Sourate Al-Baqara (2) original (rasm)

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Alif. Lam. Mim.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الم

This is the Scripture: no doubt possible,i 2

ذلك الكتب لا ريب

guidance for those who guard themselves, who believe in God even though He escapes their senses, maintain the Contact, and spend from what We have provided them as sustenance,i 3

فيه هدي للمتقين الذين يومنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلوه ومما رزقنهم ينفقون

and those who believe in what has been revealed to you and in what was revealed before you, and who possess certainty of the last life — those are the ones who are upon guidance from their Guardian, 5

والذين يومنون بما انزل اليك وما انزل من قبلك وبالاخره هم يوقنون اوليك علي هدي من ربهم

and those are the ones who succeed. 5

واوليك هم المفلحون

Those who deny-disown, it is the same to them whether you warn them or not: they do not believe. 6

ان الذين كفروا سوا عليهم انذرتهم ام لم تنذرهم لا يومنون

God has sealed their cores and their hearing, 7

ختم الله علي قلوبهم وعلي سمعهم

and over their sights, a veil; 7

وعلي ابصرهم غشوه

and they will have an immense punishment. 7

ولهم عذاب عظيم

And among the people, there are some who say: "We believe in God and the Last Day", when they are not believers. 8

ومن الناس من يقول امنا بالله وباليوم الاخر وما هم بمومنين

They seek to deceive God and those who have believed, 9

يخدعون الله والذين امنوا

but they deceive none but themselves, without perceiving it. 9

وما يخدعون الا انفسهم وما يشعرون

There is, in their cores, a sickness, 10

في قلوبهم مرض

and God has increased them in sickness; 10

فزادهم الله مرضا

and they will have a painful punishment, for having lied. 10

ولهم عذاب اليم بما كانوا يكذبون

And when it is said to them: "Do not sow corruption on the earth", they say: "We are only setting things right." 11

واذا قيل لهم لا تفسدوا في الارض قالوا انما نحن مصلحون

Is it not rather they who are the sowers of corruption? But they do not perceive it. 12

الا انهم هم المفسدون ولكن لا يشعرون

And when it is said to them: "Believe as the people have believed", they say: "Should we believe as the fools have believed?" 13

واذا قيل لهم امنوا كما امن الناس قالوا انومن كما امن السفها

Is it not rather they who are the fools? But they do not know. 13

الا انهم هم السفها ولكن لا يعلمون

And when they meet those who have believed, they say: "We have believed"; 14

واذا لقوا الذين امنوا قالوا امنا

and when they are alone with their diverters, they say: "We are with you, we are only mocking."i 14

واذا خلوا الي شيطينهم قالوا انا معكم انما نحن مستهزون

God mocks them, and lets them prolong their blind wandering in their tyranny. 15

الله يستهزي بهم ويمدهم في طغينهم يعمهون

Those are the ones who bought error at the price of guidance; their trade did not, then, profit, and they were not rightly guided. 16

اوليك الذين اشتروا الضلله بالهدي فما ربحت تجرتهم وما كانوا مهتدين

Their likeness is that of one who kindles a fire; when it has illuminated what is around him, 17

مثلهم كمثل الذي استوقد نارا فلما اضات ما حوله

God takes away their light and leaves them in darknesses where they no longer see. 17

ذهب الله بنورهم وتركهم في ظلمت لا يبصرون

Deaf, mute, blind, they do not, then, turn back [on their way]. 18

صم بكم عمي فهم لا يرجعون

Or like a torrential rain from the sky, in which there are darknesses, thunder, and lightning: 19

او كصيب من السما فيه ظلمت ورعد وبرق

they put their fingers in their ears, because of the thunderclaps, out of fear of death. 19

يجعلون اصبعهم في اذانهم من الصوعق حذر الموت

God encompasses perfectly those who deny-disown. 19

والله محيط بالكفرين

The lightning almost snatches away their sight. 20

يكاد البرق يخطف ابصرهم

Every time it lights up for them, they walk on; 20

كلما اضا لهم مشوا فيه

and when it darkens over them, they stand still. 20

واذا اظلم عليهم قاموا

And had God willed, He would certainly have taken away their hearing and their sight. 20

ولو شا الله لذهب بسمعهم وابصرهم

God has power over all things. 20

ان الله علي كل شي قدير

O mankind! obey your Guardian, who created you and those before you, perhaps you will guard yourselves, 21

يايها الناس اعبدوا ربكم الذي خلقكم والذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون

He who made for you the earth a bed, and the sky a structure, and who sent down from the sky water, by which He brought forth fruits as sustenance for you. 22

الذي جعل لكم الارض فرشا والسما بنا وانزل من السما ما فاخرج به من الثمرت رزقا لكم

So do not attribute to God equals, while you know. 22

فلا تجعلوا لله اندادا وانتم تعلمون

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our obedient one, bring, then, a sourate like it, 23

وان كنتم في ريب مما نزلنا علي عبدنا فاتوا بسوره من مثله

and call your witnesses, besides God, if you are truthful. 23

وادعوا شهداكم من دون الله ان كنتم صدقين

If you do not do it — and you will never do it — guard yourselves, then, against the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, 24

فان لم تفعلوا ولن تفعلوا فاتقوا النار التي وقودها الناس والحجاره

prepared for those who deny-disown. 24

اعدت للكفرين

And announce to those who have believed and done righteous deeds that they will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. 25

وبشر الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت ان لهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر

Every time they receive a fruit therein as sustenance, they say: "This is what we were given as sustenance before"; 25

كلما رزقوا منها من ثمره رزقا قالوا هذا الذي رزقنا من قبل

and it is given to them, resembling [what they knew]. 25

واتوا به متشبها

They will have therein purified spouses, 25

ولهم فيها ازوج مطهره

and they will abide therein eternally. 25

وهم فيها خلدون

God is not ashamed to multiply an image, be it that of a gnat or something greater. 26

ان الله لا يستحي ان يضرب مثلا ما بعوضه فما فوقها

Those who have believed then know that it is the truth from their Guardian; 26

فاما الذين امنوا فيعلمون انه الحق من ربهم

and as for those who deny-disown, they say: "What did God intend by this image?" 26

واما الذين كفروا فيقولون ماذا اراد الله بهذا مثلا

He leads astray by it many, and guides by it many; 26

يضل به كثيرا ويهدي به كثيرا

and He leads astray by it only the oversteppers, those who break the engagement of God after it was concluded, sever what God ordered to be joined, and sow corruption on the earth. 27

وما يضل به الا الفسقين الذين ينقضون عهد الله من بعد ميثقه ويقطعون ما امر الله به ان يوصل ويفسدون في الارض

Those are the losers. 27

اوليك هم الخسرون

How can you deny-disown God, when you were dead and He gave you life; then He will cause you to die, 28

كيف تكفرون بالله وكنتم اموتا فاحيكم ثم يميتكم

then He will bring you back to life, then it is to Him that you will be returned? 28

ثم يحييكم ثم اليه ترجعون

It is He who created for you all that is on the earth, 29

هو الذي خلق لكم ما في الارض جميعا

then He established Himself toward the sky, and made of it seven heavens harmoniously arranged; 29

ثم استوي الي السما فسويهن سبع سموت

and He is, of all things, All-Knowing. 29

وهو بكل شي عليم

And remember when your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am going to establish a successor on the earth."i 30

واذ قال ربك للمليكه اني جاعل في الارض خليفه

They said: "Will You establish therein one who will sow corruption in it and shed blood, while we celebrate Your praise, glorifying You, and proclaim Your holiness?" 30

قالوا اتجعل فيها من يفسد فيها ويسفك الدما ونحن نسبح بحمدك ونقدس لك

He said: "I know what you do not know." 30

قال اني اعلم ما لا تعلمون

And He taught Adam all the attributes, then He presented them to the Agents, and said: "Inform Me of the attributes of these, if you are truthful."i 31

وعلم ادم الاسما كلها ثم عرضهم علي المليكه فقال انبوني باسما هولا ان كنتم صدقين

They said: "Glory be to You! we have no knowledge except what You have taught us; You are, You, the All-Knowing, the Wise." 32

قالوا سبحنك لا علم لنا الا ما علمتنا انك انت العليم الحكيم

He said: "O Adam! inform them of their attributes."i 33

قال يادم انبيهم باسمايهم

And when he had informed them of their attributes, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know what escapes the senses in the heavens and on the earth, and that I know what you show and what you were hiding?"i 33

فلما انباهم باسمايهم قال الم اقل لكم اني اعلم غيب السموت والارض واعلم ما تبدون وما كنتم تكتمون

And remember when We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam"; they prostrated,i 34

واذ قلنا للمليكه اسجدوا لادم فسجدوا

except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he refused, was arrogant, and was among those who deny-disown.i 34

الا ابليس ابي واستكبر وكان من الكفرين

And We said: "O Adam! dwell, you and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat from it, at your ease, wherever you wish,i 35

وقلنا يادم اسكن انت وزوجك الجنه وكلا منها رغدا حيث شيتما

but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the unjust." 35

ولا تقربا هذه الشجره فتكونا من الظلمين

But the Diverter made them slip out of it, and drove them out of the state they were in;i 36

فازلهما الشيطن عنها فاخرجهما مما كانا فيه

and We said: "Descend, 36

وقلنا اهبطوا

you will be enemies to one another, 36

بعضكم لبعض عدو

and you will have, on the earth, a dwelling and an enjoyment for a time." 36

ولكم في الارض مستقر ومتع الي حين

Then Adam received from his Guardian words, and He turned toward him with clemency.i 37

فتلقي ادم من ربه كلمت فتاب عليه

He is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 37

انه هو التواب الرحيم

We said: "Descend from it, all together; 38

قلنا اهبطوا منها جميعا

then, if guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 38

فاما ياتينكم مني هدي فمن تبع هداي فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

And those who deny-disown and deny Our signs — those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally." 39

والذين كفروا وكذبوا بايتنا اوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

O children of Israel! remember My blessing, that with which I blessed you, and keep My engagement, I will keep yours; and it is Me alone that you should dread. 40

يبني اسريل اذكروا نعمتي التي انعمت عليكم واوفوا بعهدي اوف بعهدكم وايي فارهبون

And believe in what I have sent down, confirming what is with you, and do not be the first to deny-disown it; 41

وامنوا بما انزلت مصدقا لما معكم ولا تكونوا اول كافر به

and do not buy, with My signs, a paltry price; and it is Me alone toward whom you should guard yourselves.i 41

