Al-Imran

and He sent down, before, the Tawrah and the Injil, a guidance for mankind, and He sent down the Discernment.

وانزل التوريه والانجيل من قبل هدي للناس وانزل الفرقان

Indeed, those who have disowned the signs of God will have a severe punishment.

ان الذين كفروا بايت الله لهم عذاب شديد

It is He who gives you form in the wombs as He wills.

هو الذي يصوركم في الارحام كيف يشا

There is no deity but Him,

لا اله الا هو

It is He who sent down upon you the Scripture;

هو الذي انزل عليك الكتب منه

in it are univocal signs, which are the matrix of the Scripture, and others, subject to resemblance.

ايت محكمت هن ام الكتب واخر متشبهت

As for those in whose cores is a deviation, they follow what, in the Scripture, lends itself to resemblance, in pursuit of the trial and in pursuit of its interpretation;

فاما الذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ما تشبه منه ابتغا الفتنه وابتغا تاويله

but none knows its interpretation, except God.

وما يعلم تاويله الا الله

And those who are deeply rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; all of it comes from our Guardian";

والرسخون في العلم يقولون امنا به كل من عند ربنا

"Our Guardian, do not let our cores deviate after You have guided us, and bestow on us, from Yourself, a benevolence;

ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد اذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمه

Our Guardian, You are the One who brings mankind together for a day about which there is no doubt.

ربنا انك جامع الناس ليوم لا ريب فيه

Those are the ones who will fuel the Fire, like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,

واوليك هم وقود النار كداب ال فرعون

and of those before them, who denied Our signs; God then seized them for their offenses.

والذين من قبلهم كذبوا بايتنا فاخذهم الله بذنوبهم

Say to those who disown: "You will be defeated, and gathered toward Jahannam."

قل للذين كفروا ستغلبون وتحشرون الي جهنم

You had a sign in those two battalions that met:

قد كان لكم ايه في فيتين التقتا

one fought in the way of God, and the other disowned, seeing it, with the naked eye, twice as numerous as itself.

فيه تقتل في سبيل الله واخري كافره يرونهم مثليهم راي العين

God fortifies, by His help, whom He wills.

والله يويد بنصره من يشا

The love of passions has been embellished for men: women, sons, heaped quintals of gold and silver, marked horses, cattle, and tilth.

زين للناس حب الشهوت من النسا والبنين والقنطير المقنطره من الذهب والفضه والخيل المسومه والانعم والحرث

That is the enjoyment of the present life;

ذلك متع الحيوه الدنيا

Say: "Shall I inform you of something better than that?

قل اونبيكم بخير من ذلكم

For those who guard themselves, with their Guardian, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, purified spouses, and a good pleasure from God."

للذين اتقوا عند ربهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها وازوج مطهره ورضون من الله

God bears witness, and so do the Agents and the possessors of knowledge, that there is no deity but Him, standing firm in equity.

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو والمليكه واولوا العلم قايما بالقسط

There is no deity but Him,

لا اله الا هو

The Law, with God, is indeed being true to Him alone.

ان الدين عند الله الاسلم

And those to whom the Scripture was given diverged only after knowledge had come to them,

وما اختلف الذين اوتوا الكتب الا من بعد ما جاهم العلم

out of iniquity among themselves.

بغيا بينهم

If they dispute with you, say then: "I render my direction true to God alone, as do those who have followed me."

فان حاجوك فقل اسلمت وجهي لله ومن اتبعن

And say to those to whom the Scripture was given, and to the people without a prior Scripture: "Have you become true to God alone?"

وقل للذين اوتوا الكتب والامين اسلمتم

If they become so, they then let themselves be guided;

فان اسلموا فقد اهتدوا

and if they turn their backs, only the transmission is incumbent upon you.

وان تولوا فانما عليك البلغ

Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life,

اوليك الذين حبطت اعملهم في الدنيا والاخره

Say: "O God, Sovereign of dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and You strip dominion from whom You will; You make mighty whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will; good is in Your hand.

قل اللهم ملك الملك توتي الملك من تشا وتنزع الملك ممن تشا وتعز من تشا وتذل من تشا بيدك الخير

Let not the believers take those who disown as allies, besides the believers;

لا يتخذ المومنون الكفرين اوليا من دون المومنين

and whoever does that has nothing more to do with God — except if you guard yourselves from them as a precaution.

