2. Surah Al-Baqarah The Cow

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

الٓمٓ ۚ

Alif-lam-meem

Alif Lam Mim

ذٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَۚۛ ف۪يهِۚۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَۙ

Thalika alkitabu larayba feehi hudan lilmuttaqeen

That is the Book, without any doubt. It contains guidance for those who have taqwa:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَۙ

Allatheena yu/minoona bilghaybiwayuqeemoona assalata wamimma razaqnahumyunfiqoon

those who have iman in the Unseen and establish salat and spend from what We have provided for them;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۚ وَبِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَۜ

Wallatheena yu/minoona bimaonzila ilayka wama onzila min qablika wabil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

those who have iman in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you, and are certain about the Next World.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَلٰى هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Ola-ika AAala hudan minrabbihim waola-ika humu almuflihoon

They are the people guided by their Lord. They are the ones who have success.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا سَوَٓاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَاَنْذَرْتَهُمْ اَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Inna allatheena kafaroo sawaonAAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum layu/minoon

As for those who are kafir, it makes no difference to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have iman.

خَتَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلٰى سَمْعِهِمْۜ وَعَلٰٓى اَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌۘ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihimwaAAala samAAihim waAAala absarihim ghishawatunwalahum AAathabun AAatheem

Allah has sealed up their hearts and hearing and over their eyes is a blindfold. They will have a terrible punishment.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِن۪ينَۢ

Wamina annasi man yaqoolu amannabiAllahi wabilyawmi al-akhiri wamahum bimu/mineen

Among the people there are some who say, ‘We have iman in Allah and the Last Day,’ when they are not muminun.

يُخَادِعُونَ اللّٰهَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۚ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَۜ

YukhadiAAoona Allaha wallatheenaamanoo wama yakhdaAAoona illa anfusahum wamayashAAuroon

They think they deceive Allah and those who have iman. They deceive no one but themselves but they are not aware of it.

ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌۙ فَزَادَهُمُ اللّٰهُ مَرَضاًۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌۙ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ

Fee quloobihim maradun fazadahumuAllahu maradan walahum AAathabun aleemun bimakanoo yakthiboon

There is a sickness in their hearts and Allah has increased their sickness. They will have a painful punishment on account of their denial.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahum latufsidoo fee al-ardi qaloo innama nahnumuslihoon

When they are told, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only putting things right. ’

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Ala innahum humu almufsidoona walakinla yashAAuroon

No indeed! They are the corrupters, but they are not aware of it.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ اٰمِنُوا كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُٓوا اَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَٓا اٰمَنَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ وَلٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo kamaamana annasu qaloo anu/minu kamaamana assufahao ala innahum humu assufahaowalakin la yaAAlamoon

When they are told, ‘Have iman in the way that the people have iman,’ they say, ‘What! Are we to have iman in the way that fools have iman?’ No indeed! They are the fools, but they do not know it.

وَاِذَا لَقُوا الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۚ وَاِذَا خَلَوْا اِلٰى شَيَاطٖينِهِمْۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا مَعَكُمْۙ اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalaw ilashayateenihim qaloo inna maAAakum innamanahnu mustahzi-oon

When they meet those who have iman, they say, ‘We have iman. ’ But then when they go apart with their shaytans, they say, ‘We are really with you. We were only mocking.’

اَللّٰهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Allahu yastahzi-o bihim wayamudduhumfee tughyanihim yaAAmahoon

But Allah is mocking them, and drawing them on, as they wander blindly in their excessive insolence.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدٰىۖ فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَد۪ينَ

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooaddalalata bilhuda famarabihat tijaratuhum wama kanoomuhtadeen

Those are the people who have sold guidance for misguidance. Their trade has brought no profit; they are not guided.

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَاراًۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَضَٓاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللّٰهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Mathaluhum kamathali allatheeistawqada naran falamma adaat ma hawlahuthahaba Allahu binoorihim watarakahum fee thulumatinla yubsiroon

Their likeness is that of people who light a fire, and then when it has lit up all around them, Allah removes their light and leaves them in darkness, unable to see.

صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَۙ

Summun bukmun AAumyun fahum layarjiAAoon

Deaf, dumb, blind. They will not return.

اَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ ف۪يهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌۚ يَجْعَلُونَ اَصَابِعَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُح۪يطٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Aw kasayyibin mina assama-ifeehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqunyajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina assawaAAiqihathara almawti wallahu muheetunbilkafireen

Or that of a storm-cloud in the sky, full of darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps, fearful of death. Allah encompasses the kafirun.

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ اَبْصَارَهُمْۜ كُلَّمَٓا اَضَٓاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا ف۪يهِۙ وَاِذَٓا اَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The lightning all but takes away their sight. Whenever they have light, they walk in it but whenever darkness covers them, they halt. If Allah wished, He could take away their hearing and their sight. Allah has power over all things.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَۙ

Ya ayyuha annasuoAAbudoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum wallatheenamin qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoon

Mankind! worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, so that hopefully you will have taqwa.

اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فِرَاشاً وَالسَّمَٓاءَ بِنَٓاءًۖ وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَخْرَجَ بِه۪ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقاً لَكُمْۚ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardafirashan wassamaa binaan waanzalamina assama-i maan faakhraja bihi mina aththamaratirizqan lakum fala tajAAaloo lillahi andadanwaantum taAAlamoon

It is He who made the earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. He sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your provision. Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah.

وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلٰى عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِه۪ۖ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَٓاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wa-in kuntum fee raybin mimma nazzalnaAAala AAabdina fa/too bisooratin min mithlihi wadAAooshuhadaakum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeen

If you have doubts about what We have sent down to Our slave, produce another sura equal to it, and call your witnesses, besides Allah, if you are telling the truth.

فَاِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّت۪ي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُۚ اُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo walan tafAAaloo fattaqooannara allatee waqooduha annasuwalhijaratu oAAiddat lilkafireen

If you do not do that – and you will not do it – then fear the Fire whose fuel is people and stones, made ready for the kafirun.

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۜ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ رِزْقاًۙ قَالُوا هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي رُزِقْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَاُتُوا بِه۪ مُتَشَابِهاًۜ وَلَهُمْ ف۪يهَٓا اَزْوَاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَهُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Wabashshiri allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati anna lahum jannatintajree min tahtiha al-anharu kullamaruziqoo minha min thamaratin rizqan qaloo hathaallathee ruziqna min qablu waotoo bihi mutashabihanwalahum feeha azwajun mutahharatun wahumfeeha khalidoon

Give the good news to those who have iman and do right actions that they will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them. When they are given fruit there as provision, they will say, ‘This is what we were given before.’ But they were only given a simulation of it. They will have there spouses of perfect purity and will remain there timelessly, for ever.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْـي۪ٓ اَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلاً مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَاۜ فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَٓا اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلاًۢ يُضِلُّ بِه۪ كَث۪يراً وَيَهْد۪ي بِه۪ كَث۪يراًۜ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِه۪ٓ اِلَّا الْفَاسِق۪ينَۙ

Inna Allaha la yastahyeean yadriba mathalan ma baAAoodatan famafawqaha faamma allatheena amanoofayaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim waammaallatheena kafaroo fayaqooloona matha aradaAllahu bihatha mathalan yudillu bihikatheeran wayahdee bihi katheeran wama yudillu bihiilla alfasiqeen

Allah is not ashamed to make an example of a gnat or of an even smaller thing. As for those who have iman, they know it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who are kafir, they say, ‘What does Allah mean by this example?’ He misguides many by it and guides many by it. But He only misguides the deviators.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ۖ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those who break Allah’s contract after it has been agreed, and sever what Allah has commanded to be joined, and cause corruption on the earth, it is they who are the lost.

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَكُنْتُمْ اَمْوَاتاً فَاَحْيَاكُمْۚ ثُمَّ يُم۪يتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْي۪يكُمْ ثُمَّ اِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Kayfa takfuroona billahiwakuntum amwatan faahyakum thumma yumeetukumthumma yuhyeekum thumma ilayhi turjaAAoon

How can you reject Allah, when you were dead and then He gave you life, then He will make you die and then give you life again, then you will be returned to Him?

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰٓى اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ فَسَوّٰيهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍۜ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Huwa allathee khalaqa lakum mafee al-ardi jameeAAan thumma istawa ila assama-ifasawwahunna sabAAa samawatin wahuwa bikullishay-in AAaleem

It is He who created everything on the earth for you and then directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things.

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ خَل۪يفَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَجْعَلُ ف۪يهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ ف۪يهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَٓاءَۚ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon

When your Lord said to the angels, ‘I am putting a khalif on the earth,’ they said, ‘Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed blood when we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your purity?’ He said, ‘I know what you do not know. ’

وَعَلَّمَ اٰدَمَ الْاَسْمَٓاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ اَنْبِؤُ۫ن۪ي بِاَسْمَٓاءِ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

WaAAallama adama al-asmaakullaha thumma AAaradahum AAala almala-ikatifaqala anbi-oonee bi-asma-i haola-iin kuntum sadiqeen

He taught Adam the names of all things. Then He arrayed them before the angels and said, ‘Tell me the names of these if you are telling the truth.’

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَٓا اِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَاۜ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Qaloo subhanaka laAAilma lana illa ma AAallamtanainnaka anta alAAaleemu alhakeem

They said, ‘Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.’

قَالَ يَٓا اٰدَمُ اَنْبِئْهُمْ بِاَسْمَٓائِهِمْۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَنْبَاَهُمْ بِاَسْمَٓائِهِمْۙ قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَكُمْ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

Qala ya adamu anbi/humbi-asma-ihim falamma anbaahum bi-asma-ihim qalaalam aqul lakum innee aAAlamu ghayba assamawatiwal-ardi waaAAlamu ma tubdoona wamakuntum taktumoon

He said, ‘Adam, tell them their names. ’ When he had told them their names, He said, ‘Did I not tell you that I know the Unseen of the heavens and the earth, and I know what you make known and what you hide?’

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْل۪يسَۜ اَبٰى وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Wa-ith qulna lilmala-ikatiosjudoo li-adama fasajadoo illa ibleesa abawastakbara wakana mina alkafireen

We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate to Adam!’ and they prostrated, with the exception of Iblis. He refused and was arrogant and was one of the kafirun.

وَقُلْنَا يَٓا اٰدَمُ اسْكُنْ اَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَداً حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَاۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waqulna ya adamu oskunanta wazawjuka aljannata wakula minha raghadan haythushi/tuma wala taqraba hathihi ashshajaratafatakoona mina aththalimeen

We said, ‘Adam, live in the Garden, you and your wife, and eat freely from it wherever you will. But do not approach this tree and so become wrongdoers.’

فَاَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَاَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا ف۪يهِۖ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۚ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

Faazallahuma ashshaytanuAAanha faakhrajahuma mimma kanafeehi waqulna ihbitoo baAAdukum libaAAdinAAaduwwun walakum fee al-ardi mustaqarrun wamataAAunila heen

But Shaytan made them slip up by means of it, expelling them from where they were. We said, ‘Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time.’

فَتَلَقّٰٓى اٰدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Fatalaqqa adamu min rabbihikalimatin fataba AAalayhi innahu huwa attawwabuarraheem

Then Adam received some words from his Lord and He turned towards him. He is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَم۪يعاًۚ فَاِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنّ۪ي هُدًى فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Qulna ihbitoo minhajameeAAan fa-imma ya/tiyannakum minnee hudan faman tabiAAahudaya fala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

We said, ‘Go down from it, every one of you! Then when guidance comes to you from Me, those who follow My guidance will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. ’

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ۟

Wallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboobi-ayatina ola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

But those who are kafir and deny Our Signs are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاَوْفُوا بِعَهْد۪ٓي اُو۫فِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَاِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waawfoo biAAahdee oofibiAAahdikum wa-iyyaya farhaboon

Tribe of Israel! remember the blessing I conferred on you. Honour My contract and I will honour your contract. Have dread of Me alone.

وَاٰمِنُوا بِمَٓا اَنْزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُٓوا اَوَّلَ كَافِرٍ بِه۪ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِاٰيَات۪ي ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۘ وَاِيَّايَ فَاتَّقُونِ

Waaminoo bima anzaltu musaddiqanlima maAAakum wala takoonoo awwala kafirinbihi wala tashtaroo bi-ayatee thamananqaleelan wa-iyyaya fattaqoon

Have iman in what I have sent down, confirming what is with you. Do not be the first to reject it and do not sell My Signs for a paltry price. Have taqwa of Me alone.

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bilbatiliwataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

Do not mix up truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth.

وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِع۪ينَ

Waaqeemoo assalata waatooazzakata warkaAAoo maAAa arrakiAAeen

Establish salat and pay zakat and bow with those who bow.

اَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Ata/muroona annasa bilbirriwatansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afalataAAqiloon

Do you order people to devoutness and forget yourselves, when you recite the Book? Will you not use your intellect?

وَاسْتَع۪ينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلٰوةِۜ وَاِنَّهَا لَكَب۪يرَةٌ اِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِع۪ينَۙ

WastaAAeenoo bissabriwassalati wa-innaha lakabeeratunilla AAala alkhashiAAeen

Seek help in steadfastness and salat. But that is a very hard thing, except for the humble:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَظُنُّونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا رَبِّهِمْ وَاَنَّهُمْ اِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ۟

Allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo rabbihim waannahum ilayhi rajiAAoon

those who are aware that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاَنّ۪ي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waannee faddaltukumAAala alAAalameen

Tribe of Israel! remember the blessing I conferred on you and that I preferred you over all other beings.

وَاتَّقُوا يَوْماً لَا تَجْز۪ي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ

Wattaqoo yawman la tajzeenafsun AAan nafsin shay-an wala yuqbalu minha shafaAAatunwala yu/khathu minha AAadlun wala humyunsaroon

Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to compensate for another in any way. No intercession will be taken from it, no ransom taken from it, and none will be helped.

وَاِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wa-ith najjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuthabbihoonaabnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikumbalaon min rabbikum AAatheem

Remember when We rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting an evil punishment on you – slaughtering your sons and letting your women live. In that there was a terrible trial for you from your Lord.

وَاِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَاَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَاَغْرَقْـنَٓا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَاَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ

Wa-ith faraqna bikumu albahrafaanjaynakum waaghraqna ala firAAawnawaantum tanthuroon

And when We parted the sea for you and rescued you, and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you watched.

وَاِذْ وٰعَدْنَا مُوسٰٓى اَرْبَع۪ينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ وَاَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Wa-ith waAAadna moosaarbaAAeena laylatan thumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla minbaAAdihi waantum thalimoon

And when We allotted to Musa forty nights. Then you adopted the Calf when he had gone and you were wrongdoers.

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Thumma AAafawna AAankum min baAAdi thalikalaAAallakum tashkuroon

Then We pardoned you after that so that perhaps you would show thanks.

وَاِذْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Wa-ith atayna moosaalkitaba walfurqana laAAallakum tahtadoon

Remember when We gave Musa the Book and discrimination so that perhaps you would be guided.

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ يَا قَوْمِ اِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُٓوا اِلٰى بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ بَارِئِكُمْۜ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi ya qawmi innakum thalamtumanfusakum bittikhathikumu alAAijla fatooboo ilabari-ikum faqtuloo anfusakum thalikumkhayrun lakum AAinda bari-ikum fataba AAalaykuminnahu huwa attawwabu arraheem

And when Musa said to his people, ‘My people, You wronged yourselves by adopting the Calf so turn towards your Maker and kill yourselves. That is the best thing for you in your Maker’s sight.’ And He turned towards you. He is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.

وَاِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسٰى لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى نَرَى اللّٰهَ جَهْرَةً فَاَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَاَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ

Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nu/mina laka hatta nara Allahajahratan faakhathatkumu assaAAiqatu waantumtanthuroon

And when you said, ‘Musa, we will not believe in you until we see Allah with our own eyes. ’ So the thunder-bolt struck you dead while you were looking.

