

. Say: "If ye do love God, follow me: God will love you, and forgiv

ou your sins, for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

2. Say: "Obey God and His Messenger;" but if they turn back, Go

veth not those who reject Faith.

3. God did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham and th

mily of Imran above all people.

4. Offspring, one of the other; and God heareth and knoweth a

ings.

5. Behold! a woman of Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unt

ee what is in my womb for Thy special service, so accept this

e, for Thou hearest and knowest all things."

6. When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! behold! I a

elivered of a female child!" And God knew best what she brough

rth -- "And nowise is the male like the female. I have named h

ary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from th

vil One, the Rejected."

7. Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow

urity and beauty; to the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Eve

me that he entered (her) chamber to see her, he found her supplie

th sustenance. He said: "O Mary! whence (comes) this to you?

he said: "From God: for God provides sustenance to whom H

eases, without measure."

8. There did Zakari a ra to his Lord sa in : "O m Lord! ra



nto me from Thee a progeny that is pure; for Thou art He th

eareth prayer!"

9. While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the ange

alled unto him: "God doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya

tnessing the truth of a Word from God, and (be besides) nobl

haste, and a Prophet, of the (goodly) company of the righteous."

0. He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, seeing I am ve

d, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "doth Go

ccomplish what He willeth."

. He said: "O my Lord! give me a sign!" "Thy Sign," was thnswer, "shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days bu

th signals. Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord again and agai

nd glorify Him in the evening and in the morning."

2. Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God hath chosen thee an

urified thee; chosen thee above the women of all nations.

3. "O Mary! worship thy Lord devoutly; prostrate thyself, and bo

own (in prayer) with those who bow down."

4. This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reve

nto thee (O Prophet!) by inspiration; thou wast not with them whe

ey cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charge

th the care of Mary; nor wast thou with them when they dispute

he point).

5. Behold! the angels said "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings

Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mar

eld in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company o

ose nearest to God.



6. "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity, an

e shall be (of the company) of the righteous."

7. She said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man hat

uched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth; whe

e hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it 'Be', and it is!

8. "And God will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and th

ospel.

9. "And (appoint him) a Messenger to the Children of Israel, (wi

is message): I have come to you, with a sign from your Lord, in tha

make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breath

to it, and it becomes a bird by God's leave; and I heal those bo

nd, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by God's leave; and

eclare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Sure

erein is a Sign for you if ye did believe.

0. "(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before m

nd to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to yohave come to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear God, an

bey me.

. "It is God who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. Th

a way that is straight."

2. When Jesus found unbelief on their part he said: "Who will be melpers to (the work of) God?" Said the Disciples: "We are God

elpers, we believe in God, and do thou bear witness that we ar

uslims.

3. "Our Lord! we believe in what thou hast revealed, and we follo

e Messenger; then write us down among those who bear witness.

4. And then unbelievers lotted and lanned and God to



anned, and the best of planners is God.

5. Behold! God said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee

yself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme

ll make those who follow thee superior to those who reject Faith,

e Day of Resurrection; then shall ye all return unto Me, and I w

dge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.

6. "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agon

this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help.

7. "As to those who believe and work righteousness, God will pa

em (in full) their reward; but God loveth not those who do wrong.

8. "This is what We rehearse unto thee of the Signs and th

essage of Wisdom."

9. This similitude of Jesus before God is as that of Adam: H

eated him from dust, then said to him: "Be", and he was.

0. The truth (comes) from God alone; so be not of those who doub

. If anyone disputes in this matter with thee, now after (fu

nowledge hath come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather togethe

ur sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves an

ourselves: then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of God o

ose who lie!"

2. This is the true account: there is no god except God; and God

e is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.

3. But if they turn back, God hath full knowledge of those who d

ischief.

4. Sa : "O People of the Book! come to common terms as betwee



s and you: that we worship none but God; that we associate n

artners with Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lord

nd patrons other than God." If then they turn back, say: "Bea

tness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to God's will)."

5. Ye People of the Book! why dispute ye about Abraham, when th

aw and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have ye nnderstanding?

6. Ah! ye are those who fell to disputing (even) in matters of whic

e had some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which y

ave no knowledge? It is God Who knows, and ye who know not!

7. Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian, but he was true

ith, and bowed his will to God's (which is Islam), and he joined n

ods with God.

8. Without doubt, among men the nearest of kin to Abraham ar

ose who follow him, as are also this Prophet and those wh

elieve; and God is the Protector of those who have faith.

9. It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead yo

stray. But they shall lead astray (not you), but themselves and the

o not perceive!

0. Ye People of the Book! why reject ye the Signs of God, of whic

e are (yourselves) witnesses?

. Ye People of the Book! why do ye clothe truth with falsehood

nd conceal the truth, while ye have knowledge?

2. A section of the People of the Book say: "Believe in the mornin

hat is revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the daerchance they may (themselves) turn back.



3. "And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "Tru

uidance is the guidance of God; (fear ye) lest a revelation be se

someone (else) like unto that which was sent unto you. Or th

ose (receiving such revelation) should engage you in argume

efore your Lord." Say: "All bounties are in the hand of God: H

anteth them to whom He pleaseth; and God careth for all, and H

noweth all things."

4. For His Mercy He specially chooseth whom He pleaseth: for Go

the Lord of bounties unbounded.

5. Among the People of the Book are some who, if entrusted with

oard of gold, will (readily) pay it back; others, who, if entrusted wisingle silver coin, will not repay it unless thou constantly stoode

emanding, because, they say, "There is no call on us (to keep faith

th these ignorant (pagans)." But they tell a lie against God, an

well) they know it.

6. Nay. Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright, veri

od loves those who act aright.

7. As for those who sell the faith they owe to God and their ow

ghted word for a small price, they shall have no portion in th

ereafter: nor will God (deign to) speak to them or look at them o

e Day of Judgment, nor will He cleanse them (of sin); they sha

ave a grievous penalty.

8. There is among them a section who distort the Book with the

ngues; (as they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but

no part of the Book; and they say, "That is from God," but it is no

om God: it is they who tell a lie against God, and (well) they know i

9. It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, anWisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye m



orshippers rather than God's; on the contrary (he would say): "B

e worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all, for ye hav

ught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly."

0. Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lord

nd Patrons. What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowe

our will (to God in Islam)?

. Behold! God took the Covenant of the Prophets, saying: "I giv

ou a Book and Wisdom; then comes to you a Messenge

onfirming what is with you; do ye believe him and render him help

od said: "Do ye agree, and take this My Covenant as binding o

ou?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness, and I ath you among the witnesses."

2. If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors.

3. Do they seek for other than the Religion of God? While a

eatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwillin

owed to His Will (accepted Islam), and to Him shall they all bought back.

4. Say: "We believe in God, and in what has been revealed to u

nd what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and th

ribes, and in (Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophet

om their Lord; we make no distinction between one and anothe

mong them, and to God do we bow our will (in Islam)."

5. If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to God

ever will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in th

nks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).

6. How shall God guide those who reject faith after they acceptednd bore witness that the Messenger was true and that clear sign



ad come unto them? But God guides not a people unjust.

7. Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of God, o

s angels, and of all mankind.

8. In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, n

spite be their (lot).

9. Except for those that repent (even) after that, and make amend

r verily God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

0. But those who reject faith after they accepted it, and then go o

dding to their defiance of faith, never will their repentance b

ccepted; for they are those who have (of set purpose) gone astray

. As to those who reject faith, and die rejecting, never would b

ccepted from any such as much gold as the earth contains, thoug

ey should offer it for ransom. For such is (in store) a penal

ievous, and they will find no helpers.

2. By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely

that which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth God knoweth

ell.

3. All food was lawful to the children of Israel, except what Isra

ade unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Moses) was reveale

ay: "Bring ye the Law and study it, if ye be men of truth."

4. If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to God, they ar

deed unjust wrongdoers.

5. Say: "God speaketh the truth: follow the religion of Abraham, th

ane in faith; he was not of the pagans."

6. The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakk



l of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:

7. In it are signs manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham

hoever enters it attains security; pilgrimage thereto is a duty me

we to God, those who can afford the journey; but if any deny fait

od stands not in need of any of his creatures.

8. Say: "O People of the Book! why reject ye the signs of God

hen God is Himself witness to all ye do?

9. Say: "O ye People of the Book! why obstruct ye those wh

elieve, from the path of God, seeking to make it crooked, while y

ere yourselves witnesses (to God's Covenant)? But God is n

nmindful of all that ye do."

00. O ye who believe! if ye listen to a faction among the People

e Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye hav

elieved!

01. And how would ye deny faith while unto you are rehearsed thgns of God, and among you lives the Messenger? Whoever hold

mly to God will be shown a way that is straight.

02. O ye who believe! fear God as He should be feared, and d

ot except in a state of Islam.

03. And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God (stretches our you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember wi

atitude God's favor on you; for ye were enemies and He joine

our hearts in love, so that by His grace, ye became brethren; and y

ere on the brink of the pit of fire, and He saved you from it. Thu

oth God make his signs clear to you: that ye may be guided.

04. Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that

ood enoinin what is ri ht and forbiddin what is wron the a



e ones to attain felicity.

05. Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fa

to disputations after receiving clear signs; for them is a dreadf

enalty.

06. On the day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, anome faces will be (in the gloom of) black; to those whose faces w

e black, (will be said): "Did ye reject faith after accepting it? Tast

en the penalty for rejecting faith.

07. But those whose faces will be (lit with) white, they will be in (th

ht of) God's Mercy; therein to dwell (for ever).

08. These are the Signs of God: We rehearse them to thee in trut

nd God means no injustice to any of His creatures.

09. To God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; to Him

o all questions go back (for decision).

0. Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining wha

right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in God. If only th

eople of the Book had faith, it were best for them; among them ar

ome who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors

1. They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if the

ome out to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no hehall they get.

2. Shame is pitched over them (like a tent) wherever they ar

und, except when under a covenant (of protection) from God an

om men; they draw on themselves wrath from God, and pitche

ver them is (the tent of) destitution. This because they rejected thgns of God, and slew the Prophets in defiance of right; th



ecause they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.

3. Not all of them are alike: of the People of the book are a portio

at stand (for the right); they rehearse the signs of God all night lon

nd then prostrate themselves in adoration.

4. They believe in God and the Last Day; they enjoin what is righnd forbid what is wrong; and they (hasten in emulation) in (all) goo

orks; they are in the ranks of the righteous.

5. Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; fo

od knoweth well those that do right.

6. Those who reject faith, neither their possessions nor theumerous) progeny will avail them aught against God; they will b

ompanions of the fire, dwelling therein (for ever).

7. What they spend in the life of this (material) world may b

ened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: it strikes and destroy

e harvest of men who have wronged their own souls; it is not Goat hath wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

8. O ye who believe! take not into your intimacy those outside you

nks; they will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: ran

atred has already appeared from their mouths; what their hear

onceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if y

ave wisdom.

9. Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not, though y

elieve in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, "W

elieve;" but when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of the

ngers at you in their rage. Say: "Perish in your rage; God knowe

ell all the secrets of the heart."

20. If au ht that is ood befalls ou it rieves them but if som



isfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant an

o right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you, for Go

ompasseth round about all that they do.

21. Remember that morning thou didst leave the household (early

post the faithful at their stations for battle: and God heareth an

noweth all things.

22. Remember two of your parties meditated cowardice; but Go

as their Protector, and in God should the faithful (ever) put the

ust.

23. God had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible littrce; then fear God; thus may ye show your gratitude.

24. Remember thou saidst to the faithful: is it not enough for yo

at God should help you with three thousand angels (specially) se

own?

25. "Yea -- if ye remain firm, and act aright, even if the enemhould rush here on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you wi

ve thousand angels making a terrific onslaught."

26. God made it but a message of hope for you; and an assuranc

your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from God th

xalted, the Wise.

27. That he might cut off a fringe of the unbelievers or expose them

infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of the

urpose.

28. Not for thee, (but for God), is the decision: whether He turn

ercy to them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrongdoers.

29. To God belon eth all that is in the heavens and on earth. H



rgiveth whom He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth: b

od is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

30. O ye who believe! devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; bu

ar God; that ye may (really) prosper.

31. Fear the fire, which is prepared for those who reject faith.

32. And obey God and the Messenger; that ye may obtain mercy.

33. Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for

arden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of th

arth, prepared for the righteous.

34. Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity

ho restrain anger, and pardon (all) men; for God loves those wh

o good.

35. And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, o

ronged their own souls, earnestly bring God to mind, and ask forgiveness for their sins, and who can forgive sins except God? An

e never obstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they hav

one.

36. For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and garden

th rivers flowing underneath, an eternal dwelling; how excellent

compense for those who work (and strive)!

37. Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you

avel through the earth, and see what was the end of those wh

jected truth.

38. Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction tose who fear God!



39. So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: for ye must gain maste

ye are true in faith.

40. If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound ha

uched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to me

nd men by turns: that God may know those that believe, and that H

ay take to Himself from your ranks martyr-witnesses (to Truth). Anod loveth not those that do wrong.

41. God's object also is to purge those that are true in faith and t

eprive of blessing those that resist faith.

42. Did ye think that ye would enter heaven without God testin

ose of you who fought hard (in His cause) and remained steadfast

43. Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: now ye hav

een him with your own eyes (and ye flinch!).

44. Muhammad is no more than a Messenger: many were th

essengers that passed away before him. If he died or were slaill ye then turn back on your heels? If any did turn back on his heel

ot the least harm will he do to God; but God (on the other hand) w

wiftly reward those who (serve him) with gratitude.

45. Nor can a soul die except by God's leave, the term being fixe

s by writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it t

m; and if any do desire a reward in the hereafter, We shall give it tm. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve Us with) gratitude

46. How many of the Prophets fought (in God's way), and with the

ought) large bands of godly men? But they never lost heart if the

et with disaster in God's way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor giv

. And God loves those who are firm and steadfast.

47. All that the said was: "Our Lord! for ive us our sins an



nything we may have done that transgressed our duty; establish o

et firmly, and help us against those that resist faith."

48. And God gave them a reward in this world, and the excelle

ward of the Hereafter. For God loveth those who do good.

49. O ye who believe! if ye obey the unbelievers, they will drive yoack on your heels, and ye will turn back (from faith) to your own los

50. Nay, God is your Protector, and He is the best of helpers.

51. Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, fo

at hey joined companions with God, for which He had sent n

uthority: their abode ill be the fire; and evil is the home of th

rongdoers!

52. God did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with H

ermission were about to annihilate your enemy, until ye flinched an

ll to disputing about the order and disobeyed it after He broug

ou in sight (of the Booty) which ye covet. Among you are some thaanker after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then d

e divert you from your foes in order to test you, but He forgave yo

r God is full of grace to those who believe.

53. Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without eve

asting a side glance at anyone, and the Messenger in your rear wa

alling you back. There did God give you one distress after anothe

y way of requital, to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that ha

scaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For God is we

ware of all that ye do.

54. After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on

and of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirreanxiety by their own feelings, moved by wrong suspicions of Go



uspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?

ay thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly God's." They hide in the

inds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves):

e had had anything to do with this affair, we should not have been

e slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your home

ose for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone for

the place of their death;" but (all this was) that God might test whain your breasts and purge what is in your hearts: for God knowet

ell the secrets of your hearts.

55. Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met,

as Satan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they ha

one. But God has blotted out (their fault): for God is Oft-Forgivinost Forbearing.

56. O ye who believe! be not like the unbelievers, who say of the

ethren, when they are travelling through the earth or engaged

ghting: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died, or bee

ain. This that God may make it a cause of sighs and regrets in the

earts. It is God that gives life and death, and God sees well all the do.

57. And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of God, forgiveness an

ercy from God are far better than all they could amass.

58. And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto God that ye are broughgether.

59. It is part of the Mercy of God that thou dost deal gently wi

em. Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broke

way from about thee; so pass over (their faults), and ask for (God's

rgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). The

hen thou hast taken a decision, put thy trust in God. For God loveose who put their trust (in Him).



60. If God helps you, none can overcome you: if He forsakes yo

ho is there, after that, that can help you? In God, then, let believe

ut their trust.

61. No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person is s

lse, He shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what h

isappropriated; then shall every soul receive its due, whatever

arned, and none shall be dealt with unjustly.

62. Is the man who follows the good pleasure of God like the ma

ho draws on himself the wrath of God, and whose abode is in Hel

woeful refuge!

63. They are in varying grades in the sight of God; and God see

ell all that they do.

64. God did confer a great favor on the believers when He se

mong them a Messenger from among themselves, rehearsing un

em the Signs of God, sanctifying them, and instructing them

cripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manife

ror.

65. What! when a single disaster smites you, although ye smot

our enemies) with one twice as great, do ye say? "Whence

is?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: for God hath power ove

things."

66. What ye suffered on the day the two armies met, was with th

ave of God, in order that He might test the believers.

67. And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in th

ay of God, or (at least) drive (the foe from your city)." They sa

Had we known how to fight, we should certainly have followed yohey were that day nearer to unbelief than to faith, saying with the



ps what was not in their hearts. But God hath full knowledge of a

ey conceal.

68. (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while the

emselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us, they wou

ot have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if y

peak the truth."

69. Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay

ey live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.

70. They rejoice in the bounty provided by God: and with regard

ose left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), th

martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have the

ause to) grieve.

71. They glory in the Grace and the Bounty from God, and in the fa

at God suffereth not the reward of the faithful to be lost (in th

ast).

72. Of those who answered the call of God and the Messenge

ven after being wounded, those who do right and refrain from wron

ave a great reward.

73. Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": an

ghtened them: but it (only) increased their faith. They said: "For u

od sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs."

74. And they returned with Grace and Bounty from God: no harm

ver touched them; for they followed the good pleasure of God: an

od is the Lord of bounties unbounded.

75. It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of hotaries: be ye not afraid of them, but fear Me, if ye have faith.



76. Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into unbelief: n

e least harm will they do to God: God's plan is that He will giv

em no portion in the Hereafter, but a severe punishment.

77. Those who purchase unbelief at the price of faith, not the lea

arm will they do to God, but they will have a grievous punishment.

78. Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good fo

emselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in the

quity: but they will have a shameful punishment.

79. God will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now

ntil He separates what is evil from what is good. Nor will H

sclose to you the secrets of the Unseen. But He chooses of H

essengers (for the purpose) whom He pleases. So believe in Go

nd His Messengers: and if ye believe and do right, ye have

ward without measure.

80. And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Go

ath given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: nay, it we the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetous

thheld be tied to their necks like a twisted collar, on the Day o

udgment. To God belongs the heritage of the heavens and th

arth; and God is well acquainted with all that ye do.

81. God hath heard the taunt of those who say: "Truly, God

digent and we are rich!" We shall certainly record their word an

heir act) of slaying the Prophets in defiance of right, and We sha

ay: "Taste ye the penalty of the Scorching Fire!

82. "This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your hand

ent on before ye: for God never harms those who serve Him."

83. They (also) said: "God took our promise not to believe in



essenger unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by fire (fro

eaven)." Say: "There came to you Messengers before me, wi

ear signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them

ye speak the truth?"

84. Then if they reject thee, so were rejected Messengers befor

ee, who came with clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and thook of enlightenment.

85. Every soul shall have a taste of death: and only on the Day

udgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who

aved far from the fire and admitted to the garden will have attaine

e object (of life): for the life of this world is but goods and chattels eception.

86. Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and

our personal selves; and ye shall certainly hear much that will griev

ou, from those who received the Book before you and from thos

ho worship many gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guar

gainst evil, then that will be a determining factor in all affairs.

87. And remember God took a Covenant from the People of th

ook, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; b

ey threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it som

iserable gain! and vile was the bargain they made!

88. Think not that those who exult in what they have brought abou

nd love to be praised for what they have not done, think not that the

an escape the penalty. For them is a penalty grievous indeed.

89. To God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth

nd God hath power over all things.

90. Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and th



ternation of night and day, there are indeed Signs for men o

nderstanding.

91. Men who celebrate the praises of God, standing, sitting, an

ng down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creatio

the heavens and the earth, (with the thought): "Our Lord! not fo

aught hast thou created (all) this! Glory to thee! give us salvatioom the penalty of the fire.

92. "Our Lord! any whom thou dost admit to the fire, truly tho

overest with shame, and never will wrongdoers find any helpers!

93. "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (us) to fait

elieve ye in the Lord', and we have believed. Our Lord! forgive u

ur sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to thyself our sou

the company of the righteous.

94. "Our Lord! grant us what Thou didst promise unto us throug

hy Messengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgmen

r thou never breakest Thy promise."

95. And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them

Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male o

male: ye are members, one of another; those who have left the

omes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My caus

fought or been slain, verily, I will blot out from them their iniquitie

nd admit them into gardens with rivers flowing beneath; a rewar

om the presence of God, and from His presence is the best

wards."

96. Let not the strutting about of the unbelievers through the lan

eceive thee:

97. Little is it for enjoyment; their ultimate abode is Hell: what an ev



ed (to lie on)!

98. On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are garden

th rivers flowing beneath, therein are they to dwell (for ever), a g

om the presence of God, and that which is in the presence of Go

the best (bliss) for the righteous.

99. And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, thos

ho believe in God, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation t

em, bowing in humility to God: they will not sell the signs of God fo

miserable gain! for them is a reward with their Lord, and God

wift in account.

00. O ye who believe! persevere in patience and constancy: vie

uch perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear God; that y

ay prosper.





Surah 4 - Al Nisa' (The Women)


O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, Who created you frosingle person, created, of like nature, his mate, and from the

wain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women; reverenc

od, through Whom ye demand your mutual (rights), and (reverenc

e wombs (that bore you): for God ever watches over you.

To orphans restore their property (when they reach their age), noubstitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devo

ot their substance (by mixing it up) with your own. For this is indee

great sin.

If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan

arry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear th

e shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (aptive) that your right hands possess. That will be more suitable, t

event you from doing injustice.

And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but

ey, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take

nd enjoy it with right good cheer.

To those weak of understanding make not over your property

hich God hath made a means of support for you, but feed an

othe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness an

stice.

Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if thee find sound judgment in them, release their property to them; b



onsume it not wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If th

uardian is well-off, let him claim no remuneration, but if he is poo

t him have for himself what is just and reasonable. When ye releas

eir property to them, take witnesses in their presence: but a

ufficient is God in taking account.

From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is hare for men and a share for women, whether the property be sma

large, a determinate share.

But if at the time of division other relatives, of orphans, or poo

e present, feed them out of the (property), and speak to the

ords of kindness and justice.

Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in the

inds as they would have for their own if they had left a helples

mily behind: let them fear God, and speak words of appropriat

omfort).

0. Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a firto their own bodies: they will soon be enduring a blazing fire!

. God (thus) directs you as regards your children's (inheritance): t

e male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, tw

more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, he

hare is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each,

e deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are th

nly) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased left brothers (o

sters), the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases is) afte

e payment of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether you

arents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These ar

ettled portions ordained by God and God is All-Knowing, All-Wise

2. In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave n



hild; but if they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment

gacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if y

ave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth; afte

ayment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whos

heritance is in question, has left neither ascendants no

escendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one of the tw

ets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third; after paymelegacies and debts; so that no loss is caused (to anyone). Thus

ordained by God, and God is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

3. Those are limits set by God: those who obey God and H

essenger will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneat

abide therein (for ever) and that will be the Supreme achievemen

4. But those who disobey God and His Messenger and transgres

s limits will be admitted to a fire, to abide therein: and they sha

ave a humiliating punishment.

5. If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence

ur (reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if thestify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or Go

dain for them some (other) way.

6. If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both.

ey repent and amend, leave them alone; for God is Oft-Returnin

ost Merciful.

7. God accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignoranc

nd repent soon afterwards; to them will God turn in mercy; for Go

full of knowledge and wisdom.

8. Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do ev

ntil death faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repentedeed;" nor of those who die rejecting faith: for them have W



epared a punishment most grievous.

9. O ye who believe! ye are forbidden to inherit women against the

ll. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may take awa

art of the dower ye have given them, except where they have bee

uilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing

ndness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that yslike a thing, and God brings about through it a great deal of good

0. But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if y

ad given the latter a whole treasure for dower, take not the least b

it back: would ye take it by slander and a manifest wrong?

. And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each othe

nd they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

2. And marry not women whom your fathers married, except what

ast: it was shameful and odious, an abominable custom indeed.

3. Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: your mother, daughtersters, father's sisters, mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister

aughters, foster-mothers (who gave you suck), foster-sisters; yo

ves' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, bo

your wives to whom ye have gone in, no prohibition if ye have n

one in; (those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding fro

our loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time

xcept for what is past; for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

4. Also (prohibited are) women already married, except thos

hom your right hands possess. Thus hath God ordaine

rohibitions) against you: except for these, all others are lawfu

ovided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your propert

esiring chastity, not lust. Seeing that ye derive benefit from themve them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if after a dower



escribed, ye agree mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on yo

nd God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

5. If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believin

omen, they may wed believing girls from among those whom yo

ght hands possess: and God hath full knowledge about your fait

e are one from another: wed them with the leave of their ownernd give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable: the

hould be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they a

ken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half th

r free women. This (permission) is for those among you who fea

n; but it is better for you that ye practice self-restraint: and God

ft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

6. God doth wish to make clear to you and to show you th

dinances of those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (

ercy): and God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

7. God doth wish to turn to you, but the wish of those who follo

eir lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him), far, far away.

8. God doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): for man was create

eak (in flesh).

9. O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves

anities: but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutu

oodwill: nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily God hath been t

ou Most Merciful.

0. If any do that in rancor and injustice, soon shall We cast them in

e fire: and easy it is for God.

. If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye arbidden to do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, an



dmit you to a Gate of great honor.

2. And in no wise covet those things in which God hath bestowe

s gifts more freely on some of you than on others: to men is allotte

hat they earn, and to women what they earn: but ask God of H

ounty: for God hath full knowledge of all things.

3. To (benefit) everyone, We have appointed sharers and heirs t

operty left by parents and relatives. To those also, to whom you

ght hand was pledged, give their due portion: for truly God

Witness to all things.

4. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Go

as given the one more (strength) than the other, and because the

upport them from their means. Therefore the righteous women ar

evoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Go

ould have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fea

sloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse

hare their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly); but if they return t

bedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance): for God ost High, Great (above you all).

5. If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiter

ne from his family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace

od will cause their reconciliation: for God hath full knowledge, an

acquainted with all things.

6. Serve God, and join not any partners with Him: and do good t

arents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are nea

eighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, th

ayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: for Go

veth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;

7. (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on other



hide the bounties which God hath bestowed on them; for We hav

epared, for those who resist faith, a punishment that steeps the

contempt.

8. (Nor) those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, b

ave no faith in God and the Last Day: if any take the Evil One fo

eir intimate, what a dreadful intimate he is!

9. And what burden were it on them if they had faith in God and

e Last Day, and they spent out of what God hath given them fo

ustenance? for God hath full knowledge of them.

0. God is never unjust in the least degree: if there is any goo

one), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a grea

ward.

. How then if We brought from each people a witness, and W

ought thee as a witness against these people!

2. On that day those who reject faith and disobey the Messengell wish that the earth were made one with them: but never will the

de a single fact from God!

3. O ye who believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogge

ntil ye can understand all that ye say, nor in a state of ceremoni

mpurity (except when travelling on the road), until after washing yo

hole body if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh fromfices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye fin

o water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and ru

erewith your faces and hands. For God doth blot out sins an

rgive again and again.

4. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were given a portiothe Book? They traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose th



ght path.

5. But God hath full knowledge of your enemies: God is enough fo

Protector, and God is enough for a Helper.

6. Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (righ

aces, and say: "We hear and we disobey;" and "Hear what is neard": and "Ra'ina;" with a twist of their tongues and a slander t

ith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey;" and "Do hear

nd "Do look at us": it would have been better for them, and mor

oper; but God hath cursed them, for their unbelief; and but few

em will believe.

7. O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now

vealed, confirming what was (already) with you, before We chang

e face and fame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and tu

em hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breaker

r the decision of God must be carried out.

8. God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with him; but Hrgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners wi

od is to devise a sin most heinous indeed.

9. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who claim sanctity fo

emselves? Nay, but God doth sanctify whom He pleaseth but neve

ll they fail to receive justice in the least little thing.

0. Behold! how they invent a lie against God! but that by itself is

anifest sin!

. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were given a portio

the Book? They believe in sorcery and evil, and say to th

nbelievers that they are better guided in the (right) way than thelievers!



2. They are (men) whom God hath cursed: and those whom Go

ath cursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help.

3. Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not

rthing to their fellow-men!

4. Or do they envy mankind for what God hath given them of Hounty? But We had already given the people of Abraham the Boo

nd Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom.

5. Some of them believed and some of them averted their face

om him: and enough is hell for a burning fire.

6. Those who reject Our Signs, We shall soon cast into the fire: a

ten as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them fo

esh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for God is Exalted

ower, Wise.

7. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We sha

oon admit to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath, their eternome: therein shall they have companions pure and holy: We sha

dmit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.

8. God doth command you to render back your trusts to those t

hom they are due; and when ye judge between man and man, th

e judge with justice: verily how excellent is the teaching which H

veth you! for God is He who heareth and seeth all things.

9. O ye who believe! obey God, and obey the Messenger, an

ose charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anythin

mong yourselves, refer it to God and His Messenger, if ye d

elieve in God and the Last Day: that is best, and most suitable fo

nal determination.



0. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who declare that the

elieve in the revelations that have come to thee and to those befo

ee? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in the

sputes) to the Evil One, though they were ordered to reject him. B

atan's wish is to lead them astray far away (from the Right).

. When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath revealed, anthe Messenger": thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces fro

ee in disgust.

2. How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of th

eeds which their hands have sent forth? Then they come to the

wearing by God: "We meant no more than goodwill anonciliation!"

3. Those men, God knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear

em, but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach the

ery souls.

4. We sent not a Messenger, but to be obeyed, in accordance wite will of God. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselve

ome unto thee and asked God's forgiveness, and the Messenge

ad asked forgiveness for them, they would have found God indee

ft-Returning, Most Merciful.

5. But no, by thy Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they mak

ee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls n

sistance against thy decisions, but accept them with the fulle

onviction.

6. If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave the

omes, very few of them would have done it: but if they had don

hat they were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, anould have gone farthest to strengthen their (faith).



7. And We should then have given them from Our Presence a grea

ward.

8. And We should have shown them the Straight Way.

9. All who obey God and the Messenger are in the company o

ose on whom is the Grace of God, of the Prophets (who teach), thncere (lovers of truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the righteou

who do good): ah! what a beautiful fellowship!

0. Such is the Bounty from God: and sufficient is it that Go

noweth all.

. O ye who believe! take your precautions, and either go forth

arties or go forth all together.

2. There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: if

isfortune befalls you. They say: "God did favor us in that we we

ot present among them."

3. But if good fortune comes to you from God, they would be sure

ay, as if there had never been ties of affection between you an

em, "Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then hav

ade of it!"

4. Let those fight in the Cause of God who sell the life of this wor

r the Hereafter, to him who fighteth in the Cause of God, whethe

e is slain or gets victory, soon shall We give him a reward of grea

alue).

5. And why should ye not fight in the Cause of God and of thos

ho, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)? Men, women, an

hildren whose cry is: "Our Lord! rescue us from this town, whoseople are oppressors; and raise for us from Thee one who w



otect; and raise for us from Thee one who will help!"

6. Those who believe fight in the Cause of God, and those wh

ject faith fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends

atan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.

7. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were told to hoack their hands (form fight) but establish regular prayers and spen

regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issue

them, behold! a section of them feared men as, or even mor

an, they should have feared God: they say: "Our Lord! why ha

hou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not grant us respite to o

atural) term, near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of thorld: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: never will y

e dealt with unjustly in the very least!

8. "Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towe

uilt up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "Th

from God;" but if evil, they say, "This is from thee" (O Prophet

Say: "All things are from God. But what hath come to these peoplat they fail to understand a single fact?

9. Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from God; b

hatever evil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. And We hav

ent thee as a Messenger to (instruct) mankind: and enough is Go

r a witness.

0. He who obeys the Messenger, obeys God: but if any turn away

We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).

. They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they leave thee,

ection of them meditate all night on things very different from wh

ou tellest them, but God records their nightly (plots): so keep cleathem, and put thy trust in God; and enough is God as a Dispose



affairs.

2. Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been fro

her than God, they would surely have found therein muc

screpancy.

3. When there comes to them some matter touching (public) safefear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger, o

those charged with authority among them, the proper investigato

ould have tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace an

ercy of God unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into th

utches of Satan.

4. Then fight in God's cause -- thou art held responsible only fo

yself, and rouse the believers. It may be that God will restrain th

ry of the unbelievers: for God is the strongest in might and

unishment.

5. Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes

artner therein: and whoever recommends and helps an evil caushares in its burden: and God hath power over all things.

6. When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with

eeting still more courteous, (at least) of equal courtesy. God take

areful account of all things.

7. God! there is no god but He: of a surety He will gather yogether against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doub

nd whose word can be truer than God's?

8. Why should ye be divided into two parties about the hypocrites

od hath upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide thos

hom God hath thrown out of the way? For those whom God harown out of the way, never shalt thou find the way.



9. They but wish that ye should reject faith, as they do, and thus b

n the same footing (as they): but take not friends from their rank

ntil they flee in the way of God (from what is forbidden). But if the

rn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them

nd (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks.

0. Except those who join a group between whom and you there is eaty (of peace), or those who approach you with hearts restrainin

em from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. If Go

ad pleased, He could have given them power over you, and the

ould have fought you: therefore if they withdraw from you but fig

ou not, and (instead) send you (guarantees of) peace, then Go

ath opened no way for you (to war against them).

. Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well a

at of their people: every time they are sent back to temptation, the

uccumb thereto: if they withdraw not from you nor give yo

uarantees) of peace besides restraining their hands, seize the

nd slay them. Wherever ye get them: in their case We hav

ovided you with a clear argument against them.

2. Never should a believer kill a believer; but (if it so happens) b

istake, (compensation is due): if one (so) kills a believer, it

dained that he should free a believing slave, and pa

ompensation to the deceased's family, unless they remit it freely.

e deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was eliever, the freeing of a believing slave (is enough). If he belonge

a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual allianc

ompensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave b

eed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed)

st for two months running: by way of repentance to God: for Go

ath all knowledge and all wisdom.

3. If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, t



bide therein (for ever): and the wrath and the curse of God are upo

m, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.

4. O ye who believe! when ye go abroad in the Cause of God

vestigate carefully, and say not to anyone who offers you

alutation: "Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishab

oods of this life: with God are profits and spoils abundant. Eveus were ye yourselves before, till God conferred on you His favor

erefore carefully investigate, for God is well aware of all that ye do

5. Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive n

urt, and those who strive and fight in the Cause of God with the

oods and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to thosho strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those wh

t (at home): unto all (in faith) hath God promised good: but thos

ho strive and fight hath He distinguished above those who sit (

ome) by a special reward.

6. Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy

or God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

7. When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against the

ouls, they say: "In what (plight) were ye?" They reply: "Weak an

ppressed were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth o

od spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (from evil)?

uch men will find their abode in Hell, what an evil refuge!

8. Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed, me

omen, and children who have no means in their power, nor (

uide-post) to direct their way.

9. For these, there is hope that God will forgive: for God doth bl

ut (sins) and forgive again and again.



00. He who forsakes his home in the Cause of God, finds in th

arth many a refuge, wide and spacious: should he die as a refuge

om home for God and His Messenger, his reward becomes du

nd sure with God: and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

01. When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if y

horten your prayers, for fear the unbelievers may attack you: for thnbelievers are unto you open enemies.

02. When thou (O Messenger) art with them, and standest to lea

em in prayer, let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee

king their arms with them: when they finish their prostrations, l

em take their positions in the rear, and let the other party come uphich hath not yet prayed, and let them pray with thee, taking a

ecautions, and bearing arms: the unbelievers wish, if ye wer

egligent of your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a sing

sh, but there is no blame on you if ye put away your arms becaus

the inconvenience of rain or because ye are ill; but take (every

ecaution for yourselves. For the unbelievers God hath prepared

umiliating punishment.

03. When ye pass (congregational) prayers, celebrate God

aises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but whe

e are free from danger, set up regular prayers: for such prayers ar

njoined on believers at stated times.

04. And slacken not in following up the enemy: if ye are sufferin

ardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have hop

om God, while they have none. And God is full of knowledge an

sdom.

05. We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that thou mighte

dge between men, as guided by God: so be not (used) as advocate by those who betray their trust.



06. But seek the forgiveness of God; for God is Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful.

07. Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls: fo

od loveth not one given to perfidy and crime.

08. They may hide (their crimes) from men, but they cannot hid

hem) from God, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot b

ght, in words that He cannot approve: and God doth compas

und all that they do.

09. Ah! these are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may conten

this world; but who will contend with God on their behalf on the DaJudgment, or who will carry their affairs through?

0. If anyone does evil or wrongs his own soul, but afterward

eeks God's forgiveness, he will find God Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful.

1. And if anyone earns sin, he earns it against his own soul: food is full of knowledge and wisdom.

2. But if anyone earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that

nocent, He carries (on himself) (both) a falsehood and a flagra

n.

3. But for the Grace of God to thee and His Mercy, a party of them

ould certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they w

nly lead their own souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm

e least. For God hath sent down to thee the Book and wisdom an

ught thee what thou knewest not (before); and great is the grace

od unto thee.

4. In most of their secret talks there is no good: but if one exhort



a deed of charity or justice or conciliation between men, (secrec

permissible): to him who does this, seeking the good pleasure

od, We shall soon give a reward of the highest (value).

5. If anyone contends with the Messenger even after guidance ha

een plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than th

ecoming to men of faith, We shall leave him in the path he hahosen, and land him in Hell, what an evil refuge?

6. God forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him: but H

rgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins othe

ods with God, hath strayed far, far away (from the right).

7. (The pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: the

all but upon Satan the persistent rebel!

8. God did curse him, but he said: "I will take of Thy servants

ortion marked off.

9. "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I wder them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) natur

eated by God." Whoever, forsaking God, takes Satan for a friend

ath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.

20. Satan makes them promises, and creates in them fals

esires; but Satan's promises are nothing but deception.

21. They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in hell, and from it the

ll find no way of escape.

22. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We sha

oon admit them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath, to dwe

erein for ever. God's promise is the truth, and whose word can buer than God's?



23. Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (ca

evail): whoever works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will h

nd, besides God, any protector or helper.

24. If any do deeds of righteousness, be they male or female, an

ave faith, they will enter heaven and not the least injustice will b

one to them.

25. Who can be better in religion than one who submits his who

elf to God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true

ith? For God did take Abraham for a friend.

26. But to God belong all things in the heavens and on earth: an

e it is that encompasseth all things.

27. They ask thy instruction concerning the women. Say: God do

struct you about them: and (remember) what hath been rehearse

nto you in the Book, concerning the orphans of women to whom y

ve not the portions prescribed, and yet whom ye desire to marry

s also concerning the children who are weak and oppressed: the stand firm for justice to orphans. There is not a good deed whic

e do, but God is well-acquainted therewith.

28. If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there

o blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement betwee

emselves; and such settlement is best; even though men's sou

e swayed by greed. But if ye do good and practice self-restrain

od is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

29. Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even

is your ardent desire: but turn not away (from a woman) altogethe

o as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to

endly understanding and practice self-restraint, God is Oforgiving, Most Merciful.



30. But if they disagree (and must part), God will provid

bundance for all from His all-reaching bounty: for God is He th

areth for all and is Wise.

31. To God belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily W

ave directed the People of the Book before you, and you (

uslims) to fear God. But if ye deny Him, lo! unto God belong aings in the heavens and on earth, and God is free of all want

orthy of all praise.

32. Yea, unto God belong all things in the heavens and on eart

nd enough is God to carry through all affairs.

33. If it were His will, He could destroy you, O mankind, and creat

nother race: for He hath power this to do.

34. If anyone desires a reward in this life, in God's (gift) is th

ward (both) of this life and of the Hereafter: for God is He th

eareth and seeth (all things).

35. O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses t

od, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, an

hether it be (against) rich or poor: for God can best protect bot

ollow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye disto

ustice) or decline to do justice, verily God is well-acquainted with a

at ye do.

36. O ye who believe! believe in God and His Messenger, and th

cripture which He hath sent to His Messenger and the scriptur

hich He sent to those before (him). And who denieth God, H

ngels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Day of Judgment, ha

one far, far astray.

37. Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) an



gain reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief, God will n

rgive them nor guide them on the way.

38. To the hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them

ut) a grievous penalty.

39. Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather thaelievers: is it honor they seek among them? Nay, all honor is wi

od.

40. Already has He sent you word in the Book, that when ye hea

e signs of God held in defiance and ridicule, ye are not to sit wi

em unless they turn to a different theme: if ye did, ye would be lik

em. For God will collect the Hypocrites and those who defy faith, a

hell.

41. (These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if ye d

ain a victory from God, they say: "Were we not with you?" But if th

nbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain a

dvantage over you, and did we not guard you from the believers?ut God will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment. And neve

ll God grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumph) over th

elievers.

42. The Hypocrites, they think they are over-reaching God, but H

ll over-reach them: when they stand up to prayer, they stand witho

arnestness, to be seen of men, but little do they hold God

membrance.

43. (They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it, bein

incerely) for neither one group nor for another. Whom God leave

raying, never wilt thou find for him the way.

44. O ye who believe! take not for friends unbelievers rather tha



elievers: do ye wish to offer God an open proof against yourselves

45. The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the fire: no helpe

lt thou find for them.

46. Except for those who repent, mend (their life), hold fast to Go

nd purify their religion as in God's sight: if so they will bumbered) with the believers. And soon will God grant to th

elievers a reward of immense value.

47. What can God gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and y

elieve? Nay, it is God that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth a

ings.

48. God loveth not that evil should be noised abroad in publ

peech, except where injustice hath been done; for God is He wh

eareth and knoweth all things.

49. Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil wi

ardon, verily God doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in thdgment of values).

50. Those who deny God and His Messengers, and (those who

sh to separate God from His Messengers, saying: "We believe

ome but reject others": and (those who) wish to take a cours

idway.

51. They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and We have prepare

r unbelievers a humiliating punishment.

52. To those who believe in God and His Messengers and make n

stinction between any of the Messengers, We shall soon give the

ue) rewards: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

53. The People of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descen



them from heaven: indeed they asked Moses for an even greate

miracle), for they said: "Show us God in public," but they wer

azed for their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet the

orshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; eve

o We forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.

54. And for their Covenant We raised over them (the towerineight) of Mount (Sinai); and (on another occasion) We said: "Ente

e gate with humility;" and (once again) We commanded them

Transgress not in the matter of the Sabbath." And We took from

em a solemn Covenant.

55. (They have incurred divine displeasure): in that they broke theovenant: that they rejected the Signs of God; that they slew th

essengers in defiance of right; that they said, "Our hearts are th

rappings (which preserve God's Word; we need no more);" na

od hath set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy, and little

they believe.

56. That they rejected faith: that they uttered against Mary a gravlse charge.

57. That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son

ary, the Messenger of God;" but they killed him not, nor crucifie

m, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who diffe

erein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but ononjecture to follow for of a surety they killed him not.

58. Nay, God raised him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted

ower, Wise.

59. And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe

m before his death; and on the Day of Judgment He will be tness against them.



60. For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certa

oods) good and wholesome which had been lawful for them; in th

ey hindered many from God's way.

61. That they took usury (interest), though they were forbidden; an

at they devoured men's substance wrongfully; We have prepare

r those among them who reject faith a grievous punishment.

62. But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledg

nd the believers, believe in what hath been revealed to thee; an

specially) those who establish regular prayer and practice regula

harity and believe in God and in the Last Day: to them shall W

oon give a great reward.

63. We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and th

essengers after him; We sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma

aac, Jacob, and the Tribes, to Jesus Job, Jonah, Aaron, an

olomon, and to David We gave the Psalms.

64. Of some Messengers We have already told thee the story; hers We have not; and to Moses God spoke direct.

65. Messengers who gave good news as well as warning, th

ankind, after (the coming) of the Messengers, should have no ple

gainst God: for God is Exalted in Power, Wise.

66. But God beareth witness that what He hath sent unto thee H

ath sent from His (Own) Knowledge, and the angels bear witnes

ut enough is God for a Witness.

67. Those who reject faith and keep off (men) from the way of Go

ave verily strayed far, far away from the path.

68. Those who reject faith and do wrong, God will not forgive the



or guide them to any way.

69. Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever: and this to Go

easy.

70. O mankind! the Messenger hath come to you in truth from Go

elieve in him: it is best for you. But if ye reject faith, to God belon things in the heavens and on earth: and God is All-Knowing, A

Wise.

71. O People of the Book! commit no excesses in your religion: no

ay of God aught but truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (n

ore than) a Messenger of God, and His Word, which He bestowe

n Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in God an

s Messengers. Say not "Trinity": desist: it will be better for you: fo

od is One God: glory be to Him: (for Exalted is He) above having

on. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. An

nough is God as a Disposer of affairs.

72. Christ disdaineth not to serve and worship God, nor do thngels, those nearest (to God): those who disdain His worship an

e arrogant, He will gather them all together unto himself

nswer).

73. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He w

ve their (due) rewards, and more, out of His bounty: but those wh

e disdainful and arrogant, He will punish with a grievous penalt

or will they find, besides God, any to protect or help them.

74. O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing pro

om your Lord: for We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.

75. Then those who believe in God, and hold fast to Him, soon we admit them to Mercy and Grace from Him, and guide them t



mself by a straight Way.

76. They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: God directs (thu

bout those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it

man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half th

heritance: if (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, he

other takes her inheritance: if there are two sisters, they shall havwo-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothe

nd sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of th

male. Thus doth God make clear to you (His law), lest ye err. An

od hath knowledge of all things.





Surah 5 - Al Ma'idah (The Repast)


O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for foode all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: but anima

the chase are forbidden while ye are in the Sacred Precincts or

lgrim garb: for God doth command according to His Will and Plan

O ye who believe! violate not the sanctity of the Symbols of Go

or of the Sacred Month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, noe garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting t

e Sacred House, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of the

ord. But when ye are clear of the Sacred Precincts and of pilgri

arb, ye may hunt, and let not the hatred of some people in (once

hutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgressio

nd hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness an

ety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancor: fear God: food is strict in punishment.

Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh

wine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other tha

od, that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, o

y a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath beeartly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (

ue form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) als

the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. Th

ay have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: y

ar them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion fo

ou, completed my favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam a

our religion. But if any forced by hunger, with no inclination t

ansgression, God is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.



They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food): say: Lawful unt

ou are (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught yo

ained hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you b

od; eat what they catch for you, but pronounce the name of Go

ver it: and fear God; for God is swift in taking account.

This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. Th

od of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawf

nto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste wome

ho are believers, but chaste women among the People of th

ook, revealed before your time, when ye give them their du

owers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues. nyone rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he w

e in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).

O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces

nd your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (wi

ater); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state

eremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on urney, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have bee

contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselve

ean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. Go

oth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, an

complete His favor to you, that ye may be grateful.

And call in remembrance the favor of God unto you, and H

ovenant, which He ratified with you, when ye said: "We hear an

e obey": and fear God, for God knoweth well the secrets of you

earts.

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fa

ealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve trong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to Piet : and fea



od, for God is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

To those who believe and do deeds of righteousness hath Go

omised forgiveness and a great reward.

0. Those who reject faith and deny our signs will be companions

ell-fire.

. O ye who believe! call in remembrance the favor of God unto yo

hen certain men formed the design to stretch out their hand

gainst you, but (God) held back their hands from you: so fear Go

nd on God let believers put (all) their trust.

2. God did aforetime take a Covenant from the Children of Israend We appointed twelve captains among them, and God said:

m with you: if ye (but) establish regular prayers, practice regula

harity, believe in My apostles, honor and assist them and loan t

od a beautiful loan, verily I will wipe out from you your evils, an

dmit you to gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of yo

ter this, resisteth faith, he hath truly wandered from the path ctitude."

3. But because of their breach of their Covenant, We cursed them

nd made their hearts grow hard: they change the words from the

ght) places and forget a good part of the Message that was se

em, nor wilt thou cease to find them, barring a few, ever bent o

ew) deceits: but forgive them and overlook (their misdeeds): fo

od loveth those who are kind.

4. From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take

ovenant, but they forgot a good part of the Message that was se

em: so We estranged them, with enmity and hatred between th

ne and the other, to the Day of Judgment. And soon will God showem what it is they have done.



5. O People of the Book! there hath come to you Our Messenge

vealing to you much that ye used to hide in the Book, and passin

ver much (that is now unnecessary): There hath come to you fro

od a (new) Light and a perspicuous Book.

6. Wherewith God guideth all who seek His good pleasure to way

peace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness, by His Wi

nto the light, guideth them to a Path that is Straight.

7. In blasphemy indeed are those that say that God is Christ the so

Mary. Say: "Who then hath the least power against God, if His W

ere to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all, everyon

at is on the earth? For to God belongeth the dominion of theavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what H

easeth. For God hath power over all things."

8. (Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Go

nd His beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins

ay, ye are but men, of the men He hath created: He forgiveth whom

e pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Go

elongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that

etween: and unto Him is the final goal (of all)."

9. O People of the Book! now hath come unto you, making (thing

ear unto you, Our Messenger, after the break in (the series of) Ou

postles, lest ye should say: there came unto us no bringer of gladings and no warner (from evil): but now hath come unto you

inger of glad tidings and a warner (from evil): and God hath powe

ver all things.

0. Remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! call

membrance the favor of God unto you, when He produce

ophets among you, made you kings, and gave you what He ha

ot given to any other among the peoples.



. "O my people! enter the holy land which God hath assigned un

ou and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, t

our own ruin."

2. They said: "O Moses! in this land are a people of exceedin

rength: never shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leaven shall we enter."

3. (But) among (their) God-fearing men were two on whom God ha

estowed His Grace: they said: "Assault them at the (proper) gat

hen once ye are in, victory will be yours. But on God put your trust

e have faith."

4. They said: O "Moses! while they remain there, never shall we b

ble to enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight y

wo, while we sit here (and watch)."

5. He said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and m

other, so separate us from this rebellious people!"

6. God said: "Therefore will the land be out of their reach for for

ears; in distraction will they wander through the land: but sorrow tho

ot over these rebellious people."

7. Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam

ehold! they each presented a sacrifice (to God): it was accepteom one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will sla

ee." "Surely," said the former, "God doth accept of the sacrifice o

ose who are righteous.

8. "If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to slay me, it is not fo

e to stretch my hand against thee to slay thee: for I do fear God, th

herisher of the worlds.



9. "For me, I intend to let thee draw on thyself my sin as well a

ine, for thou wilt be among the companions of the fire, and that

e reward of those who do wrong."

0. The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his brothe

e murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones.

. Then God sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show hi

ow to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he: "Was

ot even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of m

other?" Then he became full of regrets.

2. On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that

nyone slew a person -- unless it be for murder or for spreadin

ischief in the land -- it would be as if he slew the whole people: an

anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the who

eople. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clea

gns, yet, even after that, many of them continued to comm

xcesses in the land.

3. The punishment of those who wage war against God and H

essenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through th

nd is: execution, or crucifixion, of the cutting off of hands and fee

om opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace

s world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.

4. Except for those who repent before they fall into your power:

at case, know that God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

5. O ye who believe! do your duty to God, seek the means

pproach unto Him, and strive with might and main in His cause: th

e may prosper.

6. As to those who reject Faith -- if they had everything on earth an



wice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day

udgment, it would never be accepted of them. Theirs would be

ievous penalty.

7. Their wish will be to get out of the fire, but never will they get o

erefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.

8. As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands:

unishment by way of example, from God, for their crime: and God

xalted in Power.

9. But if the thief repents after his crime, and amends his conduc

od turneth to him in forgiveness; for God if Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful.

0. Knowest thou not that to God (alone) belongeth the dominion

e heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He pleaseth, and H

rgiveth whom He pleaseth: and God hath power over all things.

. O Messenger! let not those grieve thee, who race each other intnbelief: (whether it be) among those who say: "We believe" wi

eir lips but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jew

en who will listen to any lie, will listen even to others who hav

ever so much as come to thee. They change the words from the

ght) times and places; they say, "If ye are given this, take it, but

ot, beware!" If anyone's trial is intended by God, thou hast n

uthority in the least for him against God. For such it is not God's w

purify their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and

e Hereafter a heavy punishment.

2. (They are fond of) listening to falsehood, of devouring anythin

rbidden. If they do come to thee, either judge between them, o

ecline to interfere. If thou decline, they cannot hurt thee in the least.ou judge, judge in equity between them; for God loveth those wh



dge in equity.

3. But why do they come to thee for decision, when they have (the

wn) laws before them? Therein is the (plain) command of God; y

ven after that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) Peop

Faith.

4. It was We who revealed the Law (to Moses); therein wa

uidance and light. By its standard have been judged the Jews, b

e Prophet who bowed (as in Islam) to God's Will, by the Rabb

nd the doctors of Law: for to them was entrusted the protection

od's Book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear n

en, but fear Me, and sell not My Signs for a miserable price. If ano fail to judge by (the light of) what God hath revealed, they are (n

etter than) Unbelievers.

5. We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose fo

ose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But

nyone remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act o

onement for himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) whod hath revealed, they are (no better than) wrongdoers.

6. And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirmin

e Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: there

as guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had com

efore him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear God.

7. Let the People of the Gospel judge by what God hath reveale

erein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what God hath reveale

ey are (no better than) those who rebel.

8. To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scriptur

at came before it, and guarding it in safety; so judge between they what God hath revealed, and follow not their vain desire



verging from the truth that hath come to thee. To each among yo

ave We prescribed a Law and an Open Way. If God had so willed

e would have made you a single people, but (His plan is) to test yo

what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. Th

oal of you all is to God; it is He that will show you the truth of th

atters in which ye dispute.

9. And this (He commands): Judge thou between them by what Go

ath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, but beware of the

st they beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which God hath se

own to thee. And if they turn away, be assured that for some of the

imes it is God's purpose to punish them. And truly most men ar

bellious.

0. Do they then seek after a judgment of (the Days of) Ignorance

ut who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give bette

dgment than God?

. O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for you

ends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to eacher. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is o

em. Verily God guideth not a people unjust.

2. Those in whose heart is a disease, thou seest how eagerly the

n about amongst them, saying: "We do fear lest a change

rtune bring us disaster." Ah! perhaps God will give (thee) victory, odecision according to His Will. Then will they repent of the though

hich they secretly harbored in their hearts.

3. And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swor

eir strongest oaths by God, that they were with you?" All that the

o will be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin.

4. O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his fait



oon will God produce a people whom He will love as they will lov

m, lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting

e way of God, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as fin

ult. That is the Grace of God, which He will bestow on whom H

easeth: and God encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.

5. Your (real) friends are (no less than) God, His Messenger, ane (fellowship of) believers, those who establish regular prayers an

gular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).

6. As to those who turn (for friendship) to God, His Messenger, an

e (fellowship of) believers, it is the fellowship of God that mu

ertainly triumph.

7. O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those wh

ke your religion for a mockery or sport, whether among those wh

ceived the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Fait

ut fear ye God, if ye have Faith (indeed).

8. When ye proclaim your call to prayer, they take it (but) aockery and sport; that is because they are a people witho

nderstanding.

9. Say: "O People of the Book! do ye disapprove of us for no othe

ason than that we believe in God, and the revelation that ha

ome to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that mo

you are rebellious and disobedient?"

0. Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (a

dged) by the treatment it received from God? Those who incurre

e curse of God and His wrath, those of whom some H

ansformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped Evil; thes

e (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the eveath!



. When they come to thee, they say: "We believe": but in fact the

nter with a mind against Faith, and they go out with the same: b

od knoweth fully all that they hide.

2. Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and ranco

nd their eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things th

ey do.

3. Why do not the Rabbis and the doctors of laws forbid them fro

eir (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Ev

deed are their works.

4. The Jews say: "God's hand is tied up." Be their hands tied und be they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both H

ands are widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of H

ounty) as He pleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to thee fro

od increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion an

asphemy. Amongst them We have placed enmity and hatred till th

ay of Judgment. Every time they kindle the fire of war, God dot

xtinguish it; but they (ever) strive to do mischief on earth. And Go

veth not those who do mischief.

5. If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteou

We should indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted the

gardens of Bliss.

6. If only they had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all th

velation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would hav

njoyed happiness from every side. There is from among them

arty on the right course; but many of them follow a course that

vil.

7. O Messenger! proclaim the (Message) which hath been sent tee from thy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled an



oclaimed His mission: and God will defend thee from men (wh

ean mischief). For God guideth not those who reject Faith.

8. Say: "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upo

nless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelatio

at has come to you from your Lord." It is the revelation that come

thee from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinatbellion and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) peop

thout Faith.

9. Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewis

Scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians, any who believe

od and the Last Day, and work righteousness, on them shall be nar, nor shall they grieve.

0. We took the Covenant of the Children of Israel and sent the

essengers. Every time there came to them an apostle with wh

ey themselves desired not -- some (of these) they called impostor

nd some they (go so far as to) slay.

. They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so the

ecame blind and deaf: yet God (in mercy) turned to them: yet aga

any of them became blind and deaf. But God sees well all that the

o.

2. They do blaspheme who say: "God is Christ the son of Mary

ut said Christ: "O children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and yo

ord." Whoever joins other gods with God, God will forbid him th

arden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrongdoe

e no one to help.

3. They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity: fo

ere is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (asphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blaspheme



mong them.

4. Why turn they not to God, and seek His forgiveness? For God


5. Christ the son of Mary was no more than a Messenger; man

ere the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother wawoman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See ho

od doth makes His Signs clear to them; yet see in what ways the

e deluded away from the truth!

6. Say: Will ye worship, besides God, something which hath n

ower either to harm or benefit you? But God, He it is that heare

nd knoweth all things."

7. Say: "O People of the Book! exceed not in your religion th

ounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follo

e vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by, wh

isled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way.

8. Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Isra

ho rejected faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son

ary: because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.

9. Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which the

ommitted: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.

0. Thou seest many of them turning in friendship to the unbeliever

vil indeed are (the works) which their souls have sent forwar

efore them (with the result), that God's wrath is on them, and

rment will they abide.

. If only they had believed in God, in the Prophet, and in what haeen revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friend

nd rotectors but most of them are rebellious wron doers.



2. Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find th

ews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believe

lt thou find those who say: "We are Christians:" because among

ese are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced th

orld, and they are not arrogant.

3. And when they listen to the revelation received by th

essenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for the

cognize the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe; write us dow

mong the witnesses.

4. "What cause can we have not to believe in God and the truhich has come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us t

e company of the righteous?"

5. And for this their prayer hath God rewarded them with garden

th rivers flowing underneath, their eternal home. Such is th

compense of those who do good.

6. But those who reject faith and belie our Signs, they shall b

ompanions of Hell-fire.

7. O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Go

ath made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for God loveth n

ose given to excess.

8. Eat of the things which God hath provided for you, lawful an

ood: but fear God, in Whom ye believe.

9. God will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, b

e will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiatio

ed then indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food our families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that



eyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for th

aths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth God mak

ear to you His Signs, that ye may be grateful.

0. O ye who believe! intoxicants and gambling, (dedication o

ones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination, of Satan

andiwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.

. Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between yo

th intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembranc

God, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?

2. Obey God, and obey the Messenger, and beware (of evil): if y

o turn back, know ye that it is Our Messenger's duty to proclaim (th

essage) in the clearest manner.

3. On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is n

ame for what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselve

om evil and believe, and do deeds of righteousness, (or) agai

uard themselves from evil and do good. For God loveth those who good.

4. O ye who believe! God doth but make a trial of you in a litt

atter of game well within reach of your hands and your lances, th

e may test who feareth Him unseen: any who transgress thereafte

ll have a grievous penalty.

5. O ye who believe! kill not game, while in the Sacred Precincts o

pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensatio

an offering, brought to the Ka'ba of a domestic animal equivale

the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or b

ay of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent

sts: that he may taste of the penalty of his deed. God forgives whpast: for repetition God will exact from him the penalty: for God



xalted, and Lord of Retribution.

6. Lawful to you is the pursuit of water-game and its use for food, fo

e benefit of yourselves and those who travel; but forbidden is th

ursuit of land-game: as long as ye are in the Sacred Precincts or

lgrim garb. And fear God, to whom ye shall be gathered back.

7. God made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, an asylum of securi

r men, as also the Sacred Months, the animals for offerings, an

e garlands that mark them: that ye may know that God ha

nowledge of what is in the heavens and on earth and that God

ell acquainted with all things.

8. Know ye that God is strict in punishment and that God is Of


9. The Messenger's duty is but to proclaim (the Message): but Go

noweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.

00. Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that arood, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee; s

ar God, O ye that understand! that (so) ye may prosper."

01. O ye who believe! ask not questions about things which,

ade plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about thing

hen the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to yo

od will forgive those: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

02. Some people before you did ask such questions, and on th

ccount lost their faith.

03. It was not God Who instituted (superstitions like those of) a sl

ar she-camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed fro

ork it is blas hemers who invent a lie a ainst God but most



em lack wisdom.

04. When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath reveale

ome to the Messenger": they say: "Enough for us are the ways w

und our fathers following." What! even though their fathers wer

oid of knowledge and guidance?

05. O ye who believe! guard your own souls: if ye follow (righ

uidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. The goal o

ou all is to God: it is He that will show you the truth of all that ye do.

06. O ye who believe! when death approaches any of you, (take

tnesses among yourselves when making bequests, two just men our own (brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeyin

rough the earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If y

oubt (their truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them bot

wear by God: "We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even thoug

e (beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidenc

efore God: if we do, then behold! the sin be upon us!"

07. But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (

erjury). Let two others stand forth in their places, nearest in kin fro

mong those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by God: "W

firm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that w

ave not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wron

e upon us!

08. That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its tru

ature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would b

ken after their oaths. But fear God, and listen (to His counsel): fo

od guideth not a rebellious people.

09. One day will God gather the Messengers together, and asWhat was the response e received (from men to our teaching



hey will say: "We have no knowledge: it is Thou who knowest in fu

that is hidden."

0. Then will God say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! recount My favo

thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the ho

pirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and

aturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law ane Gospel. And behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, th

gure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it, and

ecometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, an

e lepers by My leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead b

y leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from

iolence to) thee when thou didst show them the Clear Signs, ane unbelievers among them, said: 'This is nothing but evide

agic'.