ومن يفعل ذلك فليس من الله في شي الا ان تتقوا منهم تقيه

God warns you against Himself,

ويحذركم الله نفسه

Say: "Whether you hide what is in your chests, or make it appear, God knows it.

قل ان تخفوا ما في صدوركم او تبدوه يعلمه الله

And He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

ويعلم ما في السموت وما في الارض

The day when every Self will find present what it has done of good,

يوم تجد كل نفس ما عملت من خير محضرا

and what it has done of evil, it would wish there were between that and itself a distant span.

وما عملت من سو تود لو ان بينها وبينه امدا بعيدا

God warns you against Himself.

ويحذركم الله نفسه

Say: "If you love God, follow me: God will love you and forgive you your offenses.

قل ان كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم

Say: "Defer to God and the messenger";

قل اطيعوا الله والرسول

God has chosen Adam, Nuh, the clan of Ibrahim, and the clan of Imran, above all beings, descendants one from another.

ان الله اصطفي ادم ونوحا وال ابرهيم وال عمرن علي العلمين ذريه بعضها من بعض

when the wife of Imran said: "My Guardian, I make a vow to You of what is in my belly, made independent of all; accept it, then, from me.

اذ قالت امرات عمرن رب اني نذرت لك ما في بطني محررا فتقبل مني

Then, when she gave birth to her, she said: "My Guardian, I have indeed given birth to her, a girl" — God knew better, though, what she had given birth to —

فلما وضعتها قالت رب اني وضعتها انثي والله اعلم بما وضعت

"and the male is not like the female;

وليس الذكر كالانثي

I have given her the attribute Maryam,

واني سميتها مريم

Her Guardian received her with a beautiful reception, and made her grow with a beautiful growth,

فتقبلها ربها بقبول حسن وانبتها نباتا حسنا

and entrusted custody of her to Zakariya.

وكفلها زكريا

Every time Zakariya entered upon her in the oratory, he found near her a provision.

كلما دخل عليها زكريا المحراب وجد عندها رزقا

He said: "O Maryam! From where does this come to you?"

قال يمريم اني لك هذا

She said: "It comes from God.

قالت هو من عند الله

Right there, Zakariya invoked his Guardian.

هنالك دعا زكريا ربه

He said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when old age has already reached me, and my wife is barren?"

قال رب اني يكون لي غلم وقد بلغني الكبر وامراتي عاقر

He said: "Thus it is:

قال كذلك

He said: "My Guardian, appoint for me a sign."

قال رب اجعل لي ايه

He said: "Your sign will be that you will not speak to men except by gestures, for three days.

قال ايتك الا تكلم الناس ثلثه ايام الا رمزا

That is part of the information about what escapes the senses, which We reveal to you.

ذلك من انبا الغيب نوحيه اليك

and you were not with them when they quarreled. When the Agents said: "O Maryam! God announces to you a word from Himself,

وما كنت لديهم اذ يختصمون اذ قالت المليكه يمريم ان الله يبشرك بكلمه منه

He will speak to men in the cradle and in his prime,

ويكلم الناس في المهد وكهلا

She said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a child, when no human has touched me?"

قالت رب اني يكون لي ولد ولم يمسسني بشر

He said: "Thus it is:

قال كذلك

God creates what He wills.

الله يخلق ما يشا

When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: Be",

اذا قضي امرا فانما يقول له كن

"And He will teach him the Code, wisdom, the Tawrah and the Injil, and a messenger to the Sons of Israel: I bring you a sign from your Guardian:

ويعلمه الكتب والحكمه والتوريه والانجيل ورسولا الي بني اسريل اني قد جيتكم بايه من ربكم

I create for you, from clay, the form of a bird, then I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird, with God's permission.

اني اخلق لكم من الطين كهيه الطير فانفخ فيه فيكون طيرا باذن الله

And I restore the born-blind and the leper, and I bring the dead back to life, with God's permission.

وابري الاكمه والابرص واحي الموتي باذن الله

And I inform you of what you eat and what you store up in your houses.

وانبيكم بما تاكلون وما تدخرون في بيوتكم

And confirming what, of the Tawrah, precedes me, and to permit you a part of what was prohibited to you.