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Thumma baAAathnakum min baAAdimawtikum laAAallakum tashkuroon

Then We brought you back to life after your death, so that perhaps you would show thanks.

وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Wathallalna AAalaykumualghamama waanzalna AAalaykumu almanna wassalwakuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wamathalamoona walakin kanooanfusahum yathlimoon

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down manna and quails to you: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided for you. ’ They did not wrong Us; rather it was themselves they were wronging.

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَداً وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْۜ وَسَنَز۪يدُ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith qulna odkhuloo hathihialqaryata fakuloo minha haythu shi/tum raghadan wadkhulooalbaba sujjadan waqooloo hittatun naghfirlakum khatayakum wasanazeedu almuhsineen

Remember when We said, ‘Go into this town. and eat from it wherever you like, freely. Enter the gate prostrating and say, "Relieve us of our burdens!" Your mistakes will be forgiven. We will grant increase to all good-doers.’

فَبَدَّلَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلاً غَيْرَ الَّذ۪ي ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ فَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا رِجْزاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ۟

Fabaddala allatheena thalamooqawlan ghayra allathee qeela lahum faanzalna AAalaallatheena thalamoo rijzan mina assama-ibima kanoo yafsuqoon

But those who did wrong substituted words other than those they had been given. So We sent down a plague from heaven on those who did wrong because they were deviators.

وَاِذِ اسْتَسْقٰى مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۜ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ithi istasqa moosaliqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajarafanfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qadAAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo washraboomin rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And when Musa was looking for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff. ’ Then twelve fountains gushed out from it and all the people knew their drinking place. ‘Eat and drink of Allah's provision and do not go about the earth corrupting it.’

وَاِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسٰى لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلٰى طَعَامٍ وَاحِدٍ فَادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْاَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّٓائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَاۜ قَالَ اَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذ۪ي هُوَ اَدْنٰى بِالَّذ۪ي هُوَ خَيْرٌۜ اِهْبِطُوا مِصْراً فَاِنَّ لَكُمْ مَا سَاَلْتُمْۜ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَالْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيّ۪نَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ۟

Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nasbira AAala taAAamin wahidinfadAAu lana rabbaka yukhrij lana mimmatunbitu al-ardu min baqliha waqiththa-ihawafoomiha waAAadasiha wabasaliha qalaatastabdiloona allathee huwa adna billatheehuwa khayrun ihbitoo misran fa-inna lakum masaaltum waduribat AAalayhimu aththillatu walmaskanatuwabaoo bighadabin mina Allahi thalikabi-annahum kanoo yakfuroona bi-ayati Allahiwayaqtuloona annabiyyeena bighayri alhaqqi thalikabima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoon

And when you said, ‘Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of food so ask your Lord to supply to us some of what the earth produces – its green vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and onions,’ he said, ‘Do you want to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then you will have what you are asking for. ’ Abasement and destitution were stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah upon themselves. That was because they rejected Allah’s Signs and killed the Prophets without any right to do so. That was because they rebelled and went beyond the limits.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَالَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارٰى وَالصَّابِـ۪ٔينَ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۖ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Inna allatheena amanoo wallatheenahadoo wannasara wassabi-eenaman amana biAllahi walyawmi al-akhiriwaAAamila salihan falahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihimwala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Those with iman, those who are Jews, and the Christians and Sabaeans, all who have iman in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wathkurooma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoon

Remember when We made the covenant with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads: ‘Take hold vigorously of what We have given you and pay heed to what is in it, so that hopefully you will have taqwa. ’

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَۚ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَكُنْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Thumma tawallaytum min baAAdi thalikafalawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhulakuntum mina alkhasireen

Then after that you turned away, and were it not for Allah's favour to you and His mercy, you would have been among the lost.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَۚ

Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een

You are well aware of those of you who broke the Sabbath. We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised, cast out.’

فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ

FajaAAalnaha nakalanlima bayna yadayha wama khalfahawamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeen

We made it an exemplary punishment for those there then, and those coming afterwards, and a warning to those who have taqwa.

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ اَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُواًۜ قَالَ اَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoobaqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qalaaAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen

And when Musa said to his people, ‘Allah commands you to sacrifice a cow,’ they said, ‘What! Are you making a mockery of us?’ He said, ‘I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant!’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌۜ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَۜ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqooluinnaha baqaratun la faridun walabikrun AAawanun bayna thalika fafAAaloo matu/maroon

They said, ‘Ask your Lord to make it clear to us what it should be like. ’ He said, ‘He says it should be a cow, not old or virgin, but somewhere between the two. So do as you have been told.’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا لَوْنُهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَٓاءُۙ فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ النَّاظِر۪ينَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma lawnuha qala innahuyaqoolu innaha baqaratun safrao faqiAAunlawnuha tasurru annathireen

They said, ‘Ask your Lord to make it clear to us what colour it should be. ’ He said, ‘He says it should be a red cow, the colour of sorrel, a pleasure to all who look.’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَۙ اِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَاۜ وَاِنَّٓا اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya inna albaqara tashabahaAAalayna wa-inna in shaa Allahulamuhtadoon

They said, ‘Ask your Lord to make it clear to us what it should be like. Cows are all much the same to us. Then, if Allah wills, we will be guided.’

قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا ذَلُولٌ تُث۪يرُ الْاَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِي الْحَرْثَۚ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَا شِيَةَ ف۪يهَاۜ قَالُوا الْـٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّۜ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ۟

Qala innahu yaqoolu innahabaqaratun la thaloolun tutheeru al-arda walatasqee alhartha musallamatun la shiyata feehaqaloo al-ana ji/ta bilhaqqi fathabahoohawama kadoo yafAAaloon

He said, ‘He says it should be a cow not trained to plough or irrigate the fields – completely sound, without a blemish on it. ’ They said, ‘Now you have brought the truth.’ So they sacrificed it – but they almost did not do it.

وَاِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْساً فَادّٰرَءْتُمْ ف۪يهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَۚ

Wa-ith qataltum nafsan faddara/tumfeeha wallahu mukhrijun ma kuntumtaktumoon

Remember when you killed someone and violently accused each other of it, and Allah brought out what you were hiding.

فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُحْـيِ اللّٰهُ الْمَوْتٰى وَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Faqulna idriboohu bibaAAdihakathalika yuhyee Allahu almawtawayureekum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

We said, ‘Hit him with part of it!’ In that way Allah gives life to the dead and He shows you His Signs so that hopefully you will understand.

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ اَوْ اَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۜ وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَٓاءُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalikafahiya kalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatanwa-inna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaruminhu al-anharu wa-inna minha lamayashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wa-inna minhalama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wamaAllahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

Then your hearts became hardened after that, so they were like rocks or even harder still. There are some rocks from which rivers gush out, and others which split open and water pours out, and others which crash down from fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what you do.

اَفَتَطْمَعُونَ اَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَامَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

AfatatmaAAoona an yu/minoo lakumwaqad kana fareequn minhum yasmaAAoona kalama Allahithumma yuharrifoonahu min baAAdi ma AAaqaloohuwahum yaAAlamoon

Do you really hope they will follow you in iman when a group of them heard Allah’s Word and then, after grasping it, knowingly distorted it?

وَاِذَا لَقُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۚ وَاِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍ قَالُٓوا اَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَٓاجُّوكُمْ بِه۪ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalabaAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahumbima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookumbihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloon

When they meet those who have iman, they say, ‘We have iman. ’ But when they go apart with one another, they say, ‘Why do you speak to them about what Allah has disclosed to you, so they can use it as an argument against you before your Lord? Will you not use your intellect?’

اَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

Awa la yaAAlamoona anna AllahayaAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoon

Do they not know that Allah knows what they keep secret and what they make public?

وَمِنْهُمْ اُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ اِلَّٓا اَمَانِيَّ وَاِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Waminhum ommiyyoona la yaAAlamoonaalkitaba illa amaniyya wa-in hum illayathunnoon

Some of them are illiterate, knowing nothing of the Book but wishful thinking. They only speculate.

فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۜ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ

Fawaylun lillatheena yaktuboona alkitababi-aydeehim thumma yaqooloona hatha min AAindi Allahiliyashtaroo bihi thamanan qaleelan fawaylun lahum mimmakatabat aydeehim wawaylun lahum mimma yaksiboon

Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say ‘This is from Allah’ to sell it for a paltry price. Woe to them for what their hands have written! Woe to them for what they earn!

وَقَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ اِلَّٓا اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَةًۜ قُلْ اَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ عَهْداً فَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللّٰهُ عَهْدَهُٓ اَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Waqaloo lan tamassana annaruilla ayyaman maAAdoodatan qul attakhathtumAAinda Allahi AAahdan falan yukhlifa AllahuAAahdahu am taqooloona AAala Allahi ma lataAAlamoon

They say, ‘The Fire will only touch us for a number of days. ’ Say, ‘Have you made a contract with Allah – then Allah will not break His contract – or are you rather saying about Allah what you do not know?’

بَلٰى مَنْ كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَاَحَاطَتْ بِه۪ خَط۪ٓيـَٔتُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Bala man kasaba sayyi-atan waahatatbihi khatee-atuhu faola-ika as-habu annarihum feeha khalidoon

No indeed! Those who accumulate bad actions and are surrounded by their mistakes, such people are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ۟

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati ola-ika as-habualjannati hum feeha khalidoon

whereas those who have iman and do right actions, such people are the Companions of the Garden, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناً وَذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَۜ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqabanee isra-eela la taAAbudoona illa Allahawabilwalidayni ihsanan watheealqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwaqooloo linnasi husnan waaqeemoo assalatawaatoo azzakata thumma tawallaytum illaqaleelan minkum waantum muAAridoon

Remember when We made a covenant with the tribe of Israel: ‘Worship none but Allah and be good to your parents and to relatives and orphans and the very poor. And speak good words to people. And establish salat and pay zakat.’ But then you turned away – except a few of you – you turned aside.

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَٓاءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ ثُمَّ اَقْرَرْتُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumla tasfikoona dimaakum wala tukhrijoonaanfusakum min diyarikum thumma aqrartum waantum tashhadoon

And when We made a covenant with you not to shed your blood and not to expel one another from your homes, you agreed and were all witnesses.

ثُمَّ اَنْتُمْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَر۪يقاً مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْۘ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِۜ وَاِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ اُسَارٰى تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ اِخْرَاجُهُمْۜ اَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍۚ فَمَا جَزَٓاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ اِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ اِلٰٓى اَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma antum haola-itaqtuloona anfusakum watukhrijoona fareeqan minkum min diyarihimtathaharoona AAalayhim bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwa-in ya/tookum osara tufadoohum wahuwa muharramunAAalaykum ikhrajuhum afatu/minoona bibaAAdi alkitabiwatakfuroona bibaAAdin fama jazao manyafAAalu thalika minkum illa khizyun fee alhayatiaddunya wayawma alqiyamati yuraddoona ilaashaddi alAAathabi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Then you are the people who are killing one another and expelling a group among you from their homes, ganging up against them in wrongdoing and enmity. Yet if they are brought to you as captives, you ransom them, when it was forbidden for you to expel them in the first place! Do you, then, believe in one part of the Book and reject the other? What repayment will there be for any of you who do that except disgrace in this world? And on the Day of Rising, they will be returned to the harshest of punishments. Allah is not unaware of what ytheyou do.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْاٰخِرَةِۘ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ۟

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooalhayata addunya bil-akhiratifala yukhaffafu AAanhumu alAAathabu wala humyunsaroon

Those are the people who trade the Next World for this world. The punishment will not be lightened for them. They will not be helped.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ بِالرُّسُلِ وَاٰتَيْنَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِۜ اَفَكُلَّمَا جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوٰٓى اَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْۚ فَفَر۪يقاً كَذَّبْتُمْۘ وَفَر۪يقاً تَقْتُلُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba waqaffayna min baAAdihi birrusuliwaatayna AAeesa ibna maryama albayyinatiwaayyadnahu biroohi alqudusi afakullama jaakumrasoolun bima la tahwa anfusukumuistakbartum fafareeqan kaththabtum wafareeqan taqtuloon

We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after him. We gave ‘Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with the Purest Ruh. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with something your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some of them and murder others?

وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۜ بَلْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَل۪يلاً مَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Waqaloo quloobuna ghulfun ballaAAanahumu Allahu bikufrihim faqaleelan mayu/minoon

They say, ‘Our hearts are uncircumcised. ’ Rather, Allah has cursed them for their kufr. What little iman they have!

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ كِتَابٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْۙ وَكَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِه۪ۘ فَلَعْنَةُ اللّٰهِ عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Walamma jaahum kitabunmin AAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahumwakanoo min qablu yastaftihoona AAala allatheenakafaroo falamma jaahum ma AAarafoo kafaroobihi falaAAnatu Allahi AAala alkafireen

When a Book does come to them from Allah, confirming what is with them – even though before that they were praying for victory over the kafirun – yet when what they recognise does come to them, they reject it. Allah’s curse is on the kafirun.

بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِه۪ٓ اَنْفُسَهُمْ اَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بَغْياً اَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۚ فَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ عَلٰى غَضَبٍۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌ

Bi/sama ishtaraw bihi anfusahum anyakfuroo bima anzala Allahu baghyan an yunazzilaAllahu min fadlihi AAala man yashaomin AAibadihi fabaoo bighadabin AAalaghadabin walilkafireena AAathabun muheen

What an evil thing they have sold themselves for in rejecting what Allah has sent down, outraged that Allah should send down His favour on whichever of His slaves He wills. They have brought down anger upon anger on themselves. The kafirun will have a humiliating punishment.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ اٰمِنُوا بِمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوا نُؤْمِنُ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَٓاءَهُ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا مَعَهُمْۜ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ اَنْبِيَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo bimaanzala Allahu qaloo nu/minu bima onzilaAAalayna wayakfuroona bima waraahu wahuwa alhaqqumusaddiqan lima maAAahum qul falima taqtuloonaanbiyaa Allahi min qablu in kuntum mu/mineen

When they are told, ‘Have iman in what Allah has sent down,’ they say, ‘Our iman is in what was sent down to us,’ and they reject anything beyond that, even though it is the truth, confirming what they have. Say, ‘Why then, if you are muminun, did you previously kill the Prophets of Allah?’

وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ مُوسٰى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ وَاَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad jaakum moosa bilbayyinatithumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum thalimoon

Musa brought you the Clear Signs; then, after he left, you adopted the Calf and were wrongdoers.

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواۜ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاُشْرِبُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۜ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِه۪ٓ ا۪يمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wasmaAAoo qaloosamiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo feequloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bi/sama ya/murukumbihi eemanukum in kuntum mu/mineen

Remember when We made a covenant with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads: ‘Take hold vigorously of what We have given you and listen. ’ They said, ‘We hear and disobey.’ They were made to drink the Calf into their hearts because of their kufr. Say, ‘If you are muminun, what an evil thing your iman has made you do.’

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Qul in kanat lakumu addarual-akhiratu AAinda Allahi khalisatanmin dooni annasi fatamannawoo almawta in kuntum sadiqeen

Say, ‘If the abode of the akhira with Allah is for you alone, to the exclusion of all others, then long for death if you are telling the truth. ’

وَلَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ اَبَداً بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ

Walan yatamannawhu abadan bimaqaddamat aydeehim wallahu AAaleemun biaththalimeen

But they will never ever long for it because of what they have done. Allah knows the wrongdoers.

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ اَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِه۪ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ اَنْ يُعَمَّرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Walatajidannahum ahrasa annasiAAala hayatin wamina allatheenaashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wamahuwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi anyuAAammara wallahu baseerun bimayaAAmaloon

Rather you will find them the people greediest for life, along with the idolaters. Any of them would love to be allowed to live a thousand years. But being allowed to live would not save him from the punishment. Allah sees what they do.