ولا تشتروا بايتي ثمنا قليلا وايي فاتقون

And do not cover the truth with falsehood, and do not hide the truth, while you know. 42

ولا تلبسوا الحق بالبطل وتكتموا الحق وانتم تعلمون

And maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms, 43

واقيموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه

and bow with those who bow. 43

واركعوا مع الركعين

Will you order righteousness upon people, while forgetting yourselves, when you recite the Scripture?i 44

اتامرون الناس بالبر وتنسون انفسكم وانتم تتلون الكتب

Will you not then reason? 44

افلا تعقلون

And seek help in patience and the Contact:i 45

واستعينوا بالصبر والصلوه

that is indeed heavy, except for the humble, those who think that they will meet their Guardian, and that it is to Him that they return. 46

وانها لكبيره الا علي الخشعين الذين يظنون انهم ملقوا ربهم وانهم اليه رجعون

O children of Israel! remember My blessing, that with which I blessed you, and that I favored you above all beings.i 47

يبني اسريل اذكروا نعمتي التي انعمت عليكم واني فضلتكم علي العلمين

And guard yourselves against a day when no Self will avail another Self in anything, when no intercession will be accepted from it, when no compensation will be taken from it, and when they will not be helped. 48

واتقوا يوما لا تجزي نفس عن نفس شيا ولا يقبل منها شفعه ولا يوخذ منها عدل ولا هم ينصرون

And remember when We saved you from the clan of Fir'awn, who inflicted upon you the worst of punishments, slaughtering your sons and violating the modesty of your women — 49

واذ نجينكم من ال فرعون يسومونكم سو العذاب يذبحون ابناكم ويستحيون نساكم

and there was in that, for you, an immense trial from your Guardian.i 49

وفي ذلكم بلا من ربكم عظيم

And remember when We split the sea for you, and saved you, and drowned the clan of Fir'awn, while you looked on. 50

واذ فرقنا بكم البحر فانجينكم واغرقنا ال فرعون وانتم تنظرون

And remember when We appointed for Moussa forty nights; then you took the calf [as a deity], after him, and you were unjust.i 51

واذ وعدنا موسي اربعين ليله ثم اتخذتم العجل من بعده وانتم ظلمون

Then We pardoned you after that, perhaps you would be grateful.i 52

ثم عفونا عنكم من بعد ذلك لعلكم تشكرون

And remember when We gave Moussa the Scripturei 53

واذ اتينا موسي الكتب

and the Discernment, perhaps you would be rightly guided.i 53

والفرقان لعلكم تهتدون

And remember when Moussa said to his people: "O my people! you have wronged yourselves by taking the calf [as a deity]; turn back, then, to your Originator, and kill yourselves, 54

واذ قال موسي لقومه يقوم انكم ظلمتم انفسكم باتخاذكم العجل فتوبوا الي باريكم فاقتلوا انفسكم

that is better for you with your Originator."i 54

ذلكم خير لكم عند باريكم

He turned toward you with clemency, then: 54

فتاب عليكم

He is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 54

انه هو التواب الرحيم

And remember when you said: "O Moussa! we will not believe you until we see God openly"; the thunderbolt seized you then, while you looked on. 55

واذ قلتم يموسي لن نومن لك حتي نري الله جهره فاخذتكم الصعقه وانتم تنظرون

Then We resurrected you after your death, perhaps you would be grateful.i 56

ثم بعثنكم من بعد موتكم لعلكم تشكرون

And We spread over you the shade of the cloud, and sent down upon you manna and quails: 57

وظللنا عليكم الغمام وانزلنا عليكم المن والسلوي

"Eat of the good things We have provided you as sustenance" — 57

كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم

they did not wrong Us, but it was themselves that they wronged. 57

وما ظلمونا ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

And remember when We said: "Enter this city, eat from it wherever you wish, at your ease, enter by the gate bowing down, and say: Relieve us [of our faults] — We will forgive you your faults, 58

واذ قلنا ادخلوا هذه القريه فكلوا منها حيث شيتم رغدا وادخلوا الباب سجدا وقولوا حطه نغفر لكم خطيكم

and We will increase [the reward] of those who do good." 58

وسنزيد المحسنين

But those who were unjust substituted a saying other than what had been said to them; We then sent down upon those who had been unjust a defilement from the sky, for having overstepped. 59

فبدل الذين ظلموا قولا غير الذي قيل لهم فانزلنا علي الذين ظلموا رجزا من السما بما كانوا يفسقون

And remember when Moussa asked for water for his people; We said: "Strike the rock with your staff"; 60

واذ استسقي موسي لقومه فقلنا اضرب بعصاك الحجر

and behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it:i 60

فانفجرت منه اثنتا عشره عينا

each group of people knew its drinking place. 60

قد علم كل اناس مشربهم

Eat and drink of God's sustenance, 60

كلوا واشربوا من رزق الله

and do not spread disorder on the earth by spreading corruption in it. 60

ولا تعثوا في الارض مفسدين

And remember when you said: "O Moussa! we can never endure a single kind of food; invoke, then, your Guardian for us, that He bring forth for us of what the earth grows, of its herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, and its onions."i 61

واذ قلتم يموسي لن نصبر علي طعام وحد فادع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت الارض من بقلها وقثايها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها

He said: "Would you exchange what is near [and immediate] for what is better?i 61

قال اتستبدلون الذي هو ادني بالذي هو خير

Go down, then, to Egypt, you will find there what you have asked."i 61

اهبطوا مصرا فان لكم ما سالتم

And humiliation and misery were imprinted upon them, and they incurred the anger of God. 61

وضربت عليهم الذله والمسكنه وباو بغضب من الله

That is because they used to deny-disown the signs of God, and kill the prophets without right. 61

ذلك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايت الله ويقتلون النبين بغير الحق

It is for having disobeyed and transgressed. 61

ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

Those who have believed, the Reoriented, the Helpers, and the Aspirants — whoever has believed in God and the Last Day, and done righteous work, their reward is theirs with their Guardian, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve.i 62

ان الذين امنوا والذين هادوا والنصري والصبين من امن بالله واليوم الاخر وعمل صلحا فلهم اجرهم عند ربهم ولا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

And remember when We took your engagement, and raised above you the Mount: 63

واذ اخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم الطور

"Take with strength what We have given you, and remember what is in it, perhaps you will guard yourselves." 63

خذوا ما اتينكم بقوه واذكروا ما فيه لعلكم تتقون

Then you turned away after that; 64

ثم توليتم من بعد ذلك

and without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, you would have been among the losers. 64

فلولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته لكنتم من الخسرين

You have indeed known those among you who transgressed concerning the sabt [the act of rest/inaction]; We then said to them: "Be apes, rejected." 65

ولقد علمتم الذين اعتدوا منكم في السبت فقلنا لهم كونوا قرده خسين

We made of it an exemplary punishment for what surrounded it and what followed, and an admonition for those who guard themselves. 66

فجعلنها نكلا لما بين يديها وما خلفها وموعظه للمتقين

And remember when Moussa said to his people: "God orders you to slaughter a cow."i 67

واذ قال موسي لقومه ان الله يامركم ان تذبحوا بقره

They said: "Do you take us in mockery?" 67

قالوا اتتخذنا هزوا

He said: "I seek refuge in God against being among the ignorant." 67

قال اعوذ بالله ان اكون من الجهلين

They said: "Invoke your Guardian for us, that He make clear to us what it is." 68

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي

He said: "He says she is a cow neither old nor virgin, 68

قال انه يقول انها بقره لا فارض ولا بكر

of middle age between the two; 68

عوان بين ذلك

do, then, what you are ordered." 68

فافعلوا ما تومرون

They said: "Invoke your Guardian for us, that He make clear to us her color." 69

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما لونها

He said: "He says she is a yellow cow, of a vivid yellow, 69

قال انه يقول انها بقره صفرا فاقع لونها

which delights the eyes." 69

تسر النظرين

They said: "Invoke your Guardian for us, that He make clear to us what she is: the cows all resemble one another to us, and we will, if God wills, be rightly guided." 70

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي ان البقر تشبه علينا وانا ان شا الله لمهتدون

He said: "He says she is a cow not broken to plow the earth or water the crops, 71

قال انه يقول انها بقره لا ذلول تثير الارض ولا تسقي الحرث

unblemished, without any spot." 71

مسلمه لا شيه فيها

They said: "Now you bring the truth." 71

قالوا الن جيت بالحق

They slaughtered her then, after having very nearly not done it. 71

فذبحوها وما كادوا يفعلون

And remember when you killed a Self, and cast [the blame] on one another concerning it — 72

واذ قتلتم نفسا فادرتم فيها

but God was going to bring out what you were hiding. 72

والله مخرج ما كنتم تكتمون

We then said: "Strike him [the dead man] with a part [of the cow]"; 73

فقلنا اضربوه ببعضها

thus does God give life to the dead, and show you His signs, perhaps you will reason. 73

كذلك يحي الله الموتي ويريكم ايته لعلكم تعقلون

Then your cores hardened after that, so that they are like stone, or harder still. 74

ثم قست قلوبكم من بعد ذلك فهي كالحجاره او اشد قسوه

There are indeed, among stones, those from which rivers burst forth; 74

وان من الحجاره لما يتفجر منه الانهر

and there are indeed, among them, those which split, and water comes out of them; 74

وان منها لما يشقق فيخرج منه الما

and there are indeed, among them, those which fall, out of fear of God. 74

وان منها لما يهبط من خشيه الله

And God is not heedless of what you do. 74

وما الله بغفل عما تعملون

Would you covet, then, that they believe for your sake, when a group among them used to hear the word of God, then displace it from its context, after having understood it, while knowing? 75

افتطمعون ان يومنوا لكم وقد كان فريق منهم يسمعون كلم الله ثم يحرفونه من بعد ما عقلوه وهم يعلمون

And when they meet those who have believed, they say: "We have believed"; 76

واذا لقوا الذين امنوا قالوا امنا

and when they are alone with one another, they say: "Will you relate to them what God has revealed to you, that they may dispute with you about it before your Guardian?" 76

واذا خلا بعضهم الي بعض قالوا اتحدثونهم بما فتح الله عليكم ليحاجوكم به عند ربكم

Will you not then reason? 76

افلا تعقلون

Do they not know, then, that God knows what they hide and what they disclose? 77

اولا يعلمون ان الله يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون

And among them, there are people without a prior Scripture, who know the Scripture only through vain wishes,i 78