ومصدقا لما بين يدي من التوريه ولاحل لكم بعض الذي حرم عليكم

I bring you a sign from your Guardian;

وجيتكم بايه من ربكم

God is indeed my Guardian and your Guardian; obey Him, then.

ان الله ربي وربكم فاعبدوه

When Issa perceived disowning from them, he said: "Who will be my helpers toward God?"

فلما احس عيسي منهم الكفر قال من انصاري الي الله

The disciples said: "We are the helpers of God.

قال الحواريون نحن انصار الله

They plotted, and God plotted,

ومكروا ومكر الله

when God said: "O Issa! I am indeed going to keep you faithfully, elevate you to Me, and purify you from those who disowned,

اذ قال الله يعيسي اني متوفيك ورافعك الي ومطهرك من الذين كفروا

and place those who followed you above those who disowned, until the Day of Appearance.

وجاعل الذين اتبعوك فوق الذين كفروا الي يوم القيمه

As for those who disowned, I will punish them with a severe punishment, in the present life and in the last life,

فاما الذين كفروا فاعذبهم عذابا شديدا في الدنيا والاخره

And as for those who have believed and done sound deeds, He will faithfully repay them their rewards.

واما الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت فيوفيهم اجورهم

The example of Issa, with God, is indeed like that of Adam:

ان مثل عيسي عند الله كمثل ادم

He created him from earth, then said to him: "Be",

خلقه من تراب ثم قال له كن

The truth comes from your Guardian;

الحق من ربك

This is surely the true account,

ان هذا لهو القصص الحق

and there is no deity but God.

وما من اله الا الله

Say: "O people of the Scripture! Come to an equitable word between us and you: that we obey none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that none of us take others as masters besides God."

قل ياهل الكتب تعالوا الي كلمه سوا بيننا وبينكم الا نعبد الا الله ولا نشرك به شيا ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضا اربابا من دون الله

O people of the Scripture! Why do you dispute concerning Ibrahim,

ياهل الكتب لم تحاجون في ابرهيم

when the Tawrah and the Injil were sent down only after him?

وما انزلت التوريه والانجيل الا من بعده

Here you are disputing about that of which you have some knowledge; but why do you dispute about that of which you have no knowledge?

هانتم هولا حججتم فيما لكم به علم فلم تحاجون فيما ليس لكم به علم

God knows,

والله يعلم

Ibrahim was neither Reoriented nor a Helper, but he was wholly turned toward God, true to Him alone,

ما كان ابرهيم يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولكن كان حنيفا مسلما

Of mankind, those closest to Ibrahim are surely those who followed him, as well as this informant and those who have believed.

ان اولي الناس بابرهيم للذين اتبعوه وهذا النبي والذين امنوا

A group among the people of the Scripture would have liked to lead you astray;

ودت طايفه من اهل الكتب لو يضلونكم

"And give credit only to him who follows your Law."

ولا تومنوا الا لمن تبع دينكم

Say: "The guidance is indeed the guidance of God" — lest anyone be given the like of what you were given, or lest they dispute with you before your Guardian.

قل ان الهدي هدي الله ان يوتي احد مثل ما اوتيتم او يحاجوكم عند ربكم

Say: "Favor is in the hand of God,

قل ان الفضل بيد الله

He gives it to whom He wills.

يوتيه من يشا

He reserves His benevolence for whom He wills.

يختص برحمته من يشا

And among the people of the Scripture, there are some who, if you entrust them with a quintal, will return it to you;

ومن اهل الكتب من ان تامنه بقنطار يوده اليك

and there are some who, if you entrust them with a dinar, do not return it to you unless you keep standing over them.

ومنهم من ان تامنه بدينار لا يوده اليك الا ما دمت عليه قايما

That is because they say: "We have, toward the people without a prior Scripture, no obligation",

ذلك بانهم قالوا ليس علينا في الامين سبيل

Indeed, those who buy, with the pact of God and their oaths, a paltry price — those are the ones who will have no allotment in the last life; God will not speak to them, will not look at them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them.

ان الذين يشترون بعهد الله وايمنهم ثمنا قليلا اوليك لا خلق لهم في الاخره ولا يكلمهم الله ولا ينظر اليهم يوم القيمه ولا يزكيهم

And among them, there is surely a fraction who twist their tongues with the Scripture, so that you might take it for an extract of the Scripture, when it is not part of it,

وان منهم لفريقا يلون السنتهم بالكتب لتحسبوه من الكتب وما هو من الكتب

and they say: "This comes from God",

ويقولون هو من عند الله

when it does not come from God,

وما هو من عند الله

And he would not order you to take the Agents and the informants as masters.