قُلْ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُواًّ لِجِبْر۪يلَ فَاِنَّهُ نَزَّلَهُ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Qul man kana AAaduwwan lijibreelafa-innahu nazzalahu AAala qalbika bi-ithni Allahimusaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi wahudan wabushralilmu/mineen

Say, ‘Anyone who is the enemy of Jibril should know that it was he who brought it down upon your heart, by Allah’s authority, confirming what came before, and as guidance and good news for the muminun.

مَنْ كَانَ عَدُواًّ لِلّٰهِ وَمَلٰٓئِكَتِه۪ وَرُسُلِه۪ وَجِبْر۪يلَ وَم۪يكَالَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَدُوٌّ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Man kana AAaduwwan lillahiwamala-ikatihi warusulihi wajibreela wameekalafa-inna Allaha AAaduwwun lilkafireen

Anyone who is the enemy of Allah and of His angels, and of His Messengers and of Jibril and Mika’il, should know that Allah is the enemy of the kafirun. ’

وَلَقَدْ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍۚ وَمَا يَكْفُرُ بِهَٓا اِلَّا الْفَاسِقُونَ

Walaqad anzalna ilayka ayatinbayyinatin wama yakfuru biha illa alfasiqoon

We have sent down Clear Signs to you and no one rejects them except the deviators.

اَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْداً نَبَذَهُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awa kullama AAahadoo AAahdannabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum layu/minoon

Why is it that, whenever they make a contract, a group of them disdainfully tosses it aside? No indeed! Most of them have no iman.

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَر۪يقٌ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَۗ كِتَابَ اللّٰهِ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَاَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Walamma jaahum rasoolun minAAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahum nabathafareequn mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba kitabaAllahi waraa thuhoorihim kaannahum layaAAlamoon

When a Messenger comes to them from Allah confirming what is with them, a group of those who have been given the Book disdainfully toss the Book of Allah behind their backs, just as if they did not know.

وَاتَّـبَعُوا مَا تَتْلُوا الشَّيَاط۪ينُ عَلٰى مُلْكِ سُلَيْمٰنَۚ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمٰنُ وَلٰكِنَّ الشَّيَاط۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ السِّحْرَۗ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَۜ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ اَحَدٍ حَتّٰى يَقُولَٓا اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْۜ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِه۪ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِه۪ۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِضَٓارّ۪ينَ بِه۪ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنْفَعُهُمْۜ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا لَمَنِ اشْتَرٰيهُ مَا لَهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ۠ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا بِه۪ٓ اَنْفُسَهُمْۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

WattabaAAoo ma tatloo ashshayateenuAAala mulki sulaymana wama kafara sulaymanuwalakinna ashshayateena kafarooyuAAallimoona annasa assihra wamaonzila AAala almalakayni bibabila harootawamaroota wama yuAAallimani min ahadinhatta yaqoola innama nahnufitnatun fala takfur fayataAAallamoona minhuma mayufarriqoona bihi bayna almar-i wazawjihi wama hum bidarreenabihi min ahadin illa bi-ithni AllahiwayataAAallamoona ma yadurruhum walayanfaAAuhum walaqad AAalimoo lamani ishtarahu malahu fee al-akhirati min khalaqin walabi/sa masharaw bihi anfusahum law kanoo yaAAlamoon

They follow what the shaytans recited in the reign of Sulayman. Sulayman did not become kafir, but the shaytans did, teaching people sorcery and what had been sent down to Harut and Marut, the two angels in Babylon, who taught no one without first saying to him, ‘We are merely a trial and temptation, so do not become kafir.’ People learned from them how to separate a man and his wife but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with Allah's permission. They have learned what will harm them and will not benefit them. They know that any who deal in it will have no share in Next World. What an evil thing they have sold themselves for if they only knew!

وَلَوْ اَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ۟

Walaw annahum amanoo wattaqawlamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law kanooyaAAlamoon

If only they had had iman and shown taqwa! A reward from Allah is better, if they only knew.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا وَقُولُوا انْظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُواۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqooloo raAAina waqooloo onthurnawasmaAAoo walilkafireena AAathabun aleem

You who have iman! do not say, ‘Ra’ina,’* say, ‘Undhurna,’* and listen well. The kafirun will have a painful punishment.

مَا يَوَدُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَلَا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ اَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Ma yawaddu allatheena kafaroomin ahli alkitabi wala almushrikeena an yunazzalaAAalaykum min khayrin min rabbikum wallahu yakhtassubirahmatihi man yashao wallahu thooalfadli alAAatheem

Those of the People of the Book who are kafir and the idolaters do not like anything good to be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whomever He wills. Allah’s favour is truly vast.

مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ اٰيَةٍ اَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَٓا اَوْ مِثْلِهَاۜ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Ma nansakh min ayatin awnunsiha na/ti bikhayrin minha aw mithlihaalam taAAlam anna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Whenever We abrogate an ayat or cause it to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or equal to it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?

اَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَص۪يرٍ

Alam taAAlam anna Allaha lahu mulkuassamawati wal-ardi wamalakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseer

Do you not know that Allah is He to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs and that, besides Allah, you have no protector and no helper?

اَمْ تُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ تَسْـَٔلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسٰى مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَمَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْا۪يمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَٓاءَ السَّب۪يلِ

Am tureedoona an tas-aloo rasoolakum kamasu-ila moosa min qablu waman yatabaddali alkufra bil-eemanifaqad dalla sawaa assabeel

Or do you want to question your Messenger as Musa was questioned before? Anyone who exchanges iman for kufr has definitely gone astray from the level way.

وَدَّ كَث۪يرٌ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ا۪يمَانِكُمْ كُفَّاراًۚ حَسَداً مِنْ عِنْدِ اَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَاعْفُوا وَاصْفَحُوا حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ اللّٰهُ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wadda katheerun min ahli alkitabilaw yaruddoonakum min baAAdi eemanikum kuffaran hasadanmin AAindi anfusihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhaqqufaAAfoo wasfahoo hattaya/tiya Allahu bi-amrihi inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Many of the People of the Book would love it if they could make you revert to being kuffar after you have become muminun, showing their innate envy now that the truth is clear to them. But you should pardon and overlook until Allah gives His command. Truly Allah has power over all things.

وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَۜ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Waaqeemoo assalata waatooazzakata wama tuqaddimoo li-anfusikum minkhayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahi inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

Establish salat and pay zakat. Any good you send ahead for yourselves, you will find with Allah. Certainly Allah sees what you do.

وَقَالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ اِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ تِلْكَ اَمَانِيُّهُمْۜ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Waqaloo lan yadkhula aljannata illaman kana hoodan aw nasara tilka amaniyyuhumqul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeen

They say, ‘No one will enter the Garden except for Jews and Christians. ’ Such is their vain hope. Say, ‘Produce your evidence if you are telling the truth.’

بَلٰى مَنْ اَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُٓ اَجْرُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّه۪ۖ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ۟

Bala man aslama wajhahu lillahiwahuwa muhsinun falahu ajruhu AAinda rabbihi walakhawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Not so! All who submit themselves completely to Allah and are good-doers will find their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ النَّصَارٰى عَلٰى شَيْءٍۖ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارٰى لَيْسَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍۙ وَهُمْ يَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَۜ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْۚ فَاللّٰهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Waqalati alyahoodu laysati annasaraAAala shay-in waqalati annasaralaysati alyahoodu AAala shay-in wahum yatloona alkitabakathalika qala allatheena layaAAlamoona mithla qawlihim fallahu yahkumubaynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon

The Jews say, ‘The Christians have nothing to stand on,’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews have nothing to stand on,’ yet they both recite the Book. Those who do not know say the same as they say. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Rising regarding the things about which they differ.

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ مَنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ يُذْكَرَ ف۪يهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعٰى ف۪ي خَرَابِهَاۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ اَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَٓا اِلَّا خَٓائِف۪ينَۜ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Waman athlamu mimman manaAAamasajida Allahi an yuthkara feehaismuhu wasaAAa fee kharabiha ola-ikama kana lahum an yadkhulooha illa kha-ifeenalahum fee addunya khizyun walahum fee al-akhiratiAAathabun AAatheem

Who could do greater wrong than someone who bars access to the mosques of Allah, preventing His name from being remembered in them, and goes about destroying them? Such people will never be able to enter them – except in fear. They will have disgrace in the dunya and in the akhira they will have a terrible punishment.

وَلِلّٰهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَاَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Walillahi almashriqu walmaghribufaaynama tuwalloo fathamma wajhu Allahi inna AllahawasiAAun AAaleem

Both East and West belong to Allah, so wherever you turn, the Face of Allah is there. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَداًۙ سُبْحَانَهُۜ بَلْ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ كُلٌّ لَهُ قَانِتُونَ

Waqaloo itakhatha Allahuwaladan subhanahu bal lahu ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi kullun lahu qanitoon

They say, ‘Allah has a son. ’ Glory be to Him! No, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him. Everything is obedient to Him,

بَد۪يعُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَاِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمْراً فَاِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

BadeeAAu assamawatiwal-ardi wa-itha qada amran fa-innamayaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon

the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ لَوْلَا يُكَلِّمُنَا اللّٰهُ اَوْ تَأْت۪ينَٓا اٰيَةٌۜ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْۜ تَشَابَهَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Waqala allatheena layaAAlamoona lawla yukallimuna Allahu awta/teena ayatun kathalika qala allatheenamin qablihim mithla qawlihim tashabahat quloobuhum qadbayyanna al-ayati liqawmin yooqinoon

Those who do not know say, ‘If only Allah would speak to us, or some sign come to us!’ just like those before them who said the same as they say. Their hearts are much the same. We have made the Signs clear for people who have certainty.

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَش۪يراً وَنَذ۪يراًۙ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ اَصْحَابِ الْجَح۪يمِ

Inna arsalnaka bilhaqqibasheeran wanatheeran wala tus-alu Aaan as-habialjaheem

We have sent you with the Truth, bringing good news and giving warning. Do not ask about the inhabitants of the Blazing Fire.

وَلَنْ تَرْضٰى عَنْكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلَا النَّصَارٰى حَتّٰى تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْۜ قُلْ اِنَّ هُدَى اللّٰهِ هُوَ الْهُدٰىۜ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ بَعْدَ الَّذ۪ي جَٓاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِۙ مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَص۪يرٍ

Walan tarda AAanka alyahoodu walaannasara hatta tattabiAAamillatahum qul inna huda Allahi huwa alhudawala-ini ittabaAAta ahwaahum baAAda allathee jaakamina alAAilmi ma laka mina Allahi min waliyyin walanaseer

The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you until you follow their religion. Say, ‘Allah’s guidance is the true guidance.’ If you were to follow their whims and desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would find no protector or helper against Allah.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَتْلُونَهُ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِه۪ۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِه۪ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟

Allatheena ataynahumualkitaba yatloonahu haqqa tilawatihi ola-ikayu/minoona bihi waman yakfur bihi faola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those to whom We have given the Book, who recite it in the way it should be recited, such people have iman in it. As for those who reject it, they are the losers.

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاَنّ۪ي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waannee faddaltukumAAala alAAalameen

Tribe of Israel! remember the blessing I conferred on you, and that I preferred you over all other beings.

وَاتَّقُوا يَوْماً لَا تَجْز۪ي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ

Wattaqoo yawman la tajzeenafsun AAan nafsin shay-an wala yuqbalu minhaAAadlun wala tanfaAAuha shafaAAatun walahum yunsaroon

Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to compensate for another in any way, and no ransom will be accepted from it, and no intercession benefit it, and they will not be helped.

وَاِذِ ابْتَلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَاَتَمَّهُنَّۜ قَالَ اِنّ۪ي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ اِمَاماًۜ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪يۜ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wa-ithi ibtala ibraheemarabbuhu bikalimatin faatammahunna qala innee jaAAilukalinnasi imaman qala wamin thurriyyateeqala la yanalu AAahdee aththalimeen

Remember when Ibrahim was tested by his Lord with certain words which he carried out completely. He said, ‘I will make you a model for mankind.’ He asked, ‘And what of my descendants?’ He said, ‘My contract does not include the wrongdoers.’

وَاِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَاَمْناًۜ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ مُصَلًّىۜ وَعَهِدْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ اَنْ طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّٓائِف۪ينَ وَالْعَاكِف۪ينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ

Wa-ith jaAAalna albayta mathabatanlinnasi waamnan wattakhithoo minmaqami ibraheema musallan waAAahidnaila ibraheema wa-ismaAAeela an tahhirabaytiya litta-ifeena walAAakifeenawarrukkaAAi assujood

And when We made the House* a place of return, a sanctuary for mankind: They took the Maqam of Ibrahim as a place of prayer. We contracted with Ibrahim and Isma‘il: ‘Purify My House for those who circle it, and those who stay there, and those who bow and who prostrate.’

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هٰذَا بَلَداً اٰمِناً وَارْزُقْ اَهْلَهُ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ مِنْهُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ قَالَ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاُمَتِّعُهُ قَل۪يلاً ثُمَّ اَضْطَرُّهُٓ اِلٰى عَذَابِ النَّارِۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi ijAAal hatha baladan aminan warzuqahlahu mina aththamarati man amana minhumbillahi walyawmi al-akhiri qalawaman kafara faomattiAAuhu qaleelan thumma adtarruhu ilaAAathabi annari wabi/sa almaseer

And when Ibrahim said, ‘My Lord, make this a place of safety and provide its inhabitants with fruits – all of them who have iman in Allah and the Last Day,’ He said, ‘I will let anyone who becomes a kafir enjoy himself a little but then I will drive him to the punishment of the Fire. What an evil destination!’

وَاِذْ يَرْفَعُ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلُۜ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّاۜ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wa-ith yarfaAAu ibraheemualqawaAAida mina albayti wa-ismaAAeelu rabbanataqabbal minna innaka anta assameeAAu alAAaleem

And when Ibrahim built the foundations of the House with Isma‘il: ‘Our Lord, accept this from us! You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَٓا اُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَكَۖ وَاَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَاۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Rabbana wajAAalnamuslimayni laka wamin thurriyyatina ommatanmuslimatan laka waarina manasikana watubAAalayna innaka anta attawwabu arraheem

Our Lord, make us both Muslims submitted to You, and our descendants a Muslim community submitted to You. Show us our rites of worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.

رَبَّنَا وَابْعَثْ ف۪يهِمْ رَسُولاً مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكّ۪يهِمْۜ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ۟

Rabbana wabAAath feehimrasoolan minhum yatloo AAalayhim ayatikawayuAAallimuhumu alkitaba walhikmatawayuzakkeehim innaka anta alAAazeezu alhakeem

Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from them to recite Your Signs to them and teach them the Book and Wisdom and purify them. You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.’

وَمَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Waman yarghabu AAan millati ibraheemailla man safiha nafsahu walaqadi istafaynahufee addunya wa-innahu fee al-akhiratilamina assaliheen

Who would deliberately renounce the religion of Ibrahim except someone who reveals himself to be a fool? We chose him in this world and in the Next World he will be one of the righteous.

اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُٓ اَسْلِمْۙ قَالَ اَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Ith qala lahu rabbuhu aslim qalaaslamtu lirabbi alAAalameen

When his Lord said to him, ‘Become a Muslim!’ he said, ‘I am a Muslim who has submitted to the Lord of all the worlds. ’

وَوَصّٰى بِهَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمُ بَن۪يهِ وَيَعْقُوبُۜ يَا بَنِيَّ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفٰى لَكُمُ الدّ۪ينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ اِلَّا وَاَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَۜ

Wawassa biha ibraheemubaneehi wayaAAqoobu ya baniyya inna Allaha istafalakumu addeena fala tamootunna illa waantummuslimoon

Ibrahim directed his sons to this, as did Ya‘qub: ‘My sons! Allah has chosen this deen for you, so do not die except as Muslims. ’

اَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَٓاءَ اِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَوْتُۙ اِذْ قَالَ لِبَن۪يهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ بَعْد۪يۜ قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ اِلٰهَكَ وَاِلٰهَ اٰبَٓائِكَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ اِلٰهاً وَاحِداًۚ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ

Am kuntum shuhadaa ith hadarayaAAqooba almawtu ith qala libaneehi mataAAbudoona min baAAdee qaloo naAAbudu ilahakawa-ilaha aba-ika ibraheema wa-ismaAAeelawa-ishaqa ilahan wahidan wanahnu lahumuslimoon

Or were you present when death came to Ya‘qub and he said to his sons, ‘What will you worship when I have gone?’ They said, ‘We will worship your God, the God of your forefathers, Ibrahim, Isma‘il and Ishaq – one God. We are Muslims submitted to Him.’

تِلْكَ اُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْۚ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha makasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tus-aloona AAammakano yaAAmaloon

That was a community which has long since passed away. It has what it earned. You have what you have earned. You will not be questioned about what they did.

وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰى تَهْتَدُواۜ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Waqaloo koonoo hoodan aw nasaratahtadoo qul bal millata ibraheema haneefan wamakana mina almushrikeen

They say, ‘Be Jews or Christians and you will be guided. ’ Say, ‘Rather adopt the religion of Ibrahim, a man of natural pure belief. He was not one of the idolaters.’

قُولُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْنَا وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطِ وَمَٓا اُو۫تِيَ مُوسٰى وَع۪يسٰى وَمَٓا اُو۫تِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۚ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ اَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْۘ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ

Qooloo amanna billahiwama onzila ilayna wama onzila ilaibraheema wa-ismaAAeela wa-ishaqawayaAAqooba wal-asbati wama ootiya moosawaAAeesa wama ootiya annabiyyoona minrabbihim la nufarriqu bayna ahadin minhum wanahnulahu muslimoon

Say, ‘We have iman in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and what Musa and ‘Isa were given, and what all the Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him.’

فَاِنْ اٰمَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَٓا اٰمَنْتُمْ بِه۪ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوْاۚ وَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّمَا هُمْ ف۪ي شِقَاقٍۚ فَسَيَكْف۪يكَهُمُ اللّٰهُۚ وَهُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُۜ

Fa-in amanoo bimithli ma amantumbihi faqadi ihtadaw wa-in tawallaw fa-innama hum fee shiqaqinfasayakfeekahumu Allahu wahuwa assameeAAualAAaleem

If their iman is the same as yours then they are guided. But if they turn away, they are entrenched in hostility. Allah will be enough for you against them. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

صِبْغَةَ اللّٰهِۚ وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ صِبْغَةًۘ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ

Sibghata Allahi waman ahsanumina Allahi sibghatan wanahnu lahu AAabidoon

The colouring of Allah – and what colouring could be better than Allah’s? It is Him we worship.

قُلْ اَتُحَٓاجُّونَنَا فِي اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْۚ وَلَـنَٓا اَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ اَعْمَالُكُمْۚ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُخْلِصُونَۙ

Qul atuhajjoonana fee Allahiwahuwa rabbuna warabbukum walana aAAmalunawalakum aAAmalukum wanahnu lahu mukhlisoon

Say, ‘Do you argue with us about Allah when He is our Lord and your Lord? We have our actions and you have your actions. We act for Him alone.’

اَمْ تَقُولُونَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Am taqooloona inna ibraheema wa-ismaAAeelawa-ishaqa wayaAAqooba wal-asbata kanoohoodan aw nasara qul aantum aAAlamu ami Allahuwaman athlamu mimman katama shahadatanAAindahu mina Allahi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Or do they say that Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say, ‘Do you know better or does Allah?’ Who could do greater wrong than someone who hides the evidence he has been given by Allah? Allah is not unaware of what you do.

تِلْكَ اُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْۚ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha makasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tus-aloona AAammakanoo yaAAmaloon

That was a community which has long since passed away. It has what it earned. You have what you have earned. You will not be questioned about what they did.

سَيَقُولُ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلّٰيهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّت۪ي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَاۜ قُلْ لِلّٰهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُۜ يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Sayaqoolu assufahao mina annasima wallahum AAan qiblatihimu allatee kanooAAalayha qul lillahi almashriqu walmaghribuyahdee man yashao ila siratinmustaqeem

The fools among the people will ask, ‘What has made them turn round from the direction they used to face?’* Say, ‘Both East and West belong to Allah. He guides whoever He wills to a straight path.’

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ اُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَٓاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَه۪يداًۜ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّت۪ي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهَٓا اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يَتَّبِـعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِۜ وَاِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَب۪يرَةً اِلَّا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَدَى اللّٰهُۜ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُض۪يعَ ا۪يمَانَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wakathalika jaAAalnakumommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala annasiwayakoona arrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wamajaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illalinaAAlama man yattabiAAu arrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAalaAAaqibayhi wa-in kanat lakabeeratan illa AAalaallatheena hada Allahu wama kanaAllahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

In this way We have made you a middlemost community, so that you may act as witnesses against mankind and the Messenger as a witness against you. We only appointed the direction you used to face in order to distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn round on their heels. Though in truth it is a very hard thing – except for those Allah has guided. Allah would never let your iman go to waste. Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to mankind.

قَدْ نَرٰى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَٓاءِۚ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضٰيهَاۖ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

Qad nara taqalluba wajhika fee assama-ifalanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tardaha fawalli wajhakashatra almasjidi alharami wahaythu makuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu wa-inna allatheenaootoo alkitaba layaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu minrabbihim wama Allahu bighafilin AAammayaAAmaloon

We have seen you looking up into heaven, turning this way and that, so We will turn you towards a direction which will please you. Turn your face, therefore, towards the Masjid al-Haram. Wherever you all are, turn your faces towards it. Those given the Book know it is the truth from their Lord. Allah is not unaware of what they do.

وَلَئِنْ اَتَيْتَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ بِكُلِّ اٰيَةٍ مَا تَبِعُوا قِبْلَتَكَۚ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ بِتَابِـعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُمْ بِتَابِـعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍۜ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِۙ اِنَّكَ اِذاً لَمِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَۢ

Wala-in atayta allatheena ootooalkitaba bikulli ayatin ma tabiAAooqiblataka wama anta bitabiAAin qiblatahum wamabaAAduhum bitabiAAin qiblata baAAdinwala-ini ittabaAAta ahwaahum min baAAdi ma jaakamina alAAilmi innaka ithan lamina aththalimeen

If you were to bring every Sign to those given the Book, they still would not follow your direction. You do not follow their direction. They do not follow each other’s direction. If you followed their whims and desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would then be one of the wrongdoers.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّ فَر۪يقاً مِنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Allatheena ataynahumualkitaba yaAArifoonahu kama yaAArifoona abnaahumwa-inna fareeqan minhum layaktumoona alhaqqa wahumyaAAlamoon

Those We have given the Book recognise it as they recognise their own sons. Yet a group of them knowingly conceal the truth.

اَلْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَر۪ينَ۟

Alhaqqu min rabbika falatakoonanna mina almumtareen

The truth is from your Lord, so on no account be among the doubters.

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلّ۪يهَا فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِۜ اَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللّٰهُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Walikullin wijhatun huwa muwalleehafastabiqoo alkhayrati aynama takoonoo ya/tibikumu Allahu jameeAAan inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Each person faces a particular direction so race each other to the good. Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together. Truly Allah has power over all things.

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَاِنَّهُ لَلْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wamin haythu kharajta fawalliwajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wa-innahulalhaqqu min rabbika wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Masjid al-Haram. This is certainly the truth from your Lord. Allah is not unaware of what you do.

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۙ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌۗ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْن۪ي وَلِاُتِمَّ نِعْمَت۪ي عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۙ

Wamin haythu kharajta fawalliwajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wahaythuma kuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu li-allayakoona linnasi AAalaykum hujjatun illaallatheena thalamoo minhum falatakhshawhum wakhshawnee wali-otimma niAAmatee AAalaykumwalaAAallakum tahtadoon

Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Masjid al-Haram. Wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that people will have no argument against you – except for those among them who do wrong and then you should not fear them but rather fear Me – and so that I may complete My blessing upon you so that hopefully you will be guided.

كَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪يكُمْ رَسُولاً مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيَاتِنَا وَيُزَكّ۪يكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَۜ

Kama arsalna feekum rasoolanminkum yatloo AAalaykum ayatinawayuzakkeekum wayuAAallimukumu alkitaba walhikmatawayuAAallimukum ma lam takoonoo taAAlamoon

For this We sent a Messenger to you from among you to recite Our Signs to you and purify you and teach you the Book and Wisdom and teach you things you did not know before.

فَاذْكُرُون۪ٓي اَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا ل۪ي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ۟

Fathkuroonee athkurkumwashkuroo lee wala takfuroon

Remember Me – I will remember you. Give thanks to Me and do not be ungrateful.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اسْتَع۪ينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلٰوةِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooistaAAeenoo bissabri wassalatiinna Allaha maAAa assabireen

You who have iman! seek help in steadfastness and salat. Allah is with the steadfast.

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ يُقْتَلُ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اَمْوَاتٌۜ بَلْ اَحْيَٓاءٌ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Wala taqooloo liman yuqtalu feesabeeli Allahi amwatun bal ahyaon walakinla tashAAuroon

Do not say that those who are killed in the Way of Allah are dead. On the contrary, they are alive but you are not aware of it.

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِۜ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِر۪ينَۙ

Walanabluwannakum bishay-in mina alkhawfiwaljooAAi wanaqsin mina al-amwali wal-anfusiwaththamarati wabashshiri assabireen

We will test you with a certain amount of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and life and fruits. But give good news to the steadfast:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اِذَٓا اَصَابَتْهُمْ مُص۪يبَةٌۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَاِنَّٓا اِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَۜ

Allatheena itha asabat-hummuseebatun qaloo inna lillahi wa-innailayhi rajiAAoon

Those who, when disaster strikes them, say, ‘We belong to Allah and to Him we will return. ’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ

Ola-ika AAalayhim salawatunmin rabbihim warahmatun waola-ika humu almuhtadoon

Those are the people who will have blessings and mercy from their Lord; they are the ones who are guided.

اِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَٓائِرِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ اَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ اَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَاۜ وَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْراًۙ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَاكِرٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Inna assafa walmarwatamin shaAAa-iri Allahi faman hajja albaytaawi iAAtamara fala junaha AAalayhi an yattawwafabihima waman tatawwaAAa khayran fa-inna Allahashakirun AAaleem

Safa and Marwa are among the Landmarks of Allah, so anyone who goes on hajj to the House or does ‘umra incurs no wrong in going back and forth between them. If anyone spontaneously does good, Allah is All-Thankful, All-Knowing.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدٰى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّنَّاهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي الْكِتَابِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّاعِنُونَۙ

Inna allatheena yaktumoona maanzalna mina albayyinati walhuda minbaAAdi ma bayyannahu linnasi feealkitabi ola-ika yalAAanuhumu AllahuwayalAAanuhumu allaAAinoon

Those who hide the Clear Signs and Guidance We have sent down, after We have made it clear to people in the Book, Allah curses them, and the cursers curse them –

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ تَابُوا وَاَصْلَحُوا وَبَيَّنُوا فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْۚ وَاَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Illa allatheena taboowaaslahoo wabayyanoo faola-ika atoobuAAalayhim waana attawwabu arraheem

except for those who make tawba and put things right and make things clear. I turn towards them. I am the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ اللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ اَجْمَع۪ينَۙ

Inna allatheena kafaroo wamatoowahum kuffarun ola-ika AAalayhim laAAnatu Allahiwalmala-ikati wannasi ajmaAAeen

But as for those who are kafir and die kuffar, the curse of Allah is upon them and that of the angels and all mankind.

خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۚ لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ

Khalideena feeha layukhaffafu AAanhumu alAAathabu wala hum yuntharoon

They will be under it for ever. The punishment will not be lightened for them. They will be granted no reprieve.

وَاِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمٰنُ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

Wa-ilahukum ilahun wahidunla ilaha illa huwa arrahmanuarraheem

Your God is One God. There is no god but Him, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.

اِنَّ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّت۪ي تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَٓابَّةٍۖ وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna fee khalqi assamawatiwal-ardi wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwalfulki allatee tajree fee albahri bimayanfaAAu annasa wama anzala Allahumina assama-i min ma-in faahyabihi al-arda baAAda mawtiha wabaththa feehamin kulli dabbatin watasreefi arriyahiwassahabi almusakhkhari bayna assama-iwal-ardi laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people’s benefit, and the water which Allah sends down from the sky – by which He brings the earth to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures of every kind – and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their intellect.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَشَدُّ حُباًّ لِلّٰهِۜ وَلَوْ يَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُٓوا اِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَۙ اَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلّٰهِ جَم۪يعاًۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعَذَابِ

Wamina annasi man yattakhithumin dooni Allahi andadan yuhibboonahum kahubbiAllahi wallatheena amanoo ashaddu hubbanlillahi walaw yara allatheena thalamooith yarawna alAAathaba anna alquwwata lillahijameeAAan waanna Allaha shadeedu alAAathab

Some people set up equals to Allah, loving them as they should love Allah. But those who have iman have greater love for Allah. If only you could see those who do wrong at the time when they see the punishment, and that truly all strength belongs to Allah, and that Allah is severe in punishment.

اِذْ تَبَرَّاَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْاَسْبَابُ

Ith tabarraa allatheenaittubiAAoo mina allatheena ittabaAAoo waraawoo alAAathabawataqattaAAat bihimu al-asbab

When those who were followed disown those who followed them, and they see the punishment, and the connection between them is cut,

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّؤُ۫ا مِنَّاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُر۪يهِمُ اللّٰهُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ حَسَرَاتٍ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِخَارِج۪ينَ مِنَ النَّارِ۟

Waqala allatheena ittabaAAoolaw anna lana karratan fanatabarraa minhum kamatabarraoo minna kathalika yureehimu AllahuaAAmalahum hasaratin AAalayhim wamahum bikharijeena mina annar

those who followed will say, ‘If only we could have another chance, we would disown them just as they have disowned us. ’ In that way Allah will show them their actions as a cause of anguish and remorse for them. They will never emerge from the Fire.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْاَرْضِ حَـلَالاً طَـيِّباًۘ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Ya ayyuha annasukuloo mimma fee al-ardi halalan tayyibanwala tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

Mankind! eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And do not follow in the footsteps of Shaytan. He truly is an outright enemy to you.

اِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّٓوءِ وَالْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَاَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Innama ya/murukum bissoo-iwalfahsha-i waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

He only commands you to do evil and indecent acts and to say about Allah what you do not know.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَـتَّبِـعُ مَٓا اَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَٓاءَنَاۜ اَوَلَوْ كَانَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo maanzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfaynaAAalayhi abaana awa law kana abaohumla yaAAqiloona shay-an wala yahtadoon

When they are told, ‘Follow what Allah has sent down to you,’ They say, ‘We are following what we found our fathers doing. ’ What, even though their fathers did not understand a thing and were not guided!

وَمَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذ۪ي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ اِلَّا دُعَٓاءً وَنِدَٓاءًۜ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamathalu allatheena kafarookamathali allathee yanAAiqu bima la yasmaAAuilla duAAaan wanidaan summun bukmunAAumyun fahum la yaAAqiloon

The likeness of those who are kafir is that of someone who yells out to something which cannot hear – it is nothing but a cry and a call. Deaf – dumb – blind. They do not use their intellect.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum washkuroolillahi in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoon

You who have iman! eat of the good things We have provided for you and give thanks to Allah if you worship Him alone.

