HOLY QUR'AN

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HOLY QUR'AN
Translated by M.H. Shakir

Edited by Yasin T. al-Jibouri

yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com

SURA 6

Al-An`am

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

Praise be to Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject faith hold (others) as equal with their Guardian-Lord.
It is He Who created you from clay and then decreed a stated term (for you). And there is another determined term in His presence; yet you doubt within yourselves!
And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knows what you hide and what you reveal, and He knows the (reward) which you earn (by your deeds).
But never did a single one of their Lord's Signs reach them that they did not turn away from.
And now they reject the truth when it reaches them, but they will soon learn the reality of what they used to mock.
Do they not see how many of those before them We destroyed? Generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you! for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): Yet We destroyed them for their sins, and raised fresh generations in their wake (to succeed them).
Had We sent you a written (message) on paper, so that they could touch it with their hands, surely the disbelievers would have said, “This is nothing but obvious magic!”
They say, “Why is not an angel sent down to him?” If We did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted to them.
If We had made it an angel, We would have sent him as a man, and We would certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion.
(Many) Messengers before you were mocked, but the scoffers were hemmed in by what they mocked.
Say: “Travel throughout the earth and see what became of those who rejected truth.”
Say: “To whom does all that is in the heavens and on earth belong?” Say: “To Allah. He has ordained (the rule of) mercy for Himself; there is no doubt whatsoever that He will gather you together on the Day of Judgment. As for those who have lost their souls, they will never believe.
“All that dwells (or lurks) in the night and the Day belongs to Him. For He is all-Hearing, all-Knowing.”
Say: “Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds and is not fed?” Say: “Nay! But I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah (in Islam), and do not be of the company of those who join gods with Allah.”
Say: “If I disobeyed my Lord, I would truly fear the penalty of a mighty Day.
“On that Day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is because of God's mercy, and that would be (salvation), the obvious fulfillment of all desire.
“If Allah touches you with affliction, no one else but He can remove it; if He touches you with happiness, He has power over all things.
“He is the Supreme, (watching) over His worshippers, and He is the Wise One; He is acquainted with all things.”
Say: “What evidence carries the most weight?” Say: “God is Witness between me and you: This Qur'an has been revealed to me by inspiration (so) that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can you possibly bear witness that there is another god besides Allah?” Say: “Nay! I cannot bear witness!” Say: “But in truth He is the One Allah, and I am truly innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him.”
Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own sons; therefore, those who have lost their own souls refuse to believe.
Who does more wrong than someone who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? But truly the wrong-doers shall never prosper.
One Day, We shall gather them all together: We shall say to those who ascribed partners (to Us), “Where are the partners whom you (invented and) talked about?”
Then no excuse will be (left) for them to say but, “By Allah, Our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah.”
See how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will abandon them.
Some of them (pretend to) listen to you, but We have thrown veils on their hearts, so they do not understand it, and deafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the Signs, they would not believe in them; whenever they come to you, they (only) dispute with you; the disbelievers say, “These are nothing but tales of the ancients.”
They keep others away from it, and they keep themselves away, but they only destroy their own souls, and they do not perceive it.
If you could only see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say, “If only we could be sent back! Then we would not reject our Lord's Signs, but would be among those who believe!”
Yes, what was once concealed will become manifest to their own (eyes), but if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.
And they (sometimes) say, “There is nothing except our life on this earth, and we shall never be raised up again.”
If you could only see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say, “Is this not the truth?” They will say, “Yes, by our Lord!” He will say, “Then taste the penalty, because you rejected faith.”
Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet God! until suddenly the Hour is on them, and they say, “Ah! Woe unto us that we took no thought of it!” For they bear their burdens on their backs, and the burdens they bear are truly evil!
What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But the abode in the hereafter is best for those who are righteous. Will you then (still) not understand?
We truly know the grief which their words cause you: It is not you they reject: It is God's Signs that the wicked hold in contempt.
The Messengers before you were rejected: They bore their rejection and their wrongdoing with patience and constancy, until Our aid reached them: None can alter God's words (and decrees). You have already received some account of those Messengers.
If their rejection weighs heavily on your mind, (of what avail) if you were able to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a Sign? If it were God's will, He would gather them together to true guidance; so, do not be among those who are swayed by ignorance (and impatience)!
Those who listen (in truth) will certainly accept: As for the dead, Allah will raise them up, and to Him they shall return.
They say, “Why is it that no Sign is sent down to him from his Lord?” Say: “God certainly has power to send down a Sign, but most of them do not understand.”
Not an animal (lives) on earth, nor a being flies on its wings, but (is part of) communities like you. We have omitted nothing from the Book, and they shall (all) be gathered to their Lord in the end.
Those who reject Our Signs are deaf and dumb! in the midst of deep darkness: Allah leaves whomsoever He pleases to wander, and He places whomsoever He wills on the straight path.
Say: “Think to yourselves, if God's Wrath were to come upon you, or the Hour (that you dread), would you then call on someone other than Allah? (Reply) if you are truthful!
“Nay! You would (certainly) call upon Him, and if it is His Will, He would remove (the distress) which made you call upon Him and you would forget (the false gods) which you join with Him!”
Before you, We sent (Messengers) to many nations and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity so that they might learn humility.
When the suffering from Us reached them, why did not they then learn humility? On the contrary, their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.
But when they forgot the warning they had received, We opened the gates of all (good) things to them, until in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, We suddenly called them to account, and then they were plunged into despair!
The last remnant of the wrong-doers was cut off. Praise be to Allah, Cherisher of the worlds.
Say: “Think, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight and sealed up your hearts, what god other than Allah could restore them to you?” See how We explain the Signs by various (symbols), yet they turn away!
Say: “Do you think, if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether suddenly or openly, any will be destroyed except those who do wrong?”
We send the Messengers only to give glad tidings and to warn: So those who believe and mend (their lives)! on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
But those who reject Our Signs shall be punished, because they would not cease transgressing.
Say: “I do not tell you that God's treasures are with me, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me.” Say: “Can the blind be held equal to the seeing? Then will you not consider?”
Grant the warning to those whose (hearts) fear that they will be brought (to Judgment) before their Lord: They will have no protector nor intercessor except Him: That they may guard (against evil).
Do not send away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face. They have nothing to gain from you, and you have nothing to gain from them, that you should turn them away and thus be (one) of the unjust.
Thus We tested some of them by comparison with others, that they should say, “Are these those of us whom Allah has favored?” Does Allah not know best those who are grateful?
When those who believe in Our Signs come to you, say: “Peace be on you: Your Lord has ordained upon Himself (the rule of) mercy: Truly, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and later repented and amended (his conduct), He is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”
Thus do We explain the Signs in detail (so) that the way of the sinners may be shown clearly.
Say: “I am forbidden to worship those! other than God! whom you call upon.” Say: “I will not follow your vain desires: If I did, I would stray from the path and not be in the company of those who receive guidance.”
Say: “For me, I (work) on a clear Sign from my Lord, but you reject Him. What you would see hastened is not in my power. The command rests with none but Allah: He declares the truth, and He is the best of Judges.”
Say: “If what you would see hastened were in my power, the matter would be settled at once between you and me. But Allah knows best those who do wrong.”
The keys of the unseen, the treasures that none but He knows, are with Him. He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but with His knowledge: There is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (recorded) in a clear record (for those who can read).
It is He Who takes your souls by night, and has knowledge of all that you have done by day. He raises you up again by day (so) that an appointed Term may be fulfilled; in the end, all of you will return Him; then He will show you the truth of all that you did.
He is the Omnipotent, (ever watching) over His worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in their duty.
Then men return to Allah, their Protector, the (only) Reality: Is not the command His? And He is the swiftest in taking account.
Say: “Who is it that delivers you from the dark recesses of land and sea, when you call upon Him in humility and silent terror: `If He only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our gratitude'?”
Say: “It is Allah Who delivers you from these and all (other) distresses, yet you worship false gods!”
Say: “He has power to send calamities unto you, from above and from below, or to cover you with confusion in party divisions, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance! each from the other.” See how We explain the Signs by various (symbols) (so) that they may understand.
But your people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: “I am not responsible for arranging your affairs.
“There is a time limit for every message and you will soon know it.”
When you see men engaged in vain discourse about Our Signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever makes you forget, then after recollection, do not sit in the company of the ungodly.
No responsibility falls on the righteous on their account, but it is (their duty) to remind them (so) that they may (learn to) fear Allah.
Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): That every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: It will find for itself neither protector nor intercessor other than Allah: If it offered every ransom (or reparation), none would be accepted: Such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: They will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous, for they persisted in rejecting Allah.
Say: “Shall we actually call on others besides God! things that can do us neither good nor harm! and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? Like one whom the evil ones have made a fool, wandering bewildered throughout the earth, his friends calling `Come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the path?” Say: “God's guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds,
“To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah, for we shall be returned to Him.”
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): (On) the Day He says, “Be,” behold! It is. His word is the truth. (On) the Day the trumpet will be blown, the dominion will be His. He knows the concealed as well as that which is revealed. For He is the Wise One (Who is) well acquainted (with all things).
Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar, “Do you take idols for gods? For I see you and your people in manifest error.”
Likewise We showed Abraham the power and the malakoot (laws) of the heavens and the earth, (so) that (through understanding) he might be certain.
When the night covered him over, he saw a star: He said, “This is my Lord.” But when it set, he said, “I do not love those that set.”
When he saw the moon rising in splendor, he said, “This is my Lord.” But when the moon set, he said, “Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among those who go astray.”
When he saw the sun rising in splendor, he said, “This is my Lord; this is the greatest (of all).” But when the sun set, he said, “O my people! I am (now) free from your (guilt) of ascribing partners to Allah.
“For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and I shall never ascribe partners to Allah.”
His people disputed with him. He said, “Do you (come) to dispute with me about Allah, when He (Himself) has guided me? I do not fear (the beings) you associate with Allah: Unless my Lord wills, (nothing can happen). In His knowledge, My Lord comprehends all things: Will you not be admonished?
“How should I fear (the beings) you associate with Allah, when you do not fear to grant partners to Allah without having been given any authority? Which of (us) two parties has more right to security? (Tell me) if you know.
“It is those who believe and do not confuse their beliefs with falsehood that are (truly) secure, for they are on (right) guidance.”
That was the reasoning about Us which We gave to Abraham (to use) against his people: We raise whomsoever We will degree after degree, for your Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob: We guided all (three): And before him, We guided Noah, and among his progeny: David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron; thus do We reward those who do good deeds.
And Zakariya and John and Jesus and Elias: All in the ranks of the righteous.
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot: And We favored all (of them) above the nations,
(Them) and their fathers and progeny and brothers did We choose and guide to a straight path.
This is God's guidance: He gives that guidance to whom He pleases of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him, all that they did would be in vain.
These were the men to whom We gave the Book and authority and Prophethood: If these (their descendants) reject them, surely We shall entrust their charge to a new people who do not reject them.
Those were the (Prophets) who received God's guidance: Follow the guidance they received. Say: “I ask no reward for this from you: This is no less than a message for the nations.”
They underestimate Allah when they say, “God sends down nothing to man (by way of Revelation).” Say: “Who then sent down the Book that Moses brought, a light and guidance to man? But you make it into (separate) sheets for show, while you conceal much (of its contents) and taught what you did not know! neither you nor your fathers.” Say: “God (sent it down).” Then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.