ولا يامركم ان تتخذوا المليكه والنبين اربابا

And when God took the solemn engagement of the informants: "What I have given you of Scripture and wisdom, then a messenger comes to you, confirming what is with you, you must certainly believe in him, and certainly help him."

واذ اخذ الله ميثق النبين لما اتيتكم من كتب وحكمه ثم جاكم رسول مصدق لما معكم لتومنن به ولتنصرنه

He said: "Have you consented, and taken upon yourselves My yoke on this condition?"

قال اقررتم واخذتم علي ذلكم اصري

They said: "We have consented."

قالوا اقررنا

Would they seek then a Law other than God's, while whoever is in the heavens and the earth is true to Him alone, willingly or unwillingly,

افغير دين الله يبغون وله اسلم من في السموت والارض طوعا وكرها

And whoever seeks a Law other than being true to God alone, it will never be accepted from him,

ومن يبتغ غير الاسلم دينا فلن يقبل منه

How would God guide a people who disowned after having believed, and after having testified that the messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them?

كيف يهدي الله قوما كفروا بعد ايمنهم وشهدوا ان الرسول حق وجاهم البينت

Indeed, those who disown after having believed, then increase in disowning, their repentance will never be accepted,

ان الذين كفروا بعد ايمنهم ثم ازدادوا كفرا لن تقبل توبتهم

Indeed, those who disown and die while disowning, there will never be accepted from any of them the whole earth filled with gold, even were he to offer it as ransom.

ان الذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار فلن يقبل من احدهم مل الارض ذهبا ولو افتدي به

Those are the ones who will have a painful punishment,

اوليك لهم عذاب اليم

Virtue will not accrue to you unless you spend of what you love.

لن تنالوا البر حتي تنفقوا مما تحبون

All food was permitted to the Sons of Israel, except what Israel had prohibited to himself, before the Tawrah was sent down.

كل الطعام كان حلا لبني اسريل الا ما حرم اسريل علي نفسه من قبل ان تنزل التوريه

Say: "God has spoken with veracity.

قل صدق الله

Follow, then, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,

فاتبعوا مله ابرهيم حنيفا

The first House set down for mankind is surely that at the place of the throng, blessed and a guidance for all beings; in it are clear signs.

ان اول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكه مباركا وهدي للعلمين فيه ايت بينت

The station of Ibrahim,

مقام ابرهيم

and whoever enters it is secure.

ومن دخله كان امنا

And the Hajj of the House is a duty toward God for mankind, for whoever has the capacity to take the way to it;

ولله علي الناس حج البيت من استطاع اليه سبيلا

Say: "O people of the Scripture! Why do you bar from the way of God him who has believed, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses to it?"

قل ياهل الكتب لم تصدون عن سبيل الله من امن تبغونها عوجا وانتم شهدا

And how would you disown, when the signs of God are recited to you, and His messenger is among you?

وكيف تكفرون وانتم تتلي عليكم ايت الله وفيكم رسوله

O you who have believed! Guard yourselves toward God as one should guard oneself toward Him,

يايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته

And hold, all of you, firmly, to the rope of God,

واعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا

and do not divide yourselves.

ولا تفرقوا

And remember God's blessing upon you, when you were enemies, and He reconciled your cores, so that you became, by His blessing, brothers;

واذكروا نعمت الله عليكم اذ كنتم اعدا فالف بين قلوبكم فاصبحتم بنعمته اخونا

and you were at the edge of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it.

وكنتم علي شفا حفره من النار فانقذكم منها

And let there be from among you a community that calls to good, orders what is recognized, and forbids what is disavowed.

ولتكن منكم امه يدعون الي الخير ويامرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر

Those are the ones who will have an immense punishment, on the day when faces will brighten and faces will darken.

واوليك لهم عذاب عظيم يوم تبيض وجوه وتسود وجوه

And as for those whose faces will have brightened, they will be in the benevolence of God,

واما الذين ابيضت وجوههم ففي رحمه الله

Those are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth.