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ بِه۪ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَٓا اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Innama harrama AAalaykumualmaytata waddama walahma alkhinzeeri wamaohilla bihi lighayri Allahi famani idturra ghayra baghinwala AAadin fala ithma AAalayhi inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

He has only forbidden you carrion, blood and pork and what has been consecrated to other than Allah. But anyone who is forced to eat it – without desiring it or going to excess in it – commits no crime. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ ف۪ي بُطُونِهِمْ اِلَّا النَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللّٰهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكّ۪يهِمْۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena yaktumoona maanzala Allahu mina alkitabi wayashtaroona bihithamanan qaleelan ola-ika ma ya/kuloona fee butoonihimilla annara wala yukallimuhumu Allahuyawma alqiyamati wala yuzakkeehim walahum AAathabunaleem

Those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book and sell it cheap, take nothing into their bellies but the Fire. On the Day of Rising Allah will not speak to them or purify them. They will have a painful punishment.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدٰى وَالْعَذَابَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِۚ فَمَٓا اَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooaddalalata bilhuda walAAathababilmaghfirati fama asbarahum AAala annar

Those are the ones who have sold guidance for misguidance and forgiveness for punishment. How steadfastly they will endure the Fire!

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ لَف۪ي شِقَاقٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟

Thalika bi-anna Allahanazzala alkitaba bilhaqqi wa-inna allatheenaikhtalafoo fee alkitabi lafee shiqaqin baAAeed

That is because Allah has sent down the Book with truth and those who differ from the Book are entrenched in hostility.

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

Goodness does not lie in turning your faces to the East or to the West. Rather, those with true devoutness are those who have iman in Allah and the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and the Prophets, and who, despite their love for it, give away their wealth to their relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to travellers and beggars and to set slaves free, and who establish salat and pay zakat; those who honour their contracts when they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle. Those are the people who are true. They are the people who have taqwa.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلٰىۜ اَلْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْاُنْثٰى بِالْاُنْثٰىۜ فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ اَخ۪يهِ شَيْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاَدَٓاءٌ اِلَيْهِ بِاِحْسَانٍۜ ذٰلِكَ تَخْف۪يفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌۜ فَمَنِ اعْتَدٰى بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu alqisasu fee alqatla alhurrubilhurri walAAabdu bilAAabdi walonthabilontha faman AAufiya lahu min akheehi shay-on fattibaAAunbilmaAAroofi waadaon ilayhi bi-ihsaninthalika takhfeefun min rabbikum warahmatun famaniiAAtada baAAda thalika falahu AAathabunaleem

You who have iman! retaliation is prescribed for you in the case of people killed: free man for free man, slave for slave, female for female. But if someone is absolved by his brother, blood-money should be claimed with correctness and paid with good will. That is an easement and a mercy from your Lord. Anyone who goes beyond the limits after this will receive a painful punishment.

وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيٰوةٌ يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Walakum fee alqisasi hayatunya olee al-albabi laAAallakum tattaqoon

There is life for you in retaliation, people of intelligence, so that hopefully you will have taqwa.

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذَا حَضَرَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ اِنْ تَرَكَ خَيْراًۚ اَلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْاَقْرَب۪ينَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۚ حَقاًّ عَلَى الْمُتَّق۪ينَۜ

Kutiba AAalaykum itha hadaraahadakumu almawtu in taraka khayran alwasiyyatulilwalidayni wal-aqrabeena bilmaAAroofi haqqanAAala almuttaqeen

It is prescribed for you, when death approaches one of you and if he has some goods to leave, to make a will in favour of his parents and relatives, correctly and fairly: a duty for all those who have taqwa.

فَمَنْ بَدَّلَهُ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُ فَاِنَّمَٓا اِثْمُهُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌۜ

Faman baddalahu baAAda ma samiAAahufa-innama ithmuhu AAala allatheenayubaddiloonahu inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

Then if anyone alters it after hearing it, the crime is on the part of those who alter it. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

فَمَنْ خَافَ مِنْ مُوصٍ جَنَفاً اَوْ اِثْماً فَاَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَٓا اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Faman khafa min moosinjanafan aw ithman faaslaha baynahum falaithma AAalayhi inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

But if someone fears bias or wrongdoing on the part of the person making the will, and puts things right between the people involved, in that case he has not committed any crime. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَۙ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu assiyamu kamakutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakumtattaqoon

You who have iman! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you – so that hopefully you will have taqwa –

اَيَّاماً مَعْدُودَاتٍۜ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَۜ وَعَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُط۪يقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْك۪ينٍۜ فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْراً فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُۜ وَاَنْ تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Ayyaman maAAdoodatin faman kanaminkum mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun minayyamin okhara waAAala allatheena yuteeqoonahufidyatun taAAamu miskeenin faman tatawwaAAakhayran fahuwa khayrun lahu waan tasoomoo khayrun lakum inkuntum taAAlamoon

for a specified number of days. But any of you who are ill or on a journey should fast a number of other days. For those who are able to fast, their fidya is to feed the poor. And if someone does good of his own accord, it is better for him. But that you should fast is better for you, if you only knew.

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ ف۪يهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدٰى وَالْفُرْقَانِۚ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُۜ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَۜ يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُر۪يدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَۘ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا هَدٰيكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Shahru ramadana allatheeonzila feehi alqur-anu hudan linnasiwabayyinatin mina alhuda walfurqanifaman shahida minkumu ashshahra falyasumhu waman kanamareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun min ayyaminokhara yureedu Allahu bikumu alyusra wala yureedubikumu alAAusra walitukmiloo alAAiddata walitukabbiroo AllahaAAala ma hadakum walaAAallakum tashkuroon

The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Qur’an was sent down as guidance for mankind, with Clear Signs containing guidance and discrimination. Any of you who are resident for the month should fast it. But any of you who are ill or on a journey should fast a number of other days. Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you. You should complete the number of days and proclaim Allah’s greatness for the guidance He has given you so that hopefully you will be thankful.

وَاِذَا سَاَلَكَ عِبَاد۪ي عَنّ۪ي فَاِنّ۪ي قَر۪يبٌۜ اُج۪يبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ اِذَا دَعَانِۙ فَلْيَسْتَج۪يبُوا ل۪ي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا ب۪ي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

Wa-itha saalaka AAibadeeAAannee fa-innee qareebun ojeebu daAAwata addaAAiitha daAAani falyastajeeboo lee walyu/minoo beelaAAallahum yarshudoon

If My slaves ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided.

اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ اِلٰى نِسَٓائِكُمْۜ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْۚ فَالْـٰٔنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْۖ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْاَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْاَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِۖ ثُمَّ اَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ اِلَى الَّيْلِۚ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَاَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَۙ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Ohilla lakum laylata assiyamiarrafathu ila nisa-ikum hunna libasunlakum waantum libasun lahunna AAalima Allahuannakum kuntum takhtanoona anfusakum fatabaAAalaykum waAAafa AAankum fal-ana bashiroohunnawabtaghoo ma kataba Allahu lakum wakuloo washraboohatta yatabayyana lakumu alkhaytu al-abyadumina alkhayti al-aswadi mina alfajri thumma atimmoo assiyamaila allayli wala tubashiroohunna waantum AAakifoonafee almasajidi tilka hudoodu Allahi falataqrabooha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu ayatihilinnasi laAAallahum yattaqoon

On the night of the fast it is lawful for you to have sexual relations with your wives. They are clothing for you and you for them. Allah knows that you have been betraying yourselves and He has turned towards you and excused you. Now you may have sexual intercourse with them and seek what Allah has written for you. Eat and drink until you can clearly discern the white thread from the black thread of the dawn, then fulfil the fast until the night appears. But do not have sexual intercourse with them while you are in retreat in the mosques. These are Allah’s limits, so do not go near them. In this way does Allah make His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will have taqwa.

وَلَا تَأْكُلُٓوا اَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَٓا اِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَر۪يقاً مِنْ اَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْاِثْمِ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Wala ta/kuloo amwalakumbaynakum bilbatili watudloo biha ilaalhukkami lita/kuloo fareeqan min amwali annasibil-ithmi waantum taAAlamoon

Do not devour one another’s property by false means nor offer it to the judges as a bribe, trying through crime to knowingly usurp a portion of other people’s property.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْاَهِلَّةِۜ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاق۪يتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّۜ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِاَنْ تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقٰىۚ وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ اَبْوَابِهَاۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani al-ahillati qul hiya mawaqeetulinnasi walhajji walaysa albirrubi-an ta/too albuyoota min thuhooriha walakinnaalbirra mani ittaqa wa/too albuyoota min abwabihawattaqoo Allaha laAAallakum tuflihoon

They will ask you about the crescent moons. Say, ‘They are set times for mankind and for the hajj.’ It is not devoutness for you to enter houses by the back. Rather devoutness is possessed by those who have taqwa. So come to houses by their doors and have taqwa of Allah, so that hopefully you will be successful.

وَقَاتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ الَّذ۪ينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُواۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَد۪ينَ

Waqatiloo fee sabeeli Allahiallatheena yuqatiloonakum wala taAAtadooinna Allaha la yuhibbu almuAAtadeen

Fight in the Way of Allah against those who fight you, but do not go beyond the limits. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits.

وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَاَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ اَخْرَجُوكُمْ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِۚ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتّٰى يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ ف۪يهِۚ فَاِنْ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاءُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waqtuloohum haythuthaqiftumoohum waakhrijoohum min haythu akhrajookum walfitnatuashaddu mina alqatli wala tuqatiloohum AAindaalmasjidi alharami hatta yuqatilookumfeehi fa-in qatalookum faqtuloohum kathalikajazao alkafireen

Kill them wherever you come across them and expel them from where they expelled you. Fitna is worse than killing. Do not fight them in the Masjid al-Haram until they fight you there. But if they do fight you, then kill them. That is how the kuffar should be repaid.

فَاِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Fa-ini intahaw fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

But if they cease, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتّٰى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدّ۪ينُ لِلّٰهِۜ فَاِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ اِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waqatiloohum hatta latakoona fitnatun wayakoona addeenu lillahi fa-iniintahaw fala AAudwana illa AAala aththalimeen

Fight them until there is no more fitna and the deen belongs to Allah alone. If they cease, there should be no enmity towards any but wrongdoers.

اَلشَّهْرُ الْحَرَامُ بِالشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْحُرُمَاتُ قِصَاصٌۜ فَمَنِ اعْتَدٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدٰى عَلَيْكُمْۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Ashshahru alharamu bishshahrialharami walhurumatu qisasunfamani iAAtada AAalaykum faAAtadoo AAalayhibimithli ma iAAtada AAalaykum wattaqoo AllahawaAAlamoo anna Allaha maAAa almuttaqeen

Sacred month in return for sacred month – sacred things are subject to retaliation. So if anyone oversteps the limits against you, overstep against him the same as he did to you. But have taqwa of Allah. Know that Allah is with those who have taqwa.

وَاَنْفِقُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِاَيْد۪يكُمْ اِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِۚۛ وَاَحْسِنُواۚۛ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Waanfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi walatulqoo bi-aydeekum ila attahlukati waahsinooinna Allaha yuhibbu almuhsineen

Spend in the Way of Allah. Do not cast yourselves into destruction. And do good: Allah loves good-doers.

وَاَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ اُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُؤُ۫سَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُۜ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ بِه۪ٓ اَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ اَوْ صَدَقَةٍ اَوْ نُسُكٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اَمِنْتُمْ۠ فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ اِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ اِذَا رَجَعْتُمْۜ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ۟

Waatimmoo alhajja walAAumratalillahi fa-in ohsirtum fama istaysara minaalhadyi wala tahliqoo ruoosakum hattayablugha alhadyu mahillahu faman kana minkum mareedanaw bihi athan min ra/sihi fafidyatun min siyaminaw sadaqatin aw nusukin fa-itha amintum famantamattaAAa bilAAumrati ila alhajji famaistaysara mina alhadyi faman lam yajid fasiyamuthalathati ayyamin fee alhajji wasabAAatin itharajaAAtum tilka AAasharatun kamilatun thalika limanlam yakun ahluhu hadiree almasjidi alharamiwattaqoo Allaha waAAlamoo anna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab

Perform the hajj and ‘umra for Allah. If you are forcibly prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice. If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting or sadaqa or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. Anyone who comes out of ihram between ‘umra and hajj should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there are three days’ fast on hajj and seven on your return – that is ten in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Masjid al-Haram. Have taqwa of Allah and know that Allah is severe in retribution.

اَلْحَجُّ اَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومَاتٌۚ فَمَنْ فَرَضَ ف۪يهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّۜ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللّٰهُۜ وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَاِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوٰىۘ وَاتَّقُونِ يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ

Alhajju ashhurun maAAloomatunfaman farada feehinna alhajja fala rafathawala fusooqa wala jidala fee alhajjiwama tafAAaloo min khayrin yaAAlamhu Allahuwatazawwadoo fa-inna khayra azzadi attaqwawattaqooni ya olee al-albab

The hajj takes place during certain well-known months. If anyone undertakes the obligation of hajj in them, there must be no sexual intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during hajj. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is taqwa of Allah. So have taqwa of Me, people of intelligence!

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَبْتَغُوا فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ فَاِذَٓا اَفَضْتُمْ مِنْ عَرَفَاتٍ فَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ عِنْدَ الْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرَامِۖ وَاذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدٰيكُمْۚ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ لَمِنَ الضَّٓالّ۪ينَ

Laysa AAalaykum junahun an tabtaghoofadlan min rabbikum fa-itha afadtum minAAarafatin fathkuroo Allaha AAindaalmashAAari alharami wathkuroohu kamahadakum wa-in kuntum min qablihi lamina addalleen

There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord. When you pour down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark.* Remember Him because He has guided you, even though before this you were astray.

ثُمَّ اَف۪يضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ اَفَاضَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Thumma afeedoo min haythu afadaannasu wastaghfiroo Allaha inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

Then press on from where the people press on and ask Allah’s forgiveness. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

فَاِذَا قَضَيْتُمْ مَنَاسِكَكُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ اٰبَٓاءَكُمْ اَوْ اَشَدَّ ذِكْراًۜ فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ

Fa-itha qadaytum manasikakumfathkuroo Allaha kathikrikum abaakumaw ashadda thikran famina annasi manyaqoolu rabbana atina fee addunyawama lahu fee al-akhirati min khalaq

When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you used to remember your forefathers – or even more. There are some people who say, ‘Our Lord, give us good in this world.’ They will have no share in the Next World.

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Waminhum man yaqoolu rabbana atinafee addunya hasanatan wafee al-akhiratihasanatan waqina AAathaba annar

And there are others who say, ‘Our Lord, give us good in this world, and good in the Next World, and safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire. ’

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ نَص۪يبٌ مِمَّا كَسَبُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِ

Ola-ika lahum naseebun mimmakasaboo wallahu sareeAAu alhisab

They will have a good share from what they have earned. Allah is swift at reckoning.

وَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ ف۪ٓي اَيَّامٍ مَعْدُودَاتٍۜ فَمَنْ تَعَجَّلَ ف۪ي يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَٓا اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِۚ وَمَنْ تَاَخَّرَ فَلَٓا اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِۙ لِمَنِ اتَّقٰىۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّكُمْ اِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Wathkuroo Allaha feeayyamin maAAdoodatin faman taAAajjala fee yawmaynifala ithma AAalayhi waman taakhkhara fala ithmaAAalayhi limani ittaqa wattaqoo Allaha waAAlamooannakum ilayhi tuhsharoon

Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong – those of them who have taqwa. So have taqwa of Allah. And know that you will be gathered back to Him.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا ف۪ي قَلْبِه۪ۙ وَهُوَ اَلَدُّ الْخِصَامِ

Wamina annasi man yuAAjibukaqawluhu fee alhayati addunyawayushhidu Allaha AAala ma fee qalbihiwahuwa aladdu alkhisam

Among the people there is someone whose words about the life of this world excite your admiration, and he calls Allah to witness what is in his heart, while he is in fact the most hostile of adversaries.