1. "And behold! I inspired the Disciples to have faith in Me and M

essenger: they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear witness th

e bow to God as Muslims.'"

2. Behold! the disciples said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can th

ord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Sa

esus: "Fear God, if ye have faith."

3. They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our heart

nd to know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that wurselves may be witnesses to the miracle."

4. Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O God our Lord! send us from

eaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us -- for th

st and the last of us -- a solemn festival and a sign from Thee; an

ovide for our sustenance, for Thou art the best Sustainer (of o

eeds)."



5. God said: "I will send it down unto you: but if any of you after tha

sisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have n

flicted on anyone among all the peoples."

6. And behold! God will say "O Jesus the son of Mary! didst tho

ay unto men, 'worship me and my mother as gods in derogation

od'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had nght (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou wouldst indeed hav

nown it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what

Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.

7. "Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst comman

e to say, to wit, 'Worship God, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was tness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst tak

e up, Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a Witness t

things.

8. "If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servants: if Thou do

rgive them, Thou art the Exalted, the Wise."

9. God will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from

eir truth: theirs are Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath, the

ernal home: God well-pleased with them, and they with God: that

e great Salvation, (the fulfillment of all desires)."

20. To God doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth

nd all that is therein, and it is He who hath power over all things.





Surah 6 - Al An'am (The Cattle)


Praise be to God, Who created the heavens and the earth, anade the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith ho

thers) as equal with their Guardian-Lord.

He it is who created you from clay, and then decreed a stated ter

or you). And there is in His presence another determined term; y

e doubt within yourselves!

And He is God in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what y

de, and what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) whic

e earn (by your deeds).

But never did a single one of the Signs of their Lord reach them

ut they turned away therefrom.

And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon sha

ey learn the reality of what they used to mock at.

See they not how many of those before them We did destroy

enerations We had established on the earth, in strength such a

We have not given to you, for whom We poured out rain from thkies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath the

eet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wak

esh generations (to succeed them).

If We had sent unto thee a written (Message) on parchment, s

at they could touch it with their hands, the unbelievers would haveen sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"



They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If We did sen

own an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respi

ould be granted them.

If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a ma

nd We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matt

hich they have already covered with confusion.

0. Mocked were (many) Messengers before thee; but the scoffe

ere hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

. Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of thos

ho rejected truth."

2. Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and o

arth?" Say: "To God. He hath inscribed for Himself (the rule o

ercy that He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, ther

no doubt whatever. It is they who have lost their own souls, that w

ot believe.

3. "To Him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and th

ay. For He is the One Who heareth and knoweth all things.

4. Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than God, the Make

the heavens and the earth? And He is that feedeth but is not fed

ay: "Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow

od (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who jo

ods with God."

5. Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of th

enalty of a Mighty Day.

6. "On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is due to Godercy; and that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfillment of a



esire.

7. "If God touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if H

uch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.

8. "He is the Irresistible, (watching) from above over H

orshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things."

9. Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "God

Witness between me and you: this Qur'an hath been revealed to m

y inspiration that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can y

ossibly bear witness that besides God there is another god?" Sa

Nay! I cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the One Go

nd I truly am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him

0. Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they kno

eir own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefor

believe.

. Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against God ojecteth His Signs? But verily the wrongdoers never shall prosper.

2. One day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to thos

ho ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners whom y

nvented and) talked about?"

3. There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "Bod, Our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with God."

4. Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) whic

ey invented will leave them in the lurch.

5. Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but W

ave thrown veils on their hearts, so they understand it not, an

eafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the Signs, not they w



elieve in them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (bu

spute with thee; the unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tale

the ancients."

6. Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep awa

ut they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.

7. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the fire

hey will say: "Would that we were but sent back! then would we no

ject the Signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those wh

elieve!

8. Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before the

oncealed, but if they were returned, they would certainly relapse t

e things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.

9. And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing except our life o

is earth, and never shall we be raised up again."

0. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lorde will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea, by our Lord

e will say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected faith."

. Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they mu

eet God, until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: "A

oe unto us that we took no thought of it;" for they bear their burden

n their backs; and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear!

2. What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best

e home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye no

en understand?

3. We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: it ot thee they reject: it is the Signs of God, which the wicke

ondemn.



4. Rejected were the Messengers before thee: with patience an

onstancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid d

ach them: there is none that can alter the Words (and Decrees)

od. Already hast thou received some account of thos

essengers.

5. If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek

nnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a Sig

what good?). If it were God's will, He could gather them togethe

nto true guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are swaye

y ignorance (and impatience)!

6. Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dea

od will raise them up: then will they be turned unto Him.

7. They say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?

ay: "God hath certainly power to send down a Sign: but most

em understand not."

8. There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being tha

es on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothin

ave We omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered t

eir Lord in the end.

9. Those who reject Our Signs are deaf and dumb, in the midst o

arkness profound: whom God willeth, He leaveth to wander, whom

e willeth, He placeth on the way that is straight.

0. Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath

od, or the hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other tha

od? (Reply) if ye are truthful!

. "Na , On Him would e call, and if it be His Will, He wou



move (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and y

ould forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!"

2. Before thee We sent (Messengers) to many nations and W

flicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might lear

umility.

3. When the suffering reached them from Us, why then did they n

arn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, an

atan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.

4. But when they forget the warning they had received, We opene

them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of the

njoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to accoun

hen lo! they were plunged in despair!

5. Of the wrongdoers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be t

od, the Cherisher of the worlds.

6. Say: "Think ye, if God took away your hearing and your sight, anealed up your hearts, who -- a god other than God -- could restor

em to you? See how We explain the Signs by various (symbols

et they turn aside.

7. Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of God comes to you, whethe

uddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who d

rong?"

8. We send the Messengers only to give good news and to war

o those who believe and mend (their lives), upon them shall be n

ar, nor shall they grieve.

9. But those who reject Our Signs, them shall our punishment toucr that they ceased not from transgressing.



0. Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of God, nor do

now what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow wh

revealed to me." Say: "Can the blind be held equal to the seeing?

Will ye then consider not?

. Give the warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that the

ll be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except from Him thell have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (again

vil).

2. Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evenin

eeking His Face. Naught have they to gain from thee, and naug

ast thou to gain from them, that thou shouldst turn them away, anus be (one) of the unjust.

3. Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, th

ey should say: Is it these then that God hath favored from among

s?" Doth not God know best those who are grateful?

4. When those come to thee who believe in Our Signs, say: "Peace on you: your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Merc

erily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented an

mended (his conduct), lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

5. Thus do We explain the Signs in detail: that the way of th

nners may be shown up.

6. Say: "I am forbidden to worship those, other than God, whom y

all upon." Say: "I will not follow your vain desires: if I did, I wou

ray from the path, and be not of the company of those who receiv

uidance."

7. Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear Sign from my Lord, but ye rejem. What ye would see hastened is not in my power. Th



ommand rests with none but God: He declares the truth, and He

e best of Judges."

8. Say: "If what ye would see hastened were in my power, th

atter would be settled at once between you and me. But Go

noweth best those who do wrong."

9. With Him are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that non

noweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in th

ea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain

e darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (gree

withered), but is (inscribed) in a Record Clear (to those who ca

ad).

0. It is He Who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge

that ye have done by day. By day doth He raise you up again; tha

term appointed be fulfilled; in the end unto Him will be your retur

en will He show you the truth of all that ye did.

. He is the Irresistible, (watching) from above over horshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when deat

pproaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fa

their duty.

2. Then are men returned unto God, their Protector, the (only

ality: is not His the Command? And He is the swiftest in takin

ccount.

3. Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of lan

nd sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror: 'if H

nly delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly sho

ur gratitude.'?"

4. Say: "It is God that delivereth you from these and all (othe



stresses: and yet ye worship false gods!"

5. Say: "He hath power to send calamities on you, from above an

elow, or to cover you with confusion in party strife giving you a tast

mutual vengeance -- each from the other." See how We expla

e Signs by various (symbols), that they may understand.

6. But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: "Not mine

e responsibility for arranging your affairs;

7. "For every Message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know it.

8. When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about O

gns, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. atan ever makes thee forget, then after recollection, sit not thou

e company of the ungodly.

9. On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous, but (the

uty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear God.

0. Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play an

musement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclai

o them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its ow

cts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except God: if

fered every ransom (or reparation), none will be accepted: such

he end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own act

ey will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, onost grievous: for they persisted in rejecting God.

. Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides God, things th

an do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels afte

ceiving guidance from God? -- like one whom the evil ones hav

ade into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friendalling 'Come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the Path." Say: "God



uidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed t

ubmit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds;

2. "To establish regular prayers and to fear God; for it is to him tha

e shall be gathered together."

3. It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in truroportions): the day He saith, "Be," Behold! it is. His Word is th

uth. His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. H

noweth the Unseen as well as that which is open. For He is th

Wise, well acquainted (with all things).

4. Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for gods

r I see thee and thy people in manifest error."

5. So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of th

eavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) hav

ertitude.

6. When the night covered him over, he saw a star: he said: "This y Lord." But when it set, he said: "I love not those that set."

7. When he saw the moon rising in splendor, He said: "This is m

ord." but when the moon set, he said: "Unless my Lord guide me

hall surely be among those who go astray."

8. When he saw the sun rising in splendor, he said: "This is mord; this is the greatest (of all)." But when the sun set, he said: "

y people! I am (now) free from your (guilt) of giving partners to God

9. "For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, toward Him Wh

eated the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners t

od."

0. His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye to disput



th me, about God, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear n

he beings) ye associate with God: unless my Lord willeth, (nothin

an happen). My Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all thing

ll ye not (yourselves) be admonished?

. "How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with God, when y

ar not to give partners to God without any warrant having beeven to you? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security

ell me) if ye know.

2. "It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong

at are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance."

3. That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (t

se) against his people: We raise whom We will, degree afte

egree: for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.

4. We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) We guided: and befor

m, We guided Noah, and before him, We guided Noah, an

mong his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, anaron: thus do We reward those who do good:

5. And Zakariyya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks o

e righteous:

6. And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonahs, and Lot: and to all We gav

vor above the nations:

7. (To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: W

hose them. And We guided them to a straight way.

8. This is the guidance of God: He giveth that guidance to whom H

easeth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him that they did would be vain for them.



9. These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authorit

nd prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them, behold

We shall entrust their charge to a new People who reject them not.

0. Those were the (prophets) who received God's guidance: cop

e guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of yo

s is no less than a Message for the nations."

. No just estimate of God do they make when they say: "Nothin

oth God send down to man (by way of revelation)": Say: "Who the

ent down the Book which Moses brought? a light and guidance t

an: but ye make it into (separate) sheets for show, while ye conce

uch (of its contents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew notneither ye nor your fathers." Say: "God (sent it down)": then leav

em to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.

2. And this is a Book which We have revealed, bringing blessing

nd confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that tho

ayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her. Those wh

elieve in the Hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constaguarding their prayers.

3. Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie again

od, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath receive

one, or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what God ha

vealed?" If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in thood of confusion at death! -- the angels stretch forth their hand

aying), "Yield up your souls. This day shall ye receive your reward

penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against God, an

cornfully to reject of His Signs!"

4. "And behold! ye come to Us bare and alone as We created yo

r the first time: Ye have left behind you all (the favors) which Westowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom y



ought to be partners in your affairs: so now all relations betwee

ou have been cut off, and your (pet) fancies have left you in th

rch!"

5. It is God Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to sp

nd sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He

e one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is God; theow are ye deluded away from the truth?

6. He it is that cleaveth the daybreak (from the dark): He makes th

ght for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckonin

f time): such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted

ower, the Omniscient.

7. It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that ye ma

uide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land an

ea: We detail Our Signs for people who know.

8. It is He who hath produced you from a single person: here is

ace of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs foeople who understand.

9. It is He who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produc

egetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out

hich We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date

alm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hangin

w and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olive

nd pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety

hen they begin to bear fruit, and the ripeness thereof. Behold!

ese things there are signs for people who believe.

00. Yet they make the Jinns equals with God, though God di

eate the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute tm sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is



bove what they attribute to Him!

01. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth

ow can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created a

ngs, and He hath full knowledge of all things.

02. That is God your Lord! there is no god but He, the Creator of aings: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose of a

fairs.

03. No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He

bove all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.

04. "Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs to open yoyes: if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any w

e blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch ove

our doings."

05. Thus do We explain the Signs by various (symbols): that the

ay say "Thou hast taught us diligently," and that We may make thatter clear to those who know.

06. Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord: there

o god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with God.

07. If it had been God's Plan, they would not have taken false god

ut We made thee not one to watch over their doings, nor art thou sver them to dispose of their affairs.

08. Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides God, lest the

ut of spite revile God in their ignorance. Thus have We mad

uring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return t

eir Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.

09. They swear their strongest oaths by God that if a (special) sig



ame to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs a

the power of God: but what will make you (Muslims) realize th

ven if a (special) sign comes, they will not believe."

0. We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their eye

ven as they refused to believe in the first instance: We shall leav

em in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.

1. Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did spea

nto them, and We gathered together all things before their ve

yes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in God's Plan: b

ost of them ignore (the truth).

2. Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy, ev

nes among men and Jinns, inspiring each other with flowe

scourses by way of deception. If thy Lord had so planned, the

ould not have done it: so leave them and their inventions alone.

3. To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no fai

the Hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it whey may.

4. Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than God? when He it is Wh

ath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They know full we

whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down fro

y Lord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt.

5. The Word of thy Lord doth find its fulfillment in truth and

stice: none can change His Words: for He is the one who heare

nd knoweth all.

6. Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they w

ad thee away from the Way of God. They follow nothing buonjecture: they do nothing but lie.



7. Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His Way. He knowet

est who they are that receive His guidance.

8. So eat of (meats) on which God's name hath been pronounced

ye have faith in His Signs.

9. Why should ye not eat of (meats) on which God's name hateen pronounced, when He hath explained to you in detail what

rbidden to you -- except under compulsion of necessity? But man

o mislead (men) by their appetites unchecked by knowledge. Th

ord knoweth best those who transgress.

20. Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin, will get du

compense for their "earnings."

21. Eat not of (meats) on which God's name hath not bee

onounced: that would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspir

eir friends to contend with you; if ye were to obey them, ye wou

deed be pagans.

22. Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a Lig

hereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depth

darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to thos

thout faith their own deeds seem pleasing.

23. Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men,

ot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own soul

nd they perceive it not.

24. When there comes to them a Sign (from God), they say: "W

hall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received b

od's Prophets." God knoweth best where (and how) to carry out H

ission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation befood, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.



25. Those whom God (in His Plan) willeth to guide, He opene

eir breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying, H

aketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb u

the skies: thus doth God (heap) the penalty on those who refuse t

elieve.

26. This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailee Signs for those who receive admonition.

27. For them will be a Home of Peace in the presence of their Lor

e will be their Friend, because they practiced (righteousness).

28. One day will He gather them all together, (and say): "O yssembly of Jinns! much (toll) did ye take of men." Their friend

mongst men will say: "Our Lord! we made profit from each othe

ut (alas!) we reached our term -- which Thou didst appoint for us

e will say: "The fire be your dwelling-place you will dwell therein fo

ver, except as God willeth." For thy Lord is full of wisdom an

nowledge.

29. Thus do We make the wrongdoers turn to each other, becaus

what they earn.

30. O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto yo

postles from amongst you, setting forth unto you of the meeting

is day of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness againurselves." It was the life of this world that deceived them. So again

emselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith.

31. (The apostles were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy fo

eir wrongdoing men's habitations whilst their occupants wer

nwarned.

32. To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their deeds: for th



ord is not unmindful of anything that they do.

33. Thy Lord is Self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it were His Will, H

ould destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as you

uccessors, even as he raised you up from the posterity of oth

eople.

34. All that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor ca

e frustrate it (in the least bit).

35. Say: "O my people! do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soo

ll ye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafte

ertain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper."

36. Out of what God hath produced in abundance in tilth and

attle, they assigned Him a share: they say, according to the

ncies: "This is for God, and this for our 'partners'"! But the share

eir 'partners' reacheth not God, whilst the share of God reache

eir 'partners'! Evil (and unjust) is their assignment!

37. Even so, in the eyes of most of the Pagans, their 'partner

ade alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them t

eir own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Go

ad willed, they would not have done so: but leave alone them an

eir inventions.

38. And they say that such and such cattle and crops are tabond none should eat of them except those whom -- so they say -- W

sh; further, there are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and catt

n which (at slaughter), the name of God is not pronounce

ventions against God's name: soon will He requite them for the

ventions.

39. They say: "What is in the wombs of such and such cattle



pecially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to ou

omen; but if it is still-born then all have shares therein. For the

alse) attribution (of superstitions to God): He will soon punish them

r He is full of Wisdom and Knowledge.

40. Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, witho

nowledge, and forbid food which God hath provided for themventing (lies) against God. They have indeed gone astray an

eeded no guidance.

41. It is He who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, an

ates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives an

omegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of theuit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the da

at the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for God love

ot the wasters.

42. Of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat. Eat wh

od hath provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan: fo

e is to you an avowed enemy.

43. (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, an

goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the tw

males, or (the young) which the wombs of the two female

nclose? Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful.

44. Of camels a pair, and of oxen a pair; say, hath He forbidden th

wo males, or the two females, or the (the young) which the wombs

e two females enclose? Were ye present when God ordered yo

uch a thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a l

gainst God, to lead astray men without knowledge? For Go

uideth not people who do wrong.

45. Say: "I find not in the Message received by me by inspiratio



ny (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unles

be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine, for it

n abomination, or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name ha

een invoked, other than God's." But (even so), if a person is force

y necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing du

mits, thy Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

46. For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade eve

nimal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the o

nd the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrail

is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilf

sobedience: for We are True (in Our ordinances).

47. If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: "Your Lord is full of Merc

l-embracing; but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turne

ack.

48. Those who give partners to God will say, "If God had wished

e should not have given partners to Him, nor would our father; no

hould we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argulsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain

nowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing b

onjecture: Ye do nothing but lie."

49. Say: "With God is the argument that reaches home: if it ha

een his will, he could indeed have guided you all."

50. Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that God did forb

o and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them

or follow thou the vain desires of such as treat Our Signs a

lsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they ho

hers as equal with their Guardian-Lord.

51. Say: "Come, I will rehearse what God hath (really) prohibite



ou from": join not anything as equal with Him; be good to you

arents: kill not your children on a plea of want; -- We provid

ustenance for you and for them; -- come not nigh to shamef

eeds, whether open or secret; take not life, which God hath mad

acred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He comman

ou, that ye may learn wisdom.

52. And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improv

until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight wi

ull) justice; no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it ca

ear; whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative

oncerned; and fulfil the Covenant of God: thus doth He comman

ou, that ye may remember.

53. Verily, this is My Way, leading straight: follow it: follow no

ther) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great) path: thu

oth He command you that ye may be righteous.

54. Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favor) t

ose who would do right, and explaining all things in detail, and uide and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with the

ord.

55. And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: s

llow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy:

56. Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two people

efore us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all th

ey learned by assiduous study."

57. Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down t

s, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now the

ath come unto you a Clear (sign) from your Lord, and a guide and ercy: then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth God



gns, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requi

ose who turn away from Our Signs, with a dreadful penalty, for the

rning away.

58. Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lor

Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain

e signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believthem then, if it believed not before nor earned righteousnes

rough its Faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."

59. As for those who divide their religion and break up into sect

ou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with God: He w

the end tell them the truth of all that they did.

60. He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his cred

e that doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his ev

o wrong shall be done unto (any of) them.

61. Say: "Verily, my Lord hath guided me to a way that is straight,

ligion of right, the path (trod) by Abraham the true in faith, and hertainly) joined not gods with God."

62. Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life an

y death, are (all) for God, the Cherisher of the Worlds:

63. No partner hath He: this am I commanded, and I am the first

ose who bow to His Will.

64. Say: "Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than God, when H

the Cherisher of all things (that exist)?" Every soul draws the mee

its acts on none but itself: no bearer of burdens can bear th

urden of another. Your goal in the end is toward God: He will tell yo

e truth of the things wherein ye disputed.

65. It is He who hath made ou His a ents inheritors of the eart



e hath raised you in ranks, some above others: that he may try yo

the gifts He hath given you: for thy Lord is quick in punishment: y

e is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.





Surah 7 - Al A'raf (The Heights)


Alif Lam Mim Sad.

A Book revealed unto thee, so let thy heart be oppressed no mor

y any difficulty on that account, that with it thou mightest warn (th

ring) and teach the believers.

Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, an

llow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is y

member of admonition.

How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Ou

unishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept fo

eir afternoon rest.

When (thus) our punishment took them, no cry did they utter b

is: "Indeed we did wrong."

Then shall We question those to whom Our Message was se

nd those by whom We sent it.

And verily We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, foWe were never absent (at any time or place).

The balance that day will be true (to a nicety): those whose sca

f good) will be heavy, will prosper.

Those whose scale will be light, will find their souls in perdition, fo

at they wrongfully treated our signs.



0. It is We who have placed you with authority on earth, an

ovided you therein with means for the fulfillment of your life: sma

e the thanks that ye give!

. It is We who created you and gave you shape; then We bade th

ngels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; h

fused to be of those who bow down.

2. (God) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when

ommanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: thou didst creat

e from fire and him from clay."

3. (God) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to b

rogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."

4. He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."

5. (God) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."

6. He said: "Because Thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I we in wait for them on Thy straight way.

7. "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them fro

eir right and their left: nor wilt Thou find, in most of them, gratitud

or Thy mercies).

8. (God) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any em follow thee, hell will I fill with you all.

9. O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and enjoy (it

ood things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run int

arm and transgression."

0. Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringinpenly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from the



efore): he said "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye shou

ecome angels or such beings as live for ever."

. And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.

2. So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of th

ee, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to segether the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lor

alled unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you th

atan was an avowed enemy unto you?"

3. They said: "Our Lord! we have wronged our own souls: if Tho

rgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy mercy, we shall certain

e lost."

4. (God) said: "Get ye down, with enmity between yourselves. O

arth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood, for

me."

5. He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but fromhall ye be taken out (at last)."

6. O ye children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you t

over your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you, but th

iment of righteousness, that is the best. Such are among the sign

God, that they may receive admonition!

7. O ye children of Adam! let not Satan seduce you, in the sam

anner as he got your parents out of the garden, stripping them o

eir raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch yo

om a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil one

ends (only) to those without faith.

8. When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found o

thers doin so " and "God commanded us thus": sa : "Na Go



ever commands what is shameful: do ye say of God what ye kno

ot?"

9. Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set you

hole selves (to him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upo

m, making your devotion sincere as in his sight: such as he create

ou in the beginning, so shall ye return."

0. Some He hath guided: others have (by their choice) deserve

e loss of their way: in that they took the evil ones, in preference t

od, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receiv

uidance.

. O children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every tim

nd place of prayer: eat and drink: but waste not by excess, for Go

veth not the wasters.

2. Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of God, which H

ath produced for his servants, and the things, clean and pur

which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: they are, in the life is world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day

udgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those wh

nderstand.

3. Say: The things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden ar

hameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespassegainst truth or reason; assigning of partners to God, for which h

ath given no authority; and saying things about God of which y

ave no knowledge.

4. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached

ot an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance

anticipation).



5. O ye children of Adam! whenever there come to you Messenger

om amongst you, rehearsing my signs unto you, those who a

ghteous and mend (their lives), on them shall be no fear, nor sha

ey grieve.

6. But those who reject our signs and treat them with arroganc

ey are companions of the fire, to dwell therein (for ever).

7. Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against God o

jects his signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach the

om the Book (of decrees); until, when Our messengers (of deat

rive and take their souls, they say: "Where are the things that y

sed to invoke besides God?" They will reply, "They have left us e lurch," and they will bear witness against themselves, that the

ad rejected God.

8. He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passe

way before you, men and Jinns, into the fire. Every time a ne

eople enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until the

llow each other, all into the fire. Saith the last about the first: "Ouord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in th

e." He will say: "Doubled for all": but this Ye do not understand.

9. Then the first will say to the last: "See then! no advantage hav

e over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did!"

0. To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, n

pening will there be of the gates of heaven nor will they enter th

arden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: suc

Our reward for those in sin.

. For them there is hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds

overing above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong.



2. But those who believe and work righteousness, no burden do W

ace on any soul, but that which it can bear, they will be companion

the garden, therein to dwell (for ever).

3. And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injur

eneath them will be rivers flowing; and they shall say: "Praise be t

od, Who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have founuidance, had it not been for the guidance of God: indeed it was th

uth that the Messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they sha

ear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made i

heritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."

4. The companions of the garden will call out to the companions e fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us tru

ave you also found your Lord's promises true?" They shall say

Yes;" but a crier shall proclaim between them: "The curse of God

n the wrongdoers;

5. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of God and wou

eek in it something crooked: they were those who Denied thereafter."

6. Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men wh

ould know everyone by his marks: they will call out to th

ompanions of the garden, "Peace on you" they will not hav

ntered, but they will have an assurance (thereof.)

7. When their eyes shall be turned towards the companions of th

e, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of th

rongdoers."

8. The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they w

now from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were yooards and your arrogant ways?



9. "Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that God wi

s mercy would never bless? Enter ye the garden: no fear shall b

n you, nor shall ye grieve."

0. The companions of the fire will call to the companions of th

arden; "Pour down to us water or anything that God doth provide f

our sustenance." They will say: "Both these things hath Go

rbidden to those who rejected Him.

. "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, an

ere deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget the

s they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wo

reject Our signs.

2. For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based o

nowledge, which We explained in detail, a guide and a mercy to a

ho believe.

3. Do they just wait for the final fulfillment of the event? On the da

e event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will saThe Messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Hav

e no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we b

ent back? Then should we behave differently from our behavior

e past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things the

vented will leave them in the lurch.

4. Your Guardian-Lord is God, Who created the heavens and th

arth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority

e draweth the night as a veil O'er the day, each seeking the other

pid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (a

overned by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and t

overn? Blessed be God, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds

5. Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for God loveth no



ose who trespass beyond bounds.

6. Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, b

all on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the mercy

od is (always) near to those who do good.

7. It is He who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, goinefore His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden cloud

We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereo

nd produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise u

e dead: perchance ye may remember.

8. From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherishe

prings up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is ba

pring up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do We explain th

gns by various (symbols) to those who are grateful.

9. We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worsh

od! Ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of

eadful day!

0. The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evident

andering (in mind)."

. He said: "O my people! no wandering is there in my (mind): o

e contrary I am a Messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of th

orlds!

2. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: sincere

y advice to you, and I know from God something that ye know not.

3. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from you

ord, through a man of your own people, to warn you, so that ye maar God and haply receive his mercy?"



4. But they rejected him and We delivered him, and those with him

the ark: But We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected ou

gns. They were indeed a blind people!

5. To the Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: H

aid: "O my people! worship God! ye have no other god but Him. W

et not fear (God)?"

6. The leaders of the unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! w

ee thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"

7. He said: "O my people! I am not imbecile, but (I am)

essenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

8. "I but fulfil towards your the duties of my Lord's mission: I am t

ou a sincere and trustworthy adviser.

9. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from you

ord through a man of your own people, to warn you? Call

membrance that he made you inheritors after the people of Noand gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembranc

e benefits (ye have received) from God: that so Ye may prosper."

0. They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship God alon

nd give up the cult of our fathers? Bring us what thou threatenest u

th, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"

. He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon yo

om your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye hav

evised, ye and your fathers, without authority from God? Then wait

m amongst you, also waiting."

2. We saved him and those who adhered to him, by our mercy, anWe cut off the roots of those who rejected our signs and did n

elieve.



3. To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their ow

ethren: he said: "O my people! worship God; ye have no other go

ut Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord! Th

he-camel of God is a sign unto you: so leave her to graze in God

arth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with

ievous punishment.

4. "And remember how He made you inheritors after the ad peop

nd gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palace

nd castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountain

o bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Go

nd refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."

5. The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to thos

ho were reckoned powerless -- those among them who believ

Know ye indeed that Salih is a messenger from his Lord?" The

aid: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been se

rough him."

6. The arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believ

."

7. Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied th

der of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if tho

t a messenger (of God)!"

8. So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate

eir homes in the morning!

9. So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey t

ou the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you goo

ounsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"



0. We also (sent) Lut: he said to his people: "Do ye comm

wdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed befor

ou?

. "For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: y

e indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."

2. And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive the

ut of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean an

ure!"

3. But We saved him and his family, except his wife: she was o

ose who lagged behind.

4. And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): then se

hat was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!

5. To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their ow

ethren: he said: "O my people! worship God; Ye have no other go

ut Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord! Givst measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things th

e their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set

der: that will be best for you, if ye have faith.

6. "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering fro

e path of God those who believe in Him, and seeking in

omething crooked; but remember how ye were little, and He gavou increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of thos

ho did mischief.

7. "And if there is a party among you who believes in the messag

th which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, ho

ourselves in patience until God doth decide between us: for He e best to decide."



8. The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: "

hu'aib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city, (thee) and thos

ho believe with thee: or else ye (thou and they) shall have to retu

our ways and religion." He said: "What! even though we do dete

hem)?

9. "We should indeed invent a lie against God, if we returned tour ways after God hath rescued us therefrom: nor could we by an

anner of means return thereto unless it be as in the Will and plan o

od, our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses

ings by His knowledge. In God is our trust. Our Lord! decide tho

etween us and our people in truth, for thou art the best to decide."

0. The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said, "If ye follo

hu'aib, be sure then ye are ruined!"

. But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate

eir homes before the morning!

2. The men who rejected Shu'aib became as if they had never beethe homes where they had flourished: the men who rejecte

hu'aib -- it was they who were ruined!

3. So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed conve

you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave yo

ood counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse telieve!

4. Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people

uffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

5. Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they gre

nd multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched buffering and affluence."...Behold! We called them to account of



udden, while they realized not (their peril).

6. If the people of the towns had but believed and feared God, W

hould indeed have opened out to them (all kinds of) blessings fro

eaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought the

book for their misdeeds.

7. Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of o

rath by night while they were asleep?

8. Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylig

hile they played about (carefree)?

9. Did they then fell secure against the plan of God? But no one cael secure from the plan of God, except those (doomed) to ruin!

00. To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous

ossessors, is it not a guiding (lesson) that, if We so willed, W

ould punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so th

ey could not hear?

01. Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto the

ere came indeed to them their Messengers with clear (signs): b

ey would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Go

eal up the heart of those who reject faith.

02. Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: bost of them We found rebellious and disobedient.

03. Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh an

s chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: so see what was th

nd of those who made mischief.

04. Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am a Messenger from the Lord

e worlds.



05. "One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about God. No

ave I come unto you (people), from your Lord with a clear (sign): s

t the children of Israel depart along with me."

06. (Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come with a sign, show

rth, if thou tellest the truth."

07. Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, pla

or all to see)!

08. And he drew out his hand and behold! it was white to a

eholders!

09. Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed

orcerer well-versed.

0. "His plan is to get you out of your land then what is it y

ounsel?"

1. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while

nd send to the cities men to collect

2. and bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

3. So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: they said, "Of cours

e shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"

4. He said: "Yea, (and more), for ye shall in that case be (raised t

osts) nearest (to my person)."

5. They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have th

rst) throw?"

6. Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, the



ewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for the

howed a great (feat of) magic.

7. We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) th

d": and behold! it swallows up straightway all the falsehoods whic

ey fake!

8. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of n

fect.

9. So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and wer

ade to look small.

20. But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.

21. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the worlds.

22. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

23. Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in him before I give you permission

urely this is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out it

eople: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).

24. "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposit

des, and I will cause you all to die on the cross."

25. They said: "For us, we are but sent back unto our Lord.

26. "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because w

elieved in the signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord

our out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto the

s Muslims (who bow to thy will)"!

27. Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Mosend his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon the



nd thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) the

males will we save alive; and we have over them (powe

esistible."

28. Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from God, and (wa

patience and constancy: for the earth is God's to give as

eritage to such of his servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (besr the righteous.

29. They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before an

ter thou comest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord w

estroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so H

ay try you by your deeds."

30. We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of drought) an

hortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.

31. But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us

hen gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connecte

th Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil areirs in God's sight, but most of them do not understand!

32. They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the signs thou bringest, t

ork therewith the sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee."

33. So We sent (plagues) on them, wholesale death, Locusts, Lic

rogs, and Blood: signs openly Self-explained; but they wereeped in arrogance, a people given to sin.

34. Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on o

ehalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: if thou w

move the penalty from us we shall truly believe in thee, and we sha

end away the children of Israel with thee."

35. But ever time We removed the enalt from them accordin



fixed term which they had to fulfil, Behold! they broke their word!

36. So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in th

ea, because they rejected Our signs, and failed to take warnin

om them.

37. And We made a people, considered weak (and of no accountheritors of lands in both east and west, lands whereon We se

own our blessings. The fair promise of the Lord was fulfilled for th

hildren of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and W

velled to the ground the great works and fine buildings whic

haraoh and his people erected (with such pride).

38. We took the children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. The

ame upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. The

aid: "O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have

e said: "Surely ye are a people without knowledge.

39. "As to these folk, the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a rui

nd vain is the (worship) which they practice."

40. He said: "Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Go

hen it is God who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?"

41. And remember, We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, wh

flicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male childre

nd saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial fro

our Lord.

42. We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (th

eriod) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion

th his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaro

efore he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: do right, anllow not the way of those who do mischief."



43. When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lor

ddressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that

ay look upon thee." God said: "By no means canst thou see M

irect); but look upon the mount; if it abide in its place then shalt tho

ee Me." When his Lord manifested his glory on the mount, He mad

as dust and Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered h

enses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and

m the first to believe."

44. (God) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other) me

y the mission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken t

ee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of thos

ho give thanks."

45. And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, bot

ommanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hol

ese with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best

e precepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked, (ho

ey lie desolate)."

46. Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of righ

em will I turn away from My signs, they will not believe in them; an

they see the way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the wa

ut if they see the way of error that is the way they will adopt; for the

jected Our signs, and failed to take warning from them.

47. Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the hereafte

ain are their deeds: can they expect to be rewarded except as the

ave wrought?

48. The people of Moses made in his absence, out of the

naments, the image of a calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: d

ey not see that it could neither speak to them nor show them th

ay? They took it for worship and they did wrong.



49. When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said:

ur Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed b

those who perish."

50. When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, h

aid: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did yake haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down th

blets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged hi

him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed recko

e as naught, and went near to slaying me! make not the enemie

joice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people

n."

51. Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! adm

s to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who so

ercy!"

52. Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed b

verwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this lifus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).

53. But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believ

erily Thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

54. When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up th

blets: in the writing thereon was guidance and mercy for such aar their Lord.

55. And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place o

eeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "

y Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, lon

efore, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds e foolish one among us? This is no more than Thy trial: by it Tho

ausest whom Thou wilt to stra and Thou leadest whom Thou w



to the right path. Thou art our protector: so forgive us and give u

hy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

56. "And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in th

ereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said: "With M

unishment I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all thing

hat (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and practicgular charity, and those who believe in Our signs;

57. "Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophe

hom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures); in the law an

e Gospel; for he commands them what is just and forbids the

hat is evil: he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) anohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases the

om their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. S

is those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow th

ht which is sent down with him, it is they who will prosper."

58. Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Go

Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: therno god but He: it is He that giveth both life and death. So believe

od and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believed

od and His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided."

59. Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and d

stice in the light of truth.

60. We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directe

oses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for wate

Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelv

prings: each group knew its own place for water. We gave them th

hade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying

Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but thebelled): to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.



61. And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in this town and ea

erein as ye wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate

posture of humility; We shall forgive you your faults; We sha

crease (the portion of) those who do good."

62. But the transgressors among them changed the word from thhich had been given them; so We sent on them a plague fro

eaven, for that they repeatedly transgressed.

63. Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea

ehold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on th

ay of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding u

eir heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thud We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.

64. When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people who

od will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?" Said th

eachers: "To discharge our duty to your Lord and perchance the

ay fear Him."

65. When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them

We rescued those who forbade evil; but We visited the wrongdoe

th a grievous punishment, because they were given

ansgression.

66. When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibition, Waid to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."

67. Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them

the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievou

enalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but he is also Oft-Forgiving

ost Merciful.

68. We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are amon



em some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposit

We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: in order th

ey might turn (to us).

69. After them succeeded an (evil) generation: they inherited th

ook, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this worl

aying (for excuse): "(everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), milar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Wa

ot the Covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would n

scribe to God anything but the truth? And they study what is in th

ook. But best for the righteous is the home in the hereafter: will y

ot understand?

70. As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regula

ayer; never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.

71. When We shook the mount over them, as if it had been

anopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We said

Hold firmly, to what We have given you and bring (even) t

membrance what is therein; perchance ye may fear God."

72. When thy Lord drew forth from the children of Adam, from the

ns, their descendants, and made them testify concernin

emselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes an

ustains you)?" They said: "Yea! we do testify!" (This), lest ye shou

ay on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful."

73. Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have take

lse gods but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt thou the

estroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"

74. Thus do We explain the signs in detail! and perchance they ma

rn (unto Us).



75. Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent our sign

ut he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he we

stray.

76. If it had been Our will We should have elevated him with o

gns; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desire

s similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out hngue, or if you leave him alone he (still) lolls out his tongue. That

e similitude of those who reject our signs; so relate the stor

erchance they may reflect.

77. Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wron

eir own souls.

78. Whom God doth guide, he is on the right path: whom He rejec

om His guidance, such are the persons who perish.

79. Many are the Jinns and men, We have made for Hell: They hav

earts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see no

nd ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle, nay moisguided: for they are heedless (of warning).

80. The most beautiful names belong to God: so call on Him b

em; but shun such men as use profanity in His names: for what the

o, they will soon be requited.

81. Of those We have created are people who direct (others) wiuth, and dispense justice therewith.

82. Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit wi

unishment, in ways they perceive not.

83. Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (annfailing).



84. Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized wi

adness: he is but a perspicuous warner.

85. Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and th

arth and all that God hath created? (Do they not see) that it may we

e that their term is nigh drawing to an end? In what message afte

is will they then believe?

86. To such as God rejects from His guidance, there can be n

uide; He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering

straction.

87. They ask thee about the (final) hour, when will be its appointe

me? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): none b

e can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden throug

e heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden, will it come to you

hey ask thee as if thou wert eager in search thereof: Say: "Th

nowledge thereof is with God (alone), but most men know not."

88. Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself exces God willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should hav

ultiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me, I am but

arner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."

89. It is He who created you from a single person, and made h

ate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love

When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it abo

nnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to God the

ord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we sha

ver) be grateful."

90. But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to othe

share in the gift they have received: but God is exalted, high above partners they ascribe to Him.



91. Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that ca

eate nothing, but are themselves created?

92. No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves!

93. If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: for you it is th

ame whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!

94. Verily those whom ye call upon besides God are servants lik

nto you: call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye ar

ndeed) truthful!

95. Have they feet to walk with? or hands to lay hold with? or eye

see with? or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your god-partner

cheme (your worst) against me, and give me no respite!

96. "For my protector is God, Who revealed the Book (from time t

me), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.

97. "But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help yond indeed to help themselves."

98. If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt se

em looking at thee, but they see not.

99. Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; but turn away fro

e ignorant.

00. If a suggestion from satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge wi

od; for He heareth and knoweth (all things).

01. Those who fear God, when a thought of evil from Satan assaul

em, bring God to remembrance when lo! they see (aright)!

02. But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into erro



nd never relax (their efforts).

03. If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou n

ot it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from m

ord: This is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and guidance, an

ercy, for any who have faith.

04. When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold you

eace: that ye may receive Mercy.

05. And do thou (O reader!) bring thy Lord to remembrance in th

ery) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in word

the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who a

nheedful.

06. Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do him worshi

ey celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him.





Surah 8 - Al Anfal (The Spoils of War)


They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Sa

such) spoils are at the disposal of God and the Messenger: so fea

od, and keep straight the relations between yourselves: obey Go

nd His Messenger, if ye do believe."

For, believers are those who, when God is mentioned, feel emor in their hearts, and when they hear His signs rehearsed, fin

eir faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord.

Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gif

We have given them for sustenance:

Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity wi

eir Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance.

Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth even thoug

party among the believers disliked it.

Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it was madanifest, as if they were being driven to death and they (actually

aw it.

Behold! God promised you one of the two (enemy) parties, that

hould be yours: ye wished that the one unarmed should be your

ut God willed to justify the truth according to His words, and to cf the roots of the unbelievers.



That He might justify and prove falsehood false, distasteful thoug

be to those in guilt.

Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and H

nswered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, rank

n ranks."

0. God made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to yo

eart: (in any case) there is no help except from God: and God

xalted in Power, Wise.

. Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give yo

alm as from Himself, and He caused rain to descend on you fro

eaven, to clean you therewith, to remove from you the stain

atan, to strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firm

erewith.

2. Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message):

m with you: give firmness to the believers: I will instil terror into th

earts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite aeir finger-tips off them."

3. This because they contended against God and His Messenger:

ny contend against God and His Messenger, God is strict

unishment.

4. Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of the (punishment): for thosho resist God, is the penalty of the fire."

5. O ye who believe! when ye meet the unbelievers in hostile array

ever turn your backs to them.

6. If any do turn his back to them on such a day unless it be in ratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own) He draws o

mself the wrath of God and his abode is Hell and evil refu



ndeed)!

7. It is not ye who slew them; it was God: when thou threwest (

andful of dust), it was not thy act, but God's: in order that He mig

st the believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for God is He wh

eareth and knoweth (all things).

8. That, and also because God is He who makes feeble the plan

nd stratagems of the unbelievers.

9. (O unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory and judgment, now ha

e judgment come to you: if ye desist (from wrong), it will be best fo

ou: if ye return (to the attack) so shall We. Not the least good wour forces be to you even if they were multiplied: for verily God

th those who believe.

0. O ye who believe! obey God and His Messenger, and turn no

way from him when ye hear (him speak).

. Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not:

2. For the worst of beasts in the sight of God are the deaf and th

umb, those who understand not.

3. If God had found in them any good, He would indeed have mad

em listen; (as it is), if He had made them listen, they would but hav

rned back and declined (faith).

4. O ye who believe! give your response to God and H

essenger, when He calleth you to that which will give you life; an

now that God cometh in between a man and his heart, and that it

e to whom ye shall (all) be gathered.

5. And fear tumult or oppression, which affecteth not in particula

nl those of ou who do wron and know that God is strict



unishment.

6. Call to mind when ye were a small (band), despised through th

nd, and afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you; but H

ovided a safe asylum for you, strengthened you with his aid, an

ave you good things for sustenance: that ye might be grateful.

7. O ye that believe! betray not the trust of God and the Messenge

or misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you.

8. And know ye that your possessions and your progeny are but

al; and that it is God with whom lies your highest reward.

9. O ye who believe! if ye fear God, He will grant you a criterion (tdge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that ma

flict) you, and forgive you: for God is the Lord of grace unbounded

0. Remember how the unbelievers plotted against thee, to kee

ee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home). They pl

nd plan, and God too plans, but the best of planners is God.

. When Our signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We hav

eard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like thes

ese are nothing but tales of the ancients."

2. Remember how they said: "O God! if this is indeed the truth fro

hee, rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us ievous penalty."

3. But God was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wa

mongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask fo

ardon.

4. But what plea have they that God should not punish them, whe

e kee out men from the sacred Mos ue -- and the are not i



uardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous; b

ost of them do not understand.

5. Their prayer at the house (of God) is nothing but whistling an

apping of hands: (its only answer can be), "Taste ye the penal

ecause ye blasphemed."

6. The unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the pa

God, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they w

ave (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: an

e unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell.

7. In order that God may separate the impure from the pure, put th

mpure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into he

hey will be the ones to have lost.

8. Say to the unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from unbelief), the

ast would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment

ose before them is already (a matter of warning for them).

9. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, an

ere prevail justice and faith in God altogether and everywhere; b

they cease, verily God doth see all that they do.

0. If they refuse, be sure that God is your Protector -- the best t

otect and the best to help.

. And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war),

th share is assigned to God, and to the Messenger, and to nea

latives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer, if ye do believe

od and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the day

sting, the day of the meeting of the two forces. For God hath pow

ver all things.



2. Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they o

e farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if y

ad made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly hav

iled in the appointment: but (thus ye met), that God mig

ccomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might d

ter a clear sign (had been given), and those who lived might liv

ter a clear sign (had been given). And verily God is He Wheareth and knoweth (all things).

3. Remember in thy dream God showed them to thee as few: if H

ad shown them to thee as many, ye would surely have bee

scouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decisio

ut God saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts

4. And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few

our eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eye

at God might accomplish a matter already enacted: for to God d

questions go back (for decision).

5. O ye who believe! when ye meet a force, be firm, and call God membrance much (and often); that ye may prosper.

6. And obey God and His Messenger; and fall into no disputes, le

e lose heart and your power depart; and be patient an

ersevering: for God is with those who patiently persevere.

7. And be not like those who started from their homes insolently an

be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of God: for Go

ompasseth round about all that they do.

8. Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them

nd said: "No one among men can overcome you this day, while

m near to you": but when the two forces came in sight of each othee turned on his heels, and said: "Lo! I am clear of you; lo! I see wha



e see not; lo! I fear God; for God is strict in punishment.

9. Lo! the hypocrites say, and those in whose hearts is a disease

These people, -- their religion has misled them." But if any trust

od, behold! God is Exalted in might, Wise.

0. If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of thnbelievers (at death), (how) they smite their faces and their back

aying): "Taste the penalty of the blazing fire.

. "Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth: fo

od is never unjust to His servants:

2. "(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of thosefore them: they rejected the signs of God, and God punished the

r their crimes: for God is strong, and strict in punishment:

3. "Because God will never change the grace which He ha

estowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) soul

nd verily God is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."

4. "(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and thos

efore them": they treated as false the signs of their Lord; so W

estroyed them for their crimes, and We drowned the people

haraoh: for they were all oppressors and wrongdoers.

5. For the worst of beasts in the sight of God are those who rejem: They will not believe.

6. They are those with whom thou didst make a Covenant, but the

eak their covenant every time and they have not the fear (of God).

7. If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them

ose who follow them, that they may remember.



8. If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (the

ovenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for God loveth n

e treacherous.

9. Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of th

odly): they will never frustrate (them).

0. Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of you

ower, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) th

nemies, of God and your enemies, and others besides, whom y

ay not know, but whom God doth know. Whatever ye shall spend

e Cause of God, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not b

eated unjustly.

. But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) inclin

wards peace, and trust in God: for He is the one that heareth an

noweth (all things).

2. Should they intend to deceive thee, verily God sufficeth thee: H

is that hath strengthened thee with his aid and with (the compan) the believers:

3. And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not

ou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produce

at affection, but God hath done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise

4. O Prophet! sufficient unto thee is God, (unto thee) and unto thosho follow thee among the believers.

5. O Prophet! rouse the believers to the fight. If there are twen

mongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish tw

undred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of th

nbelievers: for these are a people without understanding.

6. For the resent God hath li htened our task for He knowe



at there is a weak spot in you: but (even so), if there are a hundre

you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and

thousand, they will vanquish two thousand, with the leave of Go

r God is with those who patiently persevere.

7. It is not fitting for an Prophet that he should have prisoners of wa

ntil he hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporoods of this world; but God looketh to the hereafter; and God

xalted in might, Wise.

8. Had it not been for a previous ordainment from God, a seve

enalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.

9. But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good: but fea

od: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

0. O Prophet! say to those who are captives in your hands: "If Go

ndeth any good in your hearts, He will give you something bette

an what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Go

Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

. But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (

essenger!) they have already been in treason against God, and s

ath He given (thee) power over them and God is He who hath (fu

nowledge and wisdom.

2. Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the fait

th their property and their persons, in the Cause of God, as well a

ose who gave (them) asylum and aid, these are (all) friends an

otectors, one of another. As to those who believed but came no

to exile, ye owe no duty of protection to them until they seek you

d in religion, it is your duty to help them, except against a peop

th whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance: and (remember) Goeeth all that ye do.



3. The unbelievers are protectors, one of another: unless ye do thi

rotect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on eart

nd great mischief.

4. Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith, in th

ause of God, as well as those who give (them) asylum and ai

ese are (all) in very truth the believers: for them is the forgivenes

sins and a provision most generous.

5. And those who accept faith subsequently, and adopt exile, an

ght for the faith in your company, they are of you. But kindred b

ood have prior rights against each other in the Book of God. Veri

od is well acquainted with all things.





Surah 9 - Al Tawbah (TheRepentance)

A (declaration) of immunity from God and His Messenger, to thosthe pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances.

Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ye wil

roughout the land, but know ye that ye cannot frustrate God (by yo

lsehood) but that God will cover with shame those who reject him.

And an announcement from God and His Messenger, to theople (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage, that Go

nd His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the pagans.

en, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye tha

e cannot frustrate God. And proclaim a grievous penalty to thos

ho reject faith.

(But the treaties are) not dissolved with those pagans with who

e have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently faile

ou in aught, nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil you

ngagements with them to the end of their term: for God loveth th

ghteous.

But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay thagans wherever ye find them and seize them, beleaguer them an

e in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, an

stablish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open th

ay for them: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

If one amongst the pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, sat he may hear the word of God and then escort him to where h



an be secure: that is because they are men without knowledge.

How can there be a league before God and His Messenger, wit

e pagans, except those with whom ye made a treaty near th

acred mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand ye true t

em: For God doth love the righteous.

How (can there be such a league), seeing that if they get a

dvantage over you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinsh

of covenant? With (fair words from) their mouths they entice yo

ut their hearts are averse from you; and most of them are rebelliou

nd wicked.

The signs of God have they sold for a miserable price, and (man

ave they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds the

ave done.

0. In a believer they respect not the ties either of kinship or

ovenant! It is they who have transgressed all bounds.

. But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, an

actice regular charity, they are your brethren in faith: (thus) do W

xplain signs in detail, for those who understand.

2. But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt yo

r your faith, fight ye the chiefs of unfaith: for their oaths are nothin

them: that thus they may be restrained.

3. Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to exp

e Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (t

ssault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is God whom ye should mor

stly fear, if ye believe!

4. Fight them, and God will punish them by your hands, cover the

th shame hel ou to victor over them heal the breasts



elievers.

5. And still the indignation of their hearts. For God will turn (

ercy) to whom He will; and God is the All-Knowing, All-Wise.

6. Or think ye that ye shall be abandoned, as though God did no

now those among you who strive with might and main, and takone for friends and protectors except God, His Messenger, and th

ommunity of) believers? But God is well-acquainted with (all) th

e do.

7. It is not for such as join gods with God, to visit or maintain th

osques of God while they witness against their own souls tfidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: in fire shall they dwell.

8. The mosques of God shall be visited and maintained by such a

elieve in God and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, an

actice regular charity, and fear none (at all) except God. It is the

ho are expected to be on true guidance.

9. Do ye make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance o

e Sacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those wh

elieve in God and the Last Day, and strive with might and main

e Cause of God? They are not comparable in the sight of God: an

od guides not those who do wrong.

0. Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might an

ain, in God's cause, with their goods and their persons, have th

ghest rank in the sight of God: They are the people who w

chieve (salvation).

. Their Lord doth give them Glad tidings of a Mercy from Himse

His good pleasure, and of gardens for them, wherein are delighat endure.



2. They will dwell therein forever. Verily in God's presence is

ward, the greatest (of all).

3. O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and you

others if they love infidelity above faith: if any of you do so, they d

rong.

4. Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, you

ates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; th

ommerce in which ye fear a decline; or the dwellings in which y

elight, are dearer to you than God, or His Messenger, or the strivin

his cause; then wait until God brings about His decision: and Go

uides not the rebellious.

5. Assuredly God did help you in many battlefields and on the da

Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availe

ou naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and y

rned back in retreat.

6. But God did pour His calm on the Messenger and on thelievers and sent down forces which ye saw not: He punished th

nbelievers: thus doth He reward those without faith.

7. Again will God, after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will: for Go

Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

8. O ye who believe! truly the pagans are unclean; so let them no

ter this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fea

overty, soon will God enrich you, if He wills, out of his bounty, fo

od is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

9. Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hol

at forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and Hessenger, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, (even if the are



the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willin

ubmission, and feel themselves subdued.

0. The Jews call Uzayr a son of God, and the Christians call Chri

e son of God. That is a saying from their mouths; (in this) they b

mitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be o

em: how they are deluded away from the truth!

. They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords

erogation of God, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son

ary; Yet they were commanded to worship but one God: there is n

od but He. Praise and glory to him: (far is He) from having th

arents they associate (with him).

2. Fain would they extinguish God's Light with their mouths, but Go

ll not allow but that His Light should be perfected, even though th

nbelievers may detest (it).

3. It is He who hath sent His Messenger with guidance and religio

truth, to proclaim it over all religions, even though the pagans maetest (it).

4. O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests an

nchorites, who in false hood devour the substance of men an

nder (them) from the way of God. And there are those who bu

old and silver and spend it not in the way of God: announce unt

em a most grievous penalty.

5. On the day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in th

e of hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flank

nd their backs, "This is the (treasure) which ye buried fo

ourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!"

6. The number of months in the sight of God is twelve (in a year) s



dained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth;

em four are sacred; that is the straight usage. So wrong n

ourselves therein, and fight the pagans all together as they fight yo

together. But know that God is with those who restra

emselves.

7. Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition tnbelief: the unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make

wful one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust th

umber of months forbidden by God and make such forbidden one

wful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Go

uideth not those who reject faith.

8. O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, then, when ye ar

sked to go forth in the Cause of God, ye cling heavily to the earth

o ye prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? But little is th

omfort of this life, as compared with the hereafter.

9. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty

nd put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the leasor God hath power over all things.

0. If ye help not (your Leader), (it is no matter): for God did indee

elp him: when the unbelievers drove him out: he had no more tha

ne companion: they two were in the cave, and he said to h

ompanion, "Have no fear, for God is with us": then God sent dows peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye sa

ot, and humbled to the depths the word of the unbelievers. But th

ord of God is exalted to the heights: for God is Exalted in migh

Wise.

. Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive an

ruggle, with your goods and your persons, in the Cause of Gohat is best for you, if ye (but) knew.



2. If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy

ey would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distanc

as long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Go

we only could, we should certainly have come out with you" the

ould destroy their own souls; for God doth know that they ar

ertainly lying.

3. God give thee grace! Why didst thou grant them exemption un

ose who told the truth were seen by thee in a clear light, and tho

adst proved the liars?

4. Those who believe in God and the Last Day ask thee for n

xemption from fighting with their goods and persons. And Gonoweth well those who do their duty.

5. Only those ask thee for exemption who believe not in God an

e Last Day, and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tosse

their doubts to and fro.

6. If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have mad

ome preparation therefor; but God was averse to their being se

rth; so He made them lag behind and they were told, "Sit ye amon

ose who sit (inactive)."

7. If they had come out with you, they would not have added to you

trength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in youidst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have bee

ome among you who would have listened to them. But God knowe

ell those who do wrong.

8. Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters fo

ee, until The Truth arrived, and the Decree of God becam

anifest, much to their disgust.



9. Among them is (many) a man who says: "Grant me exemptio

nd draw me not into trial." Have they not fallen into trial already

nd indeed hell surrounds the unbelievers (on all sides).

0. If good befalls thee, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befal

ee, they say, "We took indeed our precautions beforehand," an

ey turn away rejoicing.

. Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed fo

s: He is our Protector": and on God let the believers put their trust.

2. Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of tw

orious things (martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for yo

ther that God will send His punishment from Himself, or by ou

ands. So wait (expectant); we too will wait with you."

3. Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from yo

ll it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious an

cked."

4. The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted ar

at they reject God and His Messenger; that they come to praye

thout earnestness; and that they offer contributions unwillingly.

5. Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee:

ality God's plan is to punish them with these things in this life an

at their souls may perish in their (very) denial of God.

6. They swear by God that they are indeed of you; but they are no

you; yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colors).

7. If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place

oncealment, they would turn straightway thereto, with an obstinatsh.



8. And among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (th

stribution of) the alms. If they are given part thereof, they a

eased, but if not, behold! they are indignant!

9. If only they had been content with what God and His Messenge

ave them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is God! God and H

essenger will soon give us of His bounty: to God do we turn ouopes!" (That would have been the right course.)

0. Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed t

dminister the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recentl

conciled (to truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the Caus

God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by God, and God ll of knowledge and wisdom.

. Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, "He

ll) ear." Say, "He listens to what is best for you; he believes in God

as faith in the believers, and is a Mercy to those of you wh

elieve": but those who molest the Prophet will have a grievou

enalty.

2. To you they swear by God. In order to please you: but it is mor

ting that they should please God and His Messenger if they a

elievers.

3. Know they not that for those who oppose God and H

essenger, is the fire of Hell? -- wherein they shall dwell. That is th

upreme disgrace.

4. The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Surah should be sent dow

bout them, showing them what is (really passing) in their heart

ay: "Mock ye! but verily God will bring to light all that ye fear (shou

e revealed)."



5. If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "W

ere only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at God, and Hi

gns, and His Messenger, that ye were mocking?"

6. Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected faith after ye ha

ccepted it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish othe

mongst you, for that they are in sin.

7. The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) wi

ach other: they enjoin evil, and forbid what in just, and are close wi

eir hands. They have forgotten God; so He hath forgotten them

erily the Hypocrites are rebellious and perverse.

8. God hath promised the Hypocrites, men and women, and th

jecters of faith, the fire of hell: therein shall they dwell: sufficient is

r them: for them is the curse of God, and an enduring punishment,

9. As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you

ower and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had the

njoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those beforou; and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They! their works ar

uitless in this world and in the hereafter, and they will lose (a

piritual good).

0. Hath not the story reached them of those before them? Th

eople of Noah, and Ad, and Thamud; the people of Abraham, th

en of Madyan, and the cities overthrown. To them came the

essengers with clear signs. It is not God who wrongs them, but the

rong their own souls.

. The believers, men and women, are protectors, one of anothe

ey enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regula

ayers, practice regular charity, and obey God and His Messengen them will God pour His mercy: for God is Exalted in power, Wise



2. God hath promised to believers, men and women, garden

nder which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions

ardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss in the Goo

easure of God: that is the supreme felicity.

3. O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and th

ypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is hell, an ev

fuge indeed.

4. They swear by God that they said nothing (evil), but indeed the

tered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and the

editated a plot which they were enable to carry out: this revenge

eirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which God and Hessenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them

ut if they turn back (to their evil ways), God will punish them with

ievous penalty in this life and in the hereafter: they shall have non

n earth to protect or help them.

5. Amongst them are men who made a Covenant with God that

e bestowed on them of His bounty, they would give (largely)

harity, and be truly amongst those who are righteous.

6. But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetou

nd turned back (from their Covenant), averse (from its fulfillment).

7. So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (tst) till the day whereon they shall meet Him: because they brok

eir Covenant with God, and because they lied (again and again).

8. Know they not that God doth know their secret (thoughts) an

eir secret counsels, and that God knoweth well all things unseen?

9. Those who slander such of the believers as give themselveeel to (deeds of) charit , as well as such as can find nothing t



ve except the fruits of their labor, and throw ridicule on them, Go

ll throw back their ridicule on them: and they shall have a grievou

enalty.

0. Whether thou ask for their forgiveness or not, (their sin

nforgivable): if thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness, God w

ot forgive them: because they have rejected God and Hessenger; and God guideth not those who are perverse

bellious.

. Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced

eir inaction behind the back of the Messenger of God: they hate

strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the Cause od: they said, "Go not forth in the heat. Say, "The fire of Hell

ercer in heat." If only they could understand!

2. Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for th

vil) that they do.

3. If, then, God bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thermission to come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye come o

th me, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactiv

n the first occasion: then sit ye (now) with those who lag behind."

4. Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at h

ave: for they rejected God and His Messenger, and died in a stat

perverse rebellion.

5. Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons Dazzle the

od's plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and tha

eir souls may perish in their (very) denial of God.

6. When a Surah comes down, enjoining them to believe in Gond to strive and fight along with his Messenger, those with wealt



nd influence among them ask thee for exemption, and say: "Leav

s (behind): we would be with those who sit (at home)."

7. They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (

ome): their hearts are sealed and so they understand not.

8. But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive anght with their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) goo

ings: and it is they who will prosper.

9. God hath prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, t

well therein: that is the supreme felicity.

0. And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), Men who madxcuses and came to claim exemption; and those who were false t

od and His Messenger (merely) sat inactive. Soon will a grievou

enalty seize the unbelievers among them.

. There is no blame on those who are infirm, or ill, or who find n

sources to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) tod and His Messenger: no ground (of complaint) can there b

gainst such as do right: and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

2. Nor (is there blame) on those who came to thee to be provide

th mount, and when thou saidst, "I can find no mounts for you," the

rned back, their eyes streaming with tears of grief that they had n

sources wherewith to provide the expenses.

3. The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemptio

hile they are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who rema

ehind: God hath sealed their hearts; so they know not (what the

iss).

4. They will present their excuses to you when ye return to them

a thou: "Present no excuses: we shall not believe ou: God ha



ready informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: it

our actions that God and His Messenger will observe: in the end w

e be brought back to Him who knoweth what is hidden and what

pen: then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.

5. They will swear to you by God, when ye return to them, that y

ay leave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are abomination, and Hell is their dwelling place, a fitting recompens

r the (evil) that they did.

6. They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them but

e are pleased with them, God is not pleased with those wh

sobey.

7. The Arabs of the desert are the worst in unbelief and hypocrisy

nd most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which God ha

ent down to His Messenger: but God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

8. Some of the desert Arabs Look upon their payments as a fine

nd watch for disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: food is He that heareth and knoweth (all things).

9. But some of the desert Arabs believe in God and the Last Day

nd look on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer t

od and obtaining the prayers of the Messenger. Aye, indeed the

ing them nearer (to Him): soon will God admit them to His Mercr God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

00. The vanguard (of Islam) -- the first of those who forsook (the

omes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follo

em in (all) good deeds, well pleased is God with them, as are the

th him: for them hath He prepared gardens under which rivers flow

dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity.



01. Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites, a

ell as (desert Arabs) among the Medina folk: they are obstinate

ypocrisy: thou knowest them not: We know them: twice shall W

unish them and in addition shall they be sent to a grievous penalty.

02. Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrongdoing

ey have mixed an act that was good with another that was everhaps God will turn unto them (in mercy): for God is Oft-Forgivin

ost Merciful.

03. Of their goods take alms, that so thou mightest purify an

anctify them; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are

ource of security for them: and God is One who heareth annoweth.

04. Know they not that God doth accept repentance from H

otaries and receives their gifts of charity, and that God is verily He

e Oft-Returning, Most-Merciful?