ومنهم اميون لا يعلمون الكتب الا اماني

and who only conjecture. 78

وان هم الا يظنون

Woe, then, to those who write the Scripture with their hands, then say: "This is from God", to sell it for a small price!i 79

فويل للذين يكتبون الكتب بايديهم ثم يقولون هذا من عند الله ليشتروا به ثمنا قليلا

Woe to them for what their hands have written, 79

فويل لهم مما كتبت ايديهم

and woe to them for what they earn! 79

وويل لهم مما يكسبون

And they said: "The Fire will touch us only for a counted number of days." 80

وقالوا لن تمسنا النار الا اياما معدوده

Say: "Have you taken an engagement with God — God never fails His engagement —, 80

قل اتخذتم عند الله عهدا فلن يخلف الله عهده

or do you say about God what you do not know?" 80

ام تقولون علي الله ما لا تعلمون

But yes: whoever acquires an evil deed, and whose offense envelops him entirely — those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 81

بلي من كسب سييه واحطت به خطيته فاوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

And those who have believed and done righteous deeds — those are the companions of the Garden, they abide therein eternally. 82

والذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت اوليك اصحب الجنه هم فيها خلدون

And remember when We took the engagement of the Children of Israel: "You shall obey none but God, 83

واذ اخذنا ميثق بني اسريل لا تعبدون الا الله

and kindness toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, and the destitute; 83

وبالولدين احسانا وذي القربي واليتمي والمسكين

and speak good words to people; 83

وقولوا للناس حسنا

and maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms"; 83

واقيموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه

then you turned away, except a few of you, evading. 83

ثم توليتم الا قليلا منكم وانتم معرضون

And remember when We took your engagement: "You shall not shed your blood, and shall not expel yourselves from your dwellings"; then you acknowledged it, and you are witnesses to it. 84

واذ اخذنا ميثقكم لا تسفكون دماكم ولا تخرجون انفسكم من ديركم ثم اقررتم وانتم تشهدون

Then here you are, nonetheless, killing one another, and expelling a group of your own from their dwellings, banding together against them in transgression and hostility;i 85

ثم انتم هولا تقتلون انفسكم وتخرجون فريقا منكم من ديرهم تظهرون عليهم بالاثم والعدون

and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, even though their expulsion was forbidden to you. 85

وان ياتوكم اسري تفدوهم وهو محرم عليكم اخراجهم

Would you believe, then, in part of the Scripture, and deny-disown another part?i 85

افتومنون ببعض الكتب وتكفرون ببعض

What, then, is the reward of whoever among you acts thus, but disgrace in the present life? 85

فما جزا من يفعل ذلك منكم الا خزي في الحيوه الدنيا

And on the Day of Appearance, they will be cast back to the most severe of punishments. 85

ويوم القيمه يردون الي اشد العذاب

And God is not heedless of what you do. 85

وما الله بغفل عما تعملون

Those are the ones who bought the present life at the price of the last life; the punishment will, then, not be lightened for them, and they will not be helped. 86

اوليك الذين اشتروا الحيوه الدنيا بالاخره فلا يخفف عنهم العذاب ولا هم ينصرون

We indeed gave Moussa the Scripture, and We made other messengers follow after him.i 87

ولقد اتينا موسي الكتب وقفينا من بعده بالرسل

And We gave Issa, son of Maryam, the clear proofs, and We reinforced him with the sacred Influx.i 87

واتينا عيسي ابن مريم البينت وايدنه بروح القدس

Every time a messenger came to you with what your own Selves did not desire, did you not become arrogant? 87

افكلما جاكم رسول بما لا تهوي انفسكم استكبرتم

You denied a group of them, and you kill another. 87

ففريقا كذبتم وفريقا تقتلون

And they said: "Our cores are wrapped up"; 88

وقالوا قلوبنا غلف

no, God cursed them for their denial-disowning, and they believe only a little. 88

بل لعنهم الله بكفرهم فقليلا ما يومنون

And when a scripture came to them from God, confirming what is with them — though before they used to ask for victory over those who denied-disowned —,i 89

ولما جاهم كتب من عند الله مصدق لما معهم وكانوا من قبل يستفتحون علي الذين كفروا

when, then, there came to them what they recognized, they denied-disowned it. 89

فلما جاهم ما عرفوا كفروا به

The curse of God is, then, upon those who deny-disown. 89

فلعنه الله علي الكفرين

How evil is what they sold their own Selves for: to deny-disown what God sent down, out of transgression, [resenting] that God should send down of His favor upon whom He wills among His obedient ones! 90

بيسما اشتروا به انفسهم ان يكفروا بما انزل الله بغيا ان ينزل الله من فضله علي من يشا من عباده

They incurred, then, anger upon anger. 90

فباو بغضب علي غضب

And for those who deny-disown, a humiliating punishment. 90

وللكفرين عذاب مهين

And when it is said to them: "Believe in what God has sent down", they say: "We believe in what was sent down upon us"; and they deny-disown what came after. 91

واذا قيل لهم امنوا بما انزل الله قالوا نومن بما انزل علينا ويكفرون بما وراه

and it is the truth, confirming what is with them. 91

وهو الحق مصدقا لما معهم

Say: "Why, then, did you kill the prophets of God, before, if you were believers?" 91

قل فلم تقتلون انبيا الله من قبل ان كنتم مومنين

Moussa indeed came to you with the clear proofs; then you took the calf [as a deity], after him, and you were unjust.i 92

ولقد جاكم موسي بالبينت ثم اتخذتم العجل من بعده وانتم ظلمون

And remember when We took your engagement, and raised above you the Mount: 93

واذ اخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم الطور

"Take with strength what We have given you, and listen." 93

خذوا ما اتينكم بقوه واسمعوا

They said: "We have heard and disobeyed". 93

قالوا سمعنا وعصينا

and their cores were made to drink in the calf, because of their denial-disowning. 93

واشربوا في قلوبهم العجل بكفرهم

Say: "How evil is what your faith orders you, if you are believers!" 93

قل بيسما يامركم به ايمنكم ان كنتم مومنين

Say: "If the last abode, with God, is reserved exclusively for you, to the exclusion of mankind, wish, then, for death, if you are truthful." 94

قل ان كانت لكم الدار الاخره عند الله خالصه من دون الناس فتمنوا الموت ان كنتم صدقين

But they will never wish for it, for what their hands have prepared. 95

ولن يتمنوه ابدا بما قدمت ايديهم

God knows perfectly the unjust. 95

والله عليم بالظلمين

You will certainly find them the most attached of people to life, 96

ولتجدنهم احرص الناس علي حيوه

even more than those who have associated; one of them would like to live a thousand years, 96

ومن الذين اشركوا يود احدهم لو يعمر الف سنه

but that would not remove him at all from the punishment, even if he lived that long. 96

وما هو بمزحزحه من العذاب ان يعمر

God sees perfectly what they do. 96

والله بصير بما يعملون

Say: "Whoever is an enemy of Jibril should know that it is he who brought it down upon your core, with God's permission, confirming what precedes it, and as a guidance and good tidings for the believers."i 97

قل من كان عدوا لجبريل فانه نزله علي قلبك باذن الله مصدقا لما بين يديه وهدي وبشري للمومنين

Whoever is an enemy of God, His Agents, His messengers, Jibril, and Mikal should know that God is the enemy of those who deny-disown.i 98

من كان عدوا لله ومليكته ورسله وجبريل وميكيل فان الله عدو للكفرين

We have indeed sent down to you clear signs, 99

ولقد انزلنا اليك ايت بينت

and only the oversteppers deny them. 99

وما يكفر بها الا الفسقون

Is it that, every time they conclude an engagement, a group among them casts it aside? 100

اوكلما عهدوا عهدا نبذه فريق منهم

Most of them, rather, do not believe. 100

بل اكثرهم لا يومنون

And when a messenger came to them from God, confirming what is with them, a group of those to whom the Scripture was given cast the Scripture of God behind their backs, as if they did not know.i 101

ولما جاهم رسول من عند الله مصدق لما معهم نبذ فريق من الذين اوتوا الكتب كتب الله ورا ظهورهم كانهم لا يعلمون

And they followed what the diverters recited concerning the kingdom of Sulayman.i 102

واتبعوا ما تتلوا الشيطين علي ملك سليمن

But Sulayman never denied-disowned,i 102

وما كفر سليمن

but it is the diverters who denied-disowned, teaching people illusion, and what was sent down upon the two kings at Babel, Harut and Marut;i 102

ولكن الشيطين كفروا يعلمون الناس السحر وما انزل علي الملكين ببابل هروت ومروت

and those two did not teach anyone without first saying: "We are only a trial, do not deny-disown, then." 102

وما يعلمان من احد حتي يقولا انما نحن فتنه فلا تكفر

They learned from them, then, that by which they sow discord between a man and his spouse; 102

فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين المر وزوجه

but they harm no one by that, except with God's permission. 102

وما هم بضارين به من احد الا باذن الله

And they learn what harms them and does not benefit them. 102

ويتعلمون ما يضرهم ولا ينفعهم

They indeed knew that whoever acquired it would have, in the last life, no share. 102

ولقد علموا لمن اشتريه ما له في الاخره من خلق

How evil is what they sold their own Selves for, had they known! 102

ولبيس ما شروا به انفسهم لو كانوا يعلمون

And had they believed and guarded themselves, a reward from God would indeed have been better, had they known. 103

ولو انهم امنوا واتقوا لمثوبه من عند الله خير لو كانوا يعلمون

O you who have believed! do not say "Disdain us", but say "Look at us", and listen.i 104

يايها الذين امنوا لا تقولوا رعنا وقولوا انظرنا واسمعوا

And for those who deny-disown, a painful punishment. 104

وللكفرين عذاب اليم

Neither those who deny-disown, among the people of the Scripture, nor the associators wish that any good be sent down upon you from your Guardian;i 105

ما يود الذين كفروا من اهل الكتب ولا المشركين ان ينزل عليكم من خير من ربكم

but God reserves His benevolence for whom He wills. 105

والله يختص برحمته من يشا

God holds the immense favor. 105

والله ذو الفضل العظيم

Whatever sign We copy, or leave to be forgotten, We bring one better than it, or similar to it.i 106

ما ننسخ من ايه او ننسها نات بخير منها او مثلها

Do you not know that God has power over all things? 106

الم تعلم ان الله علي كل شي قدير

Do you not know that to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and that you have, besides God, neither protector nor helper? 107

