Ash-Shura
One Single Law
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ḥa. Mim. ʿAyn. Sin. Qaf.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم عسقThus God, the All-Powerful, the Wise, reveals to you — as He did to those before you.
كذلك يوحي اليك والي الذين من قبلك الله العزيز الحكيمTo Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth,
له ما في السموت وما في الارضand He is the Most High, the Immense.
وهو العلي العظيمThe heavens are about to be rent asunder from above them,
تكاد السموت يتفطرن من فوقهنwhile the Agents glorify [God] in praise of their Guardian and ask forgiveness for whoever is on the earth.
والمليكه يسبحون بحمد ربهم ويستغفرون لمن في الارضIs it not true that God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent?
الا ان الله هو الغفور الرحيمAs for those who take allies besides Him, God preserves them;
والذين اتخذوا من دونه اوليا الله حفيظ عليهمand you are not, yourself, their trustee.
وما انت عليهم بوكيلThus have We revealed to you a flawless recitation, that you may warn the metropolis and those around it, and warn of the Day of Gathering, of which there is no doubt:
وكذلك اوحينا اليك قرانا عربيا لتنذر ام القري ومن حولها وتنذر يوم الجمع لا ريب فيهa group in the Garden,
فريق في الجنهand a group in the Inferno.
وفريق في السعيرHad God willed, He would have made them a single community,
ولو شا الله لجعلهم امه وحدهbut He admits whom He wills into His benevolence;
ولكن يدخل من يشا في رحمتهand the wrongdoers have neither protector nor helper.
والظلمون ما لهم من ولي ولا نصيرHave they, then, taken allies besides Him?
ام اتخذوا من دونه اولياYet it is God who is the Protector,
فالله هو الوليand it is He who gives life to the dead;
وهو يحي الموتيand He is capable of all things.
وهو علي كل شي قديرAnd whatever you differ about, its judgment rests with God.
وما اختلفتم فيه من شي فحكمه الي اللهSuch is God, my Guardian;
ذلكم الله ربيupon Him I rely,
عليه توكلتand to Him I return.
واليه انيبOriginator of the heavens and the earth, He gave you mates from among yourselves, and mates among the cattle; by this means He multiplies you.
فاطر السموت والارض جعل لكم من انفسكم ازوجا ومن الانعم ازوجا يذروكم فيهNothing resembles Him,
ليس كمثله شيand He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
وهو السميع البصيرTo Him belong the charges of the heavens and the earth;
له مقاليد السموت والارضHe extends provision to whom He wills, or measures it out sparingly.
يبسط الرزق لمن يشا ويقدرHe is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
انه بكل شي عليمHe has ordained for you, in the Law, what He enjoined upon Nuh, what We have revealed to you, and what We enjoined upon Ibrahim, Moussa, and Issa: "Uphold the Law, and do not become divided within it."
شرع لكم من الدين ما وصي به نوحا والذي اوحينا اليك وما وصينا به ابرهيم وموسي وعيسي ان اقيموا الدين ولا تتفرقوا فيهWhat you call them to weighs heavily upon the associators.
كبر علي المشركين ما تدعوهم اليهGod draws to Himself whom He wills, and guides to Himself whoever turns back to Him.
الله يجتبي اليه من يشا ويهدي اليه من ينيبYet they became divided only after knowledge had come to them,
وما تفرقوا الا من بعد ما جاهم العلمout of mutual aggression among themselves.
بغيا بينهمAnd had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian until an appointed term, it would have been settled between them.
ولولا كلمه سبقت من ربك الي اجل مسمي لقضي بينهمAnd those who inherited the Scripture after them are in grave, unsettling doubt about it.
وان الذين اورثوا الكتب من بعدهم لفي شك منه مريبFor this, then, call and stand straight as you have been commanded, and do not follow their emotions.
فلذلك فادع واستقم كما امرت ولا تتبع اهواهمAnd say: "I believe in whatever Scripture God has sent down, and I have been commanded to be just between you.
وقل امنت بما انزل الله من كتب وامرت لاعدل بينكمGod is our Guardian and your Guardian;
الله ربنا وربكمto us our deeds, and to you your deeds;
لنا اعملنا ولكم اعملكمthere is no argument between us and you;
لا حجه بيننا وبينكمGod will bring us together,
الله يجمع بينناand to Him is the destination."
واليه المصيرAnd those who dispute about God after He has been answered, their argument is void before their Guardian, and upon them is anger,
والذين يحاجون في الله من بعد ما استجيب له حجتهم داحضه عند ربهم وعليهم غضبand for them a severe punishment.