05. And say: "Work (righteousness): soon will God observe youork, and His Messenger, and the believers: soon will ye be brough

ack to the knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will H

how you the truth of all that ye did."

06. There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command

od, whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Go

All-Knowing, Wise.

07. And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischie

nd infidelity, to disunite the believers, and in preparation for on

ho warred against God and His Messenger aforetime. They w

deed swear that their intention is nothing but good; but God do

eclare that they are certainly liars.



08. Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whos

undation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of th

anding forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to b

urified; and God loveth those who make themselves pure.

09. Which then is best? he that layeth his foundation on piety t

od and His good pleasure? or he that layeth his foundation on andermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? And it do

umble to pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And God guideth no

eople that do wrong.

0. The foundation of those who so build is never free from

uspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut eces. And God is All-Knowing, Wise.

1. God hath purchased of the believers their persons and the

ood; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight

s cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in trut

rough the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithf

his Covenant than God? Then rejoice in the bargain which ye havoncluded: that is the achievement supreme.

2. Those that turn (to God) in repentance: that serve Him, an

aise Him; that wander in devotion to the Cause of God; that bo

own and prostrate themselves in prayer; that enjoin good and forb

vil; and observe the limits set by God; (these do rejoice). Soclaim the glad tidings to the Believers.

3. It is not fitting, for the prophet and those who believe, that the

hould pray for forgiveness for pagans, even though they be of ki

ter it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.

4. And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only becausa promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to hi



at he was an enemy to God, he dissociated himself from him: fo

braham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.

5. And God will not mislead a people after He hath guided them

order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)

r God hath knowledge of all things.

6. Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth

e giveth life and He taketh it. Except for Him ye have no protecto

or helper.

7. God turned with favor to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and th

nsar, who followed Him in a time of distress, after that the hearts o

part of them had nearly swerved (from duty); but He turned to the

lso): for He is unto them Most Kind, Most Merciful.

8. (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left Behind

hey felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constraine

them, for all its speciousness and their (very) souls seeme

raitened to them, and they perceived that there is no fleeing frood and no refuge but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that the

ight repent: for God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

9. O ye who believe! fear God and be with those who are true (

ord and deed).

20. It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the bedourabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow God's Messenge

or to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffe

do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousnes

hether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause o

od, or trod paths to raise the ire of the unbelievers, or received an

ury whatever from an enemy: for God suffereth not the reward to bst of those who do good;



21. Nor could they spend anything (for the Cause), small or grea

or cut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit; tha

od might requite their deed with the best (possible reward).

22. Nor should the believers all go forth together: if a continge

om every expedition remained behind, they could devot

emselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people whe

ey return to them, that thus they (may learn) to guard themselve

gainst evil).

23. O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, an

t them find firmness in you; and know that God is with those wh

ar Him.

24. Whenever there cometh down a Surah, some of them sa

Which of you has had his faith increased by it?" Yea, those wh

elieve, their faith is increased, and they do rejoice.

25. But those in whose hearts is a disease, it will add doubt to the

oubt, and they will die in a state of unbelief.

26. See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Ye

ey turn not in repentance, and they take no heed.

27. Whenever there cometh down a Surah, they look at each othe

aying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: God harned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people th

nderstand not.

28. Now hath come unto you a Messenger from among

ourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious

e over you: to the believers is he most kind and merciful.

29. But if they turn away, Say: "God sufficeth me: there is no go



ut He: on Him is my trust, He the Lord of the throne (of Glory

upreme!"





Surah 10 - Yunus (Jonah)


Alif Lam Ra. These are the Ayat of the Book of Wisdom.

It is a matter of wonderment to men that We have set Ou

spiration to a man from among themselves? -- that he should wa

ankind (of their danger), and give the good news to the Believe

at they have before their Lord the lofty rank of Truth, (but) say th

nbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!"

Verily your Lord is God, Who created the heavens and the earth

x Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of authority

gulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead wi

m) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is God you

ord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not celebrate His praises?

To Him will be your return -- of all of you. The promise of God i

ue and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of Creation, an

peateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe an

ork righteousness, but those who reject Him will have nothing b

aughts of boiling fluids, and a Penalty grievous: because they d

ject Him.

It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon t

e a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her: that ye mig

now the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Go

eate this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain h

gns in detail, for those who understand.

Verily, in the alternation of the Night and the Day, and in all tha



od hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for thos

ho fear Him.

Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but ar

eased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those wh

eed not Our Signs -8. Their abode is the Fire, because of the (ev

ey earned.

Those who believe, and work righteousness, their Lord will guid

em because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in Garden

Bliss.

0. (This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O God!" an

Peace" will be their greeting therein! And the close of their cry w

e: "Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds!"

. If God were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as the

ould fain hasten on the good -- then would their respite be settled

nce. But We leave those who rest not their hope of their meetin

th Us, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.

2. When trouble toucheth a man, he crieth unto Us (in all posture

ng down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We hav

olved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried

s for a trouble that touched him! Thus do the deeds

ansgressors seem fair in their eyes!

3. Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: the

essengers came to them with Clear Signs, but they would n

elieve! Thus do We requite those who sin!

4. Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how y

ould behave!

5. But when Our Clear Si ns are rehearsed unto them those wh



st not their hope on their meeting with Us, say: "Bring us a Readin

her than this, or change this." Say: "It is not for me, of my ow

ccord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: i

ere to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the Penalty of a Gre

ay (to come)."

6. Say: "If God had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to yoor would He have made it known to you. A whole lifetime before th

ave I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?"

7. Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against God, o

eny His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.

8. They serve, besides God, things that hurt them not nor pro

em, and they say: "These are our intercessors with God." Say: "D

e indeed inform God of something He knows not in the heavens o

n earth? -- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners the

scribe (to Him)!"

9. Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not beer a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their difference

ould have been settled between them.

0. They say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?

ay: "The Unseen is only for God (to know). Then wait ye: I too w

ait with you."

. When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversi

ath touched them, Behold! they take to plotting against our Sign

ay: "Swifter to plan is God!" Verily, Our Messengers record all th

ots that ye make!

2. He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; sat ye even board ships -- they sail with them with a favorable win



nd they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the wave

ome to them from all sides, and they think they are bein

verwhelmed: they cry unto God, sincerely offering (their) duty unt

m, saying, "If Thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show o

atitude!"

3. But when He delivereth them, Behold! they transgress insolentrough the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence

gainst your own souls -- an enjoyment of the life of the Present:

e end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of a

at ye did.

4. The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which Wend down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of th

arth -- which provides food for men and animals: (it grows) till th

arth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty

e people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of dispos

ver it: there reaches it Our command by night or by day, and W

ake it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only th

ay before! Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those whflect.

5. But God doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide who

e pleaseth to a way that is straight.

6. To those who do right is a goodly (reward) -- yea, more (than ieasure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! They a

ompanions of the Garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!

7. But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like ev

nominy will cover their (faces): no defender will they have from (th

rath of) God: their faces will be covered, as it were, with piece

om the depth of the darkness of Night: they are Companions of thre: the will abide therein (for aye)!



8. One Day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say t

ose who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those y

ned as 'partners.'" We shall separate them, and their "partners

hall say: "It was not us that ye worshipped!"

9. "Enough is God for a witness between us and you: we certain

new nothing of your worship of us!

0. There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent befor

ey will be brought back to God their rightful Lord, and their invente

lsehoods will leave them in the lurch.

. Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from tharth? Or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And wh

it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from th

ing? And who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?" They w

oon say, "God." Say, "Will ye not then show piety (to Him)?"

2. Such is God, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from Trut

hat (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?

3. Thus is the Word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebe

erily they will not believe.

4. Say: "Of your 'partners,' can any originate creation and repe

?" Say: "It is God Who originates Creation and repeats it: then hoe ye deluded away (from the truth)?"

5. Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidanc

wards Truth?" Say: "It is God Who gives guidance towards Truth.

en He Who gives guidance to Truth more worthy to be followed, o

e who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? What the

the matter with you? How judge ye?"



6. But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of n

vail against Truth. Verily God is well aware of all that they do.

7. This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Go

n the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before

nd a fuller explanation of the Book -- wherein there is no doubt

om the Lord of the Worlds.

8. Or do they say, "He forged it"? Say: "Bring then a Surah like unt

and call (to your aid) anyone you can, besides God, if it be y

peak the truth!"

9. Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge the

annot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reache

em: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: b

ee what was the end of those who did wrong!

0. Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who d

ot: and thy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.

. If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, an

ours to you! Ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I fo

hat ye do!"

2. Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: but cans

ou make the deaf to hear -- even though they are witho

nderstanding?

3. And among them are some who look at thee: but canst tho

uide the blind -- even though they will not see?

4. Verily God will not deal unjustly with man in aught: it is man tha

rongs his own soul.

5. One day He will gather them together: (it will be) as if they ha



rried but an hour of a day: they will recognize each other: assured

ose will be lost who denied the meeting with God and refused t

ceive true guidance.

6. Whether We show thee (realized in thy lifetime) some part

hat We promise them -- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (befor

at) -- in any case, to Us is their return: ultimately God is witness t that they do.

7. To every people (was sent) a Messenger: when their Messenge

omes (before them), the matter will be judged between them wi

stice, and they will not be wronged.

8. They say: "When will this promise come to pass -- if ye speak th

uth?"

9. Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except a

od willeth. To every People is a term appointed: when their term

ached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can the

dvance (it in anticipation).

0. Say: "Do ye see -- if His punishment should come to you by nig

by day, what portion of it would the Sinners wish to hasten?

. "Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh t

ass? (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? And ye wanted (aforetime) t

asten it on!"

2. "At length will be said to the wrongdoers: "Taste ye the endurin

unishment! Ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!' "

3. They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! b

y Lord! It is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!"

4. Ever soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on eart



ould fain give it in ransom: they would declare (their) repentanc

hen they see the Penalty: but the judgment between them will b

th justice, and no wrong will be done unto them.

5. Is it not (the case) that to God belongeth whatever is in th

eavens and on earth? Is it not (the case) that God's promise

ssuredly true? Yet most of them understand not.

6. Is it He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye a

e brought back.

7. O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lor

nd a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts -- and for those wh

elieve, a Guidance and a Mercy.

8. Say: "In the Bounty of God, and in His Mercy -- in that let the

joice": that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.

9. Say: "See ye what things God hath sent down to you fo

ustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (somings) lawful." Say: "Hath God indeed permitted you, or do ye inve

hings) to attribute to God?"

0. And what think those who invent lies against God, of the Day o

udgment? Verily God is full of Bounty to mankind, but most of them

e ungrateful.

. In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion tho

ayest be reciting from the Qur'an -- and whatever deed y

mankind) may be doing -- We are Witnesses thereof when ye ar

eeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much a

e weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the lea

nd not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a cleaecord.



2. Behold! verily on the friends of God there is no fear, nor shall the

ieve;

3. Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil -—

4. For them are Glad Tidings, in the life of the Present and in th

ereafter: no change can there be in the Words of God. This deed the supreme Felicity.

5. Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honor belon

God: it is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).

6. Behold! verily to God belong all creatures, in the heavens and o

arth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other tha

od? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.

7. He it is that hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, an

e Day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are Signs fo

ose who listen (to His Message).

8. They say, "God hath begotten a son!" Glory be to Him! He is sel

ufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warra

ave ye for this! Say ye about God what ye know not?

9. Say: "Those who invent a lie against God will never prosper."

0. A little enjoyment in this world! -- and, then, to Us will be theturn. Then shall We make them taste the severest Penalty for the

asphemies.

. Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his Peopl

O my People! if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with yo

nd commemorate the Signs of God -- yet I put my trust in God. Ge then an agreement about your plan and among your Partners, s

our lan be not to ou dark and dubious. Then ass our sentenc



n me, and give me no respite.

2. "But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of yo

y reward is only due from God, and I have been commanded to b

those who submit to God's Will (in Islam)."

3. They rejected him, but We delivered him, and those with him, e Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while W

verwhelmed in the Flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then se

hat was the end of those who were warned (but heeded not)!

4. Then after him We sent (many) Messengers to their People

ey brought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what the

ad already rejected beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of th

ansgressors.

5. Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and h

hiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people

n.

6. When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This

deed evident sorcery!"

7. Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the Truth when it hath (actually

ached you? In sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."

8. They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us a way from the wayWe found our fathers following -- in order that thou and thy brothe

ay have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"

9. Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well-versed."

0. When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye whe (wish) to throw!"



. When they had their throw, Moses said: "What ye have brought

orcery: God will surely make it of no effect: for God prospereth no

e work of those who make mischief.

2. "And God by His Words doth prove and establish His trut

owever much the Sinners may hate it!"

3. But none believed in Moses except some children of his Peopl

ecause of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they shou

ersecute them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth an

ne who transgressed all bounds.

4. Moses said: "O my People! if ye do (really) believe in God, the

Him put your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."

5. They said: "In God do we put our trust. Our Lord! make us not

al for those who practice oppression;

6. "And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)."

7. We inspired Moses and his brother with this message: "Provid

wellings for your People in Egypt, make your dwellings into place

worship, and establish regular prayers: and give Glad Tidings t

ose who believe!"

8. Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed o

haraoh and his Chiefs splendor and wealth in the life of thresent, and so, our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Pat

eface, our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness t

eir hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievou

enalty."

9. God said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! Sand ye straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."



0. We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and h

osts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, whe

verwhelmed with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no go

xcept Him Whom the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those wh

ubmit (to God in Islam)."

. (It was said to him): "Ah now! -- but a little while before, wast thorebellion! -- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!

2. "This day shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be

gn to those who come after thee! But verily, many among mankin

e heedless of Our Signs!"

3. We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-plac

nd provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledg

ad been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily God w

dge between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day

udgment.

4. If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, thesk those who have been reading the Book from before thee: th

ruth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in nowise o

ose in doubt.

5. Nor be of those who reject the Signs of God, or thou shalt be

ose who perish.

6. Those against whom the Word of thy Lord hath been verifie

ould not believe -—

7. Even if every Sign was brought unto them -- until they see (fo

emselves) the Penalty Grievous.

8. Why was there not a single township (among those We warmed

hich believed -- so its Faith should have rofited it -- exce t th



eople of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them th

enalty of Ignominy in the life of the Present, and permitted them t

njoy (their life) for a while.

9. If it had been the Lord's Will, they would all have believed -- a

ho are on earth! Wilt thou then compel mankind, against their wi

believe!

00. No soul can believe, except by the Will of God, and He w

ace Doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.

01. Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth;" but neithe

gns nor Warners profit those who believe not.

02. Do they then expect (anything) but (what happened in) the day

the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: fo

o, will wait with you."

03. In the end We deliver Our Messengers and those who believ

us is it fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe

04. Say: "O ye men! if ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!)

orship not what ye worship, other than God! But I worship God

Who will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in th

nks) of the Believers.

05. "And further (thus): 'Set thy face towards Religion with true pietnd never in anywise be of the Unbelievers;

06. "Nor call on any, other than God -- such will neither profit the

or hurt thee: if thou dost, Behold! thou shalt certainly be of thos

ho do wrong."

07. If God do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it b

e: if He do desi n some benefit for thee, there is none can kee



ack His favor: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servan

e pleaseth. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

08. Say: "O ye men! now Truth hath reached you from your Lord

hose who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own soul

ose who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over yo

arrange your affairs."

09. Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient an

onstant, till God doth decide: for He is the Best to decide.





Surah 11 - Hud (The Prophet Hud)


Alif Lam Ra. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (ostablished meaning) -- further explained in detail -- from One Wh

Wise and Well-Acquainted (with all things):

(It teacheth) that ye should worship none but God. (Say:) "Verily

m (sent) unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings:

("And to preach thus), 'Seek ye the forgiveness of your Lord, an

rn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, goo

nd true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace o

who abound in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you th

enalty of a Great Day:

"'To God is your return, and He hath power over all things.'"

Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him

h! even when they cover themselves with their garments, H

noweth what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth we

e (inmost secrets) of the hearts.

There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenancependeth on God: He knoweth the time and place of its tempora

eposit: all is in a clear Record.

He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days -- an

s Throne was over the Waters -- that He might try you, which of yo

best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed bised up after death," the Unbelievers would be sure to say, "This



othing but obvious sorcery!"

If We delay the Penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure

ay, "What keeps it back?" Ah! on the day it (actually) reaches them

othing will turn it away from them, and they will be complete

ncircled by that which they used to mock at!

If We give man a taste of mercy from Ourselves, and the

thdraw it from him, behold! he is in despair and (falls into

asphemy.

0. But if We give him a taste of (Our) favors after adversity ha

uched him, He is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me

ehold! he falls into exultation and pride.

. Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and wor

ghteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward.

2. Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part o

hat is revealed unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest theay, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not a

ngel come down with him? But thou art there only to warn! It is Go

at arrangeth all affairs!

3. Or they may say, "He forged it." Say, "Bring ye then ten Surah

rged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, othe

an God! -- if ye speak the truth!

4. "If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye th

is Revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Go

nd that there is no god but He! Will ye even then submit (to Islam)?

5. Those who desire the life of the Present and its glitter -- to theWe shall pay (the price of) their deeds therein -- without diminution.



6. They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but th

re: vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect are th

eeds that they do!

7. Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from the

ord, and whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Boo

Moses before it -- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; bose of the Sects that reject it -- the Fire will be their promise

eeting place. Be not then in doubt thereon: for it is the Truth fro

y Lord: yet many among men do not believe!

8. Who doth more wrong than those who invent a lie against God

hey will be turned back to the presence of their Lord, and thtnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord

ehold! the Curse of God is on those who do wrong! -—

9. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of God and wou

eek in it something crooked: these were they who denied th

ereafter!

0. They will in nowise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have the

otectors besides God! Their Penalty will be doubled! They lost th

ower to hear, and they did not see!

. They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and th

ancies) they invented have left them in the lurch!

2. Without a doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in th

ereafter!

3. But those who believe and work righteousness, and humb

emselves before their Lord -- they will be Companions of th

arden, to dwell therein for aye!

4. These two kinds of men ma be com ared to the blind an



eaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal whe

ompared? Will ye not then take heed?

5. We sent Noah to his people (with a mission): "I have come to yo

th a Clear Warning:

6. "That ye serve none but God: verily I do fear for you the Penalty oGrievous Day."

7. But the Chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "W

ee (in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves: nor do we see th

ny follow thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immatur

or do we see in you (all) any merit above us: in fact we think ye ar

ars!

8. He said: "O my people! see ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sig

om my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy unto me from His ow

resence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight

hall we compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?

9. "And O my People! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward

om none but God: but I will not drive away (in contempt) those wh

elieve: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are th

norant ones!

0. "And O my People! who would help me against God if I drov

em away? Will ye not then take heed?

. "I tell you not that with me are the Treasures of God, nor do

now what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, o

ose whom your eyes do despise that God will not grant them (a

at is good: God knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did

deed be a wrongdoer."



2. They said: "O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) ha

ou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what tho

reatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!"

3. He said: "Truly, God will bring it on you if He wills -- and then, y

ll not be able to frustrate it!

4. "Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to giv

ou (good) counsel, if it be that God willeth to leave you astray: He

our Lord! and to Him will ye return!"

5. Or do they say, "He has forged it?" Say: "If I had forged it, on m

ere my sin! And I am free of the sins of which ye are guilty!

6. It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe exce

ose who have believed already! So grieve no longer over the

vil) deeds.

7. "But construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, an

ddress Me no (further) on behalf of those who are in sin: for they about to be overwhelmed (in the Flood)."

8. Forthwith he starts constructing the Ark: every time that th

hiefs of his People passed by him they threw ridicule on him. The

rew ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn

an look down on you with ridicule likewise!

9. "But soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a Penal

at will cover them with shame -- will be unloosed a Penalty lasting.

0. At length, behold! there came Our Command, and the fountain

the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kin

wo, male and female, and your family -- except those against whoe Word has already gone forth -- and the Believers." But only a fe

elieved with him.



. So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, in the name of God, whethe

move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful!"

2. So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) lik

ountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separatemself (from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not wi

e Unbelievers!"

3. The son replied: "I will be take myself to some mountain: it w

ave me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save

om the Command of God, any but those on whom He hath mercy!"and the waves came between them, and the son was among thos

ver whelmed in the Flood.

4. When the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and

ky! withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter wa

nded. The Ark rested on Mount Judi and the word went forth: "Awa

th those who do wrong!"

5. And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely m

on is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the Juste

Judges!"

6. He said: "O Noah! he is not of thy family: for his conduct

nrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge

ve thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!"

7. Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I as

hee for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless Thou forgiv

e and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!"

8. The word came: "O Noah! come down (from the Ark) with Peac



om Us, and Blessings on thee and on some of the Peoples (wh

ll spring) from those with thee: but (there will be other) Peoples t

hom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will

ievous Penalty reach them from Us."

9. Such are some of the stories of the Unseen, which We hav

vealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy People kneem. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who a

ghteous.

0. To the 'Ad People (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. H

aid: "O my people! worship God! ye have no other god but Him

Your other gods) ye do nothing but invent!

. "O my people! I ask of you no reward for this (Message). M

ward is from none but Him Who created me: will ye not the

nderstand?

2. "And O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Hi

n repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant raind add strength to your strength: so turn ye not back in sin!"

3. They said: "O Hud! no Clear (Sign) hast thou brought us, and w

e not the ones to desert our gods on thy word! Nor do we believ

thee!

4. "We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our gods may haveized thee with imbecility." He said: "I call God to witness, and d

e bear witness that I am free from the sin of ascribing, to Him,

5. "Other gods as partners! So scheme (your worst) against me, a

you, and give me no respite.

6. "I put my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord! There is not

ovin creature but He hath ras of its forelock. Veril it is m



ord that is on a Straight Path.

7. "If ye turn away -- I (at least) have conveyed the Message wi

hich I was sent to you. My Lord will make another People

ucceed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. For my Lor

ath care and watch over all things."

8. So when Our decree issued, We saved Hud and those wh

elieved with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves: We save

em from a severe Penalty.

9. Such were the 'Ad people: they rejected the Signs of their Lor

nd Cherisher; disobeyed His Messengers; and followed thommand of every powerful, obstinate transgressor.

0. And they were pursued by a Curse in this Life -- and on the Da

Judgment. Ah! behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord an

herisher! Ah! behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad, the people o

ud!

. To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih, one of their ow

ethren. He said: "O my people! worship God: ye have no other go

ut Him. It is He Who hath produced you from the earth and settle

ou therein: then ask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him (

pentance): for my Lord in (always) near, ready to answer."

2. They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! -- a center of o

opes hitherto! Dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what ou

thers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting

oubt as to that to which thou invitest us."

3. He said: "O my people! Do ye see? -- if I have a Clear (Sig

om my Lord and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself -- when can help me against God if I were to disobey Him? What the



ould ye add to my (portion) but perdition?

4. "And O my people! this she-camel of God is a symbol to yo

ave her to feed on God's (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, o

swift Penalty will seize you!

5. But they did hamstring her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in youomes for three days: (then will be your ruin): there is a promise n

be belied!"

6. When Our Decree issued, We saved Saleh and those wh

elieved with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves -- and from th

nominy of that Day. For thy Lord -- He is the Strong One, and Abl

enforce His Will.

7. The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrongdoers, and they la

ostrate in their homes before the morning -—

8. As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! behold! fo

e Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! behold! removeom sight) were the Thamud!

9. There came Our Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. The

aid, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" and hastened to enterta

em with a roasted calf.

0. But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he feome mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They sai

ear not: we have been sent against the people of Lut."

. And his wife was standing (there), and she laughed: but We gav

er glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob.

2. She said: "Alas for me! Shall I bear a child, seeing I am an o

oman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed b



wonderful thing!"

3. They said: "Dost thou wonder at God's decree? The grace o

od and His blessings on you, O ye people of the house! for He

deed worthy of all praise, full of all glory!"

4. When fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham and the gladings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for Lut's people

5. For Abraham was, without doubt, forbearing (of faults

ompassionate, and given to look to God.

6. O Abraham! seek not this. The decree of thy Lord hath gon

rth: for them there cometh a Penalty that cannot be turned back!

7. When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on the

ccount and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "Th

a distressful day."

8. And his people came rushing towards him, and they had beeng in the habit of practicing abominations. He said: "O my people

ere are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fea

od, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there n

mong you a single right-minded man?"

9. They said: "Well dost thou know we have no need of th

aughters: indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!"

0. He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I cou

etake myself to some powerful support."

. (The Messengers) said "O Lut! we are Messengers from th

ord! By no means shall they reach thee! Now travel with thy fam

hile yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look bac

ut th wife (will remain behind): to her will happen what happens



e people. Morning is their time appointed: is not the mornin

gh?"

2. When Our decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside dow

nd rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread

yer on layer -—

3. Marked as from thy Lord: nor are they ever far from those who d

rong!

4. To the Madyan people (We sent) Shuaib, one of their ow

ethren: he said: "O my people! worship God: ye have no other go

ut Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you

osperity, but I fear for you the Penalty of a Day that will compas

ou) all round.

5. "And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withho

om the people the things that are their due: commit not evil in th

nd with intent to do mischief.

6. "That which is left you by God is best for you, if ye (but) believed

ut I am not set over you to keep watch!"

7. They said: "Oh Shuaib! does thy (religion of) prayer comman

ee that we leave off the worship which our fathers practiced, or th

e leave off doing what we like with our property? Truly, though a

e one that forbeareth with faults and is right-minded!"

8. He said: "O my people! see ye whether I have a Clear (Sign

om my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance (pure and) good a

om Himself? I wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forb

ou to do. I only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; an

y success (in my task) can only come from God: in Him I trust, annto Him I look.



9. "And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to si

st ye suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud o

Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!

0. "But ask forgiveness of you Lord, and turn unto Him (

pentance): for my Lord is indeed Full of mercy and loving

ndness."

. They said: "O Shuaib! much of what thou sayest we do n

nderstand! In fact among us we see that thou hast no strengt

Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! Fo

ou hast among us no great position!"

2. He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideratio

th you than God? For ye cast Him away behind your backs (wi

ontempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that y

o!

3. "And O my people! do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soo

ll ye know who it is on whom descends the Penalty of ignominnd who is a liar! And watch ye! for I too am watching with you!"

4. When Our decree issued, We saved Shuaib and those wh

elieved with him, by (special) Mercy from Ourselves: but th

mighty) Blast did seize the wrongdoers, and they lay prostrate

eir homes by the morning -—

5. As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! behold! how

e Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed th

hamud!

6. And We sent Moses, with Our Clear (Signs) and an authori

anifest,



7. Unto Pharaoh and his Chiefs: but they followed the command

haraoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right (guide).

8. He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lea

em into the Fire (as cattle are led to water): but woeful indeed w

e this leading (and) the place led to!

9. And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day o

udgment: and woeful is the gift which shall be given (unto them)!

00. These are some of the stories of communities which We relat

nto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mow

own (by the sickle of time).

01. It was not We that wronged them: they wronged their own soul

e deities, other than God, whom they invoked, profited them no wh

hen there issued the decree of thy Lord: nor did they add aught (

eir lot) but perdition!

02. Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastiseommunities in the midst of their wrong: grievous, indeed, an

evere is His chastisement.

03. In that is a Sign for those who fear the Penalty of the Hereafte

at is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will b

Day of Testimony.

04. Nor shall We delay it but for a term appointed.

05. The day it arrives, no soul shall speak except His leave:

ose (gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed.

06. Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: there will be f

em therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:



07. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and th

arth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sur

ccomplisher of what He planneth.

08. And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: they w

well therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endur

xcept as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break.

09. Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. The

orship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): b

erily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the leas

batement.

0. We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences aros

erein: had it not been that a Word had gone forth before from th

ord, the matter would have been decided between them: but the

e in suspicious doubt concerning it.

1. And, of a surety, to all will your Lord pay back (in full the

compense) of their deeds: for He knoweth well all that they do.

2. Therefore stand firm (in the straight path) as thou a

ommanded -- thou and those who with thee turn (unto God); an

ansgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do.

3. And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize yo

nd ye have no protectors other than God, nor shall ye be helped.

4. And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and a

e approaches of the night: for those things that are good remov

ose that are evil: be that the word of remembrance to those wh

member (their Lord):

5. And be steadfast in patience; for verily God will not suffer th

ward of the ri hteous to erish.



6. Why were there not, among the generations before yo

ersons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) fro

ischief in the earth -- except a few among them whom We save

om harm)? But the wrongdoers pursued the enjoyment of the goo

ings of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.

7. Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for

ngle wrongdoing if its members were likely to mend.

8. If thy Lord had so willed He could have made mankind on

eople: but they will not cease to dispute,

9. Except those on whom He hath bestowed His Mercy: and fo

is did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled:

ll fill Hell with jinns and men all together."

20. All that We relate to thee of the stories of the apostles -- with

We make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to thee the Truth, a

ell as an exhortation and a message of remembrance to those whelieve.

21. Say to those who do not believe: "Do whatever ye can: we sha

o our part;

22. "And wait ye! we too shall wait."

23. To God do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and th

arth, and to Him goeth back every affair (for decision): then worsh

m, and put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not unmindful of aug

at ye do.





Surah 12 - Yusuf (Joseph)


Alif Lam Ra. These are the Symbols (or Verses) of therspicuous Book.

We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that ye ma

arn wisdom.

We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that W

veal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too wa

mong those who knew it not.

Behold, Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleve

ars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves t

e!"

Said (the father): "My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to th

others, lest they concoct a plot against thee: for Satan is to man a

vowed enemy!

"Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation

ories (and events) and perfect His favor to thee and to the posteri

Jacob -- even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaaoretime! For God is full of knowledge and wisdom."

Verily in Joseph and his brethren are Signs (or Symbols) fo

eekers (after Truth).

They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by outher than we: but we are a goodly body! Really our father



bviously wandering (in his mind)!

"Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that s

e favor of your father may be given to you alone: (There will be tim

nough) for you to be righteous after that!"

0. Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do somethinrow him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up b

ome caravan of travellers."

. They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph

eeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?

2. "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and whall take every care of him."

3. (Jacob) said: "Really it saddens me that ye should take hi

way: I fear lest the wolf should devour him while ye attend not t

m."

4. They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large

party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"

5. So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw hi

own to the bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (th

essage): "Of a surety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of th

eir affair while they know (thee) not."

6. Then they came to their father in the early part of the nigh

eeping.

7. They said: "Oh our father! we went racing with one another, an

ft Joseph with our things: and the wolf devoured him... But thou w

ever believe us even though we tell the truth."



8. They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but you

inds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you. (For m

atience is most fitting: against that which ye assert, it is God (alone

hose help can be sought"...

9. Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their wate

arrier (for water), and he let down his bucket (into the well)... Haid: "Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man! So the

oncealed him as a treasure! But God knoweth well all that they do!

0. The (Brethren) sold him for a miserable price -- for a few dirham

ounted out: in such low estimation did they hold him!

. The man in Egypt who bought him said to his wife: "Make h

ay (among us) honorable: maybe he will bring us much good, or w

hall adopt him as a son." Thus did we establish Joseph in the land

at We might teach him the interpretation of stories (and events

nd God hath full power and control over His affairs; but most amon

ankind know it not.

2. When Joseph attained his full manhood, We gave him power an

nowledge: thus do We reward those who do right.

3. But she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from h

rue) self: she fastened the doors, and said: "Now come, thou (dea

ne)!" He said: "God forbid! truly (thy husband) is my lord! He mad

y sojourn agreeable! Truly to no good come those who do wrong!"

4. And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would hav

esired her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did W

der) that We might turn away from him (all) evil and shamef

eeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and purified.

5. So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shi



om the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said

What is the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil desig

gainst thy wife, but prison or a grievous chastisement?"

6. He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me -- from my (tru

elf." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus)

it be that his shirt is rent form the front, then is her tale true, and ha liar!

7. "But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the lia

nd he is telling the truth!"

8. So when he saw his shirt -- that it was torn at the back -- (he

usband) said: "Behold! it is a snare of you women! Truly, mighty

our snare!

9. "O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy si

r truly thou hast been at fault!"

0. Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking educe her slave from his (true) self: truly hath he inspired her wi

olent love: we see she is evidently going astray."

. When (Zulaikha) heard of their malicious talk, she sent for the

nd prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knif

nd she said (to Joseph), "Come out before them. When they sa

m, they did extol him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: theaid "God preserve us! no mortal is this! This is none other than

oble angel!"

2. She said: "There before you is the man about whom ye d

ame me! I did seek to seduce him from his (true) self but he d

mly save himself guiltless! And now, if he doth not my bidding, hhall certainly be cast into prison, and (what is more) be in th



ompany of the vilest!"

3. He said: "O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that t

hich they invite me: unless thou turn away their snare from me

hould (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join th

nks of the ignorant."

4. So his Lord heard him (in his prayer), and turned away from hi

eir snare: verily He heareth and knoweth (all things).

5. Then it occurred to the men, after they had seen the Signs, (that

as best) to imprison him for a time.

6. Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Sane of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." Said th

her: "I see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, an

rds are eating thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "the truth and meanin

ereof: for we see thou art one that doth good (to all)."

7. He said: "Before any food comes (in due course) to feed eitheyou, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this ere

ome to pass: that is part of the (Duty) which my Lord hath taug

e. I have (I assure you) abandoned the ways of a people th

elieve not in God and that (even) deny the Hereafter.

8. "And I follow the ways of my fathers -- Abraham, Isaac, an

acob; and never could we attribute any partners whatever to Goat (comes) of the grace of God to us and to mankind: yet most me

e not grateful.

9. "O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lord

ffering among themselves better, or God, the One, Supreme an

resistible?

0. "If not Him e worshi nothin but names which e have named



ye and your fathers -- for which God hath sent you no authority: th

ommand is for none but God: He hath commanded that ye worsh

one but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understan

ot...

. "O my two companions of the prison! as to one of you, he w

our out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hanom the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (So) ha

een decreed that matter whereof ye twain do enquire..."

2. And of the two, to that one whom he considered about to b

aved, he said: "Mention me to thy lord." But Satan made him forg

mention him to his lord: and (Joseph) lingered in prison a femore) years.

3. The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kin

hom seven lean ones devour -- and seven green ears of corn, an

even (others) withered. O ye chiefs! expound to me my vision if it b

at ye can interpret visions."

4. They said: "A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skille

the interpretation of dreams."

5. But the man who had been released, one of the two (who ha

een in prison) and who now bethought him after (so long) a spac

time, said: "I will tell you the truth of its interpretation: send ye mherefor)."

6. "O Joseph!" (he said), "O man of truth! expound to us (th

eam) of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and o

even green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I ma

turn to the people, and that they may understand."

7. (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is you



ont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear

xcept a little, of which ye shall eat.

8. "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), whic

ll devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them -- (a

xcept a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.

9. "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people w

ave abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)."

0. So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when th

essenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lor

nd ask him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut the

ands?' for my Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."

. (The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye d

eek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Go

eserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wif

Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce hi

om his (true) self: he is indeed of those who are (ever) true (anrtuous).

2. "This (say I), in order that he may know that I have never bee

lse to him in his absence, and that God will never guide the snar

the false ones.

3. "Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human soul) ertainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: b

urely certainly my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

4. So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially t

erve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken to him

e said: "Be assured this day, thou art, before our own Presenceth rank firmly established and fidelity fully proved!"



5. (Joseph) said: "Set me over the storehouses of the land: I w

deed guard them, as one that knows (their importance)."

6. Thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land, t

ke possession therein as, when ,or where he pleased. We besto

Our mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, to be lost, th

ward of those who do good.

7. But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for those wh

elieve, and are constant in righteousness.

8. Then came Joseph's brethren: they entered his presence, and h

new them, but they knew him not.

9. And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable

r them, he said: "Bring unto me a brother ye have, of the sam

ther as yourselves, (but a different mother): see ye not that I pay o

l measure, and that I do provide the best hospitality?

0. "Now if ye bring him not to me, ye shall have no measure (orn) from me, nor shall be ye (even) come near me."

. They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about hi

om his father: indeed we shall do it."

2. And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock in trade (wit

hich they had bartered) into their saddlebags, so they should knoonly when they returned to their people, in order that they mig

ome back.

3. Now when they returned to their father, they said: "O our fathe

o more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother

o send our brother with us, that we may get our measure; and wll indeed take every care of him."



4. He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than whe

rusted you with his brother aforetime? But God is the best to tak

are (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

5. Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock

ade had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! wh

more) can we desire? This our stock in trade has been returned s: so we shall get (more) food for our family; we shall take care

ur brother; and add (at the same time) a full camel's load (of gra

our provisions): this is but a small quantity."

6. (Jacob) said: "Never will I send him with you until ye swear

olemn oath to me, in God's name, that ye will be sure to bring hiack to me unless ye are yourselves hemmed in (and mad

owerless)." And when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said

Over all that we say, be God the Witness and Guardian!"

7. Further he said; "O my sons! enter not all by one gate: enter y

y different gates. Not that I can profit you aught against God (wi

y advice): none can command except God: on Him do I put my trund let all that trust put their trust on Him."

8. And when they entered in the manner their father had enjoined,

d not profit them in the least against (the Plan of) God: it was but

ecessity of Jacob's soul, which he discharged. For he was, by Ou

struction, full of knowledge (and experience): but most men knoot.

9. Now when they came into Joseph's presence, he received h

ull) brother to stay with him. He said (to him): "Behold! I am th

wn) brother; so grieve not at aught of their doings."

0. At length when he had furnished them forth with provisionuitable) for them, he put the drinking cup into his brother



addlebag. Then shouted out a Crier: "O ye (in) the Caravan

ehold! ye are thieves, without doubt!"

. They said, turning towards them: "What is it that ye miss?"

2. They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him wh

oduces it, is (the reward of) a camel-load; I will be bound by it."

3. (The brothers) said: "By God! well ye know that we came not

ake mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"

4. (The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if y

e (proved) to have lied?"

5. They said: "The penalty should be that he in whose saddle bag

found, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thu

s we punish the wrongdoers!"

6. So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he cam

) the baggage of his brother: at length He brought it out of hother's baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not tak

s brother by the law of the king except that God willed it (so). W

ise to degrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all endue

th knowledge is One, the All-Knowing.

7. They said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his who did ste

efore (him)." But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heavealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): "Y

e the worse situated; and God knoweth best the truth of what y

ssert!"

8. They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged an

enerable, (who will grieve for him): so take one of us in his place: foe see that thou art (gracious) in doing good."



9. He said: "God forbid that we take other than him with whom w

und our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be actin

rongfully."

0. Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held

onference in private. The leader among them said: "Know ye n

at your father did take an oath from you in God's name, and howefore this, ye did fail in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I n

ave this land until my father permits me, or God commands m

nd He is the best to command.

. "Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! Behold! th

on committed theft: we bear witness only to what we know, and would not well guard against the unseen!

2. "'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in whic

e returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'"

3. Jacob said: "Nay, but ye have yourselves contrived a story (goo

nough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe God wing them (back) all to me (in the end): for He is indeed full

nowledge and wisdom."

4. And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grie

r Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell int

ent melancholy.

5. They said: "By God! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Josep

ntil though reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"

6. He said: "I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Go

nd I know from God that which ye know not...

7. "O my sons! go ye and enquire about Joseph and his brothe

nd never ive u ho e of God's Soothin Merc : trul no on



espairs of God's Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith."

8. Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph's) presence they sai

O exalted one! distress has seized us and our family; we have (now

ought but scanty capital: So pay us full measure, (we pray thee

nd treat it as charity to us: for God doth reward the charitable."

9. He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph, and his brother, no

nowing (what ye were doing)?"

0. They said: "Art thou indeed, Joseph?" He said: "I am Josep

nd this is my brother: God has indeed been gracious to us (al

ehold, he that is righteous and patient -- never will God suffer th

ward to be lost, of those who do right."

. They said: "By God! indeed has God preferred thee above u

nd we certainly have been guilty of sin!"

2. He said: "This day let no reproach be (cast) on you: God w

rgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy?

3. "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: h

ll come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together wi

your family."

4. When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indee

cent the presence of Joseph: nay, think me not a dotard."

5. They said: "By God! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."

6. Then when the bearer of the good news came, he cast (the shir

ver his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did

ot say to you, 'Know from God that which ye know not?'"

7. They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, fo



e were truly at fault."

8. He said: "Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you: for H

indeed Oft-Forgiving, Merciful."

9. Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided

ome for his parents with himself, and said: "Enter ye Egypt (all) afety if it please God."

00. And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity), an

ey fell down in prostration (all) before him. He said: "O my fathe

is is the fulfillment of my vision of old! God hath made it come true

e was indeed good to me when He took me out of prison an

ought you (all here) out of the desert, (even) after Satan had sow

nmity between me and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandet

est the mysteries of all that He planneth to do: for verily He is full

nowledge and wisdom.

01. "O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some powe

nd taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and eventThou Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protecto

this world and in the Hereafter, take thou my soul (at death) as on

ubmitting to Thy Will (as a Muslim), and unite me with th

ghteous."

02. Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which W

veal by inspiration unto thee: nor wast thou (present) with the

hen they concerted their plans together in the process of weavin

eir plots.

03. Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, howeve

dently thou dost desire it.

04. And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less than



essage for all creatures.

05. And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pas

y? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!

06. And most of them believe not in God without associatin

thers as partners) with Him!

07. Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of th

overing veil of the wrath of God -- or of the coming against them

e (final) Hour all of a sudden while they perceive not?

08. Say thou: "This my way: I do invite unto God -- on evidenc

ear as the seeing with one's eyes -- I and whoever follows mory to God! and never will I join gods with God!"

09. Nor did We send before thee (as Messengers) any but me

hom We did inspire -- (men) living in human habitations. Do the

ot travel through the earth, and see what was the end of thos

efore them? But the home of the Hereafter is best, for those who dght. Will ye not then understand?

0. (Respite will be granted) until, when the apostles give up hop

f their people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liar

ere reaches them Our help. And those whom We will are delivere

to safety. But never will be warded off Our punishment from thos

ho are in sin.

1. There is, in their stories, instruction for men endued wit

nderstanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of wh

ent before it -- a detailed exposition of all things, and a Guide and

ercy to any such as believe.





Surah 13 - Al Ra'd (The Thunder)


Alif Lam Mim Ra. These are the Signs (or Verses) of the Booat which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Trut

ut most men believe not.

God is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye ca

ee; is firmly established on the Throne (of Authority); He ha

ubjected the sun and the moon (to His law)! each one runs (iourse) for a term appointed. He doth regulate affairs, explaining th

gns in detail, that ye may believe with certainty in the meeting wi

our Lord.

And it is He Who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountain

anding firm, and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made

airs, two and two: He draweth the Night as a veil o'er the Daehold, verily in these things there are Signs for those who conside

And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighboring, an

ardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees

owing out of single roots or otherwise: watered with the sam

ater, yet some of them We make more excellent than others to eaehold, verily in these things there are Signs for those wh

nderstand!

If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their sayin

When we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a creatio

newed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are thos

und whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will bompanions of the Fire, who dwell therein (for aye)!



They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: ye

ave come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishment

ut verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for the

rongdoing: and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment.

And the Unbelievers say! "Why is not a Sign sent down to himom his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner and to every people

uide.

God doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how muc

e wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Eve

ngle thing is before His sight, in (due) proportion.

He knoweth the Unseen and that which is open: He is the Grea

e Most High.

0. It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech o

eclare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk freely by day.

. For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, befornd behind him: they guard him by command of God. Verily neve

ll God change the condition of a people until they change

emselves (with their own souls). But when (once) God willeth

eople's punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will the

nd, besides Him, any to protect.

2. It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear an

hope: it is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilizing

in!

3. Nay, thunder repeateth His praises, and so do the angels, wi

we: He flingeth the loud-voiced thunderbolts, and therewith H

riketh whomsoever He will... Yet these (are the men) who (dare tospute about God, with the strength of His power (supreme)!



4. For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upo

esides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth the

ands for water to reach their mouth but it reaches them not: for th

ayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in th

ind).

5. Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth d

ostrate themselves to God (acknowledging subjection) -- with goo

ll or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning

nd evenings.

6. Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and th

arth?" Say: "It is God." Say: "Do ye then take (for worshipotectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good o

r harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those wh

ee? Or the depths of darkness equal with Light?" Or do they assig

God partners who have created (anything) as He has created, s

at the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "God is the Creato

all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."

7. He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow

ach according to its measure: but the torrent bears away the foa

at mounts up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which the

eat in the fire, to make ornaments or utensils therewith, there is

cum likewise. Thus doth God (by parables) show forth Truth an

anity: for the scum disappears like froth cast out; while that which

r the good of mankind remains on the earth. Thus doth God s

rth parables.

8. For those who respond to their Lord, are (all) good things. B

ose who respond not to Him -- even if they had all that is in th

eavens and on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offerr ransom. For them will the reckoning be terrible: their abode w



e Hell -- what a bed of misery!

9. Is then one who doth know that that which hath been reveale

nto these from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is thos

ho are endued with understanding that receive admonition -—

0. Those who fulfil the Covenant of God and fail not in their plighteord;

. Those who join together those things which God ha

ommanded to be joined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrib

ckoning;

2. Those who patiently persevere, seeking the countenance theord; establish regular prayers; spend, out of (the gifts) We hav

estowed for their sustenance, secretly and openly; and turn off Ev

th good: for such there is the final attainment of the (Eternal) Hom

—

3. Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as thghteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring: an

ngels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation):

4. "Peace unto you for that ye persevered in patience! Now ho

xcellent is the final Home!"

5. But those who break the Covenant of God, after having plighteeir word thereto and cut asunder those things which God ha

ommanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land -- on them

e Curse; for them is the terrible Home!

6. God doth enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure the Sustenanc

which He giveth) to whom so He pleaseth. (The worldly) rejoice e life of this world: but the life of this world is but little comfort in th

ereafter.



7. The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him fro

s Lord?" Say: "Truly God leaveth, to stray, whom He will; but H

uideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence -—

8. "Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in th

membrance of God: for without doubt in the remembrance of Goo hearts find satisfaction.

9. "For those who believe and work righteousness, is (ever

essedness, and a beautiful place of (final) return."

0. Thus have We sent thee amongst a People before whom (lon

nce) have (other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order th

ou mightest rehearse unto them what We send down unto thee b

spiration; yet do they reject (Him), the Most Gracious! Say: "He

y Lord! There is no god but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do

rn!"

. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or tharth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (th

ould be the one!) But, truly, the Command is with God in things! D

ot the Believers know, that, had God (so) willed, He could hav

uided all mankind (to the Right)? But the Unbelievers -- never w

saster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close t

eir homes, until the Promise of God come to pass, for, verily, Goll not fail in His promise.

2. Mocked were (many) Messengers before thee: but I grante

spite to the Unbelievers, and finally I punished them; then ho

errible) was My requital!

3. Is then He Who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all thatoth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to God. Say



But name them! Is it that ye will inform Him of something H

noweth not on earth, or is it (just) a show of words?" Nay! to thos

ho believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are ke

ack (thereby) from the Path: and those whom God leaves to stra

o one can guide.

4. For them is a Penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, e Penalty of the Hereafter; and defender have they none again

od.

5. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!

eneath if flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and th

hade therein: such is the End of the Righteous; and the End nbelievers is the Fire.

6. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what ha

een revealed unto thee: but there are among the clans those wh

ject a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to worship God, and n

join partners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and unto Him is m

turn."

7. Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic

Wert thou to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge whic

ath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector no

efender against God.

8. We did send Messengers before thee, and appointed for the

ves and children: and it was never the part of a Messenger to brin

Sign except as God permitted (or commanded). For each perio

a Book (revealed).

9. God doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is th

other of the Book.



0. Whether We shall show thee (within thy lifetime) part of what W

omised them or take to Ourselves thy soul (before it is a

ccomplished), thy duty is to (make the Message) reach them: it

ur part to call them to account.

. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their contro

om its outlying borders? (Where) God commands, there is none tut back His command: and He is swift in calling to account.

2. Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things th

aster planning is God's. He knoweth the doings of every soul: an

oon will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the End.

3. The Unbelievers say: "No Messenger art thou." Say: "Enough fo

witness between me and you is God, and such as have knowledg

the Book."





Surah 14 - Ibrahim (Abraham)


Alif Lam Ra. A Book which We have revealed unto thee, in ordeat thou mightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness int

ht -- by the leave of their Lord -- to the Way of (Him) Exalted

ower, Worthy of all Praise! -—

Of God, to Whom do belong all things in the heavens and on eart

ut alas for the Unbelievers for a terrible Penalty (their Unfaith wing them)! -—

Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, wh

nder (men) from the Path of God and seek therein somethin

ooked: they are astray by a long distance.

We sent a Messenger except (to teach) in the language of hwn) people, in order to make (things) clear to them. Now Go

aves straying those whom He pleases and guides whom H

eases: and He is Exalted in power, Full of Wisdom.

We sent Moses with Our Signs (and the command), "Bring out th

eople from the depths of darkness into light, and teach them

member the Days of God." Verily in this there are Signs for suc

s are firmly patient and constant -- grateful and appreciative.

Remember! Moses said to his people: "Call to mind the favor

od to you when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: The

et you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons, and l

our womenfolk live: therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord."



And remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): "If y

e grateful, I will add more (favors) unto you; but if ye sho

gratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed."

And Moses said: "If ye show ingratitude, ye and all on ear

gether -- yet is God free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (wen

efore you? -- of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud? -- an

those who (came) after them? None knows them but God. To the

ame Messengers with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands up t

eir mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which ye hav

een sent, and we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as tat to which ye invite us."

0. Their Messengers said: "Is there a doubt about God, the Creato

the heavens and the earth? It is He Who invites you, in order tha

e may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a ter

ppointed!" They said: "Ah! ye are no more than human, lik

urselves! Ye wish to turn us away from the (gods) our fathers useworship: then bring us some clear authority."

. Their Messengers said to them: "True, we are human lik

ourselves, but God doth grant His grace to such of His servants a

e pleases. It is not for us to bring you an authority except as Go

ermits. And on God let all men of faith put their trust.

2. "No reason have we why we should not put our trust on God

deed He has guided us to the Ways we (follow). We shall certain

ear with patience all the hurt you may cause us: for those who p

eir trust should put their trust on God."

3. And the Unbelievers said to their Messengers: "Be sure we shaive you out of our land, or ye shall return to our religion." But the



ord inspired (this Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause th

rongdoers to perish!

4. "And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land, and succee

em. This for such as fear the time when they shall stand before M

bunal -- such as fear the punishment denounced."

5. But they sought victory and decision (there and then), an

ustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.

6. In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boilin

tid water.

7. In gulps will he sip it, but never well he be near swallowing it dows throat: Death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he no

e: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.

8. The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works ar

s ashes, on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous da

o power have they over aught that they have earned: That is thraying far, far (from the goal).

9. Seest thou not that God created the Heavens and the earth

ruth? If He so will, He can remove you and put (in your place) a ne

reation?

0. Nor is that for God any great matter.

. They will all be marshalled before God together: then will th

eak say to those who were arrogant, "For us, we but followed yo

an ye then avail us at all against the wrath of God?" They will repl

we had received the guidance of God, we should have given it t

ou: to us it makes no difference (now) whether we rage, or beahese torments) with patience: for ourselves there is no way

sca e."



2. And Satan will say when the matter is decided: "It was God Wh

ave you a promise of truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promis

you. I had no authority over you except to call you, but ye listene

me: then reproach not me, but reproach your own souls. I cann

ten to your cries, nor can ye listen to mine. I reject your former a

associating me with God. For wrongdoers there must be rievous Penalty."

3. But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitte

Gardens beneath which rivers flow -- to dwell therein for aye wi

e leave of their Lord: their greeting therein will be: "Peace!"

4. Seest thou not how God sets forth a parable? -- a goodly Wor

e a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reac

the heavens -—

5. It brings forth its fruit at all times, by the leave of its Lord. So Go

ets forth parables for men, in order that they may receiv

dmonition.

6. And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree. It is torn u

y the root, from the surface of the earth: it has no stability.

7. God will establish in strength those who believe, with the Wor

at stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but God will leav

stray, those who do wrong: God doeth what He willeth.

8. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have changed th

vor of God into blasphemy and caused their people to descend t

e House of Perdition? -—

9. Into Hell? They will burn therein -- an evil place to stay in!

0. And the set u idols as e ual to God to mislead men fro



e Path! Say: "Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily ye are makin

raightway for Hell!"

. Speak to My servants who have believed, that they may establis

gular prayers, and spend (in charity) out of the Sustenance W

ave given them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day

hich there will be neither mutual bargaining, nor befriending.

2. It is God Who hath created the heavens and the earth an

endeth down rain from the skies, and with it bringeth out frui

herewith to feed you; it is He Who hath made the ships subject t

ou, that they may sail through the sea by His command; and th

vers (also) hath He made subject to you.

3. And He hath made subject to you the sun and the moon, bo

igently pursuing their courses: and the Night and the Day hath H

lso) made subject you.

4. And He giveth you of all that ye ask for. But if ye count the favor

God, never will ye be able to number them: verily, man is given uinjustice and ingratitude. 35. Remember Abraham said: "O m

ord! make this city one of peace and security: and preserve me an

y sons from worshipping idols.

6. "O my Lord! they have indeed led astray many among mankin

e then who follows my (ways) is of me, and he that disobeys me

ut thou art indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

7. "O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in

alley without cultivation, by thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord

at they may establish regular prayer: so fill the hearts of som

mong men with love towards them, and feed them with Fruits: s

at they may give thanks.



8. "O our Lord! truly Thou dost know what we conceal and what w

veal: for nothing whatever is hidden from God, whether on earth o

heaven.

9. "Praise be to God, who hath granted unto me in old age Isma

nd Isaac: for truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer!

0. "O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, an

so (raise such) among my offspring, O our Lord! and accept Tho

y Prayer.

. "O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness -- me, my parent

nd (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will b

stablished!"

2. Think not that God doth not heed the deeds of those who d

rong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes w

xedly stare in horror -—

3. They are running forward with necks outstretched, their headplifted, their gaze returning not towards them, and their hearts

aping) void.

4. So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them

en will the wrongdoers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a sho

rm: we will answer Thy Call, and follow the Messengers!" "Wha

ere ye not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline

5. "And ye dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged their ow

ouls: ye were clearly shown how We dealt with them; and We p

rth many parables in your behalf!"

6. Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their ploere (well) within the sight of God, even though they were such as

hake the hills!



7. Never think that God would fail His Messengers in His promise

r God is Exalted in power -- the Lord of Retribution.

8. One day the Earth will be changed to a different Earth, and so w

e the Heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before God, th

ne, the Irresistible;

9. And thou wilt see the Sinners that day bound together in fetters

—

0. Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire

. That God may requite each soul according to its deserts; anerily God is Swift in calling account.

2. Here is a Message for mankind: let them take warning therefrom

nd let them know that He is (no other than) One God: let men

nderstanding take heed.





Surah 15 - Al Hijr (The Rocky Tract


Alif Lam Ra. These are the Ayats of Revelation -- of a Qur'an thaakes things clear.

Again and again will those who disbelieve wish that they ha

owed (to God's Will) in Islam.

Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and t

ease themselves: let (false) Hope amuse them: soon w

nowledge (undeceive them).

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decree

nd assigned beforehand.

Neither can a people anticipate its Term, nor delay it.

They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! Tru

ou art mad (or possessed)!

"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast th

ruth?"

We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they cam

o the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We w

ssuredly guard it (from corruption).

0. We did send Messengers before thee amongst the religiou

ects of old:



. But never came a Messenger to them but they mocked him.

2. Even so do We let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -—

3. That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of th

ncients have passed away.

4. Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and the

ere to continue (all day) ascending therein,

5. They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: nay, w

ave been bewitched by sorcery."

6. It is We who have set out the Zodiacal Signs in the heavens, an

ade them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;

7. And (moreover) we have guarded them from every evil spi

ccursed:

8. But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flamine, bright (to see).

9. And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereo

ountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds

ings in due balance.

0. And We have provided therein means of subsistence -- for yo

nd for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.

. And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasure

nexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in du

nd ascertainable measures.

2. And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain t



escend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (

bundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.

3. And verily, it is We Who give life, and who give death: it is W

Who remain Inheritors (after all else passes away).

4. To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and thosho lag behind.

5. Assuredly it is thy Lord who will gather them together: for He

erfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.

6. We created man from sounding clay, from mud molded int

hape;

7. And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of

corching wind.

8. Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create ma

om sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;

9. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathe

to him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

0. So the angels prostrated themselves all of them together:

. Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrateemselves.

2. (God) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being amon

ose who prostrated themselves?"

3. (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom tho

dst create from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape."



4. (God) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejecte

ccursed.

5. "And the Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

6. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day th

ead) are raised."

7. (God) said: "Respite is granted thee -—

8. "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."

9. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong

ll make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will pem all in the wrong -—

0. "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Th

ace)."

. (God) said: "This (Way of My sincere servants) is indeed a Wa

at leads straight to Me.

2. "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except suc

s put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."

3. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!

4. To it are seven Gates: for each of those Gates is (special) clas

f sinners assigned).

5. The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clea

owing water).

6. (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in Peace and Security."



7. And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injur

hey will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (

gnity).

8. There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (eve

e asked to leave.

9. Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving, Mos

erciful;

0. And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.

. Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

2. When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He sai

We feel afraid of you!"

3. They said: "Fear not! we give thee glad tidings of a son endowe

th wisdom."

4. He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seize

e? Of what, then, is your good news?"

5. They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then

espair!"

6. He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such ao astray?"

7. Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (hav

ome), O ye messengers (of God)?"

8. They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin.

9. "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged



save (from harm) -- all -—

0. "Except his wife, who, we have ascertained, will be among thos

ho will lag behind."

. At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents o

ut,

2. He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."

3. They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that o

hich they doubt.

4. "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, anssuredly we tell the truth.

5. "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of th

ght (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one among

ou look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."

6. And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants

ose (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.

7. The inhabitants of the City came in (mad) joy (at news of th

oung men).

8. Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:

9. "But fear God, and shame me not."

0. They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?

. He said: "There are my daughters (to marry). If ye must act (so).

2. Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, the



ander in distraction, to and fro.

3. But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

4. And We turned (the Cities) upside down, and rained down o

em brimstones hard as baked clay.

5. Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand

6. And the (cities were) right on the highroad.

7. Behold! in this is a Sign for those who believe!

8. And the Companions of the Wood were also wrongdoers;

9. So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on a

pen highway, plain to see.

0. The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected th

essengers:

. We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away fro

em.

2. Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feelin

emselves) secure.

3. But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

4. And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art an

are)!

5. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, b

r just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will banifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness



6. For verily it is thy Lord Who is the Master-Creator, knowing a

ings.

7. And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-Repeate

erses) and the Grand Qur'an.

8. Strain not thine eyes (wistfully) at what We have bestowed oertain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (

entleness) to the Believers.

9. And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and withou

mbiguity" -—

0. (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divide

Scripture into arbitrary parts) -—

. (So also on such) as have made the Qur'an into shreds (as the

ease).

2. Therefore, by thy Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,

3. For all their deeds.

4. Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and tu

way from those who join false gods with God.

5. For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff -—

6. Those who adopt, with God, another god: but soon will they com

know.

7. We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say

8. But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those whostrate themselves in adoration.



9. And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that

ertain.





Surah 16 - Al Nahl (Bees)


(Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of God: seek ye nen to hasten it: glory to Him, and far is He above having th

artners they ascribe unto Him!

He doth send down His angels with inspiration of His Comman

such of His servants as He pleaseth, (saying): "Warn (Man) tha

ere is no god but I: so do your duty unto Me."

He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: far is H

bove having the partners they ascribe to Him!

He has created man from a sperm drop; and behold this sam

man) becomes an open disputer!

And cattle He has created for you (men): from them ye deriv

armth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat.

And ye have a sense of pride and beauty in them as ye drive them

ome in the evening, and as ye lead them forth to pasture in th

orning.

And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could no

therwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord

deed Most Kind, Most Merciful.

And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to rid

nd use for show; and He has created (other) things of what ye havo knowledge.



And unto God leads straight the Way, but there are ways that tur

side: if God had willed, He could have guided all of you.

0. It is He Who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, an

ut of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle.

. With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, anvery kind of fruit: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought.

2. He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the Sun an

e Moon; and the Stars are in subjection by His Command: verily

s are Signs for men who are wise.

3. And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varyinolors (and qualities): verily in this is a Sign for men who celebrat

e praises of God (in gratitude).

4. It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereo

esh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom

naments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough thaves, that ye may seek (thus) of the bounty of God and that ye ma

e grateful.

5. And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest

hould shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guid

ourselves,

6. And marks and signposts; and by the stars (men) guid

emselves.

7. Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye n

ceive admonition?

8. If ye would count up the favors of God, never would ye be able t

umber them: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.



9. And God doth know what ye conceal, and what ye reveal.

0. Those whom they invoke besides God create nothing and a

emselves created.

. (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do thy know when they will bised up.

2. Your God is One God: as to those who believe not in th

ereafter, their hearts refuse to know and they are arrogant.

3. Undoubtedly God doth know what they conceal, and what the

veal: verily He loveth not the arrogant.

4. When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?

hey say, "Tales of the ancients!"

5. Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in fu

nd also (something) of the burdens of those without knowledg

hom they misled. Alas, how grievous the burdens they will bear!

6. Those before them did also plot (against God's Way): but Go

ok their structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down o

em from above; and the Wrath seized them from directions the

d not perceive.

7. Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them with sham

nd say: "Where are My 'partners' concerning whom ye used

spute (with the godly)?" Those endued with knowledge will sa

This Day, indeed, are the Unbelievers covered with Shame an

isery -—

8. "(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state rongdoing to their own souls. Then would they offer submissio



with the pretence), 'We did no evil (knowingly).'" (The angels w

ply), "Nay, but verily God knoweth all that ye did;

9. "So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed

e abode of the arrogant."

0. To the righteous (when) it is said, "What is it that your Lord havealed?" they say, "All that is good." To those who do good, ther

good in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even bette

nd excellent indeed is the Home of the righteous -—

. Gardens of Eternity which they will enter: beneath them flo

leasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish: thus do

od reward the righteous -—

2. (Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of purit

aying (to them), "Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because

e good which ye did (in the world)."

3. Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or theomes the Command of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those wh

ent before them. But God wronged them not: nay, they wronge

eir own souls.

4. But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that ve

Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in.

5. The worshippers of false gods say: "If God had so willed, w

hould not have worshipped aught but Him -- neither we nor o

thers -- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His

o did those who went before them. But what is the mission

essengers but to preach the Clear Message?