تلك ايت الله نتلوها عليك بالحق

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth,

ولله ما في السموت وما في الارض

You are the best community brought forth for mankind: you order what is recognized, you forbid what is disavowed, and you believe in God.

كنتم خير امه اخرجت للناس تامرون بالمعروف وتنهون عن المنكر وتومنون بالله

And had the people of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them.

ولو امن اهل الكتب لكان خيرا لهم

Among them, there are believers,

منهم المومنون

They can never harm you,

لن يضروكم

except by a nuisance.

الا اذي

And if they fight you, they will turn their backs to you;

وان يقتلوكم يولوكم الادبار

Humiliation has been imprinted upon them, wherever they are surprised,

ضربت عليهم الذله اين ما ثقفوا

except by a rope from God and a rope from mankind; they incur the anger of God,

الا بحبل من الله وحبل من الناس وباو بغضب من الله

and misery has been imprinted upon them.

وضربت عليهم المسكنه

That is because they used to disown the signs of God, and kill the informants without right.

ذلك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايت الله ويقتلون الانبيا بغير حق

They are not all equal:

ليسوا سوا

They believe in God and the Last Day, order what is recognized, forbid what is disavowed, and speed toward good deeds.

يومنون بالله واليوم الاخر ويامرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر ويسرعون في الخيرت

And whatever good they do, it will never be disowned them.

وما يفعلوا من خير فلن يكفروه

Indeed, those who disown, neither their goods nor their children will avail them at all against God,

ان الذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم امولهم ولا اولدهم من الله شيا

The example of what they spend in the present life is that of an icy wind, which strikes the tilth of a people who have wronged themselves, and annihilates it.

مثل ما ينفقون في هذه الحيوه الدنيا كمثل ريح فيها صر اصابت حرث قوم ظلموا انفسهم فاهلكته

And God did not wrong them,

وما ظلمهم الله

O you who have believed! Do not take close confidants apart from your own: they never cease to cause you confusion, and would like you to be overwhelmed.

يايها الذين امنوا لا تتخذوا بطانه من دونكم لا يالونكم خبالا ودوا ما عنتم

Hatred has already appeared in their mouths, and what their chests hide is far graver still.

قد بدت البغضا من افوههم وما تخفي صدورهم اكبر

Here you are, you who love them, while they do not love you, and you believe in the whole of the Scripture.

هانتم اولا تحبونهم ولا يحبونكم وتومنون بالكتب كله

And when they meet you, they say: "We have believed";

واذا لقوكم قالوا امنا

but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips, out of rage against you.

واذا خلوا عضوا عليكم الانامل من الغيظ

Say: "Die in your rage."

قل موتوا بغيظكم

If good touches you, it vexes them,

ان تمسسكم حسنه تسوهم

and if evil strikes you, they rejoice at it.

وان تصبكم سييه يفرحوا بها

But if you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheming will not harm you at all.

وان تصبروا وتتقوا لا يضركم كيدهم شيا

And when you left your household early, to settle the believers in positions for battle.

واذ غدوت من اهلك تبوي المومنين مقعد للقتال

When two of your groups almost gave ground, God being the protector of both —

اذ همت طايفتان منكم ان تفشلا والله وليهما

God indeed helped you at Badr, when you were humiliated.

ولقد نصركم الله ببدر وانتم اذله

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.

ولله ما في السموت وما في الارض

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills.

يغفر لمن يشا ويعذب من يشا

O you who have believed! Do not devour usury, doubled and redoubled.

يايها الذين امنوا لا تاكلوا الربوا اضعفا مضعفه

And speed toward a forgiveness from your Guardian, and a Garden whose extent is that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who guard themselves, who spend in ease and hardship, restrain their rage, and overlook men's faults.

وسارعوا الي مغفره من ربكم وجنه عرضها السموت والارض اعدت للمتقين الذين ينفقون في السرا والضرا والكظمين الغيظ والعافين عن الناس

And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God and ask forgiveness for their offenses —

والذين اذا فعلوا فحشه او ظلموا انفسهم ذكروا الله فاستغفروا لذنوبهم

and who forgives offenses, but God? —

ومن يغفر الذنوب الا الله

Those are the ones whose recompense is a forgiveness from their Guardian, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.

