An-Nisa
Reduced to Weakness
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
O mankind! Guard yourselves toward your Guardian, who created you from a single Self, and created from it its spouse, and spread, from the two of them, many men and women.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَنِسَآءًۭ
And guard yourselves toward God, in whose name you solicit one another, and the ties of kinship.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ
God is indeed, over you, an Observer.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًۭا
And give the orphans their goods,
وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ
and do not substitute the vile for the wholesome,
وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بِٱلطَّيِّبِ
and do not devour their goods with yours:
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ
that is a great crime.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حُوبًۭا كَبِيرًۭا
And if you fear not being equitable toward the orphans, marry then those women who find it good to marry you, two, three, or four;
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَ
and if you fear not being just, then only one, or those to whom you are bound by oath.
فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
That is closest to sparing you from being overburdened by the weight of a family too large to bear.
ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟
And give women their dowries, as an attribution of full right.
وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ صَدُقَٰتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةًۭ
Then, if they find it good to release any of it to you of their own accord, consume it
فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَىْءٍۢ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًۭا فَكُلُوهُ
pleasantly and healthfully.
هَنِيٓـًۭٔا مَّرِيٓـًۭٔا
And do not give to the foolish your goods, which God has made a support for you;
وَلَا تُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلسُّفَهَآءَ أَمْوَٰلَكُمُ ٱلَّتِى جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ قِيَٰمًۭا
but provide for them from it, clothe them, and speak to them a recognized saying.
وَٱرْزُقُوهُمْ فِيهَا وَٱكْسُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًۭا مَّعْرُوفًۭا
And test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if you then discern in them a rectitude of judgment, hand over to them their goods, and do not devour them wastefully and hastily, before they grow up.
وَٱبْتَلُوا۟ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغُوا۟ ٱلنِّكَاحَ فَإِنْ ءَانَسْتُم مِّنْهُمْ رُشْدًۭا فَٱدْفَعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَآ إِسْرَافًۭا وَبِدَارًا أَن يَكْبَرُوا۟
And whoever is rich, let him refrain;
وَمَن كَانَ غَنِيًّۭا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ
and whoever is poor, let him eat from it according to what is recognized.
وَمَن كَانَ فَقِيرًۭا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
And when you hand over their goods to them, take witnesses regarding them.
فَإِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فَأَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ
God suffices as a reckoner.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبًۭا
To men belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, and to women belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, whether little or much —
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ
a fixed portion.
نَصِيبًۭا مَّفْرُوضًۭا
And when the possessors of kinship ties, the orphans, and the destitute are present at the division, provide for them from it,
وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلْقِسْمَةَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينُ فَٱرْزُقُوهُم مِّنْهُ
and speak to them a recognized saying.
وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًۭا مَّعْرُوفًۭا
And let those dread who, if they left behind them weak descendants, would fear for them:
وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةًۭ ضِعَٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ
let them, then, guard themselves toward God, and speak a straightforward saying.
فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًۭا سَدِيدًا
Those who devour the goods of orphans wrongfully are only devouring fire in their bellies,
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًۭا
and they will burn in an inferno.
وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًۭا
God instructs you, concerning your children:
يُوصِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَوْلَٰدِكُمْ
to the male, the equivalent of the share of two females.
لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ
But if there are more than two women, two-thirds of what is left belongs to them;
فَإِن كُنَّ نِسَآءًۭ فَوْقَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ
and if she is alone, half belongs to her.
وَإِن كَانَتْ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَلَهَا ٱلنِّصْفُ
And to his father and mother, to each of them, a sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child;
وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِن كَانَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ
but if he has no child, and his father and mother inherit from him, to his mother belongs a third.
فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلثُّلُثُ
If he has siblings, to his mother belongs a sixth,
فَإِن كَانَ لَهُۥٓ إِخْوَةٌۭ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلسُّدُسُ
after a testament he may have made, or a debt.
مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ يُوصِى بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ
Your fathers and your sons — you have no idea which of them are closer to you in benefit:
ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًۭا
it is an obligation from God.
فَرِيضَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
God is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And to you belongs half of what your wives leave, if they have no child;
وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَٰجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌۭ
but if they have a child, to you belongs a quarter of what they leave, after a testament they may have made, or a debt.
فَإِن كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌۭ فَلَكُمُ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ يُوصِينَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍۢ
And to them belongs a quarter of what you leave, if you have no child;
وَلَهُنَّ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّكُمْ وَلَدٌۭ
but if you have a child, to them belongs an eighth of what you leave, after a testament you may have made, or a debt.
فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌۭ فَلَهُنَّ ٱلثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ تُوصُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍۢ
And if a man whose inheritance passes in the absence of any ascendant or descendant, or a woman in the same case, has a brother or a sister, to each of them belongs a sixth;
وَإِن كَانَ رَجُلٌۭ يُورَثُ كَلَٰلَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌۭ وَلَهُۥٓ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌۭ فَلِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ
but if they are more numerous than that, they share in the third, after a testament that may have been made, or a debt, without harm.
فَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فِى ٱلثُّلُثِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ يُوصَىٰ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَآرٍّۢ
It is a recommendation from God.
وَصِيَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
God is All-Knowing, Forbearing.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌۭ
Those are the limits of God.
تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ
And whoever defers to God and His messenger, He will admit him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein he will abide eternally.
وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا
That is the immense triumph.
وَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
And whoever disobeys God and His messenger, and crosses His limits, He will admit him into a fire wherein he will abide eternally,
وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَٰلِدًۭا فِيهَا
and he will have a degrading punishment.
وَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ
And those of your women who commit indecency, take against them the testimony of four among you;
وَٱلَّٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةًۭ مِّنكُمْ
and if they testify, then retain them within the houses, until death keeps them faithfully, or God opens a way for them.
فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًۭا
And the two among you who commit it, trouble them both;
وَٱلَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَٰنِهَا مِنكُمْ فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا
but if they turn back and become sound, turn away from them:
فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمَآ
God is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًۭا رَّحِيمًا
The repentance accepted by God concerns only those who do evil out of ignorance, then turn back without delay:
إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍۢ
those are the ones toward whom God turns with clemency.
فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And repentance is not accepted for those who commit evil deeds until, when death presents itself to one of them, he says: "I indeed turn back now" — nor for those who die while disowning:
وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ
those are the ones for whom We have made ready a painful punishment.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا
O you who have believed! It is not permitted for you to inherit women by force,
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًۭا
and do not put obstacles before them so as to carry off part of what you gave them, unless they commit a manifest indecency.
وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ
And live with them according to what is recognized.
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing in which God places much good.
فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًۭا كَثِيرًۭا
And if you want to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a quintal, take nothing of it back.
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍۢ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍۢ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًۭا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا
Would you take it back through slander and manifest transgression?
أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And how would you take it back, when one of you has already been intimately united with the other, and they took from you a solemn and firm engagement?
وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا
And do not marry those women whom your ancestors married, except what is already bygone.
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ
It was an indecency and an abomination,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَمَقْتًۭا
and what an evil way!
وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا
Prohibited to you are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters,
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْ وَعَمَّٰتُكُمْ وَخَٰلَٰتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلْأُخْتِ
your mothers who took you into their care, as well as your sisters through shared care,
وَأُمَّهَٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِىٓ أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَٰعَةِ
the mothers of your women, the girls brought up in your household, from women with whom you have consummated marriage —
وَأُمَّهَٰتُ نِسَآئِكُمْ وَرَبَٰٓئِبُكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِى فِى حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِى دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ
but if you have not consummated marriage with them, no blame upon you —
فَإِن لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ دَخَلْتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ
the wives of your sons from your own loins,
وَحَلَٰٓئِلُ أَبْنَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلَٰبِكُمْ
and to unite two sisters, except what is already bygone.
وَأَن تَجْمَعُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
And the women protected by the marital bond, except those to whom you are bound by oath —
وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
it is God's Code that binds you.
كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ
And permitted to you are all beyond these categories, whom you seek with your goods, as men who commit to the marital bond, not in debauchery.
وَأُحِلَّ لَكُم مَّا وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِكُم مُّحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ
And for what you have enjoyed with them, give them their rewards, as a fixed obligation.
فَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْهُنَّ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةًۭ
And no blame upon you for what you agree upon by mutual satisfaction, beyond the fixed obligation.
وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا تَرَٰضَيْتُم بِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْفَرِيضَةِ
God is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And whoever among you lacks the means to marry believing protected women, then one of your believing young women bound by oath.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنكُمْ طَوْلًا أَن يَنكِحَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ فَمِن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُم مِّن فَتَيَٰتِكُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ
God knows best your faith;
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَٰنِكُم
you are of one another.
بَعْضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍۢ
Marry them, then, with the permission of their family,
فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّ بِإِذْنِ أَهْلِهِنَّ
and give them their rewards according to what is recognized, as protected women, not in debauchery nor as takers of secret lovers.
وَءَاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَٰتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحَٰتٍۢ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَٰتِ أَخْدَانٍۢ
And once protected, if they commit an indecency, they incur half the punishment of women protected by the marital bond.
فَإِذَآ أُحْصِنَّ فَإِنْ أَتَيْنَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍۢ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ
That, for whoever among you dreads being overwhelmed;
ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ ٱلْعَنَتَ مِنكُمْ
but to be patient is better for you.
وَأَن تَصْبِرُوا۟ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
God wants to make things clear to you, to guide you according to the norms of those who preceded you, and to turn toward you with clemency.
يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ
God wants to turn toward you with clemency,
وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ
while those who follow their desires want you to lean with an immense leaning.
وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا۟ مَيْلًا عَظِيمًۭا
God wants to lighten things for you,
يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمْ
for the human being was created weak.
وَخُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ ضَعِيفًۭا
O you who have believed! Do not devour your goods among yourselves through falsehood,
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ
unless it is a trade arising from mutual satisfaction among you.
إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَٰرَةً عَن تَرَاضٍۢ مِّنكُمْ
And do not kill yourselves:
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ
God is indeed, toward you, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًۭا
And whoever does that out of hostility and wrongdoing, We will burn him in a fire.
وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ عُدْوَٰنًۭا وَظُلْمًۭا فَسَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِ نَارًۭا
And that is, for God, an easy thing.
وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا
If you avoid the gravest of what is forbidden to you, We will cover your evil deeds, and We will admit you into a noble entrance.
إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَبَآئِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُم مُّدْخَلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا
And do not wish for that by which God has favored some of you relative to others.
وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا۟ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ
To men a portion of what they have earned,
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟
and to women a portion of what they have earned.
وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا ٱكْتَسَبْنَ
And ask God for His favor.
وَسْـَٔلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ
God is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا
And to each, We have assigned heirs for what is left
وَلِكُلٍّۢ جَعَلْنَا مَوَٰلِىَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ
by the two parents and the relatives.
ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ
And those with whom your oaths have bound you, give them their portion.
وَٱلَّذِينَ عَقَدَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ
God is indeed witness over all things.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدًا
Men bear the executive, protective, and financial charge of the household toward women, by reason of that by which God has favored some relative to others, and of what they spend from their goods.
ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ
Sound women are devoted, preservers of what escapes the senses, by reason of what God has preserved.
فَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ قَٰنِتَٰتٌ حَٰفِظَٰتٌۭ لِّلْغَيْبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُ
And those whose unilateral breach you fear, admonish them, keep away from them in the beds, then multiply them;
وَٱلَّٰتِى تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّ
then, if they defer to you, seek no further way against them.
فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا
God is indeed Most High, Great.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا
And if you fear a rupture between the two, raise up then an arbiter from his family, and an arbiter from her family; if they both want reconciliation, God will bring them into accord.
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَٱبْعَثُوا۟ حَكَمًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِهِۦ وَحَكَمًۭا مِّنْ أَهْلِهَآ إِن يُرِيدَآ إِصْلَٰحًۭا يُوَفِّقِ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَآ
God is All-Knowing, Intimately Acquainted.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا خَبِيرًۭا
And obey God,
وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ
and associate nothing with Him,
وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًۭٔا
and beneficence toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, the destitute, the near neighbor, the foreign neighbor, the companion at your side, the stranded traveler, and those to whom you are bound by oath.
وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًۭا وَبِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلْجَارِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْجَارِ ٱلْجُنُبِ وَٱلصَّاحِبِ بِٱلْجَنۢبِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ
God indeed does not love him who is arrogant, boastful.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخْتَالًۭا فَخُورًا
Those who are stingy, enjoin stinginess upon men, and withhold what God has given them of His favor —
ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبُخْلِ وَيَكْتُمُونَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ
We have made ready, for those who disown, a degrading punishment.
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا
And those who spend their goods for show before men, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day —
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ
whoever has the Diverter as an acolyte, what an evil acolyte!
وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينًۭا فَسَآءَ قَرِينًۭا
And what would it cost them, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent from what God provided them?
وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
God is All-Knowing of them.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمْ عَلِيمًا
God does no wrong, even the weight of a grain.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ
And if it is a good deed, He doubles it, and grants, from Himself, an immense reward.
وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةًۭ يُضَٰعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا
How then, when We bring, from every community, a witness, and We bring you as a witness against these?
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِيدٍۢ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدًۭا
On that day, those who disowned and disobeyed the messenger would wish that the earth were leveled over them, and they will not be able to withhold any discourse from God.
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَعَصَوُا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ ٱللَّهَ حَدِيثًۭا
O you who have believed! Do not approach the Contact while intoxicated, until you know what you are saying, nor soiled — except when passing along a way — until you have washed yourselves.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنتُمْ سُكَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَعْلَمُوا۟ مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِى سَبِيلٍ حَتَّىٰ تَغْتَسِلُوا۟
And if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have known a woman in intimacy, and you find no water, then aim at a wholesome outcrop, and wipe your faces and your hands with it.
وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌۭ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءًۭ فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًۭا طَيِّبًۭا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ
God is indeed Ever-Overlooking, Most-Forgiving.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا
Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture was given, buying error and wanting you to stray from the way?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يَشْتَرُونَ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن تَضِلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ
God knows best your enemies.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَعْدَآئِكُمْ
God suffices as protector, and God suffices as help.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ نَصِيرًۭا
Among the Reoriented, there are some who displace words from their context, and say: "We have heard and disobeyed", and: "Listen, without being made to hear", and: "Disdain us", twisting their tongues and attacking the Law.
مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَٱسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍۢ وَرَٰعِنَا لَيًّۢا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَطَعْنًۭا فِى ٱلدِّينِ
And had they said: "We have heard and deferred", and: "Listen", and: "Look at us", it would have been better for them, and more upright;
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَٱسْمَعْ وَٱنظُرْنَا لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ وَأَقْوَمَ
but God cursed them for their disowning, and they believe only a little.
وَلَٰكِن لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
O you to whom the Scripture was given! Believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We obliterate faces, to bring them back rearward, or curse them as We cursed the companions of the Rest.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهًۭا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِهَآ أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّبْتِ
And God's command is always a thing done.
وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا
God indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ
but He forgives what is short of that to whom He wills.
وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ
And whoever associates with God invents an immense transgression.
وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱفْتَرَىٰٓ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا
Have you not seen those who declare themselves pure?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُم
God, rather, purifies whom He wills,
بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ
and they will not be wronged a hair's breadth.
وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
Look how they invent the lie against God: that suffices as a manifest transgression.
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦٓ إِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًا
Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture was given, who believe in the Idol and the Overreacher, and say of those who disown: "These are better guided, as to the way, than those who have believed"?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا
Those are the ones God has cursed;
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ
and whoever God curses, you will find for him no help.
وَمَن يَلْعَنِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ نَصِيرًا
Or do they have a portion of the dominion? They would then not give men even the groove of a date-stone.
أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ فَإِذًۭا لَّا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا
Or do they envy men for what God has given them of His favor?
أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ
We have indeed given the clan of Ibrahim the Scripture and the wisdom, and We gave them an immense dominion.
فَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ ءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مُّلْكًا عَظِيمًۭا
Among them, there are some who believed in it, and some who held back from it.
فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن صَدَّ عَنْهُ
Jahannam suffices as an inferno.
وَكَفَىٰ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيرًا
Those who disowned Our signs, We will indeed burn them in a fire.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًۭا
Every time their skins are consumed, We will replace them with other skins, so that they may taste the punishment.
كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَٰهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ
God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًۭا
And those who have believed and done sound deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا
They will have therein purified spouses,
لَّهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌۭ مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ
and We will admit them into a shade that shades.
وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّۭا ظَلِيلًا
God orders you to restore trusts to their rightful owners, and, when you judge between men, to judge with justice.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تُؤَدُّوا۟ ٱلْأَمَٰنَٰتِ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَن تَحْكُمُوا۟ بِٱلْعَدْلِ
How excellent is that to which God exhorts you!
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦٓ
God is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
O you who have believed! Defer to God, defer to the messenger, and to those among you who hold command.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ
And if you dispute among yourselves over something, refer it to God and to the messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day.
فَإِن تَنَٰزَعْتُمْ فِى شَىْءٍۢ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ
That is better, and of finer interpretation.
ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا
Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what has been sent down to you and in what was sent down before you, and who want to bring their dispute before the Overreacher, though they have been ordered to disown it?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ
The Diverter wants to lead them far astray.
وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًۭا
And when it is said to them: "Come to what God has sent down, and to the messenger", you see the hypocrites hold back from you, resolutely.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُودًۭا
How then, when misfortune strikes them for what their hands have prepared, do they then come to you, taking oaths by God: "We wanted only good and reconciliation"?
فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَٰنًۭا وَتَوْفِيقًا
Those are the ones whose cores God knows; turn away from them, then, exhort them, and speak to them, concerning themselves, a penetrating saying.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَعِظْهُمْ وَقُل لَّهُمْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَوْلًۢا بَلِيغًۭا
And We sent no messenger except that he be deferred to, with God's permission.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ
And had they come to you, after having wronged themselves, to ask God's forgiveness, and had the messenger asked forgiveness for them, they would certainly have found God the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
But no, by your Guardian! They will not believe until they have taken you as judge of their controversies, then found within themselves no discomfort over what you have decided, and adhered to it with complete integrity.
فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًۭا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًۭا
And had We prescribed for them: "Kill one another", or: "Leave your abodes", they would not have done it, except a small number of them.
وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ ٱخْرُجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ
And had they done what they were exhorted to do, it would have been better for them, and would have made them firmer;
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا۟ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًۭا
and We would then certainly have given them, from Ourselves, an immense reward,
وَإِذًۭا لَّءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّن لَّدُنَّآ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا
and We would certainly have guided them along a straight path.
وَلَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ صِرَٰطًۭا مُّسْتَقِيمًۭا
And whoever defers to God and the messenger, those will be with those God has blessed, among the informants, the veracious, the witnesses, and those who are sound.
وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And what an excellent fellowship that is!
وَحَسُنَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ رَفِيقًۭا
That is the favor from God,
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَضْلُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ
and God suffices as All-Knowing.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ عَلِيمًۭا
O you who have believed! Take your precautions, and mobilize in detachments, or mobilize all together.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ خُذُوا۟ حِذْرَكُمْ فَٱنفِرُوا۟ ثُبَاتٍ أَوِ ٱنفِرُوا۟ جَمِيعًۭا
And there is surely among you one who deliberately lags behind;
وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ
and if misfortune strikes you, he says: "God has blessed me, since I was not with them as a witness."
فَإِنْ أَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًۭا
But if a favor from God betides you, he will certainly say, as if there had been no affection between you and him: "Would that I had been with them, I would then have attained an immense triumph!"
وَلَئِنْ أَصَٰبَكُمْ فَضْلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُنۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُۥ مَوَدَّةٌۭ يَٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًۭا
So let those fight in the way of God who sell the present life for the last life.
فَلْيُقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
And whoever fights in the way of God, and is killed or wins, We will give him an immense reward.
وَمَن يُقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا
And what is with you that you should not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who say: "Our Guardian, bring us out of this city whose people are wrongdoers, and give us, from Yourself, a protector, and give us, from Yourself, a helper"?
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّۭا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا
Those who have believed fight in the way of God,
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
and those who disown fight in the way of the Overreacher.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ
So fight the allies of the Diverter:
فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ
the scheming of the Diverter is indeed weak.
إِنَّ كَيْدَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا
Have you not seen those to whom it was said: "Hold back your hands, maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality"?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
Then, when combat was prescribed for them, behold, a fraction among them dreads men as one dreads God, or with an even more intense dread,
فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةًۭ
and they say: "Our Guardian, why have You prescribed combat for us? Why did You not adjourn us until a near term!"
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ
Say: "The enjoyment of the present life is little,
قُلْ مَتَٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌۭ
and the last life is better for whoever guards himself,
وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ
and you will not be wronged a hair's breadth."
وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
Wherever you are, death will overtake you, even were you in impregnable towers.
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدْرِككُّمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍۢ مُّشَيَّدَةٍۢ
And if good betides them, they say: "This is from God";
وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌۭ يَقُولُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ
and if evil strikes them, they say: "This is from you."
وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۭ يَقُولُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِكَ
Say: "All comes from God."
قُلْ كُلٌّۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ
What is with these people that they hardly understand a discourse?
فَمَالِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًۭا
What betides you of good comes from God,
مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍۢ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ
and what strikes you of evil comes from yourself.
وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍۢ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ
And We sent you to mankind as a messenger.
وَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًۭا
And God suffices as a witness.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۭا
Whoever defers to the messenger indeed defers to God,
مَّن يُطِعِ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ ٱللَّهَ
and whoever turns his back — We have not sent you as a preserver over them.
وَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًۭا
And they say: "Deference",
وَيَقُولُونَ طَاعَةٌۭ
but when they leave you, a group among them schemes by night something quite different from what they say.
فَإِذَا بَرَزُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى تَقُولُ
God records what they scheme by night.
وَٱللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ
Turn away from them, then, and entrust yourself to God.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ
God suffices as a trustee.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا
Do they not then ponder the Recitation?
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Had it come from other than God, they would have found in it much divergence.
وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَٰفًۭا كَثِيرًۭا
And when news reaches them, reassuring or alarming, they broadcast it;
وَإِذَا جَآءَهُمْ أَمْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْنِ أَوِ ٱلْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا۟ بِهِۦ
but had they referred it to the messenger and to those among them who hold command, those among them who seek to draw out its substance would have known it.
وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰٓ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ
And without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, you would certainly have followed the Diverter, except a few.
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا
So fight in the way of God:
فَقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
you are charged only with yourself.
لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ
And incite the believers.
وَحَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
It may be that God will restrain the violence of those who disown.
عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟
God is more formidable in rigor, and more formidable in exemplary deterrence.
وَٱللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًۭا وَأَشَدُّ تَنكِيلًۭا
Whoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a portion of it;
مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَٰعَةً حَسَنَةًۭ يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّنْهَا
and whoever intercedes with an evil intercession will bear a share of responsibility for it.
وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَٰعَةًۭ سَيِّئَةًۭ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفْلٌۭ مِّنْهَا
God is, over all things, a steward.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقِيتًۭا
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better greeting, or give it back.
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍۢ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ أَوْ رُدُّوهَآ
God is indeed, over all things, a reckoner.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَسِيبًا
God, there is no deity but Him.
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
He will certainly bring you together on the Day of Appearance, about which there is no doubt.
لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ
And who is more veracious than God in discourse?
وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حَدِيثًۭا
What is with you, then, concerning the hypocrites, that you form two battalions, when God has cast them back for what they have earned?
فَمَا لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ فِئَتَيْنِ وَٱللَّهُ أَرْكَسَهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوٓا۟
Do you want to guide him whom God has led astray?
أَتُرِيدُونَ أَن تَهْدُوا۟ مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ
And whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no way.
وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ سَبِيلًۭا
They would like you to disown as they disowned, so that you might be equal;
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءًۭ
so do not take, among them, allies, until they emigrate in the way of God.
فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
If they turn their backs, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take, among them, neither ally nor helper — except those who join a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, or who come to you
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًا إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٌ أَوْ جَآءُوكُمْ
with their chests constrained at the thought of fighting you, or fighting their own people.
حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ أَن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ أَوْ يُقَٰتِلُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ
And had God willed, He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you.
وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ
If they keep away from you, do not fight you, and offer you peace, then God grants you no way against them.
فَإِنِ ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ وَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ فَمَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبِيلًۭا
You will find others who want to be secure with you and secure with their own people; every time they are brought back to the trial, they plunge back into it.
سَتَجِدُونَ ءَاخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ أُرْكِسُوا۟ فِيهَا
If they do not keep away from you, do not offer you peace, and do not restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you surprise them.
فَإِن لَّمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ
Those are the ones against whom We have appointed for you manifest authority.
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And it is not for a believer to kill a believer,
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ أَن يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِنًا
except by mistake.
إِلَّا خَطَـًۭٔا
And whoever kills a believer by mistake must restore the independence of a believing person bound by a debt, as well as a compensation delivered to his family, unless they forgo it as charity.
وَمَن قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا خَطَـًۭٔا فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍۢ مُّؤْمِنَةٍۢ وَدِيَةٌۭ مُّسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَصَّدَّقُوا۟
And if the slain belonged to a people hostile to you, while being a believer, then restoring the independence of a believing person bound by a debt.
فَإِن كَانَ مِن قَوْمٍ عَدُوٍّۢ لَّكُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍۢ مُّؤْمِنَةٍۢ
And if he belonged to a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, then a compensation delivered to his family, and restoring the independence of a believing person bound by a debt.
وَإِن كَانَ مِن قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٌۭ فَدِيَةٌۭ مُّسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ وَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍۢ مُّؤْمِنَةٍۢ
And whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of two consecutive months, as a return coming from God.
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ تَوْبَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ
God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally; God is angered against him, has cursed him, and has prepared for him an immense punishment.
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًۭا مُّتَعَمِّدًۭا فَجَزَآؤُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ خَٰلِدًۭا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُۥ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُۥ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًۭا
O you who have believed! When you travel in the way of God, distinguish clearly,
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا۟
and do not say to one who offers you peace: "You are not a believer", seeking the fleeting goods of the present life; but, with God, there are abundant spoils.
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَنْ أَلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَٰمَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًۭا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَغَانِمُ كَثِيرَةٌۭ
Thus were you before, and God graced you.
كَذَٰلِكَ كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلُ فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ
So distinguish clearly.
فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟
God is indeed Intimately Acquainted with what you do.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا
Not equal are those of the believers who remain seated, apart from those with disabilities, and those who strive in the way of God with their goods and their Selves.
لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْقَٰعِدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُو۟لِى ٱلضَّرَرِ وَٱلْمُجَٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ
God has favored by one degree those who strive with their goods and their Selves above those who remain seated.
فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُجَٰهِدِينَ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ عَلَى ٱلْقَٰعِدِينَ دَرَجَةًۭ
And to all, God has promised the best;
وَكُلًّۭا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
and God has favored those who strive, above those who remain seated, with an immense reward — degrees from Him, and forgiveness, and benevolence;
وَفَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُجَٰهِدِينَ عَلَى ٱلْقَٰعِدِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا دَرَجَٰتٍۢ مِّنْهُ وَمَغْفِرَةًۭ وَرَحْمَةًۭ
and God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًا
Indeed, those whom the Agents keep faithfully while they are wronging themselves — they say: "In what situation were you?"
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ
They say: "We were reduced to weakness on the earth."
قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
They say: "Was God's earth not vast enough for you to emigrate in it?"
قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةًۭ فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا
Those are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam; and what an evil destination! — except the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who can find no expedient, nor guide themselves to a way.
فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةًۭ وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًۭا
As for those, it may be that God will overlook it for them.
فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ
God is Ever-Overlooking, Most-Forgiving.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًۭا
And whoever emigrates in the way of God will find, on the earth, an abundant refuge and ampleness.
وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَسَعَةًۭ
And whoever leaves his house, emigrating toward God and His messenger, and is then overtaken by death, his reward is henceforth incumbent upon God.
وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
And when you travel through the land, no blame upon you for shortening the Contact, if you fear that those who disown may try you.
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَن يَفْتِنَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟
Those who disown are indeed, for you, a manifest enemy.
إِنَّ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كَانُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And when you are among them, and you lead the Contact for them, let a group of them stand with you, and let them take their arms.