And this is a Book which We have revealed, bringing blessings, and confirming (the Revelations) which came before it (so) that you may warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in attending to their prayers.
Who can be more wicked than one who invents a lie against Allah or says, “I have received inspiration,” when he has received nothing, or (again) who says, “I can reveal the like of what Allah has revealed.” If you could only see how the wicked (fare) in the flood of confusion at death! The angels stretch forth their hands, (saying,) “Surrender your souls. This Day you shall receive your reward! a penalty of shame because you used to tell lies against Allah and scornfully reject His Signs!”
And behold! You come to Us bare and alone as We created you for the first time: You have left behind you all (the favors) which We bestowed upon you: We do not see your intercessors with you whom you thought to be partners in your affairs: So now all relations between you have been cut off, and your (petty) fancies have abandoned you!
It is Allah Who causes the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout. He causes the living to issue from the dead, and He is the One to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is Allah; then how are you lured away from the truth?
He it is Who cleaves the Daybreak (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquility, and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time): Such is His Judgment and order, the One Exalted in power, the Omniscient.
It is He Who makes the stars (as beacons) for you, (so) that you may guide yourselves through the dark vastness of land and sea with their help: We explain Our Signs for people who know.
It is He Who has produced you from a single person: Here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We explain Our Signs for people who understand.
It is He Who sends down rain from the skies: With it We produce vegetation of all kinds: From some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: And (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): When they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes on it and its ripeness. Behold! In these things there are Signs for people who believe.
Yet they make the jinns equals with Allah, though Allah created the jinns, and without any knowledge, they falsely attribute sons and daughters to Him. Praise and glory be to Him! (For He is) above what they attribute to Him!
The primal origin of the heavens and the earth is due to Him: How can He have a son when He has no consort? He created all things, and He has full knowledge of all things.
That is Allah your Lord! There is no god but He, the Creator of all things: Then worship Him: And He has power to dispose of all affairs.
No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp encompasses all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
Now proofs to open your eyes have come to you from your Lord: If any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your doings.
Thus We explain the Signs by various (symbols, so) that they may say, “You have taught us diligently,” and (so) that We may make the matter clear to those who know.
Follow what you are taught by inspiration from your Lord: There is no god but He: And turn away from those who join gods with Allah.
Had it been God's plan, they would not have taken false gods, but We did not make you one to watch over their doings, nor are you set over them to dispose of their affairs.
Do not revile those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest out of spite they revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus We have made each people's doings alluring to them. In the end they will return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that if a (special) Sign comes to them, they will believe in it. Say: “Certainly (all) Signs are in God's power, but what will make you (Muslims) realize that even if (special) Signs came, they would not believe?”
We (too) shall turn their hearts and their eyes to (confusion), even as they refused to believe in the first instance: We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.
Even if We did send them angels, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in God's plan, but most of them ignore (the truth).
Likewise We made for every messenger an enemy! evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception. If your Lord had so planned, they would not have done it: So leave them and their inventions alone.
Let the hearts of those who have no faith in the hereafter incline to such (deceit): Let them delight in it and let them earn from it what they may.
Say: “Shall I seek for a judge any other than Allah while it is He Who sent you the Book explained in detail?” Those to whom We have given the Book know fully well that it has been sent down from your Lord in truth. Then never be one of those who doubt.
Your Lord's word finds its fulfillment in truth and in justice: None can change His words, for He is the One Who hears and knows all.
If you were to follow most of those on earth, they would lead you away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture: They do nothing but lie.
Your Lord knows best who strays from His way. He knows best who they are that receive His guidance.
So eat of (meats) on which God's Name has been pronounced, if you have faith in His Signs.
Why should you not eat (meats) on which God's name has been pronounced, when He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you! except under compulsion of necessity? But many mislead (men) by their appetites unchecked by knowledge. Your Lord knows best those who transgress.
Avoid all sin, open or secret: Those who earn sin will get due recompense for their “earnings.”
Do not eat (meats) on which God's Name was not pronounced: That would be impiety. But the evil ones constantly urge their friends to contend with you; if you were to obey them, you truly would be pagans.
Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life and a light whereby he could walk among men, be like one who is in the depths of darkness from which he can never come out? Thus, it has been made to those without faith to see their own (foul) deeds as pleasing.
Thus We have placed leaders in every town its wicked men to plot (and burrow) in it, but they only plot against their own souls, but they do not perceive it.
When a Sign (from Allah) comes to them, they say, “We shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received by God's Messenger.” Allah knows best where (and how) to carry out His mission. Soon the wicked will be overtaken by humiliation before Allah and a severe punishment for all their plots.
Those whom Allah (in His plan) wills to guide, He opens their breast to Islam; those whom He wills to leave straying! He makes their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: Thus does Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe.
This is the way of your Lord, leading straight: We have explained the Signs for those who receive admonishment.
There will be a home of peace for them in the presence of their Lord: He will be their Friend because they practiced (righteousness).
One Day He will gather them all together, (and say,) “O you assembly of jinns! You took a great (toll) of men.” Their friends among men will say, “Our Lord! We made a profit from each other, but (alas!) we reached our term! which You appointed for us.” He will say, “Let the Fire be your dwelling-place.” You will dwell in it forever, except as Allah wills. For your Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
Thus We make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what they earn.
O you assembly of jinns and men! Did no Messenger come to you from among you, telling you of the meeting of this Day of yours? They will say, “We bear witness against our own selves.” It was the life of this world that deceived them. So they will bear witness against their own selves that they rejected faith.
(The Messengers were sent) thus, for your Lord would not destroy men's habitations for their wrong-doing while their occupants were unwarned.
Degrees (or ranks) are (assigned) to all according to their deeds, for your Lord is not unmindful of anything they do.
Your Lord is self-Sufficient, full of mercy: If it were His will, He could destroy you and in your place appoint whomsoever He will as your successors, just as He raised you up from the posterity of other people.
All that has been promised to you will come to pass, nor can you frustrate it (in the least).
Say: “O my people! Do whatever you can: I will do (my part): You will soon know who will have the (best) end in the hereafter: Certainly the wrong-doers will not prosper.”
They assigned Him a share out of what Allah has produced in abundance in tilth and in cattle: They say, according to their delusions, “This is for Allah, and this is for Our partners”! But the share of their “partners” does not reach Allah, while God's reaches their “partners!” Their Judgment is evil (and unjust)!
Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their “partners” made the slaughter of their children attractive in order to lead them to their own destruction and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah had willed, they would not have done so, but leave them and their inventions alone.
And they say that such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and no one should eat of them except those whom! according to them! We wish; further, there are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and cattle on which God's name is not pronounced (at slaughter); inventions against God's Name: He will soon requite them for their inventions.
They say: “What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is specially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our women, but if it is still-born then all have shares in it.” He will soon punish them for their (false) attribution (of superstitions to Allah), for He is full of wisdom and knowledge.
Those who, from folly and without knowledge, slay their children and forbid food which Allah has provided for them, inventing (lies) against Allah, are lost. They have indeed gone astray and heeded no guidance.
It is He Who produces gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): Eat their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the Day that the harvest is gathered. But do not waste by excess, for Allah does not love the extravagant.
Some of the cattle are for burden and some for meat. Eat what Allah has provided for you, and do not follow in the footsteps of Satan, for he is an avowed enemy to you.
(Take) eight (heads of cattle) in (four) pairs: A pair of sheep and a pair of goats; say, has He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) within the wombs of the two females?! Tell me with knowledge if you are truthful;
Of camels (take) a pair and a pair of oxen; (then) say: Has He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or the (the young)! within the wombs of the two females?! Were you present when Allah ordered such a thing?! But who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead men without knowledge astray? For Allah does not guide people who do wrong.
Say: “I do not find in the message I received by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine! for it is an abomination! or, what is impious, (meat) on which any name other than God's has been invoked.” But (even so), if a person is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits! your Lord is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: This (was) in recompense for their willful disobedience, for We are true (in Our ordinances).
If they accuse you of falsehood, say: “Your Lord is full of all-embracing mercy, but His Wrath will never be turned back from guilty people.”
Those who attribute partners to Allah will say, “If Allah had wished, we would not have attributed partners to Him, nor would our fathers, nor would we have had any taboos.” So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our Wrath. Say: “Have you any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. You follow nothing but conjecture: You do nothing but lie.”
Say: “The conclusive argument is with Allah: Had it been His will, He could indeed have guided you all.”
Say: “Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah forbade so and so.” If they bring such witnesses, do not be among them, nor should you follow the vain desires of those who treat Our Signs as falsehoods, and those who do not believe in the hereafter, for they hold others as equal with their Guardian-Lord.
Say: “Come, I will recite what Allah has (really) prohibited for you: Do not join anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; do not kill your children on a plea of want; We provide sustenance for you and for them; do not come near to shameful deeds, whether open or secret; do not take life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law: Thus He commands you, (so) that you may learn wisdom.
“And do not come near to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he attains the age of full strength; grant measure and weight with (full) justice; We place no burden on any soul, except what it can bear; whenever you speak, speak justly, even if a close relative is concerned, and fulfill God's Covenant: Thus He commands you, (so) that you may remember.”
Truly, this is My way, leading straight: Follow it: Do not follow (other) paths: They will scatter you about from His (great) path: Thus He commands you (so) that you may be righteous.
Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favor) to those who would do right, and explaining all things in detail! and a guide and a mercy, (so) that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: So follow it and be righteous (so) that you may receive mercy:
Lest you should say, “The Book was sent down to two peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study.”
Or lest you should say, “If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they.” Now a clear (Sign) has come to you from your Lord! and a guide and a mercy: Then who could do more wrong than one who rejects God's Signs and turns away from them? In good time We shall requite those who turn away from Our Signs, with a dreadful penalty for turning away.
Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or your Lord (Himself), or special Signs from your Lord?! The Day that special Signs come from your Lord, it will do no good for a soul to believe in them then if it did not believe before, nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: “Wait: And we too are waiting.”
As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, you have no part in them in the least: Their affair is with Allah: In the end, He will tell them the truth of all that they did.
He who does good shall have ten times as much to his credit: He who does evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil. No wrong shall be done to (any of) them.
Say: “Surely, my Lord has guided me to a straight way! a religion of right! the path (trod) by Abraham the true in faith, and (certainly) he did not join gods with Allah.”
Say: “Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds:
“He has no partner: This am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow to His will.”
Say: “Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher (anyone) other than Allah, when He is the Cherisher of all things (that exist)?” Every soul draws the wages of its acts on none but its own self: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of any other. In the end, your goal is Allah: He will tell you the truth of the things about which you disputed.
It is He Who has made you (His) agents, inheritors of the earth: He has raised you in ranks, some above others (so) that He may try you in the gifts He has given you, for your Lord is quick in punishment: Yet He is indeed oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