6. For We assuredly sent amongst every People a Messenge

with the Command "Serve God and eschew Evil": of the eo



ere some whom God guided, and some on whom Error becam

evitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see wh

as the end of those who denied (the Truth).

7. If thou art anxious for their guidance, yet God guideth not such a

e leaves to stray, and there is none to help them.

8. They swear their strongest oaths by God, that God will not rais

p those who die: Nay, but it is a promise (binding) on Him in trut

ut most among mankind realize it not.

9. (They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to the

e truth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth maalize that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood.

0. For to anything which We have willed, We but say the Wor

Be," and it is.

. To those who leave their homes in the Cause of God, afte

uffering oppression -- We will assuredly give a goodly home in thorld: but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater, if they on

alize (this)!

2. (They are) those who persevere in patience, and put their trust o

eir Lord.

3. And before thee also the Messengers We sent were but men, thom We granted inspiration: if ye realize this not, ask of those wh

ossess the Message.

4. (We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecie

nd We have sent down unto thee (also) the Message; that tho

ayest explain clearly to men what is sent for them, and that theay give thought.



5. Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that God will n

ause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seiz

em from directions they little perceive? -—

6. Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of the

oings to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him? -—

7. Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slo

astage -- for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.

8. Do they not look at God's creation, (even) among (inanimate

ings -- how their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and th

ft, prostrating themselves to God, and that in the humblest manner

9. And to God doth obeisance all that is in the heavens and o

arth, whether moving (living) creatures or the angels: for none ar

rogant (before their Lord).

0. They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all th

ey are commanded.

. God has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is jus

ne God: then fear Me (and Me alone)."

2. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and t

m is duty due always: then will ye fear other than God?

3. And ye have no good thing but is from God: and moreover, whe

e are touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans;

4. Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some o

ou turn to other gods to join with their Lord -—

5. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the favors We have bestowe

n them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye know (you



ly)!

6. And they (even assign, to things they do not know, a portion ou

that which we have bestowed for their sustenance! By God, y

hall certainly be called to account for your false inventions.

7. And they assign daughters for God! Glory be to Him! and foemselves (sons, the issue) the desire!

8. When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a fema

hild), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!

9. With shame does he hide himself from his people, because

e bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance andontempt, or bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decid

n!

0. To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitud

evil: to God applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted

ower, Full of Wisdom.

. It God were to punish men for their wrongdoing, He would n

ave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives the

spite for a stated term: when their term expires, they would not b

ble to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they wou

ot be able to anticipate it (for a single hour).

2. They attribute to God what they hate (for themselves), and the

ngues assert the falsehood that all good things are for themselve

thout doubt for them is the fire, and they will be the first to b

astened on into it!

3. By God, We (also) sent (our prophets) to peoples before theut Satan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring: he

so their atron toda but the shall have a most rievous Penalt .



4. And We sent down the Book to thee for the express purpose

at thou shouldst make clear to them those things in which the

ffer, and that it should be a guide and a mercy to those wh

elieve.

5. And God sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith lifthe earth after its death: verily in this is a Sign for those who listen

6. And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive Sign. From wh

within their bodies, between excretions and blood, We produc

r your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.

7. And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, ye get ou

holesome drink and food: behold, in this also is a Sign for thos

ho are wise.

8. And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, an

(men's) habitations;

9. Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill th

pacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies

ink of varying colors, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is

gn for those who give thought.

0. It is God who creates you and takes your souls at death; and

ou there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that thenow nothing after having known (much): for God is All-Knowing, A

owerful.

. God has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on som

you than on others; those more favored are not going to thro

ack their gifts to those whom their right hands possess, so as to bqual in that respect. Will they then deny the favors of God?



2. And God has made for you mates (and companions) of your ow

ature. And made for you, out of them, sons and daughters an

andchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will the

en believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for God's favors?

3. And worship others than God, such as have no power o

oviding them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or eartnd cannot possibly have such power?

4. Invent not similitudes for God: for God knoweth, and ye know no

5. God sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under th

ominion of another; he has no power of any sort; and (the other)

an on whom We have bestowed goodly favors from ourselves, an

e spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equa

By no means); praise be to God. But most of them understand not.

6. God sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dum

th no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his maste

hichever way he directs him, he brings no good: is such a maqual with one who commands justice, and is on a straight way?

7. To God belongeth the mystery of the heavens and the earth. An

e decision of the Hour (of Judgment) is as the twinkling of an ey

even quicker: for God hath power over all things.

8. It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothe

hen ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight an

telligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to God).

9. Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the a

nd) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) God. Verily

s are Signs for those who believe.



0. It is God who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet fo

ou; and made for you out of the skins of animals, (tents fo

wellings, which ye find so light (and handy) when ye travel and whe

e stop (in your travels); and out of their wool, and their soft fibe

etween wool and hair), and their hair, rich stuff and articles o

onvenience (to serve you) for a time.

. It is God who made, out of the things He created some things

ve you shade; of the hills He made some for your shelter; He mad

ou garments to protect you from heat, and coats of mail to prote

ou from your (mutual) violence. Thus does He complete his favo

n you, that ye may bow to His will (in Islam).

2. But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clea

essage.

3. They recognize the favors of God; then they deny them; and mo

them are (creatures) ungrateful.

4. One day We shall raise from all peoples a witness: then will nxcuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor will they receive an

vors.

5. When the wrongdoers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in n

ay be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite.

6. When those who gave partners to God will see their "partnersey will say: "Our Lord! these are our 'partners,' those whom w

sed to invoke besides thee." But they will throw back their word a

em (and say): "Indeed ye are liars!"

7. That day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to God; an

their inventions shall leave them in the lurch.

8. Those who re ect God and hinder men from the ath of God f



em will We add Penalty to Penalty; for that they used to sprea

ischief.

9. One day We shall raise from all peoples a witness against them

om amongst themselves: and We shall bring thee as a witnes

gainst these (thy people): and We have sent down to thee the Boo

xplaining all things, a guide a Mercy, and glad tidings to Muslims.

0. God commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to ki

nd kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice an

bellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.

. Fulfil the Covenant of God when ye have entered into it, aneak not your oaths after ye have confirmed them; indeed ye hav

ade God your surety; for God knoweth all that ye do.

2. And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the

arn which she has spun, after it has become strong. Nor take yo

aths to practice deception between yourselves, lest one par

hould be more numerous than another: for God will test you by thind on the Day of Judgment He will certainly make clear to you (th

uth of) that wherein ye disagree.

3. If God so willed, He could make you all one people: but H

aves straying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He please

ut ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.

4. And take not your oaths, to practice deception betwee

ourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it wa

mly planted; and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences)

aving hindered (men) from the path of God, and a mighty Wra

escend on you.

5. Nor sell the Covenant of God for a miserable price: for with Go



(a prize) far better for you, if ye only knew.

6. What is with you must vanish: what is with God will endure. An

We will certainly bestow, on those who patiently persevere, the

ward according to the best of their actions.

7. Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faiterily, to him will We give a new life, a life that is good and pure, an

We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of the

ctions.

8. When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek God's protection fro

atan the rejected one.

9. No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust

eir Lord.

00. His authority is over those only, who take him as patron an

ho join partners with God.

01. When We substitute one revelation for another, and God know

est what He reveals (in stages), they say, "Thou art but a forger

ut most of them understand not.

02. Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord

uth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a guide an

ad Tidings to Muslims.

03. We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him

he tongue of him they wickedly point to is notable foreign, while th

Arabic, pure and clear.

04. Those who believe not in the Signs of God, God will not guid

em, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty.



05. It is those who believe not in the Signs of God, that forg

lsehood: it is they who lie!

06. Anyone who, after accepting faith in God, utters unbelief, exce

nder compulsion, his heart remaining firm in faith, but such as ope

eir breast to unbelief, on them is Wrath from God, and theirs will b

dreadful Penalty.

07. This because they love the life of this world better than th

ereafter: and God will not guide those who reject faith.

08. Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes God has seale

p, and they take no heed.

09. Without doubt, in the hereafter they will perish.

0. But verily thy Lord to those who leave their homes after tria

nd persecutions and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith an

atiently persevere, thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful.

1. One day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and eve

oul will be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will b

njustly dealt with.

2. God sets forth a parable: a city enjoying security and quie

bundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: yet was ngrateful for the favors of God: so God made it taste of hunger an

rror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side

ecause of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.

3. And there came to them a Messenger from among themselves

ut they falsely rejected him; so the wrath seized them even in thidst of their iniquities.



4. So eat of the sustenance which God has provided for yo

wful and good; and be grateful for the favors of God, if it is H

hom ye serve.

5. He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the fles

swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than God ha

een invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilfsobedience, nor transgressing due limits, then God is Of


6. But say not, for any false thing that your tongues may put fort

This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things t

od. For those who ascribe false things to God, will never prosper.

7. (In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a mo

ievous Penalty.

8. To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentione

thee before: We did them no wrong, but they were used to doin

rong to themselves.

9. But verily thy Lord, to those who do wrong in ignorance, but wh

ereafter repent and make amends, thy Lord, after all this, is Of


20. Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to God, (and

ue in faith, and he joined not gods with God:

21. He showed his gratitude for the favors of God, Who chose him

nd guided him to a straight way.

22. And We gave him good in this world, and he will be, in th

ereafter, in the ranks of the righteous.

23. So We have taught thee the inspired (message), "Follow th



ays of Abraham the true in faith, and he joined not gods with God."

24. The Sabbath was only made (strict) to those who disagreed (a

its observance); but God will judge between them on the Day

udgment as to their differences.

25. Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautifeaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and mo

acious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Pat

nd who receive guidance.

26. And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than the

atch you out: but if ye show patience, that is indeed the be

ourse) for those who are patient.

27. And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from God; no

ieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots.

28. For God is with those who restrain themselves, and those wh

o good.





Surah 17 - Al Isra' (The NightJourney) -or- Bani Isra'ilTheChildren of Israel)


Glory to (God) Who did take His Servant for Journey by night fro

e Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts W

d Bless -- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: fo

e is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things).

We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children o

rael, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (you

fairs."

O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) witoah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful.

And We gave (clear) warning to the Children of Israel in the Boo

at twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated wi

ighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!

When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against your servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmo

arts of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.

Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave yo

crease in resources and sons, and made you the more numerou

manpower.

If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did



gainst yourselves; so when the second of the warnings came t

ass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and t

nter your Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit wit

estruction all that fell into their power.

It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if y

vert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): and Wave made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).

Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable

nd giveth the glad tidings to the Believers who work deeds

ghteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;

0. And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) th

We have prepared for them a Penalty grievous (indeed).

. The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil: fo

an is given to hasty (deeds).

2. We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: thgn of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the day W

ave made to enlighten you; that ye may seek Bounty from your Lor

nd that ye may know the number and count of the years: all thing

ave We explained in detail.

3. Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: on the Da

Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will sepread open.

4. (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: sufficient is th

oul this day to make out an account against thee."

5. Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: whoeth astray doth so to his own loss: no bearer of burdens can bea

e burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until W



ad sent a Messenger (to give warning).

6. When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send

efinite order to those among them who are given the good things

is life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true again

em: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.

7. How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? An

nough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants.

8. If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readi

ant them -- such things as We will, to such persons as We will:

e end have We provided Hell for them: they will burn thereisgraced and rejected.

9. Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and striv

erefor with all due striving, and have Faith -- they are the one

hose striving is acceptable (to God).

0. Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all -- these aell as those: the bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).

. See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; b

erily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more

xcellence.

2. Take not with God another object of worship; or thou (O manlt sit in disgrace and destitution.

3. Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that y

e kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in th

e, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but addres

em in terms of honor.

4. And out of kindness lower to them the win of humilit and sa



My Lord! bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me

hildhood."

5. Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: if ye do deeds o

ghteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Hi

gain and again (in true penitence).

6. And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those

ant, and to the wayfarer: but squander not (your wealth) in th

anner of a spendthrift.

7. Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil On

to his Lord (Himself) ungrateful.

8. And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of th

ercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them

ord of easy kindness.

9. Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch

rth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy anestitute.

0. Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom

e pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure: for He doth kno

nd regard all His servants.

. Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall providustenance for them as well as for you: verily the killing of them is

eat sin.

2. Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an ev

pening the road (to other evils).

3. Nor take life -- which God has made sacred -- except for ju

ause. And if an one is slain wron full , We have iven his he



uthority (to demand Qisas or to forgive): but let him not excee

ounds in the matter of taking life: for he is helped (by the Law).

4. Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it, un

e attains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every) engagement, fo

very) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning)

5. Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balanc

at is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous

e final determination.

6. And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for eve

ct of hearing, or of seeing, or of (feeling in) the heart will b

nquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).

7. Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend th

arth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.

8. Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.

9. These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord Ha

vealed to thee. Take not, with God, another object of worship, les

ou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.

0. Has then your Lord, (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, an

ken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a mos

eadful saying!

. We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this Qur'an,

der that they may receive admonition, but it only increases the

ght (from the Truth)!

2. Say: if there had been (other) gods with Him -- as they say

ehold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of th

hrone!



3. Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say! -- Exalted an

reat (beyond measure)!

4. The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declar

s glory: there not a thing but celebrates His praise; and yet y

nderstand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oforbearing, Most Forgiving!

5. When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between thee an

ose who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible:

6. And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest the

hould understand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: wheou dost commemorate thy Lord -- and Him alone -- in the Qur'a

ey turn on their backs, fleeing (from the Truth).

7. We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; an

hen they meet in private conference, Behold, the wicked say, "Y

llow none other than a man bewitched!"

8. See what similes thy strike for thee; but they have gone astray

nd never can they find a way.

9. They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dus

hould we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"

0. Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,

. "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raise

p) -- (yet shall ye be raised up)!" Then will they say: "Who will caus

s to return?" Say: "He Who created you first!" Then will they wa

eir heads towards thee, and say, "When will that be?" Say, "Mayb

will be quite soon!



2. "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (H

all) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye tarried but

tle while!"

3. Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things th

e best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: for Satan

man an avowed enemy.

4. It is your Lord that knoweth you best: if He please, He grante

ou mercy, or if He please, punishment: We have not sent thee to b

disposer of their affairs for them.

5. And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in th

eavens and on earth: We did bestow on some Prophets more (an

her) gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) th

salms.

6. Say: "Call on those -- besides Him -- whom ye fancy: they hav

either the power to remove your troubles from you nor to chang

em."

7. Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means

ccess to their Lord -- even those who are nearest: they hope for H

ercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something t

ke heed of.

8. There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the DaJudgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in th

ternal) Record.

9. And We refrain from sending the Signs, only because the men o

rmer generations treated them as false: We sent the She-camel:

e Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: Wnly send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).



0. Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankin

und about: We granted the Vision which We showed thee, but as

al for men -- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'a

We put terror (and warning) into them, but it only increases the

ordinate transgression!

. Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": theowed down except Iblis: he said, "Shall I bow down to one who

hou didst create from clay?"

2. He said, "Seest Thou? This is the one whom thou hast honore

bove me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I w

urely bring his descendants under my sway -- all but a few!"

3. God said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell w

e the recompense of you (all) -- an ample recompense.

4. "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, wi

y (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and th

fantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and makomises to them. But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.

5. "As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them

nough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.

6. Your Lord is He that maketh the Ship go smoothly for you throug

e sea, in order that ye may seek of His Bounty: for He is unto yo

ost Merciful.

7. When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon

esides Himself -- leave you in the lurch! But when He brings yo

ack safe to land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!

8. Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowe



p beneath the earth when ye are on land, or that He will not sen

gainst you a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that ye sha

nd no one to carry out your affairs for you?

9. Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a secon

me to sea and send against you a heavy gale to drown yo

ecause of your ingratitude, so that ye find no helper therein agains?

0. We have honored the sons of Adam; provided them wit

ansport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things goo

nd pure; and conferred on them special favors, above a great pa

Our Creation.

. One day We shall call together all human beings with the

espective) Imams: those who are given their record in their rig

and will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjust

the least.

2. But those who were blind in this world will be blind in thereafter, and most astray from the Path.

3. And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which W

ad revealed unto thee, to substitute in Our name something quit

fferent: (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made the

heir) friend!

4. And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly hav

clined to them a little.

5. In that case We should have made thee taste an equal portion (o

unishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreov

ou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!

6. Their ur ose was to scare thee off the land in order to ex



ee; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after the

xcept for a little while.

7. (This was Our) way with the Messengers We sent before the

ou wilt find no change in Our ways.

8. Establish regular prayers -- at the sun's decline till the darknesthe night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer an

ading in the morning carry their testimony.

9. And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) a

dditional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord rais

ee to a station of Praise and Glory!

0. Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Hono

nd likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant m

om Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)."

. And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: fo

alsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

2. We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is

ealing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it cause

othing but loss after loss.

3. Yet when We bestow Our favors on man, he turns away an

ecomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and whevil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!

4. Say: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition: but you

ord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way."

5. They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "Thpirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only

tle that is communicated to ou O men!



6. If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have se

ee by inspiration: then would thou find none to plead thy affair

at matter as against Us -—

7. Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for His Bounty is to thee (indeed

eat.

8. Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather togethe

produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the lik

ereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.

9. And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind o

militude: yet the grater part of men refuse (to receive it) except wigratitude!

0. They say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause spring t

ush forth for us from the earth,

. "Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and causvers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water;

2. "Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (w

appen), against us; or thou bring God and the angels before (u

ce to face;

3. "Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a laddeght into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting un

ou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to m

ord! am I aught but a man -- a Messenger?"

4. What kept men back from Belief when Guidance came to them

as nothing but this: they said, "Has God sent a man like us) to bHis) Messenger?"



5. Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about

eace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from th

eavens an angel for a messenger."

6. Say: "Enough is God for a witness between me and you: for H

well-acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things)."

7. It is he whom God guides, that is on true guidance; but he who

e leaves astray -- for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him

n the Day of Judgment We shall gather them together, prone o

eir faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every tim

shows abatement, We shall increase for them the fierceness of th

re.

8. That is their recompense, because they rejected Our Signs, an

aid, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should w

ally be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"

9. See they not that God, Who created the heavens and the eart

as power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed rm appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (t

ceive it) except with ingratitude.

00. Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lor

ehold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for ma

(ever) niggardly!"

01. To Moses We did give nine Clear Signs: ask the Children o

rael: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses

onsider thee, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!"

02. Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things have bee

ent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eyepening evidence: and I consider thee, indeed, O Pharaoh, to b



ne doomed to destruction!"

03. So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: b

We did drown him and all who were with him.

04. And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell secure

the land (of promise)": but when the second of the warnings campass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.

05. We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has

escended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to war

inners).

06. (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time tme), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: W

ave revealed it by stages.

07. Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those wh

ere given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fa

own on their faces in humble prostration,"

08. And say: "Glory to our Lord! truly has the promise of our Lor

een fulfilled!"

09. They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases the

arnest) humility.

0. Say: "Call upon God, or call upon Rahman: by whatever nam

e call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautif

ames. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low ton

ut seek a middle course between."

1. Say: "Praise be to God Who begets no son, and has no partne

(His) dominion: nor (needs) He any to protect Him fro

umiliation: Yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"







Surah 18 - Al Kahf (The Cave)


Praise be to God, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, anath allowed therein no Crookedness:

(He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may war

he godless) of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He ma

ve Glad Tidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds, tha

ey shall have a goodly Reward.

Wherein they shall remain forever:

Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "God hat

egotten a son":

No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying. What the

ay is nothing but falsehood!

Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following afte

em, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.

That which is on earth We have made but as a glittering show foe earth, in order that We may test them -- as to which of them ar

est in conduct.

Verily what is on earth We shall make but as dust and dry so

without growth or herbage).

Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of th

scription were wonders among Our Signs?



0. Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they sai

Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of ou

fair for us in the right way!

. Then We drew (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years,

e cave, (so that they heard not):

2. Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two partie

as best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!

3. We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths wh

elieved in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance:

4. We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and sai

Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall w

all upon any god other than Him: if we did; we should indeed hav

tered an enormity!"

5. "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Himhy do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) fo

hat they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehoo

gainst God?

6. "When ye turn away from them and the things they worship othe

an God betake yourselves to the Cave: your Lord will shower H

ercies on you and dispose of your affair towards comfort anase."

7. Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to th

ght from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to th

ft, while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Suc

e among the Signs of God: he whom God guided; but he whood leaves to stra -- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him



e Right Way.

8. Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they wer

sleep, and We turned them on their right and their left sides: the

og stretching forth his two forelegs on the threshold: if thou had

ome up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from th

flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.

9. Such (being their state), We raised them up (from sleep) th

ey might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have y

ayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or pa

a day." (At length) they (all) said, "God (alone) knows best ho

ng ye have stayed here... Now send ye then one of you with thoney of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (t

e had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy hunger herewit

nd let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform

nyone about you.

0. "For if thy should come upon you, they would stone you or forc

ou to return to their cult, and in that case ye would never attaosperity."

. Thus did We make their case known to the people, that the

ight know that the promise of God is true, and that there can be n

oubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold they dispute amon

emselves as to their affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building oveem": their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed ove

eir affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."

2. (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth amon

em; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth -- doubtfu

uessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the do

eing the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord knoweth best their number; it ut few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, int



ontroversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, no

onsult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers.

3. Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"

—

4. Without adding, "So please God!" And call thy Lord to minhen thou forgettest, and say, "I hope that my Lord will guide m

ver closer (even) than this to the right road."

5. So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some

dd nine (more).

6. Say: "God knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (thnowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clear

e sees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protecto

her than Him; nor does He share His Command with any perso

hatsoever.

7. And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of thook of thy Lord: none can change His Words, and none wilt tho

nd as a refuge other than Him.

8. And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lor

orning and evening, seeking his Face; and let not thine eyes pas

eyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; nor obey an

hose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Une who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond a

ounds.

9. Say, "The Truth is from your Lord": let him who will, believe, an

t him who will, reject (it): for the wrongdoers We have prepared

re whose (smoke and flames), like the wall and roof of a tent, wem them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water lik



elted brass that will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! Ho

ncomfortable a couch to recline on!

0. As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We sha

ot suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteou

eed.

. For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers w

ow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they w

ear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade; they will reclin

erein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautif

couch to recline on!

2. Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them W

ovided two gardens of grapevines and surrounded them with date

alms: in between the two We placed corn-fields.

3. Each of those gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not

e least therein: in the midst of them We caused a river to flow.

4. (Abundant) was the produce this man had: he said to h

ompanion, in the course of a mutual argument: "More wealth have

an you, and more honor and power in (my following of) men."

5. He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: H

aid, "I deem not that this will ever perish.

6. "Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) com

ven if I am brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find (there

omething better in exchange."

7. His companion said to him, in the course of the argument wi

m: "Dost thou deny Him Who created thee out of dust, then out of perm-drop, then fashioned thee into a man?



8. "But (I think) for my part that He is God, my Lord, and none sha

ssociate with my Lord.

9. "Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say: 'God

Will (be done)! There is no power but with God!' If thou dost see m

ss than thee in wealth and sons,

0. "It may be that my Lord will give me something better than th

arden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way

ckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand! -—

. "Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that tho

lt never be able to find it."

2. So his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), an

e remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spe

n his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its ve

undations, and he could only say, "Woe is me! would I had neve

scribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!"

3. Nor had he numbers to help him against God, nor was he able

eliver himself.

4. There, the (only) protection comes from God, the True One. He

e Best to reward, and the Best to give success.

5. Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: it is like thin which We send down from the skies: the earth's vegetatio

bsorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds d

catter: it is (only) God Who prevails over all things.

6. Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: but th

ings that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, awards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.



7. One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see th

arth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, no

hall We leave out any one of them.

8. And they will be marshalled before thy Lord in ranks, (with th

nnouncement), "Now have ye come to Us (bare) as We created yo

st: aye, ye thought We shall not fulfil the appointment made to yomeet (Us)!":

9. And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and tho

lt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded

erein; they will say, "Ah! woe to us! what a book is this! It leaves ou

othing small or great, but takes account thereof!" They will find aat they did, placed before them: and not one will thy Lord treat wi

ustice.

0. Behold! We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam": the

owed down except Iblis. He was one of the Jinns, and he broke th

ommand of his Lord. Will ye then take him and his progeny a

otectors rather than Me? And they are enemies to you! Evil woue the exchange for the wrongdoers!

. I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and th

arth, nor (even) their own creation: nor is it for Me to take as helpe

uch as lead (men) astray!

2. One Day He will say, "Call on those whom ye thought to be M

artners," and they will call on them, but they will not listen to them

nd We shall make for them a place of common perdition.

3. And the Sinful shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have t

therein; no means will they find to turn away therefrom.

4. We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit



ankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most thing

ontentious.

5. And what is there to keep back men from believing, now tha

uidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness fro

eir Lord, but that (they ask that) the ways of the ancients b

peated with them, or the Wrath be brought to them face to face?

6. We only send the Messengers to give glad tidings and to giv

arnings: but the Unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in orde

erewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, a

so the fact that they are warned!

7. And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of th

gns of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deed

hich his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over the

earts lest they should understand this, and over their ear

eafness. If thou callest them to guidance, even then will they neve

ccept guidance.

8. But your Lord is Most Forgiving, Full of Mercy. If He were to ca

em (at once) to account for what they have earned, then surely H

ould have hastened their Punishment: but they have their appointe

me, beyond which they will find no refuge.

9. Such were the populations We destroyed when they committe

quities; but We fixed an appointed time for their destruction.

0. Behold, Moses said to his attendant, "I will not give up unti

ach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years

avel."

. But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) thesh, which took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.



2. When they had passed on (some distance), Moses said to h

tendant: "Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered muc

tigue at this (stage of) our journey."

3. He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betoo

urselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none b

atan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course througe sea in a marvelous way!"

4. Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after": so the

ent back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).

5. So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestoweercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught knowledge from O

wn presence.

6. Moses said to him: "May I follow thee, on the footing that tho

ach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast bee

ught?"

7. (The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patienc

th me!

8. "And how canst thou have patience about things about which th

nderstanding is not complete?"

9. Moses said: "Thou wilt find me, if God so will, (truly) patient: nohall I disobey thee in aught."

0. The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me n

uestions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

. So they both proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, hcuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown thos

it? Trul a stran e thin hast thou done!"



2. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patienc

th me?"

3. Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me b

ising difficulties in my case."

4. Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he sle

m. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had sla

one? Truly a foul (unheard-of) thing hast thou done!"

5. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patienc

th me?"

6. (Moses) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this, kee

e not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excus

om my side."

7. Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants

town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitalithey found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it u

raight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst hav

xacted some recompense for it!"

8. He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now w

tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wa

nable to hold patience.

9. As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plie

n the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there wa

ter them a certain king who seized on every boat by force.

0. "As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and wared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion an

ratitude to God and man .



. "So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange

on) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.

2. "As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town

ere was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitle

eir father had been a righteous man: so thy Lord desired that thehould attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure --

ercy (and favor) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such

e interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable t

old patience."

3. They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to yo

omething of his story."

4. Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him th

ays and the means to all ends.

5. One (such) way he followed,

6. Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, He found it set in

pring of murky water: near it he found a People: We said: "O Zu

arnain! (thou hast authority), either to punish them, or to treat the

th kindness."

7. He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall h

e sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishmenheard-of (before).

8. "But whoever believes, and works righteousness -- he shall hav

goodly reward, and easy will be his task as we order it by ou

ommand."

9. Then followed he (another) way.



0. Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising o

people for whom We had provided no covering protection again

e sun.

. (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what wa

efore him.

2. Then followed he (another) way

3. Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, h

und, beneath, them a people who scarcely understood a word.

4. They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (people) do gre

ischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thoightest erect a barrier between us and them?"

5. He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me

etter (than tribute): help me therefore with strength (and labor): I w

ect a strong barrier between you and them:

6. "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up th

pace between the two steep mountain sides, he said, "Blow (wi

our bellows)." Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he sai

Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."

7. Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

8. He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: but when the promise o

y Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise

y Lord is true."

9. On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on on

nother; the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them a

gether.



00. And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, a

pread out -—

01. (Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil fro

emembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.

02. Do the Unbelievers think that they can take my servants aotectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for th

nbelievers for (their) entertainment.

03. Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of the

eeds? -—

04. "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while theought that they were acquiring good by their works?"

05. They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact

eir having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their work

or shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any Weight.

06. That is their reward, Hell; because they rejected Faith, and too

y Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.

07. As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have

r their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,

08. Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish foom them.

09. Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words o

y Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would th

ords of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid

0. Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration haome to me, that your God is one God: whoever expects to meet h



ord, let him work righteousness, and in the worship of his Lor

dmit no one as partner."





Surah 19 - Maryam (Mary)


Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad.

(This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His Servant Zakariya

Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,

Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair o

y head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, y prayer to Thee!

"Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after m

ut my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself -—

"(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity acob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art we

eased!"

(His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good new

a son: his name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have W

onferred distinction before."

He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, when my wife

arren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"

He said: "So (it will be): thy Lord saith, 'That is easy for Me: I d

deed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!' "

0. (Zakariya) said "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was th

nswer, "shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights



though thou art not dumb."

. So Zakariya came out to his people from his chamber: he to

em by signs to celebrate God's praises in the morning and in th

vening.

2. (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of thook with might": and We gave him wisdom even as a youth.

3. And pity (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: he was devou

4. And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing o

bellious.

5. So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, an

e day that he will be raised up to life (again)!

6. Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew fro

er family to a place in the East.

7. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them: then We se

her Our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in a

spects.

8. She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Graciou

ome not near) if thou dost fear God."

9. He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (t

nnounce) to thee the gift of a holy son."

0. She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man ha

uched me, and I am not unchaste?"

. He said: "So (it will be): thy Lord saith, 'That is easy for Me: anWe wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us



s a matter (so) decreed."

2. So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remot

ace.

3. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree

he cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before thiWould that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"

4. But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-free): "Griev

ot! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;

5. "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: it will let fa

esh ripe dates upon thee.

6. "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see an

an, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (God) Most Gracious, and this da

ll I enter into no talk with any human being.' "

7. At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (er arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast tho

ought!

8. "O sister of Aaron! thy father was not a man of evil, nor th

other a woman unchaste!"

9. But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to onho is a child in the cradle?"

0. He said: "I am indeed a servant of God: He hath given m

velation and made me a prophet;

. "And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be, and ha

njoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;



2. "(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing o

iserable;

3. "So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and th

ay that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!

4. Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of trutbout which they (vainly) dispute.

5. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He should beget

on. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says t

"Be," and it is.

6. Verily, God is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve yes is a Way that is straight.

7. But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to th

nbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a momentou

ay!

8. How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appea

efore Us! But the unjust today are in error manifest!

9. But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will b

etermined: for (behold), they are negligent and they do not believe

0. It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Ull they all be returned.

. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: he was a ma

Truth, a prophet.

2. Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship th

hich heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?



3. "O my father! to me hath come knowledge which hath n

ached thee: so follow me: I will guide thee to a Way that is eve

nd straight.

4. "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (God

ost Gracious.

5. "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (God) Mo

racious, so that thou become to Satan a friend."

6. (The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham?

ou forbear not I will indeed stone thee: now get away from me for

ood long while!"

7. Abraham said: "Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord for th

rgiveness: for He is to me Most Gracious.

8. "And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom y

voke besides God: I will call on my Lord: Perhaps, by my prayer t

y Lord, I shall be not unblest."

9. When he had turned away from them and from those whom the

orshipped besides God, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jaco

nd each one of them We made a prophet.

0. And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them

fty honor on the tongue of truth.

. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Moses: for he wa

pecially chosen, and he was a Messenger (and) a Prophet.

2. And We called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), an

ade him draw near to Us, for mystic (converse).

3. And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also)



ophet.

4. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly

ue to what he promised, and he was a Messenger (and) a Prophe

5. He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he wa

ost acceptable in the sight of his Lord.

6. Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: he was a man of trut

nd sincerity), (and) a prophet:

7. And We raised him to a lofty station.

8. Those were some of the prophets on whom God did bestow Hrace -- of the posterity of Adam, and of those whom We carried (

e Ark) with Noah, and of the posterity of Abraham and Israel -- o

ose whom We guided and chose; whenever the Signs of (God

ost Gracious were rehearsed to them, they would fall down

ostrate adoration and in tears.

9. But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers an

llowed after lusts: soon, then, will they face Destruction -—

0. Except those who repent and believe, and work righteousnes

r these will enter the Garden and will not be wronged in the least

—

. Gardens of Eternity, those which (God) Most Gracious ha

omised to His servants in the Unseen: for His promise mu

ecessarily) come to pass.

2. They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations

eace: and they will have therein their sustenance, morning an

vening.



3. Such is the Garden which We give as an inheritance to those o

ur Servants who guard against evil.

4. (The angels say:) "We descend not but by command of thy Lor

Him belongeth what is before us, and what is behind us, and wh

between: and thy Lord never doth forget" -—

5. "Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is betwee

em: so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worshi

nowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?"

6. Man says: "What! when I am dead, shall I then be raised u

ve?"

7. But does not man call to mind that We created him before out

othing?

8. So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them togethe

nd (also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them for

n their knees round about Hell;

9. Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those wh

ere worst in obstinate rebellion against (God) Most Gracious.

0. And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of bein

urned therein.

. Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord,

ecree which must be accomplished.

2. But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We sha

ave the wrongdoers therein, (humbled) to their knees.

3. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelieveay to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point



osition? Which makes the best show in council?"

4. But how many (countless) generations before them have W

estroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to th

ye?

5. Say: "If any men go astray, (God) Most Gracious extends (thpe) to them. Until, when they see the warning of God (bein

filled) -- either in punishment or in (the approach of) the Hour -- the

ll at length realize who is worst in position, and (who) weakest

rces!

6. "And God doth advance in guidance those who seek guidanc

nd the things that endure. Good Deeds, are best in the sight of th

ord, as rewards, and best in respect of (their) eventual returns."

7. Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, y

ays: "I shall certainly be given wealth and children"?

8. Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract witGod) Most Gracious?

9. Nay! We shall record what he says, and We Shall add and add t

s punishment.

0. To Us shall return all that he talks of, and he shall appear befor

s bare and alone.

. And they have taken (for worship) gods other than God, to giv

em power and glory!

2. Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversarie

gainst them.

3. Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against th



nbelievers, to incite them with fury?

4. So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them

mited) number (of days).

5. The day We shall gather the righteous to (God) Most Graciou

e a band presented before a king for honors.

6. And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle drive

own to water -—

7. None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as ha

ceived permission (or promise) from (God) Most Gracious.

8. They say: "(God) Most Gracious has begotten a son!"

9. Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!

0. At if the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, an

e mountains to fall down in utter ruin.

. That they should invoke a son for (God) Most Gracious.

2. For it is not consonant with the majesty of (God) Most Graciou

at He should beget a son.

3. Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but muome to (God) Most Gracious as a servant.

4. He does take and account of them (all), and hath numbered the

ll) exactly.

5. And every one of them will come to him singly on the Day o

udgment.



6. On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, w

God) Most Gracious bestow Love.

7. So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, th

th it thou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warning

people given to contention.

8. But how many (countless) generation before them have W

estroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (s

uch as) a whisper of them?





Surah 20 - Ta Ha (Ta Ha)


Ta Ha.

We have not sent down the Qur'an to thee to be (an occasion) fo

y distress,

But only as an admonition to those who fear (God) -—

A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens ogh.

(God) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (

uthority).

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and aetween them, and all beneath the soil.

If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily H

noweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden.

God! there is no god but He! To Him belong the Most Beautifu

ames.

Has the story of Moses reached thee?

0. Behold, he saw a fire: so he said to his family, "Tarry ye;

erceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning bran

erefrom or find some guidance at the fire."

. But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses!



2. "Verily I am thy Lord! Therefore (in My presence) put off th

hoes: thou art in the sacred valley Tuwa.

3. "I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).

4. "Verily, I am God: there is no god but I: so serve thou Me (only

nd establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.

5. "Verily the Hour is coming -- My design is to keep it hidden -- fo

very soul to receive its reward by the measure of its endeavour.

6. "Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their ow

sts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"

7. "And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?"

8. He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for m

ocks; and in it I find other uses."

9. (God) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"

0. He threw it, and behold! it was a snake, active in motion.

. (God) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to i

rmer condition"...

2. "Now draw thy hand close to thy side: it shall come forth whitnd shining), without harm (or stain) -- as another Sign -—

3. "In order that We may show thee (two) of Our Greater Signs.

4. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he had indeed transgressed a

ounds."

5. (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;"



6. "Ease my task for me;

7. "And remove the impediment from my speech.

8. "So they may understand what I say:

9. "And give me a Minister from my family,

0. "Aaron, my brother;

. "Add to my strength through him,

2. "And make him share my task:

3. "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,

4. "And remember Thee without stint:

5. "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."

6. (God) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!"

7. "And indeed We conferred a favor on thee another time (before

8. "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:

9. "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into thver: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up b

ne who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': but I cast (th

arment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that tho

ayest be reared under Mine eye.

0. "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'Shall I show you on

ho will nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to th

other, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve



hen thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble, and W

ed thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of yea

th the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordaine

Moses!

. "And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"...

2. "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, eithe

you, in keeping Me in remembrance.

3. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed a

ounds;

4. "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or feaGod)."

5. They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! we fear lest he haste

th insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."

6. He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything)

7. "So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are Messengers sen

y thy Lord: send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, an

flict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord

nd peace to all who follow guidance!

8. "'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) thosho reject and turn away.'"

9. (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, the

Moses, is the Lord of you two?"

0. He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing i

rm and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."



. (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previou

enerations?"

2. He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, du

corded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets -—

3. "He Who has made for you the earth like a carpet spread ouas enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); an

as sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diver

airs of plants each separate from the others.

4. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this ar

gns for men endued with understanding.

5. From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We retu

ou, and from it shall We bring you out once again.

6. And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject an

fuse.

7. He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with th

agic, O Moses?

8. "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make

yst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep -- neithe

e nor thou -- in a place where both shall have even chances."

9. Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let th

eople be assembled when the sun is well up."

0. So Pharaoh withdrew: he concerted his plan, and then cam

ack).

. Moses said to him: "Woe to you! forge not ye a lie against Godst He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger mu



uffer frustration!"

2. So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kep

eir talk secret.

3. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: the

bject is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to dway with your most cherished institutions.

4. "Therefore concert your plan. And then assemble in (serried

nks: he wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."

5. They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) o

at we be the first to throw?"

6. He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and the

ds -- so it seemed to him on account of their magic -- began to b

lively motion!

7. So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.

8. We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:

9. "Throw that which is in thy right hand: quickly will it swallow u

at which they have faked. What they have faked is but a magician

ck: and the magician thrives not (no matter) where he goes."

0. So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they sai

We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission

urely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! Be sure

ll cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have yo

ucified on trunks of palm-trees: So shall ye know for certain, whicus can give the more severe and the more lasting Punishment!"



2. They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clea

gns that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! So decre

hatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decre

ouching) the life of this world.

3. "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us oults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for God is Be

nd Most Abiding."

4. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at judgment) -- fo

m is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.

5. But such as comes to Him as Believers who have workeghteous deeds -- for them are ranks exalted -—

6. Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwe

erein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselve

om evil).

7. We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with m

ervants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fea

being overtaken (by Pharaoh), and without (any other) fear."

8. Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the wate

ompletely overwhelmed them and covered them up.

9. Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.

0. O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, an

We made a Covenant with you on the side of Mount (Sinai), and W

ent down to you Manna and quails:

. (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for youstenance, but commit no excess therein, lest M Wrath shou



stly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath d

erish indeed!

2. "But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and agai

those who repent, believe, and do right -- who, in fine are ready t

ceive true guidance."

3. (When Moses was up on the mount, God said:) "What made the

asten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"

4. He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastene

Thee, O my Lord, to please Thee."

5. (God) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: thamiri has led them astray."

6. So Moses returned to his people in state of indignation an

orrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsom

omise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming

r did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on yond so ye broke your promise to me?"

7. They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in o

ower: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of th

whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was wh

e Samiri suggested.

8. "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image

calf: it seemed to low: so they said: 'This is your god, and the go

Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!'"

9. Could they not see that it could not return them a word (fo

nswer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do theood?



0. Aaron had already, before this, said to them: "O my people! y

e being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (God) Most Graciou

o follow me and obey my command."

. They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devo

urselves to it until Moses returns to us."

2. (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawe

em going wrong

3. "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"

4. (Aaron replied: "O son of my mother! seize (me not) by my bea

or by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst sayhou hast caused a division among the Children of Israel, and tho

dst not respect my word!'"

5. (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"

6. He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dusom the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thu

d my soul suggest to me."

7. (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life w

e that thou wilt say, 'Touch me not'; and moreover (for a futur

enalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: now look at thy god,

hom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: we will certainmelt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"

8. But the God of you all is the One God: there is no god but He: a

ngs He comprehends in His knowledge.

9. Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happene

efore: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.



00. If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden o

e Day of Judgement;

01. They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be t

em on that Day -—

02. The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shaather the sinful, blear-eyed (with terror),

03. In whispers will they consult each other: "Ye tarried not longe

an ten (Days);"

04. We know best what they will say, when their leader mo

minent in Conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!"

05. They ask thee concerning the mountains: say, "My Lord w

proot them and scatter them as dust;"

06. "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;"

07. Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place."

08. On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookednes

an they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in th

esence of (God) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but th

amp of their feet (as they march).

09. On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those fo

hom permission has been granted by (God) Most Gracious an

hose word is acceptable to Him.

0. He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after o

ehind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.

1. (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) -- the Living, the Sel



ubsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carrie

quity (on his back).

2. But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, w

ave no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).

3. Thus have we sent this down -- an Arabic Qur'an -- anxplained therein in detail some of the warnings, in order that the

ay fear God, or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).

4. High above all is God, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste wit

e Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O m

ord! advance me in knowledge."

5. We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, bu

e forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.

6. When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam

ey prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.

7. Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and th

fe: so let him not get you both out of the Garden so that thou a

nded in misery.

8. "There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hung

or to go naked,

9. "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."

20. But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lea

ee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"

21. In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakednes

ppeared to them: they began to sew together, for their coveringaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey His Lord, and allo



mself to be seduced.

22. But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, an

ave him guidance.

23. He said: "Get ye down, both of you -- all together, from th

arden, with enmity one to another; but if, as is sure, there comes ou guidance from Me, whosoever follows My guidance, will not los

s way, nor fall into misery.

24. "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is

e narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day

udgment."

25. He will say: "O my Lord! why hast thou raised me up blind, whi

had sight (before)?"

26. (God) will say: "Thus didst thou, when Our Signs came un

ee, disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded."

27. And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyon

ounds and believes not in the Signs of his Lord: and the Penalty

e Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring.

28. It is not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how man

enerations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now

ove? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.

29. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord

heir punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a ter

ppointed (for respite).

30. Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrat

onstantly) the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun, an

efore its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of th



ght, and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritua

y.

31. Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given fo

njoyment to parties of them, the splendor of the life of this worl

rough which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is bette

nd more enduring.

32. Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We as

ee not to provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fru

) the Hereafter is for Righteousness.

33. They say: "Why does he not bring us a Sign from His Lord?

as not a clear Sign come to them of all that was in the forme

ooks of revelation?

34. And if We had inflicted on them a Penalty before this, the

ould have said: "Our Lord! if only Thou hadst sent us a Messenge

e should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we we

umbled and put to shame."

35. Say: "Each one (of us), is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soo

hall ye know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and wh

s that has received guidance."





Surah 21 - Al Anbiya' (TheProphets)


Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet the

eed not and they turn away.

Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from the

ord, but they listen to it as in jest -—

Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrongdoers conceal the

ivate counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man lik

ourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"

Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens an

e earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."

"Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dreams! -- nay, he forge

-- nay, he is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the one

at were sent to (prophets) of old!"

(As to those) before them, not one of the populations which W

estroyed believed: will these believe?

Before thee, also, the Messengers we sent were but men, t

hom We granted inspiration: if ye realize this not, ask of those wh

ossess the Message.

Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food nor were the

xempt from death.



In the end We fulfilled to them Our promise, and We saved the

nd those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those wh

ansgressed beyond bounds.

0. We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is

essage for you: will ye not then understand?

. How many were the populations we utterly destroyed because

eir iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples!

2. Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (trie

) flee from it.

3. Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were giveou, and to your homes, in order that ye may be called to account.

4. They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!"

5. And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a fie

at is mown, as ashes silent and quenched.

6. Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth an

that is between!

7. If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should sure

ave taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such

ing)!

8. Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out it

ain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for th

alse) things ye ascribe (to Us).

9. To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: eve

ose who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Himor are they (ever) weary (of His service):



0. They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag o

termit.

. Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who ca

ise (the dead)?

2. If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods beside

od, there would have been confusion in both! But glory to God, th

ord of the Throne: (high is He) above what they attribute to Him!

3. He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questione

or theirs).

4. Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides Him? Say

Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with m

nd the Message of those before me." But most of them know n

e Truth, and so turn away.

5. Not a Messenger did We send before thee without th

spiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefor

orship and serve Me.

6. And they say: "(God) Most Gracious has begotten offspring

ory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honor.

7. They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) bs command.

8. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, an

ey offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, an

ey stand in awe and reverence of His (glory).

9. If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him," such a goWe should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong



0. Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth wer

ned together (as one unit of Creation), before We clove the

sunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not the

elieve?

. And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest

hould shake with them, and We have made therein broad highway

etween mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receiv

uidance.

2. And We have made the heavens as a canopy well-guarded: Ye

o they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!

3. It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and th

oon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounde

ourse.

4. We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here):

en thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?

5. Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by ev

nd by good by way of trial: to Us must ye return.

6. When the Unbelievers see thee, they treat thee not except wi

dicule. "Is this," (they say), "the one who talks of your gods?" An

ey blaspheme at the mention of (God) Most Gracious!

7. Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you M

gns: then ye will not ask Me to hasten them!

8. They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are tellin

e truth?"

9. If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be ab



ward off the Fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, an

when) no help can reach them!

0. Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: n

ower will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.

. Mocked were (many) Messengers before thee; but their scoffeere hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

2. Say, "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (th

Wrath of) (God) Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from th

ention of their Lord.

3. Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have nower to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.

4. Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and the

thers until the period grew long for them; see they not that w

adually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders

it then they who will win?

5. Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": but the deaf w

ot hear the call, (even) when they are warned!

6. If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they w

en say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"

7. We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so th

ot a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least. And if there be (n

ore than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (

ccount): and enough are We to take account.

8. In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the Criterion (fo

dgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right

—



9. Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and wh

old the Hour (of Judgment) in awe.

0. And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will y

en reject it?

. We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduc

nd well were We acquainted with him.

2. Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are thes

mages, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"

3. They said, "We found our father worshipping them."

4. He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error-ye and yo

thers."

5. They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one o

ose who jest?"

6. He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and th

arth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness t

s (truth).

7. And by God, I have a plan for your idols after ye go away and tu

our backs"...

8. So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, th

ey might turn (and address themselves) to it.

9. They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed b

ome man of impiety!"

0. They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: he is calle



braham."

. They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, th

ey may bear witness:"

2. They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods,

braham?"

3. He said: "Nay, this was done by -- this is their is their bigges

ne! Ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"

4. So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones

e wrong!"

5. Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Tho

nowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!"

6. (Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides God, things th

an neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?

7. "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides God

ave ye no sense?"...

8. They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, if ye do (anything

)!"

9. We said, "O fire! be thou cool, and (a means of)) safety fobraham!"

0. Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made the

e ones that lost most!

. But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them

the land which We have blessed for the nations.



2. And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (

andson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (

em).

3. And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command

nd We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regula

ayers, and to practice regular charity; and they constantly serves (and Us only).

4. And to Lut, too, we gave Judgment and Knowledge, and W

aved him from the town which practiced abominations: truly the

ere a people given to Evil, a rebellious people.

5. And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of th

ghteous.

6. (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listene

his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.

7. We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly theere a people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) a

gether.

8. And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment

e matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people ha

rayed by night: We did witness their judgment.

9. To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matte

each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was O

ower that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises wi

avid: it was We Who did (these things).

0. It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for youenefit, to guard you from each others violence: will ye then b

ateful?



. (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flo

amely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blesse

r We do know all things.

2. And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did othe

ork besides; and lit was We Who guarded them.

3. And (remember) Job when he cried to his Lord, "Truly distres

as seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that ar

erciful."

4. So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was o

m, and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number

s a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for a

ho serve Us.

5. And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of constanc

nd patience;

6. We admitted them to Our Mercy: for they were of the Righteou

nes.

7. And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: he imagine

at We had no power over him! But he cried through the depths

arkness, "There is no god but Thou: Glory to Thee: I was indee

rong!"

8. So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thu

o We deliver those who have faith.

9. And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O m

ord! leave me not without offspring, though Thou art the best heritors.



0. So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured h

fe's (barrenness) for him. These three were ever quick in emulatio

good works: they used to call on Us with love and reverence, an

umble themselves before Us.

. And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed int

er of Our Spirit, and We made her and her son a Sign for aeoples.

2. Verily, this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood, and

m your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).

3. But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one fro

nother: (yet) will they all return to Us.

4. Whoever works any act of righteousness and has Faith -- h

ndeavour will not be rejected: We shall record it in his favor.

5. But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed

at they shall not return.

6. Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier

nd they swiftly swarm from every hill.

7. Then will the True Promise draw nigh (of fulfillment): then behold

e eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! woe to us

e were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"

8. Verily ye, (Unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worsh

esides God, are (but) fuel for Hell! To it will ye (surely) come!

9. If these had been gods, they would not have got there! But eac

ne will abide therein.

00. There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aug



se).

01. Those for whom the Good (Record) from Us has gone befor

ll be removed far therefrom.

02. Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their sou

esired, in that will they dwell.

03. The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels w

eet them (with mutual greetings): "This is your Day -- (the Day) th

e were promised."

04. The Day that we roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up fo

ooks (completed) -- even as We produced the first Creation, shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: tru

hall We fulfil it.

05. Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (give

Moses): My servants, the righteous, shall inherit the earth."

06. Verily in the (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly

orship God.

07. We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures.

08. Say: "What has come to me by inspiration is that your God

ne God: will ye therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?"

09. But if they turn back, say: "I have proclaimed the Message

ou all alike and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye ar

omised is near or far.

0. "It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hid

n your hearts).



1. "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant o

worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time.

2. Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!" "Our Lord Most Graciou

the One Whose assistance should be sought against th

asphemies ye utter!"





Surah 22 - Al Hajj (The Pilgrimage)


O mankind! fear your Lord! For the convulsion of the Hour (udgment) will be a thing terrible!

The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget he

uckling-babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her loa

nformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet n

unk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of God.

And yet among men there are such as dispute about God, witho

nowledge, and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion!

About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him fo

endship, him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to th

enalty of the Fire.

O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection, (conside

at We created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of

ech-like clot, then out a morsel of flesh, partly formed and part

nformed, in order that We may manifest (Our Power) to you; an

We cause whom We will to rest in the wombs for an appointed term

en do We bring you out as babes, then (foster you) that ye ma

ach your age of full strength; and some of you are called to die, an

ome are sent back to the feeblest old age, so that they kno

othing after having known (much). And (further), thou seest the eart

arren and lifeless, but when We pour down rain on it, it is stirred (t

e), it swells, and it puts forth every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs

This is so, because God is the Reality: it is He Who gives life t



e dead, and it is He Who has power over all things.

And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, o

bout (the fact) that God will raise up all who are in the graves.

Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about God

thout knowledge, without guidance, and without a Book nlightenment -—

(Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to (lead men) astray fro

e Path of God; for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Da

Judgment we shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).

0. (It will be said): "This is because of the deeds which thy handent forth, for verily God is not unjust to His servants."

. There are among men some who serve God, as it were, on th

erge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if

al comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this wor

nd the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!

2. They call on such deities, besides God, as can neither hurt no

ofit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!

3. (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his prof

vil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (for help)!

4. Verily God will admit those who believe and work righteou

eeds, to Gardens, beneath which rivers flow: for God carries out a

at He plans.

5. If any think that God will not help him (His Messenger) in th

orld and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling an

ut (himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will remove th

hich enrages (him)!



6. Thus have We sent down Clear Signs; and verily God doth guid

hom He will!

7. Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewis

criptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists

od will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for God tness of all things.

8. Seest thou not that to God bow down in worship all things th

e in the heavens and on earth -- the sun, the moon, the stars; th

ls, the trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind

ut a great number are (also) such as are fit for Punishment: an

uch as God shall disgrace -- none can rise to honor: for God carrie

ut all that He wills.

9. These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lor

ut those who deny (their Lord) -- for them will be cut out a garme

Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water.

0. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well a

heir) skins.

. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.

2. Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, the

ll be forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the PenalBurning!"

3. God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, t

ardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned there

th bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be

k.

4. For the have been guided (in this life) to the purest of speeche



ey have been guided to the Path of Him Who is worthy of (a

aise.

5. As to those who have rejected (God), and would keep bac

men) from the Way of God, and from the Sacred Mosque, which W

ave made (open) to (all) men -- equal is the dweller there and th

sitor from the country -- and any whose purpose therein is profaniwrongdoing -- them will We cause to taste of a most grievou

enalty.

6. Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House

aying): "Associate not any thing (in worship) with Me; and sancti

y House for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, oostrate themselves (therein in prayer).

7. "And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to the

n foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account

urneys through deep and distant mountain highways;

8. "That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, anelebrate the name of God, through the Days appointed, over th

attle which He has provided for them (for sacrifice): then eat y

ereof and feed the distressed ones in want.

9. "Then let them complete the rites prescribed for them, perfor

eir vows, and (again) circumambulate the Ancient House."

0. Such (is the Pilgrimage): whoever honors the sacred rites

od, for him it is good in the sight of his Lord. Lawful to you (for foo

pilgrimage) are cattle except those mentioned to you (a

xceptions): but shun the abomination of idols, and shun the wo

at is false -—

. Being true in faith to God, and never assigning partners to Him:



nyone assigns partners to God, he is as if he had fallen fro

eaven and been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swoope

ke a bird on its prey) and thrown him into a far-distant place.

2. Such (is his state): and whoever holds in honor the Symbols

od, (in the sacrifice of animals), such (honor) should come tru

om piety of heart.

3. In them ye have benefits for a term appointed: in the end the

ace of sacrifice is near the Ancient House.

4. To every people did We appoint rites (of sacrifice), that the

ight celebrate the name of God over the sustenance He gave the

om animals (fit for food), but your God is one God: submit then you

lls to Him (in Islam) and give thou the Good News to those wh

umble themselves -—

5. To those whose hearts, when God is mentioned, are filled wit

ar, who show patient perseverance over their afflictions, keep u

gular prayer, and spend (in charity) out of what we have bestowepon them.

6. The sacrificial camels we have made for you as among th

ymbols from God: in them is (much) good for you: then pronounc

e name of God over them as they line up (for sacrifice): when the

e down on their sides (after slaughter), eat ye thereof, and fee

uch as (beg not but) live in contentment, and such as beg with du

umility: thus have we made animals subject to you, that ye may b

ateful.

7. It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches God: it is you

ety that reaches Him: He has thus made them subject to you, th

e may glorify God for His guidance to you: and proclaim the Gooews to all who do right.



8. Verily God will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, Go

veth not any that is a traitor to faith, or shows ingratitude.

9. To those against whom war is made, permission is given (t

ght) because they are wronged -- and verily, God is Most powerf

r their aid -—

0. (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes

efiance of right -- (for no cause) except that they say, "Our Lord

od." Did not God check one set of people by means of anothe

ere would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churche

ynagogues, and mosques, in which the name of God

ommemorated in abundant measure. God will certainly aid thosho aid His (cause); for verily God is Full of Strength, Exalted

ight, (Able to enforce His Will).

. (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land, establis

gular prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forb

rong: with God rests the end (and decision) of (all) affairs.

2. If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the Peoples befor

em (with their Prophets), the People of Noah, and 'Ad, an

hamud;

3. Those of Abraham and Lut;

4. And the Companions of the Madyan people: and Moses wa

jected (in the same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelieve

nd (only) after that did I punish them: but how (terrible) was M

jection (of them)!

5. How many populations have We destroyed, which were given

rongdoing! They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wele lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built!



6. Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and mind

ay thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly

not their eyes that are blind but their hearts which are in the

easts.

7. Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But God will no

il in His promise. Verily a day in the sight of thy Lord is like

ousand years of your reckoning.

8. And to how many populations did I give respite, which were give

wrongdoing? In the end I punished them. To Me is the destinatio

f all).

9. Say: "O men! I am (sent) to you only to give a clear warning:

0. "Those who believe and work righteousness, for them

rgiveness and a sustenance most generous.

. "But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, the

ll be Companions of the Fire."

2. Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before thee, bu

hen he framed a desire, Satan threw some (vanity) into his desir

ut God will cancel anything (vain) that Satan throws in, and God w

onfirm (and establish) His Signs: for God is full of knowledge an

sdom:

3. That He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a tri

r those in whose hearts is a disease and who are hardened o

eart: verily the wrongdoers are in a schism far (from the Truth):

4. And that those on whom knowledge has been bestowed ma

arn that the (Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they maelieve therein, and their hearts ma be ma be made humbl (ope



it: for verily God is the Guide of those who believe, to the Straig

Way.

5. Those who reject Faith will not cease to be in doubt concernin

Revelation) until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them

there comes to them the Penalty of a Day of Disaster.

6. On that Day the Dominion will be that of God: He will judg

etween them: so those who believe and work righteous deeds w

e in Gardens of Delight.

7. And for those who reject Faith and deny Our Signs, there will b

humiliating Punishment.

8. Those who leave their homes in the Cause of God, and are the

ain or die -- on them will God bestow verily a goodly Provision: tru

od is He Who bestows the best Provision.

9. Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be we

eased: for God is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

0. That (is so). And if one has retaliated to no greater extent tha

e injury he received, and is again set upon inordinately, God w

elp him: for God is One that blots out (sins) and forgives (again an

gain).

. That is because God merges Night into Day, and He mergeay into Night, and verily it is God Who hears and sees (all things).

2. That is because God -- He is the Reality: and those besides Hi

hom they invoke -- they are but vain Falsehood: verily God is He

ost High, Most Great.

3. Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky, an

rthwith the earth becomes clothed with green? For God is He Wh



nderstands the finest mysteries, and is well-acquainted (with them)

4. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: for veri

od -- He is Free of all wants, Worthy of all praise.

5. Seest thou not that God has made subject to you (men) all that

n the earth, and the ships that sail through the sea by Hommand? He withholds the sky (rain) from falling on the ear

xcept by His leave: for God is Most Kind and Most Merciful to man

6. It is He Who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will aga

ve you life: truly man is a most ungrateful creature!

7. To every People have we appointed rites and ceremonies whicey must follow, let them not then dispute with thee on the matter, bu

o thou invite (them) to thy Lord: for thou art assuredly on the Rig

Way.

8. If they do wrangle with thee, say, "God knows best what it is y

e doing."

9. "God will judge between you on the Day of Judgment concernin

e matters in which ye differ."

0. Knowest thou not that God knows all that is in heaven and o

arth? Indeed it is all in a record, and that is easy for God.

. Yet they worship, besides God, things for which no authority ha

een sent down to them, and of which they have (really) n

nowledge: for those that do wrong there is no helper.

2. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, thou wilt notice

enial on the faces of the Unbelievers! They nearly attack wi

olence those who rehearse Our Signs to them. Say, "Shall I tell yo

something (far) worse than these Signs? It is the fire (of Hell)! Go



as promised it to the Unbelievers! And evil is that destination!"

3. O men! Here is a parable set forth! Listen to it! Those on whom

esides God ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all me

gether for the purpose! And if the fly should snatch away anythin

om them, they would have no power to release it from the fly: feeb

e those who petition and those whom they petition!

4. No just estimate have they made of God: for God is He Who

rong and able to carry out His Will.

5. God chooses Messengers from angels and from men: for God

e Who hears and sees (all things).

6. He knows what is before them and what is behind them: and t

od go back all questions (for decision).

7. O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and ado

our Lord; and do good; that ye may prosper.

8. And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity an

nder discipline): He has chosen you, and has imposed n

fficulties on you in religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It

e Who has named you Muslims, both before and in th

Revelation); that the Messenger may be a witness for you, and y

e witnesses for mankind! So establish regular Prayer, give regula

harity, and hold fast to God! He is your Protector -- the Best totect and the Best to help!





Surah 23 - Al Mu'minun (TheBelievers)


The Believers must (eventually) win through -—

Those who humble themselves in their prayers;

Who avoid vain talk;

Who are active in deeds of charity;

Who abstain from sex,

Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (th

aptives) whom their right hands possess -- for (in their case) the

e free from blame,

But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors -

hose who faithfully observe their trust and their covenants;

And who (strictly) guard their prayers -—

0. Those will be the heirs,

. Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (forever).

2. Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay);

3. Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of resmly fixed;



4. Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then

at clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made out of that lum

ones and clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed out of

nother creature: so blessed be God, the Best to create!

5. After that, at length, ye will die.

6. Again, on the Day of Judgment, will ye be raised up.

7. And We have made, above you, seven tracts; and We are neve

nmindful of (Our) Creation.

8. And We send down water from the sky according to (due

easure, and We cause it to soak in the soil; and We certainly ar

ble to drain it off (with ease).

9. With it We grow for you gardens of date-palms and vines:

em have ye abundant fruits: and of them ye eat (and hav

njoyment) -—

0. Also a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produces oil, an

lish for those who use it for food.

. And in cattle (too) ye have an instructive example: from with

eir bodies We produce (milk) for you to drink; there are, in them

esides), numerous (other) benefits for you; and of their (meat) y

at;

2. And on them, as well as in ships, ye ride.

3. (Further, We sent a long line of prophets for your instruction.) W

ent Noah to his people: he said, "O my people! worship God! Y

ave no other god but Him: will ye not fear (Him)?"

4. The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is n



ore than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiori

ver you: if God had wished (to send messengers), He could hav

ent down angels: never did we hear such a thing (as he says

mong our ancestors of old."

5. (And some said:) "He is only a man possessed: wait (and hav

atience) with him for a time."

6. (Noah) said: "O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse me o

lsehood!"

7. So We inspired him (with this message): "Construct the Ar

thin Our sight and under Our guidance: then when comes O

ommand, and the fountains of the earth gush forth, take thou o

oard pairs of every species, male and female, and thy family

xcept those of them against whom the Word has already gone fort

nd address Me not in favor of the wrongdoers; for they shall b

owned (in the Flood).

8. And when thou hast embarked on the Ark -- thou and those witee -- say: "Praise be to God, Who has saved us from the peop

ho do wrong."

9. And say: "O my Lord! enable me to disembark with Thy blessing

r Thou art the Best to enable (us) to disembark."