وَاِذَا تَوَلّٰى سَعٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ ف۪يهَا وَيُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَالنَّسْلَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ

Wa-itha tawalla saAAafee al-ardi liyufsida feeha wayuhlika alharthawannasla wallahu la yuhibbualfasad

When he leaves you, he goes about the earth corrupting it, destroying crops and animals. Allah does not love corruption.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللّٰهَ اَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْاِثْمِ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

Wa-itha qeela lahu ittaqi Allahaakhathat-hu alAAizzatu bil-ithmi fahasbuhujahannamu walabi/sa almihad

When he is told to have taqwa of Allah, he is seized by pride which drives him to wrongdoing. Hell will be enough for him! What an evil resting-place!

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْر۪ي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَٓاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ رَؤُ۫فٌ بِالْعِبَادِ

Wamina annasi man yashreenafsahu ibtighaa mardati Allahi wallahuraoofun bilAAibad

And among the people there are some who give up everything, desiring the good pleasure of Allah. Allah is Ever-Gentle with His slaves.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَٓافَّةًۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooodkhuloo fee assilmi kaffatan walatattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

You who have iman! enter Islam totally. Do not follow in the footsteps of Shaytan. He is an outright enemy to you.

فَاِنْ زَلَلْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْكُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Fa-in zalaltum min baAAdi ma jaatkumualbayyinatu faAAlamoo anna Allaha AAazeezunhakeem

If you backslide after the Clear Signs have come to you, know that Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي ظُلَلٍ مِنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَقُضِيَ الْاَمْرُۜ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ تُرْجَعُ الْاُمُورُ۟

Hal yanthuroona illaan ya/tiyahumu Allahu fee thulalin minaalghamami walmala-ikatu waqudiyaal-amru wa-ila Allahi turjaAAu al-omoor

What are they waiting for but for Allah to come to them in the shadows of the clouds, together with the angels, in which case the matter will have been settled? All matters return to Allah.

سَلْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ كَمْ اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنْ اٰيَةٍ بَيِّنَةٍۜ وَمَنْ يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Sal banee isra-eela kam ataynahummin ayatin bayyinatin waman yubaddil niAAmata Allahimin baAAdi ma jaat-hu fa-inna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab

Ask the tribe of Israel how many Clear Signs We gave to them. If anyone alters Allah’s blessing after it has come to him, Allah is fierce in retribution.

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۢ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Zuyyina lillatheena kafaroo alhayatuaddunya wayaskharoona mina allatheena amanoowallatheena ittaqaw fawqahum yawma alqiyamatiwallahu yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisab

To those who are kafir, the life of this world is painted in glowing colours and they laugh at those who have iman. But on the Day of Rising those who fear Allah will be over them. Allah provides for whomever He wills without any reckoning.

كَانَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ النَّبِيّ۪نَ مُبَشِّر۪ينَ وَمُنْذِر۪ينَۖ وَاَنْزَلَ مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ف۪يمَا اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِۜ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ ف۪يهِ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ بَغْياً بَيْنَهُمْۚ فَهَدَى اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Kana annasu ommatan wahidatanfabaAAatha Allahu annabiyyeena mubashshireenawamunthireena waanzala maAAahumu alkitaba bilhaqqiliyahkuma bayna annasi feemaikhtalafoo feehi wama ikhtalafa feehi illa allatheenaootoohu min baAAdi ma jaat-humu albayyinatubaghyan baynahum fahada Allahu allatheena amanoolima ikhtalafoo feehi mina alhaqqi bi-ithnihiwallahu yahdee man yashao ila siratinmustaqeem

Mankind was a single community. Then Allah sent out Prophets bringing good news and giving warning, and with them He sent down the Book with truth to decide between people regarding their differences. Only those who were given it differed about it, after the Clear Signs had come to them, envying one another. Then, by His permission, Allah guided those who had iman to the truth of that about which they had differed. Allah guides whomever He wills to a straight path.

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُمْ مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْۜ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَٓاءُ وَالضَّرَّٓاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتّٰى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتٰى نَصْرُ اللّٰهِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَر۪يبٌ

Am hasibtum an tadkhuloo aljannatawalamma ya/tikum mathalu allatheena khalaw minqablikum massat-humu alba/sao waddarraowazulziloo hatta yaqoola arrasoolu wallatheenaamanoo maAAahu mata nasru Allahi alainna nasra Allahi qareeb

Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who had iman with him said, ‘When is Allah’s help coming?’ Be assured that Allah’s help is very near.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ قُلْ مَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْاَقْرَب۪ينَ وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ

Yas-aloonaka matha yunfiqoona qul maanfaqtum min khayrin falilwalidayni wal-aqrabeenawalyatama walmasakeeni wabniassabeeli wama tafAAaloo min khayrin fa-inna Allahabihi AAaleem

They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Any wealth you give away should go to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor and travellers.’ Whatever good you do, Allah knows it.

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalu wahuwakurhun lakum waAAasa an takrahoo shay-an wahuwa khayrunlakum waAAasa an tuhibboo shay-an wahuwa sharrunlakum wallahu yaAAlamu waantum lataAAlamoon

Fighting is prescribed for you even if it is hateful to you. It may be that you hate something when it is good for you and it may be that you love something when it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ ف۪يهِۜ قُلْ قِتَالٌ ف۪يهِ كَب۪يرٌۜ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِه۪ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاِخْرَاجُ اَهْلِه۪ مِنْهُ اَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۚ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِۜ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِكُمْ اِنِ اسْتَطَاعُواۜ وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِه۪ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَـالِدُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani ashshahri alharamiqitalin feehi qul qitalun feehi kabeerun wasaddunAAan sabeeli Allahi wakufrun bihi walmasjidi alharamiwa-ikhraju ahlihi minhu akbaru AAinda Allahi walfitnatuakbaru mina alqatli wala yazaloona yuqatiloonakumhatta yaruddookum AAan deenikum ini istataAAoowaman yartadid minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirunfaola-ika habitat aAAmaluhum fee addunyawal-akhirati waola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

They will ask you about the Sacred Month and fighting in it. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a serious matter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and rejecting Him and barring access to the Masjid al-Haram and expelling its people from it are far more serious in the sight of Allah. Fitna is worse than killing.’ They will not stop fighting you until they make you revert from your deen, if they are able. As for any of you who revert from their deen and die kafir, their actions will come to nothing in this world and the Next World. They are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَالَّذ۪ينَ هَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena amanoo wallatheenahajaroo wajahadoo fee sabeeli Allahi ola-ikayarjoona rahmata Allahi wallahughafoorun raheem

Those who have iman and make hijra and do jihad in the Way of Allah can expect Allah’s mercy. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِۜ قُلْ ف۪يهِمَٓا اِثْمٌ كَب۪يرٌ وَمَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِۘ وَاِثْمُهُمَٓا اَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَاۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ قُلِ الْعَفْوَۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَۙ

Yas-aloonaka AAani alkhamri walmaysiriqul feehima ithmun kabeerun wamanafiAAu linnasiwa-ithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayas-aloonaka mathayunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroon

They will ask you about alcoholic drinks and gambling. Say, ‘There is great wrong in both of them and also certain benefits for mankind. But the wrong in them is greater than the benefit.’ They will ask you what they should give away. Say, ‘Whatever is surplus to your needs.’ In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect

فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامٰىۜ قُلْ اِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌۜ وَاِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَاِخْوَانُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَاَعْنَتَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Fee addunya wal-akhiratiwayas-aloonaka AAani alyatama qul islahunlahum khayrun wa-in tukhalitoohum fa-ikhwanukumwallahu yaAAlamu almufsida mina almuslihiwalaw shaa Allahu laaAAnatakum inna AllahaAAazeezun hakeem

on this world and the Next World. They will ask you about the property of orphans. Say, ‘Managing it in their best interests is best.’ If you mix your property with theirs, they are your brothers. Allah knows a squanderer from a good manager. If Allah had wanted, He could have been hard on you. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنَّۜ وَلَاَمَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْۚ وَلَا تُنْكِحُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَتّٰى يُؤْمِنُواۜ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَكُمْۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ اِلَى النَّارِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَدْعُٓوا اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ وَيُبَيِّنُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ۟

Wala tankihoo almushrikatihatta yu/minna walaamatun mu/minatun khayrun minmushrikatin walaw aAAjabatkum wala tunkihooalmushrikeena hatta yu/minoo walaAAabdun mu/minunkhayrun min mushrikin walaw aAAjabakum ola-ika yadAAoonaila annari wallahu yadAAooila aljannati walmaghfirati bi-ithnihiwayubayyinu ayatihi linnasilaAAallahum yatathakkaroon

Do not marry women of the idolaters until they have iman. A slavegirl who is one of the muminun is better for you than a woman of the idolaters, even though she may attract you. And do not give (your women) in marriage to men of the mushrikun until they have iman. A slave who is one of the muminun is better for you than a man of the idolaters, even though he may attract you. Such people call you to the Fire whereas Allah calls you, with His permission, to the Garden and forgiveness. He makes His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they will pay heed.

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَح۪يضِۜ قُلْ هُوَ اَذًىۙ فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَٓاءَ فِي الْمَح۪يضِۙ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتّٰى يَطْهُرْنَۚ فَاِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ اَمَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّاب۪ينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّر۪ينَ

Wayas-aloonaka AAani almaheediqul huwa athan faAAtaziloo annisaafee almaheedi wala taqraboohunna hattayathurna fa-itha tatahharna fa/toohunna min haythuamarakumu Allahu inna Allaha yuhibbu attawwabeenawayuhibbu almutatahhireen

They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an impurity, so keep apart from women during menstruation and do not approach them until they have purified themselves. But once they have purified themselves, then go to them in the way that Allah has enjoined on you.’ Allah loves those who turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those who purify themselves.

نِسَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْۖ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ اَنّٰى شِئْتُمْۘ وَقَدِّمُوا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّكُمْ مُلَاقُوهُۜ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Nisaokum harthun lakum fa/tooharthakum anna shi/tum waqaddimoo li-anfusikum wattaqooAllaha waAAlamoo annakum mulaqoohuwabashshiri almu/mineen

Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have taqwa of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the muminun.

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللّٰهَ عُرْضَةً لِاَيْمَانِكُمْ اَنْ تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wala tajAAaloo Allaha AAurdatanli-aymanikum an tabarroo watattaqoo watuslihoobayna annasi wallahu sameeAAunAAaleem

Do not, by your oaths, make Allah a pretext to avoid good action and having taqwa and putting things right between people. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ

La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima kasabat quloobukum wallahu ghafoorun haleem

Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent statements in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the intention your hearts have made. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing.

لِلَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِنْ نِسَٓائِهِمْ تَرَبُّصُ اَرْبَعَةِ اَشْهُرٍۚ فَاِنْ فَٓاؤُ۫ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Lillatheena yu/loona min nisa-ihimtarabbusu arbaAAati ashhurin fa-in faoo fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَاِنْ عَزَمُوا الطَّـلَاقَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-in AAazamoo attalaqafa-inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

If they are determined to divorce, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

وَالْمُطَلَّقَاتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِاَنْفُسِهِنَّ ثَلٰثَةَ قُرُٓوءٍۜ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ اَنْ يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ ف۪ٓي اَرْحَامِهِنَّ اِنْ كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ اَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ اِنْ اَرَادُٓوا اِصْلَاحاًۜ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۖ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

Walmutallaqatuyatarabbasna bi-anfusihinna thalathata quroo-in walayahillu lahunna an yaktumna ma khalaqa Allahufee arhamihinna in kunna yu/minna billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri wabuAAoolatuhunna ahaqqubiraddihinna fee thalika in aradoo islahanwalahunna mithlu allathee AAalayhinna bilmaAAroofiwalirrijali AAalayhinna darajatun wallahuAAazeezun hakeem

Divorced women should wait by themselves for three menstrual cycles; and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs if they have iman in Allah and the Last Day. Their husbands have the right to take them back within that time, if they desire to be reconciled. Women possess rights similar to those held over them to be honoured with fairness; but men have a degree above them. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

اَلطَّـلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِۖ فَاِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ تَسْر۪يحٌ بِاِحْسَانٍۜ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـٔاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَخَافَٓا اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۙ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا ف۪يمَا افْتَدَتْ بِه۪ۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَاۚ وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللّٰهِ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Attalaqu marratanifa-imsakun bimaAAroofin aw tasreehun bi-ihsaninwala yahillu lakum an ta/khuthoo mimmaataytumoohunna shay-an illa an yakhafaalla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fa-inkhiftum alla yuqeema hudooda Allahifala junaha AAalayhima feema iftadatbihi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taAAtadoohawaman yataAAadda hudooda Allahi faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

Divorce can be pronounced two times; in which case wives may be retained with correctness and courtesy or released with good will. It is not lawful for you to keep anything you have given them unless a couple fear that they will not remain within Allah’s limits. If you fear that they will not remain within Allah’s limits, there is nothing wrong in the wife ransoming herself with some of what she received. These are Allah’s limits, so do not overstep them. Those who overstep Allah’s limits are wrongdoers.

فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتّٰى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُۜ فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَٓا اَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَٓا اِنْ ظَـنَّٓا اَنْ يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-in tallaqaha falatahillu lahu min baAAdu hatta tankihazawjan ghayrahu fa-in tallaqaha fala junahaAAalayhima an yatarajaAAa in thannaan yuqeema hudooda Allahi watilka hudooduAllahi yubayyinuha liqawmin yaAAlamoon

But if a man divorces his wife a third time, she is not halal for him after that until she has married another husband. Then if he divorces her, there is nothing wrong in the original couple getting back together provided they think they will remain within Allah’s limits. These are Allah’s limits which He has made clear to people who know.

وَاِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَاَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍۖ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَاراً لِتَعْتَدُواۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُواًۘ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُـكُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-itha tallaqtumu annisaafabalaghna ajalahunna faamsikoohunna bimaAAroofin aw sarrihoohunnabimaAAroofin wala tumsikoohunna diraranlitaAAtadoo waman yafAAal thalika faqad thalamanafsahu wala tattakhithoo ayati Allahihuzuwan wathkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykumwama anzala AAalaykum mina alkitabi walhikmatiyaAAithukum bihi wattaqoo Allaha waAAlamooanna Allaha bikulli shay-in AAaleem

When you divorce women and they are near the end of their ‘idda, then either retain them with correctness and courtesy or release them with correctness and courtesy. Do not retain them by force, thus overstepping the limits. Anyone who does that has wronged himself. Do not make a mockery of Allah’s Signs. Remember Allah’s blessing upon you and the Book and Wisdom He has sent down to you to admonish you. Have taqwa of Allah and know that Allah has knowledge of all things.

وَاِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ اَنْ يَنْكِحْنَ اَزْوَاجَهُنَّ اِذَا تَرَاضَوْا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ ذٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِه۪ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَزْكٰى لَكُمْ وَاَطْهَرُۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-itha tallaqtumu annisaafabalaghna ajalahunna fala taAAduloohunna an yankihnaazwajahunna itha taradaw baynahum bilmaAAroofithalika yooAAathu bihi man kanaminkum yu/minu billahi walyawmi al-akhirithalikum azka lakum waatharu wallahuyaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoon

When you divorce women and they are near the end of their ‘idda, do not prevent them from marrying their first husbands if they have mutually agreed to it with correctness and courtesy. This is an admonition for those of you who have iman in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and purer for you. Allah knows and you do not know.

وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ اَرَادَ اَنْ يُـتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَۜ وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ لَا تُكَلَّفُ نَفْسٌ اِلَّا وُسْعَهَاۚ لَا تُضَٓارَّ وَالِدَةٌ بِوَلَدِهَا وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ بِوَلَدِه۪ وَعَلَى الْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذٰلِكَۚ فَاِنْ اَرَادَا فِصَالاً عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْهُمَا وَتَشَاوُرٍ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَاۜ وَاِنْ اَرَدْتُمْ اَنْ تَسْتَرْضِعُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذَا سَلَّمْتُمْ مَٓا اٰتَيْتُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Walwalidatu yurdiAAnaawladahunna hawlayni kamilayni liman aradaan yutimma arradaAAata waAAala almawloodilahu rizquhunna wakiswatuhunna bilmaAAroofi latukallafu nafsun illa wusAAaha la tudarrawalidatun biwaladiha wala mawloodun lahubiwaladihi waAAala alwarithi mithlu thalikafa-in arada fisalan AAan taradinminhuma watashawurin fala junahaAAalayhima wa-in aradtum an tastardiAAoo awladakumfala junaha AAalaykum itha sallamtum maataytum bilmaAAroofi wattaqoo AllahawaAAlamoo anna Allaha bima taAAmaloona baseer

Mothers should nurse their children for two full years – for those who wish to complete the full term of nursing. It is the duty of the fathers to feed and clothe them with correctness and courtesy – no self is charged with more than it can bear. No mother should be put under pressure in respect of her child nor any father in respect of his child. The same duty is incumbent on the heir. If the couple both wish weaning to take place after mutual agreement and consultation, there is nothing wrong in their doing so. If you wish to find wet-nurses for your children, there is nothing wrong in your doing so provided you hand over to them what you have agreed to give with correctness and courtesy. Have taqwa of Allah and know that Allah sees what you do.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ اَزْوَاجاً يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِاَنْفُسِهِنَّ اَرْبَعَةَ اَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْراًۚ فَاِذَا بَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا فَعَلْنَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

Wallatheena yutawaffawnaminkum wayatharoona azwajan yatarabbasnabi-anfusihinna arbaAAata ashhurin waAAashran fa-ithabalaghna ajalahunna fala junaha AAalaykum feemafaAAalna fee anfusihinna bilmaAAroofi wallahubima taAAmaloona khabeer

Those of you who die leaving wives behind: they should wait by themselves for four months and ten nights. When their ‘idda comes to an end, you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is aware of what you do.

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَٓاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِراًّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۜ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ اَجَلَهُۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُۚ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Wala junaha AAalaykum feemaAAarradtum bihi min khitbati annisa-iaw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunnawalakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illaan taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata annikahihatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waAAlamooanna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum fahtharoohuwaAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleem

Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing.

لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ اَوْ تَفْرِضُوا لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةًۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّۚ عَلَى الْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُ وَعَلَى الْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۚ مَتَـاعاً بِالْمَعْرُوفِۚ حَقاًّ عَلَى الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

La junaha AAalaykum in tallaqtumuannisaa ma lam tamassoohunna aw tafridoolahunna fareedatan wamattiAAoohunna AAalaalmoosiAAi qadaruhu waAAala almuqtiri qadaruhu mataAAanbilmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuhsineen

There is nothing wrong in your divorcing women before you have touched them or allotted a dowry to them. But give them a gift – he who is wealthy according to his means and he who is less well off according to his means – a gift to be given with correctness and courtesy: a duty for all good-doers.

وَاِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَعْفُونَ اَوْ يَعْفُوَا الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِه۪ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِۜ وَاَنْ تَعْفُٓوا اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰىۜ وَلَا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wa-in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli antamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatanfanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoonaaw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu annikahiwaan taAAfoo aqrabu littaqwa wala tansawooalfadla baynakum inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

If you divorce them before you have touched them but have already allotted them a dowry, they should have half the amount which you allotted, unless they forgo it or the one in charge of the marriage contract forgoes it. To forgo it is closer to taqwa. Do not forget to show generosity to one another. Allah sees what you do.

حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلٰوةِ الْوُسْطٰى وَقُومُوا لِلّٰهِ قَانِت۪ينَ

Hafithoo AAalaassalawati wassalatialwusta waqoomoo lillahi qaniteen

Safeguard the salat – especially the middle one. Stand in obedience to Allah.

فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَـالاً اَوْ رُكْبَـاناًۚ فَاِذَٓا اَمِنْتُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-in khiftum farijalan aw rukbananfa-itha amintum fathkuroo Allaha kamaAAallamakum ma lam takoonoo taAAlamoon

If you are afraid, then do salat on foot or mounted. But when you are safe, remember Allah in the way He taught you when previously you did not know.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ اَزْوَاجاًۚ وَصِيَّةً لِاَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعاً اِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ اِخْرَاجٍۚ فَاِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪ي مَا فَعَلْنَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِنَّ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wallatheena yutawaffawnaminkum wayatharoona azwajan wasiyyatanli-azwajihim mataAAan ila alhawlighayra ikhrajin fa-in kharajna fala junahaAAalaykum fee ma faAAalna fee anfusihinna min maAAroofinwallahu AAazeezun hakeem

Those of you who die leaving wives behind should make a bequest to their wives of maintenance for a year without them having to leave their homes. But if they do leave you are not to blame for anything they do with themselves with correctness and courtesy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَاتِ مَتَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ حَقاًّ عَلَى الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Walilmutallaqati mataAAunbilmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeen

Divorced women should receive maintenance given with correctness and courtesy: a duty for all who have taqwa.

كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will use your intellect.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَهُمْ اُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۖ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اللّٰهُ مُوتُوا ثُمَّ اَحْيَاهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

Alam tara ila allatheenakharajoo min diyarihim wahum oloofun hatharaalmawti faqala lahumu Allahu mootoo thumma ahyahuminna Allaha lathoo fadlin AAala annasiwalakinna akthara annasi layashkuroon

What do you think about those who left their homes in thousands in fear of death? Allah said to them, ‘Die!’ and then brought them back to life. Allah shows great favour to mankind, but most people are not grateful.

وَقَاتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waqatiloo fee sabeeli AllahiwaAAlamoo anna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

Fight in the Way of Allah. Know that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يُقْرِضُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُٓ اَضْعَافاً كَـث۪يرَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۣطُۖ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Man tha allathee yuqriduAllaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahulahu adAAafan katheeratan wallahuyaqbidu wayabsutu wa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

Is there anyone who will make Allah a generous loan so that He can multiply it for him many times over? Allah both restricts and expands. And you will be returned to Him.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الْمَلَأِ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسٰىۢ اِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِيٍّ لَهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكاً نُقَاتِلْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ اَلَّا تُقَاتِلُواۜ قَالُوا وَمَا لَـنَٓا اَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَدْ اُخْرِجْنَا مِنْ دِيَارِنَا وَاَبْنَٓائِنَاۜ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ

Alam tara ila almala-i min banee isra-eelamin baAAdi moosa ith qaloo linabiyyin lahumuibAAath lana malikan nuqatil fee sabeeli Allahiqala hal AAasaytum in kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalualla tuqatiloo qaloo wama lanaalla nuqatila fee sabeeli Allahi waqadokhrijna min diyarina waabna-inafalamma kutiba AAalayhimu alqitalu tawallaw illaqaleelan minhum wallahu AAaleemun biththalimeen

What do you think about the council of the tribe of Israel after Musa’s time when they said to one of their Prophets, ‘Give us a king and we will fight in the Way of Allah!’? He said, ‘Is it not possible that if fighting were prescribed for you, you would not fight?’ They said, ‘How could we not fight in the way of Allah when we have been driven from our homes and children?’ But then when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned their backs – except for a few of them. Allah knows the wrongdoers.

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكاًۜ قَالُٓوا اَنّٰى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ اَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِنَ الْمَالِۜ قَالَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفٰيهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْجِسْمِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُؤْت۪ي مُلْكَهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna Allahaqad baAAatha lakum taloota malikan qaloo annayakoonu lahu almulku AAalayna wanahnu ahaqqubilmulki minhu walam yu/ta saAAatan mina almali qalainna Allaha istafahu AAalaykum wazadahubastatan fee alAAilmi waljismi wallahuyu/tee mulkahu man yashao wallahu wasiAAunAAaleem

Their Prophet said to them, ‘Allah has appointed Saul to be your king. ’ They said, ‘How can he have kingship over us when we have much more right to kingship than he does? He has not even much wealth!’ He said, ‘Allah has chosen him over you and increased him greatly in knowledge and physical strength. Allah gives kingship to anyone He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.’

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ اِنَّ اٰيَةَ مُلْكِه۪ٓ اَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ ف۪يهِ سَك۪ينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ اٰلُ مُوسٰى وَاٰلُ هٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna ayatamulkihi an ya/tiyakumu attabootu feehi sakeenatunmin rabbikum wabaqiyyatun mimma taraka alu moosawaalu haroona tahmiluhu almala-ikatuinna fee thalika laayatan lakum in kuntum mu/mineen

Their Prophet said to them, ‘The sign of his kingship is that the Ark will come to you, containing serenity from your Lord and certain relics left by the families of Musa and Harun. It will be borne by angels. There is a sign for you in that if you are muminun.’

فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِۙ قَالَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مُبْتَل۪يكُمْ بِنَهَرٍۚ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنّ۪يۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَاِنَّهُ مِنّ۪ٓي اِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِه۪ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْۜ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُۙ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِه۪ۜ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَظُنُّونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا اللّٰهِۙ كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَل۪يلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَث۪يرَةً بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Falamma fasala talootubiljunoodi qala inna Allaha mubtaleekumbinaharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnee waman lam yatAAamhufa-innahu minnee illa mani ightarafa ghurfatan biyadihifashariboo minhu illa qaleelan minhum falamma jawazahuhuwa wallatheena amanoo maAAahu qaloola taqata lana alyawma bijalootawajunoodihi qala allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo Allahi kam min fi-atin qaleelatinghalabat fi-atan katheeratan bi-ithni Allahi wallahumaAAa assabireen

When Talut marched out with the army, he said, ‘Allah will test you with a river. Anyone who drinks from it is not with me. But anyone who does not taste it is with me – except for him who merely scoops up a little in his hand.’ But they drank from it – except for a few of them. Then when he and those who had iman with him had crossed it, they said, ‘We do not have the strength to face Goliath and his troops today.’ But those who were sure that they were going to meet Allah said, ‘How many a small force has triumphed over a much greater one by Allah’s permission! Allah is with the steadfast.

وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِه۪ قَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَۜ

Walamma barazoo lijalootawajunoodihi qaloo rabbana afrigh AAalayna sabranwathabbit aqdamana wansurnaAAala alqawmi alkafireen

When they came out against Saul and his troops, they said, ‘Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us, and make our feet firm, and help us against this kafir people. ’

فَهَزَمُوهُمْ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۙ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُ۫دُ جَالُوتَ وَاٰتٰيهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُ مِمَّا يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللّٰهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَفَسَدَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ ذُوفَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Fahazamoohum bi-ithni Allahiwaqatala dawoodu jaloota waatahu Allahualmulka walhikmata waAAallamahu mimma yashaowalawla dafAAu Allahi annasa baAAdahumbibaAAdin lafasadati al-ardu walakinna Allahathoo fadlin AAala alAAalameen

And with Allah's permission they routed them. Dawud killed Saul and Allah gave him kingship and wisdom and taught him whatever He willed. If it were not for Allah’s driving some people back by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah shows favour to all the worlds.

تِلْكَ اٰيَاتُ اللّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّۜ وَاِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

Tilka ayatu Allahinatlooha AAalayka bilhaqqi wa-innaka laminaalmursaleen

Those are Allah’s Signs which We recite to you with truth. You are indeed one of the Messengers.

تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۢ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَلَّمَ اللّٰهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٍۜ وَاٰتَيْنَا ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا اقْتَتَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَلٰكِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَفَرَۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُر۪يدُ۟

Tilka arrusulu faddalnabaAAdahum AAala baAAdin minhum man kallamaAllahu warafaAAa baAAdahum darajatin waataynaAAeesa ibna maryama albayyinati waayyadnahubiroohi alqudusi walaw shaa Allahu maiqtatala allatheena min baAAdihim min baAAdi ma jaat-humualbayyinatu walakini ikhtalafoo faminhum man amanawaminhum man kafara walaw shaa Allahu maiqtataloo walakinna Allaha yafAAalu mayureed

These Messengers: We favoured some of them over others. Allah spoke directly to some of them and raised up some of them in rank. We gave Clear Signs to ‘Isa, son of Maryam, and reinforced him with the Purest Ruh. If Allah had willed, those who came after them would not have fought each other after the Clear Signs came to them, but they differed. Among them there are those who have iman and among them there are those who are kafir. If Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other. But Allah does whatever He desires.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ ف۪يهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌۜ وَالْكَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooanfiqoo mimma razaqnakum min qabli an ya/tiyayawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khullatun walashafaAAatun walkafiroona humu aththalimoon

You who have iman! give away some of what We have provided for you before a Day arrives on which there is no trading, no close friendship and no intercession. It is the kafirun who are the wrongdoers.

اَللّٰهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌۜ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْۚ وَلَا يُح۪يطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّا بِمَا شَٓاءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ وَلَا يَؤُ۫دُهُ حِفْظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظ۪يمُ

Allahu la ilaha illahuwa alhayyu alqayyoomu la ta/khuthuhusinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi man tha allatheeyashfaAAu AAindahu illa bi-ithnihi yaAAlamu mabayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoonabishay-in min AAilmihi illa bima shaawasiAAa kursiyyuhu assamawati wal-ardawala yaooduhu hifthuhumawahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheem

Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.

لَٓا اِكْرَاهَ فِي الدّ۪ينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰىۗ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

La ikraha fee addeeniqad tabayyana arrushdu mina alghayyi faman yakfur bittaghootiwayu/min billahi faqadi istamsaka bilAAurwatialwuthqa la infisama laha wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

There is no compulsion where the deen is concerned. Right guidance has become clearly distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false gods and has iman in Allah has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will never give way. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

اَللّٰهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۙ يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ اِلَى النُّورِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَوْلِيَٓاؤُ۬هُمُ الطَّاغُوتُۙ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ اِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ۟

Allahu waliyyu allatheena amanooyukhrijuhum mina aththulumati ilaannoori wallatheena kafaroo awliyaohumuattaghootu yukhrijoonahum mina annoori ilaaththulumati ola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

Allah is the Protector of those who have iman. He brings them out of the darkness into the light. But those who are kafir have false gods as protectors. They take them from the light into the darkness. Those are the Companions of the Fire remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ي حَٓاجَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ ف۪ي رَبِّه۪ٓ اَنْ اٰتٰيهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَۢ اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذ۪ي يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۙ قَالَ اَنَا۬ اُحْـي۪ وَاُم۪يتُۜ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْت۪ي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَۚ

Alam tara ila allathee hajjaibraheema fee rabbihi an atahu Allahualmulka ith qala ibraheemu rabbiya allatheeyuhyee wayumeetu qala ana ohyeewaomeetu qala ibraheemu fa-inna Allahaya/tee bishshamsi mina almashriqi fa/ti biha minaalmaghribi fabuhita allathee kafara wallahula yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

What about the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord, on the basis that Allah had given him sovereignty? Ibrahim said, ‘My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die. ’ He said, ‘I too give life and cause to die.’ Ibrahim said, ‘Allah makes the sun come from the East. Make it come from the West.’ And the one who was a kafir was dumbfounded. Allah does not guide wrongdoing people.