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SURA 7

Al-A'raaf

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

Alif Lām Mim ād.
A Book revealed to you! so do not let your heart be oppressed anymore by any difficulty on that account! that with it you might warn (the erring) and teach the believers.
Follow (O mankind!) the Revelation given to you by your Lord, and do not follow (anyone) other than Him as friends or protectors. You remember very little of admonishment.
How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment caught them suddenly by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.
When (thus) Our punishment took them, they uttered no cry but: “We truly did wrong.”
Then We shall question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it.
And truly We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).
The balance that Day will be (absolutely) true: Those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper.
Those whose scale will be light will find their souls in perdition because they treated Our Signs wrongfully.
It is We who have placed you on earth with authority and provided you with means for the fulfillment of your life on it: Small thanks do you grant!
It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We ordered the angels to bow down to Adam, and they bowed down, but Iblis did not; he refused to be of those who bow down.
(Allah) said, “What prevented you from bowing down when I commanded you?” He said, “I am better than him: You created me from Fire and him from clay.”
(Allah) said, “Get you down from here: It is not for you to be arrogant; be gone, for you are of the meanest (of creatures).”
He said, “Grant me a respite till the Day they are raised up.”
(Allah) said, “Be you among those who have a respite.”
He said, “Because You have thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on Your straight way.
“Then I will assault them from the front and the rear, from their right and their left: Nor will You find gratitude (for Your mercies) in most of them.”
(Allah) said, “Be gone, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow you! I will fill Hell with all of you.
“O Adam! You and your wife dwell in the garden and enjoy (its good things) as you wish, but do not approach this tree, or you will encounter harm and transgression.”
Then Satan began to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): He said, “Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree lest you become angels or such beings as live for ever.”
And he swore to them both that he was their sincere adviser.
So by deceit he brought about their fall: When they tasted of the tree, they became aware of their shame and they began to sew the leaves of the garden together over their bodies. And their Lord questioned them, “Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy to you?”
They said, “Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If You do not forgive us and do not grant us Your mercy, we shall certainly be lost.”
(Allah) said, “Get you down, with enmity between you. Your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood will be on earth! for a while.”
He said, “On it you shall live, and on it you shall die: And you shall be raised from it (at last).”
O you children of Adam! We have given you clothing to cover your shame as well as to be an adornment to you, but the clothing of righteousness! that is the best. Such are among God's Signs, that they may receive admonishment!
O children of Adam! Do not let Satan seduce you just as he led your parents out of the garden, stripping them of their clothing to expose their shame, for he and his tribe watch you from a position where you cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.
When they do anything that is shameful, they say, “We found our fathers doing so,” and “God commanded us thus.” Say: “No, Allah never commands what is shameful: Do you say of Allah what you do not know?”
Say: “My Lord has commanded justice, and that you set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere in His sight: Such as He created you in the beginning, so shall you return.”
Some He has guided: Others (by their choice) have deserved to lose their way: Because rather than Allah, they took the evil ones for their friends and protectors, and they think that they receive guidance.
O children of Adam! Wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: Eat and drink, but do not waste by excess, for Allah does not love the wasteful.
Say: Who has forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He has produced for His servants, and the clean and pure things (which He has provided) for sustenance? Say: During the life of this world, they are for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who understand.
Say: The things that my Lord has truly forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He has given no authority, and saying things about Allah of which you have no knowledge.
A term is appointed for every people: When their term has been reached, they cannot cause an Hour's delay, nor can they advance (it one Hour in anticipation).
O you children of Adam! Whenever Messenger come to you from among you, reciting My Signs to you! those who are righteous and mend (their lives)! on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
But those who reject Our Signs and treat them with arrogance! they are companions of the Fire, to dwell in it (forever).
Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? As for such, each must receive the portion set for them in the book (of decrees), until (the time) when Our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they (shall) say, “Where are the things that you used to invoke besides Allah?” They will reply, “They have abandoned us,” and they will bear witness against themselves that they had rejected Allah.
He will say, “Enter into the company of the peoples! men and jinns! who passed away before you into the Fire.” Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. The last says about the first, “Our Lord! It is these who misled us: So grant them double the penalty in the Fire.” He will say, “Doubled for all,” but this you do not understand.
Then the first will say to the last, “See then! You have no advantage over us; so taste the penalty for all that you did!”
The gates of heaven will not open to those who rejected Our Signs and treated them with arrogance, nor will they enter the garden until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for the sinners.
For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: Such is Our requital of those who do wrong.
But those who believe and work righteousness! We place no burden on any soul but what it can bear! they will be companions of the garden, to dwell in it (forever).
And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury; there will be rivers flowing beneath them, and they shall say, “Praise be to Allah, Who has guided us to this (felicity): We could never have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: The Messenger of our Lord really did bring us the truth.” And they shall hear the cry: “Behold the garden before you! You have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness).”
The companions of the garden will call out to the companions of the Fire, “We have found our Lord's promises to us to be true: Have you also found your Lord's promises true?” They shall say, “Yes;” but a crier shall proclaim between them, “God's curse is on the wrong-doers.
“Those who would hinder (men) from God's path and would seek something crooked in it: They were those who denied the hereafter.”
There shall be a veil between them, and on the heights there will be men who will know everyone by his marks: They will call out to the companions of the garden, “Peace be on you.” They will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (of it).
When their eyes turn towards the companions of the Fire, they will say, “Our Lord! Do not send us to the company of the wrong-doers.”
The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying, “Of what benefit were your hoards and your arrogant ways to you?
“So! Are these not the men whom you swore that Allah would never bless with His mercy? Enter the garden: No fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve.”
The companions of the Fire will call to the companions of the garden, “Pour water down to us or anything that Allah provides for your sustenance.” They will say, “God has forbidden both of these things to those who rejected Him,
“Those who took their religion to be mere amusement and play and were deceived by the life of the world.” That Day We shall forget them as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs, and as they always used to reject Our Signs.
For We had certainly sent a Book to them, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail! a guide and a mercy to all who believe.
Do they just wait for the final fulfillment of the event? On the Day the event is finally fulfilled those who disregarded it before will say, “The Messenger of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? Then we would behave differently from our behavior in the past.” In fact, they will have lost their souls and the things they invented will abandon them.
Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draws the night over the Day like a veil, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Indeed, it is He Who creates and Who governs. Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
Call on your Lord with humility and in private, for Allah does not love those who transgress beyond bounds.
Make no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts), for the mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.
It is He who sends the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: When they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain descend on it, and produce every kind of harvest with it: Thus shall We raise up the dead: Perhaps you may remember.
From land that is clean and good by the will of its Cherisher, (rich) produce springs up, after its kind, but from land that is bad, nothing springs up but what is meager: Thus do We explain the Signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful.
We sent Noah to his people. He said, “O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day!”
The leaders of his people said, “Ah! It's obvious (your mind) is wandering by.”
He said, “O my people! My (mind) is not wandering by: On the contrary, I am a Messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
“I merely fulfill the duties of my Lord's mission towards you: My advice to you is sincere, and I know from Allah something that you do not know.
“Do you wonder that, through a man of your own people, a message has come to you from your Lord to warn you! so that you may fear Allah and perhaps receive His mercy?”
But they rejected him and We delivered him, and those with him, in the ark, but We overwhelmed those who rejected Our Signs in the flood. They were truly a blind people!
To the '}d people, (We sent) Hd, one of their (own) kin: He said, “O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other god but Him. Will you not fear (Allah)?”

The leaders of the disbelievers among his people said, “Ah! We see you are an imbecile!” and “We think you are a liar!”

He said, “O my people! I am not imbecile; (I am) a Messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

“I merely fulfill the duties of my Lord's mission towards you: I am a sincere and trustworthy adviser to you.

“Do you wonder that, through a man of your own people, a message has come to you from your Lord to warn you? Remember that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah and gave you a high rank among the nations. Remember the benefits (you have received) from Allah: So that you may prosper.”

They said, “Do you come to us (so) that we may worship Allah alone and grant up the cult of our fathers? Bring us what you threaten us with, if you are telling the truth!”

He said, “Punishment and Wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: Do you dispute with me over names which you and your fathers have devised without authority from Allah? Then wait: I am with you also waiting.”

By Our mercy, We saved him and those who followed him, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected our Signs and did not believe.

(We sent) Salih to the Thamud people: One of their own kin: He said, “O my people! Worship Allah; you have no other god but Him. Now a clear (Sign) has come to you from your Lord! This she-camel is a Sign to you from Allah: So leave her to graze on God's earth, and let her come to no harm, or you shall be seized with a grievous punishment.

“And remember how He made you inheritors after the '}d people and gave you homes in the land: You build palaces and castles for yourselves on (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so remember the benefits (you have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on earth.”

The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless! the believers among them, “Do you really know that Salih is a Messenger from his Lord?” They said, “We truly believe in the Revelation which has been sent through him.”