اوليك جزاوهم مغفره من ربهم وجنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها

Norms have indeed passed before you;

قد خلت من قبلكم سنن

If a wound touches you, a similar wound has already touched that people.

ان يمسسكم قرح فقد مس القوم قرح مثله

Thus do the days go: We make them pass from one to another among mankind,

وتلك الايام نداولها بين الناس

so that God may distinguish those who have believed, and take from among you witnesses —

وليعلم الله الذين امنوا ويتخذ منكم شهدا

Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers have indeed passed before him.

وما محمد الا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل

If he then died, or was killed, would you turn back on your heels?

افاين مات او قتل انقلبتم علي اعقبكم

And whoever turns back on his heels does not harm God at all,

ومن ينقلب علي عقبيه فلن يضر الله شيا

And it is not for any Self to die, except with the permission of God,

وما كان لنفس ان تموت الا باذن الله

according to a register with an appointed term.

كتبا موجلا

And whoever wants the requital of the present life, We give it to him;

ومن يرد ثواب الدنيا نوته منها

and whoever wants the requital of the last life, We give it to him.

ومن يرد ثواب الاخره نوته منها

How many an informant has fought, accompanied by many attached to the Guardian!

وكاين من نبي قتل معه ربيون كثير

They did not slacken for what struck them in the way of God, did not weaken, and did not bend.

فما وهنوا لما اصابهم في سبيل الله وما ضعفوا وما استكانوا

God then gave them the requital of the present life, and the beautiful requital of the last life.

فاتيهم الله ثواب الدنيا وحسن ثواب الاخره

God, rather, is your nearest Guarantor,

بل الله موليكم

We will cast terror into the cores of those who disown, for having associated with God that for which He has sent down no authority.

سنلقي في قلوب الذين كفروا الرعب بما اشركوا بالله ما لم ينزل به سلطنا

Their refuge will be the Fire,

وماويهم النار

God indeed kept His promise to you, when you were decimating them with His permission,

ولقد صدقكم الله وعده اذ تحسونهم باذنه

until, having given ground, you disputed among yourselves over the matter, and disobeyed, after He had shown you what you loved.

حتي اذا فشلتم وتنزعتم في الامر وعصيتم من بعد ما اريكم ما تحبون

Among you, there were some who wanted the present life, and among you, there were some who wanted the last life;

منكم من يريد الدنيا ومنكم من يريد الاخره

then He turned you away from them, so as to test you.

ثم صرفكم عنهم ليبتليكم

He has indeed already overlooked it for you.

ولقد عفا عنكم

when you were climbing, without turning back to anyone, while the messenger was calling you, at the rear of your ranks; He then requited you with anguish upon anguish, so that you would not grieve either for what you had missed, or for what had struck you.

اذ تصعدون ولا تلون علي احد والرسول يدعوكم في اخريكم فاثبكم غما بغم لكيلا تحزنوا علي ما فاتكم ولا ما اصبكم

Then He sent down upon you, after the anguish, a security, a drowsiness that covered a group among you,

ثم انزل عليكم من بعد الغم امنه نعاسا يغشي طايفه منكم

while a group, preoccupied with its own Self, formed about God, contrary to the truth, a presumption of the age of ignorance,

وطايفه قد اهمتهم انفسهم يظنون بالله غير الحق ظن الجهليه

saying: "Do we have any part in the matter?"

يقولون هل لنا من الامر من شي

Say: "The matter, entirely, indeed belongs to God."

قل ان الامر كله لله

They hide, within themselves, what they do not make appear to you,

يخفون في انفسهم ما لا يبدون لك

saying: "Had we had, in this matter, any power, we would not have been killed here."

يقولون لو كان لنا من الامر شي ما قتلنا ههنا

Say: "Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was prescribed would certainly have gone forth to the places where they were to lie down" — and so that God might test what is in your chests, and purify what is in your cores.

قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز الذين كتب عليهم القتل الي مضاجعهم وليبتلي الله ما في صدوركم وليمحص ما في قلوبكم

Those among you who turned their backs, on the day the two forces met, it was only the Diverter who made them slip, for a part of what they had earned.

ان الذين تولوا منكم يوم التقي الجمعان انما استزلهم الشيطن ببعض ما كسبوا

God has indeed already overlooked it for them.