الم تعلم ان الله له ملك السموت والارض وما لكم من دون الله من ولي ولا نصير

Would you question your messenger as Moussa was questioned before?i 108

ام تريدون ان تسلوا رسولكم كما سيل موسي من قبل

And whoever exchanges denial-disowning for faith has indeed strayed from the straight path. 108

ومن يتبدل الكفر بالايمن فقد ضل سوا السبيل

Many, among the people of the Scripture, would like to bring you back, after your faith, to a denial-disowning,i 109

ود كثير من اهل الكتب لو يردونكم من بعد ايمنكم كفارا

out of envy, from themselves, after the truth has become clear to them. 109

حسدا من عند انفسهم من بعد ما تبين لهم الحق

Forgive, then, and overlook, until God brings His command. 109

فاعفوا واصفحوا حتي ياتي الله بامره

God has power over all things. 109

ان الله علي كل شي قدير

And maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms. 110

واقيموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه

And whatever good you advance for yourselves, you will find it with God. 110

وما تقدموا لانفسكم من خير تجدوه عند الله

God sees perfectly what you do. 110

ان الله بما تعملون بصير

And they said: "None will enter the Garden, except one who belongs to the Reoriented or the Helpers." 111

وقالوا لن يدخل الجنه الا من كان هودا او نصري

Those are their vain wishes. 111

تلك امانيهم

Say: "Bring your proof, if you are truthful." 111

قل هاتوا برهنكم ان كنتم صدقين

But rather: whoever renders his direction integral toward God, while doing good, has his reward with his Guardian; no fear upon them, and they will not be grieved. 112

بلي من اسلم وجهه لله وهو محسن فله اجره عند ربه ولا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

And the Reoriented said: "The Helpers rest on nothing"; and the Helpers said: "The Reoriented rest on nothing"; while they recite the Scripture.i 113

وقالت اليهود ليست النصري علي شي وقالت النصري ليست اليهود علي شي وهم يتلون الكتب

Thus spoke those who do not know, holding a saying similar to theirs. 113

كذلك قال الذين لا يعلمون مثل قولهم

God will judge between them, on the Day of Appearance, concerning what they used to differ over. 113

فالله يحكم بينهم يوم القيمه فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

And who is then more unjust than one who prevents God's name from being mentioned in God's places of prostration, and strives for their ruin? 114

ومن اظلم ممن منع مسجد الله ان يذكر فيها اسمه وسعي في خرابها

Those should not enter them except fearful. 114

اوليك ما كان لهم ان يدخلوها الا خايفين

They have, in the present life, a humiliation, 114

لهم في الدنيا خزي

and they will have, in the last life, an immense punishment. 114

ولهم في الاخره عذاب عظيم

And to God belong the east and the west: 115

ولله المشرق والمغرب

wherever you turn, there is the direction of God. 115

فاينما تولوا فثم وجه الله

God is Vast, All-Knowing. 115

ان الله وسع عليم

And they said: "God has taken a child." 116

وقالوا اتخذ الله ولدا

Glory be to Him! 116

سبحنه

To Him, rather, belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth; 116

بل له ما في السموت والارض

everything is devoted to Him. 116

كل له قنتون

Unprecedented Creator of the heavens and the earth. 117

بديع السموت والارض

When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: "Be", 117

واذا قضي امرا فانما يقول له كن

and it is. 117

فيكون

And those who do not know said: "Why does God not speak to us, or why does a sign not come to us!" 118

وقال الذين لا يعلمون لولا يكلمنا الله او تاتينا ايه

Thus spoke those before them, holding a saying similar to theirs; 118

كذلك قال الذين من قبلهم مثل قولهم

their cores resemble one another. 118

تشبهت قلوبهم

We have indeed made the signs clear for a people who possess certainty. 118

قد بينا الايت لقوم يوقنون

We have sent you, in truth, as a bearer of good tidings and a warner, 119

انا ارسلنك بالحق بشيرا ونذيرا

and you will not be questioned about the companions of the Blaze. 119

ولا تسل عن اصحب الجحيم

And neither the Reoriented nor the Helpers will ever be satisfied with you, until you follow their Law. 120

ولن ترضي عنك اليهود ولا النصري حتي تتبع ملتهم

Say: "The guidance of God, that is the [true] guidance." 120

قل ان هدي الله هو الهدي

And were you to follow their emotions, after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have, against God, neither protector nor helper. 120

ولين اتبعت اهواهم بعد الذي جاك من العلم ما لك من الله من ولي ولا نصير

Those to whom We have given the Scripture, and who recite it as it should be recited, those are the ones who believe in it.i 121

الذين اتينهم الكتب يتلونه حق تلاوته اوليك يومنون به

And whoever denies-disowns it — those are the losers. 121

ومن يكفر به فاوليك هم الخسرون

O children of Israel! remember My blessing, that with which I blessed you, and that I favored you above all beings. 122

يبني اسريل اذكروا نعمتي التي انعمت عليكم واني فضلتكم علي العلمين

And guard yourselves against a day when no Self will avail another Self in anything, when no compensation will be accepted from it, when no intercession will benefit it, and when they will not be helped. 123

واتقوا يوما لا تجزي نفس عن نفس شيا ولا يقبل منها عدل ولا تنفعها شفعه ولا هم ينصرون

And remember when the Guardian of Ibrahim tried him with words, which he fulfilled completely.i 124

واذ ابتلي ابرهم ربه بكلمت فاتمهن

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He said: "I am going to make you a guide for mankind." 124

قال اني جاعلك للناس اماما

He said: "And among my descendants?" 124

قال ومن ذريتي

He said: "My engagement does not reach the unjust." 124

قال لا ينال عهدي الظلمين

And remember when We made the House a place of return for mankind, and a security; and take, from the station of Ibrahim, a place of Contact.i 125

واذ جعلنا البيت مثابه للناس وامنا واتخذوا من مقام ابرهم مصلي

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And We engaged Ibrahim and Isma'il: "Purify My House for those who frequent it, those who dwell there permanently, and those who bow in service and submit in allegiance."i 125

وعهدنا الي ابرهم واسمعيل ان طهرا بيتي للطايفين والعكفين والركع السجود

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And remember when Ibrahim said: "My Guardian, make of this a secure land, and provide of its fruits as sustenance to its inhabitants, to those among them who believe in God and the Last Day."i 126

واذ قال ابرهم رب اجعل هذا بلدا امنا وارزق اهله من الثمرت من امن منهم بالله واليوم الاخر

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He said: "And whoever denies-disowns, I grant him a brief enjoyment, then I compel him toward the punishment of the Fire." 126

قال ومن كفر فامتعه قليلا ثم اضطره الي عذاب النار

And what an evil destination! 126

وبيس المصير

And remember when Ibrahim was raising the foundations of the House, with Isma'il:i 127

واذ يرفع ابرهم القواعد من البيت واسمعيل

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"Our Guardian, accept this from us; You are, You, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 127

ربنا تقبل منا انك انت السميع العليم

Our Guardian, make us both true to You alone, and, of our descendants, a community true to You alone. 128

ربنا واجعلنا مسلمين لك ومن ذريتنا امه مسلمه لك

And show us our beneficent practices. 128

وارنا مناسكنا

And turn toward us with clemency. 128

وتب علينا

You are, You, the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 128

انك انت التواب الرحيم

Our Guardian, and raise up among them a messenger, from among themselves, who recites Your signs to them, teaches them the Scripture and the wisdom, and purifies them.i 129

ربنا وابعث فيهم رسولا منهم يتلوا عليهم ايتك ويعلمهم الكتب والحكمه ويزكيهم

You are, You, the All-Powerful, the Wise." 129

انك انت العزيز الحكيم

And who, then, turns away from the creed of Ibrahim, but one who despises his own Self?i 130

ومن يرغب عن مله ابرهم الا من سفه نفسه

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We indeed chose him in the present life, 130

ولقد اصطفينه في الدنيا

and in the last life, he will indeed be among the righteous. 130

وانه في الاخره لمن الصلحين

remember when his Guardian said to him: "Be true to Me alone"; 131

اذ قال له ربه اسلم

he said: "I am true to the Guardian of all beings alone." 131

قال اسلمت لرب العلمين

And Ibrahim made this a recommendation to his sons,i 132

ووصي بها ابرهم بنيه

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and so did Yaacoub: "O my sons! God has chosen this Law for you; do not die, then, except being true to Him alone." 132

ويعقوب يبني ان الله اصطفي لكم الدين فلا تموتن الا وانتم مسلمون

Were you witnesses, when death presented itself to Yaacoub, when he said to his sons: "What will you obey after me?" 133

ام كنتم شهدا اذ حضر يعقوب الموت اذ قال لبنيه ما تعبدون من بعدي

They said: "We will obey your deity, the deity of your ancestors, Ibrahim, Isma'il, and Ishaq, one deity, and to Him we are true."i 133

قالوا نعبد الهك واله ابايك ابرهم واسمعيل واسحق الها وحدا ونحن له مسلمون

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That is a community that has already passed: 134

تلك امه قد خلت

to it what it earned, 134

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned; 134

ولكم ما كسبتم

and you will not be questioned about what they used to do. 134

ولا تسلون عما كانوا يعملون

And they said: "Be Reoriented or Helpers, you will be rightly guided." 135

وقالوا كونوا هودا او نصري تهتدوا

Say: "No, rather the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,"i 135

قل بل مله ابرهم حنيفا

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and he was not among those who associate. 135

وما كان من المشركين

Say: "We believe in God, in what has been revealed to us, in what was revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, and the tribes, and in what was given to Moussa and Issa, and in what was given to the prophets, from their Guardian; we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we are true."i 136

قولوا امنا بالله وما انزل الينا وما انزل الي ابرهم واسمعيل واسحق ويعقوب والاسباط وما اوتي موسي وعيسي وما اوتي النبيون من ربهم لا نفرق بين احد منهم ونحن له مسلمون

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If they believe in what you have believed, they are then rightly guided; 137

فان امنوا بمثل ما امنتم به فقد اهتدوا

and if they turn away, they are then only in a rupture; 137

وان تولوا فانما هم في شقاق

God will soon suffice you against them: 137

فسيكفيكهم الله

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 137

وهو السميع العليم

The dye of God — 138

صبغه الله

and who dyes better than God? — 138

ومن احسن من الله صبغه

and it is Him that we obey. 138

ونحن له عبدون

Say: "Do you dispute with us about God, when He is our Guardian and your Guardian? To us our deeds, and to you your deeds, 139