The arrogant party said, “As for us, we reject what you believe in.”

Then they hamstrung the she-camel, and insolently defied their Lord's order, saying, “O Salih! Bring about your threats, if you are a Messenger (of Allah)!”

So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

So Salih left them, saying, “O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but you do not love good counsellors!”

We also (sent) Lot: He said to his people, “Do you commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?

“For you practice your lusts on men in preference to women: You are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds.”

And his people gave no answer but this: They said, “Drive them out of your city: These are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!”

But We saved him and his family, except his wife: She was among those who lagged behind.

And We rained a shower (of brimstone) down on them: Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!

To the Madyan people We sent Shu`aib, one of their own kin: He said, “O my people! Worship Allah; you have no other god but Him. Now a clear (Sign) has come to you from your Lord! Grant just measure and weight, and do not withhold from the people the things that are their due, and make no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: That will be best for you, if you have faith.

“And do not crouch down on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking something crooked in it, but remember how you were few and He multiplied you. And bear in mind what the end of those who made mischief was.

“And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, wait patiently until Allah decides between us, for He is the best to decide.”

The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said, “O Shu`aib! We shall certainly drive you out of our city! (you) and those who believe with you: Or else you (you and they) shall have to return to our ways and religion.” He said, “What! Even though we detest (them)?

“We would actually invent a lie against Allah if we returned to your ways after Allah has rescued us from them: Nor could we, in any way, return to them unless it be the will and plan of the Lord our Allah. Our Lord can reach the farthest recesses of things through His knowledge. Our trust is in Allah. Our Lord! Decide between us and our people in truth, for You are the best to decide.”

The leading disbelievers among his people said, “If you follow Shu`aib, then rest assured you are ruined!”

But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!

The men who rejected Shu`aib became as if they had never been in the (very) homes where they had flourished: The men who rejected Shu`aib! they were the ones who were ruined!

So Shu`aib left them, saying, “O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!”

Whenever We sent a Prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order for them to learn humility.

Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say, “Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence.” Behold! We called them to account all of a sudden, while they did not realize (their peril).

If the people of the towns had only believed (in) and feared Allah, We would certainly have released to them (all kinds of) blessings from heavens and earth, but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to account for their misdeeds.

Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our punishment by night while they were asleep?

Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad Daylight while they played about (carefree)?

Did they then feel secure against God's plan? But no one can feel secure from God's plan, except those (doomed) to ruin!

Is it not a guiding (lesson) to those who inherit the earth after its (previous) residents, that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?

Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate to you: Truly their Messenger came to them with clear (Signs), but they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus does Allah seal up the heart of those who reject faith.

We did not find most men true to their covenant, but We found most of them rebellious and disobedient.

Then after them, We sent Moses with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what the end of those who made mischief was.

Moses said, “O Pharaoh! I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

“One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah. Now I have come to you (people) with a clear (Sign) from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel leave with me.”

(Pharaoh) said, “If you have really come with a Sign, then show it! if you are telling the truth.”

Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! It was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!

And he drew out his hand and behold! It was white to all beholders!

The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said, “This is truly an expert sorcerer.

“His plan is to drive you out of your land. Then what do you counsel?”

They said, “Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and send men to the cities to collect

“And bring back all of (our) expert sorcerers to you.”

So the sorcerers came to Pharaoh: They said, “Of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!”

He said, “Yes, (and more)! for in that case you shall be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person).”

They said, “O Moses! Will you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?”

Moses said, “You throw (first).” So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, for they showed a great (feat of) magic.

We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: “Throw your rod (now).” And behold! It immediately swallows up all the falsehoods they fake!

Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.

But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration,

Saying, “We believe in the Lord of the worlds,

“The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

Pharaoh said, “Do you believe in Him before I grant you permission? Surely this is a trick which you have planned in the city to drive out its people, but soon shall you know (the consequences).

“Rest assured I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross.”

They said, “For us, we are but sent back to our Lord.

“But you wreak your vengeance on us simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! Pour out patience and constancy on us, and take our souls to You as Muslims (who bow to Your will)!”

The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said, “Will you leave Moses and his people to spread mischief in the land and to abandon you and your gods?” He said, “We will kill their male children; we will allow (only) their females to live, and we have irresistible (power) over them.”

Moses said to his people, “Pray for help from Allah, and (wait) in patience and constancy, for the earth is God's to grant as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleases, and the end is (best) for the righteous.”

They said, “We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after you came to us.” He said, “It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth, that He may try you in this way by your deeds.”

We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of drought) and shortness of crops (so) that they might receive admonition.

But when good (times) came, they said, “This is due to us;” when gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! In truth the evil omens are theirs in God's sight, but most of them do not understand!

They said (to Moses), “Whatever Signs you bring, to work sorcery on us with them, we shall never believe in you.”

So We sent (plagues) on them, wholesale death, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood: Signs openly self-explained, but they were steeped in arrogance! a people given to sinning.

Every time the penalty fell on them, they said, “O Moses! On our behalf call upon your Lord by virtue of His promise to you: If you remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in you, and we shall send the Children of Israel away with you.”

But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfill, behold! They broke their word!

So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.

And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west! lands to which We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of the Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

We took the Children of Israel (safely) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said, “O Moses! Fashion for us a god like the gods they have.” He said, “Surely you are a people without knowledge.

“As for these folks, the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain indeed is the (worship) which they practice.”

He said, “Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Allah, when it is Allah who has endowed you with gifts above the nations?”

And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who killed your male children and left your females live: That was a momentous trial from your Lord.

We appointed thirty nights for Moses, and completed (the period) with ten (more): Thus the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights, was completed. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up), “Act for me among my people: Do right, and do not follow the way of those who make mischief.”

When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, he said, “O my Lord! Show (Yourself) to me (so) that I may look upon You.” Allah said, “By no means can you see Me (manifestly), but look upon the mount; if it abides in its place, then you shall see Me.” When his Lord manifested His glory on the mount, He made it as dust and Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses, he said, “Glory be to You! I turn to You in repentance, and I am the first to believe.”

(Allah said, “O Moses!) I have chosen you above (other) men, by the mission I (have given you) and the words I (have spoken to you): Then take the (Revelation) which I grant you, and be of those who grant thanks.”

And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, commanding and explaining all things (and said), “Take and hold these with firmness, and enjoin your people to hold fast by the best in the precepts: Soon I will show you the homes of the wicked! (how they lie desolate).”

Those who behave arrogantly on earth in defiance of right! I will turn them away from My Signs; they will not believe in them, and if they see the way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the way, but if they see the way of error, that is the way they will adopt, for they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.

Those who reject Our Signs and the meeting in the hereafter! their deeds are in vain: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought?

In his absence, the people of Moses made the image of a calf out of their ornaments (for worship): It seemed to low: Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor show them the way? They took it for worship and they did wrong.

When they repented and saw that they had erred, they said, “If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those who perish.”

When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said, “You have done evil in my place in my absence: Did you make haste to bring on the Judgment of your Lord?” He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said, “Son of my mother! The people did indeed consider me nothing, and came near to killing me! Do not make the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, and do not count me among the people of sin.”

Moses prayed, “O my Lord! Forgive me and my brother! Admit us into Your mercy! For You are the Most Merciful!”

Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with Wrath from their Lord and with shame in this life: Thus do We reward those who invent (falsehood).

But those who do wrong and repent after that and (sincerely) believe! your Lord is truly oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful after that.

When the anger of Moses subsided, he took up the tablets: In the writing on them there was guidance and mercy for such as fear their Lord.

And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: When they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed, “O my Lord! If it had been Your will, You could have destroyed both them and myself a long time ago: Would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? This is no more than Your trial: By it You cause whomsoever You will to stray, and You lead whomsoever You please to the right path. You are our Protector, so forgive us and grant us Your mercy, for You are the best of those who forgive.

“And ordain for us what is good, in this life and in the hereafter, for we have turned to You.” He said, “I visit whom I will with My punishment, but My mercy extends to all things. I shall ordain that (mercy) for those who do right, and practice regular charity, and those who believe in Our Signs.

“Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures)! in the Law and the Gospel, for he commands them to what is just and forbids them from what is evil: He allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); he releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are on them. So it is those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him! it is they who will prosper.”

Say: “O people! I am sent to you all, as the Messenger of Allah, to Whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs: There is no god but He: It is He Who gives both life and death, so believe in Allah and his Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believed in Allah and His words: Follow him (so) that you may be guided.”

Some of the people of Moses guide and do justice in the light of truth.

We divided them into twelve tribes (or nations). We directed Moses by inspiration when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: “Strike the rock with your staff.” Twelve springs gushed forth from it: Each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down manna and quails to them (saying,) “Eat of the good things We have provided for you.” (But they rebelled:) They did no harm to Us, but they harmed their own souls.

And remember it was said to them, “Dwell in this town and act in it as you wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a posture of humility; We shall forgive you your faults; We shall increase (the portion of) those who do good.”

But the transgressors among them changed the word from what had been given to them; so We sent a plague from heavens upon them because they transgressed repeatedly.

Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! They transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. On the Day of their Sabbath their fish came to them openly holding up their heads, but on the Day they had no Sabbath, they did not come: Thus We made a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.

When some of them said, “Why do you preach to a people whom Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?”! the preachers said, “To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perhaps they may fear Him.”

When they disregarded the warnings that had been given to them, We rescued those who forbade evil, but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression.

When they transgressed (all) prohibitions in their insolence, We said to them, “Be apes, despised and rejected.”

Behold! Your Lord declared that He would send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with a grievous penalty. Your Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

We broke them up into sections on this earth. Some among them are righteous, and some are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity so that they might turn (to Us).

An (evil) generation came after them: They inherited the Book, but they chose the vanities of this world (for themselves), saying (as an excuse), “We will be forgiven (for everything).” (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book made with them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? And they study what is in the Book. But the abode in the hereafter is best for the righteous: Will you not understand?

As for those who hold fast to the Book and establish regular prayers! We will never suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.

When We shook the mount over them, as if it had been a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them, (We said,) “Hold firmly to what We have given you and (even) remember what is in it, perhaps you may fear Allah.”

When your Lord drew forth from the children of Adam! from their loins! their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying,) “Am I not your Lord (Who cherishes and sustains you)?” They said, “Yes! We do bear witness!” (This,) lest you should say on the Day of Judgment, “We were never mindful of this.”