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or the one who passed by a town which had fallen into ruin? He asked, ‘How can Allah restore this to life when it has died?’ Allah caused him to die a hundred years then brought him back to life. Then He asked, ‘How long have you been here?’ He replied, ‘I have been here a day or part of a day.’ He said, ‘Not so! You have been here a hundred years. Look at your food and drink – it has not gone bad – and look at your donkey so We can make you a Sign for all mankind. Look at the bones – how We raise them up and clothe them in flesh.’ When it had become clear to him, he said, ‘Now I know that Allah has power over all things.’

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّ اَرِن۪ي كَيْفَ تُحْـيِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ قَالَ اَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْۜ قَالَ بَلٰى وَلٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْب۪يۜ قَالَ فَخُذْ اَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ اِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلٰى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْت۪ينَكَ سَعْياًۜ وَاعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi arinee kayfa tuhyee almawta qala awalam tu/min qala bala walakin liyatma-innaqalbee qala fakhuth arbaAAatan mina attayrifasurhunna ilayka thumma ijAAal AAala kulli jabalinminhunna juz-an thumma odAAuhunna ya/teenaka saAAyan waAAlamanna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

When Ibrahim said, ‘My Lord, show me how You bring the dead to life. ’ He asked, ‘Do you not then have iman?’ He replied, ‘Indeed I do! But so that my heart may be at peace.’ He said, ‘Take four birds and train them to yourself. Then put a part of them on each mountain and call to them; they will come rushing to you. Know that Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.’

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ اَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ ف۪ي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Mathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumfee sabeeli Allahi kamathali habbatin anbatatsabAAa sanabila fee kulli sunbulatin mi-atu habbatinwallahu yudaAAifu liman yashao wallahuwasiAAun AAaleem

The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whomever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتْبِعُونَ مَٓا اَنْفَقُوا مَناًّ وَلَٓا اَذًۙى لَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumfee sabeeli Allahi thumma la yutbiAAoona maanfaqoo mannan wala athan lahum ajruhum AAindarabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, and then do not follow what they have spent by demands for gratitude or insulting words will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَٓا اَذًىۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَنِيٌّ حَل۪يمٌ

Qawlun maAAroofun wamaghfiratun khayrun minsadaqatin yatbaAAuha athan wallahughaniyyun haleem

Correct and courteous words accompanied by forgiveness are better than sadaqa followed by insulting words. Allah is Rich Beyond Need, All-Forbearing.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْاَذٰىۙ كَالَّذ۪ي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَاَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْداًۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tubtiloo sadaqatikum bilmanniwal-atha kallathee yunfiqu malahuri-aa annasi wala yu/minu billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwaninAAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilunfatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAalashay-in mimma kasaboo wallahu layahdee alqawma alkafireen

You who have iman! do not nullify your sadaqa by demands for gratitude or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people and not having iman in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah does not guide kafir people.

وَمَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَٓاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَتَثْب۪يتاً مِنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ اَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَاٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wamathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumuibtighaa mardati Allahi watathbeetan minanfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin asabaha wabilunfaatat okulaha diAAfayni fa-in lam yusibhawabilun fatallun wallahu bimataAAmaloona baseer

The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside. When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do.

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahujannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu lahu feeha min kulli aththamaratiwaasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafaofaasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fahtaraqatkathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayatilaAAallakum tatafakkaroon

Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with rivers flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken with old age and have children who are weak, and then for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّٓا اَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَب۪يثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِاٰخِذ۪يهِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تُغْمِضُوا ف۪يهِۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِيٌّ حَم۪يدٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooanfiqoo min tayyibati ma kasabtum wamimmaakhrajna lakum mina al-ardi wala tayammamooalkhabeetha minhu tunfiqoona walastum bi-akhitheehiilla an tughmidoo feehi waAAlamoo anna Allahaghaniyyun hameed

You who have iman! give away some of the good things you have earned and some of what We have produved for you from the earth. Do not have recourse to bad things when you give, things you would only take with your eyes tight shut! Know that Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy.

اَلشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَفَضْلاًۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌۚ

Ashshaytanu yaAAidukumualfaqra waya/murukum bilfahsha-i wallahuyaAAidukum maghfiratan minhu wafadlan wallahuwasiAAun AAaleem

Shaytan promises you poverty and commands you to self-gratification. Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and abundance. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.

يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ اُو۫تِيَ خَيْراً كَث۪يراًۜ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ اِلَّٓا اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Yu/tee alhikmata man yashaowaman yu/ta alhikmata faqad ootiya khayran katheeran wamayaththakkaru illa oloo al-albab

He gives wisdom to whoever He wills and he who has been given wisdom has been given great good. But no one pays heed but people of intelligence.

وَمَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ اَوْ نَذَرْتُمْ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُهُۜ وَمَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ مِنْ اَنْصَارٍ

Wama anfaqtum min nafaqatin aw nathartummin nathrin fa-inna Allaha yaAAlamuhu wamaliththalimeena min ansar

Whatever amount you spend or vow you make, Allah knows it. The wrongdoers have no helpers.

اِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۚ وَاِنْ تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَـرَٓاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

In tubdoo assadaqatifaniAAimma hiya wa-in tukhfooha watu/toohaalfuqaraa fahuwa khayrun lakum wayukaffiru AAankum minsayyi-atikum wallahu bimataAAmaloona khabeer

If you make your sadaqa public, that is good. But if you conceal it and give it to the poor, that is better for you, and We will erase some of your bad actions from you. Allah is aware of what you do.

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدٰيهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِاَنْفُسِكُمْۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُونَ اِلَّا ابْتِغَٓاءَ وَجْهِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ اِلَيْكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

Laysa AAalayka hudahum walakinnaAllaha yahdee man yashao wama tunfiqoo minkhayrin fali-anfusikum wama tunfiqoona illa ibtighaawajhi Allahi wama tunfiqoo min khayrin yuwaffailaykum waantum la tuthlamoon

You are not responsible for their guidance, but Allah guides whomever He wills. Whatever good you give away is to your own benefit, when you give desiring only the Face of Allah. Whatever good you give away will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged.

لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُحْصِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ ضَـرْباً فِي الْاَرْضِۘ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ اَغْنِيَٓاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِۚ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ النَّاسَ اِلْحَافاًۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina attaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona annasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem

It is for the poor who are held back in the Way of Allah, unable to travel in the land. The ignorant consider them rich because of their reticence. You will know them by their mark. They do not ask from people insistently. Whatever good you give away, Allah knows it.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِراًّ وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumbillayli wannahari sirran waAAalaniyatanfalahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim walahum yahzanoon

Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبٰوا لَا يَقُومُونَ اِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذ۪ي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُٓوا اِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبٰواۢ وَاَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبٰواۜ فَمَنْ جَٓاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ فَانْتَهٰى فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَۜ وَاَمْرُهُٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Allatheena ya/kuloona arribala yaqoomoona illa kama yaqoomu allatheeyatakhabbatuhu ashshaytanu mina almassi thalikabi-annahum qaloo innama albayAAu mithlu arribawaahalla Allahu albayAAa waharrama arribafaman jaahu mawAAithatun min rabbihi fantahafalahu ma salafa waamruhu ila Allahi wamanAAada faola-ika as-habu annarihum feeha khalidoon

Those who practise usury will not rise from the grave except as someone driven mad by Shaytan's touch. That is because they say, ‘Trade is the same as usury.’ But Allah has permitted trade and He has forbidden usury. Whoever is given a warning by his Lord and then desists, may keep what he received in the past and his affair is Allah’s concern. But all who return to it will be the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.

يَمْحَقُ اللّٰهُ الرِّبٰوا وَيُرْبِي الصَّدَقَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ اَث۪يمٍ

Yamhaqu Allahu arribawayurbee assadaqati wallahula yuhibbu kulla kaffarin atheem

Allah obliterates usury but makes sadaqa grow in value! Allah does not love any persistently ungrateful wrongdoer.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ لَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati waaqamoo assalatawaatawoo azzakata lahum ajruhum AAindarabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Those who have iman and do right actions and establish salat and pay zakat, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَـقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبٰٓوا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooittaqoo Allaha watharoo ma baqiya mina arribain kuntum mu/mineen

You who have iman! have taqwa of Allah and forgo any remaining usury if you are muminun.

فَاِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ۚ وَاِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُؤُ۫سُ اَمْوَالِكُمْۚ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo fa/thanoo biharbinmina Allahi warasoolihi wa-in tubtum falakum ruoosu amwalikumla tathlimoona wala tuthlamoon

If you do not, know that it means war from Allah and His Messenger. But if you make tawba you may have your capital, without wronging and without being wronged.

وَاِنْ كَانَ ذُوعُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ اِلٰى مَيْسَرَةٍۜ وَاَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa-in kana thoo AAusratinfanathiratun ila maysaratin waan tasaddaqookhayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoon

If someone is in difficult circumstances, there should be a deferral until things are easier. But making a free gift of it would be better for you if you only knew.

وَاتَّقُوا يَوْماً تُرْجَعُونَ ف۪يهِ اِلَى اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ تُوَفّٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ۟

Wattaqoo yawman turjaAAoona feehiila Allahi thumma tuwaffa kullu nafsin makasabat wahum la yuthlamoon

Have fear of a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every self will be paid in full for what it earned. They will not be wronged.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَاكْتُبُوهُۜ وَلْيَكْتُبْ بَيْنَكُمْ كَاتِبٌ بِالْعَدْلِۖ وَلَا يَأْبَ كَاتِبٌ اَنْ يَكْتُبَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهُ اللّٰهُ فَلْيَكْتُبْۚ وَلْيُمْلِلِ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِ الْحَقُّ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُ وَلَا يَبْخَسْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۜ فَاِنْ كَانَ الَّذ۪ي عَلَيْهِ الْحَقُّ سَف۪يهاً اَوْ ضَع۪يفاً اَوْ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُ اَنْ يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلْيُمْلِلْ وَلِيُّهُ بِالْعَدْلِۜ وَاسْتَشْهِدُوا شَه۪يدَيْنِ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيْنِ فَرَجُلٌ وَامْرَاَتَانِ مِمَّنْ تَرْضَوْنَ مِنَ الشُّهَدَٓاءِ اَنْ تَضِلَّ اِحْدٰيهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ اِحْدٰيهُمَا الْاُخْرٰىۜ وَلَا يَأْبَ الشُّهَدَٓاءُ اِذَا مَا دُعُواۜ وَلَا تَسْـَٔمُٓوا اَنْ تَكْتُبُوهُ صَغ۪يراً اَوْ كَب۪يراً اِلٰٓى اَجَلِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاَقْوَمُ لِلشَّهَادَةِ وَاَدْنٰٓى اَلَّا تَرْتَابُٓوا اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً حَاضِرَةً تُد۪يرُونَهَا بَيْنَكُمْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَلَّا تَكْتُبُوهَاۜ وَاَشْهِدُٓوا اِذَا تَبَايَعْتُمْۖ وَلَا يُضَٓارَّ كَاتِبٌ وَلَا شَه۪يدٌۜ وَاِنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاِنَّهُ فُسُوقٌ بِكُمْۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ اللّٰهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha tadayantum bidaynin ila ajalin musammanfaktuboohu walyaktub baynakum katibun bilAAadliwala ya/ba katibun an yaktuba kamaAAallamahu Allahu falyaktub walyumlili allatheeAAalayhi alhaqqu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahu walayabkhas minhu shay-an fa-in kana allathee AAalayhialhaqqu safeehan aw daAAeefan aw la yastateeAAuan yumilla huwa falyumlil waliyyuhu bilAAadli wastashhidooshaheedayni min rijalikum fa-in lam yakoonarajulayni farajulun wamraatani mimman tardawnamina ashshuhada-i an tadilla ihdahumafatuthakkira ihdahuma al-okhrawala ya/ba ashshuhadao itha maduAAoo wala tas-amoo an taktuboohu sagheeran awkabeeran ila ajalihi thalikum aqsatu AAindaAllahi waaqwamu lishshahadati waadnaalla tartaboo illa an takoona tijaratanhadiratan tudeeroonaha baynakum falaysa AAalaykumjunahun alla taktubooha waashhidoo ithatabayaAAtum wala yudarra katibun walashaheedun wa-in tafAAaloo fa-innahu fusooqun bikum wattaqooAllaha wayuAAallimukumu Allahu wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem

You who have iman! when you take on a debt for a specified period, write it down. A writer should write it down between you justly. No writer should refuse to write; as Allah has taught him, so he should write. The one incurring the debt should dictate and should have taqwa of Allah his Lord and not reduce it in any way. If the person incurring the debt is incompetent or weak or unable to dictate, then his guardian should dictate for him justly. Two men among you should act as witnesses. But if there are not two men, then a man and two women with whom you are satisfied as witnesses; then if one of them forgets, the other can remind her. Witnesses should not refuse when they are called upon. Do not think it too trivial to write down, whether small or large, with the date that it falls due. Doing that is more just in Allah’s sight and more helpful when bearing witness and more likely to eliminate any doubt – unless it is an immediate transaction hand to hand, taken and given without delay. There is nothing wrong in your not writing that down. Call witnesses when you trade. Neither writer nor witness should be put under pressure. If you do that, it is deviancy on your part. Have taqwa of Allah and Allah will give you knowledge. Allah has knowledge of all things.

وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِباً فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌۜ فَاِنْ اَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ اَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُۜ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَۜ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَاِنَّهُٓ اٰثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-in kuntum AAala safarin walamtajidoo katiban farihanun maqboodatun fa-inamina baAAdukum baAAdan falyu-addiallatheei/tumina amanatahu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahuwala taktumoo ashshahadata waman yaktumhafa-innahu athimun qalbuhu wallahu bimataAAmaloona AAaleem

If you are on a journey and cannot find a writer, something can be left as a security. If you leave things on trust with one another the one who is trusted must deliver up his trust and have taqwa of Allah his Lord. Do not conceal testimony. If someone does conceal it, his heart commits a crime. Allah knows what you do.

لِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَاِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللّٰهُۜ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Lillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wa-in tubdoo ma feeanfusikum aw tukhfoohu yuhasibkum bihi Allahufayaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibu man yashaowallahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to Allah. Whether you divulge what is in yourselves or keep it hidden, Allah will still call you to account for it. He forgives whomever He wills and He punishes whoever He wills. Allah has power over all things.

اٰمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَۜ كُلٌّ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَلٰٓئِكَتِه۪ وَكُتُبِه۪ وَرُسُلِه۪ۜ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ اَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِه۪۠ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَاَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَاِلَيْكَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Amana arrasoolu bimaonzila ilayhi min rabbihi walmu/minoona kullun amanabillahi wamala-ikatihi wakutubihiwarusulihi la nufarriqu bayna ahadin min rusulihiwaqaloo samiAAna waataAAna ghufranakarabbana wa-ilayka almaseer

The Messenger has iman in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the muminun. Each one has iman in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers. We do not differentiate between any of His Messengers. They say, ‘We hear and we obey. Forgive us, our Lord! You are our journey’s end.’

لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللّٰهُ نَفْساً اِلَّا وُسْعَهَاۜ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْۜ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَٓا اِنْ نَس۪ينَٓا اَوْ اَخْطَأْنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَٓا اِصْراً كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِه۪ۚ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا۠ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا۠ وَارْحَمْنَا۠ اَنْتَ مَوْلٰينَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

La yukallifu Allahu nafsanilla wusAAaha laha ma kasabatwaAAalayha ma iktasabat rabbana latu-akhithna in naseena aw akhta/narabbana wala tahmil AAalayna isrankama hamaltahu AAala allatheena minqablina rabbana wala tuhammilnama la taqata lana bihi waAAfuAAanna waghfir lana warhamnaanta mawlana fansurna AAalaalqawmi alkafireen

Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place on us a load like the one You placed on those before us! Our Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear! And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Master, so help us against the people of the kafirun.