0. Verily in this there are Signs (for men to understand); (thus) dWe try (men).

. Then We raised after them another generation;

2. And We sent to them a Messenger from among themselve

aying), "Worship God! ye have no other god but Him. Will ye nar (Him)?"



3. And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied th

eeting in the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the goo

ings of this life, said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves; h

ats of that of which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.

4. "If ye obey a man like yourselves, behold, it is certain ye will b

st.

5. "Does he promise that when ye die and become dust and bone

e shall be brought forth (again)?

6. "Far, very far is that which ye are promised!

7. "There is nothing but our life in this world! We shall die and we! But we shall never be raised up again!

8. "He is only a man who invents a lie against God, but we are no

e ones to believe in him!"

9. (The prophet) said: "O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse mfalsehood."

0. (God) said: "In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry!"

. Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them a

bbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So awa

th the people who do wrong!

2. Then We raised after them other generations.

3. No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).

4. Then sent We Our Messengers in succession: every time ther

ame to a people their Messenger, they accused him of falsehoodo We made them follow each other (in punishment): We made the



s a tale (that is told): so away with a people that will not believe!

5. Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our Signs an

uthority manifest,

6. To Pharaoh and his Chiefs: but these behaved insolently: the

ere arrogant people.

7. They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And the

eople are subject to us!"

8. So they accused them of falsehood, and they became of thos

ho were destroyed.

9. And We gave Moses the Book, in order that they might receiv

uidance.

0. And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign: W

ave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest and securi

nd furnished with springs.

. O ye Messengers! enjoy (all) things good and pure, and wo

ghteousness: for I am well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.

2. And verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood, an

am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore fear Me (and no other).

3. But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, int

ects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.

4. But leave them in their confused ignorance for a time.

5. Do they think that because We have granted them abundance

ealth and sons,



6. We would hasten them on in every good? Nay, they do no

nderstand.

7. Verily those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;

8. Those who believe in the Signs of their Lord;

9. Those who join not (in worship) partners with their Lord;

0. And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fea

ecause they will return to their Lord -—

. It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who ar

remost in them.

2. On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bea

efore Us is a record which clearly shows the truth: they will never b

ronged.

3. But their hearts are in confused ignorance of this; and there ar

esides that, deeds of theirs, which they will (continue) to do -—

4. Until, when We seize in Punishment those of them who receive

e good things of this world, behold, they will groan in supplication!

5. It will be said: "Groan not in supplication this day; for ye sha

ertainly not be helped by Us.

6. "My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn bac

n your heels -—

7. "In arrogance: talking nonsense about the (Qur'an), like on

lling fables by night."

8. Do they not ponder over the Word (of God), or has anythin



ew) come to them that did not come to their fathers of old?

9. Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him?

0. Or do they say, "He is possessed"? Nay, he has brought them

e Truth, but most of them hate the Truth.

. If the Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly th

eavens and the earth, and all beings therein would have been

onfusion and corruption! Nay, We have sent them their admonitio

ut they turn away from their admonition.

2. Or is it that thou askest them for some recompense? But th

compense of thy Lord is best: He is the Best of those who givustenance.

3. But verily thou callest them to the Straight Way;

4. And verily those who believe not in the Hereafter are deviatin

om that Way.

5. If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is o

em, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wanderin

distraction to and fro.

6. We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled n

emselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)! -—

7. Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishmen

en Lo! they will be plunged in despair therein!

8. It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sigh

eling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!

9. And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall y



e gathered back.

0. It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) th

ternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?

. On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said

2. They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bone

ould we really be raised up again?

3. "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathe

efore! They are nothing but tales of the ancients!"

4. Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (Say) e know!"

5. They will say, "To God!" Say: "Yet will ye not receiv

dmonition?"

6. Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of th

hrone (of Glory) Supreme?"

7. They will say, "(They belong) to God." Say: "Will ye not then b

ed with awe?"

8. Say: "Who is it in whose hands is the governance of all things

ho protects (all), but is not protected (of any)? (Say) if ye know."

9. They will say, "(It belongs) to God." Say: "Then how are y

eluded?"

0. We have sent them the Truth: but they indeed practic

alsehood!

. No son did God beget, nor is there any god along with Him:



ere were many gods), behold, each god would have taken awa

hat be had created, and some would have lorded it over other

ory to God (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute t

m!

2. He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for th

artners they attribute to Him!

3. Say: "O my Lord! if Thou wilt show me (in my lifetime) that whic

ey are warned against -—

4. "Then, O my Lord! put me not amongst the people who d

rong!"

5. And We are certainly able to show thee (in fulfillment) that again

hich they are warned.

6. Repel evil with that which is best: We are well-acquainted wi

e things they say.

7. And say: "O my Lord! I seek refuge with Thee from th

uggestions of the Evil Ones;

8. "And I seek refuge with Thee, O my Lord! lest they should com

ear me."

9. (In Falsehood will they be) until, when death comes to one em, he says: "O my Lord! send me back (to life) -—

00. "In order that I may work righteousness in the things

eglected." -- "By no means! it is but a word he says, before them

Partition till the Day they are raised up.

01. Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no morlationships between them that day, nor will one ask after another!



02. Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy -- they w

tain salvation:

03. But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lo

eir souls; in Hell will they abide.

04. The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with the

ps displaced.

05. "Were not My Signs rehearsed to you, and ye did but treat the

s falsehoods?"

06. They will say: "Our Lord! our misfortune overwhelmed us ane became a people astray!

07. "Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to evil), the

hall we be wrongdoers indeed!"

08. He will say: "Be ye driven into it (with ignominy)! and speak y

ot to Me!

09. "A part of My servants there was, who used to pray, 'Our Lord

e believe; then do Thou forgive us, and have mercy upon us: fo

hou art the best of those Who show mercy!'

0. "But ye treated them with ridicule, so much so that (ridicule oem made you forget My Message while ye were laughing at them!

1. "I have rewarded them this day for their patience an

onstancy: they are indeed the ones that have achieved Bliss..."

2. He will say: "What number of years did ye stay on earth?"

3. They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask thos



ho keep account."

4. He will say: "Ye stayed not but a little -- if ye had only known!

5. "Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that y

ould not be brought back to Us (for account)?"

6. Therefore exalted be God, the King, the Reality; there is no go

ut He, the Lord of the Throne of Honor!

7. If anyone invokes, besides God, any other god, he has n

uthority therefor; and his reckoning will be only with his Lord! An

erily the Unbelievers will fail to win through!

8. So say: "O my Lord! grant thou forgiveness and mercy! for Tho

t the Best of those who show mercy!"





Surah 24 - Al Nur (The Light)


A Surah which We have sent down and which We have ordainedit have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receiv

dmonition.

The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication -- flo

ach of them with a hundred stripes: let not compassion move you

eir case, in a matter prescribed by God, if ye believe in God ane Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness the

unishment.

Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry any but a woma

milarly guilty, or an Unbeliever nor let any but such a man or a

nbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing

rbidden.

And those who launch a charge against chaste women, an

oduce not four witnesses, (to support their allegation) -- flog the

th eighty stripes: and reject their evidence ever after: for such me

e wicked transgressors -—

Unless they repent thereafter and mend (their conduct): for God


And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, an

ave (in support) no evidence but their own -- their solitary evidenc

an be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) b

od that they are solemnly telling the truth;



And the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly invoke the curs

God on themselves if they tell a lie.

But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bea

tness four times (with an oath) by God, that (her husband) is tellin

lie;

And the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrat

God on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.

0. If it were not for God's grace and mercy on you, and that God

ft-Returning, Full of Wisdom -- (ye would be ruined indeed).

. Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselvesink it not to be an evil to you: on the contrary it is good for you: t

very man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that h

arned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will b

Penalty grievous.

2. Why did not Believers -- men and women -- when ye heard of thfair -- put the best construction on it in their own minds and sa

This (charge) is an obvious lie"?

3. Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When the

ave not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of God, (stan

rth) themselves as liars!

4. Were it not for the grace and mercy of God on you, in this wor

nd the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in tha

e rushed glibly into this affair.

5. Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of you

ouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to blight matter, while it was most serious in the sight of God.



6. And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say -- "It is not right of us t

peak of this: Glory to God! this is a most serious slander!"

7. God doth admonish you, that ye may never repeat suc

onduct), if ye are (true) Believers.

8. And God makes the Signs plain to you: for God is full onowledge and wisdom.

9. Those who love (to see) scandal published broadcast among th

elievers, will have a grievous Penalty in this life and in th

ereafter: God knows, and ye know not.

0. Were it not for the grace and mercy of God on you, and that Gofull of kindness and mercy (ye would be ruined indeed).

. O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follo

e footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful an

rong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of God on you, n

ne of you would ever have been pure: but God doth purify whom Heases: and God is One Who hears and knows (all things).

2. Let not those among you who are endued with grace an

mplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsme

ose in want, and those who have left their homes in God's caus

t them forgive and overlook: do you not wish that God shou

rgive you? For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

3. Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, ar

ursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penal

—

4. On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet wear witness against them as to their actions.



5. On that Day God will pay them back (all) their just dues, and the

ll realize that God is the (very) Truth, that makes all things manifes

6. Women impure are for men impure, and men impure are fo

omen impure; and women of purity are for men of purity, and me

purity are for women of purity: these are not affected by wh

eople say: for them there is forgiveness, and a provision honorable

7. O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your own, until y

ave asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best fo

ou in order that ye may heed (what is seemly).

8. If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is give

you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greate

urity for yourselves: and God knows well all that ye do.

9. It is no fault on your part to enter houses not used for living i

hich serve some (other) use for you: and God has knowledge

hat ye reveal and what ye conceal.

0. Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze an

uard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: an

od is well acquainted with all that they do.

. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaz

nd guard their modesty; that they should not display their beau

nd ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display the

eauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband

thers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or the

others' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slave

hom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physic

eeds, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; anat they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to the



dden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye al together toward

od, that ye may attain Bliss.

2. Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous one

mong your slaves, male or female: if they are in poverty, God w

ve them means out of His grace: for God encompasseth all, an

e knoweth all things.

3. Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage kee

emselves chaste, until God gives them means out of His grac

nd if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them t

arn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if y

now any good in them; yea, give them something yourselves out e means which God has given to you. But force not your maids

ostitution when they desire chastity, in order that ye may make

ain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, afte

uch compulsion, is God Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them).

4. We have already sent down to you verses making things clea

n illustration from (the story of) people who passed away beforou, and an admonition for those who fear (God).

5. God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of H

ght is as if there were a Niche and within it a lamp: the Lam

nclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: lit from

essed Tree, an Olive, neither of the East nor of the West, whose Owell-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Ligh

od doth guide whom He will to His Light. God doth set for

arables for men: and God doth know all things.

6. (Lit is such a light) in houses, which God hath permitted to b

ised to honor; for the celebration, in them of His name: in them

e glorified in the mornings and in the evenings, (again and again)—



7. By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from th

emembrance of God, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practic

regular Charity: their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts an

yes will be transformed (in a world wholly new) -—

8. That God may reward them according to the best of their deed

nd add even more for them out of His Grace: for God doth provid

r those whom He will, without measure.

9. But the Unbelievers -- their deeds are like a mirage in sand

eserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; un

hen he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: but he finds Go

ver) with him, and God will pay him his account: and God is swift king account.

0. Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness in a va

eep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped b

ark) clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a ma

retches out his hand, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Go

veth not light, there is no light!

. Seest thou not that it is God Whose praises all beings in th

eavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) wit

ngs outspread? Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer an

aise. And God knows well all that they do.

2. Yea, to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth

nd to God is the final goal (of all).

3. Seest thou not that God makes the clouds move gently, then join

em together, then makes them into a heap? -- then wilt thou se

in issue forth from their midst. And He sends down from the sk

ountain masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes therewi

hom He pleases and He turns it away fro whom He pleases. Th



vid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.

4. It is God Who alternates the Night and the Day: verily in thes

ngs is an instructive example for those who have vision!

5. And God has created every animal from water: of them there ar

ome that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; anome that walk on four. God creates what He wills: for verily God ha

ower over all things.

6. We have indeed sent down Signs that make things manifest: an

od guides whom He wills to a way that is straight.

7. They say, "We believe in God and in the Messenger, and wbey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they are n

eally) Believers.

8. When they are summoned to God and His Messenger, in orde

at He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (

ome).

9. But if the right is on their side, they come to him with a

ubmission.

0. Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? Or do they doubt, o

e they in fear, that God and His Messenger will deal unjustly wit

em? Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong.

. The answer of the Believers, when summoned to God and H

essenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no othe

an this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these tha

ll attain felicity.

2. It is such as obey God and His Messenger, and fear God and d

ght, that will win (in the end).



3. They swear their strongest oaths by God that, if only thou would

ommand them, they would leave (their homes). Say: "Swear ye no

bedience is (more) reasonable: verily, God is well-acquainted wi

that ye do."

4. Say: "Obey God, and obey the Messenger: but if ye turn away, honly responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that place

n you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. Th

essenger's duty is only to preach the clear (Message)."

5. God has promised, to those among you who believe and wo

ghteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land

heritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that H

ll establish in authority their religion -- the one which He ha

hosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear

hich they (lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will worsh

e (alone) and not associate aught with Me.' If any do reject fai

ter this, they are rebellious and wicked.

6. So establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity: and obe

e Messenger; that ye may receive mercy.

7. Never think thou that the Unbelievers are going to frustrat

God's Plan) on earth: their abode is the Fire -- and it is indeed a

vil refuge!

8. O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, an

e (children) among you who have not come of age ask yo

ermission (before they come to your presence), on thre

ccasions, before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes f

e noonday heat; and after the late-night prayer: these are your thre

mes of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or foem to move about attending to each other: thus does God mak



ear the Signs to you: for God is full of knowledge and wisdom.

9. But when the children among you come of age, let them (also

sk for permission, as do those senior to them (in age): thus doe

od make clear His Signs to you: for God is full of knowledge an

sdom.

0. Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage

ere is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garment

ovided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is be

r them to be modest: and God is One Who sees and knows a

ings.

. it is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame, nor in one afflicte

th illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your own house

those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or you

sters, or your father's brothers, or your father's sisters, or you

other's brothers, or your mother's sisters, or in houses of which th

eys are in your possession, or in the house of a sincere friend

ours: there is no blame on you, whether ye eat in company oeparately. But id ye enter houses, salute each other -- a greeting o

essing and purity as from God. Thus does God make clear th

gns to you: that ye may understand.

2. Only those are Believers who believe in God and H

essenger: when they are with him on a matter requiring collectivction, they do not depart until they have asked for his leave: thos

ho ask for thy leave are those who believe in God and H

essenger; so when they ask for thy leave, for some business

eirs, give leave to those of them whom thou wilt, and ask God fo

eir forgiveness: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

3. Deem not the summons of the Messenger among yourselves like summons of one of you to another: God doth know those of yo



ho slip away under shelter of some excuse: then let those bewar

ho withstand the Messenger's order lest some trial befall them, or

ievous Penalty be inflicted on them.

4. Be quite sure that to God doth belong whatever is in the heaven

nd on earth. Well doth He know what ye are intent upon: and on

ay they will be brought back to Him, and He will tell them the truth hat they did: for God doth know all things.





Surah 25 - Al Furqan (TheCriterion)


Blessed is He Who sent down the Criterion to His servant, that

ay be an admonition to all creatures -—

He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the eart

o son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it

e Who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions.

Yet have they taken, besides Him, gods that can create nothin

ut are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good

emselves; nor can they control Death nor Life nor Resurrection.

But the Misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he harged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who hav

ut forward an iniquity and a falsehood.

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to b

ritten: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."

Say: "The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him Who knows the Mystehat is) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful."

And they say: "What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food

nd walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been se

own to him to give admonition with him?

"Or (why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has h



ot) a garden for enjoyment?" The wicked say: "Ye follow none othe

an a man bewitched."

See what kinds of companions they make for thee! But they hav

one astray, and never a way will they be able to find!

0. Blessed is He Who, if that were His will, could give thee bettehings) than those -- Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and H

ould give thee Palaces (secure to dwell in).

. Nay, they deny the Hour (of the Judgment to come): but We hav

epared a Blazing Fire for such as deny the Hour:

2. When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury ans raging sigh.

3. And when they are cast, bound together, into a constricted plac

erein, they will plead for destruction there and then!

4. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destructiot-repeated!"

5. Say: "Is that best, or the eternal Garden, promised to th

ghteous? For them, that is a reward as well as a goal (

tainment).

6. "For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwehere) for aye: a promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."

7. The Day He will gather them together as well as those whom the

orship besides God, He will ask: "Was it ye who led these m

ervants astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?"

8. They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that whould take for protectors others besides Thee: but Thou did



estow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until the

rgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost.

9. (God will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: s

e cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever amon

ou does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.

0. And the messengers whom We sent before thee were all (men

ho ate food and walked through the streets: We have made som

you as a trial for others: will ye have patience? For God is On

Who sees (all things).

. Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: "Wh

e not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see ou

ord?" Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of themselves, an

ighty is the insolence of their impiety!

2. The Day they see the angels -- no joy will there be to the sinne

at Day: the (angels) will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to yo

together!"

3. And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), an

We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.

4. The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in the

bode, and have the fairest of places for repose.

5. The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, an

ngels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks) -—

6. That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) fo

God) Most Merciful: it will be a day of dire difficulty for th

isbelievers.

7. The Day that the wrongdoer will bite at his hands, He will say



Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Apostle!

8. "Ah! woe is me! would that I had never taken such a one for

end!

9. "He did lead me astray from the Message (of God) after it ha

ome to me! Ah! the Evil One is but a traitor to man!

0. Then the Apostle will say: "O my Lord! truly my people took th

ur'an for just foolish nonsense."

. Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy among th

nners: but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help.

2. Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not the Qur'an revealed

m all at once?" Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen th

eart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, wel

ranged stages, gradually.

3. And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee thuth and the best explanation (thereof).

4. Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces -- the

ll be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.

5. Before this, We sent Moses the Book, and appointed his brothe

aron with him as Minister;

6. And We commanded: "Go ye both, to the people who hav

jected Our Signs": and those (people) We destroyed with utte

estruction.

7. And the people of Noah -- when they rejected the messenger

We drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; anWe have prepared for (all) wrongdoers a grievous Penalty -—



8. As also `Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, an

any a generation between them.

9. To teach one We set forth parables and examples; and each on

We broke to utter annihilation (for their sins).

0. And the (Unbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town o

hich was rained a shower of evil: did they not then see it (with the

wn eyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection.

. When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than

ockery: "Is this the one whom God has sent as a messenger?"

2. "He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had

ot been that we were constant to them!" Soon will they know, whe

ey see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!

3. Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (o

mpulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?

4. Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They ar

nly like cattle; -- nay, they are worse astray in Path.

5. Hast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord? -- how He do

olong the Shadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! The

o We make the sun its guide:

6. Then We draw it in towards Ourselves -- a contraction by eas

ages.

7. And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you; and Slee

s Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.

8. And He it is Who sends the Winds as heralds of glad tidings



oing before His Mercy, and We send down purifying water from th

ky -—

9. That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thir

things We have created, cattle and men in great numbers.

0. And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order thaey may celebrate (Our) praises, but most men are averse (t

ught) but (rank) ingratitude.

. Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to eve

enter of population,

2. Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against theth the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).

3. It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: on

alatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made

arrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.

4. It is He Who has created man from water: then has H

stablished relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord ha

ower (over all things).

5. Yet do they worship, besides God, things that can neither pro

em nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), again

s own Lord!

6. But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.

7. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one wh

ll may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."

8. And put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrats praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of H



ervants -—

9. He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that

etween, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne (

uthority): God, Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of an

cquainted (with such things).

0. When it is said to them, "Adore ye (God) Most Gracious!", the

ay, "And what is (God) Most Gracious? Shall we adore that whic

ou commandest us?" and it increases their flight (from the Truth).

. Blessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, and place

erein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;

2. And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow eac

her: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to sho

eir gratitude.

3. And the servants of (God) Most Gracious are those who walk o

e earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they sayPeace!"

4. Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrat

nd standing;

5. Those who say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for it

Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous -—

6. "Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in;"

7. Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and n

ggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);

8. Those who invoke not, with God, any other god, nor slay such lifs God has made sacred, except for just cause, not comm



rnication -- and any that does this (not only) meets punishment.

9. (But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him

nd he will dwell therein in ignominy—

0. Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Go

ll change the evil of such persons into good, and God is Oforgiving, Most Merciful.

. And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to God wit

n (acceptable) conversion -—

2. Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, the

ass by it with honorable (avoidance);

3. Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of the

ord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind:

4. And those who pray, "Our Lord! grant unto us wives and offsprin

ho will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to leae righteous."

5. Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest plac

heaven, because of their patient constancy; therein shall they b

et with salutations and peace,

6. Dwelling therein -- how beautiful an abode and place of rest!

7. Say (to the rejecters): "My Lord is not uneasy because of you

e call not on Him, but ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon w

ome the inevitable (punishment)!"





Surah 26 - Al Shu'ara' (The Poets)


Ta Sin Mim.

These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not becom

elievers.

If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the skSign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.

But there comes not to them a newly-revealed message fro

God) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.

They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soonough) the truth of what they mocked at!

Do they not look at the earth -- how many noble things of all kind

e have produced therein?

Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

0. Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity -—

. "The people of Pharaoh: will they not fear God?"

2. He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me witlsehood:



3. "My breast will be straitened, and my speech may not g

moothly): so send unto Aaron.

4. "And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fe

ey may slay me."

5. God said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Ogns; We are with you, and will listen (to your call).

6. "So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have bee

ent by the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds;

7. "'Send thou with us the Children of Israel.'"

8. (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among u

nd didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?

9. "And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou dids

nd thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"

0. Moses: "I did it then, when I was in error.

. "So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord ha

ince) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed m

s one of the messengers.

2. "And this is the favor with which thou dost reproach me -- thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel"

3. Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of th

Worlds?'"

4. (Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and tharth, and all between -- if ye want to be quite sure."



5. (Pharaoh) said to those around: "Do ye not listen (to what h

ays)?"

6. (Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from th

eginning!"

7. (Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to yoa veritable madman!"

8. (Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between!

e only had sense!"

9. (Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me

ll certainly put thee in prison!"

0. (Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and

onvincing?"

. (Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"

2. So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (fo

to see)!

3. And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to a

eholders!

4. (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed orcerer well-versed:

5. "His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what

ye counsel?"

6. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while

nd dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect -—



7. "And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

8. So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a da

ell-known,

9. And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled? -—

0. "That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

. So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of cours

shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?"

2. He said: "Yea, (and more) -- for ye shall in that case be (raised t

osts) nearest (to my person)."

3. Moses said to them: "Throw ye -- that which ye are about t

row!"

4. So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the mig

Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"

5. Then Moses threw his rod, when behold, it straightway swallow

p all the falsehoods which they fake!

6. Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

7. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

8. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

9. Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in him before I give you permission

urely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! But soon sha

e know! "But sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposit

des, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"



0. They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!

. "Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that w

ay become foremost among the Believers!"

2. By inspiration We told Moses: "Travel by night with My servants

r surely ye shall be pursued."

3. Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,

4. (Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,

5. "And they are raging furiously against us;

6. "But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

7. So We expelled them from gardens, springs,

8. Treasures, and every kind of honorable position;

9. Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of sucings.

0. So they pursued them at sunrise.

. And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Mose

aid: "We are sure to be overtaken."

2. (Moses said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will H

uide me!

3. Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod

o it divided, and each separate part become like the huge, fir

ass of a mountain.



4. And We made the other party approach thither.

5. We delivered Moses and all who were with him;

6. But We drowned the others.

7. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

8. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

9. And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's story.

0. Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?

. They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly

tendance on them."

2. He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them),

3. "Or do you good or harm?"

4. They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what w

o)."

5. He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping -—

6. "Ye and your fathers before you? -—

7. "For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher

e Worlds;

8. "Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

9. "Who gives me food and drink,

0. "And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;



. "Who will cause me to die, and then to live (again);

2. "And Who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day o

udgment...

3. O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with thghteous;

4. "Grant me honorable mention on the tongue of truth among th

test (generations);

5. "Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss;

6. "Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;

7. "And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will b

ised up -—

8. The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,

9. "But only he (will prosper) that brings to God a sound heart;

0. "To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near,

. "And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;

2. "And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) yorshipped -—

3. "'Besides God? Can they help you or help themselves?'

4. "Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire) -- they an

ose straying in Evil,

5. "And the whole hosts of Iblis together.



6. "They will say there in their mutual bickerings:

7. "'By God, we were truly in an error manifest,

8. "'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;

9. "'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.

00. "'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),

01. "'Nor a single friend to feel (for us).

02. "'Now if we only had a chance of return, we shall truly be ose who believe!'"

03. Verily in this is a Sign, but most of them do not believe.

04. And verily the Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

05. The people of Noah rejected the messengers.

06. Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fea

God)?

07. "I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:

08. "So fear God, and obey me.

09. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from th

ord of the Worlds:

0. "So fear God, and obey me."

1. They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest thallow thee?"



2. He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?

3. "Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand

4. "I am not one to drive away those who believe.

5. "I am sent only to warn plainly in public."

6. They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (t

eath)."

7. He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me.

8. "Judge thou, then, between me and them openly, and delive

e and those of the Believers who are with me."

9. So we delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with a

eatures).

20. Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.



23. The 'Ad (people) rejected the messengers.

24. Behold, their brother Hud said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?

25. "I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.

26. "So fear God and obey me.

27. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from thord of the Worlds.



28. "Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amus

ourselves?

29. "And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of livin

erein (forever)?

30. "And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men bsolute power?

31. "Now fear God, and obey me.

32. "Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that y

now.

33. "Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons -—

34. And Gardens and Springs.

35. "Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day."

36. They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or b

ot among (our) Admonishers!

37. "This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

38. "And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"

39. So they rejected him, and We destroyed them, verily in this is

gn: but most of them do not believe.


41. The Thamud (people) rejected the messengers.

42. Behold, their brother Salih said to them: "Will you fear (God)?




44. "So fear God, and obey me.


ord of the Worlds.

46. "Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye hav

ere? -—

47. "Gardens and Springs,

48. "And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breakinwith the weight of fruit)?

49. "And ye carve house out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.

50. "But fear God and obey me;

51. "And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant -—

52. "Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."

53. They said: "Thou art only the of those bewitched!

54. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign,

ou tellest the truth!"

55. He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, an

e have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.

56. "Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seiz

ou."

57. But they hamstrung her: then did they become full of regrets.



58. But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most o

em do not believe.


60. The people of Lut rejected the messengers.

61. Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?




ord of the Worlds.

65. "Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males.

66. "And leave those whom God has created for you to be you

ates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"

67. They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be ca

ut!"

68. He said: "I do detest your doings."

69. "O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as theo!"

70. So We delivered him and his family -- all

71. Except an old woman who lingered behind.

72. But the rest We destroyed utterly.



73. We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil wa

e shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!



76. The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.

77. Behold, Shuaib said to them: "Will ye not fear (God)?




ord of the Worlds.

81. "Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).

82. "And weigh with scales true and upright.

83. "And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in th

nd, working mischief.

84. "And fear Him Who created you and (Who created) th

enerations before (you).

85. They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

86. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we thin

ou art a liar!

87. "Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"

88. He said: "M Lord knows best what e do."



89. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day

vershadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of

reat Day.

90. Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.


92. Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

93. With it came down the Spirit of Faith and Truth -—

94. To thy heart and mind that thou mayest admonish

95. In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.

96. Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of forme

eoples.

97. Is it not a Sign to them that the learned of the Children of Isranew it (as true)?

98. Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,

99. And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in i

00. Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the Sinners.

01. They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;

02. But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while the

erceive it not;

03. Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"



04. Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?

05. Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,

06. Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which the

ere promised!

07. It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!

08. Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -—

09. By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.

0. No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation):

1. It would neither suit them, nor would they be able (to produce it

2. Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance o

earing it.

3. So call not on any other god with God, or thou wilt be amonose under the Penalty.

4. And admonish thy nearest kinsmen,

5. And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.

6. Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) fohat ye do!"

7. And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful -—

8. Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

9. And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves.



20. For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

21. Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil one

escend?

22. They descend on every lying, wicked person,

23. (Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of the

e liars.

24. And the Poets -- it is those straying in Evil, who follow them:

25. Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?

26. And that they say what they practice not? -—

27. Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much

e remembrance of God, and defend themselves only after they ar

njustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know wh

cissitudes their affairs will take!





Surah 27 - Al Naml (The Ants)


Ta Sin. These are verses of the Qur'an -- a Book that makehings) clear;

A Guide; and Glad Tidings for the Believers -—

Those who establish regular prayers and give in regular charit

nd also have (full) assurance of the Hereafter.

As to those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made the

eeds pleasing in their eyes; and so they wander about

straction.

Such are they for whom a grievous Penalty is (waiting): and in th

ereafter theirs will be the greatest loss.

As to thee, the Qur'an is bestowed upon thee from the presence o

ne Who is Wise and All-Knowing.

Behold! Moses said to his family: "I perceive a fire; soon wil

ing you from there some information, or I will bring you a burnin

and to light our fuel, that ye may warm yourselves."

But when he came to the (Fire), a voice was heard: "Blessed ar

ose in the Fire and those around: and Glory to God, the Lord of th

Worlds!

"O Moses! verily, I am God, the Exalted in Might, the Wise!...

0. "Now do thou throw thy rod!" But when he saw it moving (of i



wn accord) as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, an

traced not his steps: "O Moses (it was said), "fear not: truly, in M

esence, those called as messengers have no fear -—

. "But if any have done wrong and have thereafter substitute

ood to take the place of evil, truly, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Mercifu

2. "Now put thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth whit

thout stain (or harm): (these are) among the nine Signs (thou w

ke) to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people rebellious

ansgression.

3. But when our Signs came to them, that should have opened the

yes, they said: "This is sorcery manifest!"

4. And they rejected those Signs in iniquity and arrogance, thoug

eir souls were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of thos

ho acted corruptly!

5. We gave (in the past) knowledge to David and Solomon: aney both said: "Praise be to God, Who has favored us above man

His servants who believe!"

6. And Solomon was David's heir. He said: "O ye people! we hav

een taught the speech of Birds, and on us has been bestowed (

tle) of all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from God)."

7. And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts -- of Jinns an

en and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.

8. At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of th

nts said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and h

osts crush you (under foot) without knowing it."

9. So he smiled, amused at her speech; and he said: "O my Lord



o order me that I may be grateful for Thy favors, which Thou ha

estowed on me and on my parents, and that I may work th

ghteousness that will please Thee: and admit me, by Thy Grace,

e ranks of Thy righteous Servants."

0. And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I se

ot the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?

. "I will certainly punish him with a severe Penalty, or execute him

nless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."

2. But the hoopoe tarried not far: he compassed (territory) whic

ou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba wi

dings true.

3. "I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided wi

very requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.

4. "I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Go

atan has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and haept them away from the Path -- so they receive no guidance -—

5. "(Kept them away from the Path), that they should not worsh

od, Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the eart

nd knows what ye hide and what ye reveal.

6. "God! -- there is no god but He! -- Lord of the Throne Supreme!

7. (Solomon) said: "Soon shall we see whether thou hast told th

uth or lied!

8. "Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them: then dra

ack from them, and (wait to) se what answer they return"...

9. (The Queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is -- delivered to me -- a lette



orthy of respect.

0. "It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): `In the name of Go

ost Gracious, Most Merciful:

. "'Be ye not arrogant against me but come to me in submission

e true Religion.'"

2. She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have

ecided except in your presence."

3. They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to veheme

ar: but the command is with thee; so consider what thou w

ommand."

4. She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and mak

e noblest of its people its meanest: thus do they behave.

5. "But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see wi

hat (answer) return (my) ambassadors."

6. How when (the embassy) came to Solomon, he said: "Will y

ve me abundance in wealth? But that which God has given me

etter than that which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice

our gift!

7. "Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with sucosts as they will never be able to meet: we shall expel them fro

ere in disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."

8. He said (to his own men): "Ye Chiefs! which of you can bring m

er throne before they come to me in submission?"

9. Said an Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou risom thy Council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and ma



e trusted."

0. Said one who had knowledge of the Book: "I will bring it to the

thin the twinkling of an eye!" Then when (Solomon) saw it place

mly before him, he said: "This is by the grace of my Lord! -- to te

e whether I am grateful or ungrateful! And if any is grateful, truly h

atitude is (a gain) for his own soul; but if any is ungrateful, truly mord is Free of All Needs, Supreme in Honor!"

. He said: "Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let u

ee whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those wh

ceive no guidance."

2. So when she arrived, she was asked, "Is this thy throne?" Sh

aid, "It was just like this; and knowledge was bestowed on us

dvance of this, and we have submitted to God (in Islam)."

3. And he diverted her from the worship of others besides God: fo

he was (sprung) of a people that had no faith.

4. She was asked to enter that lofty Palace: but when she saw

he thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts

ncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smoo

th slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronge

y soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of th

Worlds."

5. We sent (aforetime), to the Thamud, their brother Salih, sayin

Serve God": but behold, they became two factions quarrelling wi

ach other.

6. He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil

eference to the good? If only ye ask God for forgiveness, ye maope to receive mercy."



7. They said: "Ill omen do we augur from thee and those that ar

th thee." He said: "Your ill omen is with God; yea, ye are a peopl

nder trial."

8. There were in the City nine men of a family who made mischief

e land, and would not reform.

9. They said: "Swear a mutual oath by God that we shall make

ecret night attack on him and his people, and that we shall then sa

his heir (when he seeks vengeance): `We were not present at th

aughter of his people, and we are positively telling the truth.'"

0. They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while theerceived it not.

. Then see what was the end of their plot! -- this, that we destroye

em and their people, all (of them).

2. Now such were their houses -- in utter ruin -- because the

acticed wrongdoing Verily in this is a Sign for people onowledge.

3. And We saved those who believed and practiced righteousness

4. We also sent Lut (as a messenger): behold, he said to h

eople, "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?

5. "Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women

ay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!"

6. But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, "Driv

ut the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men wh

ant to be clean and pure!"

7. But We saved him and his famil , except his wife: her W



estined to be of those who lagged behind.

8 And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and ev

as the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

9. Say: Praise be to God, and Peace on His servants whom He ha

hosen (for his Message). (Who) is better? -- God or the false godey associate with Him?

0. Or, who has created the heaven and the earth, and who send

ou down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow we

anted orchards full of beauty and delight: it is not in your power

ause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) go

esides God? Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice.

. Or, who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in i

idst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separatin

ar between the two bodies of flowing water? (Can there be anothe

od besides God? Nay, most of them know not.

2. Or, who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, an

ho relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of th

arth? (Can there be another) god besides God? Little it is that y

eed!

3. Or, who guides you through the depths of darkness on land an

ea, and who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, goinefore His mercy? (Can there be another) god besides God? -- hig

God above what they associate with Him!

4. Or, who originates Creation, then repeats it, and who gives yo

ustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) go

esides God? Say, "Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling thuth!"



5. Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except God, knows what

dden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (fo

udgment).

6. Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: na

ey are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay, they are blin

ereunto!

7. The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust, -- we an

ur fathers -- shall we really be raised (from the dead)?

8. "It is true we were promised this -- we and our fathers befor

s): these are nothing but tales of the ancients."

9. Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end

ose guilty (of sin)."

0. But grieve not over them, nor distress thyself because of the

ots.

. They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say)

e are truthful."

2. Say: "It may be that some of the events which ye wish to haste

n may be (close) in your pursuit!"

3. But verily thy Lord is full of grace to mankind: yet most of theme ungrateful.

4. And verily thy Lord knoweth all that their hearts do hide, as we

s all that they reveal.

5. Nor is there aught of the Unseen, in heaven or earth, but

ecorded) in a clear record.



6. Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel most of th

atters in which they disagree.

7. And it certainly is a Guide and Mercy to those who believe.

8. Verily thy Lord will decide between them by His Decree: and H

Exalted in Might, All-Knowing.

9. So put thy trust in God: for thou art on (the Path of) manifest Trut

0. Truly thou canst not cause the Dead to listen, nor canst tho

ause the Deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back

treat.

. Nor canst thou be a guide to the Blind, (to prevent them) fro

raying; only those wilt thou get to listen who believe in Our Sign

nd they will bow in Islam.

2. And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), We sha

oduce from the earth a beast to (face) them: he will speak to themr that mankind did not believe with assurance in our Signs.

3. One Day We shall gather together from every people a troop

ose who reject Our Signs, and they shall be kept in ranks -—

4. Until, when they come (before the Judgment-Seat), God will sa

Did ye reject My Signs, though ye comprehended them not nowledge, or what was it ye did?"

5. And the Word will be fulfilled against them, because of the

rongdoing, and they will be unable to speak (in plea).

6. See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in an

e Day to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people thaelieve!



7. And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded -- then will b

mitten with terror those who are in the heavens, and those who ar

n earth, except such as God will please (to exempt): and all sha

ome to His (Presence) as beings conscious of their lowliness.

8. Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed: but thehall pass away as the clouds pass away: (such is) the artistry

od, Who disposes of all things in perfect order: for He is we

cquainted with all that ye do.

9. If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they w

e secure from terror that Day.

0. And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into th

re: "Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earne

y your deeds?"

. For me, I have been commanded to serve the Lord of this City

m Who has sanctified it and to Whom (belong) all things: and I aommanded to be of those who bow in Islam to God's Will -—

2. And to rehearse the Qur'an: and if any accept guidance, they d

for the good of their own souls, and if any stray, say: "I am only

Warner."

3. And say: "Praise be to God, Who will soon show you His Signso that ye shall know them;" and thy Lord is not unmindful of all th

e do.





Surah 28 - Al Qasas (TheNarrations)


Ta Sin Mim.

These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

We rehearse to thee some of the story of Moses and Pharaoh

ruth,for people who believe.

Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its peopl

to sections, depressing a small group among them: their sons h

ew but he kept alive their females: for he was indeed a maker

ischief.

And We wished to be gracious to those who were bein

epressed in the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and mak

em heirs,

To establish a firm place for them in the land, and to show

haraoh, Haman, and their hosts, at their hands, the very thing

gainst which they were taking precautions.

So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: "Suckle (th

hild), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river, bu

ar not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We sha

ake him one of Our Messengers."

Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the river): (it wa

tended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a caus



sorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men

n.

The wife of Pharaoh said: "(Here is) a joy of the eye, for me an

r thee: slay him not. It may be that he will be of use to us, or we ma

dopt him as a son." And they perceived not (what they were doing)

0. But there came to be a void in the heart of the mother of Mose

he was going almost to disclose his (case), had We n

rengthened her heart (with faith), so that she might remain a (firm

eliever.

. And she said to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him." So she (th

ster) watched him in the character of a stranger, and they knew no

2. And We ordained that he refused suck at first, until (his siste

ame up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people of a hous

at will nourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached

m?"...

3. Thus did We restore him to his mother, that her eye might b

omforted, that she might not grieve, and that she might know th

e promise of God is true: but most of them do not understand.

4. When he reached full age, and was firmly established (in life

We bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge: for thus do W

ward those who do good.

5. And he entered the City at a time when its people were no

atching: and he found there two men fighting -- one of his ow

ligion, and the other, of his foes. Now the man of his own religio

ppealed to him against his foe, and Moses struck him with his fi

nd made an end of him. He said: "This is a work of Evil (Satan): foe is an enemy that manifestly misleads!"



6. He prayed: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! D

hou then forgive me!" So (God) forgave him: for He is the Of


7. He said: "O my Lord! for that Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace o

e, never shall I be a help to those who sin!"

8. So he saw the morning in the City, looking about, in a state o

ar, when behold, the man who had, the day before, sought his hel

alled aloud for his help (again). Moses said to him: "Thou art truly,

clear, a quarrelsome fellow!"

9. Then, when he decided to lay hold of the man who was an enemboth of them, that man said: "O Moses! is it thy intention to slay m

s thou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is none other than t

ecome a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one wh

ets things right!"

0. And there came a man, running, from the furthest end of the City

e said: "O Moses! the Chiefs are taking counsel together aboee, to slay thee: so get thee away, for I do give thee sincer

dvice."

. He therefore got away therefrom, looking about, in a state of fea

e prayed: "O my Lord! save me from people given to wrongdoing.

2. Then when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, h

aid: "I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straig

ath."

3. And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he foun

ere a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them h

und two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He saiWhat is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (ou



ocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): and our father is

ery old man."

4. So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to th

hade, and said: "O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of an

ood that thou dost send me!"...

5. Afterwards one of the (damsels) came (back) to him, walkin

ashfully. She said: "My father invites thee that he may reward the

r having watered (our flocks) for us." So when he came to him an

arrated the story, he said: "Fear thou not: (well) hast thou escape

om unjust people."

6. Said one of the (damsels): "O my (dear) father! engage him o

ages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who

rong and trusty"...

7. He said: "I intended to wed one of these my daughters to the

n condition that thou serve me for eight years; but if thou complet

n years, it will be (grace) from thee. But I intend not to place thender a difficulty: thou wilt find me, indeed, if God wills, one of th

ghteous."

8. He said: "Be that (the agreement) between me and the

hichever of the two terms I fulfil, let there be no ill-will to me. Be Go

witness to what we say."

9. Now when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling wi

s family, he perceived a fire in the direction of Mount Tur. He sai

his family: "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; I hope to bring you from ther

ome information, or a burning firebrand, that ye may war

ourselves."

0. But when he came to the (Fire), a voice was heard from the rig



ank of the valley, from a tree in hallowed ground: "O Moses! verily

m God, the Lord of the Worlds...

. "Now do thou throw thy rod!" But when he saw it moving (of i

wn accord) as if it had been a snake, He turned back in retreat an

traced not his steps: "O Moses!" (it was said), "draw near, an

ar not: for thou art of those who are secure.

2. "Move thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth whit

thout stain (or harm), and draw thy hand close to thy side (to guard

gainst fear. Those are the two credentials from thy Lord to Pharao

nd his Chiefs: for truly they are a people rebellious and wicked."

3. He said: "O my Lord! I have slain a man among them, and I fea

st they slay me.

4. "And my brother Aaron -- he is more eloquent in speech than

o send him with me as a helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me; fo

ear that they may accuse me of falsehood."

5. He said: "We will certainly strengthen thy arm through thy brothe

nd invest you both with authority, so they shall not be able to touc

ou: with Our Signs shall ye triumph -- you two as well as those wh

low you."

6. When Moses came to them with Our Clear Signs, they sai

This is nothing but sorcery faked up: never did we hear the likmong our fathers of old!"

7. Moses said: "My Lord knows best who it is that comes wi

uidance from Him and whose End will be best in the Hereafte

ertain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper."

8. Pharaoh said: "O Chiefs! no god do I know for you but myse

erefore o Haman! li ht me a kiln to bake bricks out of cla an



uild me a lofty palace, that I may mount up to the god of Moses: b

s far as I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!"

9. And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason

e and his hosts: they thought that they would not have to return t

s!

0. So We seized him and his hosts, and We flung them into the se

ow behold what was the End of those who did wrong!

. And We made them (but) leaders inviting to the Fire; and on th

ay of Judgment no help shall they find.

2. In this world We made a Curse to follow them: and on the Day

udgment they will be among the loathed (and despised).

3. We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed th

arlier generations, (to give) Insight to men and Guidance an

ercy, that they might receive admonition.

4. Thou wast not on the Western Side when We decreed th

ommission to Moses, nor wast thou a witness (of those events).

5. But We raised up (new) generations, and long were the ages th

assed over them; but thou wast not a dweller among the people

adyan, rehearsing Our Signs to them; but it is We Who sen

essengers (with inspiration).

6. Nor wast thou at the side of (the Mountain of) Tur when We calle

o Moses), Yet (art thou sent) as a Mercy from thy Lord, to giv

arning to a people to whom no warner had come before thee:

der that they may receive admonition.

7. If (We had) not (sent thee to the Quraish) -- in case a calami

hould seize them for the deeds that their hands have sent fort



ey might say: "Our Lord! why didst Thou not send us a messenger

We should then have followed the Signs and been amongst thos

ho believe!"

8. But (now), when the Truth has come to them from Ourselves, the

ay, "Why are not (Signs) sent to him, like those which were sent t

oses?" Do they not then reject (the Signs) which were formerly seMoses? They say: "Two kinds of sorcery, each assisting th

her!" And they say: "For us, we reject all (such things)!"

9. Say: "Then bring ye a Book from God, which is a better Guid

an either of them, that I may follow it! (Do), if ye are truthful!"

0. But if they hearken not to thee, know that they only follow the

wn lusts: and who is more astray than one who follows his own lust

evoid of guidance from God? For God guides not people given t

rongdoing.

. Now have We caused the word to reach them themselves,


2. Those to whom We sent the Book before this -- they do believ

this (Revelation);

3. And when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe therein, fo

is the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowin

God's Will) from before this."

4. Twice will they be given their reward, for that they hav

ersevered, that they avert Evil with Good, and that they spend (

harity) out of what We have given them.

5. And when they hear vain talk, they turn away therefrom and sayTo us our deeds, and to ou ours; peace be to ou: we seek no



e ignorant."

6. It is true thou wilt not be able to guide everyone whom thou loves

ut God guides those whom He will and He knows best those wh

ceive guidance.

7. They say: "If we were to follow the guidance with thee, we shoue snatched away from our land." Have We not established for the

secure Sanctuary, to which are brought as tribute fruits of all kinds

a provision from Ourselves? But most of them understand not.

8. And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in the

e (of ease and plenty)! Now those habitations of theirs, after them

e deserted -- all but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!

9. Nor was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He ha

ent to its Center a Messenger, rehearsing to them Our Signs: no

e We going to destroy a population except when its membe

actice iniquity.

0. The (material) things which ye are given are but th

onveniences of this life and the glitter thereof; but that which is wi

od is better and more enduring: will ye not then be wise?

. Are (these two) alike? -- one to whom We have made a good

omise, and who is going to reach its (fulfillment), and one to who

e have given the good things of this life, but who, on the Day udgment, is to be among those brought up (for punishment)?

2. That Day God will call to them, and say: "Where are m

artners'? -- whom ye imagined (to be such)?"

3. Those against whom the charge will be proved, will say: "Ouord! these are the ones whom we led astray: we led them astray, a

e were astra ourselves: we free ourselves from them in Th



esence! It was not us they worshipped."

4. It will be said (to them): "Call upon your 'partners' (for help)": the

ll call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and they will se

e Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'If only they had bee

pen to guidance!'

5. That Day (God) will call to them, and say: "What was the answ

e gave to the Messengers?"

6. Then the (whole) story that day will seem obscure to them (lik

ht to the blind) and they will not be able (even) to question eac

her.

7. But any that (in this life) had repented, believed, and worke

ghteousness, will have hopes to be among those who achiev

alvation.

8. Thy Lord does create and choose as He pleases: no choic

ave they (in the matter): Glory to God! and far is He above thartners they ascribe (to Him)!

9. And thy Lord knows all that their hearts conceal and all that the

veal.

0. And He is God: there is no god but He. To him be praise, at th

st and at the last: for Him is the Command, and to Him shall ye (ae brought back.

. Say: see ye? If God were to make the Night perpetual over you

e Day of Judgment, what god is there other than God, who can giv

ou enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?

2. Say: see ye? If God were to make the Day perpetual over you t

e Da of Jud ment what od is there other than God who can iv



ou a Night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?

3. It is out of His Mercy that He has made for you Night and Day

at ye may rest therein, and that ye may seek of His Grace -- and

der that ye may be grateful.

4. The Day that He will call on them, He will say: "Where are Martners' whom ye imagined (to be such)?"

5. And from each people shall We draw a witness, and We sha

ay: "Produce your Proof": then shall they know that the Truth is

od (alone), and the (lies) which they invented will leave them in th

rch."

6. Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses; but he acte

solently towards them: such were the treasures We had bestowe

n him, that their very keys would have been a burden to a body

rong men: Behold, his people said to him: "Exult not, for God love

ot those who exult (in riches).

7. "But seek, with the (wealth) which God has bestowed on the

e Home of the Hereafter, nor forget thy portion in this world: but d

ou good, as God has been good to thee, and seek not (occasion

r) mischief in the land: for God loves not those who do mischief."

8. He said: "This has been given to me because of a certa

nowledge which I have." Did he not know that God had destroye

efore him (whole) generations -- which were superior to him

rength and greater in amount (of riches) they had collected? But th

cked are not called (immediately) to account for their sins.

9. So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his worldly

tter. Said those whose aim is the Life of this World: "Oh that wad the like of what Qarun has got! For he is truly a lord of migh



ood fortune."

0. But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: "Alas f

ou! the reward of God (in the Hereafter) is best for those wh

elieve and work righteousness: but this none shall attain, sav

ose who steadfastly persevere (in good)."

. Then We caused the earth to swallow him up and his house; an

e had not (the least little) party to help him against God, nor cou

e defend himself.

2. And those who had envied his position the day before began t

ay on the morrow: "Ah! it is indeed God Who enlarges the provisio

restricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! Had it not been th

od was gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallo

s up! Ah! those who reject God will assuredly never prosper."

3. That House of the Hereafter We shall give to those who inten

ot high-handedness or mischief on earth: and the End is (best) fo

e righteous.

4. If any does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but

ny does evil, the doers of evil are only punished (to the extent)

eir deeds.

5. Verily He Who ordained the Qur'an for thee, will bring thee bac

the Place of Return. Say: "My Lord knows best who it is that bringue guidance, and who is in manifest error."

6. And thou hadst not expected that the Book would be sent to the

xcept as a Mercy from thy Lord: therefore lend not thou support

ny way to those who reject (God's Message).

7. And let nothing keep thee back from the Signs of God after the

ave been revealed to thee: and invite men to th Lord and be n



the company of those who join gods with God.

8. And call not, besides God, on another god. There is no god bu

e. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him

elongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.





Surah 29 - Al 'Ankabut (The Spider)


Alif Lam Mim.

Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, "We believe

nd that they will not be tested?

We did test those before them, and God will certainly know thos

ho are true from those who are false.

Do those who practice evil think that they will get the better of us

vil is their judgment!

For those whose hopes are in the meeting with God (in th

ereafter, let them strive); for the Term (appointed) by God is sure

oming: and He hears and knows (all things).

And if any strive (with might and main), they do so for their ow

ouls: for God is free of all needs from all creation.

Those who believe and work righteous deeds, from them shall W

ot out all evil (that may be) in them, and We shall reward the

ccording to the best of their deeds.

We have enjoined on man kindness to parents: but if they (eithe

them) strive (to force) thee to join with Me (in worship) anything

hich thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. Ye have (all) to retu

Me, and I will tell you (the truth) of all that ye did.

And those who believe and work righteous deeds, them shall W

dmit to the compan of the Righteous.



0. Then there are among men such as say, "We believe in God

ut when they suffer affliction in (the cause of) God, they treat men

ppression as if it were the Wrath of God! and if help comes (t

ee) from thy Lord, they are sure to say, "We have (always) bee

th you!" Does not God know best all that is in the hearts of a

reation?

. And God most certainly knows those who believe, and a

ertainly those who are Hypocrites.

2. And the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Follow our pat

nd we will bear (the consequences) of your faults." Never in th

ast will they bear their faults: in fact they are liars!

3. They will bear their own burdens, and (other) burdens along wi

eir own, and on the Day of Judgement they will be called to accou

r their falsehoods.

4. We (once) sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among themousand years less fifty: but the Deluge overwhelmed them whi

ey (persisted in) sin.

5. But We saved him and the Companions of the Ark, and W

ade the (Ark) a Sign for all Peoples!

6. And (We also saved) Abraham: Behold, he said to his peopleServe God and fear Him: that will be best for you -- if ye understand

7. "For ye do worship idols besides God, and ye invent falsehoo

he things that ye worship besides God have no power to give yo

ustenance: then seek ye sustenance from God, serve Him, and b

ateful to Him: to Him will be your return.

8. "And if e reject (the Message), so did generations before o



nd the duty of the messenger is only to preach publicly (an

early)."

9. See they not how God originates creation, then repeats it: tru

at is easy for God.

0. Say: "Travel through the earth and see how God did originateation: so will God produce a later creation: for God has powe

ver all things.

. "He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants mercy to who

e pleases, and towards Him are ye turned.

2. "Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustratHis plan), nor have ye, besides God, any protector or helper."

3. Those who reject the Signs of God and the Meeting, with Him (

e Hereafter), it is they who shall despair of My mercy: it is they wh

ll (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.

4. So naught was the answer of (Abraham's) people except th

ey said: "Slay him or burn him." But God did save him from the fir

erily in this are Signs for people who believe.

5. And He said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols beside

od, out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this lif

ut on the Day of Judgement ye shall disown each other and cursach other: and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have non

help.

6. But Lut had faith in Him: he said: "I will leave home for the sake

y Lord: for He is Exalted in Might, and Wise."

7. And We gave (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained amon

s progen Prophethood and Revelation, and We granted him h



ward in this life; and he was in the Hereafter (of the company)

e Righteous.

8. And (remember) Lut; behold, he said to his people: "Ye d

ommit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committe

efore you.

9. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway? -- An

actice wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gav

o answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of God if tho

llest the truth."

0. He said: "O my Lord! Help Thou me against people who d

ischief!"

. When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good new

ey said: "We are indeed going to destroy the people of th

wnship: for truly they are (addicted to) crime."

2. He said: "But there is Lut there." They said: "Well do we knoho is there: we will certainly save him and his following, except h

fe: she is of those who lag behind!"

3. And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on the

ccount, and felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they sa

ear thou not, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and th

llowing, except thy wife: she is of those who lag behind.

4. "For we are going to bring down on the people of this township

unishment from heaven, because they have been wicked

bellious."

5. And We have left thereof an evident Sign, for any people whare to) understand.



6. To the Madyan (people) (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. Then h

aid: "O my people! serve God, and fear the Last Day: nor comm

vil on the earth, with intent to do mischief."

7. But they rejected him: then the mighty Blast seized them, an

ey lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.

8. Remember also the 'Ad and the Thamud (people): clearly w

ppear to you from (the traces) of their buildings (their fate): the Ev

ne made their deeds alluring to them, and kept them back from th

ath, though they were gifted with Intelligence and Skill.

9. (Remember also) Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came

em Moses with Clear Signs, but they behaved with insolence o

e earth; yet they could not overreach (Us).

0. Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, again

ome We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); som

ere caught by a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth t

wallow up; and some We drowned (in the waters): it was not GoWho injured (or oppressed) them: they injured (and oppressed) the

wn souls.

. The parable of those who take protectors other than God is th

the Spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest o

ouses is the Spider's house, if they but knew.

2. Verily God doth know of (everything) whatever that they call upo

esides Him: and He is Exalted (in power), Wise.

3. And such are the Parables We set for mankind, but only thos

nderstand them who have Knowledge.

4. God created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions

eril in that is a Si n for those who believe.



5. Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, an

stablish Regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful an

njust deeds; and remembrance of God is the greatest (thing in life

thout doubt. And God knows the (deeds) that ye do.

6. And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except witeans better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of the

ho inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the Revelatio

hich has come down to us and in that which came down to you; O

od and your God is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."

7. And thus (it is) that We have sent down the Book to thee. So th

eople of the Book believe therein, as also do some of thes

agan Arabs): and none but Unbelievers reject Our Signs.

8. And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book, before this (Boo

ame), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: in tha

ase, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.

9. Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowe

th knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.

0. Yet they say: "Why are not Signs sent down to him from h

ord?" Say: "The Signs are indeed with God: and I am indeed

ear Warner."

. And is it not enough for them that We have sent down to thee th

ook which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy an

eminder to those who believe.

2. Say: "Enough is God for a Witness between me and you: H

nows what is in the heavens and on earth. And it is those whelieve in vanities and reject God, that will perish (in the end)."



3. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it n

een for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment wou

ertainly have come to them: and it will certainly reach them, -- of

udden, while they perceive not!

4. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment but, of a surety, He

ll encompass the rejecters of Faith! -—

5. On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from abov

em and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (th

uits) of your deeds!"

6. O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Earth: therefor

erve ye Me -- (and Me alone)!

7. Every soul shall have a taste of death: in the end to Us shall ye b

ought back.

8. But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness -- t

em shall We give a Home in Heaven, -- lofty mansions beneahich flow rivers, -- to dwell therein for aye; -- an excellent reward fo

ose who do (good)! -—

9. Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust in their Lor

nd Cherisher.

0. How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenances God Who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows (a

ings).

. If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and th

arth and subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law); they w

ertainly reply, "God." How are they then deluded away (from thuth)?



2. God enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever

s servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (stric

easure, (as He pleases): for God has full knowledge of all things.

3. And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from

e sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they w

ertainly reply, "God!" Say, "Praise be to God!" But most of themnderstand not.

4. What is the life of this world but amusement and play? But ver

e Home in the Hereafter, that is life indeed, if they but knew.

5. Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on God, making the

evotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him; but when He ha

elivered them safely to (dry) land, Behold, they give a share (of the

orship to others)!

6. Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts and giving themselves up t

worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know.

7. Do they not then see that We have made a Sanctuary secur

nd that men are being snatched away from all around them? The

o they believe in that which is vain, and reject the Grace of God?

8. And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Go

rejects the Truth when it reaches Him? Is there not a home in He

r those who reject Faith?

9. And those who strive in Our (Cause), We will certainly guid

em to Our Paths: for verily God is with those who do right.





Surah 30 - Al Rum (The Romans)


Alif Lam Mim.

The Roman Empire has been defeated -—

In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, w

oon be victorious -—

Within a few years. With God is the Decision, in the Past and e Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice -—

With the help of God. He helps whom He will, and He is Exalted

ight, Most Merciful.

(It is) the promise of God. Never does God depart from Homise: but most men understand not.

They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of th

nd of things they are heedless.

Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and fo

term appointed, did God create the heavens and the earth, and aetween them: yet are there truly many among men who deny th

eeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)!

Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End

ose before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tille

e soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have don

ere came to them their apostles with Clear (Signs), (which the

jected, to their own destruction): it was not God Who wronge



em but they wronged their own souls.

0. In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who d

vil; for that they rejected the Signs of God, and held them up

dicule.

. It is God Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats en shall ye be brought back to Him.

2. On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty will b

ruck dumb with despair.

3. No intercessor will they have among their "Partners," and the

ll (themselves) reject their "Partners."

4. On the Day that the Hour will be established, -- that Day shall (a

en) be sorted out.

5. Then those who have believed and worked righteous deed

hall be made happy in a Mead of Delight.

6. And those who have rejected Faith and falsely denied Our Sign

nd the meeting of the Hereafter, such shall be brought forth t

unishment.

7. So (give) glory to God, when ye reach eventide and when ye ris

the morning;

8. Yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on earth; and in th

te afternoon and when the day begins to decline.

9. It is He Who brings out the living from the dead, and brings o

e dead from the living, and Who gives life to the earth after it

ead: and thus shall ye be brought out (from the dead).



0. Among His Signs is this, that He created you from dust; and the

ehold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!

. And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from

mong yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and H

as put love and mercy between your (hearts); verily in that are Sign

r those who reflect.

2. And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and th

arth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily

at are Signs for those who know.

3. And among His Signs is the sleep that ye take by night and b

ay, and the quest that ye (make for livelihood) out of His Bounty

erily in that are Signs for those who hearken.

4. And among His Signs, He shows you the lightning, by way bo

fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with

ves life to the earth after it is dead: verily in that are Signs for thos

ho are wise.

5. And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand by H

ommand: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the eart

ehold, ye (straightway) come forth.

6. To Him belongs every being that is in the heavens and on earth

are devoutly obedient to Him.

7. It is He Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it; an

r Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (W

an think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Migh

ull of Wisdom.

8. He does propound to you a similitude from your ow

x erience : do e have artners amon those whom our ri



ands possess, to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowe

n you? Do ye fear them as ye fear each other? Thus do We expla

e Signs in detail to a people that understand.

9. Nay, the wrongdoers (merely) fellow their own lusts, being devo

knowledge. But who will guide those whom God leaves astray? T

em there will be no helpers.

0. So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (Establis

od's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has mad

ankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by God: th

the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.

. Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establis

gular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Go

—

2. Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,

ach party rejoicing in that which is with itself!

3. When trouble touches men, they cry to their Lord, turning back t

m in repentance: but when He gives them a taste of Mercy as from

mself, behold, some of them pay part-worship to other god

esides their Lord. -—

4. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the (favors) We hav

estowed on them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye kno

our folly).

5. Or have We sent down authority to them, which points out to the

e things to which they pay part-worship?

6. When We give men a taste of Mercy, they exult thereat: and wheome evil afflicts them because of what their (own) hands have se



rth, behold, they are in despair!

7. See they not that God enlarges the provision and restricts it,

homsoever He pleases? Verily in that are Signs for those wh

elieve.

8. So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer. Thabest for those who seek the Countenance, of God, and it is the

ho will prosper.

9. That which ye lay out for increase through the property of (othe

eople, will have no increase with God: but that which ye lay out fo

harity, seeking the Countenance of God, (will increase): it is thes

ho will get a recompense multiplied.

0. It is God Who has created you: further, He has provided for you

ustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give yo

e. Are there any of your (false) "Partners" who can do any sing

ne of these things? Glory to Him! and High is He above the partne

ey attribute (to Him)!

. Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed

at the hands of men have earned, that (God) may give them a tast

some of their deeds: in order that they may turn back (from Evil).

2. Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the End of thos

efore (you): most of them worshipped others besides God."

3. But set thou thy face to the right Religion, before there come fro

od the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day sha

en be divided (in two).

4. Those who reject Faith will suffer from that rejection: and thosho work righteousness will spread their couch (of repose) fo

emselves in heaven :



5. That He may reward those who believe and work righteou

eeds, out of His Bounty: for He loves not those who reject Faith.

6. Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as heralds o

ad Tidings, giving you a taste of His (Grace and) Mercy, -- that th

hips may sail (majestically) by His Command and that ye may seeHis Bounty: in order that ye may be grateful.

7. We did indeed send, before thee, apostles to their (respective

eoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those wh

ansgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was due from us t

d those who believed.

8. It is God Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds: the

oes He spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them in

agments, until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereo

en when He has made them reach such of his servants as He will

ehold, they do rejoice!

9. Even though, before they received (the rain) -- just before this

ey were dumb with despair!

0. Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of God's Mercy!

ow He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the Same will giv

e to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.

. And if We (but) send a Wind from which they see (their tilth) tu

ellow, behold, they become, thereafter, ungrateful (Unbelievers)!

2. So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst tho

ake the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and tu

way.

3. Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their stra in : onl thos



lt thou make to hear, who believe in Our Signs and submit (the

lls in Islam).

4. It is God Who created you in a state of (helpless) weakness, the

ave (you) strength after weakness, then, after strength, give (yo

eakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is H

Who has all knowledge and power.