Or lest you should say, “Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: Will You then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were vain doers?”

Thus do We explain the Signs in detail! And perhaps they may turn (to Us).

Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our Signs; he passed them by, so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.

Had it been Our will, We would have elevated him with Our Signs, but he inclined to the earth and followed his own vain desires. His analogy is that of a dog: If you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the analogy of those who reject Our Signs; so relate the story, perhaps they may reflect.

People who reject Our Signs and wrong their own souls are the evil example.

(The one) whom Allah guides is the one on the right path: those whom He rejects from His guidance are the people who perish.

We have made many jinns and men for Hell: They have hearts with which they do not understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle! Nay, they are more misguided, for they are heedless (of warning).

The most beautiful names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them, but shun such men as use profanity in His names, for what they do, they will soon be requited.

Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth, and dispense justice with it.

We shall gradually visit those who reject Our Signs with punishment, in ways they do not perceive.

I will grant them respite, for My plan is strong (and unfailing).

Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with madness: He is but a perspicuous warner.

Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth and all that Allah has created? (Do they not see) that it may well be that their term is drawing near to an end? In what message after this will they then believe?

For those whom Allah rejects from His guidance, there can be no guide; He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction.

They ask you about the (final) Hour! when will its appointed time be? Say: “The knowledge of this is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal when it will occur; its burden will be weighty through the heavens and the earth. Only it will come suddenly to you.” They ask you as if you were eagerly searching for it; say: “The knowledge of this is with Allah (alone), but most men do not know.”

Say: “I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah wills. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I would have multiplied all good, and no harm would have touched me. I am only a warner and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith.”

It is He who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, so that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord (saying,) “If You grant us a goodly child, we vow we shall (always) be grateful.”

But when He grants them a goodly child, they ascribe a share in the gift they have received to others, but Allah is Exalted, high above the partners they ascribe to Him.

Do they truly ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing but are themselves created?

They can offer them no aid, nor can they aid their own selves!

If you call them to guidance, they will not obey; for you it is the same whether you call them or hold your peace!

Truly those whom you call upon besides Allah are servants like you: Call upon them and let them listen to your prayer, if you are (indeed) truthful!

Do they have feet to walk by? Or hands to hold (things) with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: “Call your god-partners, scheme (your worst) against me, and grant me no respite!

“For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.

“But those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, and even to help their own selves.”

If you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You will see them looking at you, but they do not see.

Hold to forgiveness; command what is right, but turn away from the ignorant.

If a suggestion from Satan assails your (mind), seek refuge with Allah, for He hears and knows (all things).

When a thought of evil from Satan assaults those who fear Allah, they remember Allah and lo! They see (rightly)!

But their kin (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts).

If you do not bring them a Revelation, they say, “Why have you not assembled it?” Say: “I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: This is (nothing but) illuminations from your Lord, and guidance and mercy for those who have faith.”

When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace (so) that you may receive mercy.

And (O reciter!) remember your Lord in your (very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings, and do not be of those who are unheedful.

Those who are near to your Lord do not disdain to worship Him: They celebrate His praises and bow down before Him.

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SURA 8

Al-Anfaal

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

They ask you concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say: “(Such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger, so fear Allah, and keep the relations among yourselves straight: Obey Allah and His Messenger, if you believe.”
Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts, and when they hear His Signs recited, they find their faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord,
Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts We have granted them for sustenance:
Such are truly the believers: They have grades of dignity with their Lord, forgiveness, and generous sustenance.
Just as your Lord ordered you out of your house in truth even though a party among the believers disliked it,
Disputing with you concerning the truth after it was made manifest, as if they were being driven to death and they (actually) saw it,
Behold! Allah promised you that one of the two (enemy) parties would be yours: You wished that the unarmed one would be yours, but Allah willed to justify the truth according to His words, and to cut off the roots of the disbelievers,
(So) that He might justify truth and prove falsehood false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt.
Remember (how) you implored your Lord's assistance, and He answered you, “I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks upon ranks.”
Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your heart: (In any case) there is no help except from Allah: And Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.
Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to grant you calm as from Himself, and He caused rain to descend on you from heavens, to clean you with it, to remove the stain of Satan from you, to strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly.
Remember (how) your Lord inspired the angels (with the message): “I am with you: Grant firmness to the believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the disbelievers: Smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.”
This (is so) because they contended against Allah and His Messenger: If any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment.
Thus (it will be said), “Then taste of the (punishment), for those who resist Allah, the penalty is the Fire.”
O you who believe! When you meet the disbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them.
If any turns his back to them on such a day! unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own), he draws God's anger on himself, and his abode is Hell, an evil refuge (indeed)!
It was not you who killed them; it was Allah: When you threw (a handful of dust), it was not your act, but God's: In order that He might test the believers through a gracious trial from Himself, for Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).
That, and also because Allah is He Who renders the plans and stratagems of the disbelievers feeble.
(O disbelievers!) If you prayed for victory and judgment, now the judgment has come to you: If you desist (from wrong), it will be best for you: If you return (to the attack), so shall We. Your forces will be not the least good to you even if they were multiplied, for truly Allah is with those who believe.
O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not turn away from him when you hear (him speak).
Nor be like those who say, “We hear,” but do not listen:
For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb! those who do not understand.
Had Allah found any good in them, He would indeed have made them listen; (as it is,) if He had made them listen, they would have only turned back and declined (to believe).
O you who believe! Grant your response to Allah and His Messenger when He calls upon you to what gives you life, and know that Allah comes in between a man and his heart, and that it is He to Whom you shall (all) be gathered.
And fear tumult or oppression which affects not (only) those of you who do wrong in particular, and be informed that Allah is strict in punishment.
Remember when you were a small (band), despised throughout the land, and afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you, but He provided a safe haven for you, strengthened you with His aid, and gave you good things for sustenance (so) that you might be grateful.
O you who believe! Do not betray the trust of Allah and the Messenger, nor knowingly misappropriate things entrusted to you.
And know that your possessions and your progeny are only a trial, and that your highest reward lies with Allah.
O you who believe! If you fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion (to judge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that may afflict) you, and forgive you, for Allah is the Lord of grace unbounded.
Remember how the disbelievers plotted against you, to keep you in bonds, or kill you, or get you out (of your home). They plot and plan, and Allah also plans, but Allah is the best of planners.
When Our Signs are recited to them, they say, “We have heard this (before): If we wished, we could say (words) like these: These are nothing but the tales of the ancients.”
Remember how they said, “O Allah! If this is indeed the truth from You, rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky, or send us a grievous penalty.”
But Allah was not going to send them a penalty while you were among them, nor was He going to send it while they could ask for pardon.
But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them, when they keep (people) out of the sacred Mosque! and they are not its guardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous, but most of them do not understand.
Their prayer at the House (of Allah) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be,) “Taste the penalty because you blasphemed.”
The disbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend, but in the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome, and the disbelievers will be gathered together in Hell,
In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure one on the other, heap them together, and cast them all into Hell. They will be the losers.
Say to the disbelievers, if they desist (now from disbelief), their past will be forgiven, but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a warning for them).
And continue to fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and justice and faith in Allah prevail altogether and everywhere, but if they cease, truly Allah sees all that they do.
If they refuse, rest assured that Allah is your Protector! the best to protect and the best to help.
And know that out of all the booty that you may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to God! and to the Messenger, and to near relatives, to the orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer! if you believe in Allah and in the Revelation We sent down to Our servant on the day of testing! the day of the meeting of the two forces, for Allah has power over all things.
Remember you were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than you. Even if you had made a mutual appointment to meet, you would certainly have failed in the appointment, but (you met thus), (so) that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted (so) that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a clear Sign (had been given). And truly Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).
Remember in your dream Allah showed them to you as few: If He had shown them to you as many, you would surely have been discouraged, and you would surely have disputed in (your) decision, but Allah saved (you), for He knows well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
And remember when you met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes (so) that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted, for all questions go back to Allah (for decision).
O you who believe! When you meet a force, be firm, and remember Allah much (and often, so) that you may prosper.
And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not fall into any disputes, lest you should lose heart and your power departs, and be patient and persevering, for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
And do not be like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for Allah compasses round about all that they do.
Remember (how) Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them and said, “No one among men can overcome you this day, while I am near to you.” But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he turned on his heels, and said, “Lo! I am clear of you! Lo! I see what you do not see! Lo! I fear Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment.”
Lo! The hypocrites say, and those with a disease in their hearts, “These people! their religion has misled them.” But if any trusts in Allah, behold! Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
If you could see, when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers (at death), (how) they smite their faces and their backs (saying), “Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire.
“Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth, for Allah is never unjust to His servants:
“(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them: They rejected the Signs of Allah, and Allah punished them for their crimes, for Allah is strong and strict in punishment:
“Because Allah will never change the grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: And truly Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).”
“(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those before them.” They treated the Signs of their Lord as false; so We destroyed them for their crimes, and We drowned Pharaoh's people, for they were all oppressors and wrong-doers.
The worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who reject Him: They will not believe.
They are those with whom you made a covenant, but they break their covenant every time, and they do not fear (Allah).
If you gain mastery over them in war, disperse them, with those who follow them, (so) that they may remember.
If you fear treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms, for Allah does not love the treacherous.
Do not let disbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): They will never frustrate (them).
Prepare your strength against them to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah and your enemies and others besides whom you may not know but whom Allah knows. Whatever you spend in the cause of Allah shall be repaid to you, and you will not be treated unjustly.
But if the enemy inclines towards peace, incline towards peace (as well), and trust in Allah, for He is the One Who hears and knows (all things).
Should they intend to deceive you! truly Allah suffices you: He it is Who has strengthened you with His aid and with (the company of) the believers:
(Moreover) He has put affection between their hearts: Even if you had spent all that is on earth, you could not have produced that affection, but Allah has done it, for He is Exalted in might, Wise.
O Messenger! Allah is sufficient for you! (for you) and for those who follow you among the believers.
O Messenger! Rouse the believers to the fight. If there are twenty among you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: If a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the disbelievers, for these are people without understanding.
For the present, Allah has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is a weak spot in you, but (even so), if there are a hundred of you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and if a thousand, they will vanquish two thousand, with God's permission, for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
It is not fitting for a Messenger that he should have prisoners of war until he has thoroughly subdued the land. You look on the temporal goods of this world, but Allah looks to the hereafter, and Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
Had it not been for a previous ordinance from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that you took.
But (now) enjoy what you took in war, lawful and good, but fear Allah, for Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
O Messenger! Say to those who are captives in your hands: “If Allah finds any good in your hearts, He will grant you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you, for Allah Is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”
But if they have treacherous designs against you (O Messenger!), they have already been in treason against Allah, so He has given (you) power over them, and Allah has (full) knowledge and wisdom.
Those who believed and adopted exile and fought for the faith with their property and their persons in the cause of Allah, as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid! these are (all) friends and protectors, one of another. As for those who believed but did not come into exile, you owe no duty of protection to them until they seek your aid in religion; it is your duty to help them, except against a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance: And (remember that) Allah sees all that you do.
The disbelievers are protectors, one of another: Unless you do this (protect each other,) there would be tumult and oppression on earth and a great mischief.
Those who believe and adopt exile and fight for the faith in the cause of Allah, as well as those who grant (them) asylum and aid! these are (all) in very truth the believers: Forgiveness of sins and a most generous provision is for them.
And those who accept faith subsequently and adopt exile and fight for the faith in your company! they are of you. But kindred by blood have prior rights against each other in the Book of Allah. Truly Allah is well acquainted with all things.