ولهم عذاب شديدIt is God who has sent down the Scripture bearing truth, and the balance.
الله الذي انزل الكتب بالحق والميزانAnd what gives you an idea?
وما يدريكPerhaps the Hour is near.
لعل الساعه قريبThose who do not believe in it seek to hasten it,
يستعجل بها الذين لا يومنون بهاwhile those who have believed are filled with apprehension of it and know that it is the truth.
والذين امنوا مشفقون منها ويعلمون انها الحقIs it not true that those who wrangle about the Hour are in far-reaching error?
الا ان الذين يمارون في الساعه لفي ضلل بعيدGod is Subtle toward His obedient ones;
الله لطيف بعبادهHe provides for whom He wills,
يرزق من يشاand He is the Strong, the All-Powerful.
وهو القوي العزيزWhoever desires the tilth of the last life, We increase his tilth for him;
من كان يريد حرث الاخره نزد له في حرثهand whoever desires the tilth of the present life, We give him a portion of it,
ومن كان يريد حرث الدنيا نوته منهاbut he will have no share in the last life.
وما له في الاخره من نصيبDo they, then, have associates who have ordained for them, in the Law, what God has not authorized?
ام لهم شركوا شرعوا لهم من الدين ما لم ياذن به اللهAnd were it not for the word of the Separation, it would have been decided between them;
ولولا كلمه الفصل لقضي بينهمand the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
وان الظلمين لهم عذاب اليمYou will see the wrongdoers apprehensive over what they have earned, while it is about to befall them;
تري الظلمين مشفقين مما كسبوا وهو واقع بهمwhile those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in the flowering meadows of the Gardens,
والذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت في روضات الجناتthey will have, with their Guardian, whatever they wish:
لهم ما يشاون عند ربهمthat is the great favor.
ذلك هو الفضل الكبيرThat is what God gives as glad tidings to His obedient ones who have believed and done righteous deeds.
ذلك الذي يبشر الله عباده الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحتSay: "I ask of you no reward for this, other than affection for one's close kin."
قل لا اسلكم عليه اجرا الا الموده في القربيAnd whoever earns a good deed, We increase its beauty for him;
ومن يقترف حسنه نزد له فيها حسناGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Grateful.
ان الله غفور شكورWill they say that he has invented a lie against God?
ام يقولون افتري علي الله كذباYet if God willed, He would seal your core;
فان يشا الله يختم علي قلبكbut God blots out falsehood and establishes truth by His words.
ويمح الله البطل ويحق الحق بكلمتهHe is indeed All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
انه عليم بذات الصدورIt is He who accepts repentance from His obedient ones, effaces evil deeds, and knows what they do.
وهو الذي يقبل التوبه عن عباده ويعفوا عن السيات ويعلم ما تفعلونHe answers those who have believed and done righteous deeds, and increases them out of His favor;
ويستجيب الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت ويزيدهم من فضلهwhile those who disown will have a severe punishment.
والكفرون لهم عذاب شديدAnd were God to extend provision abundantly to His obedient ones, they would commit aggression on the earth;
ولو بسط الله الرزق لعباده لبغوا في الارضbut He sends down in due measure what He wills.
ولكن ينزل بقدر ما يشاHe is indeed, toward His obedient ones, Informed, the All-Seeing.
انه بعباده خبير بصيرIt is He who sends down the saving rain after they have lost heart, and who deploys His benevolence;
وهو الذي ينزل الغيث من بعد ما قنطوا وينشر رحمتهand He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
وهو الولي الحميدAnd among His signs: the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever living beings He has scattered throughout them;
ومن ايته خلق السموت والارض وما بث فيهما من دابهand He is able to gather them together, whenever He wills.
وهو علي جمعهم اذا يشا قديرAnd whatever affliction befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned — and He effaces much.
وما اصبكم من مصيبه فبما كسبت ايديكم ويعفوا عن كثيرYou cannot render [Him] powerless on the earth,
وما انتم بمعجزين في الارضand you have, besides God, neither protector nor helper.
وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصيرAnd among His signs: the [ships] that run upon the sea like mountains.
ومن ايته الجوار في البحر كالاعلمIf He wills, He stills the wind, and they remain motionless upon its surface — surely in that are signs for every very patient, very grateful one — or He causes them to perish because of what they have earned, while pardoning much.
ان يشا يسكن الريح فيظللن رواكد علي ظهره ان في ذلك لايت لكل صبار شكور او يوبقهن بما كسبوا ويعف عن كثير— so that those who argue about Our signs may know that they have no escape.