5. On the Day that the Hour (of reckoning) will be established, th

ansgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus wer

ey used to being deluded!

6. But those endued with knowledge and faith will say: "Indeed y

d tarry, within God's Decree, to the Day of Resurrection, and this

e Day of Resurrection: but ye -- ye were not aware!"

7. So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the Transgressor

or will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance).

8. Verily We have propounded for men, in this Qur'an, every kind oarable: but if thou bring to them any Sign, the Unbelievers are su

say, "Ye do nothing but talk vanities."

9. Thus does God seal up the hearts of those who understand not.

0. So patiently persevere: for verily the promise of God is true: no

t those shake thy firmness, who have (themselves) no certainty ith.





Surah 31 - Luqman (Luqman, theWise)


Alif Lam Mim.

These are Verses of the Wise Book, -—

A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good, -—

Those who establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity, an

ave (in their hearts) the assurance of the Hereafter.

These are on (true) guidance from their Lord; and these are th

nes who will prosper.

But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, witho

nowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of God an

row ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a humiliatin

enalty.

When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away

rogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in bos ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty.

For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will b

ardens of Bliss. -—

To dwell therein. The promise of God is true: and He is Exalted

ower, Wise.



0. He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; H

et on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake wi

ou; and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send dow

in from the sky, and produce on the earth every kind of nob

eature, in pairs.

. Such is the Creation of God: now show Me what is there thahers besides Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are

anifest error.

2. We bestowed (in the past) wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy

atitude to God." Any who is (so) grateful does so to the profit of h

wn soul: but if any is ungrateful, verily God is free of all wants, worthall praise.

3. Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: "O my so

oin not in worship (others) with God: for false worship is indeed th

ghest wrongdoing."

4. And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: avail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain wa

s weaning: (hear the command), "Show gratitude to Me and to th

arents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.

5. "But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things

hich thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear the

ompany in this life with justice (and consideration), and follow th

ay of those who turn to Me (in love): in the End the return of you a

to Me, and I will tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did."

6. "O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but) the weight of

ustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in th

eavens or on earth, God will bring it forth: for God understands thnest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).



7. "O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, an

rbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whateve

etide thee; for this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct o

fairs.

8. "And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolenc

rough the earth; for God loveth not any arrogant boaster.

9. "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for th

arshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."

0. Do ye not see that God has subjected to your (use) all things

e heavens and on earth, and has made His bounties flow to you xceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are amon

en those who dispute about God, without knowledge and witho

uidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!

. When they are told to follow the (revelation) that God has se

own, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found ou

thers (following)." What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to thenalty of the (Blazing) Fire!

2. Whoever submits his whole self to God, and is a doer of good

as grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Go

sts the End and Decision of (all) affairs.

3. But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us

eir return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Go

nows well all that is in (men's) hearts.

4. We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall W

ive them to a chastisement unrelenting.

5. If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the eart



ey will certainly say, "God." Say: "Praise be to God!" But most o

em understand not.

6. To God, belong all things in heaven and earth: verily God is H

hat is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

7. And if all the trees on earth were pens and the Ocean (were inkth seven Oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not th

Words of God be exhausted (in the writing): for God is Exalted

ower, Full of Wisdom.

8. And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as a

dividual soul: for God is He Who hears and sees (all things).

9. Seest thou not that God merges Night into Day and He merge

ay into Night; that He has subjected the sun and the moon (to H

aw), each running its course for a term appointed: and that God

ell acquainted with all that ye do?

0. That is because God is the (only) Reality, and because whatevese they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because God, -- H

the Most High, Most Great.

. Seest thou not that the ships sail through the Ocean by the grac

God? -- that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this ar

gns for all who constantly persevere and give thanks.

2. When a wave covers them like the canopy (of clouds), they call

od, offering Him sincere devotion. But when He has delivered the

afely to land, there are among them those that halt between (rig

nd wrong). But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidiou

ngrateful (wretch)!

3. O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear (the coming of)

a when no father can avail au ht for his son nor a son avail au



r his father. Verily, the promise of God is true: let not then thi

esent life deceive you nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you abo

od.

4. Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with God (alone). It is He Wh

ends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. No

oes anyone know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: nooes anyone know in what land he is to die. Verily with God is fu

nowledge and He is acquainted (with all things).





Surah 32 - Al Sajdah (TheProstration)


Alif Lam Mim.

(This is) the revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,

om the Lord of the Worlds.

Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Nay, it is the Truth from thord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner ha

ome before thee: in order that they may receive guidance.

It is God Who has created the heavens and the earth, and a

etween them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Thron

f authority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (foou): will ye not then receive admonition?

He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end w

ll affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as)

ousand years of your reckoning.

Such as He, the knower of all things, hidden and open, the Exalten power), the Merciful;

He Who has made everything which He has created most Goo

e began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,

And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a flu

espised:



But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into hi

omething of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearin

nd sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!

0. And they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the eart

hall we indeed be in a creation renewed?" Nay, they deny th

eeting with their Lord!

. Say: "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) tak

our souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord."

2. If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low the

eads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and w

ave heard: now then send us back (to the world): we will wo

ghteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe."

3. If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every so

s true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true. "I will fill He

th Jinns and men all together."

4. "Taste ye then -- for ye forgot the meeting of this day of yours

nd We too will forget you -- taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for you

vil) deeds!"

5. Only those believe in Our Signs who, when they are recited t

em, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of their Lor

or are they (ever) puffed up with pride.

6. Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call o

eir Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of th

ustenance which We have bestowed on them.

7. Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden reserve) for them -- as a reward for their (good) Deeds.



8. Is then the man who believes no better than the man who

bellious and wicked? No equal are they.

9. For those who believe and do righteous deeds, are Gardens a

ospitable homes, for their (good) deeds.

0. As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will b

rced thereinto, and it will be said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty o

e Fire, the which ye were wont to reject as false."

. And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life

ior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and

turn.

2. And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited th

gns of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from

ose who transgress We shall exact (Due) Retribution.

3. We did indeed aforetime give the Book to Moses: be not then oubt of its reaching (thee): and We made it a guide to the Childre

Israel.

4. And We appointed, from among them, Leaders, giving guidanc

nder Our command, so long as they persevered with patience an

ontinued to have faith in Our Signs.

5. Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgemen

the matters wherein they differ (among themselves).

6. Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations W

estroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro

erily in that are Signs: do they not then listen?

7. And do the not see that We do drive Rain to parched soil (bar



herbage), and produce therewith crops, providing food for the

attle and themselves? Have they not the vision?

8. They say: "When will this decision be, if ye are telling the truth?"

9. Say: "On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to Unbelievers

ey (then) believe! Nor will they be granted a respite."

0. So turn away from them, and wait: they too are waiting.





Surah 33 - Al Ahzab (TheConfederates)


O Prophet! Fear God, and hearken not to the Unbelievers and th

ypocrites: verily God is full of knowledge and wisdom.

But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lor

r God is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.

And put thy trust in God, and enough is God, as a Disposer o

fairs.

God has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body: no

as He made your wives whom ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: no

as He made your adopted sons your sons. Such is (only) youmanner of) speech by your mouths. But God tells (you) the Truth, an

e shows the (right) Way.

Call them by (the names) of their fathers: that is juster in the sig

God, but if ye know not their father's (names, call them) yo

rothers in faith, or your Maulas. But there is no blame on you if y

ake a mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of your heartnd God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, an

s wives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other hav

oser personal ties, in the Decree of God, than (the Brotherhood o

elievers and Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to yoosest friends: such is the writing in the Decree (of God).



And remember We took from the Prophets their Covenant as (W

d) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son

ary: We took from them a solemn Covenant:

That (God) may question the (Custodians) of Truth concerning th

ruth they (were charged with): and He has prepared for th

nbelievers a grievous Penalty. 9. O ye who believe! Remember thrace of God, (bestowed) on you, when there came down on yo

osts (to overwhelm you): but We sent against them a hurricane an

rce that ye saw not. But God sees (clearly) all that ye do.

0. Behold! they came on you from above you and from below yo

nd behold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to throats, and ye imagined various (vain) thoughts about God!

. In that situation were the Believers tried: they were shaken as b

tremendous shaking.

2. And behold! the Hypocrites and those in whose hearts is

sease (even) say: "God and His Messenger promised us nothinut delusion!"

3. Behold! a party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! Ye canno

and (the attack)! Therefore go back!" and a band of them ask fo

ave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses are bare an

xposed," though they were not exposed: they intended nothing b

run away.

4. And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of th

City), and they had been incited to sedition they would certainly hav

ought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!

5. And yet they had already covenanted with God not to turn theacks, and a covenant with God must (surely) be answered for.



6. Say: "Running away will not profit you if ye are running away fro

eath or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than a bri

espite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!"

7. Say: "Who is it that can screen you from God if it be His wish t

ve you Punishment or to give you Mercy?" Nor will they find fo

emselves, besides God, any protector or helper.

8. Verily God knows those among you who keep back (men) an

ose who say to their brethren, "Come along to us," but come not t

e fight except for just a little while.

9. Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see theoking to thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over who

overs death: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sha

ngues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so Go

as made their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for God.

0. They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if th

onfederates should come (again), they would wish they were in theserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news abo

ou (from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they wou

ght but little.

. Ye have indeed in the Messenger of God a beautiful pattern o

onduct) for anyone whose hope is in God and the Final Day, anho engages much in the praise of God.

2. When the Believers saw the Confederate forces, they said: "Th

what God and His Messenger had promised us, and God and h

essenger told us what was true." And it only added to their fait

nd their zeal in obedience.

3. Among the Believers are men who have been true to the



ovenant with God: of them some have completed their vow to (th

xtreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (the

etermination) in the least:

4. That God may reward the men of Truth for their Truth and punis

e Hypocrites if that be His Will, or turn to them in Mercy: for God


5. And God turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: n

dvantage did they gain, and enough is God for the Believers in the

ght. And God is full of Strength, Able to enforce His Will.

6. And those of the People of the Book who aided them -- God d

ke them down from their strongholds and cast terror into the

earts, (so that) some ye slew, and some ye made prisoners.

7. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and the

oods, and of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And Go

as power over all things.

8. O Prophet! say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye desire the life

is world, and its glitter, -- then come! I will provide for you

njoyment and set you free in a handsome manner."

9. But if ye seek God and His Messenger, and the Home of th

ereafter, verily God has prepared for the well-doers amongst you

eat reward.

0. O Consorts of the Prophet! if any of you were guilty of evide

nseemly conduct, the Punishment would be doubled to her, and tha

easy for God.

. But any of you that is devout in the service of God and Hessenger, and works righteousness -- to her shall We grant he

ward twice: and We have re ared for her a enerou



ustenance.

2. O Consorts of the Prophet! ye are not like any of the (othe

omen: if ye do fear (God), be not too complaisant of speech, le

ne in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: b

peak ye a speech (that is) just.

3. And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling displa

e that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regula

rayer and give regular Charity; and obey God and His Messenge

nd God only wishes to remove all abomination from you, y

embers of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.

4. And recite what is rehearsed to you in your homes, of the Sign

God and His wisdom: for God understands the finest mysterie

nd is well-acquainted (with them).

5. For Muslim men and women -- for believing men and women, fo

evout men and women, for true men and women, for men an

omen who are patient and constant, for men and women whumble themselves, for men and women who give in charity for me

nd women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and wome

ho guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage muc

God's praise -- for them has God prepared forgiveness and gre

ward.

6. It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter ha

een decided by God and His Messenger, to have any option abou

eir decision: if anyone disobeys God and His Messenger, he

deed on a clearly wrong Path.

7. Behold! thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Go

nd thy favor: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear God." Bou didst hide in th heart that which God was about to mak



anifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that tho

houldst fear God. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) wi

er, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee

order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers

he matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, whe

e latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (the

arriage) with them: and God's command must be fulfilled.

8. There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what God ha

dicated to him as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of Go

mongst those of old that have passed away, and the command o

od is a decree determined.

9. (It is the practice of those) who preach the Messages of Go

nd fear Him, and fear none but God: and enough is God to ca

men) to account.

0. Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) th

essenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets: and God has fu

nowledge of all things.

. O ye who believe! celebrate the praises of God and do this ofte

2. And glorify Him morning and evening.

3. He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that H

ay bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He ull of Mercy to the Believers.

4. Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be "peace!": an

e has prepared for them a generous Reward.

5. O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer oad Tidings, and a Warner -—



6. And as one who invites to God's (Grace) by His leave, and as

amp spreading Light.

7. Then give the glad tidings to the Believers, that they shall hav

om God a very great Bounty.

8. And obey not (the behests) of the Unbelievers and thypocrites, and heed not their annoyances, but put thy trust in Go

r enough is God as a Disposer of affairs.

9. O ye who believe! when ye marry believing women, and the

vorce them before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddah hav

e to count in respect of them: so give them a present, and set the

ee in a handsome manner.

0. O prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom tho

ast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesse

ut of the prisoners of war whom God has assigned to thee; an

aughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of th

aternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Mecca) with thend any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet

e Prophet wishes to wed her -- this only for thee, and not for th

elievers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them a

their wives and the captives whom their right hands possess --

der that there should be no difficulty for Thee. And God is Of


. Thou mayest defer (the turn of) any of them that thou pleases

nd thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and there is no blame o

ee if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This we

gher to the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, an

eir satisfaction -- that of all of them -- with that which thou hast t

ve them: and God knows (all) that is in your hearts: and God is Anowing, Most Forbearing.



2. It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor t

hange them for (other) wives, even thought their beauty attract the

xcept any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): an

od doth watch over all things.

3. O ye who Believe! enter not the Prophet's houses -- until leave

ven you -- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for i

eparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have take

our meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behavio

nnoys the Prophet: He is ashamed to dismiss you, but God is n

shamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) fo

nything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes fo

eater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you the should annoy God's Messenger, or that ye should marry h

dows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in God's sight a

normity.

4. Whether ye reveal anything or conceal it, verily God has fu

nowledge of all things.

5. There is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before the

thers or their sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or the

sters' sons, or their women, or the (slaves) whom their right hand

ossess. And (ladies), fear God: for God is Witness to all things.

6. God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye thelieve! send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.

7. Those who annoy God and His Messenger -- God has curse

em in this world and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them

umiliating Punishment.

8. And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly

ear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.



9. O prophet! tell thy wives and daughters, and the believin

omen, that they should cast their outer garments over their person

when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be know

s such) and not molested: and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Mercifu

0. Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a diseasend those who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We sha

ertainly stir thee up against them: then will they not be able to stay

as thy neighbors for any length of time:

. They shall have a curse on them: wherever they are found, the

hall be seized and slain (without mercy).

2. (Such was) the practice (approved) of God among those wh

ed aforetime: no change wilt thou find in the practice (approved)

od.

3. Men ask thee concerning the Hour: say, "The knowledge thereo

with God (alone)": and what will make thee understand? erchance the Hour is nigh!

4. Verily God has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them

azing Fire -—

5. To dwell therein forever: no protector will they find, nor helper.

6. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fir

ey will say: "Woe to us! would that we had obeyed God an

beyed the Messenger!"

7. And they would say: "Our Lord! we obeyed our chiefs and ou

eat ones, and they misled us as to the (right) path.

8. "Our Lord! give them Double Penalt and curse them with a ve



eat Curse!"

9. O ye who believe! be ye not like those who vexed and insulte

oses, but God cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: an

e was honorable in God's sight.

0. O ye who believe! fear God, and (always) say a word directed te Right:

. That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgiv

ou your sins: he that obeys God and His Messenger has alread

tained the highest Achievement.

2. We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth ane Mountains: but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereo

ut man undertook it -- he was indeed unjust and foolish -—

3. (With the result) that God has to punish the Hypocrites, men an

omen, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and God turns

ercy to the Believers, men and women: for God is Oft-Forgivinost Merciful.





Surah 34 - Saba' (Sheba)


Praise be to God, to Whom belong all things in the heavens ann earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full

Wisdom, acquainted with all things.

He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes o

ereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascend

ereto: and He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.

The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the hour": say, "Nay

ut most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you -- by Him Wh

nows the unseen -- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom

e Heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, o

eater, but is in the Record Perspicuous:

That He may reward those who believe and work deeds

ghteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Mo

enerous."

But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them -- fo

uch will be a Penalty -- a Punishment most humiliating.

And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation

ent down to thee from thy Lord -- that is the Truth, and that it guide

the Path of the Exalted (in Might), Worthy of all praise.

The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out to you a ma

at will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in disintegratioat ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?



"Has he invented a falsehood against God, or has a spirit (seized

m?" -- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter, that are

eal) Penalty, and in farthest Error.

See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky an

e earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow the

p, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is gn for every devotee that turns to God (in repentance).

0. We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from Ourselves: "O y

ountains! sing ye back the Praises of God with him! and ye bird

lso)! and We made the iron soft for Him -—

. (Commanding), "Make thou coats of mail, balancing well th

ngs of chain armor, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I se

learly) all that ye do."

2. And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): its ear

orning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) wa

month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow fom; and there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave o

s Lord, and if any of them turned aside from Our command, W

ade Him taste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.

3. They worked for him as he desired, (making) Arches, Image

asins as large as Reservoirs, and (cooking) Cauldrons fixed (eir places): "Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! But few of M

ervants are grateful!"

4. Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showe

em his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly

nawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plain

at if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in thumiliating Penalty (of their Task).



5. There was, for Saba', aforetime, a Sign in their homeland -- tw

ardens to the right and to the left. Eat of the Sustenance (provided

y your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and

ord Oft-Forgiving!

6. But they turned away (from God), and We sent against them th

ood (released) from the Dams, and We converted their two Garde

ows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and som

w (stunted) Lote trees.

7. That was the Requital We gave them because they ungrateful

jected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to suc

s are ungrateful rejecters.

8. Between them and the Cities on which We had poured Ou

essings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, an

etween them We had appointed stages of journey in du

oportion: "Travel therein, secure, by night and by day."

9. But they said: "Our Lord! place longer distances between ou

urney-stages." But they wronged themselves (therein). At lengt

We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all

cattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is

atiently constant and grateful.

0. And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followem, all but a Party that believed.

. But he had no authority over them -- except that We might test th

an who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in dou

oncerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.

2. Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides God: theave no power -- not the weight of an atom -- in the heavens or o



arth; no (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helpe

God.

3. "No intercession can avail in His Presence except for those fo

hom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, whe

rror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgement, then

ll they say, 'What is it that your Lord commanded?' They will sayhat which is true and just; and He is the Most High, Most Great.'"

4. Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and th

arth?" Say: "It is God, and certain it is that either we or ye are o

ght guidance or in manifest error!"

5. Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we b

uestioned as to what ye do."

6. Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decid

e matter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is th

ne to decide, the One Who knows all."

7. Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partner

y no means (can ye). Nay, He is God, the Exalted in Power, th

Wise."

8. We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to me

ving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but mo

en understand not.

9. They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are tellin

e truth?"

0. Say: "The appointment to you is for a day, which ye cannot p

ack for an hour nor put forward."

. The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scriptur



or in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when th

rongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing bac

e word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despise

ll say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we shou

ertainly have been believers!"

2. The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despiseWas it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you

ay, rather, it was ye who transgressed."

3. Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant one

Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night. Behold! y

onstantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to God and to attributquals to Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they se

e Penalty: We shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers:

ould only be a requital for their (ill) deeds.

4. Never did We send a Warner to a population, but the wealth

nes among them said: "We believe not in the (message) with whic

e have been sent."

5. They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cann

e punished."

6. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the provision t

hom He pleases, but most men understand not."

7. It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to U

degree: but only those who believe and work Righteousness

ese are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for the

eeds, while secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high!

8. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will bven over into Punishment.



9. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance t

uch of His servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in th

ast (in his cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of thos

Who grant Sustenance.

0. One day He will gather them all together, and say to the angel

Was it you that these men used to worship?"

. They will say, "Glory to thee! Our (tie) is with thee -- as Protector

not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them

elieved in them."

2. So on that day no power shall they have over each other, fo

ofit or harm: and We shall say to the wrongdoers, "Taste ye th

enalty of the Fire -- the which ye were wont to deny!"

3. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This

nly a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which you

thers practiced." And they say, "This is only a falsehood invented

nd the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This othing but evident magic!"

4. But We had not given them Books which they could study, no

ent messengers to them before thee as Warners.

5. And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have no

ceived a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when the

jected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!

6. Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up befor

od -- (it may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly -- and reflect (with

ourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than

Warner to you, in face of a terrible Penalty."



7. Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: m

ward is only due from God: and He is Witness to all things."

8. Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over H

ervants) -- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden."

9. Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither createnything new, nor restores anything."

0. Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if

ceive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me:

He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."

. If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror: but theere will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from

osition (quite) near.

2. And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (truth)": but how

ould they receive (faith) from a position (so) far off -—

3. Seeing that they did reject faith (entirely) before, and that the

ontinually) cast (slanders) on the Unseen from a position far off?

4. And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as wa

one in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed

uspicious (disquieting) doubt.





Surah 35 - Fatir (The Originator of Creation)


Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens an

e earth, Who made the angels messengers with wings -- two, o

ree, or four (Pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Go

as power over all things.

What God out of His Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is nonan withhold: what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apa

om Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.

O men! call to mind the grace of God unto you! Is there a Creato

her than God, to give you Sustenance from heaven or earth? The

no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?

And if they reject thee, so were messengers rejected before thee

God go back for decision all affairs.

O men! certainly the promise of God is true. Let not then th

esent life deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive yo

bout God.

Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. H

nly invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of th

azing Fire.

For those who reject God, is a terrible Penalty: but for those whelieve and work righteous deeds, is Forgiveness, and

a nificent Reward.



Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made alluring, so th

e looks upon it as good (equal to one who is rightly guided)? Fo

od leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So l

ot thy soul go out in (vainly) sighing after them: for God knows we

that they do!

It is God Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up th

ouds, and We drive them to a Land that is dead, and revive th

arth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!

0. If any do seek for glory and power -- to God belong all glory an

ower. To Him mount up (all) Words of Purity: it is He Who exalt

ach Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil -- for the

a Penalty terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result).

. And God did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; the

e made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (he

ad), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted leng

days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decrerdained). All this is easy for God.

2. Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike -- the one palatabl

weet, and pleasant to drink, and the other, salty and bitter. Yet from

ach (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye extra

naments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough th

aves, that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of God that ye may b

ateful.

3. He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night, an

e has subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law): each one run

s course for a term appointed. Such is God your Lord: to Hi

elongs all Dominion. And those whom ye invoke besides Him havot the least power.



4. If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if they we

listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgeme

ey will reject your "Partnership." And none (O man!) can tell the

he Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things.

5. O ye men! it is ye that have need of God: but God is the On

ree of all wants, Worthy of all praise.

6. If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a Ne

reation:

7. Nor is that (at all) difficult for God.

8. Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burden. If one heav

den should call another to (bear) his load, not the least portion of

an be carried (by the other), even though he be nearly related. Tho

anst but admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and establis

gular Prayer and whoever purifies himself does so for the bene

his own soul; and the destination (of all) is to God.

9. The blind and the seeing are not alike;

0. Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;

. Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:

2. Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Goan make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those t

ear who are (buried) in graves.

3. Thou art no other than a warner.

4. Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, ans a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner havin



ed among them (in the past).

5. And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom cam

eir messengers with Clear Signs, Books of Dark Prophecies, an

e Book of Enlightenment.

6. In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and hoerrible) was My rejection (of them)!

7. Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky? With

We then bring out produce of various colors. And in the mountain

e tracts white and red, of various shades of color, and blac

tense in hue.

8. And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are the

various colors. Those truly fear God, among His Servants, wh

ave knowledge: for God is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.

9. Those who rehearse the Book of God, establish regular Praye

nd spend (in Charity) out of what We have provided for themecretly and openly, hope for a Commerce that will never fail:

0. For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even

ore out of His Bounty; for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready t

ppreciate (service).

. That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth onfirming what was (revealed) before it: for God is assuredly -- wi

spect to His servants -- well acquainted and Fully-Observant.

2. Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of O

ervants as We have chosen: but there are among them some wh

rong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and somho are, by God's leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highe

race.



3. Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be adorne

th bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be

k.

4. And they will say: "Praise be to God, Who has removed from u

ll) sorrow: for Our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Ready tppreciate (service):

5. "Who has, out of His bounty, settled us in a Home that will last: n

il nor sense of weariness shall touch us therein."

6. But those who reject (God) -- for them will be the Fire of Hell: n

rm shall be determined for them, so they should die, nor shall i

enalty be lightened for them: thus do We reward every ungratef

ne!

7. Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our Lord! bring u

ut: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do

d we not give you long enough life so that he that would shouceive admonition? And (moreover) the warner came to you. S

ste ye (the fruit of your deeds): for the Wrongdoers there is n

elper."

8. Verily God knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and th

arth: verily He has full knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts.

9. He it is that has made you inheritors in the earth: if, then, any d

ject (God), their rejection (works) against themselves: the

jection but adds to the odium for the Unbelievers in the sight

eir Lord: their rejection but adds to (their own) undoing.

0. Say: "Have ye seen (these) 'partners' of yours whom ye call upoesides God?" Show me what it is they have created in the (wide



arth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given the

Book from which they (can derive) clear (evidence)? -- Nay, th

rongdoers promise each other nothing but delusions.

. It is God Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they ceas

o function): and if they should fail, there is none -- not one -- ca

ustain them thereafter: verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.

2. They swore their strongest oaths by God that if a warner came

em, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of th

eoples: but when a warner came to them, it has only increased the

ght (from righteousness) -—

3. On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Ev

ut the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now ar

ey but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But n

hange wilt thou find in God's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt tho

nd in God's way (of dealing).

4. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end ose before them -- though they were superior to them in strength

or is God to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or o

arth: for He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

5. If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, H

ould not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: b

e gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires

erily God has in His sight all His servants.





Surah 36 - Ya Sin


Ya Sin.

By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom -—

Thou art indeed one of the messengers.

On a Straight Way.

It is a Revelation sent down by (Him) the Exalted in Might, Mo

erciful.

In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers ha

ceived no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of th

gns of God).

The Word is proved true against the greater part of them; for the

o not believe.

We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so tha

eir heads are forced up (and they cannot see).

And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them

nd further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.

0. The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou d

ot admonish them: they will not believe.

. Thou canst but admonish: such a one as follows the Messagnd fears the (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen: give such a on



erefore, good tidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward mo

enerous.

2. Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record that whic

ey sent before and that which they leave behind, and of all thing

ave We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence).

3. Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) th

ompanions of the City. Behold, there came messengers to it.

4. When We (first) sent to them two messengers, they rejecte

em: but We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, w

ave been sent on a mission to you."

5. The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and (God

ost Gracious sends no sort of revelation: Ye do nothing but lie."

6. They said: "Our Lord doth know that we have been sent on

ission to you:

7. "And Our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message."

8. The (people) said: "For us, We augur an evil omen from you: if y

esist not, we will certainly stone you, and a grievous punishme

deed will be inflicted on you by us."

9. They said: "Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem ye thn evil omen), if ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a peop

ansgressing all bounds!"

0. Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City,

an, saying, "O my people! obey the messengers:

. "Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves), and whave themselves received Guidance.



2. "It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Wh

eated me, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back.

3. "Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If (God) Most Graciou

hould intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be the

tercession for me, nor can they deliver me.

4. "I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error.

5. "For me, I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen, then, to me!"

6. It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! would th

y People knew (what I know)! -—

7. "For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has enrolle

e among those held in honor!"

8. And We sent not down against his People, after Him, any host

om heaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do.

9. It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they wer

ke ashes) quenched and silent.

0. Ah! alas for (My) servants! There comes not an messenger t

em but they mock Him!

. See they not how many generations before them We destroyed

ot to them will they return:

2. But each one of them all -- will be brought before Us (fo

dgment).

3. A Sign for them is the earth that is dead; We do give it life, anoduce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.



4. And We produce therein orchards with date-palms and Vines

nd We cause springs to gush forth therein.

5. That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): it was not the

ands that made this: will they not then give thanks?

6. Glory to God, Who created in pairs all things that the earoduces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things

hich they have no knowledge.

7. And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the Da

nd behold they are plunged in darkness;

8. And the Sun runs his course for a period determined for him: tha

the decree of (Him), the exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.

9. And the Moon -- We have measured for her mansions (t

averse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of date

alk.

0. It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can th

ght outstrip the Day: each (just) swims along in (its own) orb

ccording to Law).

. And a Sign for them is that We bore their race (through the flood

the loaded Ark;

2. And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which the

de.

3. If it were Our Will, We could drown them; then would there be n

elper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered.

4. Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (worldly

onvenience (to serve them) for a time.



5. When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and tha

hich will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they tur

ack).

6. Not a Sign comes to them from among the Signs of their Lor

ut they turn away therefrom.

7. And when they are told, "Spend ye of (the bounties) with whic

od has provided you." You Unbelievers say to those who believe

Shall we then feed those whom, if God had so willed, He would hav

d, (Himself)? Ye are in nothing but manifest error."

8. Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if whae say is true?"

9. They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it w

eize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!

0. No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of the

fairs), nor to return to their own people!

. The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! from the sepulche

men) will rush forth to their Lord!

2. They will say: "Ah! woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from ou

eds of repose?... (A voice will say:) "This is what (God) Mosracious had promised, and true was the word of the messengers!

3. It will be no more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all b

ought up before Us!

4. Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and y

hall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds.



5. Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in a

at they do;

6. They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shad

clining on thrones (of dignity);

7. (Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall havhatever they call for;

8. "Peace! -- a Word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful!

9. And O ye in sin! get ye apart this Day!

0. "Did I not enjoin on you, O ye children of Adam, that ye should noorship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed? -—

. "And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straig

Way?

2. "But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, the

nderstand?

3. "This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!

4. "Embrace ye the (Fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejecte

ruth)."

5. That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands w

peak to Us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.

6. If it had been Our Will, We could surely have blotted out the

yes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but ho

ould they have seen?

7. And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (t



main) in their places: then should they have been unable to mov

bout, nor could they have returned (after error).

8. If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed

ature: will they not then understand?

9. We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is it meet fom: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making thing

ear:

0. That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that th

harge may be proved against those who reject (Truth).

. See they not that it is We Who have created for them -- amone things which Our hands have fashioned -- cattle, which are und

eir dominion? -—

2. And that We have subjected them to their (use)? Of them som

o carry them and some they eat:

3. And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they ge

milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful?

4. Yet they take (for worship) gods other than God, (hoping) tha

ey might be helped!

5. They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought uefore Our Judgment-Seat) as a troop (to be condemned).

6. Let not their speech, then, grieve thee. Verily We know what the

de as well as what they disclose.

7. Doth not man see that it is We Who created Him from sperm

et behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!



8. And he makes comparisons for us, and forgets his own (Orig

nd) Creation: he says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones an

ecomposed ones (at that)?"

9. Say, "He will give them life Who created them for the first time

or He is well-versed in every kind of creation! -—

0. "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, whe

ehold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!

. "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to creat

e like thereof?" -- Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, o

kill and knowledge (infinite)!

2. Verily, when He intends a thing, His command is, "Be," and it is

3. So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things; an

Him will ye be all brought back.





Surah 37 - Al Saffat (Those Rangedn Ranks)


By those who range themselves in ranks.

And so are strong in repelling (evil),

And thus proclaim the message (of God)!

Verily, verily, your God is One! -—

Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and all between them, an

ord of every point at the rising of the sun!

We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) th

ars -—

(For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious ev

pirits.

(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalte

ssembly but be cast away from every side.

Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty.

0. Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they a

ursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.

. Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or thther) beings We have created? Them have We created out of



cky clay!

2. Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,

3. And, when they are admonished, pay no heed -—

4. And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery,

5. And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!

6. "What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall w

hen) be raised up (again)?

7. "And also our fathers of old?"

8. Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account

our evil)."

9. Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they w

egin to see!

0. They will say, "Ah! woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement!"

. (A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth y

nce) denied!"

2. "Bring ye up," it shall be said, "The wrongdoers and their wive

nd the things they worshipped -—

3. "Besides God, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!

4. "But stop them, for they must be asked:

5. "'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"

6. Na , but that da the shall submit (to Judgment);



7. And they will turn to one another, and question one another.

8. They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the rig

and (of power and authority)!"

9. They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no faith!

0. "Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were

eople in obstinate rebellion!

. "So now has been proved true, against us, the Word of our Lor

at we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins):

2. "We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray."

3. Truly, that day, they will (all) share in the Penalty.

4. Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners.

5. For they, when they were told that there is no god except Godould puff themselves up with Pride.

6. And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poe

ossessed?"

7. Nay! He has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (th

essage of) the messengers (before Him).

8. Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty -—

9. But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye hav

rought -—

0. But the sincere (and devoted) servants of God -—



. For them is a Sustenance Determined,

2. Fruits (Delights), and they (shall enjoy) honor and dignity.

3. In Gardens of Felicity.

4. Facing each other on Thrones (of dignity):

5. Round will be passed to them a Cup from a clear-flowin

untain,

6. Crystal-white, of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof),

7. Free from headiness; nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom.

8. And beside them will be chaste women; restraining their glance

th big eyes (of wonder and beauty).

9. As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

0. Then they will turn to one another and question one another.

. One of them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimat

ompanion (on the earth),

2. "Who used to say, 'What! art thou amongst those who bea

tness to the truth (of the Message)?

3. "'When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indee

ceive rewards and punishments?'"

4. (A voice) said: "Would ye like to look down?"

5. He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.

6. He said: "B God! thou wast little short of brin in me



erdition!

7. "Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord, I should certainly hav

een among those brought (there)!

8. "Is it (the case) that we shall not die,

9. "Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"

0. Verily this is the supreme achievement!

. For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive.

2. Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?

3. For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrongdoers.

4. For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire:

5. The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:

6. Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.

7. Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boilin

ater.

8. Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.

9. Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path;

0. So they (too) were rushed down on their footsteps!

. And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray -—

2. But We sent aforetime, among them, (messengers) to admonis

em -—



3. Then see what was the end of those who were admonished (b

eeded not) -—

4. Except the sincere (and devoted) servants of God.

5. (In the days of old), Noah cried to Us, and We are the Best tear prayer.

6. And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity.

7. And made his progeny to endure (on this earth);

8. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations to come ter times:

9. "Peace and salutation to Noah among the nations!"

0. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.

. For he was one of Our believing Servants.

2. Then the rest We overwhelmed in the Flood.

3. Verily among those who followed his Way was Abraham.

4. Behold, He approached his Lord with a sound heart.

5. Behold, he said to his father and to his people, "What is th

hich ye worship?

6. "Is it a Falsehood -- gods other than God -- that ye desire?

7. "Then what is your idea about the Lord of the Worlds?"

8. Then did he cast a glance at the stars.



9. And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"

0. So they turned away from him, and departed.

. Then did he turn to their gods and said, "Will ye not eat (of th

ferings before you)?...

2. "What is the matter with you that ye speak not (intelligently)?"

3. Then did he turn upon them, striking (them) with the right hand.

4. Then came (the worshippers) with hurried steps and faced (him

5. He said: "Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?

6. "But God has created you and your handiwork!"

7. They said: "Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazin

e!"

8. (This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but W

ade them the ones most humiliated!

9. He said: "I will go to my Lord! He will surely guide me!

00. "O my Lord! grant me a righteous (son)!"

01. So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer an

rbear.

02. Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work wi

m, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice

ow see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! do as tho

t commanded: thou will find me, if God so wills, one practicin

atience and Constancy!"



03. So when they had both submitted their wills (to God), and H

ad laid Him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),

04. We called out to him, "O Abraham!

05. "Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!" -- thus indeed do Wward those who do right.

06. For this was obviously a trial -—

07. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:

08. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (tome) in later times:

09. "Peace and salutation to Abraham!"


1. For he was one of Our believing Servants.

2. And We gave him the good news of Isaac -- a prophet -- one o

e Righteous.

3. We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) tha

o right, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own souls.

4. Again, (of old,) We bestowed Our favor on Moses and Aaron.

5. And We delivered them and their people from (their) Grea

alamity;

6. And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);

7. And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear



8. And We guided them to the Straight Way.

9. And We left (this blessing) for them among generations (t

ome) in later times:

20. "Peace and salutation to Moses and Aaron!"


22. For they were two of Our believing Servants.

23. So also was Elias among those sent (by us).

24. Behold, he said to his people, "Will ye not fear (God)?

25. "Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators -—

26. "God, your Lord and Cherisher and the Lord and Cherisher

our fathers of old?"

27. But they rejected him, and they will certainly be called up (fo

unishment) -—

28. Except the sincere and devoted Servants of God (amon

em).

29. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (tome) in later times:

30. "Peace and salutation to such as Elias!"


32. For He was one of Our believing Servants.



33. So also was Lut among those sent (by us).

34. Behold, We delivered him and his adherents, all

35. Except an old woman who was among those who lagge

ehind:

36. Then We destroyed the rest.

37. Verily, ye pass by their (sites), by day -—

38. And by night: will ye not understand?

39. So also was Jonah among those sent (by us).

40. When he ran away (like slave from captivity) to the ship (full

den,

41. He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:

42. Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthblame.

43. Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified God,

44. He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day o

esurrection.

45. But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sicknes

46. And We caused to grow over him, a spreading plant of th

ourd kind,

47. And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (menmore.



48. And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) fo

while.

49. Now ask them their opinion: is it that thy Lord has (onl

aughters, and they have sons? -—

50. Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnessehereto)?

51. Is it not that they say, from their own invention,

52. "God has begotten children"? But they are liars!

53. Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?

54. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?

55. Will ye not then receive admonition?

56. Or have ye an authority manifest?

57. Then bring ye your Book (of authority) if ye be truthful!

58. And they have invented a blood-relationship between Him an

e Jinns: but the Jinns know (quite well) that they have indeed

ppear (before His judgment-seat)!

59. Glory to God! (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to Him)

60. Not (so do) the servants of God, sincere and devoted.

61. For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship -—

62. Can lead (any) into temptation concerning God,

63. Exce t such as are themselves oin to the blazin Fire!



64. (Those ranged in ranks say): "Not one of us but has a plac

ppointed,

65. "And we are verily ranged in ranks (for service):

66. "And we are verily those who declare (God's) glory!"

67. And there were those who said,

68. "If only we had had before us a message from those of old.

69. "We should certainly have been servants of God, sincere (an

evoted)!"

70. But (now that the Qur'an has come), they reject it: but soon w

ey know!

71. Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to Ou

ervants sent (by Us),

72. That they would certainly be assisted,

73. And that Our forces -- they surely must conquer.

74. So turn thou away from them for a little while,

75. And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (ho

ou farest)!

76. Do they wish (indeed) to hurry on Our Punishment?

77. But when it descends into the open space before them, evil w

e the morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!

78. So turn thou awa from them for a little while,



79. And watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how tho

rest)!

80. Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honor and Power! (He is free

om what they ascribe (to Him)!

81. And Peace on the Messengers!

82. And praise to God, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.





Surah 38 - Sad (Sad)


Sad: by the Qur'an, full of Admonition: (this is the Truth).

But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in Self-glory and Separatism.

How many generations before them did We destroy? In the en

ey cried (for mercy) -- when there was no longer time for bein

aved!

So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from amon

emselves! And the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies

"Has he made the gods (all) into one God? Truly this is

onderful thing!"

And the leaders among them go away (impatiently), (saying

Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly

ng designed (against you)!

"We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latte

ays: this is nothing but a made-up tale!

"What! Has the Message been sent to him -- (of all persons

mong us?"... But they are in doubt concerning My (own) Message

ay, they have not yet tasted My Punishment!

Or have they the Treasures of the Mercy of thy Lord -- the Exalte

Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure!

0. Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and a



etween? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (

ach that end)!

. But there -- will be put to flight even a host of confederates.

2. Before them (were many who) rejected messengers -- th

eople of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh the Lord of Stakes.

3. And Thamud, and the People of Lut, and the Companions of th

Wood; such were the Confederates.

4. Not one (of them) but rejected the messengers, but M

unishment came justly and inevitably (on them).

5. These (to-day) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when

omes) will brook no delay.

6. They say: "Our Lord! Hasten to us our sentence (even) before th

ay of Account!"

7. Have patience at what they say, and remember Our Servan

avid, the man of strength: for he ever turned (to God).

8. It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, O

raises, at eventide and at break of day.

9. And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (tod).

0. We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and soun

dgement in speech and decision.

. Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, the

mbed over the wall of the private chamber;



2. When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified

em, they said: "Fear not: We are two disputants, one of whom ha

ronged the other: decide now between us with truth, and treat u

ot with injustice, but guide us to the even Path.

3. "This man is my brother; he has nine and ninety ewes, and I hav

ut) one: Yet he says, 'Commit her to my care,' and is (moreovearsh to me in speech."

4. (David) said: "He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demandin

y (single) ewe to be added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are th

artners (in business) who wrong each other: not so do those wh

elieve and work deeds of righteousness, and how few are they?"nd David gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness

s Lord, fell down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to God

pentance).

5. So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Nea

pproach to Us, and a beautiful place of (final) Return.

6. O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: s

dge thou between men in truth (and justice): nor follow thou the lus

f thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of God: f

ose who wander astray from the Path of God, is a Penal

rievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.

7. Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and a

etween! That were the thought of Unbelievers! But woe to th

nbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!

8. Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds

ghteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Sha

We treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who tuside from the right?



9. (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full

essings, that they may meditate on its Signs, and that men

nderstanding may receive admonition.

0. To David We gave Solomon (for a son) -- how excellent in Ou

ervice! Ever did he turn (to Us)!

. Behold, there were brought before him, at eventide, coursers

e highest breeding; and swift of foot;

2. And he said, "Truly do I love the love of Good, with a view to th

ory of my Lord," until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of Night):

3. "Bring them back to me." Then began he to pass his hand ove

heir) legs and their necks.

4. And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a bod

without life): but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):

5. He said, "O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a Kingdomhich, (it may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grant

Bounties (without measure)."

6. Then We subjected the Wind to his power, to flow gently to h

der, whithersoever he willed -—

7. As also the evil ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver—

8. As also others bound together in fetters.

9. "Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others) o

thhold them, no account will be asked."

0. And he enjo ed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautif



ace of (final) Return.

. Commemorate Our servant Job, behold he cried to his Lor

The Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering"!

2. (The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (wate

herein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink."

3. And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number

s a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for a

ho have Understanding.

4. "And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: an

eak not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience anonstancy: how excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us)!

5. And commemorate Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

ossessors of Power and Vision.

6. Verily We did chose them for a special (purpose) -- proclaimine Message of the Hereafter.

7. They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and th

ood.

8. And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha, and Dhu al Kifl: each of them

as of the company of the Good.

9. This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the Righteou

a beautiful place of (final) Return) -—

0. Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be open to them;

. Therein will they recline (at ease); therein can they call (easure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink;



2. And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glance

ompanions) of equal age.

3. Such is the promise made to you for the Day of Account!

4. Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail -—

5. Yea, such! But -- for the wrongdoers will be an evil place of (fina

eturn!

6. Hell! -- they will burn therein -- an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)! -—

7. Yea, such! -- then shall they taste it -- a boiling fluid, and a fluark, murky, intensely cold! -—

8. And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!

9. Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them

ruly, they shall burn in the Fire!

0. (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! N

elcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil

his) place to stay in!"

. They will say: "Our Lord! Whoever brought this upon us, add t

m a double Penalty in the fire!"

2. And they will say: "What has happened to us that we see not me

hom we used to number among the bad ones?

3. "Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule or have (our) eyes faile

perceive them?"

4. Truly that is just and fitting, the mutual recriminations of th

eople of the Fire!



5. Say: "Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the One God

upreme and Irresistible -—

6. "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between

xalted in Might, Able to enforce His will, forgiving again and again

7. Say: "That is a Message supreme (above all) -—

8. "From which ye do turn away!

9. "No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discus

matters) among themselves.

0. "Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warnin

ainly and publicly."

. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create ma

om clay:

2. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breatheto him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

3. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together;

4. Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those wh

ject Faith.

5. (God) said: "O Iblis! what prevents thee from prostrating thyself

ne whom I have created with My hands? Art thou haughty? Or a

ou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"

6. (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou createdst me from fire, an

m Thou createdst from clay."



7. (God) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejecte

ccursed.

8. "And My Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgement."

9. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day th

ead) are raised."

0. (God) said: "Respite then is granted thee -—

. "Till the day of the Time Appointed."

2. (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong

—

3. "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (b

hy grace)."

4. (God) said: "Then it is just and fitting -- and I say what is just an

ting -—

5. "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee

very one."

6. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I

etender.

7. "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.

8. "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."





Surah 39 - Al Zumar (Crowds)


The revelation of this Book is from God, the Exalted in Power, FuWisdom.

Verily it is We Who have revealed the Book to thee in Truth: s

erve God, offering Him sincere devotion.

Is it not to God that sincere devotion is due? But those who tak

r protectors other than God (say): "We only serve them in order th

ey may bring us nearer to God." Truly God will judge between them

that wherein they differ. But God guides not such as are false an

ngrateful.

Had God wished to take to Himself a son, He could have chose

hom He pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be tm! (He is above such things.) He is God, the One, the Irresistible.

He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): H

akes the Night overlap the Day, and the Day overlap the Night: H

as subjected the sun and the moon (to His law) each one follows

ourse for a time appointed. Is not He the Exalted in Power -- H

Who forgives again and again?

He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of lik

ature, his mate; and He sent down for you eight head of cattle

airs: He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, on

ter another, in three veils of darkness. Such is God, your Lord an

herisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but Hen how are ye turned away (from your true Center)?



It ye reject (God), truly God has no need of you; but He liketh no

gratitude from His servants: if ye are grateful, He is pleased wi

ou. No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another. In the en

your Lord is your return, when He will tell you the truth of all that y

d (in this life). For He knoweth well all that is in (men's) hearts.

When some trouble toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turnin

Him in repentance: but when He bestoweth a favor upon him a

om Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for befor

nd he doth set up rivals unto God, thus misleading others fro

od's Path. Say "Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while: verily thou a

ne) of the Companions of the Fire!"

Is one who worships devoutly during the hours of the nig

ostrating himself or standing (in adoration), who takes heed of th

ereafter, and who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord -- (lik

ne who does not)? Say: "Are those equal, those who know an

ose who do not know? It is those who are endued wi

nderstanding that receive admonition."

0. Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord: good is (th

ward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is God

arth! Those who patiently persevere will truly receive a rewar

thout measure!"

. Say: "Verily, I am commanded to serve God with sincerevotion;

2. "And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to God

am."

3. Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of th

enalty of a Mighty Day."



4. Say: "It is God I serve, with my sincere (and exclusive) devotion:

5. "Serve ye what ye will besides Him." Say: "Truly, those in los

e those who lose their own souls and their People on the Day

udgement: Ah! that is indeed the (real and) evident Loss!"

6. They shall have layers of fire above them, and layers (of firelow them: with this doth God warn off His servants: "O M

ervants! Then fear ye Me!"

7. Those who eschew Evil -- and fall not into its worship -- and tu

God (in repentance) -- for them is Good News: so announce th

ood News to My Servants -—

8. Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in

ose are the ones whom God has guided, and those are the one

ndued with understanding.

9. Is, then, one against whom the decree of Punishment is justly du

qual to one who eschews evil)? Wouldst thou, then, deliver onwho is) in the fire?

0. But it is for those who fear their Lord, that lofty mansions, on

bove another, have been built: beneath them flow rivers (of delight

uch is) the promise of God: never doth God fail in (His) promise.

. Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky, and leadthrough springs in the earth? Then He causes to grow, therewit

oduce of various colors: then it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow

en He makes it dry up and crumble away. Truly, in this, is

essage of remembrance to men of understanding.

2. Is one whose heart God has opened to Islam, so that he haceived enlightenment from God, (no better than one hard

earted ? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened a ain



elebrating the praises of God! They are manifestly wandering (

ror)!

3. God has revealed (from time to time) the most beautif

essage in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeatin

s teaching in various aspects): the skins of those who fear the

ord tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to thelebration of God's praises. Such is the guidance of God: H

uides therewith whom He pleases, but such as God leaves to stra

an have none to guide.

4. Is, then, one who has to fear the brunt of the Penalty on the Day

udgement (and receive it) on his face, (like one guardeerefrom)? It will be said to the wrongdoers: "Taste ye (the fruits o

hat ye earned!"

5. Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so th

unishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.

6. So God gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life, beater is the Punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew!

7. We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every kind of Parable,


8. (It is) a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness (therein):

der that they may guard against Evil.

9. God puts forth a Parable -- a man belonging to many partners

ariance with each other, and a man belonging entirely to on

aster: are those two equal in comparison? Praise be to God! B

ost of them have no knowledge.

0. Truly thou wilt die (one day) and truly they (too) will die (one day)



. In the end will ye (all), on the Day of Judgement, settle yo

sputes in the presence of your Lord.

2. Who, then, doth more wrong than one who utters a lie concernin

od, and rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is there not in He

n abode for blasphemers?

3. And he who brings the Truth and he who confirms (and supports

-- such are the men who do right.

4. They shall have all that they wish for, in the presence of the

ord: such is the reward of those who do good:

5. So that God will turn off from them (even) the worst in their deednd give them their reward according to the best of what they hav

one.

6. Is not God enough for His servant? But they try to frighten the

th other (gods) besides him! For such as God leaves to stray

ere can be no guide.

7. And such as God doth guide there can be none to lead astray, i

ot God Exalted in Power, (able to enforce His Will), Lord o

etribution?

8. If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the heavens an

e earth, they would be sure to say, "God." Say: "See ye then? Things that ye invoke besides God, can they, if God wills som

enalty for me, remove His Penalty? Or if He wills some Grace fo

e, can they keep back His Grace?" Say: "Sufficient is God for me

Him trust those who put their trust."

9. Say: "O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): boon will ye know -—



0. "Who it is to whom come a Penalty of ignominy, and on who

escends a Penalty that abides."

. Verily We have revealed the Book to thee in Truth, fo

nstructing) mankind. He, then, that receives guidance benefits h

wn soul: but he that strays injures his own soul. Nor art thou set ove

em to dispose of their affairs.

2. It is God that takes the souls (of men) at death: and those that d

ot (He takes) during their sleep: those on whom He has passed th

ecree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the re

e sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed. Verily in this ar

gns for those who reflect.

3. What! Do they take for intercessors others besides God? Sa

Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"

4. Say: "To God belongs exclusively (the right to grant) Intercession

Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: in th

nd, it is to Him that ye shall be brought back."

5. When God, the One and Only is mentioned, the hearts of thos

ho believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; b

hen (gods) other than He are mentioned behold, they are filled wi

y!

6. Say: "O God! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of aat is hidden and open! It is Thou that wilt judge between Th

ervants in those matters about which they have differed."

7. Even if the wrongdoers had all that there is on earth, and a

uch more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain o

e Penalty on the Day of Judgement: but something will confroem from God, which they could never have counted upon!



8. For the evils of their Deeds will confront them, and they will b

ompletely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!

9. Now, when trouble touches man, he cries to Us; but when W

estow a favor upon him as from Ourselves, he says, "This has bee

ven to me because of a certain knowledge (I have)!" Nay, but th

but a trial, but most of them understand not!

0. Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they d

as of no profit to them.

. Nay, the evil results of their deeds overtook them. And th

rongdoers of this (generation) -- the evil results of their deeds woon overtake them (too), and they will never be able to frustrate (O

an)!

2. Know they not that God enlarges the provision or restricts it, fo

ny He pleases? Verily, in this are signs for those who believe!

3. Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their soulespair not of the Mercy of God: for God forgives all sins: for He


4. "Turn ye to your Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Wil

efore the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.

5. "And follow the Best of (the courses) revealed to you from youord, before the Penalty comes on you -- of a sudden, while y

erceive not! -—

6. "Lest the soul should (then) say: Ah! woe is me! -- in that

eglected (my duty) towards God, and was but among those wh

ocked!' -—

7. "Or lest it should sa : 'If onl God had uided me I shou



ertainly have been among the righteous!' -—

8. "Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the Penalty: 'If only

ad another chance I should certainly be among those who do good

9. "(The reply will be) 'Nay, but there came to thee My signs an

ou didst reject them: thou wast haughty, and became one of thosho reject Faith!'"

0. On the Day of Judgement wilt thou see those who told lie

gainst God; their faces will be turned black; is there not in Hell a

bode for the Haughty?

. But God will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: n

vil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.

2. God is the Creator of all things, and He is the Guardian an

sposer of all affairs.

3. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and thosho reject the Signs of God, it is they who will be in loss.

4. Say: "Is it someone other than God that ye order me to worshi

ye ignorant ones?"

5. But it has already been revealed to thee -- as it was to thos

efore thee -- "If thou wert to join (gods with God), truly fruitless we thy work (in life), and thou wilt surely be in the ranks of those wh

se (all spiritual good)."

6. Nay, but worship God, and be of those who give thanks.

7. No just estimate have they made of God, such as is due to Him

n the Day of Judgement the whole of the earth will be but H

andful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glor



m! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him!

8. The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in th

eavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Go

o exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when behold, the

ll be standing and looking on!

9. And the Earth will shine with the glory of its Lord: the Record (o

eeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will b

ought forward: and a just decision pronounced between them; an

ey will not be wronged (in the least).

0. And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its deeds; an

God) knoweth best all that they do.

. The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowds; until, when the

rive there, its gates will be opened, and its Keepers will say, "D

ot messengers come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing t

ou the Signs of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of th

ay of yours?" The answer will be: "True: but the Decree ounishment has been proved true against the Unbelievers!"

2. (To them) will be said: "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwe

erein: and evil is (this) abode of the arrogant!"

3. And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden

owds: until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened: ans Keepers will say: "Peace be upon you! Well have ye done! Ente

e here, to dwell therein."

4. They will say: "Praise be to God, Who has truly fulfilled H

omise to us, and has given us (this) land in heritage: we can dwe

the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward for those who woghteousness)!"



5. And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) o

sides, singing Glory and Praise to their Lord. The Decisio

etween them (at Judgement) will be in (perfect) justice. And the c

n all sides) will be, "Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!"





Surah 40 - Ghafir (Forgiver) -or- AlMu'min (The Believer)


Ha Mim.

The revelation of this Book is from God, Exalted in Power, Full o

nowledge -—

Who forgiveth Sin, accepteth Repentance, is strict in Punishmennd hath a Long Reach (in all things). There is no god but He: to Hi

the Final Goal.

None can dispute about the Signs of God but the Unbelievers. L

ot, then, their strutting about through the land deceive thee!

But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs) -- th

eople of Noah, and the confederates (of Evil) after them; and eve

eople plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed b

eans of vanities, therewith to condemn the truth; but it was I th

eized them! And how (terrible), was My Requital!

Thus was the Decree of thy Lord proved true against thnbelievers; that truly they are Companions of Fire!

Those who sustain the Throne (of God) and those around it sin

ory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implor

rgiveness for those who believe: "Our Lord! Thy reach is over a

ings, in Mercy and Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn pentance, and follow Thy Path: and preserve them from the Pena

the Blazin Fire!



"And grant, our Lord! That they enter the Gardens of Eternity

hich Thou hast promised to them, and to the righteous among the

thers, their wives, and their posterity! For Thou art (He), the Exalte

Might, Full of Wisdom.

"And preserve them from (all) ills; and any whom thou doeserve from ills that Day -- on them wilt Thou have bestowed Merc

deed: and that will be truly (for them) the highest Achievement.

0. The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion

od to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye wer

alled to the Faith and ye used to refuse."

. They will say: "Our Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life

nd twice hast Thou given us Life! Now have we recognized our sin

there any way out (of this)?"

2. (The answer will be:) "This is because, when God was invoke

s the only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partneere joined to Him, ye believed! The command is with God, Mo

gh, Most Great!"

3. He it is Who showeth you His Signs and sendeth dow

ustenance for you from the sky: but only those receive admonitio

ho turn (to God).

4. Call ye, then, upon God with sincere devotion to Him, eve

ough the Unbelievers may detest it.

5. Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of th

hrone (of authority): by his command doth He send the spirit (

spiration) to any of His servants He pleases, that it may warn (menthe Day of Mutual Meeting -—



6. The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: Not a single thin

oncerning them is hidden from God. Whose will be the dominio

at Day? That of God, the One, the Irresistible!

7. That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; n

ustice will there be that Day, for God is Swift in taking account.

8. Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when th

earts will (come) right up to the Throats to choke (them); no intima

end nor intercessor will the wrongdoers have, who could b

tened to.

9. (God) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all th

earts (of men) conceal.

0. And God will judge with (Justice and) Truth: but those whom

men) invoke besides Him, will not (be in a position) to judge at a

erily it is God (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).

. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End ose before them? They were even superior to them in strength, an

the traces (they have left) in the land: but God did call them

ccount for their sins, and none had they to defend them again

od.

2. That was because there came to them their messengers wi

ear (Signs), but they rejected them: So God called them tccount: for He is full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.

3. Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and Authority manifest,

4. To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him) "a sorcere

lling lies!"...

5. Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, the said, "Sla



e sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive the

males," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (an

elusions)!"...

6. Said Pharaoh: "Leave me to slay Moses; and let him Call on h

ord! What I fear is lest he should change your religion, or lest h

hould cause mischief to appear in the land!"

7. Moses said: "I have indeed called upon my Lord and your Lor

or protection) from every arrogant one who believes not in the Da

Account!"

8. A believer, a man from among the people of Pharaoh, who ha

oncealed his faith, said: "Will ye slay a man because he says, 'M

ord is God'? -- when he has indeed come to you with Clear (Signs

om your Lord? And if he be a liar on him is (the sin of) his lie: but,

e is telling the Truth, then will fall on you something of the (calamity

which he warns you: truly God guides not one who transgresse

nd lies!

9. "O my people! yours is the dominion this day: ye have the uppe

and in the land: but who will help us from the Punishment of Go

hould it befall us?" Pharaoh said: "I but point out to you that which

ee (myself); nor do I guide you but to the Path of Right!"

0. Then said the man who believed: "O my People! truly I do fear fo

ou something like the Day (of disaster) of the Confederates (in sin

—

. "Something like the fate of the people of Noah, the 'Ad, and th

hamud, and those who came after them: but God never wishe

ustice to His Servants.

2. "And, O my People! I fear for you a Day when there will be mutu



alling (and wailing)

3. A day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: no defender sha

e have from God: any whom God leaves to stray, there is none t

uide...

4. "And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Cleagns, but ye ceased not to doubt of the (mission) for which he ha

ome: at length, when he died, ye said: 'No messenger will Go

end after him.' Thus doth God leave to stray such as transgress an

e in doubt

5. "(Such) as dispute about the Signs of God, without any authori

at hath reached them. Grievous and odious (is such conduct) in th

ght of God and of the Believers. Thus doth God seal up every hea

of arrogant and obstinate transgressors."

6. Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I ma

tain the ways and means -—

7. "The ways and means of (reaching) the heavens, and that I ma

ount up to the God of Moses; but as far as I am concerned, I thin

Moses) is a liar!" Thus was made alluring, in Pharaoh's eyes, th

vil of his deeds, and he was hindered from the Path; and the plot o

haraoh led to nothing but perdition (for him).

8. The man who believed said further: "O my People! follow mell lead you to the Path of Right.

9. "O my people! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary

onvenience: it is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last.

0. "He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: ane that works a righteous deed -- whether man or woman -- and is

eliever -- such will enter the Garden of Bliss : therein will the hav



bundance without measure.

. "And O my People! how (strange) it is for me to call you t

alvation while ye call me to the Fire!

2. "Ye do call upon me to blaspheme against God, and to join wit

m Partners of whom I have no knowledge; and I call you to thxalted in Power, Who forgives again and again!"

3. "Without doubt ye do call me to one who is not fit to be called t

hether in this world, or in the Hereafter; our Return will be to Go

nd the Transgressors will be Companions of the Fire!

4. "Soon will ye remember what I say to you (now), my (own) affai

ommit to God: for God (ever) watches over His Servants."

5. Then God saved him from (every) ill that they plotted (again

m), but the brunt of the Penalty encompassed on all sides th

eople of Pharaoh.

6. In front of the Fire will they be brought, morning and evening: an

he Sentence will be) on the Day that Judgment will be establishe

Cast ye the People of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!"

7. Behold, they will dispute with each other in the Fire! The wea

nes (who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "W

ut followed you: can ye then take (on yourselves) from us somhare of the Fire?"

8. Those who had been arrogant will say: "We are all in this (Fire

ruly, God has judged between (His) Servants!"

9. Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to youord to lighten us the Penalty for a Day (at least)!"



0. They will say: "Did there not come to you your messengers wi

ear Signs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then pray (as y

e) but the Prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futi

andering) in (mazes of) error!"

. We will, without doubt, help Our messengers and those wh

elieve (both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnessell stand forth -—

2. The Day when no profit will it be to Wrongdoers to present the

xcuses, but they will (only) have the Curse and the Home of Misery

3. We did aforetime give Moses the (Book of) Guidance, and W

ave the Book in inheritance to the Children of Israel -—

4. A Guide and a Message to men of understanding.

5. Patiently, then, persevere: for the Promise of God is true: an

sk forgiveness for thy fault, and celebrate the Praises of thy Lord

e evening and in the morning.

6. Those who dispute about the Signs of God without any authori

estowed on them -- there is nothing in their breasts but (the que

) greatness, which they shall never attain to: seek refuge, then,

od: it is He Who hears and sees (all things).

7. Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greatematter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not.

8. Not equal are the blind and those who (clearly) see: nor a

qual) those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, an

ose who do evil. Little do ye learn by admonition!

9. The Hour will certainly come: therein is no doubt: yet most me

elieve not.



0. And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): Bu

ose who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves

ell -- in humiliation!"

. It is God Who has made the Night for you, that ye may re

erein, and the Day, as that which helps (you) to see. Verily God ull of Grace and Bounty to men: yet most men give no thanks.

2. Such is God, your Lord, the Creator of all things, there is no go

ut He: then how ye are deluded away from the Truth!

3. Thus are deluded those who are wont to reject the Signs of God

4. It is God Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, an

e sky as a canopy, and has given you shapes -- and made you

hapes beautiful -- and has provided for you Sustenance, of thing

ure and good -- such is God your Lord. So Glory to God, the Lord

e Worlds!

5. He is the living (One): There is no god but He: Call upon Him

ving Him sincere devotion. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds!

6. Say: "I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invok

esides God, seeing that the Clear Signs have come to me from m

ord: and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord

e Worlds."

7. It is He Who has created you from dust, then from a sperm-dro

en from a leech-like clot; then does He get you out (into the light) a

child: then lets you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; the

ts you become old, though of you there are some who die befor

nd lets you reach a Term appointed: in order that ye may learsdom.