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SURA 9

Tawba

A (declaration) of immunity from Allah and His Messenger to those of the pagans with whom you have contracted mutual alliances.
Then go backwards and forwards for four months (as you will) throughout the land, but know that you cannot frustrate Allah (by your falsehood), but that Allah will cover with shame those who reject Him.
And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people (assembled) on the day of the great pilgrimage! that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the pagans. If, then, you repent, it would be best for you, but if you turn away, know that you cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject faith.
(But the treaties are) not dissolved with those pagans with whom you have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in anything or aided anyone against you. So fulfill your agreements with them to the end of their term, for Allah loves the righteous.
But when the forbidden months are past, fight and kill the pagans wherever you find them and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war), but if they repent and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them, for Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
If one of the pagans asks you for asylum, grant it to him so that he may hear the word of Allah, and then escort him to where he can be secure, that is (so) because they are men without knowledge.
How can there be an agreement between Allah and His Messenger and the pagans except those with whom you made a treaty near the Sacred Mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand true to them, for Allah loves the righteous.
How (can there be such an agreement), seeing that if they get an advantage over you, they do not respect in you the ties either of kinship or of covenant? They entice you with (fair words from) their mouths, but their hearts are averse from you, and most of them are rebellious and wicked.
They have sold God's Signs for a miserable price, and they have hindered (many) from His way: The deeds they have done are truly evil.
In a believer they do not respect the ties either of kinship or of covenant! It is they who have transgressed all bounds.
But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practice regular charity! they are your kin in faith: (Thus) do We explain the Signs in detail for those who understand.
But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you for your faith, fight the chiefs of disbelieve, for their oaths are nothing to them (so) that thus they may be restrained.
Will you not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Messenger, and took to aggression by being the first (to assault) you? Do you fear them? No, it is Allah whom you should more justly fear, if you believe (in Him)!
Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, and heal the breasts of believers.
And remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
Or do you think that you will be abandoned, as though Allah did not know those among you who strive mightily, and take none for friends and protectors except Allah, His Messenger, and the (community of) believers? But Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that you do.
It is not for those who join gods with Allah to visit or maintain God's mosques while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. Their deeds bear no fruit: They shall dwell in the Fire.
God's mosques shall be visited and maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and practice regular charity and fear none (at all) except Allah. It is they who are expected to be on true guidance.
Do you make the giving of water to pilgrims, or the maintenance of the Sacred Mosque, equal (the pious service of) those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and strive mightily in God's cause? They are not comparable in God's sight: And Allah does not guide wrong-doers.
Those who believe and suffer exile and strive mightily in God's cause with their possessions and their persons have the highest rank in God's sight: They are the people who will achieve (salvation).
Their Lord gives them glad tidings of a mercy from Himself, of His good pleasure, and of gardens for them containing enduring delights.
They will dwell in them forever. Truly there is a reward, the greatest (of all), in God's presence.
O you who believe! Do not take your fathers and brothers for protectors if they love infidelity above faith: If any of you do so, they commit wrongdoing.
Say: If your fathers, sons, brothers, mates, or kindred, the wealth you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, or the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His decision, and Allah does not guide the rebellious.
Assuredly Allah did help you on many battle-fields and on the Day of Hunain: Behold! Your great numbers elated you, but they did not avail you at all: The land, for all its vastness, constrained you and you turned back in retreat.
But Allah poured His calm upon the Messenger and upon the believers and sent down forces which you did not see: He punished the disbelievers: Thus does He reward those without faith.
After this, Allah will again turn (in mercy) to whom He will, for Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
O you who believe! Truly the pagans are unclean; so do not let them approach the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs. And if you fear poverty, Allah will soon enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for Allah is all-Knowing, all-Wise.
Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, and do not hold as forbidden (the things) that have been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, and do not acknowledge the religion of truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
The Jews call `Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouths; (in this) they merely imitate what the disbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: How they are deluded away from the truth!
They take their priests and anchorites to be their lords in Allah' stead, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary though they were commanded to worship only One Allah: There is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (He is far) from having the parents they associate (with Him).
They would wish to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but Allah will not allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the disbelievers may detest (it).
It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to proclaim it over all religions, even though the pagans may detest (it).
O you who believe! There really are many among the priests and anchorites who devour the substance of men in falsehood and hinder (them) from God's way. And there are those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend in God's way: Announce a most grievous penalty to them.
On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the Fire of Hell, and their foreheads, flanks and backs branded with it, “This is the (treasure) you hoarded up for yourselves: Then taste the (treasures) you hoarded!”
In God's sight, the number of months (in a year) is twelve! so ordained by Him (on) the Day He created the heavens and the earth; four of them are sacred; that is the straight usage. So do not wrong yourselves in this, and fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together. But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.
Truly the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to disbelief: The disbelievers are led to wrong by this, for they make it lawful one year, and forbidden another, in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah does not guide those who reject faith.
O you who believe! What is the matter with you, then, when you are asked to go forth in God's cause, (and) you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? The comfort of this life is very little as compared with the hereafter.
Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place, but you would not harm Him in the least. For Allah has power over all things.
If you do not help (your leader), (it does not matter:) For Allah truly helped him: When the disbelievers drove him out, he had no more than one companion: The two of them were in the cave, and he said to his companion, “Do not fear, for Allah is with us.” Then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which you did not see, and humiliated to the depths the word of the disbelievers. But God's word is exalted to the heights, for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
Go forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle in God's cause with your possessions and your persons. That is best for you, if you (only) knew.
Had there been an immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed you, but the distance was long (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, “If we only could, we would certainly have come out with you.” They would destroy their own souls, for Allah knows that they are certainly lying.
Allah grant you grace! Why did you grant them exemption until those who told the truth were seen by you in a clear light and you had proved the liars?
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask you for an exemption from fighting with their wealth and persons: And Allah knows well those who do their duty.
The only ones who ask you for exemption are those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tossed to and fro in their doubts.
If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have made some preparation for it, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth; so He made them lag behind and they were told, “Sit among those who sit (inactively).”
If they had come out with you, they would not have added to your (strength) but only (caused) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your midst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some among you who would have listened to them, but Allah knows well those who do wrong.
Indeed they had plotted sedition before and upset matters for you! until the truth arrived and God's decree became manifest, much to their disgust.
Among them is (many) a man who says, “Grant me exemption and do not draw me into trial.” Have they not fallen into trial already? And Hell truly surrounds the disbelievers (from all sides).
If good befalls you, it grieves them, but if a misfortune befalls you, they say, “We certainly took our precautions beforehand,” and they turn away rejoicing.
Say: “Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us: He is our Protector.” And let the believers put their trust in Allah.
Say: “Can you expect (any fate) for us other than one of two glorious things! (martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that Allah will send His punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait (in expectation); we too will wait with you.”
Say: “Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: It will not be accepted from you, for you are truly a rebellious and wicked people.”
The only reasons that their contributions are not accepted are (because) they reject Allah and His Messenger, that they come to prayer without earnestness, and that they offer contributions unwillingly.
Do not let their wealth and their sons dazzle you: In reality, God's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
They swear by Allah that they are truly of you, but they are not of you; yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colors).
If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straight to them, with an obstinate rush.
And there are men among them who slander you in the matter of (the distribution of) alms. If they are given part of them, they are pleased, but if not, behold! They are indignant!
If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger had given them and said, “God is sufficient for us! Allah and His Messenger will soon grant us of His bounty: We turn our hopes to Allah!” (That would have been the right course).
Alms are for the poor and the needy and those employed to administer the (funds), for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to truth), for those in bondage and in debt, in the cause of Allah, and for the wayfarer: (Thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
There are men among them who harm the Prophet and say, “He is (all) ear.” Say, “He listens to what is best for you; he believes in Allah, has faith in the believers, and is a mercy to those of you who believe.” But those who harm the Messenger will have a grievous penalty.
To you they swear by Allah, in order to please you, but it is more fitting that they should please Allah and His Messenger, if they are believers.
Do they not know that the fire of Hell is for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger? There they shall dwell. That is the supreme disgrace.
The hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about them, showing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: “Mock! But truly Allah will bring to light all that you fear (to be revealed).”
If you question them, they declare (with emphasis), “We were only talking idly and in play.” Say: “Was it Allah and His Signs and His Messenger that you were mocking?”
Do not make any excuses: You have rejected faith after accepting it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others among you because they are sinners.
The hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each other: They enjoin evil and forbid what is just and withhold their hands. They have forgotten Allah; so He has forgotten them. Truly the hypocrites are rebellious and perverse.
Allah has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the rejecters of faith, the fire of Hell: They shall dwell in it: It is sufficient for them: God's curse and an enduring punishment is (in store) for them.
As in the case of those before you: They were mightier than you in power and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their share of enjoyment, and you have yours, as did those before you, and you indulge in idle talk as they did. They! ! their works are fruitless in this life and in the life hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good).
Has not the story reached them of those before them: the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the people of Abraham, the men of Madyan, and the cities overthrown? Their Messengers came to them with clear Signs. It is not Allah Who wrongs them, but they wrong their own souls.
The believers, men and women, are protectors of each other: They enjoin what is just and forbid what is evil: They observe regular prayers, practice regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will pour His mercy on them, for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.
Allah has promised the believers, men and women, gardens underneath which rivers flow, to dwell in them, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah: that is the supreme joy.
O Prophet! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell! a truly evil refuge.
They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but they really uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam, and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: This revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His Messenger had enriched them! If they repent, it would be best for them, but if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the hereafter: They shall have no one on earth to protect or help them.
There are men among them who made a covenant with Allah that if He bestowed on them of His bounty, they would grant (largely) in charity and be truly among those who are righteous.
But when He bestowed of His bounty, they became covetous and turned back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfillment).
So as a consequence, He has put hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day on which they shall meet Him because they broke their covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).
Do they not know that Allah knows their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah knows well all things unseen?
Those who slander the believers who grant themselves freely to (deeds of) charity, as well as those who can find nothing to grant except the fruits of their labor! and throw ridicule on them! God will throw back their ridicule on them: And they shall have a grievous penalty.
Whether you ask for their forgiveness or not, (their sin is unforgivable:) If you ask seventy times for their forgiveness, Allah will not forgive them because they have rejected Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide those who are perversely rebellious.
Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Messenger of Allah: They hated to strive and fight with their goods and their persons in God's cause: They said, “Do not go forth in the heat.” Say, “The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat.” If only they could understand!
Let them laugh a little: They will weep a great deal: A recompense for the (evil) that they commit.
If, then, Allah brings you back to any of them and they ask your permission to come out (with you), say: “You shall never come out with me, or fight an enemy with me, for you preferred to sit inactively on the first occasion: Then sit (now) with those who lag behind.”
Nor should you ever pray for any of them who dies, nor stand at his grave, for they rejected Allah and His Messenger and died in a state of perverse rebellion.
Nor let their wealth nor their sons dazzle you: God's plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and (so) that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in Allah and to strive and fight along with His Messenger, those with wealth and influence among them ask you for exemption and say, “Leave us (behind): We would be with those who sit (at home).”
They prefer to be with (the women) who remain behind (at home): Their hearts are sealed, so they do not understand.
But the Messenger and those who believe with him strive and fight with their wealth and their persons: (All) good things are for them: And it is they who will prosper.
Allah has prepared for them gardens underneath which rivers flow, to dwell in them: that is the supreme joy.
And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), men who made excuses and came to request exemption, and those who were false to Allah and His Messenger (merely) sat inactively. A grievous penalty will soon seize the disbelievers among them.
There is no blame on those who are infirm, or ill, or who find no resources to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) to Allah and His Messenger: There can be no grounds (for complaint) against those who do right: And Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Nor (is there blame) on those who came to you to be provided with mount, and when you said, “I can find no mounts for you,” they turned back, their eyes streaming with tears of grief because they had no resources with which to provide the expenses.
The grounds (for complaint) are against those who request exemption while they are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain behind: Allah has sealed their hearts; so they do not know (what they miss).
They will present their excuses to you when you return to them. Say: “Present no excuses: We shall not believe you: Allah has already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your actions that Allah and His Messenger will observe: In the end, you will be brought back to Him Who knows what is hidden and what is revealed: He will then show you the truth of all that you did.”
They will swear to you by Allah, when you return to them, that you may leave them alone. So leave them alone, for they are an abomination, and Hell is their dwelling place! a fitting recompense for the (evil) that they did.
They will swear to you that you may be pleased with them, but if you are pleased with them, Allah is not pleased with those who disobey.
The Arabs of the desert are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah has sent down to His Messenger, but Allah is all-Knowing, all-Wise.
Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and watch for disasters for you: On them (will) be the disaster of evil, for Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things).
But some of the desert Arabs believe in Allah and the Last Day, and look on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to Allah and obtaining the prayers of the Messenger. Yes, they truly bring them nearer (to Him): Allah will soon admit them to His mercy, for Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
The vanguard (of Islam)! the first of those who forsook (their homes) and those who aided them, and (also) those who followed them in (all) good deeds! God is well-pleased with them, as are they with Him: He has prepared gardens for them, underneath which rivers flow, to dwell in them for ever: that is the supreme joy.
Some of the desert Arabs around you are hypocrites, as well as (desert Arabs) among the Medina folks: They are obstinate in hypocrisy: You do not know them: We know them: We shall punish them twice, and in addition they shall be sent to a grievous penalty.
(There are) others (who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings: They have mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps Allah will turn to them (in mercy), for Allah is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Take alms from their wealth, so you might purify and sanctify them, and pray on their behalf. Your prayers are truly a source of security for them: And Allah is One Who hears and knows.
Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His votaries and receives their gifts of charity and that Allah is truly the oft-Returning, the Most Merciful?
Say: “Work (righteousness). Allah will soon observe your deeds, (as will) His Messenger and the believers: You will soon be brought back to the Knower of what is hidden and what is revealed, then He will show you the truth of all that you did.”
There are (still) others, held in suspense for God's command (as to) whether He will punish them or turn in mercy to them: And Allah is all-Knowing, Wise.
And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and infidelity! to disunite the believers! and in preparation for one who warred against Allah and His Messenger before. They will truly swear that their intention is nothing but good, but Allah declares that they are certainly liars.
Never stand forth in it; there is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of your standing forth (for prayer) in it. There are men in it who love to be purified, and Allah loves those who make themselves pure.
Then which is best? He who lays his foundation on piety to Allah and His good pleasure? Or he who lays his foundation on an undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? And it does crumble to pieces with him into the fire of Hell. And Allah does not guide wrong-doers.
The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. And Allah is all-Knowing, Wise.
Allah has purchased the persons and properties of the believers; the garden (of Paradise) is theirs (in return); they fight in His cause, and kill and are killed: A promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: And who is more faithful to His covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded: that is the supreme achievement.
Those who turn (to Allah) in repentance, who serve Him and praise Him, who wander in devotion to God's cause, who bow down and prostrate themselves in prayer, who enjoin good and forbid evil and observe the limits set by God! (these do rejoice). So proclaim the glad tidings to the believers.
It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they should pray for forgiveness for pagans, even though they be of kin, after it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.
And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him, for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.
And Allah will not mislead people after He has guided them, in order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)! for Allah has knowledge of all things.
the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah. He gives life and He takes it away. You have no protector nor helper other than Him.
Allah turned with favor to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the Ansars! who followed him during the time of distress, after the hearts of some of them had nearly swerved (from duty), but He turned to them (also), for He is Most Kind, the Most Merciful to them.
(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind: (They felt guilty, so much so) that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened! and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah and no refuge but in Him. Then He turned to them (so) that they might repent, for Allah is oft-Returning, the Most Merciful.
O you who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true (in word and deed).
It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighborhood, to refuse to follow God's Messenger, or to prefer their own lives to his because they could suffer or do nothing, but (it) was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness! whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in God's cause, or trod paths to raise the disbelievers' ire, or received any injury whatsoever from an enemy, for Allah does not suffer the reward of those who do good to be lost.
Nor could they spend anything (for the cause)! small or great! nor cut across a valley, but the deed is written down to their credit that Allah might requite their deed with the best (reward).
Nor should all the believers go forth together: If (members of) a contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they returned to them (so) that thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).
O you who believe! Fight the disbelievers who surround you, and let them find firmness in you, and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.
Whenever a Sura comes down, some of them say, “Which of you has had his faith increased by it?” Yes, those who believe! their faith is increased (thereby), and they rejoice.
But those with a disease in their hearts! it will add doubt to their doubt, and they will die in a state of disbelief.
Do they not see that they are tried once or twice every year? Yet they do not turn in repentance, and they take no heed.
Whenever a Sura comes down, they look at each other, (saying,) “Does anyone see you?” Then they turn aside; Allah has turned their hearts (from the light), for they are people who do not understand.
Now a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves: It grieves him that you should perish: He is ardently anxious over you; he is most kind and merciful to the believers.
But if they turn away, say: “God suffices me that there is no god but He: My trust is in Him! He, the Lord of the Supreme Throne (of Glory)!”