ولقد عفا الله عنهم

O you who have believed! Do not be like those who disowned, and who say of their brothers, when they travel through the land or go off on an expedition: "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died, and would not have been killed" — so that God may make of it a desolation in their cores.

يايها الذين امنوا لا تكونوا كالذين كفروا وقالوا لاخونهم اذا ضربوا في الارض او كانوا غزي لو كانوا عندنا ما ماتوا وما قتلوا ليجعل الله ذلك حسره في قلوبهم

God gives life and causes death.

والله يحي ويميت

It is by a benevolence from God that you have been gentle toward them;

فبما رحمه من الله لنت لهم

and had you been surly, hard of core, they would certainly have dispersed away from you.

ولو كنت فظا غليظ القلب لانفضوا من حولك

So overlook it for them, ask forgiveness for them, and confer with them on the matter;

فاعف عنهم واستغفر لهم وشاورهم في الامر

and once your decision is made, rely upon God.

فاذا عزمت فتوكل علي الله

If God helps you, none can overcome you;

ان ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم

and if He abandons you, who then could help you after Him?

وان يخذلكم فمن ذا الذي ينصركم من بعده

It is not for an informant to commit an embezzlement;

وما كان لنبي ان يغل

and whoever commits an embezzlement will come, on the Day of Appearance, with what he embezzled,

ومن يغلل يات بما غل يوم القيمه

Is he who follows the good pleasure of God, then, like him who incurs the displeasure of God, and whose refuge will be Jahannam?

افمن اتبع رضون الله كمن با بسخط من الله وماويه جهنم

They have degrees with God.

هم درجت عند الله

How then, when misfortune strikes you, after you had caused double that to strike, do you say: "From where, then, does this come?"

اولما اصبتكم مصيبه قد اصبتم مثليها قلتم اني هذا

Say: "This comes from yourselves."

قل هو من عند انفسكم

And what struck you, on the day the two forces met, was with God's permission, and so that He might distinguish the believers, and distinguish those who practiced hypocrisy,

وما اصبكم يوم التقي الجمعان فباذن الله وليعلم المومنين وليعلم الذين نافقوا

and so that it might be said to them: "Come, fight in the way of God, or repel";

وقيل لهم تعالوا قتلوا في سبيل الله او ادفعوا

they said: "If we knew how to fight, we would certainly have followed you."

قالوا لو نعلم قتالا لاتبعنكم

That day, they were closer to disowning than to faith,

هم للكفر يوميذ اقرب منهم للايمن

saying with their mouths what was not in their cores.

يقولون بافوههم ما ليس في قلوبهم

Those who, having stayed seated, said of their brothers: "Had they deferred to us, they would not have been killed."

الذين قالوا لاخونهم وقعدوا لو اطاعونا ما قتلوا

They exult in a blessing from God and a favor, and that God does not let the reward of the believers dissipate, those who responded to God and to the messenger after the wound had struck them.

يستبشرون بنعمه من الله وفضل وان الله لا يضيع اجر المومنين الذين استجابوا لله والرسول من بعد ما اصابهم القرح

Those to whom men said: "Men have indeed come together against you, so dread them" — that increased their faith.

الذين قال لهم الناس ان الناس قد جمعوا لكم فاخشوهم فزادهم ايمنا

They returned then with a blessing from God and a favor, without any evil having touched them, and they followed the good pleasure of God.

فانقلبوا بنعمه من الله وفضل لم يمسسهم سو واتبعوا رضون الله

It is only that Diverter who frightens his allies; do not fear them, then,

انما ذلكم الشيطن يخوف اولياه فلا تخافوهم

And let not those grieve you who speed into disowning:

ولا يحزنك الذين يسرعون في الكفر

they will not harm God at all.

انهم لن يضروا الله شيا

God wants to assign them no share in the last life,

يريد الله الا يجعل لهم حظا في الاخره

And let those who disown by no means think that the delay We grant them is a good for themselves:

ولا يحسبن الذين كفروا انما نملي لهم خير لانفسهم

We grant it to them only so that they may increase in transgression,

انما نملي لهم ليزدادوا اثما

It is not for God to forsake the believers in the state you are in, without distinguishing the vile from the wholesome,

ما كان الله ليذر المومنين علي ما انتم عليه حتي يميز الخبيث من الطيب

and it is not for God to let you pierce what escapes the senses,

وما كان الله ليطلعكم علي الغيب

but God elects, among His messengers, whom He wills.