قل اتحاجوننا في الله وهو ربنا وربكم ولنا اعملنا ولكم اعملكم

and to Him we are devoted." 139

ونحن له مخلصون

Or do you say that Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, and the tribes were Reoriented or Helpers? 140

ام تقولون ان ابرهم واسمعيل واسحق ويعقوب والاسباط كانوا هودا او نصري

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Say: "Is it you who know best, or God?" 140

قل انتم اعلم ام الله

And who, then, is more unjust than one who hides a testimony he holds from God? 140

ومن اظلم ممن كتم شهده عنده من الله

And God is not heedless of what you do. 140

وما الله بغفل عما تعملون

That is a community that has already passed: 141

تلك امه قد خلت

to it what it earned, 141

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned; 141

ولكم ما كسبتم

and you will not be questioned about what they used to do. 141

ولا تسلون عما كانوا يعملون

The fools, among the people, will say: "What has turned them away from their anchor point, the one they used to be upon?"i 142

سيقول السفها من الناس ما وليهم عن قبلتهم التي كانوا عليها

Say: "To God belong the east and the west; 142

قل لله المشرق والمغرب

He guides whom He wills to a straight path." 142

يهدي من يشا الي صرط مستقيم

And thus have We made you an exemplary community,i 143

وكذلك جعلنكم امه وسطا

so that you may be witnesses against mankind, and the messenger a witness against you.i 143

لتكونوا شهدا علي الناس ويكون الرسول عليكم شهيدا

And We had established the anchor point, the one you were upon, only to distinguish who follows the messenger from who turns back on his heels. 143

وما جعلنا القبله التي كنت عليها الا لنعلم من يتبع الرسول ممن ينقلب علي عقبيه

That was indeed heavy, except for those God has guided. 143

وان كانت لكبيره الا علي الذين هدي الله

And it is not for God to let your faith be lost. 143

وما كان الله ليضيع ايمنكم

God is indeed, toward mankind, full of bonté, full of benevolence. 143

ان الله بالناس لروف رحيم

We indeed see, from the sky, this [coming] turning about of your face [a refugee in search of guidance, no longer knowing where to turn]; We will direct you, then, toward an anchor point that will suit you [as a final destination].i 144

قد نري تقلب وجهك في السما فلنولينك قبله ترضيها

Set your course, then, for the inviolable place of prostration,i 144

فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

and wherever you are, set your course for this anchor point. 144

وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره

Those to whom the Scripture was given indeed know that it is the truth from their Guardian.i 144

وان الذين اوتوا الكتب ليعلمون انه الحق من ربهم

And God is not heedless of what they do. 144

وما الله بغفل عما يعملون

And even if you brought to those to whom the Scripture was given every sign, they would not follow your anchor point.i 145

ولين اتيت الذين اوتوا الكتب بكل ايه ما تبعوا قبلتك

And you will not follow their anchor point; 145

وما انت بتابع قبلتهم

nor do they follow, some of them, the anchor point of others. 145

وما بعضهم بتابع قبله بعض

And were you to follow their emotions, after what has come to you of knowledge, you would then indeed be among the unjust. 145

ولين اتبعت اهواهم من بعد ما جاك من العلم انك اذا لمن الظلمين

Those to whom We gave the Scripture recognize him as they recognize their own children,i 146

الذين اتينهم الكتب يعرفونه كما يعرفون ابناهم

and a group among them indeed hides the truth, while knowing. 146

وان فريقا منهم ليكتمون الحق وهم يعلمون

The truth comes from your Guardian; 147

الحق من ربك

so never be among those who doubt. 147

فلا تكونن من الممترين

And to each a direction that he adopts; race, then, in good deeds. 148

ولكل وجهه هو موليها فاستبقوا الخيرت

Wherever you are, God will bring you all back. 148

اين ما تكونوا يات بكم الله جميعا

God has power over all things. 148

ان الله علي كل شي قدير

And from wherever you come out, set your course for the inviolable place of prostration: 149

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

it is indeed the truth from your Guardian. 149

وانه للحق من ربك

And God is not heedless of what you do. 149

وما الله بغفل عما تعملون

And from wherever you come out, set your course for the inviolable place of prostration, 150

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

and wherever you are, set your course for this anchor point, so that people may have no argument against you — except those among them who are unjust; do not fear them, then, but fear Me —i 150

وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره ليلا يكون للناس عليكم حجه الا الذين ظلموا منهم فلا تخشوهم واخشوني

and so that I may complete My blessing upon you, and perhaps you will be rightly guided, 150

ولاتم نعمتي عليكم ولعلكم تهتدون

as We have sent, among you, a messenger from among yourselves, who recites Our signs to you, purifies you, teaches you the Scripture and the wisdom, and teaches you what you did not know. Remember Me, then, I will remember you; be grateful to Me, and do not deny-disown Me.i 152

كما ارسلنا فيكم رسولا منكم يتلوا عليكم ايتنا ويزكيكم ويعلمكم الكتب والحكمه ويعلمكم ما لم تكونوا تعلمون فاذكروني اذكركم واشكروا لي ولا تكفرون

O you who have believed! seek help in patience and the Contact: 153

يايها الذين امنوا استعينوا بالصبر والصلوه

God is with the patient. 153

ان الله مع الصبرين

And do not say of those who are killed in the way of God that they are dead. 154

ولا تقولوا لمن يقتل في سبيل الله اموت

No, they are alive, but you do not perceive it. 154

بل احيا ولكن لا تشعرون

We will certainly try you with some fear, hunger, loss of possessions, persons, and fruits; 155

ولنبلونكم بشي من الخوف والجوع ونقص من الامول والانفس والثمرت

and give good news to the patient, those who, when misfortune strikes them, say: "We are God's, and it is to Him that we return." 156

وبشر الصبرين الذين اذا اصبتهم مصيبه قالوا انا لله وانا اليه رجعون

Those are the ones upon whom rest blessings from their Guardian, and a benevolence, 157

اوليك عليهم صلوت من ربهم ورحمه

and those are the ones who are rightly guided. 157

واوليك هم المهتدون

Safa and Marwa are indeed among the perceptible markers of God.i 158

ان الصفا والمروه من شعاير الله

Whoever performs the Hajj of the House — a debt owed to God — or performs the Umra, no blame upon him for visiting them. 158

فمن حج البيت او اعتمر فلا جناح عليه ان يطوف بهما

And whoever does good willingly — God is Grateful, All-Knowing. 158

ومن تطوع خيرا فان الله شاكر عليم

Those who hide what We have sent down of clear proofs and guidance, after We have made it clear to mankind in the Scripture — those are the ones God curses, and whom those who curse, curse,i 159

ان الذين يكتمون ما انزلنا من البينت والهدي من بعد ما بينه للناس في الكتب اوليك يلعنهم الله ويلعنهم اللعنون

except those who turn back [to God], reform, and make [the truth] clear: those are the ones toward whom I turn with clemency; I am the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 160

الا الذين تابوا واصلحوا وبينوا فاوليك اتوب عليهم وانا التواب الرحيم

Those who deny-disown and die while denying-disowning — those are the ones upon whom weighs the curse of God, the Agents, and mankind, all together, wherein they will abide eternally;i 162

ان الذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار اوليك عليهم لعنه الله والمليكه والناس اجمعين خلدين فيها

the punishment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be granted a delay. 162

لا يخفف عنهم العذاب ولا هم ينظرون

And your deity is one deity; 163

والهكم اله وحد

there is no deity but Him, 163

لا اله الا هو

the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. 163

الرحمن الرحيم

There are indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in the alternation of night and day, in the ship that sails at sea laden with what benefits mankind, in the water that God sends down from the sky and by which He gives life to the earth after its death, spreading in it every kind of living being, in the diversity of the winds, and in the cloud subjected between the sky and the earth — signs for a people who reason. 164

ان في خلق السموت والارض واختلف اليل والنهار والفلك التي تجري في البحر بما ينفع الناس وما انزل الله من السما من ما فاحيا به الارض بعد موتها وبث فيها من كل دابه وتصريف الريح والسحاب المسخر بين السما والارض لايت لقوم يعقلون

And among the people, there are some who take, besides God, equals, whom they love as one loves God; 165

ومن الناس من يتخذ من دون الله اندادا يحبونهم كحب الله

but those who have believed are even more intense in the love of God. 165

والذين امنوا اشد حبا لله

If the unjust could see, when they see the punishment, that power belongs to God in its entirety, and that God is severe in punishment — 165

ولو يري الذين ظلموا اذ يرون العذاب ان القوه لله جميعا وان الله شديد العذاب

[they would see it] when those who were followed will disavow those who followed them, and they will see the punishment, and the bonds between them will be severed. 166

اذ تبرا الذين اتبعوا من الذين اتبعوا وراوا العذاب وتقطعت بهم الاسباب

And those who followed will say: "If only we had a return, we would disavow them as they have disavowed us." 167

وقال الذين اتبعوا لو ان لنا كره فنتبرا منهم كما تبروا منا

Thus does God show them their works, as bitter regrets for them, 167

كذلك يريهم الله اعملهم حسرت عليهم

and they will never leave the Fire. 167

وما هم بخرجين من النار

O mankind! eat of what is on the earth, lawful and good, 168

يايها الناس كلوا مما في الارض حللا طيبا

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:i 168

ولا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

he is for you a manifest enemy. 168

انه لكم عدو مبين

He orders you only evil and indecency, and to say about God what you do not know. 169

انما يامركم بالسو والفحشا وان تقولوا علي الله ما لا تعلمون

And when it is said to them: "Follow what God has sent down", they say: "No, we follow what we found our ancestors upon." 170

واذا قيل لهم اتبعوا ما انزل الله قالوا بل نتبع ما الفينا عليه ابانا

What! even if their ancestors reasoned nothing and were not rightly guided? 170

اولو كان اباوهم لا يعقلون شيا ولا يهتدون

And the likeness of those who deny-disown is that of one who cries out to what hears nothing but a call and a shout. 171

ومثل الذين كفروا كمثل الذي ينعق بما لا يسمع الا دعا وندا

Deaf, mute, blind, they do not, then, reason. 171

صم بكم عمي فهم لا يعقلون

O you who have believed! eat of the good things We have provided you as sustenance, and be grateful toward God, if it is Him alone that you obey. 172

يايها الذين امنوا كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم واشكروا لله ان كنتم اياه تعبدون

He has forbidden you only the dead animal, blood, the flesh of swine, and what has been consecrated to other than God.i 173