8. It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upo

n affair, He says to it, "Be," and it is.

9. Seest thou not those that dispute concerning the signs of God

ow are they turned away (from Reality)? -—

0. Those who reject the Book and the (revelations) with which Went Our messengers: But soon shall they know -—

. When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains; the

hall be dragged along -—

2. In the boiling fetid fluid, then in the Fire shall they be burned;

3. Then shall it be said to them: "Where are the (deities) to which y

ave part-worship -—

4. "In derogation of God?" They will reply: "They have left us in th

rch: nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence)

hus does God leave the Unbelievers to stray.

5. "That was because ye were wont to rejoice on the earth in thing

her than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.

6. "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this

bode of the arrogant!"

7. So persevere in patience! For the Promise of God is true: an

hether We show thee (in this life) some part of what We promis

em, or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that), (in any case

s to Us that they shall (all) return.

8. We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them ther

e some whose story We have related to thee, and some whosory We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for an



essenger to bring a Sign except by the leave of God: but when th

ommand of God issued, the matter was decided in truth an

stice, and there perished, there and then, those who stood o

alsehoods.

9. It is God Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some fo

ding and some for food;

0. And there are (other) advantages in them for you (besides); tha

e may through them attain to any need (there may be) in your heart

nd on them and on ships ye are carried.

. And He shows you always His Signs; then which of the Signs o

od will ye deny?

2. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the end

ose before them? They were more numerous than these an

uperior in strength and in the traces (they have left) in the land: y

that they accomplished was of no profit to them.

3. For when their messengers came to them with Clear Signs, the

xulted in such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but that ve

Wrath) at which they were wont to scoff hemmed them in.

4. But when they saw Our punishment, they said: "We believe

od -- the One God -- and we reject the partners we used to join wi

m."

5. But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Ou

unishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) God's wa

dealing with His servants (from the most ancient times). And eve

us did the rejecters of God perish (utterly)!





Surah 41 - Fussilat (Expounded) -or- Ha Mim


Ha Mim.

A revelation from (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful -—

A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail -- a Qur'an

rabic, for people who understand -—

Giving Good News and Admonition: yet most of them turn away

nd so they hear not.

They say: "Our hearts are under veils, (concealed) from that t

hich thou dost invite us, and in ours ears in a deafness, an

etween us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for u

e shall do (what we will!)."

Say thou: "I am but a man like you: it is revealed to me b

spiration, that your God is One God: so stand true to Him, and as

r His forgiveness." And woe to those who join gods with God -—

Those who practice not Regular Charity, and who even deny th

ereafter.

For those who believe and work deeds of righteousness is

ward that will never fail.

Say: Is it that ye Deny Him Who created the earth in two Daysnd do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds.



0. He set on the (earth), Mountains standing firm, high above it, an

estowed blessings on the earth, and measured therein all things

ve them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordanc

th (the needs of) those who seek (sustenance).

. Moreover He Comprehended in His design the sky, and it haeen (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: "Come ye togethe

llingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together), in willin

bedience."

2. So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days and H

ssigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorne

e lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is thecree of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of knowledge.

3. But if they turn away, say thou: "I have warned you of a stunnin

unishment (as of thunder and lightning) like that which (overtoo

e 'Ad and the Thamud!"

4. Behold, the messengers came to them, from before them an

ehind them, (preaching): "Serve none but God." They said, "If o

ord had so pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels (t

each): now we reject your mission (altogether)."

5. Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (a

uth and reason, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?What! did they not see that God, Who created them, was superior t

em in strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!

6. So We sent against them a furious Wind through days

saster, that We might give them a taste of a Penalty of humiliatio

this Life; but the Penalty of the Hereafter will be more humiliatinll: and they will find no help.



7. As to the Thamud, We gave them guidance, but they preferre

ndness (of heart) to Guidance; so the stunning Punishment

umiliation seized them, because of what they had earned.

8. But We delivered those who believed and practice

ghteousness.

9. On the Day that the enemies of God will be gathered together t

e Fire, they will be marched in ranks.

0. At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sigh

nd their skins will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds

. They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?hey will say: "God hath given us speech, (He) Who giveth speech

verything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye t

turn.

2. "Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sigh

nd your skins should bear witness against you! But ye did think thod knew not many of the things that ye used to do!

3. "But this thought of yours which ye did entertain concerning yo

ord, hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have ye become

ose utterly lost!"

4. If, then, they have patience, the Fire will be a Home for them! Anthey beg to be received into favor, into favor will they not (then) b

ceived.

5. And We have destined for them intimate companions (of lik

ature), Who made alluring to them what was before them an

ehind them; and the sentence among the previous generations nns and men, who have passed away, is proved against them; fo

e are utterl lost.



6. The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at rando

the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!"

7. But We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a seve

enalty, and We will requite them for the worst of their deeds.

8. Such is the requital of the enemies of God -- the Fire: therein w

e for them the Eternal Home: a (fit) requital, for that they were wo

reject Our Signs.

9. And the Unbelievers will say: "Our Lord! show us those, amon

nns and men, who misled us: we shall crush them beneath our fee

o that they become the vilest (before all)."

0. In the case of those who say, "Our Lord is God," and, furthe

and straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from tim

time): "Fear ye not!" (they suggest), "nor grieve! but receive th

ad Tidings of the Garden (of Bliss), the which ye were promised!

. "We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter: there

hall ye have all that your souls shall desire; therein shall ye have a

at ye ask for! -—

2. "A hospitable gift from One Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"

3. Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to God, workghteousness, and says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?

4. Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what

etter: then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as

ere thy friend and intimate!

5. And no one will be granted such goodness except those wh

xercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greate



ood fortune.

6. And if (at any time) an incitement to discord is made to thee b

e Evil One, seek refuge in God. He is the One Who hears an

nows all things.

7. Among His Signs are the Night and the Day, and the sun anoon. Adore not the Sun and the Moon, but adore God Who create

em, if it is Him ye wish to serve.

8. But if they (Unbelievers) are arrogant, (no matter): for in th

esence of thy Lord are those who celebrate His praises by nig

nd by day. And they never flag (nor feel themselves above it).

9. And among His Signs is this: thou seest the earth barren an

esolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life an

elds increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth ca

urely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over a

ings.

0. Those who pervert the Truth in Our Signs are not hidden from U

Which is better? -- he that is cast into the Fire, or he that comes saf

rough, on the Day of Judgement? Do what ye will: Verily He seet

learly) all that ye do.

. Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are n

dden from Us); and indeed it is a Book of exalted power.

2. No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: it is se

own by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.

3. Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the messenge

efore thee: That thy Lord has at His command (all) Forgiveness aell as a most Grievous Penalty.



4. Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in a language) other than Arabi

ey would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detai

What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger) an Arab?" Say: "

a guide and a healing to those who believe; and for those wh

elieve not, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness

eir (eyes); they are (as it were) being called from a place fa

stant!"

5. We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but dispute aros

erein. Had it not been for a word that went forth before from th

ord, (their differences) would have been settled between them: b

ey remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.

6. Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoeve

orks evil, it is against his own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in th

ast) to His servants.

7. To Him is referred the Knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment: H

nows all): no date-fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a fema

onceive (within her womb) nor bring forth (young), but by Hnowledge. The Day that (God) will propound to them the (question

Where are the partners (ye attributed) to Me?" They will say, "We d

ssure thee not one of us can bear witness!"

8. The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime will leave them in th

rch, and they will perceive that they have no way of escape.

9. Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill touche

m, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair.

0. When We give him a taste of some mercy from Ourselves, afte

ome adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "This is due to m

merit): I think not that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) bstablished; but if I am brought back to my Lord, I have (much) goo



tored) in His sight!" But We will show the Unbelievers the truth of a

at they did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe Penalty.

. When We bestow favors on man, he turns away, and gets himse

mote on his side (instead of coming to Us); and when Evil seize

m, (he comes) full of prolonged prayer!

2. Say: "See ye if the (Revelation) is (really) from God, and yet d

e reject it? Who is more astray than one who is in schism far (fro

ny purpose)?"

3. Soon will We show them Our Signs in the (furthest) regions (

e earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to the

at this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness a

ings?

4. Ah indeed! are they in doubt concerning the Meeting with the

ord? Ah indeed! it is He that doth encompass all things!





Surah 42 - Al Shura (Consultation)


Ha Mim,

'Ain Sin Qaf.

Thus doth (He) send Inspiration to thee as (He did) to those befor

ee -- God, Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He iost High, Most Great.

The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by H

ory): and the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pra

r forgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily God is He, th


And those who take as protectors others besides Him, God dot

atch over them; and thou art not the disposer of their affairs.

Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: tha

ou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her -- and wa

hem) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (whenome will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.

If God had so willed, He could have made them a single peopl

ut He admits whom He will to His Mercy; and the wrongdoers w

ave no protector nor helper.

What! Have they taken (for worship) protectors besides Him? B

s God, He is the Protector, and it is He Who gives life to the dead



s He Who has power over all things.

0. Whatever it be wherein ye differ, the decision thereof is with Go

uch is God my Lord: in Him I trust, and to Him I turn.

. (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has mad

r you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by theans does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him

nd He is the One that hears and sees (all things).

2. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: H

nlarges and restricts the Sustenance to whom He will: for He know

l well all things.

3. The same religion has He established for you as that which H

njoined on Noah-the which We have sent by inspiration to thee-an

at which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: Namely

at ye should remain steadfast in Religion, and make no division

erein: to those who worship other things than God, hard is the (wa

which thou callest them. God chooses to Himself those whom Heases, and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).

4. And they became divided only after knowledge reached them

rough selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for

Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term

ppointed, the matter would have been settled between them: b

uly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspiciou

isquieting) doubt concerning it.

5. Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stan

eadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desire

ut say: "I believe in the Book which God has sent down; and I a

ommanded to judge justly between you. God is Our Lord and yoord. For us (is the responsibility for) Our deeds, and for you for yo



eeds. There is no contention between us and you. God will bring u

gether, and to Him is (Our) final goal.

6. But those who dispute concerning God after He has bee

ccepted, futile is their dispute in the sight of their Lord: on them

Wrath, and for them will be a Penalty Terrible.

7. It is God Who has sent down the Book in truth, and the Balanc

y which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realize tha

erhaps the Hour is close at hand?

8. Only those wish to hasten it who believe not in it: those wh

elieve hold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth. Behold, veri

ose that dispute concerning the Hour are far astray.

9. Gracious is God to His servants: He gives Sustenance to who

e pleases: and He has Power and can carry out His Will.

0. To any that desires the tilth of the Hereafter, We give increase i

s tilth; and to any that desires the tilth of this world, We graomewhat thereof, but he has no share or lot in the Hereafter.

. What! have they partners (in godhead), who have established fo

em some religion without the permission of God? Had it not bee

r the Decree of Judgement, the matter would have been decide

etween them (at once): but verily the wrongdoers will have

ievous Penalty.

2. Thou wilt see the wrongdoers in fear on account of what the

ave earned, and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them

ut those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in th

xuriant meads of the Gardens: they shall have before their Lord, a

at they wish for: that will indeed be the magnificent Bounty (of God

3. That is the Bount whereof God ives Glad Tidin s to H



ervants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No reward do

sk of you for this except the love of those near of kin." And if anyon

arns any good, We shall give Him an increase of good in respe

ereof: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciat

ervice).

4. What! do they say, "He has forged a falsehood against God"ut if God willed, He could seal up thy heart. And God blots o

anity, and proves the Truth by His Words. For He knows well th

ecrets of all hearts.

5. He is the One that accepts repentance from His Servants an

rgives sins: and He knows all that ye do.

6. And He listens to those who believe and do deeds o

ghteousness, and gives them increase of His Bounty: but for th

nbelievers there is a terrible Penalty.

7. If God were to enlarge the provision for His Servants, they wou

deed transgress beyond all bounds through the earth; but He send) down in due measure as He pleases: for He is with His Servan

ell-acquainted, Watchful.

8. He is the One that sends down rain (even) after (men) have give

p all hope, and scatters His Mercy (far and wide). And He is th

rotector, Worthy Of all Praise.

9. And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and th

arth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them

nd He has power to gather them together when He wills.

0. Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because of the thing

our hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He granrgiveness.



. Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (fleeing) through the earth; nor hav

e, besides God, anyone to protect or to help.

2. And among His Signs are the ships, smooth-running through th

cean, (tall) as mountains.

3. If it be His Will, He can still the Wind: then would they becomotionless on the back of the (ocean). Verily in this are Signs fo

veryone who patiently perseveres and is grateful.

4. Or He can cause them to perish because of the (evil) which (th

en) have earned: but much doth He forgive.

5. But let those know, who dispute about Our Signs, that there is fo

em no way of escape.

6. Whatever ye are given (here) is (but) a convenience of this Lif

ut that which is with God is better and more lasting: (it is) for thos

ho believe and put their trust in their Lord;

7. Those who avoid the greater crimes and shameful deeds, an

hen they are angry even then forgive;

8. Those who hearken to their Lord, and establish regular praye

ho (conduct) their affairs by mutual Consultation; who spend out

hat We bestow on them for Sustenance;

9. And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them

re not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

0. The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto (

egree): but if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, H

ward is due from God: for (God) loveth not those who do wrong.

1. But indeed if an do hel and defend themselves after a wron



one) to them, against such there is no cause of blame.

2. The blame is only against those who oppress men wi

rongdoing and insolently transgress beyond bounds through th

nd, defying right and justice: for such there will be a Penal

ievous.

3. But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly b

n exercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct

fairs.

4. For any whom God leaves astray, there is no protector thereafte

nd thou wilt see the wrongdoers, when in sight of the Penalty, Say

s there any way (to effect) a return?

5. And thou wilt see them brought forward to the (Penalty), in

umble frame of mind because of (their) disgrace, (and) looking wi

stealthy glance. And the Believers will say: "Those are indeed

ss, who have given the perdition their own selves and thos

elonging to them on the Day of Judgement. Behold! truly throngdoers are in a lasting Penalty!"

6. And no protectors have they to help them, other than God: and fo

ny whom God leaves to stray, there is no way (to the Goal).

7. Hearken ye to your Lord, before there come a Day which ther

ll be no putting back, because of (the ordainment of) God! Thay there will be for you no place of refuge nor will there be for yo

ny room for denial (of your sins)!

8. If then they turn away, We have not sent thee as a guard ove

em. Thy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when W

ve man a taste of Mercy from Ourselves, He doth exult thereat, bhen some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which H



ands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!

9. To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. H

eates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male o

male according to His Will (and Plan).

0. Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barrehom He will: for He is Full of knowledge and power.

. It is not fitting for a man that God should speak to him except b

spiration, of from behind a veil, or by the sending of a Messenge

reveal, with God's permission, what God wills: for He is Most Hig

ost Wise.

2. And thus have We, by Our command, sent inspiration to thee

ou knowest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Fait

ut We have made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such

ur servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to th

raight Way -—

3. The Way of God, to whom belongs whatever is in the heaven

nd whatever is on earth: Behold (how) all affairs tend towards God





Surah 43 - Al Zukhruf (The GoldAdornment)


Ha Mim.

By the Book that makes things clear -—

We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able t

nderstand (and learn wisdom).

And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high (i

gnity), full of wisdom.

Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel (you

r that ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds?

But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples

d?

And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.

So We destroyed (them) -- stronger in power than these -- anhus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.

If thou wert to question them, 'Who created the heavens and th

arth?' They would be sure to reply, 'They were created by (Him), th

xalted in Power, Full of knowledge' -—

0. (Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth (like a carpepread out, and has made for you roads (and channels) therein,



der that ye may find guidance (on the way);

. That sends down (from time to time rain from the sky in du

easure; and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even s

ll ye be raised (from the dead) -—

2. That has created pairs in all things, and has made for you shipnd cattle on which ye ride,

3. In order that ye may sit firm and square on their backs, and whe

o seated, ye may celebrate the (kind) favor of your Lord, and sa

Glory to Him Who has subjected these to Our (use), for We cou

ever have accomplished this (by ourselves).

4. "And to Our Lord, surely, Must We turn back!"

5. Yet they attribute to some of His servants a share with Him (

s godhead)! Truly is man a blasphemous ingrate avowed!

6. What! Has He taken Daughters out of what He Himself creatend granted to you sons for choice?

7. When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) what h

ets up as a likeness to (God) Most Gracious, his face darkens, an

e is filled with inward grief!

8. Is then one brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a cleaccount in a dispute (to be associated with God)?

9. And they make into females angels who themselves serve God

d they witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded, an

ey will be called to account!

0. ("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (God) Most GraciouWe should not have worshipped such (deities)!" of that they have n



nowledge! They Do nothing but lie!

. What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they ar

olding fast?

2. Nay! they say: "We found Our fathers following a certain religio

nd We do guide ourselves by their footsteps."

3. Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee

ny people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found O

thers following a certain religion, and We will certainly follow in the

otsteps."

4. He said: "What! even if I brought you better guidance than thhich ye found your fathers following?" They said: "For us, We den

at ye (prophets) are sent (on a mission at all)."

5. So We exacted retribution from them: now see what was the en

those who rejected (Truth)!

6. Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: "I do indee

ear myself of what ye worship:

7. "(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guid

e."

8. And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came aftem, that they may turn back (to God).

9. Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) an

eir fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and a Messenge

aking things clear.

0. But when the Truth came to them, they said: "This is sorcery, anWe do reject it."



. Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leadin

an in either of the two (Chief) cities?"

2. Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of thy Lord? It is W

Who portion out between them their livelihood in the life of this worl

nd We raise some of them above others in ranks, so that somay command work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord is bette

an the (wealth) which they amass.

3. And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way o

e, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (God

ost Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways o

hich to go up.

4. And (silver) doors to their houses, and thrones (of silver) o

hich they could recline,

5. And also adornments of gold. But all this were nothing bu

onveniences of the present life: the Hereafter, in the sight of thord, is for the Righteous.

6. If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of (God) Mo

racious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimat

ompanion to him.

7. Such (evil ones) really hinder them from the Path, but they thinat they are being guided aright!

8. At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his ev

ompanion): "Would that between me and thee were the distance

ast and West!" Ah! Evil is the companion (indeed)!

9. When ye have done wrong, it will avail you nothing, that day, thae shall be partners in punishment!



0. Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction to th

nd or to such as (wander) in manifest error?

. Even if We take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retributio

om them.

2. Or We shall show thee that (accomplished) which We hav

omised them: for verily We shall prevail over them.

3. So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee: verily tho

t on Straight Way.

4. The (Qur'an) is indeed the Message, for thee and for thy peoplnd soon shall ye (all) be brought to account.

5. And question thou Our messengers whom We sent before the

d We appoint any deities other than (God) Most Gracious, to b

orshipped?

6. We did send Moses aforetime, with Our Signs, to Pharaoh ans Chiefs: he said, "I am an messenger of the Lord of the Worlds."

7. But when he came to them with Our Signs, behold, they ridicule

em.

8. We showed them Sign after Sign, each grater then its fellow, anWe seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (t

s).

9. And they said, "O thou Sorcerer! invoke thy Lord for us accordin

His covenant with thee; for We shall truly accept guidance."

0. But when We removed the Penalty from them, behold, they brokeir word.



. And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O m

eople! does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witnes

ese streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye n

en?

2. "Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretc

nd can scarcely express himself clearly?

3. "Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him or (wh

ome (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?"

4. Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: Tru

ere they a people rebellious (against God).

5. When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution fro

em, and We drowned them all -—

6. And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example t

ter ages.

7. When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behol

y people raise a clamor thereat (in ridicule)!

8. And they say, "Are Our gods best, or He?" This they set forth t

ee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.

9. He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favor to himnd We made him an example to the Children of Israel.

0. And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst yo

ucceeding each other on the earth.

. And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (oudgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow y

e: this is a Strai ht Wa .



2. Let not the Evil One hinder you: for he is to you an enem

vowed.

3. When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I com

you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of th

oints) on which ye dispute: therefore fear God and obey me.

4. "For God; He is my Lord and your Lord: so worship ye Him: th

a Straight Way."

5. But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement: the

oe to the wrongdoers, from the Penalty of a Grievous Day!

6. Do they only wait for the Hour -- that it should come on them all

sudden, while they perceive not?

7. Friends on that Day will be foes, one to another, except th

ghteous.

8. My devotees! no fear shall be on you that Day, nor shall ye griev

—

9. (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs and bowed (the

lls to Ours) in Islam.

0. Enter ye the Garden, ye and your wives, in (beauty and) rejoicing

. To them will be passed round, dishes and goblets of gold: ther

ll be there all that the souls could desire, all that the eyes cou

elight in: and ye shall abide therein (for aye).

2. Such will be the Garden of which ye are made heirs for yo

ood) deeds (in life).



3. Ye shall have therein abundance of fruit, from which ye shall hav

atisfaction.

4. The Sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (fo

ye):

5. Nowise will the (punishment) be lightened for them, and espair will they be there overwhelmed.

6. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have bee

njust themselves.

7. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put and end to us!" H

ll say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"

8. Verily We have brought the truth to you: but most of you have

atred for Truth.

9. What! have they settled some Plan (among themselves)? But it

We Who settle things.

0. Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their priva

ounsels? Indeed (We do), and Our Messengers are by them, t

cord.

. Say: "If (God) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first t

orship."

2. Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of th

hrone (of Authority)! (He is free) from the things they attribute (t

m)!

3. So leave them to babble and play (with vanities) until they me

at Day of theirs, which they have been promised.



4. It is He Who is God in heaven and God on earth; and He is full o

Wisdom and Knowledge.

5. And blessed is He to Whom belongs the dominion of th

eavens and the earth, and all between them: with Him is th

nowledge of the Hour (of Judgment): And to Him shall ye be broug

ack.

6. And those whom they invoke besides God have no power o

tercession; only he who bears witness to the Truth, and they kno

im).

7. If thou ask them, Who Created them, they will certainly say, God

ow then are they deluded away (from the Truth)?

8. (God has knowledge) of the (Prophet's) cry, "O my Lord! tru

ese are a people who will not believe!"

9. But turn away from them, and say "Peace!" but soon shall the

now!





Surah 44 - Al Dukhan (The Smoke)


Ha Mim.

By the Book that makes things clear -—

We sent it down during a blessed night: for We (ever) wish to wa

gainst Evil).

In that (night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,

By command, from Our presence. For We (ever) sen

evelations),

As a Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if y

ut) have an assured faith.

There is no god but He: it is He Who gives life and gives death

e Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.

Yet they play about in doubt.

0. Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind

moke (or mist) plainly visible.

. Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

2. (They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us for We dally believe!"



3. How shall the Message be (effectual) for them, seeing that

essenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them -—

4. Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a ma

ossessed!"

5. We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye wvert (to your ways).

6. One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught We w

deed (then) exact Retribution!

7. We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came tem and messenger most honorable,

8. Saying: "Restore to me the servants of God: I am to you a

essenger worthy of all trust;

9. "And be not arrogant as against God: for I come to you wi

uthority manifest.

0. "For me, I have sought Safety with my Lord and your Lor

gainst your injuring me.

. "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."

2. (But they were aggressive): then he cried to his Lord: "These adeed a people given to sin."

3. (The reply came): "March forth with My servants by night: for y

e sure to be pursued.

4. "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided). For they are a hoestined) to be drowned."



5. How many were the gardens and springs they left behind.

6. And corn-fields and noble buildings.

7. And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had take

uch delight!

8. Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (thos

ings)!

9. And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor wer

ey given a respite (again).

0. We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliatinunishment,

. Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) amon

ordinate transgressors.

2. And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

3. And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial.

4. As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

5. "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not b

ised again.

6. "Then bring (back) our forefathers if what ye say is true!"

7. What! are they better than the people of Tubba and those wh

ere before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty

n.

8. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them



erely in (idle) sport:

9. We created them not except for just ends: but most of them d

ot understand.

0. Verily the Day of Sorting Out is the time appointed for all of them

—

. The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and n

elp can they receive.

2. Except such as receive God's Mercy: for He is exalted in Migh

ost Merciful.

3. Verily the tree of Zaqqum

4. Will be the food of the Sinful -—

5. Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides,

6. Like the boiling of scalding water.

7. (A voice will cry:) "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst o

e Blazing Fire!

8. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water;

9. "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou Mighty, full of honor!

0. "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

. As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

2. Among Gardens and Springs;

3. Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, the will face each othe



4. So; and We shall Join them to Companions with beautiful, bi

nd lustrous eyes.

5. There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

6. Nor will they there taste Death, except the first Death; and He weserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire

7. As a Bounty from thy Lord! That will be the suprem

chievement!

8. Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in orde

at they may give heed.

9. So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.





Surah 45 - Al Jathiyah (TheKneeling Down)


Ha Mim.

The revelation of the Book is from God, the Exalted in power, Fu

Wisdom.

Verily in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those whelieve.

And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals ar

cattered (through the earth), are Signs for those of assured Faith.

And in the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that Go

ends down Sustenance from the sky, and revives therewith th

arth after its death, and the change of the winds, are Signs for thos

at are wise.

Such are the Signs of God, which We rehearse to thee in trut

en in what exposition will they believe after (rejecting) God and H

gns?

Woe to each sinful Dealer in Falsehoods:

He hears the Signs of God rehearsed to him, yet is obstinate an

fty, as if he had not heard them: then announce to him a Penal

rievous!

And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jes



r such there will be a humiliating Penalty.

0. In front of them is Hell: and of no profit to them is anything the

ay have earned, nor any protectors they may have taken t

emselves besides God: for them is a tremendous Penalty.

. This is (true) Guidance: and for those who reject the Signs oeir Lord, is a grievous Penalty of abomination.

2. It is God Who has subjected the sea to you, that ships may sa

rough it by His command, that ye may seek of His Bounty, and tha

e may be grateful.

3. And He has subjected to you, as from Him, all that is in theavens and on earth: behold, in that are Signs indeed for those wh

flect.

4. Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forwar

the Days of God: it is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) eac

eople according to what they have earned.

5. If anyone does a righteous deed, it enures to the benefit of h

wn soul; if he does evil, it works against (His own soul). In the en

ll ye (all) be brought back to your Lord.

6. We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel the Book, th

ower of Command, and Prophethood; We gave them, foustenance, things good and pure; and We favored them above th

ations.

7. And We granted them clear Signs in affairs (of Religion): it wa

nly after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell int

chisms, through insolent envy among themselves. Verily thy Lorll judge between them on the Day of Judgement as to thos

atters in which the set u differences.



8. Then We put thee on the (right) Way of Religion: so follow tho

at (Way), and follow not the desires of those who know not.

9. They will be of no use to thee in the sight of God: it is on

Wrongdoers (that stand as) protectors, one to another: but God

e Protector of the Righteous.

0. These are clear evidences to men, and a Guidance and Mercy t

ose of assured Faith.

. What! do those who seek after evil ways think that We shall ho

em equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds, th

qual will be their Life and their death? Ill is the judgment that the

ake.

2. God created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in orde

at each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, an

one of them be wronged.

3. Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own va

esire? God has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and seale

s hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover o

s sight. Who, then, will guide him after God (has withdraw

uidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?

4. And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shae and we live, and nothing but Time can destroy us." But of tha

ey have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

5. And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the

gument is nothing but this: they say, "Bring (back) our forefathers,

hat ye say is true!"

6. Sa : "It is God Who ives ou life then ives ou death then H



ll gather you together for the Day of Judgement about which ther

no doubt": but most men do not understand.

7. To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, an

e Day that the Hour of Judgment is established -- that Day will th

ealers in Falsehood perish!

8. And thou wilt see every sect bowing the knee: every sect will b

alled to its Record: "This Day shall ye be recompensed for all th

e did!

9. "This Our Record speaks about you with truth: for We were wo

put on record all that ye did."

0. Then, as to those who believed and did righteous deeds, the

ord will admit them to His Mercy: that will be the Achievement for a

see.

. But as to those who reject God, (to them will be said): "Were n

ur Signs rehearsed to you? But ye were arrogant, and were eople given to sin!

2. "And when it was said that the promise of God was true, and th

e Hour -- there was no doubt about its (coming), ye used to say

We know not what is the Hour: we only think it is an idea, and w

ave no firm assurance.'"

3. Then will appear to them the evil (fruits) of what they did, and the

ll be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!

4. It will also be said: "This Day We will forget you as ye forgot th

eeting of this Day of yours! And your abode is the Fire, and n

elpers have ye!

5. "This, because e used to take the Si ns of God in est, and th



e of the world deceived you." (From) the Day, therefore, they sha

ot be taken out thence, nor shall they be received into Grace.

6. Then Praise be to God, Lord of the heavens and Lord of th

arth, Lord and Cherisher of all the worlds!

7. To Him be Glory throughout the heavens and the earth: and He xalted in Power, Full of Wisdom!





Surah 46 - Al Ahqaf (Winding Sand-racts)


Ha Mim.

The revelation of the Book is from God the Exalted in Power, Fu

Wisdom.

We created not the heavens and the earth and all between theut for just ends, and for a term appointed: but those who reject Fai

rn away from that whereof they are warned.

Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides God? Show me wh

s they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens

ring me a Book (revealed) before this, or any remnant nowledge (ye may have), if ye are telling the truth!"

And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides God, suc

s will not answer him to the Day of Judgement, and who (in fact) ar

nconscious of their call (to them)?

And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrectioney will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!

When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelieve

ay, of the Truth when it comes to them: "This is evident sorcery!"

Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "Had I forged it, then ca

e obtain no single (blessing) for me from God. He knows best

at whereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He for a witness betwee



e and you! And He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among th

essengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you

llow but that which is revealed to me by inspiration: I am but

Warner open and clear."

0. Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from God, and ye reject it, an

witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similari

with earlier scriptures), and has believed while ye are arrogant, (ho

njust ye are!) truly, God guides not a people unjust."

. The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this Message

ere a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, befo

s!" and seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say

This is an (old), old falsehood!"

2. And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a merc

nd this Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish th

njust, and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.

3. Verily those who say, "Our Lord is God," and remain firm (on tha

ath) -- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

4. Such shall be Companions of the Garden, dwelling Therein (fo

ye): a recompense for their (good) deeds.

5. We have enjoined on man Kindness to his parents: in pain d

s mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carryin

the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length

hen he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, h

ays, "O my Lord! grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favor whic

hou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and thaay work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and b



acious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do

ow (to Thee) in Islam."

6. Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deed

nd pass by their ill deeds: (they shall be) among the Companions

e Garden: a promise of truth, which was made to them (in this life)

7. But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do y

old out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even thoug

enerations have passed before me (without rising again)?" An

ey two seek God's aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! hav

aith! For the promise of God is true." But he says, "This is nothin

ut tales of the ancients!"

8. Such are they against whom is proved the Sentence among th

evious generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; fo

ey will be (utterly) lost.

9. And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds whic

ey (have done), and in order that (God) may recompense theeeds, and no injustice be done to them.

0. And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before th

re, (it will be said to them): "Ye received your good things in the lif

the world, and ye took your pleasure out of them: but today shall y

e recompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye wer

rogant on earth without just cause, and that ye (eve

ansgressed."

. Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: behold, he warned h

eople about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been Warner

efore him and after him: "Worship ye none other than God: truly

ar for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day."



2. They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from Ou

ods? Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou do

reaten us, if thou art telling the truth!"

3. He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with God

oclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: but I see tha

e are a people in ignorance!"...

4. Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of ) a clou

aversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "Th

oud will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (calamity) ye were asking to b

astened! -- a wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!

5. "Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!" Then b

e morning they -- nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) the

ouses! Thus do We recompense those given to sin!

6. And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) powe

hich We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowe

em with (faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of nofit to them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart an

tellect, when they went on rejecting the Signs of God; and they we

ompletely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!

7. We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and W

ave shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).

8. Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom the

orshipped as gods, besides God, as a means of access (to God

ay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their Falsehood and the

vention.

9. Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietltening to the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, the



aid, "Listen in silence!" When the (reading) was finished, the

turned to their people, to warn (them of their sins).

0. They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed afte

oses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Tru

nd to a Straight Path.

. "O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you) to God, an

elieve in him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you from

enalty Grievous.

2. "If any does not hearken to the one who invites (Us) to God, h

annot frustrate (God's Plan) on earth, and no protectors can he hav

esides God such men (wander) in manifest error."

3. See they not that God, Who created the heavens and the eart

nd never wearied with their creation, is able to give life to the dead

ea, verily He has power over all things.

4. And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before thre, (they will be asked,) "Is this not the Truth? "They will say, "Yea

y our Lord!" (One will say:) "Then taste ye the Penalty, for that y

ere wont to deny (Truth)!"

5. Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) messengers

flexible purpose; and be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). O

e Day that they see the (Punishment) promised them, (it will be ) athey had not tarried more than an hour in a single day. (Thine bu

proclaim the Message: but shall any be destroyed except thos

ho transgress?





Surah 47 - Muhammad


Those who reject God and hinder (men) from the Path of Goeir deeds will God render astray (From their mark).

But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, an

elieve in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad-for it is the Trut

om their Lord, He will remove from them their ills and improve the

ondition.

This because those who reject God follow vanities, while thos

ho believe follow the Truth from their Lord: Thus does God set fort

r men their lessons by similitudes.

Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at the

ecks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind ond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity o

nsom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are y

ommanded): but if it had been God's Will, He could certainly hav

xacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight)

der to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in th

ay of God, He will never let their deeds be lost.

Soon will He guide them and improve their condition.

And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them

O ye who believe! if ye will aid (the cause of) God, He will aid yo

nd plant your feet firmly.



But those who reject (God), for them is destruction, and (God) w

nder their deeds astray (from their mark).

That is because they hate the Revelation of God; so He has mad

eir deeds fruitless.

0. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End ose before them (who did evil)? God brought utter destruction o

em, and similar (fates await) those who reject God.

. That is because God is the Protector of those who believe, bu

ose who reject God have no protector.

2. Verily God will admit those who believe and do righteous deedsGardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject God w

njoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be the

bode.

3. And how many cities, with more power than thy city which ha

iven thee out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? And there waone to aid them.

4. Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better tha

ne to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such a

llow their own lusts?

5. (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous aomised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible: rivers of milk of whic

e taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; an

vers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds

uits, and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) b

ompared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given,

ink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?

6. And amon them are men who listen to thee but in the end whe



ey go out from thee, they say to those who have receive

nowledge: "What is it he said just then?" Such are men whos

earts God has sealed, and who follow their own lusts.

7. But to those who receive Guidance, He increases (the light o

uidance, and bestows on them their Piety and Restraint (from evil

8. Do they then only wait for the Hour, that it should come on them

sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when

ctually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?

9. Know, therefore, that there is no god but God, and as

rgiveness for the fault, and for the men and women who believe: food knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.

0. Those who believe say, "Why is not a Surahh sent down (fo

s)?" But when a Surah of basic or categorical meaning is reveale

nd fighting is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hear

a disease looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at th

pproach of death: but more fitting for them -—

. Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter

solved on, it were best for them if they were true to God.

2. Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye will do no mischief in th

nd, and break your ties of kith and kin?

3. Such are the men whom God has cursed for He has made the

eaf and blinded their sight.

4. Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or ar

eir hearts locked up by them?

5. Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clear

hown to them the Evil One has insti ated them and buo ed the



p with false hopes.

6. This, because they said to those who hate what God ha

vealed, "We will obey you in part of (this) matter;" but God know

eir (inner) secrets.

7. But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, anmite their faces and their backs?

8. This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath

od, and they hated God's good pleasure; so He made their deed

no effect.

9. Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that God will ning to light all their rancor?

0. Had We so willed, We could have shown them up to thee, an

ou shouldst have known them by their marks: but surely thou w

now them by the tone of their speech! And God knows All that y

o.

. And We shall try you until We test those among you who striv

eir utmost and persevere in patience; and We shall try you

ported (mettle).

2. Those who reject God, hinder (men) from the Path of God, an

sist the Messenger, after Guidance has been clearly shown tem, will not injure God in the least, but He will make their deeds

o effect.

3. O ye who believe! obey God, and obey the Messenger, an

ake not vain your deeds!

4. Those who reject God, and hinder (men) from the Path of Go

en die re ectin God, God will not for ive them.



5. Be not weary and faint-hearted crying for peace. When ye shou

e Uppermost: for God is with you, and will never put you in loss fo

our (good) deeds.

6. The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believ

nd guard against evil, He will grant you your recompense, and wot ask you (to give up) your possessions.

7. If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye wou

ovetously withhold, and He would bring out all your ill-feeling.

8. Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in th

ay of God: but among you are some that are niggardly. But any whe niggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But God

ee of all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from th

ath), He will substitute in your stead another people; then the

ould not be like you!





Surah 48 - Al Fath (The Victory)


Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:

That God may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those t

llow; fulfil His favor to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;

And that God may help thee with powerful help.

It is He who sent down Tranquillity into the hearts of the Believerat they may Add Faith to their Faith; for to God belong the Force

the heavens and the earth; and God is full of Knowledge an

Wisdom;

That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Garden

eneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove thes from them; and that is, in the sight of God, the highe

chievement (For man)

And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and th

olytheists, men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of Go

n them is a round of Evil: the Wrath of God is on them: He ha

ursed them and got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for estination.

For to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; an

od is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.

We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidingsnd as a Warner:



In order that ye (o men) may believe in God and His Messenge

at ye may assist and honor Him, and celebrate his praises mornin

nd evening.

0. Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than plig

eir fealty to God: the Hand of God is over their hands: Then anyon

ho violates His oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, annyone who fulfills what he has covenanted with God, God will soo

ant him a great Reward.

. The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We wer

ngaged in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families; d

ou then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what ot in their hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene

n your behalf with God, if His will is to give you some loss or to giv

ou some profit? but God is well acquainted with all that ye do.

2. "Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers wou

ever return to their families; this seemed pleasing in your heart

nd ye conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (ckedness)."

3. And if any believe not in God and His Messenger, We hav

epared, for those who reject God, a Blazing Fire!

4. To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: H

rgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but God


5. Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) marc

nd take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish t

hange God's decree: Say: "Not thus will ye follow us: God ha

ready declared (this) beforehand": then they will say, "but ye aralous of us." Nay, but little do they understand (such things).



6. Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall b

ummoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war: the

hall ye fight, or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Go

ll grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before

e will punish you with a grievous Penalty."

7. No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lam

or on one ill (if he joins not the war): but he that obeys God and H

essenger, (God) will admit him to Gardens beneath which river

ow; and he who turns back, (God) will punish him with a grievou

enalty.

8. God's Good Pleasure was on the believers when they sworealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, an

e sent down tranquillity to them, and He rewarded them with

peedy Victory;

9. And many gains will they acquire (besides): and God is Exalte

Power, Full of Wisdom.

0. God has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and H

as given you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands

en from you; that it may be a Sign for the Believers, and that H

ay guide you to a Straight Path;

. And other gains (there are), which are not within your power, buhich God has compassed: and God has power over all things.

2. If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn the

acks; then would they find neither protector nor helper.

3. (Such has been) the practice. (Approved) of God already in th

ast: no change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.



4. And it is He who has restrained their hands from you and you

and from them in the midst of Mecca, after that He gave you th

ctory over them. And God sees well all that ye do.

5. They are the ones who denied revelation and hindered you fro

e Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained fro

aching their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing mend believing women whom ye did not know that ye were tramplin

own and on whose account a crime would have accrued to yo

thout (your) knowledge. (God would have allowed you to force yo

ay, but He held back your hands) that He may admit to His merc

hom He will. If they had been apart, We should certainly hav

unished the Unbelievers among them with a grievous punishment.

6. While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant-th

eat and cant of Ignorance, God sent down His tranquillity to H

essenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to th

ommand of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worth

it. And God has full knowledge of all things.

7. Truly did God fulfil the vision for His Messenger: Ye shall ente

e Sacred Mosque, if God wills, with minds secure, heads shave

air cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, an

e granted, besides this, a speedy victory.

8. It is He who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and theligion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Go

r a Witness.

9. Muhammad is the Messenger of God; and those who are wi

m are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate among

ach other. Thou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (

ayer), seeking Grace from God and (His) Good Pleasure. On theces are their marks, (being) the traces of their prostration. This



eir similitude in the Torah; and their similitude in the Gospel is: lik

seed which sends forth its blade, then makes it strong; it the

ecomes thick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the sowers wi

onder and delight. As a result, it fills the Unbelievers with rage a

m. God has promised those among them who believe and d

ghteous deeds Forgiveness, and a great Reward.





Surah 49 - Al Hujurat (TheChambers)


O ye who believe! put not yourselves forward before God and H

essenger: But fear God: for God is He who hears and knows a

ings.

O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of th

rophet, nor speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud ne another, lest your deeds become vain and ye perceive not.

Those that lower their voice in the presence of God's Messenge

eir hearts has God tested for piety: for them is Forgiveness and

eat Reward.

Those who shout out to thee from without the Inner Apartment

ost of them lack understanding.

If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them,

ould be best for them: but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

O ye who believe! if a wicked person comes to you with any newscertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterward

ecome full of repentance for what ye have done.

And know that among you is God's Messenger: were he, in man

atters, to follow your (wishes), ye would certainly fall into misfortun

ut God has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful our hearts, and He has made hateful to you unbelief, wickednes

nd rebellion: such indeed are those who walk in ri hteousness -8.



ace and favor from God; and God is full of Knowledge an

Wisdom.

If two parties among the Believers fall into a quarrel make y

eace between them: but if one of them transgresses beyon

ounds against the other, then fight ye (all) against the one tha

ansgresses until it complies with the command of God; but if omplies, then make peace between them with justice, and be fa

r God loves those who are fair (and just).

0. The believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace an

conciliation between your two (contending) brothers: And fear Go

at ye may receive Mercy.

. O ye who believe! let not some men among you laugh at others:

ay be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let som

omen laugh at others: it may be that the (latter) are better than th

ormer): nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call eac

her by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connotin

ckedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And thosho do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong.

2. O ye who believe! avoid suspicion as much (as possible): fo

uspicion in some cases is a sin: and spy not on each other, no

peak ill of each other behind their backs. Would any of you like t

at the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it... But feaod: for God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

3. O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and

male, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may kno

ach other (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the mo

onored of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteou

you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with aings).



4. The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; bu

e (only) say, 'We have submitted our wills to God.' For not yet ha

aith entered your hearts. But if ye obey God and His Messenge

e will not belittle aught of your deeds: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful."

5. Only those are Believers who have believed in God and H

essenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven wit

eir belongings and their persons in the Cause of God: Such are th

ncere ones.

6. Say: "What! Will ye instruct God about your Religion?" but Go

nows all that is in the heavens and on earth: He has full knowledgall things.

7. They impress on thee as favor that they have embraced Islam

ay, "Count not your Islam as a favor upon me: Nay, God ha

onferred a favor upon you that He has guided you to the Faith, if y

e true and sincere.

8. "Verily God knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth: an

od sees well all that ye do."





Surah 50 - Qaf


Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's Messenger).

But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from

mong themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderf

ing!

"What! when we die and become dust, (shall we live again?). Th

a (sort of) Return far (from our understanding)."

We already know how much of them the earth takes away: with U

a Record guarding (the full account).

But they deny the truth when it comes to them: So they are in

onfused state.

Do they not look at the sky above them? How We have made

nd adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?

And the earth-We have spread it out, and set thereon mountain

anding firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (

airs) -8. To be observed and commemorated by every devoterning (to God).

And We send down from the sky Rain charged with blessing, an

We produce therewith Gardens and Grain for harvests;

0. And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, pile

ne over another -—



. As sustenance for (God's) Servants; and We give (new) lif

erewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.

2. Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the people of Noa

e Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,

3. The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the Brethren of Lut,

4. The companions of the Wood, and the people of Tubba; eac

ne (of them) rejected the messengers, and My warning was du

lfilled (in them).

5. Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be

onfused doubt about a new Creation?

6. It was We who created man and We know what da

uggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him tha

is) jugular vein.

7. Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doingarn (and not them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.

8. Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (

ote it).

9. And the stupor of death will bring truth (before his eyes): "Th

as the thing which thou wast trying to escape!"

0. And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereo

arning (had been given).

. And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (ange

drive, and an (angel) to bear witness.

2. (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have W



moved thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!"

3. And his companion will say: "Here is (his record) ready with me

4. (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell eve

ontumacious Rejector (of God)! -—

5. "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, ca

oubts and suspicions;

6. "Who set up another god besides God: throw him into a sever

enalty."

7. His companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make hiansgress, but he was (himself) far astray."

8. He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I ha

ready in advance sent you Warning.

9. "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the lea

ustice to My Servants."

0. One Day We will ask Hell, "art thou filled to the full?" It will sa

re there any more (to come)?"

. And the Garden will be brought nigh to the righteous -- no more

ing distant.

2. (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you, fo

veryone who turned (to God) in sincere repentance, who kept (h

w).

3. "Who feared (God) Most Gracious unseen, and brought a hea

rned in devotion (to Him):



4. "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Etern

fe!"

5. There will be for them therein all that they wish, and mo

esides in Our Presence.

6. But how many generations before them did We destroy (for thens), stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through th

nd: Was there any place of escape (for them)?

7. Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart an

nderstanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth).

8. We created the heavens and the earth and all between them x Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.

9. Bear, then with patience, all that they say, and celebrate th

aises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its

etting,

0. And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, an

o likewise) after the postures of adoration.

. And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a plac

uite near -—

2. The day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth): thll be the day of Resurrection.

3. Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Fina

oal -—

4. The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurryin

ut: that will be a gathering together -- quite easy for Us.



5. We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overaw

em by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear M

Warning!





Surah 51 - Al Dhariyat (The WindsThat Scatter)


By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;

And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;

And those that flow with ease and gentleness;

And those that distribute and apportion by command -—

Verily that which ye are promised is true;

And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.

By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,

Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,

Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as wou

e deluded.

0. Woe to the falsehood-mongers -—

. Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:

2. They ask, "when will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"

3. (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire

4. "Taste ye your trial! this is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"



5. As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens an

prings,

6. Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because

efore then, they lived a good life.

7. They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,

8. And in the hours of early dawn, They (were found) praying fo

orgiveness;

9. And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the rig

the (needy), him who asked, and him who (for some reason) waevented (from asking).

0. On the earth are Signs for those of assured Faith,

. As also in your own selves: will ye not then see?

2. And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye aromised.

3. Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, a

uch as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.

4. Has the story reached thee, of the honored guests of Abraham?

5. Behold, they entered His presence, and said: "Peace!" He sai

Peace!" (and thought, "these seem) unusual people."

6. Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted cal

7. And placed it before them...He said, "Will ye not eat?"



8. (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They sai

ear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed wi

nowledge.

9. But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote he

rehead and said: "a barren old woman!"

0. They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full

Wisdom and Knowledge."

. (Abraham) said: "And what, o ye Messengers, is your erran

ow)?"

2. They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin -—

3. "To bring on, on them (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),

4. "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyon

ounds."

5. Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there.

6. But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in on

ouse:

7. And We left there a Signs for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.

8. And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him t

haraoh, with authority manifest.

9. But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcere

one possessed!"

0. So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea: ans was the blame.



. And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We se

gainst them the devastating Wind:

2. It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it t

in and rottenness.

3. And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were toldEnjoy (your brief day) for a little while!"

4. But they insolently defied the command of their Lord: so th

unning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they wer

oking on.

5. Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they he

emselves.

6. So were the people of Noah before them: for they wicked

ansgressed.

7. With the power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it We Who create the vastness of Space.

8. And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: how excellent

We do spread out!

9. And of everything We have created pairs: that ye may receiv

struction.

0. Hasten ye then (at once) to God: I am from Him a warner to yo

ear and open!

. And make not another an object of worship with God: I am from

m a Warner to you, clear and open!

2. Similarl , no messenger came to the Peoples before them, b



ey said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!

3. Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, the

e themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

4. So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.

5. But teach (thy Message): for teaching benefits the Believers.

6. I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve Me.

7. No sustenance do I require of them nor do I require that the

hould feed Me.

8. For God is He Who gives (all) Sustenance, Lord of Powe

teadfast (for ever).

9. For the wrongdoers, their portion is like unto the portion of the

llows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to haste

hat portion)!

0. Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that day of thei

hich they have been promised!





Surah 52 - Al Tur (The Mount)


By the Mount (of Revelation);

By a Decree Inscribed

In a Scroll unfolded;

By the much-frequented Fane;

By the Canopy Raised High;

And by the Ocean filled with Swell -—

Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass -8. There

one can avert it -—

On the day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.

0. And the mountain will fly hither and thither.

. Then woe that Day to those that treat (truth) as Falsehood -—

2. That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

3. That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly

4. "This," it will be said, "is the Fire -- which ye were wont to deny!

5. "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?

6. "Burn e therein: the same is it to ou whether e bear it wi



atience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own

eeds."

7. As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness

8. Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, an

eir Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.

9. (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health

ecause of your (good) deeds."

0. They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged

nks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful, big an

strous eyes.

. And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith

them shall We join their families: nor shall We deprive them (of th

uit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for h

eeds.

2. And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything the

hall desire.

3. They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup fre

frivolity, free of all taint of ill.

4. Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, youthandsome) as Pearls well-guarded.

5. They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.

6. They will say: "Aforetime, We were not without fear for the sak

our people.

7. "But God has been good to us, and has delivered us from th



enalty of the Scorching Wind.

8. "Truly we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, th

eneficent, the Merciful"

9. Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): For by th

race of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou onossessed.

0. Or do they say -- "A Poet! we await for him some calami

atched) by Time!"

. Say thou: "Await ye! I too will wait along with you!"

2. Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or ar

ey but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

3. Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they hav

o faith!

4. Let them then produce a recital like unto it -- if (it be) they spea

e Truth!

5. Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves th

eators?

6. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have nm belief.

7. Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they th

anagers (of affairs)?

8. Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heave

nd) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theioduce a manifest proof.



9. Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?

0. Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdene

th a load of debt? -—

. Or that the Unseen is in their hands, and they write it down?

2. Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Go

e themselves involved in a Plot!

3. Or have they a god other then God? exalted is God far above th

ings they associate with Him!

4. Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they wou

nly) say: "clouds gathered in heaps!"

5. So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of their

herein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror) -—

6. The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no hehall be Given them.

7. And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishmen

esides this: but most of them understand not.

8. Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou a

our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thoandest forth.

9. And for part of the night also praise thou Him -- and at the retrea

the stars!





Surah 53 - Al Najm (The Star)


By the Star when it goes down -—

Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled,

Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.

It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:

He was taught by one mighty in Power,

Endued with Wisdom: For he appeared (in stately form)

While he was in the highest part of the horizon:

Then he approached and came closer,

And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;

0. So did (God) convey the inspiration to His Servant -- (conveyed

hat He (meant) to convey.

. The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which h

aw.

2. Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?

3. For indeed he saw him at a second descent.

4. Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:



5. Near it is the Garden of Abode.

6. Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)

7. (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!

8. For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!

9. Have ye seen Lat, an Uzza,

0. And another, the third (goddess), Manat?

. What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?

2. Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!

3. These are nothing but names which ye have devised -- ye an

our fathers -- for which God has sent down no authority (whateve

hey follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!

ven though there has already come to them Guidance from the

ord!

4. Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?

5. But it is to God that the End and the Beginning (of all thing

elong.

6. How many so ever be the angels in the heavens, the

tercession will avail nothing except after God has given leave fo

hom He pleases and that he is acceptable to Him.

7. Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels wit

male names.

8. But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing b



onjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

9. Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message an

esire nothing but the life of this world.

0. That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lor

noweth best those who stray from His path, and He knoweth beose who receive guidance.

. Yea, to God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; s

at He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and H

wards those who do good, with what is best.

2. Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds. Only (fallinto) small faults, verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He know

ou well when He brings you out of the earth, and when ye are hidde

your mother's wombs, therefore justify not yourselves. He know

est who it is that guards against evil.

3. Seest thou one who turns back.

4. Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?

5. What! has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see?

6. Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the books of Moses -—

7. And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements? -—

8. Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden o

nother;

9. That man can have nothing but what he strives for;

0. That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight;



. Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;

2. That to thy Lord is the final Goal;

3. That it is He who Granteth Laughter and Tears;

4. That it is He who Granteth Death and Life;

5. That He did create in pairs -- male and female.

6. From a seed when lodged (in its place);

7. That He hath promised a Second Creation (raising of the Dead

8. That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;

9. That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star);

0. And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'A

eople),

. And the Thamud, nor gave them a lease of perpetual life.

2. And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) Mo

njust and most insolent transgressors.

3. And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom anomorrah),

4. So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.

5. Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou disput

bout?

6. This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!



7. The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:

8. No (soul) but God can lay it bare.

9. Do ye then wonder at this recital?

0. And will ye laugh and not weep -—

. Wasting your time in vanities?

2. But fall ye down in prostration to God, and adore (Him)!





Surah 54 - Al Qamar (The Moon)


The hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (bu

ansient magic."

They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but eve

atter has its appointed time.

There have already come to them Recitals wherein there

nough) to check (them),

Mature wisdom -- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not

Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The day that thaller will call (them) to a terrible affair.

They will come forth -- their eyes humbled -- from (their) grave

orpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! "Hard is th

ay!" the Unbelievers will say.

Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): the

jected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!" and h

as driven out.

0. Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do thou the

elp (me)!"



. So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

2. And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so th

aters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

3. But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulke

th palm-fibre:

4. She floats under Our eyes (and care): a recompense to one wh

ad been rejected (with scorn)!

5. And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there an

at will receive admonition?

6. But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

7. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand an

member: then is there any that will receive admonition?

8. The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was m

enalty and my Warning!

9. For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of viole

saster,

0. Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (fro

e ground).

. Yea, how (terrible) was my Penalty and my Warning!

2. But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand an


3. The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.



4. For they said: "what! a man! a solitary one from amon

urselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then b

raying in mind, and mad!

5. "Is It that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us

ay, he is a liar an insolent one!"

6. Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolen

ne!

7. For We will send the she camel by way of trial for them. So watc

em, (o Saleh), and possess thyself in patience!

8. And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: eacne's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

9. But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in han

nd hamstrung (her).

0. Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

. For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and the

ecame like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.



3. The People of Lut rejected (his) Warning.

4. We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stone

which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivere

y early Dawn -—

5. As a Grace from Us: Thus do We reward those who give thanks



6. And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they dispute

bout the Warning.

7. And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, b

We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and M

Warning."

8. Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

9. "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."



. To the people of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from

od).

2. The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them wi

uch Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to car

ut His Will.

3. Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? or have y

n immunity in the Sacred Books?

4. Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

5. Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show theacks.

6. Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for the

ll recompense): And that Hour will be Most grievous and mo

tter.

7. Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.



8. The day they will be dragged through the Fire on their face

hey will hear:) "Tastes ye the touch of Hell!"

9. Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

0. And Our command is but a single (Act), like the twinkling of a

ye.

. And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto yo

hen is there any that will receive admonition?

2. All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

3. Every matter, small and great, is on record.

4. As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens an

vers.

5. In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereig

mnipotent.





Surah 55 - Al Rahman (The MostGracious)


(God) Most Gracious!

It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.

He has created man:

He has taught him speech (and Intelligence)

The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;

And the herbs and the trees-both (alike) bow in adoration.

And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up thalance (of Justice)

In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.

So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.

0. It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:

. Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosin

ates):

2. Also corn with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and swee

melling plants.

3. Then which of the favors of our Lord will e den ?



4. He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery.

5. And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:

6. Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?

7. (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:


9. He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting togethe

0. Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:

. Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?

2. Out of them come Pearls and Coral:


4. And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty a

ountains:


6. All that is on earth will perish;

7. But will abide (forever) the Face of thy Lord, full of Majest

ounty and Honor.


9. Of Him seeks (its needs) every creature in the heavens and o

arth: every day in (new) Splendor doth He (shine)!




. Soon shall We settle your affairs, o both ye worlds!


3. O ye assembly of Jinns and men! if it be ye can pass beyond thones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authori

hall ye be able to pass!


5. On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to bur

nd a smoke (to choke): No defence will ye have:


7. When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:


9. On that day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to h

n.


. (For) the sinners will be known by their Marks: and they will b

eized by their forelocks and their feet.


3. This is the Hell which the Sinners deny.

4. In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wandeund!




6. But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (th

udgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens -—


8. Containing all kinds (of trees and delights) -—


0. In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);


2. In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.


4. They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of ric

ocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be Near (and easy of reach).


6. In them will be (Maidens), Chaste, restraining their glance

hom no man or Jinn before them has touched -—


8. Like unto rubies and coral.


0. Is there any Reward for Good -- other than Good?




2. And besides these two, there are two other Gardens -—


4. Dark green in color (from plentiful watering).


6. In them (each) will be two springs pouring forth water

ontinuous abundance:


8. In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:


0. In them will be fair (companions), good, beautiful -—


2. Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodl

avilions -—

3. Then which of the favor of your Lord will ye deny?

4. Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched -—


6. Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.


8. Blessed be the name of th Lord, full of Majest , Bount an



onor.





Surah 56 - Al Waqi'ah (Thenevitable)


When the event inevitable cometh to pass.

Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

(Many) will it bring low, (many) will it exalt;

When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

Becoming dust scattered abroad,

And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand -- what w

e the Companions of the Right Hand?

And the Companions of the left hand -- what will be th

ompanions of the Left Hand?

0. And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in th

ereafter).

. These will be those Nearest to God:

2. In Gardens of Bliss:

3. A number of eo le from those of old



4. And a few from those of later times.

5. (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and preciou

ones).

6. Reclining on them, facing each other.

7. Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness).

8. With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clea

owing fountains:

9. No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffetoxication:

0. And with fruits, any that they may select;

. And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.

2. And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrouyes -—

3. Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

4. A Reward for the Deeds of their past (Life).

5. No frivolity will they hear therein nor any taint of ill -—

6. Only the saying, "Peace! Peace."

7. The Companions of the Right Hand -- what will be th

ompanions of the Right Hand?

8. (They will be) among lote trees without thorns,



9. Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above anothe

—

0. In shade long-extended,

. By water flowing constantly,

2. And fruit in abundance,

3. Whose season is not limited nor (supply) forbidden,

4. And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

5. We have created (their Companions) of special creation.

6. And made them virgin-pure (and undefiled)

7. Beloved (by nature), equal in age -—

8. For the companions of the Right Hand.

9. A (goodly) number from those of old,

0. And a (goodly) number from those of later times.

. The Companions of the Left Hand-what will be the Companion

the Left Hand?

2. (They will be) in the midst of a fierce Blast of Fire and in Boilin

Water,

3. And in the shades of Black Smoke:

4. Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

5. For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (an



xury).

6. And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

7. And they used to say, "what! when we die and become dust an

ones, shall we then indeed be raised up again? -—

8. "(We) and our fathers of old?"

9. Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,

0. "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointe

r a Day Well-known.

. "Then will ye truly, o ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) a

alsehood!

2. "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.

3. "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

4. "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

5. "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!

6. Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

7. It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?

8. Do ye then see? -- the (human seed) -- that ye throw out, -—

9. Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?

0. We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are n

be frustrated



. From changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (Form

at ye know not.

2. And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why the

o ye not celebrate His praises?

3. See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?

4. Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?

5. Were it Our Will, we could crumble it to dry powder, and ye woul

e left in wonderment,

6. (Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):

7. "Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labor)."

8. See ye the water which ye drink?

9. Do ye bring it Down (in rain) from the Cloud, or do We?

0. Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): the

hy do ye not give thanks?

. See ye the Fire which ye kindle?

2. Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?

3. We have made it a memorial (of our handiwork), and an article

omfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.

4. Then celebrate with praises the name of the Lord, the Supreme

5. Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars -—

6. And that is indeed a might adjuration if e but knew -—



7. That this is indeed a Qur'an most honorable,

8. In a Book well-guarded,

9. Which none shall touch but those who are clean:

0. A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

. Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?

2. And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare

lse?

3. Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying ma

aches the throat -—

4. And ye the while (sit) looking on -—

5. But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not -—

6. Then why do you not -- if you are exempt from (future) account -—

7. Call back the soul, if ye are true (in your claim of Independence)

8. Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to God,

9. (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden elights.

0. And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,

. (For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee," from th

ompanions of the Right Hand.

2. And if he be of those who treat (truth) as Falsehood, who g



rong,

3. For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.

4. And burning in Hell-fire.

5. Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainty.

6. So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.





Surah 57 - Al Hadid (Iron)


Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praisend Glory of God: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; it

e Who gives life and Death; and He has Power over all things.

He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the immanent: and H

as full knowledge of all things.

He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, and

oreover firmly established on the Throne (of authority). He know

hat enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, wh

omes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is wit

ou wheresoever ye may be. And God sees well all that ye do.

To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and a

fairs are referred back to God.

He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and H

as full knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts.

Believe in God and His Messenger, and spend (in charity) out o

e (substance) whereof He has made you heirs. For, those of yo

ho believe and spend (in charity) -- for them is a great Reward.

What cause have ye why ye should not believe in God? -- And th

essenger invites you to believe in your Lord, and has indeed takeour Covenant, if ye are men of faith.



He is the One Who Sends to His Servants manifest Signs, that H

ay lead you from the depths of Darkness into the Light. And verily

od is to you Most Kind and Merciful.

0. And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the Cause

od? -- For to God belongs the heritage of the heavens and th

arth. Not equal among you are those who spent (freely) and foughefore the Victory, (with those who did so later). Those are higher

nk than those who spent (freely) and fought afterwards. But to a

as God promised a goodly (reward), and God is well-acquainte

th all that ye do.

. Who is he that will loan to God a beautiful Loan? For (God) wcrease it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liber

ward.

2. One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believin

omen how their Light runs forward before them and by their rig

ands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Da

ardens beneath which flow rivers! To dwell therein for aye! this deed the highest Achievement!"

3. One day will the Hypocrites -- men and women -- say to th

elievers: "Wait for us! let us borrow (a light) from your Light!" It w

e said: "turn ye back to your rear! then seek a light (where ye can)

o a wall will be put up betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it we Mercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (wrath and

unishment!

4. (Those without) will call out, "were we not with you?" (The other

ll reply, "True! but ye led yourselves into temptation; ye looke

rward (to our ruin); ye doubted (God's promise); and (your fals

esires deceived you; until there issued the Command of God. Ane Deceiver deceived you in respect of God.



5. "This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those wh

jected God. Your abode is the fire: That is the proper place t

aim you: and an evil refuge it is!"

6. Has not the time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in a

umility should engage in the remembrance of God and of the tru

hich has been revealed (to them) and that they should not becom

e those to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long age

assed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many amon

em are rebellious transgressors.

7. Know ye (all) that God giveth life to the earth after its death

ready have We shown the Signs plainly to you, that ye may leasdom.

8. For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Go

Beautiful Loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), an

ey shall have (besides) a liberal reward.