وَإِذَا كُنتَ فِيهِمْ فَأَقَمْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَلْتَقُمْ طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُم مَّعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُوٓا۟ أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ
Then, when they have prostrated, let them pass behind you,
فَإِذَا سَجَدُوا۟ فَلْيَكُونُوا۟ مِن وَرَآئِكُمْ
and let another group, who has not yet made contact, come to make contact with you, taking their precautions and their arms.
وَلْتَأْتِ طَآئِفَةٌ أُخْرَىٰ لَمْ يُصَلُّوا۟ فَلْيُصَلُّوا۟ مَعَكَ وَلْيَأْخُذُوا۟ حِذْرَهُمْ وَأَسْلِحَتَهُمْ
Those who disown would like you to neglect your arms and your baggage, so as to swoop down upon you in a single rush.
وَدَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ تَغْفُلُونَ عَنْ أَسْلِحَتِكُمْ وَأَمْتِعَتِكُمْ فَيَمِيلُونَ عَلَيْكُم مَّيْلَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
And no blame upon you, if rain is a nuisance to you or you are sick, for laying down your arms;
وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن كَانَ بِكُمْ أَذًۭى مِّن مَّطَرٍ أَوْ كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَن تَضَعُوٓا۟ أَسْلِحَتَكُمْ
but take your precautions.
وَخُذُوا۟ حِذْرَكُمْ
God has indeed prepared, for those who disown, a degrading punishment.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا
And when you have concluded the Contact, remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on your sides.
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قِيَٰمًۭا وَقُعُودًۭا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ
Then, once calm, maintain the Contact.
فَإِذَا ٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
The Contact is, for the believers, a prescription at fixed times.
إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَٰبًۭا مَّوْقُوتًۭا
And do not slacken in seeking that people.
وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ فِى ٱبْتِغَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ
If you suffer, they indeed suffer as you suffer; but you hope from God what they do not hope.
إِن تَكُونُوا۟ تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ
God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
We have sent down to you the Scripture in truth, so that you may judge between men according to what God has shown you.
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِمَآ أَرَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ
And do not be, for the traitors, a quarreler.
وَلَا تَكُن لِّلْخَآئِنِينَ خَصِيمًۭا
And ask God's forgiveness.
وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ
God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
And do not argue in favor of those who betray themselves.
وَلَا تُجَٰدِلْ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ
God indeed does not love him who is a grand traitor, a transgressor.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ خَوَّانًا أَثِيمًۭا
They hide from men, and do not hide from God, while He is with them when they scheme by night sayings He does not approve.
يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ
God encompasses perfectly what they do.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا
So here you are, who argued in their favor in the present life; but who will argue with God in their favor on the Day of Appearance? Or who will be, for them, a trustee?
هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ جَٰدَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَٰدِلُ ٱللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَم مَّن يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭا
And whoever commits an evil, or wrongs his own Self, then asks God's forgiveness, will find God Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ يَجِدِ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
And whoever acquires a transgression acquires it only against his own Self.
وَمَن يَكْسِبْ إِثْمًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَكْسِبُهُۥ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ
God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
And whoever acquires a fault or a transgression, then accuses one who is quit of it, makes himself the bearer of a slander and a manifest transgression.
وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيٓـَٔةً أَوْ إِثْمًۭا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِۦ بَرِيٓـًۭٔا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, a group among them would have been minded to lead you astray;
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَهَمَّت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُضِلُّوكَ
but they lead astray none but themselves, and they cannot harm you at all.
وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَضُرُّونَكَ مِن شَىْءٍۢ
God has sent down upon you the Scripture and the wisdom, and taught you what you did not know.
وَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَكَ مَا لَمْ تَكُن تَعْلَمُ
The favor of God upon you is immense.
وَكَانَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيمًۭا
There is no good in most of their secret talks, except for one who orders an act of charity, or what is recognized, or a reconciliation between men.
لَّا خَيْرَ فِى كَثِيرٍۢ مِّن نَّجْوَىٰهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَٰحٍۭ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ
And whoever does that seeking the good pleasure of God, We will give him an immense reward.
وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا
And whoever sets himself in breach against the messenger, after guidance has become clear to him, and follows a way other than that of the believers, We will leave him to what he has turned to, and We will burn him in Jahannam.
وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِۦ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِۦ جَهَنَّمَ
And what an evil destination!
وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا
God indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ
but He forgives what is short of that to whom He wills.
وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ
And whoever associates with God strays far astray.
وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا
They invoke, besides Him, only females, and they invoke only a rebellious Diverter, whom God has cursed,
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثًۭا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَٰنًۭا مَّرِيدًۭا لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ
who said: "I will certainly take, among Your obedient ones, a fixed portion; I will certainly lead them astray, I will certainly give them vain hopes, I will certainly order them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will certainly order them to alter God's creation."
وَقَالَ لَأَتَّخِذَنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ نَصِيبًۭا مَّفْرُوضًۭا وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَءَامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ وَلَءَامُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ ٱللَّهِ
And whoever takes the Diverter as an ally, besides God, has indeed suffered a manifest loss.
وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ وَلِيًّۭا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
He makes them promises and gives them vain hopes,
يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ
and the Diverter promises them only delusion.
وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Those are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ
and they will find no escape from it.
وَلَا يَجِدُونَ عَنْهَا مَحِيصًۭا
And those who have believed and done sound deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا
A promise of God, in truth.
وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّۭا
And who is more veracious than God in saying?
وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ قِيلًۭا
It does not depend on your wishes, nor on the wishes of the people of the Scripture.
لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَآ أَمَانِىِّ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
Whoever commits an evil will be recompensed for it, and will find, besides God, neither protector nor help.
مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًۭا يُجْزَ بِهِۦ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا
And whoever does sound deeds, male or female, while being a believer, those will enter the Garden, and will not be wronged even by the groove of a date-stone.
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ نَقِيرًۭا
And who has a better Law than one who has made his direction true to God alone, while doing good, and followed the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God?