انما حرم عليكم الميته والدم ولحم الخنزير وما اهل به لغير الله

But whoever is compelled to it, without being rebellious or transgressing, no transgression upon him. 173

فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فلا اثم عليه

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 173

ان الله غفور رحيم

Those who hide what God has sent down of the Scripture, and sell it for a small price — those are the ones who swallow nothing into their bellies but the Fire; God will not speak to them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them,i 174

ان الذين يكتمون ما انزل الله من الكتب ويشترون به ثمنا قليلا اوليك ما ياكلون في بطونهم الا النار ولا يكلمهم الله يوم القيمه ولا يزكيهم

and they will have a painful punishment. 174

ولهم عذاب اليم

Those are the ones who bought error at the price of guidance, and punishment at the price of forgiveness. What, then, makes them so enduring in the face of the Fire! 175

اوليك الذين اشتروا الضلله بالهدي والعذاب بالمغفره فما اصبرهم علي النار

That is because God sent down the Scripture in truth,i 176

ذلك بان الله نزل الكتب بالحق

and those who differ about the Scripture are indeed in a deep rupture.i 176

وان الذين اختلفوا في الكتب لفي شقاق بعيد

Righteousness does not consist in turning your faces toward the east or the west, 177

ليس البر ان تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب

but righteousness is one who believes in God, the Last Day, the Agents, the Scripture, and the prophets, and who gives of his wealth, despite his love for it, to relatives, orphans, the destitute, the stranded traveler, those who ask, and for freeing those under the burden of a debt, who maintains the Contact and gives the purifying alms,i 177

ولكن البر من امن بالله واليوم الاخر والمليكه والكتب والنبين واتي المال علي حبه ذوي القربي واليتمي والمسكين وابن السبيل والسايلين وفي الرقاب واقام الصلوه واتي الزكوه

those who keep their engagement when they have engaged themselves, 177

والموفون بعهدهم اذا عهدوا

and the patient in hardship, distress, and the hour of violence: 177

والصبرين في الباسا والضرا وحين الباس

those are the ones who have been truthful, 177

اوليك الذين صدقوا

and those are the ones who guard themselves. 177

واوليك هم المتقون

O you who have believed! the investigation is prescribed for you concerning those killed: 178

يايها الذين امنوا كتب عليكم القصاص في القتلي

the free man [independent] with the free man [independent], the obedient one [salaried] with the obedient one [salaried], and the woman with the woman.i 178

الحر بالحر والعبد بالعبد والانثي بالانثي

But if a remission is granted [to the offender] by his brother [in humanity, not a brother in the familial sense], then a pursuit [of the compensation] according to what is recognized, and a settlement in good grace.i 178

فمن عفي له من اخيه شي فاتباع بالمعروف وادا اليه باحسن

That is a lightening from your Guardian, and a benevolence. 178

ذلك تخفيف من ربكم ورحمه

And whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment. 178

فمن اعتدي بعد ذلك فله عذاب اليم

And you have, in the investigation, a life, O possessors of intelligence, perhaps you will guard yourselves. 179

ولكم في القصاص حيوه ياولي الالبب لعلكم تتقون

It is prescribed for you, when death presents itself to one of you, if he leaves goods, 180

كتب عليكم اذا حضر احدكم الموت ان ترك خيرا

the testament in favor of the two parents and relatives, according to what is recognized: 180

الوصيه للولدين والاقربين بالمعروف

a duty upon those who guard themselves. 180

حقا علي المتقين

And whoever modifies it after having heard it, the transgression thereof falls only upon those who modify it. 181

فمن بدله بعدما سمعه فانما اثمه علي الذين يبدلونه

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 181

ان الله سميع عليم

But whoever fears, on the part of a testator, a partiality or a transgression, and reconciles them, no transgression upon him. 182

فمن خاف من موص جنفا او اثما فاصلح بينهم فلا اثم عليه

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 182

ان الله غفور رحيم

O you who have believed! abstention is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, perhaps you will guard yourselves, for a number of counted days. 184

يايها الذين امنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون اياما معدودت

And whoever among you is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days; 184

فمن كان منكم مريضا او علي سفر فعده من ايام اخر

and for those who have the capacity for it, a compensation, the feeding of a destitute person. 184

وعلي الذين يطيقونه فديه طعام مسكين

And whoever does good willingly, it is better for him; 184

فمن تطوع خيرا فهو خير له

and that you abstain is better for you, if you knew. 184

وان تصوموا خير لكم ان كنتم تعلمون

The month of refreshment, that in which this Recitation was revealed, a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of guidance and the Discernment.i 185

شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه القران هدي للناس وبينت من الهدي والفرقان

Whoever among you attests the beginning of that month, let him abstain in it;i 185

فمن شهد منكم الشهر فليصمه

and whoever is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. 185

ومن كان مريضا او علي سفر فعده من ايام اخر

God wants for you ease, He does not want for you hardship, 185

يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر

and [He wants] that you bring the count of days to its completion, and that you proclaim the greatness of God for having guided you, perhaps you will be grateful.i 185

ولتكملوا العده ولتكبروا الله علي ما هديكم ولعلكم تشكرون

And when My obedient ones ask you about Me, I am near: 186

واذا سالك عبادي عني فاني قريب

I answer the call of the one who calls upon Me, when he calls upon Me. 186

اجيب دعوه الداع اذا دعان

Let them, then, respond to My call, and believe in Me, perhaps they will be rightly guided. 186

فليستجيبوا لي وليومنوا بي لعلهم يرشدون

Made lawful for you, on the night of abstention, is intimacy with your women: 187

احل لكم ليله الصيام الرفث الي نسايكم

they are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them. 187

هن لباس لكم وانتم لباس لهن

God knew that you were betraying yourselves; He turned toward you with clemency, then, and pardoned you. 187

علم الله انكم كنتم تختانون انفسكم فتاب عليكم وعفا عنكم

Unite with them, then, now, 187

فالن بشروهن

and seek what God has prescribed for you. 187

وابتغوا ما كتب الله لكم

And eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinguishable to you from the black thread of dawn, 187

وكلوا واشربوا حتي يتبين لكم الخيط الابيض من الخيط الاسود من الفجر

then complete the abstention fully until night. 187

ثم اتموا الصيام الي اليل

And do not unite with them, while you are in residence in the places of prostration. 187

ولا تبشروهن وانتم عكفون في المسجد

Those are the limits of God, 187

تلك حدود الله

so do not approach them. 187

فلا تقربوها

Thus does God make His signs clear for mankind, perhaps they will guard themselves. 187

كذلك يبين الله ايته للناس لعلهم يتقون

And do not devour your wealth among yourselves through falsehood, and do not offer it to judges to devour, knowingly and unjustly, a part of the wealth of the people. 188

ولا تاكلوا امولكم بينكم بالبطل وتدلوا بها الي الحكام لتاكلوا فريقا من امول الناس بالاثم وانتم تعلمون

They ask you about public announcements.i 189

يسلونك عن الاهله

Say: "They are fixed appointments for mankind, and for the Hajj." 189

قل هي موقيت للناس والحج

And righteousness does not consist in entering houses from their backs, 189

وليس البر بان تاتوا البيوت من ظهورها

but righteousness is [that of] one who guards himself. 189

ولكن البر من اتقي

Enter, then, houses by their doors, 189

واتوا البيوت من ابوبها

and guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed. 189

واتقوا الله لعلكم تفلحون

And fight, in the way of God, those who fight you, but do not transgress: 190

وقتلوا في سبيل الله الذين يقتلونكم ولا تعتدوا

God does not love the transgressors. 190

ان الله لا يحب المعتدين

And kill them wherever you encounter them, and expel them from where they expelled you: 191

واقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهم واخرجوهم من حيث اخرجوكم

the trial is graver than killing. 191

والفتنه اشد من القتل

And do not fight them near the inviolable place of prostration, until they fight you there; 191

ولا تقتلوهم عند المسجد الحرام حتي يقتلوكم فيه

but if they fight you, kill them then: 191

فان قتلوكم فاقتلوهم

such is the reward of those who deny-disown. 191

كذلك جزا الكفرين

But if they cease, God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 192

فان انتهوا فان الله غفور رحيم

And fight them until there is no more trial, and the Law is entirely for God; 193

وقتلوهم حتي لا تكون فتنه ويكون الدين لله

and if they cease, then no hostility, except toward the unjust. 193

فان انتهوا فلا عدون الا علي الظلمين

The inviolable month for the inviolable month: inviolable things call for a just reciprocity.i 194

الشهر الحرام بالشهر الحرام والحرمت قصاص

Whoever has transgressed against you, transgress against him to the extent of his transgression against you, 194

فمن اعتدي عليكم فاعتدوا عليه بمثل ما اعتدي عليكم

and guard yourselves toward God, and know that God is with those who guard themselves. 194

واتقوا الله واعلموا ان الله مع المتقين

And spend in the way of God, but do not cast your means of livelihood into ruin; and do good:i 195

وانفقوا في سبيل الله ولا تلقوا بايديكم الي التهلكه واحسنوا

God loves those who do good. 195

ان الله يحب المحسنين

And complete fully the Hajj and the Umra for God. 196

واتموا الحج والعمره لله

And if you are prevented, then whatever offering is easily available.i 196

فان احصرتم فما استيسر من الهدي

And do not shave your heads until the offering has reached its place of delivery;i 196

ولا تحلقوا روسكم حتي يبلغ الهدي محله

And whoever among you is sick, or suffers an ailment of the head, then a compensation by fasting, alms, or any other good deed. 196

فمن كان منكم مريضا او به اذي من راسه ففديه من صيام او صدقه او نسك

And once secure, whoever enjoys the Umra until the Hajj, then whatever offering is easily available.i 196

فاذا امنتم فمن تمتع بالعمره الي الحج فما استيسر من الهدي

And whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of three days during the Hajj, and seven once you have returned: that is ten complete days. 196

فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلثه ايام في الحج وسبعه اذا رجعتم تلك عشره كامله

That, for one whose family is not present near the inviolable place of prostration. 196

ذلك لمن لم يكن اهله حاضري المسجد الحرام

And guard yourselves toward God, and know that God is severe in punishment. 196

واتقوا الله واعلموا ان الله شديد العقاب

The Hajj takes place in known months.i 197

الحج اشهر معلومت

Whoever commits himself thereby to the Hajj, then no obscenity, no transgression, and no dispute during the Hajj. 197