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SURA 10

Yunus

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

Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book.
Is it a matter of bewilderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration to a man from among themselves (so) that he should warn mankind, and grant the glad tidings to the believers that they have the lofty rank of truth before their Lord, (but) the disbelievers say, “This is indeed an evident sorcerer!”
Truly your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except with His leave. This is Allah your Lord; therefore, serve Him: Will you not celebrate His praises?
You will return to Him! God's promise to all is true and sure. It is He Who begins creation and repeats it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness, but those who reject Him will have nothing but draughts of boiling fluids, and a grievous penalty; (this is so) because they rejected Him.
It is He Who made the sun a shining glory and the moon a light (of beauty) and measured out stages for her (so) that you might know the number of years and the count (of time). Allah created this only in truth and righteousness. (Thus) does He explain His Signs in detail for those who understand.
Truly, in the alternation of night and day, and in all that Allah has created, in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who fear Him.
Those who do not rest their hope on their meeting with Us but are pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who do not heed Our Signs,
Their abode is the Fire because of the (evil) they earned.
Those who believe and work righteousness! their Lord will guide them because of their faith: Rivers will flow beneath them in gardens of bliss.
(This will be) their cry therein, “Glory to You, O Allah!” and “Peace” will be their greeting therein! And they end their cry with, “Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!”
If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good! then their respite would be settled at once. But We leave those who do not rest their hope of their meeting with Us in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.
When trouble touches a man, he cries to Us (in all postures)! lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his trouble, he passes on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a trouble that touched him! Thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes!
We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong: Their Messengers came to them with clear Signs, but they would not believe! Thus do We requite those who sin!
Then We made you heirs in the land after them to see how you would behave!
But when Our clear Signs are recited to them, those who do not rest their hope on their meeting with Us say, “Bring us a reading other than this, or change this.” Say: “It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow nothing but what is revealed to me: If I were to disobey my Lord, I myself would fear the penalty of a great Day (to come).”
Say: “If Allah had so willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I have tarried among you a whole lifetime before this: Will you still not understand?”
Who does more wrong than those who forge a lie against Allah, or deny His Signs? But sinners will never prosper.
They serve, besides Allah, things that neither hurt them nor benefit them, and they say, “These are our intercessors with Allah.” Say: “Do you indeed inform Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or on earth? Glory to Him! And He is far above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!”
Mankind was only one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from your Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.
They say, “Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?” Say: “The unseen is only for Allah (to know). Then wait: I too will wait with you.”
When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity has touched them, behold! They take to plotting against Our Signs! Say: “God is swifter to plan!” Truly, Our messengers record all the plots that you make!
It is He Who enables you to traverse through land and sea so that you even board ships! they sail with a favorable wind with them, and they rejoice at that; then a stormy wind comes and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: They cry to Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him, saying, “If You deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!”
But when He delivers them, behold! They transgress insolently throughout the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! Your insolence is against your own souls! an enjoyment of the life of the present: In the end, you return to Us, and We shall show you the truth of all that you did.
The analogy of the life of the present is the rain which We send down from the skies: By its mingling, the produce of the earth arises! which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): The people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: Our command reaches it by night or by day, and We make it like a clean-mown harvest, as if it had not flourished only the day before! Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
But Allah calls (them) to the abode of peace: He guides whom He pleases to a straight way.
There is a goodly (reward) for those who do right! Yes, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! They are companions of the garden; they will abide in it (forever)!
But those who have earned evil will have a reward of the like of it: Ignominy will cover their (faces): No defender will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the depth of the darkness of night: They are companions of the Fire: They will abide in it (forever)!
One Day We shall gather them all together. Then We shall say to those who joined gods (with Us), “To your place! You and those you joined as partners.” We shall separate them, and their partners shall say, “It was not us whom you worshipped!
“God suffices for a Witness between us and you: We certainly knew nothing of your worship of us!”
There, every soul will prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before: They will be brought back to Allah, their rightful Lord, and their invented falsehoods will abandon them.
Say: “Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the earth? Or Who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And Who is it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living? And Who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?” They will soon say, “God.” Say, “Then will you not show piety (to Him)?”
Such is Allah, your true Cherisher and Sustainer: Apart from truth, what (remains) but error? How then are you turned away?
Thus is the word of your Lord proved true against those who rebel: Truly they will not believe.
Say: “Of your partners, can any originate creation and repeat it?” Say: “It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: Then how are you deluded away (from the truth)?”
Say: “Of your `partners,' is there any who can grant any guidance towards truth?” Say: “It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth. Then is He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who does not find guidance unless he (himself) is guided? Then what is the matter with you? How do you judge?”
But most of them follow nothing but fancy: Truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Allah is very well aware of all that they do.
This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by any other than Allah; on the contrary, it is a confirmation of (Revelations) that went before it and a fuller explanation of the Book! in which there is no doubt! from the Lord of the worlds.
Or do they say, “He forged it?” Say: “Then bring a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can, besides Allah, if you speak the truth!”
No, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot encompass, even before its elucidation has reached them; those before them likewise made charges of falsehood, but see what the end of the wrong-doers was!
Some of them believe in it and some do not: And your Lord knows best those who are out for mischief.
If they charge you with falsehood, say: “My work is for me, and yours is for you! You are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what you do!”
Some among them (pretend to) listen to you, but can you make the deaf hear! even though they are without understanding?
And some among them look at you, but can you guide the blind! even though they will not see?
Truly Allah will not deal unjustly with man in anything: It is man who wrongs his own soul.
One Day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had tarried but an Hour of a Day: They will recognize each other: Assuredly those who denied the meeting with Allah and refused to receive true guidance will be lost.
Whether We show you (realized in your lifetime) some part of what We promise them! or We take your soul (to Our mercy before that)! in any case, they return to Us: Ultimately Allah is Witness to all that they do.
A Messenger was sent to every people: When their Messenger comes (to them), the matter will be judged between them with justice and they will not be wronged.
They say, “When will this promise come to pass, if you speak the truth?”
Say: “I have no power over any harm or benefit to myself except as Allah wills. A term is appointed for every people: When their term is reached, they cannot cause an hour of delay, nor can they advance (it an hour in anticipation).”
Say: “Do you see! if His punishment should come to you by night or by Day! what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?
“Would you then believe in it at last, when it actually comes to pass? (It will then be said,) `Ah! Now? And (before) you wanted to hasten it on!”'
At length the wrong-doers will be told, “Taste the enduring punishment! You get only the recompense of what you earned!”
They seek to be informed by you, “Is that true?” Say: “Yes! By my Lord! It is the very truth! And you cannot frustrate it!”
Every soul that has sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth, would gladly grant it away in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when they see the penalty, but the Judgment between them will be with justice, and no wrong will be done to them.
Is it not (the case) that whatever is in the heavens and on earth belongs to Allah? Is it not (the case) that God's promise is assuredly true? Yet most of them do not understand.
It is He Who gives life and Who takes it, and you shall all be brought back to Him.
O mankind! An admonition has come to you from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts! and for those who believe, a guidance and a mercy.
Say: “In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy! let them rejoice in that.” That is better than the (wealth) they hoard.
Say: “Do you see what things Allah has sent down to you for sustenance? Yet you hold forbidden some of those things, and (some others) lawful.” Say: “Has Allah really permitted you, or do you invent (things) to attribute to Allah?”
And what do those who invent lies against Allah think of the Day of Judgment? Truly Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.
In whatever business you may be, and whatever portion you may be reciting from the Qur'an! and whatever deed you (mankind) may be doing, We are Witnesses of it when you are deeply engrossed in it. Nor is (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heavens hidden from your Lord. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear record.
Behold! Truly there is no fear on the friends of Allah, nor shall they grieve.
Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil,
(There) are glad tidings for them, in the life of the present and in the hereafter: There can be no change in the words of Allah. This indeed is the supreme joy.
Do not let their speech grieve you, for all power and honor belong to Allah: It is He Who hears and knows (all things).
Behold! All creatures truly belong to Allah, in the heavens and on earth. What do those who worship as His “partners” follow other than Allah? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
It is He Who has made the night (for) you so that you may rest in it and the day to make things visible (to you). Truly (there) are Signs in this for those who listen (to His message).
They say, “God has begotten a son!” Glory be to Him! He is self-Sufficient! All things in the heavens and on earth are His! You have no warrant for this! Do you say about Allah what you do not know?
Say: “Those who invent a lie against Allah will never prosper.”
A little enjoyment in this world, and then they will return to Us, then We shall make them taste the severest penalty for their blasphemies.
Relate the story of Noah to them. Behold! He said to his people, “O my people! If it is hard on your (minds) that I should stay (with you) and commemorate the Signs of God! yet I put my trust in Allah. Then get an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your plan will not be dark and dubious to you. Then pass your sentence on me, and grant me no respite.
“But if you turn back, (consider:) I have asked no reward of you: My reward is due only from Allah, and I have been commanded to be of those who submit to God's will (in Islam).”
They rejected him, but We delivered him and those with him in the ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed those who rejected Our Signs in the flood. Then see what the end of those who were warned (but did not heed) was!
Then We sent (many) Messengers to their people after him: They brought them clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had already rejected before. Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors.
Then after them We sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: They were people (immersed) in sin.
When the truth came to them from Us, they said, “This is indeed obvious sorcery!”
Said Moses, “Do you say (this) about the truth when it has (actually) reached you? Is it magic? And sorcerers will not prosper.”
They said, “Have you come to us to turn us away from the ways we found our fathers following so that you and your brother may have greatness in the land? But we shall not believe in you!”
Said Pharaoh, “Bring me every well-versed sorcerer.”
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them, “Throw what you (wish) to throw!”
When they had their throw, Moses said, “What you have brought is sorcery: Allah will surely make it of no effect, for Allah does not render the deeds of those who make mischief prosperous.
“And by His words, Allah proves and establishes His truth, however much the sinners may hate it!”
But none believed in Moses except some offspring of his people, because they feared Pharaoh and his chiefs lest they should persecute them, and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed all bounds.
Moses said, “O my people! If you (really) believe in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you submit (your will to His).”
They said, “We put our trust in Our Lord! Do not make us a trial for those who practice oppression.
“And deliver us by Your mercy from those who reject (You).”
We inspired Moses and his brother with this message: “Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt; turn your dwellings into places of worship, and establish regular prayers, and give glad tidings to those who believe!”
Moses prayed, “Our Lord! You have indeed bestowed splendor and wealth in the life of the present on Pharaoh and his chiefs, and so, Our Lord, they misled (men) from Your path. Deface, our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievous penalty.”
Allah said, “Your prayer is accepted (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand straight, and do not follow the path of those who do not know.”
We took the children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said, “I believe that there is no god except the One in whom the children of Israel believe: I am of those who submit (to Allah in Islam).”
(It was said to him,) “Ah now! But a little while before you were in rebellion! And you did mischief (and violence)!
“This day We shall save you in your body (so) that you may be a Sign to those who come after you! But truly, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!”
We settled the children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place and provided sustenance of the best for them: It was after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into schisms. Truly Allah will judge between them as to the schisms among them, on the Day of Judgment.
If you were in doubt as to what We have revealed to you, ask then those who have been reading the Book before you: The truth has indeed come to you from your Lord, so in no way should you be of those who doubt.
Nor should you be of those who reject God's Signs or else you should be of those who perish.
Those against whom the word of your Lord has been verified would not believe,
Even if every Sign was brought to them! until they see (for themselves) the grievous penalty.
Why was there not a single town (among those We warned) which believed! so its faith should have benefitted it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed the penalty of ignominy from them in the life of the present and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
Had it been your Lord's will, they would all have believed! all who are on earth! Will you then compel mankind, against their will, to believe?!
No soul can believe except by the will of Allah, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.
Say: “Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth,” but neither Signs nor warners profit those who do not believe.
Do they then expect (anything) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed away before them? Say: “Then wait, for I too will wait with you.”
In the end We deliver Our Messenger and those who believe: Thus is it fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!
Say: “O people! If you are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I do not worship what you worship, other than Allah! But I worship God! Who will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of the believers.”
And further (thus): “Set your face towards religion with true piety and never in any way should you be of the disbelievers,
“Nor call on any other than Allah such will neither profit you nor hurt you: If you do, behold! You shall certainly be of those who do wrong.”
If Allah touches you with harm, there is none (who) can remove it but He: If He designs some benefit for you, there is none (who) can keep His favor back: He causes it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleases. And He is oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Say: “O people! Now truth has reached you from your Lord! Those who receive guidance do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray do so to their own loss: And I am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs.”
Follow the inspiration sent to you, and be patient and constant, till Allah decides, for He is the best to decide.

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