ويعلم الذين يجدلون في ايتنا ما لهم من محيصWhatever you have been given is only the enjoyment of the present life;
فما اوتيتم من شي فمتع الحيوه الدنياbut what is with God is better and more lasting, for those who believe and rely upon their Guardian;
وما عند الله خير وابقي للذين امنوا وعلي ربهم يتوكلونfor those who avoid grave transgressions and indecencies, and who, when angered, forgive;
والذين يجتنبون كبير الاثم والفوحش واذا ما غضبوا هم يغفرونfor those who answer their Guardian, maintain the Contact, conduct their affairs by mutual consultation, and spend from what We have provided them;
والذين استجابوا لربهم واقاموا الصلوه وامرهم شوري بينهم ومما رزقنهم ينفقونfor those who, when aggression befalls them, defend themselves.
والذين اذا اصابهم البغي هم ينتصرونThe recompense of an evil is an evil equal to it;
وجزوا سييه سييه مثلهاbut whoever effaces and reconciles, his reward is upon God —
فمن عفا واصلح فاجره علي اللهHe does not love the wrongdoers.
انه لا يحب الظلمينAnd whoever defends himself after having suffered injustice, against such there is no course [of blame];
ولمن انتصر بعد ظلمه فاوليك ما عليهم من سبيلblame lies only upon those who wrong people and commit aggression on the earth without right.
انما السبيل علي الذين يظلمون الناس ويبغون في الارض بغير الحقThose are the ones who will have a painful punishment.
اوليك لهم عذاب اليمAnd whoever endures patiently and forgives, that is surely among matters of firm resolve.
ولمن صبر وغفر ان ذلك لمن عزم الامورAnd whoever God leaves astray has no protector after that.
ومن يضلل الله فما له من ولي من بعدهYou will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying: "Is there any way back?"
وتري الظلمين لما راوا العذاب يقولون هل الي مرد من سبيلYou will see them exposed before it, humble,
وتريهم يعرضون عليها خشعينlooking with a furtive glance, out of humiliation.
من الذل ينظرون من طرف خفيAnd those who have believed will say: "The true losers are those who have lost themselves and their families on the Day of Appearance."
وقال الذين امنوا ان الخسرين الذين خسروا انفسهم واهليهم يوم القيمهIs it not true that the wrongdoers are in lasting punishment?
الا ان الظلمين في عذاب مقيمThey will have no allies to help them, besides God.
وما كان لهم من اوليا ينصرونهم من دون اللهAnd whoever God leaves astray has no way at all.
ومن يضلل الله فما له من سبيلAnswer your Guardian before there comes a Day that God will not turn back;
استجيبوا لربكم من قبل ان ياتي يوم لا مرد له من اللهyou will have no refuge on that Day,
ما لكم من ملجا يوميذand you will have no way to deny [it].
وما لكم من نكيرIf they turn away, [know that] We have not sent you as a preserver over them;
فان اعرضوا فما ارسلنك عليهم حفيظاupon you rests only the transmission.
ان عليك الا البلغAnd when We let the human being taste a benevolence from Us, he rejoices in it;
وانا اذا اذقنا الانسن منا رحمه فرح بهاbut if an evil befalls them because of what their hands have prepared, then the human being is greatly given to disowning.
وان تصبهم سييه بما قدمت ايديهم فان الانسن كفورTo God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth;
لله ملك السموت والارضHe creates what He wills;
يخلق ما يشاHe grants, to whom He wills, daughters, and He grants, to whom He wills, sons, or He pairs them, males and females, and He renders barren whom He wills.
يهب لمن يشا انثا ويهب لمن يشا الذكور او يزوجهم ذكرانا وانثا ويجعل من يشا عقيماHe is indeed All-Knowing, Able.
انه عليم قديرIt is not for any human that God should speak to him, except by revelation, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger who reveals, by His leave, what He wills;
وما كان لبشر ان يكلمه الله الا وحيا او من وراي حجاب او يرسل رسولا فيوحي باذنه ما يشاHe is indeed the Most High, the Wise.
انه علي حكيمThus have We revealed to you an Influx from Our own command;
وكذلك اوحينا اليك روحا من امرناyou had no idea what the Scripture was, nor faith, but We made it a light by which We guide whom We will among Our obedient ones;
ما كنت تدري ما الكتب ولا الايمن ولكن جعلنه نورا نهدي به من نشا من عبادناand you surely guide to a straight path — the path of God, to whom belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وانك لتهدي الي صرط مستقيم صرط الله الذي له ما في السموت وما في الارضIs it not true that to God all affairs return?
الا الي الله تصير الامور