فمن فرض فيهن الحج فلا رفث ولا فسوق ولا جدال في الحج

And whatever good you do, God knows it. 197

وما تفعلوا من خير يعلمه الله

And take your provisions; 197

وتزودوا

but the best of provisions is guardedness. 197

فان خير الزاد التقوي

And guard yourselves toward Me, O possessors of intelligence. 197

واتقون ياولي الالبب

No blame upon you for seeking a favor from your Guardian. 198

ليس عليكم جناح ان تبتغوا فضلا من ربكم

And when you surge forth from Arafat, remember God near the Inviolable Place of remembrance, 198

فاذا افضتم من عرفت فاذكروا الله عند المشعر الحرام

and remember Him, as He has guided you, though you were before among the astray. 198

واذكروه كما هديكم وان كنتم من قبله لمن الضالين

Then surge forth from where the people surge forth, 199

ثم افيضوا من حيث افاض الناس

and ask God's forgiveness. 199

واستغفروا الله

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 199

ان الله غفور رحيم

And when you have completed your beneficent practices, remember God as you remember your ancestors, or with an even more intense remembrance. 200

فاذا قضيتم منسككم فاذكروا الله كذكركم اباكم او اشد ذكرا

And among the people, there is one who says: "Our Guardian, give us in the present life" — and he will have, in the last life, no share. 200

فمن الناس من يقول ربنا اتنا في الدنيا وما له في الاخره من خلق

And among them, there is one who says: "Our Guardian, give us a good share in the present life, and a good share in the last life, and preserve us from the punishment of the Fire." 201

ومنهم من يقول ربنا اتنا في الدنيا حسنه وفي الاخره حسنه وقنا عذاب النار

Those are the ones who have a share of what they have earned. 202

اوليك لهم نصيب مما كسبوا

God is swift in reckoning. 202

والله سريع الحساب

And remember God during counted days. 203

واذكروا الله في ايام معدودت

And whoever hastens in two days, no transgression upon him; 203

فمن تعجل في يومين فلا اثم عليه

and whoever delays, no transgression upon him, for one who guards himself. 203

ومن تاخر فلا اثم عليه لمن اتقي

And guard yourselves toward God, and know that it is to Him that you will be gathered. 203

واتقوا الله واعلموا انكم اليه تحشرون

And among the people, there is one whose discourse, on the present life, amazes you, and who calls God to witness what is in his core, while he is the fiercest of contenders. 204

ومن الناس من يعجبك قوله في الحيوه الدنيا ويشهد الله علي ما في قلبه وهو الد الخصام

And when he turns away, he strives on the earth to sow corruption in it, and to destroy crops and offspring. 205

واذا تولي سعي في الارض ليفسد فيها ويهلك الحرث والنسل

God does not love corruption. 205

والله لا يحب الفساد

And when it is said to him: "Guard yourself toward God", pride seizes him in transgression; Jahannam suffices him, then. 206

واذا قيل له اتق الله اخذته العزه بالاثم فحسبه جهنم

And what an evil bed! 206

ولبيس المهاد

And among the people, there is one who sells his own Self, seeking the good pleasure of God. 207

ومن الناس من يشري نفسه ابتغا مرضات الله

God is full of bonté toward His obedient ones. 207

والله روف بالعباد

O you who have believed! enter into peace, wholly, 208

يايها الذين امنوا ادخلوا في السلم كافه

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:i 208

ولا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

he is for you a manifest enemy. 208

انه لكم عدو مبين

And if you falter after the clear proofs have come to you, know then that God is All-Powerful, Wise. 209

فان زللتم من بعد ما جاتكم البينت فاعلموا ان الله عزيز حكيم

Do they await only that God come to them in shadows of clouds, 210

هل ينظرون الا ان ياتيهم الله في ظلل من الغمام

with the Agents, and that the matter be settled?i 210

والمليكه وقضي الامر

And it is to God that all matters return. 210

والي الله ترجع الامور

Ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs We gave them. 211

سل بني اسريل كم اتينهم من ايه بينه

And whoever changes the blessing of God after it has come to him — God is indeed severe in punishment. 211

ومن يبدل نعمه الله من بعد ما جاته فان الله شديد العقاب

The present life has been embellished for those who deny-disown, and they mock those who have believed; 212

زين للذين كفروا الحيوه الدنيا ويسخرون من الذين امنوا

but those who guard themselves will be above them, on the Day of Appearance. 212

والذين اتقوا فوقهم يوم القيمه

And God provides sustenance to whom He wills, without measure. 212

والله يرزق من يشا بغير حساب

Mankind formed a single community; God then raised up the prophets, bearers of good tidings and warners, and sent down with them the Scripture, in truth, so that it might settle between people what they differed over.i 213

كان الناس امه وحده فبعث الله النبين مبشرين ومنذرين وانزل معهم الكتب بالحق ليحكم بين الناس فيما اختلفوا فيه

And only those to whom it was given diverged over it, 213

وما اختلف فيه الا الذين اوتوه

after the clear proofs had come to them, out of transgression among themselves. 213

من بعد ما جاتهم البينت بغيا بينهم

God then guided those who believed to the truth over which they diverged, with His permission. 213

فهدي الله الذين امنوا لما اختلفوا فيه من الحق باذنه

And God guides whom He wills to a straight path. 213

والله يهدي من يشا الي صرط مستقيم

Or did you think you would enter the Garden, when there has not yet come to you the equivalent of what those before you experienced? Hardship and misfortune touched them, and they were shaken to the point that the messenger and those who had believed with him said: "When, then, is the help of God?" 214

ام حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنه ولما ياتكم مثل الذين خلوا من قبلكم مستهم الباسا والضرا وزلزلوا حتي يقول الرسول والذين امنوا معه متي نصر الله

Is it not so: the help of God is near! 214

الا ان نصر الله قريب

They ask you: what should they spend? 215

يسلونك ماذا ينفقون

Say: "Whatever good you spend belongs to the two parents, relatives, orphans, the destitute, and the stranded traveler." 215

قل ما انفقتم من خير فللولدين والاقربين واليتمي والمسكين وابن السبيل

And whatever good you do, God knows it perfectly. 215

وما تفعلوا من خير فان الله به عليم

Combat is prescribed for you, though it is distasteful to you. 216

كتب عليكم القتال وهو كره لكم

It may be that you dislike a thing, while it is a good for you; 216

وعسي ان تكرهوا شيا وهو خير لكم

and it may be that you like a thing, while it is an evil for you. 216

وعسي ان تحبوا شيا وهو شر لكم

God knows, 216

والله يعلم

and you do not know. 216

وانتم لا تعلمون

They ask you about the inviolable month, [and] combat taking place in it.i 217

يسلونك عن الشهر الحرام قتال فيه

Say: "To fight in it is grave; 217

قل قتال فيه كبير

but to turn away from the path of God, deny-disown it, [turn away] from the inviolable place of prostration, and expel its inhabitants from it, is graver still with God; 217

وصد عن سبيل الله وكفر به والمسجد الحرام واخراج اهله منه اكبر عند الله

and the trial is graver than killing." 217

والفتنه اكبر من القتل

And they will not cease to fight you until they make you renounce your Law, if they can. 217

ولا يزالون يقتلونكم حتي يردوكم عن دينكم ان استطعوا

And whoever among you renounces his Law, and dies while denying-disowning — those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life,i 217

ومن يرتدد منكم عن دينه فيمت وهو كافر فاوليك حبطت اعملهم في الدنيا والاخره

and those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 217

واوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

Those who have believed, those who have emigrated and have striven in the way of God — those are the ones who hope for the benevolence of God. 218

ان الذين امنوا والذين هاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل الله اوليك يرجون رحمت الله

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 218

والله غفور رحيم

They ask you about wine and games of chance. 219

يسلونك عن الخمر والميسر

Say: "There is, in both, a great harm, and profits for people; 219

قل فيهما اثم كبير ومنفع للناس

but their harm is greater than their profit." 219

واثمهما اكبر من نفعهما

And they ask you: what should they spend? Say: "The surplus." 219

ويسلونك ماذا ينفقون قل العفو

Thus does God make the signs clear to you, perhaps you will reflect on the present life and on the last life. 220

كذلك يبين الله لكم الايت لعلكم تتفكرون في الدنيا والاخره

And they ask you about orphans. Say: "Setting their situation right is a good; 220

ويسلونك عن اليتمي قل اصلاح لهم خير

and if you mix your affairs with theirs, they are your brothers." 220

وان تخالطوهم فاخونكم

God distinguishes the sower of corruption from him who sets things right. 220

والله يعلم المفسد من المصلح

And had God willed, He would have overwhelmed you. 220

ولو شا الله لاعنتكم

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 220

ان الله عزيز حكيم

And do not marry women who associate, until they believe; 221

ولا تنكحوا المشركت حتي يومن

and a believing obedient woman is indeed better than a woman who associates, even if she pleases you.i 221

ولامه مومنه خير من مشركه ولو اعجبتكم

And do not give yourselves in marriage to those who associate, until they believe; 221

ولا تنكحوا المشركين حتي يومنوا

and a believing obedient man is indeed better than a man who associates, even if he pleases you. 221

ولعبد مومن خير من مشرك ولو اعجبكم

Those are the ones who call toward the Fire, 221

اوليك يدعون الي النار

while God calls toward the Garden and forgiveness, with His permission, 221

والله يدعوا الي الجنه والمغفره باذنه

and He makes His signs clear for mankind, perhaps they will take heed. 221

ويبين ايته للناس لعلهم يتذكرون

And they ask you about menstruation. Say: "It is an inconvenience;i 222

ويسلونك عن المحيض قل هو اذي

so keep away from women during menstruation, 222

فاعتزلوا النسا في المحيض

and do not approach them until they are no longer inconvenienced. 222

ولا تقربوهن حتي يطهرن

And once they are no longer so, unite with them from where God has ordered you." 222

فاذا تطهرن فاتوهن من حيث امركم الله

God loves those who turn back [to Him], and He loves those who keep themselves clean. 222

ان الله يحب التوبين ويحب المتطهرين

Your women are a field for you; unite, then, with your field as you wish, 223

نساوكم حرث لكم فاتوا حرثكم اني شيتم

and prepare a good for yourselves; 223

وقدموا لانفسكم

and guard yourselves toward God, 223

واتقوا الله

and know that you will meet Him. 223

واعلموا انكم ملقوه

And give good news to the believers. 223

وبشر المومنين

And do not make God, in your oaths, a pretext you use at will,i 224

ولا تجعلوا الله عرضه لايمنكم

to being righteous, guarding yourselves, and reconciling people. 224

ان تبروا وتتقوا وتصلحوا بين الناس

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 224

والله سميع عليم

God will not hold you to account for words uttered without real commitment in your oaths,i 225