9. And those who believe in God and His messengers -- they ar

e Sincere (Lovers of truth), and the witnesses (who testify), in th

yes of their Lord: they shall have their Reward and their Light, b

ose who reject God and deny Our Signs -- they are th

ompanions of Hell-Fire.

0. Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play anmusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalr

mong yourselves, riches and children: Here is a similitude: Ho

in and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) th

ers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it become

y and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (fo

e devotees of wrong), and Forgiveness from God and (His) Gooeasure (for the devotees of God). And what is the life of this world

ut oods and chattels of dece tion?



. Be ye foremost (in seeking) forgiveness from your Lord, and

arden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of heaven an

arth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messenger

at is the Grace of God, which He bestows on whom He please

nd God is the Lord of Grace abounding.

2. No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but

corded in a decree before We bring it into existence: that is tru

asy for God:

3. In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by

or exult over favors bestowed upon you. For God loveth not an

ainglorious boaster -—

4. Such persons as are covetous and commend covetousness t

en. And if any turn back (from God's Way), verily God is free of a

eeds, worthy of all praise.

5. We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and seown with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), th

en may stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which

material for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, tha

od may test who it is that will help, unseen Him and H

essengers; for God is Full of Strength, exalted in Might (and able t

nforce His will).

6. And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their lin

rophethood and Revelation: and some of them were on rig

uidance, but many of them became rebellious transgressors.

7. Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Ou

essengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, anestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of thos



ho followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the monasticism

hich they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them

We commanded) only the seeking for the Good pleasure of Go

ut that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet W

estowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) rewar

ut many of them are rebellious transgressors.

8. O ye that believe! fear God, and believe in His messenger, an

e will bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provid

r you a light by which ye shall walk (straight in your path), and H

ll forgive you (your past): For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful:

9. That the People of the Book may know that they have no powehatever over the Grace of God, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in h

and, to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. For God is the Lord

race abounding.





Surah 58 - Al Mujadilah (TheWoman Who Pleads)


God has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of th

oman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carrie

er complaint (in prayer) to God: and God (always) hears th

guments between both sides among you: for God hears and see

ll things).

If any men among you divorce their wives by Zihar (calling the

others), they cannot be their mothers: none can be their mothe

xcept those who gave them birth. And in fact they use words (both

quitous and false: but truly God is one that blots out (sins),an

rgives (again and again).

But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go bac

n the words they uttered, (it is ordained that such a one) should fre

slave before they touch each other: this are ye admonished t

erform: and God is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.

And if any has not (the wherewithal), he should fast for two month

onsecutively before they touch each other. But if any is unable to d

o, he should feed sixty indigent ones. This, that ye may show you

ith in God and His Messenger. Those are limits (set by) God. Fo

ose who Reject (Him), there is a grievous Penalty.

Those who resist God and His Messenger will be humbled to dus

s were those before them: for We have already sent down cleagns. And the Unbelievers (will have) a humiliating Penalty, .



On the Day that God will raise them all up (again) and show the

e truth (and meaning) of their conduct. God has reckoned i

alue), though they may have forgotten it: for God is Witness to a

ings.

Seest thou not that God doth know (all) that is in the heavens an

n earth? There is not a secret consultation between three, but Hakes the fourth among them, nor between five but He makes th

xth, nor between fewer nor more, but He is in their mid

heresoever they be: in the end will He tell them the truth of the

onduct, on the Day of Judgment for God has full knowledge of a

ings.

Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidde

ecret counsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)

nd they hold secret counsels among themselves for iniquity an

ostility, and disobedience to the Messenger. And when they com

thee, they salute thee, not as God salutes thee, (but in crooke

ays): and they say to themselves, "Why does not God punish us fo

ur words?" Enough for them is Hell: in it will they burn, and evil

at destination!

O ye who believe! when ye hold secret counsel, do it not fo

quity and hostility, and disobedience to the Prophet; but do it fo

ghteousness and self-restraint; and fear God, to whom ye shall b

ought back.

0. Secret counsels are only (inspired) by the Evil One, in order tha

e may cause grief to the Believers; but he cannot harm them in th

ast, except as God permits; and on God let the Believers put the

ust.

. O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in th

ssemblies, (spread out and) make room: (Ample) room will Go



ovide for you. And when ye are told to rise up, rise up: God w

ise up, to (suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of you who believ

nd who have been granted Knowledge: and God is well-acquainte

th all ye do.

2. O ye who believe! When ye consult the Messenger in privat

pend something in charity before your private consultation. That we best for you, and most conducive to purity (of conduct). But if y

nd not (the wherewithal), God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

3. Is it that ye are afraid of spending sums in charity before you

ivate consultation (with him)? If, then ye do not so, and Go

rgives you, then (at least) establish regular prayer; practice regulaharity; and obey God and His Messenger: and God is we

cquainted will all that ye do.

4. Turnest thou not thy attention to those who turn (in friendship) t

uch as have the Wrath of God upon them? They are neither of yo

or of them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly.

5. God has prepared for them a severe Penalty: evil indeed ar

eir deeds.

6. They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): Thu

ey obstruct (men) from the Path of God: therefore shall they have

umiliating Penalty.

7. Of no profit whatever to them, against God, will be their riche

or their sons: They will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell there

or aye)!

8. One day will God raise them all up (for Judgment): then will the

wear to Him as they swear to you: and they think that they havomething (to stand upon): No, indeed! they are but liars!



9. The Evil One has got the better of them: So he has made the

se the remembrance of God. They are the Party of the Evil On

ruly, it is the Party of the Evil One that will perish!

0. Those who resist God and His Messenger will be among thos

ost humiliated.

. God has decreed: "It is I and My Messenger who must prevai

or God is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will.

2. Thou wilt not find any people who believe in God and the La

ay, loving those who resist God and His Messenger, even thoug

ey were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or thendred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, an

rengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them

Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever

od will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are th

arty of God. Truly it is the Party of God, that will achieve Felicity.





Surah 59 - Al Hashr (The Mustering



It is He who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Boo

om their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did y

ink that they would get out: and they thought that their fortresse

ould defend them from God! but the (wrath of) God came to theom quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror int

eir hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hand

nd the hands of the Believers. Take warning, then, o ye with eye

o see)!

And had it not been that God has decreed banishment for them

e would certainly have punished them in this world: and in thereafter they shall (certainly) have the Punishment of the Fire.

That is because they resisted God and His Messenger: and

nyone resists God, verily God is severe in Punishment.

Whether ye cut down (o ye Muslims!) the tender palm-trees, or y

ft them standing on their roots, it was by leave of God, and in orde

at He might cover with shame the rebellious transgressors.

What God has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken awa

om them -- for this ye made no expedition with either cavalry o

amelry: but God gives power to His messengers over any H

eases: and God has power over all things.



What God has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken awa

om the people of the townships, belongs to God, to His Messenge

nd to kindred and orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; in order th

may not (Merely) make a circuit between the wealth among you. S

ke what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves th

hich he withholds from you. And fear God; for God is strict

unishment.

(Some part is due) to the indigent Muhajirs, those who wer

xpelled from their homes and their property, while seeking Grac

om God and (His) Good pleasure, and aiding God and H

essenger: such are indeed the sincere ones -—

But those who, before them, had homes (in Medina) and ha

dopted the Faith, show their affection to such as came to them fo

fuge, and entertain no desire, in their hearts for things given to th

atter), but give them preference over themselves, even thoug

overty was their (own lot). And those saved from the covetousnes

their own souls, they are the ones that achieve prosperity.

0. And those who came after them say: "Our Lord! Forgive us, an

ur brethren who came before us into the Faith, and leave not, in ou

earts, rancor (or sense of injury) against those who have believe

ur Lord! Thou art indeed Full of Kindness, Most Merciful."

. Hast thou not observed the Hypocrites say to their misbelievinethren among the People of the Book? -- "If ye are expelled, W

o will go out with you, and we will never hearken to anyone in yo

fair; and if ye are attacked (in fight) we will help you." But God

tness that they are indeed liars.

2. If they are expelled, never will they go out with them; and if the

e attacked (in fight), they will never help them; and if they do heem, they will turn their backs; so they will receive no help.



3. Of a truth ye are stronger (than they) because of the terror in the

earts, (sent) by God. This is because they are men devoid

nderstanding.

4. They will not fight you (even) together, except in fortifie

wnships, or from behind walls. Strong is their fighting (spir

mongst themselves: thou wouldst think they were united, but the

earts are divided: that is because they are a people devoid

sdom.

5. Like those who lately preceded them, they have tasted the ev

sult of their conduct, and (in the Hereafter there is) for them

ievous Penalty -—

6. (Their allies deceived them), like the Evil One, when he says

an, "Deny God;" but when (man) denies God, (the Evil One) says,

m free of thee: I do fear God, the Lord of the Worlds!"

7. The end of both will be that they will go into the Fire, dwellin

erein for ever. Such is the reward of wrongdoers.

8. O ye who believe! Fear God, and let every soul look to wh

rovision) he has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear God: for Go

well-acquainted with (all) they ye do.

9. And be ye not like those who forget God; and He made themrget their own souls! such are the rebellious transgressors!

0. Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companion

the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden that will achiev

elicity.

. Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain verily, thou wouave seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of God, suc



e the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect

2. God is He, than whom there is no other god -- Who knows (a

ings) both secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

3. God is He, than whom there is no other god -- the sovereign, th

oly One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection). The Guardian aith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible

e Supreme: Glory to God! (high is He) above the partners the

tribute to Him.

4. He is God, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (o

olors). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: Whatever is in th

eavens and on earth, doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He

e exalted in Might, the Wise.





Surah 60 - Al Mumtahinah (ThatWhich Examines)


O ye who believe! take not My enemies and yours as friends (o

otectors) -- offering them (your) love, even though they hav

jected the Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary

iven out the Prophet and yourselves (from your homes), (simpl

ecause ye believe in God your Lord! If ye have come out to strive

y Way and to seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends

olding secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I kno

ll well all that ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you tha

oes this has strayed from the Straight Path.

If they were to get the better of you, they would behave to you a

nemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against yor evil; and they desire that ye should reject the Truth.

Of no profit to you will be your relatives and your children on th

ay of Judgment: He will judge between you: for God sees well an

at ye do.

There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham an

ose with him, when they said to their people: "We are clear of yo

nd of whatever ye worship besides God: we have rejected you, an

ere has arisen between us and you, enmity and hatred forever

nless ye believe in God and Him alone": But not when Abraham

aid to his father: "I will pray for forgiveness for thee, though I have n

ower (to get) aught on thy behalf from God." (They prayed): "Ouord! in Thee do we trust and to Thee do we turn in repentance:



hee is (our) final Goal.

"Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers, b

rgive us, our Lord! For Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

There was indeed in them an excellent example for you to follow

r those whose hope is in God and in the Last Day. But if any turway, truly God is Free of all Wants, Worthy of all Praise.

It may be that God will grant love (and friendship) between you an

ose whom ye (now) hold as enemies: for God has power (over a

ings); and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

God forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not foour) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly an

stly with them: for God loveth those who are just.

God only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for (you

aith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others)

iving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). such as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong.

0. O ye who believe! when there come to you believing wome

fugees, examine (and test) them: God knows best as to their Fait

ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to th

nbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor ar

e (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievehat they have spent (on their dower). And there will be no blame o

ou if ye marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold n

the guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye hav

pent on their dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what the

ave spent (on the dowers of women who come over to you). Such

e command of God: He judges (with justice) between you: and GoFull of Knowledge and Wisdom.



. And if any of your wives deserts you to the Unbelievers, and y

ave an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the othe

de), then pay to those whose wives have deserted the equivalent

hat they had spent (on their (dower): and fear God, in Whom y

elieve.

2. O Prophet! when believing women come to thee to take the oa

fealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thin

hatever with God, that they will not steal, that they will not comm

dultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their children, that the

ll not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood, and that they w

ot disobey thee in any just matter -- then do thou receive their fealty

nd pray to God for the forgiveness (of their sins): for God is Oforgiving, Most Merciful.

3. O ye who believe! turn not (for friendship) to people on whom

e Wrath of God. Of the Hereafter they are already in despair, ju

s the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves.





Surah 61 - Al Saff (The Battle Array



O ye who believe! why say ye that which ye do not?

Grievously odious is it in the sight of God that ye say that which y

o not.

Truly God loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as

ey were a solid cemented structure.

And remember, Moses said to his people: "O my people! why d

e vex and insult me, though ye know that I am the messenger of Go

ent) to you?" Then when they went wrong, God let their hearts grong: for God guides not those who are rebellious transgressors.

And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israe

am the messenger of God (sent) to you confirming the Law (whic

ame) before me, and giving glad Tidings of a Messenger to com

ter me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to the

th Clear Signs, they said, "This is evident sorcery!"

Who doth greater wrong than one who invents falsehood again

od, even as he is being invited to Islam? And God guides not thos

ho do wrong.

Their intention is to extinguish God's Light (by blowing) with theouths: but God will complete (the revelation of) His Light, eve



ough the Unbelievers may detest (it).

It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and th

eligion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, eve

ough the Pagans may detest (it).

0. O ye who believe! shall I lead you to a bargain that will save yoom a grievous Penalty? -—

. That ye believe in God and His Messenger, and that ye striv

our utmost) in the Cause of God, with your property and yo

ersons: that will be best for you, if ye but knew!

2. He will forgive you your sins, and admit you to Gardens beneahich rivers flow, and to beautiful mansions in Gardens of Eternit

at is indeed the supreme Achievement.

3. And another (favor will He bestow), which ye do love -- help from

od and a speedy victory: so give the Glad Tidings to the Believers

4. O ye who believe! be ye helpers of God: as said Jesus, the so

Mary, to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work o

od?" Said the Disciples, "We are God's helpers!" Then a portion

e Children of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: but W

ave power to those who believed against their enemies, and the

ecame the ones that prevailed.





Surah 62 - Al Jumu'ah (Friday)


Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praisend Glory of God -- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Exalted

ight, the Wise.

It is He Who has sent amongst the Unlettered a messenger fro

mong themselves, to rehearse to them His Signs, to sanctify them

nd to instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom -- although they haeen, before, in manifest error -—

As well as (to confer all these benefits upon) others of them, wh

ave not already joined them: and He is Exalted in Might, Wise.

Such is the Bounty of God, which He bestows on whom He wi

nd God is the Lord of the highest bounty.

The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligations

e) Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those (obligations

that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands the

ot). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of God: an

od guides not people who do wrong.

Say: "O ye that stand on Judaism! if ye think that ye are friends t

od, to the exclusion of (other) men, then express your desire fo

eath, if ye are truthful!"

But never will they express their desire (for Death), because of th

eeds) their hands have sent on before them! And God knows weose that do wrong!



Say: "The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then w

e be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He w

ll you (the truth of) the things that ye did!"

O ye who believe! when the call is proclaimed to prayer on Frida

he Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance o

od, and leave off business (and traffic): that is best for you if ye bnew!

0. And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse throug

e land, and seek of the Bounty of God: and celebrate the Praise

God often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.

. But when they see some bargain or some amusement, the

sperse headlong to it, and leave thee standing. Say: "Th

lessing) from the Presence of God is better than any amuseme

bargain! And God is the Best to provide (for all needs)."





Surah 63 - Al Munafiqun (TheHypocrites)


When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witnes

at thou art indeed the Messenger of God." Yea, God knoweth tha

ou art indeed His Messenger, and God beareth witness that th

ypocrites are indeed liars.

They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thuey obstruct (men) from the Path of God: truly evil are their deeds.

That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: so a se

as set on their hearts: therefore they understand not.

When thou lookest at them, their exteriors please thee; and wheey speak, thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless a

ollow) pieces of timber propped up, (unable to stand on their own

hey think that every cry is against them. They are the enemies; s

eware of them. The curse of God be on them! How are the

eluded (away from the Truth)!

And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of God way for your forgiveness," they turn aside their heads, and tho

ouldst see them turning away their faces in arrogance.

It is equal to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness or no

od will not forgive them. Truly God guides not rebelliou

ansgressors.

The are the ones who sa , "S end nothin on those who are wi



od's Messenger, to the end that they may disperse (and qu

adinah). But to God belong the treasures of the heavens and th

arth; but the Hypocrites understand not.

They say, "If we return to Madinah, surely the more honorab

lement) will expel there from the meaner." But honor belongs t

od and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocritenow not.

O ye who believe! let not your riches or your children divert yo

om the remembrance of God. If any act thus, the loss is their own.

0. And spend something (in charity) out of the substance which W

ave bestowed on you, before death should come to any of you an

e should say, "O my Lord! why didst thou not give me respite for

le while? I should then have given (largely) in charity, and I shou

ave been one of the doers of good."

. But to no soul will God grant respite when the time appointed (fo

has come: and God is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.





Surah 64 - Al Taghabun (TheMutual Loss and Gain)


Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praise

nd Glory of God: to Him belongs Dominion, and to Him belong

raise: and He has power over all things.

It is He Who has created you; and of you are some that a

nbelievers, and some that are Believers: and God sees well all the do.

He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, an

as given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him

e final Goal.

He knows what is in the heavens and on earth: and He knows wh

e conceal and what ye reveal: yes, God knows well the (secrets)

ll) hearts.

Has not the story reached you, of those who rejected Fai

oretime? So they tasted the evil result of their conduct; and the

ad a grievous Penalty.

That was because there came to them messengers with Clea

gns, but they said: "Shall (mere) human beings direct us?" So the

jected (the Message) and turned away. But God can do witho

hem): and God is free of all needs, worthy of all praise.

The Unbelievers think that they will not be raised up (fo

ud ment . Sa : "Yea, b m Lord, e shall surel be raised u : the



hall ye be told (the truth) of all that ye did. And that is easy for God.

Believe, therefore, in God and His Messenger, and in the Lig

hich We have sent down. And God is well-acquainted with all tha

e do.

The Day that He assembles you (all) for a day of Assembly -- thall be a day of mutual loss and gain (among you). And those wh

elieve in God and work righteousness -- He will remove from the

eir ills, and He will admit them to gardens beneath which rive

ow, to dwell therein forever: that will be the Supreme Achievement.

0. But those who reject Faith and treat Our Signs as falsehood

ey will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein for aye: and ev

that Goal.

. No kind of calamity can occur, except by the leave of God: and

nyone believes in God, (God) guides his heart (aright): for Go

nows all things.

2. So obey God, and obey His Messenger; but if ye turn back, th

uty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly an

penly.

3. God! there is no god but He: and on God, therefore, let th

elievers put their trust.

4. O ye who believe! truly, among your wives and your children ar

ome that are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if y

rgive and overlook, and cover up (their faults), verily God is Of


5. Your riches and your children may be but a trial: but in thresence of God, is the highest Reward.



6. So fear God as much as ye can; listen and obey; and spend

harity for the benefit of your own souls: and those saved from th

ovetousness of their own souls -- they are the ones that achiev

osperity.

7. If ye loan to God a beautiful loan, He will double it to your (credit

nd He will grant you Forgiveness: for God is most Ready ppreciate (service), Most Forbearing -—

8. Knower of what is hidden and what is open, exalted in Might, Fu

Wisdom.





Surah 65 - Al Talaq (Divorce)


O Prophet! when ye do divorce women, divorce them at theescribed periods, and count (accurately) their prescribed period

nd fear God your Lord: and turn them not out of their houses, no

hall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of som

pen lewdness. Those are limits set by God: and any wh

ansgresses the limits of God, does verily wrong his (own) soul: tho

nowest not if perchance God will bring about thereafter some netuation.

Thus when they fulfil their term appointed, either take them bac

n equitable terms or part with them on equitable terms; and take fo

tness two persons from among you, endued with justice, an

stablish the evidence (as) before God. Such is the admonitio

ven to him who believes in God and the Last Day. And for thosho fear God, He (ever) prepares a way out,

And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine

nd if anyone puts his trust in God, sufficient is (God) for him. Fo

od will surely accomplish His purpose: verily, for all things has Go

ppointed a due proportion.

Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly course

r them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubt, is three month

nd for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those wh

arry (life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver the

urdens: and for those who fear God, He will make their path easy.

That is the Command of God, which He has sent down to you: an



anyone fears God, He will remove his ills from him and will enlarg

s reward.

Let the women live (in 'iddah) in the same style as ye liv

ccording to your means: annoy them not, so as to restrict them. An

they carry (life in their wombs), then spend (your substance) o

em until they deliver their burden: and if they suckle your (offspringve them their recompense: and take mutual counsel togethe

ccording to what is just and reasonable. And if ye find yourselves

fficulties, let another woman suckle (the child) on the (father'

ehalf.

Let the man of means spend according to his means: and the mahose resources are restricted, let him spend according to wh

od has given him. God puts no burden on any person beyond wh

e has given him. After a difficulty, God will soon grant relief.

How many populations that insolently opposed the command

eir Lord and of His messengers, did We not then call to account

severe account? -- and We imposed on them an exemplaunishment.

Then did they taste the evil result of their conduct, and the End

eir conduct was Perdition.

0. God has prepared for them a severe Punishment (in th

ereafter). Therefore fear God, O ye men of understanding -- wh

ave believed! -- for God hath indeed sent down to you a Message

—

. An Messenger, who rehearses to you the Signs of Go

ontaining clear explanations, that he may lead forth those wh

elieve and do righteous deeds from the depths of Darkness intght. And those who believe in God and work righteousness, He w



dmit to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein foreve

od has indeed granted for them a most excellent provision.

2. God is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth

milar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends H

ommand: that ye may know that God has power over all things, an

at God comprehends all things in (His) Knowledge.





Surah 66 - Al Tahrim (Prohibition)


O Prophet! why holdest thou to be forbidden that which God haade lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Go

Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

God has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of yo

aths (in some cases): and God is your Protector, and He is Full o

nowledge and Wisdom.

When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of h

onsorts, and she then divulged it (to another), and God made

nown to him, he confirmed part thereof and repudiated a part. The

hen he told her thereof, she said, "Who told thee this?" He sai

He told me who knows and is well-acquainted (with all things)."

If ye two turn in repentance to Him, your hearts are indeed s

clined; but if ye back up each other against him, truly God is h

rotector, and Gabriel, and (every) righteous one among those wh

elieve -- and furthermore, the angels -- will back (him) up.

It may be, if he divorced you (all), that God will give him

xchange Consorts better than you -- who submit (their wills), wh

elieve, who are devout, who turn to God in repentance, who worsh

n humility), who travel (for faith) and fast -- previously married o

rgins.

O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fir

hose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angeern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Command



ey receive from God, but do (precisely) what they are commanded

(They will say), "O ye Unbelievers! make no excuses this day! Y

e being but requited for all that ye did!"

O ye who believe! turn to God with sincere repentance: in the hop

at your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you ardens beneath which Rivers flow -- the Day that God will n

ermit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him

heir Light will run forward before them and by their right hand

hile they say, "Our Lord! perfect our Light for us, and grant u

orgiveness; for Thou has power over all things."

O Prophet! strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrite

nd be firm against them. Their abode is Hell -- an evil refug

ndeed).

0. God sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife

oah and the wife of Lut: they were (respectively) under two of Ou

ghteous servants, but they were false to their (husbands), and theofited nothing before God on their account, but were told: "Enter y

e fire along with (others) that enter!"

. And God sets forth, as an example to those who believe, the wif

Pharaoh: Behold, she said: "O my Lord! build for me, in nearnes

Thee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh an

s doings, and save me from those that do wrong;"

2. And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; an

We breathed into her (body) of Our spirit; and she testified to th

uth of the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one

e devout (Servants).





Surah 67 - Al Mulk (The Dominion)


Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion: and He over angs Hath Power -—

He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you

est in deed: and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving -—

He Who created the seven heavens one above another; no wa

proportion wilt thou see in the Creation of (God) Most Graciou

o turn thy vision again: Seest thou any flaw?

Again turn thy vision a second time; (thy) vision will come back t

ee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out.

And We have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven wiamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to driv

way the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of th

azing Fire.

For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty

ell: and evil is (such) destination.

When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing

its breath even as it blazes forth.

Almost bursting with fury: every time a Group is cast therein, it

eepers will ask, "Did no Warner come to you?"

They will say: "Yes indeed: a Warner did come to us, but w

jected him and said, 'God never sent down an (Message): e a



nothing but an egregious delusion!' "

0. They will further say: "Had we but listened or used ou

telligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of th

azing Fire!"

. They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgivenessom the Companions of the Blazing Fire!

2. As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgivenes

nd a great Reward.

3. And whether ye hide your word or publish it, He certainly has (fu

nowledge, of the secrets of (all) hearts.

4. Should He not know -- He that created? And He is the One tha

nderstands the finest mysteries (and) is well-acquainted (wi

em).

5. It is He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse through its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishe

ut unto Him is the Resurrection.

6. Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you t

e swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

7. Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not sengainst you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that y

hall know how (terrible) was My warning?

8. But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then ho

errible) was My rejection (of them)?

9. Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wing

nd folding them in? None can uphold them except (God) Mo



racious: truly it is He that watches over all things.

0. Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, beside

God) Most Merciful? In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.

. Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He we

withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolempiety and flight (from the Truth).

2. Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, bette

uided -- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?

3. Say: "It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), an

ade for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling annderstanding: little thanks it is ye give."

4. Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and

m shall ye be gathered together."

5. They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? If ye are telling thuth.

6. Say: "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with God alone: I a

ent) only to warn plainly in public."

7. At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be th

ces of the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): "This is (thomise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!"

8. Say: "See ye? -- if God were to destroy me, and those with m

if He bestows His Mercy on us -- yet who can deliver th

nbelievers from a grievous Penalty?"

9. Say: "He is (God) Most Gracious: we have believed in Him, ann Him have we put our trust: so soon will ye know which (of us) it



at is in manifest error."

0. Say: "See ye? -- if your stream be some morning lost (in th

nderground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowin

ater?"





Surah 68 - Al Qalam (The Pen) -or-Nun


Nun. By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write -—

Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.

Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.

Soon wilt thou see and they will see,

Which of you is afflicted with madness.

Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hatrayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receiv

rue) Guidance.

So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).

Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant; so would thy be pliant.

0. Need not the type of despicable man -- ready with oaths.

. A slanderer, going about with calumnies.

2. (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bound

eep in sin.

3. Violent and cruel -- with all that base-born -—



4. Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.

5. When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the Ancients

e cries.

6. Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

7. Verily We have tried them as We tried the people of the Garde

hen they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning

8. But made no reservation, ("If it be God's Will").

9. So there came, on the (garden) a visitation from thy from thord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.

0. So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark an

esolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

. As the morning broke, they called out, one to another -—

2. "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in morning, if ye would gather th

uits."

3. So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) -—

4. "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into tharden) this day."

5. And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

6. But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lo

ur way:

7. "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labor)!"



8. Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to yo

Why not glorify (God)?' "

9. They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong

0. Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

. They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!

2. "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden

an this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"

3. Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is th

unishment in the Hereafter -- if only they knew!

4. Verily, for the righteous are Gardens of Delight, in the Presenc

their Lord.

5. Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?

6. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?

7. Or have ye a Book through which ye learn -—

8. That ye shall have through it whatever ye choose?

9. Or have ye Covenants with Us on oath, reaching to the Day udgment (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?

0. Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety of that!

. Or have they some "Partners" (in Godhead)? Then let the

oduce their "partners," if they are truthful!

2. The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall b



ummoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able -—

3. Their eyes will be cast down -- ignominy will cover them; seein

at they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, whi

ey were whole, (and had refused).

4. Then leave Me alone with such as reject this message: begrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.

5. A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My plan.

6. Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they ar

urdened with a load of debt? -—

7. Or that they Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write

own?

8. So wait with patience for the command of thy Lord, and be no

e the Companion of the Fish -- when he cried out in agony.

9. Had not Grace from His Lord reached him, he would indee

ave been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.

0. Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the company o

e Righteous.

. And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyehen they hear the message; and they say: "Surely he

ossessed!"

2. But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.





Surah 69 - Al Haqqah (The SureReality)


The Sure Reality!

What is the Sure Reality?

And what will make thee realize what the Sure Reality is?

The Thamud and the 'Ad people (branded) as false the Stunnin

alamity!

But the Thamud -- they were destroyed by a terrible storm

under and lightning!

And the 'Ad -- they were destroyed by a furious wind, exceeding

olent;

He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days

uccession: So that thou couldst see the (whole) people lyin

ostrate in its (path), as if they had been roots of hollow palm tree

mbled down!

Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown

ommitted habitual Sin.

0. And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so Hunished them with an abundant Penalty.



. We, when the water (of Noah's flood) overflowed beyond i

mits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark).

2. That We might make it a message unto you, and that ears (tha

hould hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons

remembrance.

3. Then, when one Blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

4. And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushe

powder at one stroke -—

5. On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass,

6. And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

7. And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bea

e Throne of thy Lord above them.

8. That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours the hide will be hidden.

9. Then He that will be given his Record in his right hand will sa

Ah here! read ye my Record!

0. "I did really understand that my Account would (one Day) reac

e!"

. And he will be in a life of Bliss,

2. In a Garden on high,

3. The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

4. "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good



at ye sent before you in the days that are gone!"

5. And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah

ould that my record had not been given to me!

6. "And that I had never realized how my account (stood)!

7. "Ah! would that (Death) had made an end of me!

8. "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

9. "My power has perished from me!"...

0. (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

. "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

2. "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length

eventy cubits!

3. "This was he that would not believe in God Most High,

4. "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

5. "So no friend hath he here this Day.

6. "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing

ounds,

7. "Which none do eat but those in sin."

8. So I do call to witness what ye see

9. And what ye see not,

0. That this is verily the word of an honored messenger;



. It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

2. Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is y

ceive.

3. (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

4. And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

5. We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

6. And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

7. Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

8. But verily this is a Message for the God-fearing.

9. And We certainly know that there are amongst you those tha

ject (it)

0. But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

. But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

2. So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.





Surah 70 - Al Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent)


A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall -—

The Unbelievers the which there is none to ward off -—

(A Penalty) from God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.

The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measur

hereof is (as) fifty thousand years:

Therefore do thou hold Patience -- a Patience of beautif

ontentment).

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

But We see it (quite) near.

The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,

And the mountains will be like wool,

0. And no friend will ask after a friend,

. Though they will be put in sight of each other -- the sinner's desi

ll be: would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of th

ay by (sacrificing) his children,

2. His wife and his brother,



3. His kindred who sheltered him.

4. And all, all that is on earth -- so it could deliver him:

5. By no means! For it would be the Fire of Hell! -—

6. Plucking out (his being) right to the skull! -—

7. Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their face

om the Right),

8. And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!

9. Truly man was created very impatient -—

0. Fretful when evil touches him;

. And niggardly when good reaches him -—

2. Not so those devoted to Prayer -—

3. Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;

4. And those in whose wealth is a recognized right

5. For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for som

ason from asking);

6. And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;

7. And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord -—

8. For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace an

ranquillity -—

9. And those who guard their chastit ,



0. Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hand

ossess -- for (then) they are not to be blamed,

. But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors -—

2. And those who respect their trusts and covenants;

3. And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

4. And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship -—

5. Such will be the honored ones in the Gardens of (Bliss).

6. Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush mad

efore thee -—

7. From the right and from the left, in crowds?

8. Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?

9. By no means! For We have created them out of the (bas

atter) they know!

0. Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and th

West that We can certainly -—

. Substitute for them better (men) than they; and We are not to befeated (in Our Plan).

2. So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until the

ncounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! -—

3. The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchers in suddeast as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them) -—



4. Their eyes lowered in dejection -- ignominy covering them (a

ver)! Such is the Day the which they are promised!





Surah 71 - Nuh (Noah)


We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou way people before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."

He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

"That ye should worship God, fear Him, and obey me:

"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stateerm: For when the Term given by God is accomplished, it canno

e put forward: if ye only knew."

He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right)."

"And every time I have called to them, that thou mightest forgiv

em, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covere

emselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and give

emselves up to arrogance.

"So I have called to them aloud;

"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,

0. "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving

. "'He will send rain to you in abundance;

2. "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on yo



ardens and bestow on you Rivers (of flowing water).

3. "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope fo

ndness and long-suffering in God -—

4. "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

5. "'See ye not how God has created the seven heavens one abov

nother,

6. "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun a

(Glorious) Lamp?

7. "'And God has produced you from the earth, growing (gradually)

8. "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise yo

rth (again at the Resurrection)?

9. "'And God has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

0. "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.' "

. Noah said: "O my Lord! they have disobeyed me, but they follo

men) whose wealth and children give them no Increase but on

oss.

2. "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

3. "And they have said (to each other), abandon not your god

bandon neither Wadd nor Suwa, neither Yaghuth nor Ya'uq, no

asr -—

4. "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase t

e wrongdoers but in straying (from their mark)."



5. Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and we

ade to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found -- in lieu

od -- none to help them.

6. And Noah said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers,

ngle one on earth!

7. "For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead th

evotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.

8. "O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house

aith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to th

rongdoers grant Thou no increase but in Perdition!"





Surah 72 - Al Jinn (The Spirits)


Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listeneo the Qur'an). They say, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!

It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: W

hall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.

'And exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither

fe nor a son.

'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utte

xtravagant lies against God;

'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that

ntrue against God.

'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter wit

ersons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.

'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not rais

p anyone (to Judgment).

'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled wi

ern guards and flaming fires.

'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal)

earing; but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching hi

ambush.

0. 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on eart



whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.

. 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some th

ontrary: we follow divergent paths.

2. 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God througho

e earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.

3. 'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we hav

ccepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of

hort (account) or of any injustice.

4. 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to God), and som

at swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills -- theave sought out (the path) of right conduct:

5. 'But those who swerve, they are (but) fuel for Hell Fire -- '

6. (And God's Message is): "If they (the pagans) had (only

mained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed oem Rain in abundance.

7. "That We might try them by that (means), but if any turns awa

om the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo

evere Penalty.

8. "And the places of worship are for God (alone): so invoke nnyone along with God;

9. "Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, the

st make round him a dense crowd."

0. Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Hi

ny (false god)."



. Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you t

ght conduct."

2. Say: "No one can deliver me from God (if I were to disobey Him

or should I find refuge except in Him.

3. "Unless I proclaim what I receive from God and His Messager any that disobey and His Messenger -- for them is Hell: they sha

well therein forever."

4. At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they ar

omised -- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (hi

elper and least important in point of numbers.

5. Say: "I know not whether the (punishment) which ye are promise

near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

6. "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any on

cquainted with His Mysteries -—

7. "Except an messenger whom He has chosen: and then H

akes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,

8. "That he may know that they have (truly) brought and delivere

e Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) th

e with them, and takes account of every single thing."





Surah 73 - Al Muzzammil (TheEnfolded One)


O thou folded in garments!

Stand (to pray) by night, but not all night -—

Half of it -- or a little less,

Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythm

nes.

Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message.

Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul), an

ost suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise).

True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordina

uties:

But keep in remembrance the name of the Lord and devote thyse

Him wholeheartedly.

(He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: tak

m therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs.

0. And have patience with what they say, and leave them with nobl

ignity).

. And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of th



ood things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for

tle while.

2. With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them),

3. And Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous.

4. One Day the earth and the mountains will be in viole

ommotion, and the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured o

nd flowing down.

5. We have sent to you, (O men!) an messenger, to be a witnes

oncerning you, even as We sent an messenger to Pharaoh.

6. But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger; so We seized him with

eavy Punishment.

7. Then how shall ye, if ye deny (God), guard yourselves against

ay that will make children hoary-headed? -—

8. Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs mu

e accomplished.

9. Verily this is an Admonition: Therefore, whoso will, let him take

traight) path to his Lord!

0. The Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh twoirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so do

party of those with thee. But God doth appoint Night and Day

ue measure. He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereo

o He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye therefore, of the Qur'a

s much as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may b

ome) among you in ill-health; others travelling through the lan

eeking of God's bounty; yet others fighting in God's Cause. Rea

e, therefore, as much of the Qur'an as may be easy (for you); an



stablish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and loan to God

eautiful Loan. And whatever good ye send forth for your souls, Y

hall find it in God's presence -- yea, better and greater, in Reward

nd seek ye the Grace of God: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Mo

erciful.





Surah 74 - Al Muddaththir (The OneWrapped Up)


O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)!

Arise and deliver thy warning!

And thy Lord do thou magnify!

And thy garments keep free from stain!

And all abomination shun!

Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Finally when the Trumpet is sounded,

That will be -- that Day -- a Day of Distress -—

0. Far from easy for those without Faith.

. Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I create

are and) alone! -—

2. To whom I granted resources in abundance,

3. And sons to be by his side! -—

4. To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!



5. Yet is he greedy -- that I should add (yet more) -—

6. By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

7. Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

8. For he thought and he plotted -—

9. And woe to him! how he plotted! -—

0. Yea, woe to him! how he plotted! -—

. Then he looked round;

2. Then he frowned and he scowled;

3. Then he turned back and was haughty;

4. Then said he: "This is nothing but magic derived from of old;"

5. "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

6. Soon will cast him into Hell-Fire!

7. And what will explain to thee what Hell-fire is?

8. Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone—

9. Darkening and changing the color of man!

0. Over it are Nineteen.

. And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire; anWe have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers -- in orde



at the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believer

ay increase in Faith -- and that no doubts may be left for th

eople of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whos

earts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol dot

od intend by this?" Thus doth God leave to stray whom H

easeth, and guide whom He pleaseth; and none can know th

rces of the Lord, except He, and this is no other than a warning tankind.

2. Nay, verily: by the Moon,

3. And by the Night as it retreateth,

4. And by the Dawn as it shineth forth -—

5. This is but one of the mighty (Portents),

6. A warning to mankind -—

7. To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind—

8. Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

9. Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

0. (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight); they will question eacher,

. And (ask) of the Sinners:

2. "What led you into Hell-fire?"

3. They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;"



4. "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;"

5. "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;"

6. "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,"

7. "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

8. Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

9. Then what is the matter with them that they turn away fro

dmonition? -—

0. As if they were affrighted asses,

. Fleeing from a lion!

2. Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (

velation) spread out!

3. By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter.

4. Nay, this surely is an admonition:

5. Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

6. But none will keep it in remembrance except as God wills: He

e Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.





Surah 75 - Al Qiyamah (TheResurrection)


I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;

And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit; (eschew Evil).

Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?

Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips o

s fingers.

But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.

He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

At length, when the Sight is dazed,

And the moon is buried in darkness.

And the sun and moon are joined together -—

0. That Day will Man say "Where is the refuge?"

. By no means! No place of safety!

2. Before thy Lord (alone) that Day will be the place of rest.

3. That Day will man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that hut back.



4. Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

5. Even though he were to put up his excuses.

6. Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make hast

erewith.

7. It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:

8. But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (a

omulgated):

9. Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

0. Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

. And leave alone the Hereafter.

2. Some faces that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty) -—

3. Looking towards their Lord;

4. And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

5. In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to b

flicted on them;

6. Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),

7. And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"

8. And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

9. And one leg will be joined with another:

0. That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!



. So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -—

2. But on the contrary, He rejected Truth and turned away!

3. Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!

4. Woe to thee, (O man!) yea, woe!

5. Again, woe to thee, (O man!), yea woe!

6. Does Man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (witho

urpose)?

7. Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

8. Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make an

shion (him) in due proportion.

9. And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

0. Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?





Surah 76 - Al Insan (Man) -or- AlDahr (The Time)


Has there not been over Man a long period of Time when he wa

othing -- (not even) mentioned?

Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order t

y him: so We gave him (the gifts) of Hearing and Sight.

We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungratef

ests on his will).

For the Rejecters We have prepared Chains, Yokes, and

azing Fire.

As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed wit

afur -—

A Fountain where the Devotees of God do drink, making it flow i

nstinted abundance.

They perform (their) vows and they fear a Day whose evil flies fand wide.

And they feed, for the love of God, the indigent, the orphan, an

e captive -—

(Saying), "We feed you for the sake of God alone: No reward d

e desire from you, nor thanks.



0. "We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of ou

ord."

. But God will deliver them from the evil of that Day, and will she

ver them a light of Beauty and a (blissful) Joy.

2. And because they were patient and constant, He will rewarem with a Garden and (garments of) silk.

3. Reclining in the (Garden) on raised thrones, they will see ther

either the sun's (excessive heat) nor (the moon's) excessive cold.

4. And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and th

unches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility.

5. And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver an

oblets of crystal -—

6. Crystal-clear, made of silver: they will determine the measur

ereof (according to their wishes).

7. And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixe

th Zanjabil -—

8. A fountain there, called Salsabil.

9. And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetueshness): if thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattere

earls.

0. And when thou lookest, it is there thou wilt see a Bliss and

ealm Magnificent.

. Upon them will be green Garments of fine silk and heavocade, and they will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and the



ord will give to them to drink of a Wine Pure and Holy.

2. "Verily this is a Reward for you, and your Endeavor is accepte

nd recognized."

3. It is We Who have sent down the Qur'an to thee by stages.

4. Therefore be patient with constancy to the Command of thy Lor

nd hearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them.

5. And celebrate the name of thy Lord morning and evening,

6. And part of the night, prostrate thyself to Him; and glorify Him

ng night through.

7. As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them

Day (that will be) hard.

8. It is We Who created them, and We have made their join

rong; but, when We will, We can substitute the like of them by

omplete change.

9. This is an admonition: whosoever will, let him take a (straigh

ath to his Lord.

0. But ye will not, except as God wills; for God is full of Knowledg

nd Wisdom.

. He will admit to His Mercy Whom He will; but the wrongdoers

r them has He prepared a grievous Penalty.





Surah 77 - Al Mursalat (Those SentForth)


By the (Winds) Sent Forth one after another (to man's profit);

Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,

And scatter (things) far and wide;

Then separate them, one from another,

Then spread abroad a Message,

Whether of Justification or of Warning -—

Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.

Then when the stars become dim;

When the heaven is cleft asunder;

0. When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;

. And when the messengers are (all) appointed a time (to collect)

—

2. For what Day are these (Portents) deferred?

3. For the Day of Sorting out.

4. And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?



5. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

6. Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?

7. So shall We make later (generations) follow them.

8. Thus do We deal with men of sin.


0. Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable? -—

. The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed.

2. For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?

3. For We do determine (according to need); for We are the Best

etermine (things)!


5. Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together

6. The living and the dead,

7. And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); an

ovided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?


9. (It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject a

lse!

0. "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns



. "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use again

e fierce Blaze.

2. "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,

3. "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."


5. That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak,

6. Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.


8. That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall Gather you togethe

nd those before (you)!

9. Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!


. As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades an

prings (of water).

2. And (they shall have) fruits, all they desire.

3. "Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye workeRighteousness)."

4. Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.


6. (O ye Unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, fo

at e are Sinners.




8. And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" They do no

o.

9. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of truth!

0. Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?





Surah 78 - Al Naba' (The GreatNews)


Concerning what are they disputing?

Concerning the Great News,

About which they cannot agree.

Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!

Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!

Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,

And the mountains as pegs?

And (have We not) created you in pairs,

And made your sleep for rest,

0. And made the night as a covering,

. And made the day as means of subsistence?

2. And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,

3. And placed (therein) a Light of Splendor?

4. And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,



5. That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,

6. And gardens of luxurious growth?

7. Verily the Day of Sorting Out is a thing appointed -—

8. The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall comrth in crowds;

9. And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,

0. And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.

. Truly Hell is as a place of ambush -—

2. For the transgressors a place of destination:

3. They will dwell therein for ages.

4. Nothing cool shall they tastes therein, nor any drink,

5. Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold -—

6. A fitting recompense (for them).

7. For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),

8. But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.

9. And all things have We preserved on record.

0. "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall W

ant you, except in Punishment."

. Verily for the righteous there will be a fulfillment of (the Heart's

esires;



2. Gardens enclosed, and Grapevines;

3. Companions of Equal Age;

4. And a Cup full (to the Brim).

5. No Vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth -—

6. Recompense from thy Lord, a Gift, (amply) sufficient -—

7. (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between

God) Most Gracious: none shall have power to argue with Him.

8. The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in rank

one shall speak except any who is permitted by (God) Mo

racious, and he will say what is right.

9. That Day will be the sure Reality: therefore, whoso will, let hi

ke a (straight) Return to his Lord!

0. Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near -- the Day whe

an will see (the Deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and th

nbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!"





Surah 79 - Al Nazi'at (Those WhoTear Out)


By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) wi

olence;

By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);

And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),

Then press forward as in a race,

Then arrange to do (the commands of their Lord) -—

One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in viole

ommotion,

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

Hearts that Day will be in agitation;

Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.

0. They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (ou

rmer state?" -—

. "What! -- when we shall have become rotten bones?"

2. They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

3. But veril it will be but a sin le com ellin Cr .



4. When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

5. Has the story of Moses reached thee?

6. Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley to Tuwa -—

7. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds

8. "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purifie

om sin)? -—

9. "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?' "

0. Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

. But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

2. Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God).

3. Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

4. Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High."

5. But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him -- in th

ereafter, as in this life.

6. Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever fearetGod):

7. What! are ye the more difficult to create of the heaven (above)

God) hath constructed it:

8. On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it ordend perfection.



9. Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendor doth H

ing out (with light).

0. And the earth, moreover; hath He extended (to a wide expanse)

. He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

2. And the mountains hath He firmly fixed -—

3. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

4. Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event)

—

5. The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for,

6. And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see -—

7. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,

8. And had preferred the life of this world,

9. The Abode will be Hell-Fire;

0. And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before the

ord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires,

. Their abode will be the Garden.

2. They ask thee about the Hour -- 'When will be its appointe

me?'

3. Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?

4. With they Lord is the Limit fixed therefor.



5. Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.

6. The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had tarried but a sing

vening, or (at most till) the following morn!





Surah 80 - 'Abasa (He Frowned)


The (Prophet) frowned and turned away.

Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).

But what could tell thee but that perchance he might Grow (

piritual understanding)? -—

Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might prom?

As to one who regards himself as self-sufficient,

To him dost thou attend;

Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritu

nderstanding).

But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,

And with fear (in his heart),

0. Of him wast thou unmindful.

. By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message o

struction:

2. Therefore let who will, keep it in remembrance.

3. (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honor.



4. Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,

5. (Written) by the hands of scribes -—

6. Honorable and Pious and Just.

7. Woe to man! what hath made him reject God?

8. From what stuff Hath He created him?

9. From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth hi

due proportions;

0. Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

. Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his Grave;

2. Then, when it is His will, He will raise him up (again).

3. By no means hath he fulfilled what God Hath commanded him.

4. Then let man look at his Food, (and how We provide it):

5. For that We pour forth water in abundance,

6. And We split the earth in fragments,

7. And produce therein Corn,

8. And Grapes and nutritious Plants.

9. And Olives and Dates,

0. And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

. And Fruits and Fodder -—



2. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.

3. At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise -—

4. That Day shall a man flee from his own brother.

5. And from his mother, and his father.

6. And from his wife and his children.

7. Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of h

wn) to make him indifferent to the others.

8. Some Faces that Day will be beaming.

9. Laughing, rejoicing.

0. And other faces that Day will be dust-stained;

. Blackness will cover them:

2. Such will be the Rejecters of God, the Doers of Iniquity.





Surah 81 - Al Takwir (The FoldingUp)


When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

When the wild beasts are herded together (in human habitations)

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

When the souls are sorted out (Being joined, like with like);

When the female (infant), Buried alive, is questioned -—

For what crime she was killed;

0. When the Scrolls are laid open;

. When the World on High is unveiled:

2. When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

3. And when the Garden is brought near -—

4. (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.



5. So verily I call to witness the planets -- that recede,

6. Go straight, or hide;

7. And the Night as it dissipates -—

8. And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness -—

9. Verily this is the word of a most honorable Messenger,

0. Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

. With authority there, (and) faithful of his trust.

2. And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

3. And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

4. Neither doth he withhold Grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen

5. Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

6. Then whither go ye?

7. Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

8. (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight.

9. But ye shall not will Except as God wills, The Cherisher of th

Worlds.





Surah 82 - Al Infitar (The CleavingAsunder)


When the Sky is cleft asunder;

When the Stars are scattered;

When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;

And when the Graves are turned upside down -—

(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what

ath) kept back.

O man! what has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent?

—

Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, an

ave thee a just bias;

In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

Nay! but ye do Reject Right and Judgment!

0. But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you -—

. Kind and honorable, writing down (your deeds):

2. They know (and understand) all that ye do.

3. As for the Ri hteous the will be in Bliss



4. And the Wicked -- they will be in the Fire,

5. Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment.

6. And they will not be Able to keep away therefrom.

7. And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

8. Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

9. (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught fo

nother: for the Command, that Day, will be (wholly) with God.





Surah 83 - Al Mutaffifin (TheDealers in Fraud)


Woe to those that deal in fraud -—

Those who, when they have to receive by measure, from me

xact full measure.

But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give lesan due.

Do they not think that they will be called to account? -—

On a Mighty Day,

A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of th

Worlds?

Nay! Surely the Record of the Wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin,

And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?

(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.

0. Woe, that Day, to those that deny -—

. Those that deny the Day of Judgment.

2. And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds, thnner!



3. When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of th

ncients!"

4. By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which the

o!

5. Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.

6. Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.

7. Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which y

jected as false!"

8. Nay, verily the Record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.

9. And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyin is?

0. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.

. To which bear witness those Nearest (to God).

2. Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:

3. On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):

4. Thou wilt recognize in their Faces the beaming brightness

iss.

5. Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:

6. The seal thereof will be Musk: and for this let those aspire, wh

ave aspirations:

7. With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:



8. A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to God.

9. Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,

0. And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each othe

n mockery);

. And when they returned to their own people, they would retur

sting;

2. And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! these ar

e people truly astray!"

3. But they had not been sent as Keepers over them!

4. But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers.

5. On Thrones (of Dignity) They will command (a sight) (of a

ings).

6. Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?





Surah 84 - Al Inshiqaq (TheRending Asunder)


When the Sky is rent asunder,

And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord -- and it must need

o so) -—

And when the Earth is flattened out,

And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,

And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord -- and it must need

o so) -- (then will come Home the full Reality).

O thou man! verily thou art ever toiling on towards the Lord

ainfully toiling -- but thou shalt meet Him.

Then he who is given his Record in his Right hand,

Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,

And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!

0. But he who is given his Record behind his back -—

. Soon will he cry for Perdition,

2. And he will enter a Blazing Fire.

3. Trul did he o about amon his eo le re oicin !



4. Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!

5. Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

6. So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

7. The Night and its Homing;

8. And the Moon in her Fullness;

9. Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

0. What then is the matter with them, that they believe not? -—

. And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate.

2. But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

3. But God has full Knowledge of what they secrete (in the

easts).

4. So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

5. Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: for the

a Reward that will never fail.





Surah 85 - Al Buruj (TheConstellations)


By the Sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

By the promised Day (of Judgment);

By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness -—

Woe to the makers of the pit (of Fire),

Fire supplied (abundantly) with Fuel:

Behold! they sat over against the (fire).

And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against thelievers.

And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that the

elieved in God, Exalted in Power, worthy of all Praise! -—

Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the eartnd God is Witness to all things.

0. Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believer

en and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penal

Hell: they will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.

. For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardeneneath which Rivers flow: that is the great Salvation, (the fulfillme



all desires).

2. Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.

3. It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restor

fe).

4. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of loving-kindness,

5. Lord of the Throne of Glory,

6. Doer (without let) of all that He intends.

7. Has the story reached thee, of the Forces -—

8. Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?

9. And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!

0. But God doth encompass them from behind!

. Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,

2. (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!





Surah 86 - Al Tariq (The Night Star)


By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein) -—

And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is? -—

(It is) the Star of piercing brightness -—

There is no soul but has a protector over it.

Now let man but think from what he is created!

He is created from a drop emitted -—

Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:

Surely (God) is able to bring him back (to life)!

The Day that (all) things secret will be tested.

0. (Man) will have no power, and no helper.

. By the Firmament which returns (in its round) -—

2. And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs o

e sprouting of vegetation) -—

3. Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):

4. It is not a thing for amusement.

5. As for them, the are but lottin a scheme,



6. And I am planning a scheme,

7. Therefore grant a delay to the unbelievers: Give respite to the

ently (for a while).





Surah 87 - Al A'la (The Most High)


Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord, Most High,

Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;

Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;

And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture.

And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.

By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so tho

halt not forget,

Except as God wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what

dden.

And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).

Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (th

earer).

0. The admonition will be received by those who fear (God):

. But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones.

2. Who will enter the Great Fire,

3. In which they will then neither die nor live.



4. But those will prosper who purify themselves.

5. And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts

Prayer.

6. Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;

7. But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

8. And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelations) -—

9. The Books of Abraham and Moses.





Surah 88 - Al Ghashiyah (TheOverwhelming Event)


Has the story reached thee, of the Overwhelming (Event)?

Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,

Laboring (hard), weary -—

The while they enter the Blazing Fire -—

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring.

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari

Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.

Other) faces that Day will be joyful.

Pleased with their Striving -—

0. In a Garden on high,

. Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:

2. Therein will be a bubbling spring:

3. Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high.

4. Goblets placed (ready).



5. And Cushions set in rows,

6. And rich carpets (All) spread out.

7. Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made? -—

8. And at the Sky, how it is raised high? -—

9. And at the Mountains, How they are fixed firm? -—

0. And at the Earth, how it is spread out?

. Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish

2. Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.

3. But if any turn away and reject God -—

4. God will punish him with a mighty Punishment.

5. For to Us will be their Return;

6. Then it will be for Us to call them to account.





Surah 89 - Al Fajr (The Dawn)


By the Break of Day

By the Nights twice five;

By the Even and Odd (contrasted);

And by the Night when it passeth away -—

Is there (not) in these and adjuration (or evidence) for those wh

nderstand?

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people) -—

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in th

alley? -—

0. And with Pharaoh, Lord of Stakes?

. (All) these transgressed Beyond bounds in the lands.

2. And heaped therein Mischief (on mischief).

3. Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of divers

hastisement:



4. For thy Lord is (As a Guardian) on a watchtower.

5. Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him giving him honor an

fts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honored me."

6. But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, the

aith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

7. Nay, nay! but ye honor not the orphans!

8. Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -—

9. And ye devour inheritance -- all with greed.

0. And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

. Nay! when the earth is pounded to powder,

2. And thy Lord cometh and His angels, rank upon rank,

3. And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face) -- on that Day wan remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

4. He will say: "Ah! would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) fo

his) my (Future) Life."

5. For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) ca

flict,

6. And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

7. (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete

st and satisfaction!

8. "Come back thou to thy Lord -- well pleased (thyself), and we



easing unto Him!

9. "Enter thou, then, among my Devotees!

0. "Yea, enter thou my Heaven"!





Surah 90 - Al Balad (The City)


I do call to witness this City -—

And thou art a freeman of this City -—

And (the mystic ties of) Parent and Child -—

Verily We have created Man into toil and struggle.

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

He may say (boastfully): "Wealth have I squandered

bundance!"

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -—

And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -—

0. And shown him the two highways?

. But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

2. And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -—

3. (It is:) freeing the bondman;

4. Or the giving of food in a day of privation

5. To the or han with claims of relationshi ,



6. Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

7. Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patienc

onstancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness an

ompassion.

8. Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

9. But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhapp

ompanions of the Left Hand.

0. On them will be Fire Vaulted over (all round).





Surah 91 - Al Shams (The Sun)


By the Sun and his (glorious) splendor;

By the Moon as she follow him;

By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

By the Night as it conceals it;

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse;

By the Soul, and the proportion and order Given to it;

And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -—

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

0. And he fails that corrupts it!

. The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through the

ordinate wrongdoing.

2. Behold, the most wicked Man among them was deputed (fo

mpiety).

3. But the messenger of God said to them: "It is a She-camel

od! and (bar her not from) having her drink!"



4. Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrun

er. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their trace

nd made them equal (in destruction, High and low)!

5. And for Him is no fear of its consequences.





Surah 92 - Al Layl (The Night)


By the Night as it conceals (the light);

By the Day as it appears in glory;

By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female -—

Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.

So he who gives (in charity) and fears (God),

And (in all sincerity) testifies to the Best -—

We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss.

But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.

And gives the lie to the Best -—

0. We will indeed make smooth for him the Path to Misery;

. Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit

2. Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide.

3. And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning.

4. Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely;

5. None shall reach it but those most unfortunate ones



6. Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs.

7. But those most devoted to God shall be removed far from it -—

8. Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification,

9. And have in their minds no favor from anyone for which a rewarexpected in return,

0. But only the desire to seek for the countenance of their Lord Mo

gh.

. And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction.





Surah 93 - Al Duha (The GloriousMorning Light)


By the Glorious Morning Light.

And by the Night when it is still -—

The guardian-Lord Hath not forsaken thee, Nor is He displeased

And verily the hereafter will be better for thee than the present.

And soon will thy Guardian-Lord give thee (that wherewith) tho

halt be well-pleased.

Did He not find thee an orphan and give thee shelter (and care)?

And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance.

And He found thee in need, and made thee independent.

Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness,

0. Nor repulse the petitioner (Unheard);

. But the Bounty of thy Lord Rehearse and proclaim!





Surah 94 - Al Sharh -or- Al InshirahThe Expansion of the Breast)


Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -—

And removed from thee thy burden

The which did gall thy back? -—

And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)? -—

So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), stbor hard,

And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.





Surah 95 - Al Tin (The Fig)


By the Fig and the Olive,

And the Mount of Sinai,

And this City of security -—

We have indeed created man in the best of molds,

Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low -—

Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: for they sha

ave a reward unfailing.

Then what can, after this, contradict thee; as to the Judgment (t

ome)?

Is not God the wisest of Judges?





Surah 96 - Al 'Alaq (The ClingingClot) -or- Iqra' (Read!)


Proclaim! (or Read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Wh

eated -—

Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:

Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful -—

He Who taught (the use of) the Pen -—

Taught man that which he knew not.

Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,

In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.

Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).

Seest thou one who forbids.

0. A votary when he (turns) to pray?

. Seest thou if He is on (the road of) Guidance? -—

2. Or enjoins Righteousness?

3. Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away?

4. Knoweth he not that God doth see?



5. Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the foreloc

—

6. A lying, sinful forelock!

7. Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades):

8. We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)!

9. Nay, heed him not: but bow down in adoration, and bring thyse

e closer (to God)!





Surah 97 - Al Qadr (The Night of Power or Honour)


We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the night of Power:

And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is?

The Night of Power is better than a thousand Months.

Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by God

ermission, on every errand:

Peace!..This until the rise of Morn!





Surah 98 - Al Bayyinah (The Clear Evidence)


Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book an

mong the Polytheists, were not going to depart (from their ways

ntil there should come to them Clear Evidence -—

An messenger from God, rehearsing scriptures kept pure an

oly:

Wherein are laws (or decrees) right and straight.

Nor did the People of the Book make schisms, until after ther

ame to them Clear Evidence.

And they have been commanded no more than this: to worsh

od, offering Him sincere devotion, being True (in faith); to establis

gular Prayer; and to practice regular Charity; and that is th

eligion Right and Straight.

Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book an

mong the Polytheists, will be in Hell-fire, to dwell therein (for ayehey are the worst of creatures.

Those who have faith and do righteous deeds -- they are the be

creatures.

Their reward is with God: Gardens of Eternity, Beneath whic

vers flow; They will dwell therein for ever; God well pleased wi

em, and they with Him: all this for such as fear their Lord an



herisher.





Surah 99 - Al Zalzalah (TheEarthquake)


When the Earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,

And the Earth throws up her burden (from within),

And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?' -—

On that Day will she declare her tidings:

For that thy Lord will have given her inspiration.

On that Day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to b

hown the Deeds that they (had done).

Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see i

And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.





Surah 100 - Al 'Adiyat (Those ThatRun)


By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

And strike sparks of Fire,

And push home the charge in the morning,

And raise the dust in clouds the while,

And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse -—

Truly Man is to his Lord, ungrateful;

And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);

And violent is he in his love of wealth.

Does he not know -- when that which is in the graves is Scattere

broad

0. And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is mad

anifest -—

. That their Lord had been well-acquainted with them, (even to

at Day?





Surah 101 - Al Qari'ah (The GreatCalamity)


The (Day) of Noise and Clamor:

What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamor?

And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamo

?

(It is) a Day whereon Men will be like moths Scattered about,

And the mountains will be like carded wool.

Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,

Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.

But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light -—

Will have his home in a (bottomless) pit.

0. And what will explain to thee what this is?

. (It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!





Surah 102 - Al Takathur (The PilingUp)


The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world

verts you (from the more serious things),

Until ye visit the graves.

But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).

Again,, ye soon shall know!

Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (Ye would beware!)

Ye shall certainly see Hellfire!

Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!

Then, shall ye be Questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulge

)!





Surah 103 - Al 'Asr (Time Throughhe Ages)


By (the Token of) time (through the Ages),

Verily Man is in loss,

Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (jo

gether) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience anonstancy.





Surah 104 - Al Humazah (TheScandalmonger)


Woe to every (kind of) scandalmonger and backbiter,

Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,

Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!

By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into that which break

pieces.

And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?

(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) God kindled (to a blaze),

The which doth mount (Right) to the Hearts:

It shall be made into a vault over them,

In columns outstretched.





Surah 105 - Al Fil (The Elephant)


Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of thephant?

Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?

And He sent against them flights of Birds,

Striking them with stones of baked clay.

Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (o

hich the corn) has been eaten up.





Surah 106 - Quraysh (The Tribe of Quraysh)


For the covenants (of security and safeguard enjoyed) by th

uraish,

Their covenants (covering)) journeys by winter and summer -—

Let them adore the Lord of this House,

Who provides them with food against hunger, and with securi

gainst fear (of danger).





Surah 107 - Al Ma'un (TheNeighbourly Assistance)


Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)?

Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness)

And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.

So woe to the worshippers

Who are neglectful of their Prayers,

Those who (want but) to be seen (of men),

But refuse (to supply) (even) neighborly needs.





Surah 108 - Al Kawthar (TheAbundance)


To thee have We granted the Fount (Of Abundance).

Therefore to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice.

For he who hateth thee -- he will be cut off (from Future Hope).





Surah 109 - Al Kafirun (Those WhoReject Faith)


Say: O ye that reject Faith!

I worship not that which ye worship,

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

To you be your Way, and to me mine.





Surah 110 - Al Nasr (The Help)


When comes the Help of God, and Victory,

And thou dost see the People enter God's Religion in crowds,

Celebrate the Praises of thy Lord, and pray for His Forgivenes

r He is Oft-Returning (in Grace and Mercy).





Surah 111 - Al Masad (The PlaitedRope) -or- Al Lahab (The Flame)


Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!

No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!

Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of blazing Flame!

His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood -- as fuel! -—

A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!





Surah 112 - Al Ikhlas (The Purity of Faith)


Say: He is God, the One and Only;

God, the Eternal, Absolute;

He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

And there is none like unto Him.





Surah 113 - Al Falaq (TheDaybreak)


Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn,

From the mischief of created things;

From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads;

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