ولكن الله يجتبي من رسله من يشا

So believe in God and in His messengers;

فامنوا بالله ورسله

And let those who are stingy with what God has given them of His favor by no means think that it is a good for them;

ولا يحسبن الذين يبخلون بما اتيهم الله من فضله هو خيرا لهم

it is rather an ill for them.

بل هو شر لهم

They will be encircled by what they were stingy with, on the Day of Appearance.

سيطوقون ما بخلوا به يوم القيمه

And to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth.

ولله ميرث السموت والارض

God has indeed heard the saying of those who said: "God is poor, and we are rich."

لقد سمع الله قول الذين قالوا ان الله فقير ونحن اغنيا

Those who said: "God has bound us by a pact not to give credit to any messenger, until he brings us an offering that the fire consumes",

الذين قالوا ان الله عهد الينا الا نومن لرسول حتي ياتينا بقربان تاكله النار

Every Self will taste death,

كل نفس ذايقه الموت

and it is only on the Day of Appearance that you will be faithfully repaid your rewards.

وانما توفون اجوركم يوم القيمه

Whoever is pulled away from the Fire and admitted into the Garden has thus triumphed.

فمن زحزح عن النار وادخل الجنه فقد فاز

You will certainly be tested in your goods and in your Selves, and you will certainly hear, from those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and from those who have associated, much nuisance.

لتبلون في امولكم وانفسكم ولتسمعن من الذين اوتوا الكتب من قبلكم ومن الذين اشركوا اذي كثيرا

And when God took the solemn engagement of those to whom the Scripture was given: "You will certainly make it clear to mankind, and you will not withhold it"; but they cast it behind their backs, and bought with it a paltry price.

واذ اخذ الله ميثق الذين اوتوا الكتب لتبيننه للناس ولا تكتمونه فنبذوه ورا ظهورهم واشتروا به ثمنا قليلا

Do not ever think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what they did not do — do not ever think that they will evade the punishment.

لا تحسبن الذين يفرحون بما اتوا ويحبون ان يحمدوا بما لم يفعلوا فلا تحسبنهم بمفازه من العذاب

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.

ولله ملك السموت والارض

There are surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, signs for the possessors of intelligence, those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth:

ان في خلق السموت والارض واختلف اليل والنهار لايت لاولي الالبب الذين يذكرون الله قيما وقعودا وعلي جنوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق السموت والارض

"Our Guardian, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You!

ربنا ما خلقت هذا بطلا سبحنك

Our Guardian, whoever You admit into the Fire, You have indeed covered him with disgrace,

ربنا انك من تدخل النار فقد اخزيته

Our Guardian, we have heard a herald calling to faith: Believe in your Guardian — and we have believed.

ربنا اننا سمعنا مناديا ينادي للايمن ان امنوا بربكم فامنا

Our Guardian, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not cover us with disgrace on the Day of Appearance:

ربنا واتنا ما وعدتنا علي رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم القيمه

Their Guardian answered them, then: "I never let the deed of one of you who acts dissipate, male or female —

فاستجاب لهم ربهم اني لا اضيع عمل عمل منكم من ذكر او انثي

you are of one another.

بعضكم من بعض

Those who have emigrated, been expelled from their abodes, been troubled on My way, fought, and been killed, I will certainly cover their evil deeds, and I will certainly admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow" — a requital from God.

فالذين هاجروا واخرجوا من ديرهم واوذوا في سبيلي وقتلوا وقتلوا لاكفرن عنهم سياتهم ولادخلنهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر ثوابا من عند الله

It is an enjoyment of little worth,

متع قليل

then their refuge will be Jahannam,

ثم ماويهم جهنم

But those who have guarded themselves toward their Guardian will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, as a welcome from God.

لكن الذين اتقوا ربهم لهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها نزلا من عند الله

And among the people of the Scripture, there are surely some who believe in God, in what has been sent down to you, and in what was sent down to them, humble toward God,

وان من اهل الكتب لمن يومن بالله وما انزل اليكم وما انزل اليهم خشعين لله

not buying, with the signs of God, a paltry price.

لا يشترون بايت الله ثمنا قليلا

Those are the ones who have their reward with their Guardian.

اوليك لهم اجرهم عند ربهم