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًۭا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌۭ وَٱتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًۭا
And God took Ibrahim as an intimate friend.
وَٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ خَلِيلًۭا
And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
God encompasses all things perfectly.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّحِيطًۭا
And they consult you concerning women.
وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِى ٱلنِّسَآءِ
Say: "God enlightens you concerning them, as well as what is recited to you in the Scripture concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is prescribed for them, while yearning to marry them, and the children reduced to weakness, and to conduct yourselves with the orphans in complete equity.
قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِيهِنَّ وَمَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ فِى يَتَٰمَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّٰتِى لَا تُؤْتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ وَأَن تَقُومُوا۟ لِلْيَتَٰمَىٰ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
And whatever good you do, God is indeed All-Knowing of it."
وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمًۭا
And if a woman fears from her husband persistent hostility or a turning away, no blame upon them to reconcile through an agreement;
وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنۢ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًۭا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًۭا
and reconciliation is better.
وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌۭ
And greed is ever present to the Selves;
وَأُحْضِرَتِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ ٱلشُّحَّ
but if you do good and guard yourselves, God is indeed Intimately Acquainted with what you do.
وَإِن تُحْسِنُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا
And you will never be able to be just between women, even if you are keen on it;
وَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ
so do not lean entirely, to the point of forsaking the other as though hanging.
فَلَا تَمِيلُوا۟ كُلَّ ٱلْمَيْلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ
And if you reconcile and guard yourselves, God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَإِن تُصْلِحُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
And if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance.
وَإِن يَتَفَرَّقَا يُغْنِ ٱللَّهُ كُلًّۭا مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ
God is Vast, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعًا حَكِيمًۭا
And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
And We have indeed recommended to those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and to yourselves, to guard yourselves toward God.
وَلَقَدْ وَصَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنِ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ
And if you disown, to God indeed belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وَإِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
God is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَنِيًّا حَمِيدًۭا
And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
God suffices as a trustee.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًا
If He wills, He makes you disappear, O mankind, and brings others.
إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ
God is capable of that.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًۭا
Whoever wants the requital of the present life — with God is the requital of the present life and of the last life.
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ ثَوَابُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
O you who have believed! Be firm supporters in equity, witnesses for God, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
Whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to them both; so do not follow emotion, to the point of no longer being just.
إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًۭا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟
And if you twist or turn away, God is indeed Intimately Acquainted with what you do.
وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۭا
O you who have believed! Believe in God, in His messenger, in the Scripture He sent down upon His messenger, and in the Scripture He sent down before.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ
And whoever disowns God, His Agents, His scriptures, His messengers, and the Last Day strays far astray.
وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا
Indeed, those who have believed, then disowned, then believed, then disowned, then increased in disowning — it is not for God to forgive them, nor to guide them to a way.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًۭا لَّمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلًۢا
Announce to the hypocrites that they will have a painful punishment — those who take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.
بَشِّرِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Do they seek might with them? Might indeed belongs to God in its entirety.
أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ ٱلْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًۭا
And He has already sent down to you, in the Scripture: when you hear the signs of God being disowned and mocked, do not remain seated with them, until they immerse themselves in another discourse;
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦٓ
you would then indeed be like them.
إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا مِّثْلُهُمْ
God will indeed bring together the hypocrites and those who disown, all together, in Jahannam — those who bide their time: if an opening comes to you from God, they say: "Were we not with you?" and if a portion falls to those who disown, they say: "Did we not take hold of you, and did we not shield you from the believers?"
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
God will judge between you, on the Day of Appearance;
فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
and God will never grant those who disown a way over the believers.
وَلَن يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا
The hypocrites seek to deceive God, and it is He who deceives them.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَٰدِعُهُمْ
And when they rise for the Contact, they rise lazily, acting out of ostentation before men, and remember God only a little, wavering between the two, neither on one side nor the other.
وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مُّذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ لَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَلَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
And whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no way.
وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ سَبِيلًۭا
O you who have believed! Do not take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Would you appoint for God manifest authority against you?
أَتُرِيدُونَ أَن تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطَٰنًۭا مُّبِينًا
The hypocrites are indeed in the lowest stratum of the Fire, and you will never find for them any help —
إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ فِى ٱلدَّرْكِ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا
except those who turn back, become sound, hold firmly to God, and devote their Law exclusively to God: those are the ones who are with the believers,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ وَٱعْتَصَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَأَخْلَصُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لِلَّهِ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَعَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and God will soon give the believers an immense reward.
وَسَوْفَ يُؤْتِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًۭا
What would God do with your punishment, if you are grateful and believing?
مَّا يَفْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَءَامَنتُمْ
God is Grateful, All-Knowing.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًۭا
God does not love that evil be said aloud, except from one who has been wronged.
لَّا يُحِبُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْجَهْرَ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ إِلَّا مَن ظُلِمَ
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا
Whether you make a good appear, or hide it, or overlook an evil, God is indeed Ever-Overlooking, Capable.
إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍۢ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّۭا قَدِيرًا
Those who disown God and His messengers, and want to separate God from His messengers, saying: "We believe in part, and we disown part", wanting to carve out a way between the two — those are the true disowners.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يُفَرِّقُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ نُؤْمِنُ بِبَعْضٍۢ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍۢ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ حَقًّۭا
We have made ready, for those who disown, a degrading punishment.
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا
And those who have believed in God and His messengers, and have made no distinction between any of them, to those He will soon give their rewards.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَلَمْ يُفَرِّقُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَوْفَ يُؤْتِيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ
And God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
The people of the Scripture ask you to send down upon them a scripture from the sky.
يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَٰبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ
They indeed asked Moussa something greater than that, saying: "Show us God openly"; the thunderbolt then seized them for their wrongdoing.
فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةًۭ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ
Then they took the calf, after the clear proofs had come to them; but We overlooked that,
ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ
and We gave Moussa manifest authority.
وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَٰنًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And We elevated above them the Mount, by virtue of their solemn engagement,
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمْ
and We said to them: "Enter by the gate, prostrate",
وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا
and We said to them: "Do not cross the limits concerning the Rest",
وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ
and We took from them a solemn and firm engagement.
وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًۭا
It is for having broken their solemn engagement, disowned the signs of God, killed the informants without right, and said: "Our cores are wrapped up" — no, it is God who stamped their cores for their disowning, so that they believe only a little — and for their disowning, and their imputation against Maryam of an immense slander, and for having said: "We indeed killed Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, the messenger of God",
فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَٰقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِم بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۢ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ بَلْ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًۭا وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ
when they did not kill him and did not crucify him, but a resemblance was given to them.
وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ
And those who differ about it are surely in doubt concerning it.
وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ
They have no knowledge of it,
مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ
except following presumption.
إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ
And they certainly did not kill him.
وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا
God, rather, elevated him to Himself.
بَل رَّفَعَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ
God is All-Powerful, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًۭا
And there is none among the people of the Scripture who will not certainly believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Appearance, he will be a witness against them.
وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِۦ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًۭا
It is for the wrongdoing of the Reoriented that We prohibited to them wholesome things that had been permitted to them, and for having greatly barred from the way of God, and for having practiced usury, though they had been forbidden it, and devoured the goods of men through falsehood.
فَبِظُلْمٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَٰتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًۭا وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ
We have made ready, for those among them who disown, a painful punishment.
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا
But those among them who are deeply rooted in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been sent down to you and in what was sent down before you, as well as those who maintain the Contact,
لَّٰكِنِ ٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَٱلْمُقِيمِينَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
those who give pure liberality, and those who believe in God and the Last Day — those are the ones to whom We will soon give an immense reward.
وَٱلْمُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَنُؤْتِيهِمْ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
We have indeed revealed to you, as We revealed to Nuh and the informants after him,
إِنَّآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ كَمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍۢ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ
and We revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, the bloodlines, Issa, Ayyub, Younes, Harun, and Sulayman;
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَىٰ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَٰرُونَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ
and We gave Dawud a Formulary.
وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭا
And messengers whose account We have already related to you, and messengers whose account We have not related to you;
وَرُسُلًۭا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًۭا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ
and God spoke to Moussa with a word.
وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًۭا
Messengers, bearers of good tidings and warners, so that men might have no argument against God after the messengers.
رُّسُلًۭا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةٌۢ بَعْدَ ٱلرُّسُلِ
God is All-Powerful, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًۭا
But God testifies to what He has sent down to you;
لَّٰكِنِ ٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ
He sent it down with His knowledge, and the Agents bear witness to it.
أَنزَلَهُۥ بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ
And God suffices as a witness.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًا
Those who disowned and barred from the way of God have indeed strayed far astray.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا
Indeed, those who disowned and did wrong — it is not for God to forgive them, nor to guide them to a road, except the road of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَظَلَمُوا۟ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقًا إِلَّا طَرِيقَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا
And that is, for God, an easy thing.
وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًۭا
O mankind! The messenger has indeed come to you with the truth, from your Guardian; believe, then, it is better for you.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِٱلْحَقِّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا لَّكُمْ
And if you disown, to God indeed belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth.
وَإِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
God is All-Knowing, Wise.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
O people of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your Law, and say about God nothing but the truth.
يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ
Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, is only the messenger of God, and His word,
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓ
which He addressed to Maryam, and an Influx from Him.
أَلْقَىٰهَآ إِلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌۭ مِّنْهُ
So believe in God and His messengers,
فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ
and do not say: "Three".
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ ثَلَٰثَةٌ
Cease: that is better for you.
ٱنتَهُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا لَّكُمْ
God is only one deity.
إِنَّمَا ٱللَّهُ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ
Glory be to Him! He is above having a child.
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
God suffices as a trustee.
وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلًۭا
Al-Massih will never disdain to be obedient to God, nor will the Agents brought near.
لَّن يَسْتَنكِفَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبْدًۭا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
And whoever disdains to obey Him, and grows proud, He will soon gather them to Himself, all together.
وَمَن يَسْتَنكِفْ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسْتَكْبِرْ فَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًۭا
As for those who have believed and done sound deeds, He will faithfully repay them their rewards, and He will give them more of His favor;
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ
and as for those who disdained and grew proud, He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will find, besides God, neither protector nor help.
وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَنكَفُوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا
O mankind! A demonstration has indeed come to you from your Guardian, and We have sent down to you a manifest light.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُم بُرْهَٰنٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ نُورًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
As for those who have believed in God and held firmly to Him, He will soon admit them into a benevolence from Himself, and a favor, and He will guide them to Himself by a straight path.
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱعْتَصَمُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيُدْخِلُهُمْ فِى رَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلٍۢ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَيْهِ صِرَٰطًۭا مُّسْتَقِيمًۭا
They consult you.
يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ
Say: "God enlightens you concerning the kalala.
قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِى ٱلْكَلَٰلَةِ
If a man perishes without a child, but has a sister, to her belongs half of what he leaves;
إِنِ ٱمْرُؤٌا۟ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ وَلَهُۥٓ أُخْتٌۭ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ
and he inherits from her, if she has no child.
وَهُوَ يَرِثُهَآ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهَا وَلَدٌۭ
But if there are two, then to them belong two-thirds of what he leaves;
فَإِن كَانَتَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُمَا ٱلثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكَ
and if there are several, brothers and sisters, then to the male, the equivalent of the share of two females.
وَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَةًۭ رِّجَالًۭا وَنِسَآءًۭ فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ
God explains this to you, so that you do not go astray;
يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَن تَضِلُّوا۟
and God is All-Knowing of all things."
وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