لا يواخذكم الله باللغو في ايمنكم

but He will hold you to account for what your cores have earned. 225

ولكن يواخذكم بما كسبت قلوبكم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of patience. 225

والله غفور حليم

For those who swear to abstain from their wives, a waiting period of four months; 226

للذين يولون من نسايهم تربص اربعه اشهر

and if they return, God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 226

فان فاو فان الله غفور رحيم

And if they are resolved on repudiation, God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 227

وان عزموا الطلق فان الله سميع عليم

And repudiated women observe a waiting period of three cycles; 228

والمطلقت يتربصن بانفسهن ثلثه قرو

and it is not lawful for them to hide what God has created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. 228

ولا يحل لهن ان يكتمن ما خلق الله في ارحامهن ان كن يومن بالله واليوم الاخر

And their husbands have greater right to take them back during this period, if they want a reconciliation. 228

وبعولتهن احق بردهن في ذلك ان ارادوا اصلحا

And they have rights equivalent to their obligations, according to what is recognized; 228

ولهن مثل الذي عليهن بالمعروف

and men have, over them, a degree [of responsibility]. 228

وللرجال عليهن درجه

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 228

والله عزيز حكيم

Repudiation is [revocable] twice. 229

الطلق مرتان

Then, either a resumption according to what is recognized, or a release in good grace. 229

فامساك بمعروف او تسريح باحسن

And it is not lawful for you to take back anything of what you gave them, unless both fear that they will not maintain the limits of God. 229

ولا يحل لكم ان تاخذوا مما اتيتموهن شيا الا ان يخافا الا يقيما حدود الله

And if you fear that they will not maintain the limits of God, no blame upon them both for what she ransoms herself with. 229

فان خفتم الا يقيما حدود الله فلا جناح عليهما فيما افتدت به

Those are the limits of God, 229

تلك حدود الله

so do not transgress them. 229

فلا تعتدوها

And whoever transgresses the limits of God — those are the unjust. 229

ومن يتعد حدود الله فاوليك هم الظلمون

If he repudiates her [a third time], she is no longer lawful for him thereafter, until she marries a husband other than him. 230

فان طلقها فلا تحل له من بعد حتي تنكح زوجا غيره

And if this one repudiates her, no blame upon them both for reuniting, if they think they will maintain the limits of God. 230

فان طلقها فلا جناح عليهما ان يتراجعا ان ظنا ان يقيما حدود الله

Those are the limits of God, which He makes clear for a people who know. 230

وتلك حدود الله يبينها لقوم يعلمون

And when you repudiate women, and they reach their term, keep them according to what is recognized, or release them according to what is recognized; 231

واذا طلقتم النسا فبلغن اجلهن فامسكوهن بمعروف او سرحوهن بمعروف

and do not keep them out of harm, to transgress. 231

ولا تمسكوهن ضرارا لتعتدوا

And whoever does that has wronged himself. 231

ومن يفعل ذلك فقد ظلم نفسه

And do not take the signs of God in mockery. 231

ولا تتخذوا ايت الله هزوا

And remember God's blessing upon you, and what He has sent down upon you of the Scripture and the wisdom, by which He exhorts you.i 231

واذكروا نعمت الله عليكم وما انزل عليكم من الكتب والحكمه يعظكم به

And guard yourselves toward God, 231

واتقوا الله

and know that God is, of all things, All-Knowing. 231

واعلموا ان الله بكل شي عليم

And when you repudiate women, and they reach their term, do not prevent them from marrying their [new] spouses, once they mutually consent according to what is recognized. 232

واذا طلقتم النسا فبلغن اجلهن فلا تعضلوهن ان ينكحن ازوجهن اذا ترضوا بينهم بالمعروف

That is what whoever among you believes in God and the Last Day is exhorted to. 232

ذلك يوعظ به من كان منكم يومن بالله واليوم الاخر

That is more pure for you, and cleaner. 232

ذلكم ازكي لكم واطهر

God knows, and you do not know. 232

والله يعلم وانتم لا تعلمون

And mothers take their children into care for two complete years,i 233

والولدت يرضعن اولدهن حولين كاملين

for whoever wants to bring this care to completion.i 233

لمن اراد ان يتم الرضاعه

And it is incumbent upon the father to provide for their food and their clothing, according to what is recognized. 233

وعلي المولود له رزقهن وكسوتهن بالمعروف

No Self is burdened beyond its capacity. 233

لا تكلف نفس الا وسعها

Let no mother be wronged because of her child, nor any father because of his child. 233

لا تضار ولده بولدها ولا مولود له بولده

And upon the heir falls the same thing. 233

وعلي الوارث مثل ذلك

And if they want a weaning, by their mutual consent and after consultation, no blame upon them both. 233

فان ارادا فصالا عن تراض منهما وتشاور فلا جناح عليهما

And if you want to have your children taken into care [by another woman], no blame upon you, once you settle what you owe according to what is recognized.i 233

وان اردتم ان تسترضعوا اولدكم فلا جناح عليكم اذا سلمتم ما اتيتم بالمعروف

And guard yourselves toward God, 233

واتقوا الله

and know that God sees perfectly what you do. 233

واعلموا ان الله بما تعملون بصير

And those among you who die leaving wives, they observe a waiting period of four months and ten;i 234

والذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون ازوجا يتربصن بانفسهن اربعه اشهر وعشرا

and once they reach their term, no blame upon you for what they do with themselves according to what is recognized. 234

فاذا بلغن اجلهن فلا جناح عليكم فيما فعلن في انفسهن بالمعروف

God is well informed of what you do. 234

والله بما تعملون خبير

And no blame upon you, in what you hint at as a proposal of marriage to women, or what you keep within yourselves. 235

ولا جناح عليكم فيما عرضتم به من خطبه النسا او اكننتم في انفسكم

God knows that you will think of them; but do not promise them anything in secret, 235

علم الله انكم ستذكرونهن ولكن لا تواعدوهن سرا

except to say a recognized word. 235

الا ان تقولوا قولا معروفا

And do not conclude the marriage contract before the document [of the waiting period] reaches its term.i 235

ولا تعزموا عقده النكاح حتي يبلغ الكتب اجله

And know that God knows what is in your Selves; beware of Him, then. 235

واعلموا ان الله يعلم ما في انفسكم فاحذروه

And know that God is Most-Forgiving, full of patience. 235

واعلموا ان الله غفور حليم

No blame upon you, if you repudiate women while you have not touched them, or have not fixed an obligation for them. 236

لا جناح عليكم ان طلقتم النسا ما لم تمسوهن او تفرضوا لهن فريضه

And grant them an enjoyment — the affluent according to his means, and the modest according to his means — an enjoyment according to what is recognized: 236

ومتعوهن علي الموسع قدره وعلي المقتر قدره متعا بالمعروف

a duty upon those who do good. 236

حقا علي المحسنين

And if you repudiate them before having touched them, while you have fixed an obligation for them, half of what you fixed [belongs to them], unless they forgo it, or unless he in whose hands is the marriage contract forgoes it. 237

وان طلقتموهن من قبل ان تمسوهن وقد فرضتم لهن فريضه فنصف ما فرضتم الا ان يعفون او يعفوا الذي بيده عقده النكاح

And that you forgo is closer to guardedness. 237

وان تعفوا اقرب للتقوي

And do not forget the favor between you. 237

ولا تنسوا الفضل بينكم

God sees perfectly what you do. 237

ان الله بما تعملون بصير

Keep the Contacts, and the most perfect [possible] Contact, and stand before God, devoted.i 238

حفظوا علي الصلوت والصلوه الوسطي وقوموا لله قنتين

And if you fear [danger], then on foot or mounted [by any means of transport]; 239

فان خفتم فرجالا او ركبانا

and once secure, remember God as He has taught you what you did not know. 239

فاذا امنتم فاذكروا الله كما علمكم ما لم تكونوا تعلمون

And those among you who die leaving wives — a prescription [from God] in favor of their wives: an enjoyment until the anniversary [of death], without expulsion;i 240

والذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون ازوجا وصيه لازوجهم متعا الي الحول غير اخراج

but if they leave, no blame upon you for what they do with themselves that is recognized. 240

فان خرجن فلا جناح عليكم في ما فعلن في انفسهن من معروف

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 240

والله عزيز حكيم

And for repudiated women, an enjoyment according to what is recognized: 241

وللمطلقت متع بالمعروف

a duty upon those who guard themselves. 241

حقا علي المتقين

Thus does God make His signs clear to you, perhaps you will reason. 242

كذلك يبين الله لكم ايته لعلكم تعقلون

Have you not seen those who went out of their dwellings, by thousands, out of fear of death? God then said to them: "Die"; then He brought them back to life. 243

الم تر الي الذين خرجوا من ديرهم وهم الوف حذر الموت فقال لهم الله موتوا ثم احيهم

God indeed holds a favor toward mankind, 243

ان الله لذو فضل علي الناس

but most people are not grateful. 243

ولكن اكثر الناس لا يشكرون

And fight in the way of God, and know that God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 244

وقتلوا في سبيل الله واعلموا ان الله سميع عليم

Who, then, will make God a beautiful loan, which He will multiply for him many times over? 245

من ذا الذي يقرض الله قرضا حسنا فيضعفه له اضعافا كثيره

God tightens and extends [sustenance], 245

والله يقبض ويبصط

and it is to Him that you will be returned. 245

واليه ترجعون

Have you not seen the court, among the Children of Israel, after Moussa, when they said to a prophet of theirs: "Raise up for us a king, that we may fight in the way of God"?i 246

الم تر الي الملا من بني اسريل من بعد موسي اذ قالوا لنبي لهم ابعث لنا ملكا نقتل في سبيل الله

He said: "Might it be that, if combat were prescribed for you, you would not fight?" 246

قال هل عسيتم ان كتب عليكم القتال الا تقتلوا

They said: "And what reason would we have not to fight in the way of God, when we have been expelled from our dwellings and [separated] from our children?" 246

قالوا وما لنا الا نقتل في سبيل الله وقد اخرجنا من ديرنا وابناينا

But when combat was prescribed for them, they turned away, except a small number of them. 246

فلما كتب عليهم القتال تولوا الا قليلا منهم

God knows perfectly the unjust. 246

والله عليم بالظلمين

And their prophet said to them: "God has indeed raised up for you Talut as king."i 247

وقال لهم نبيهم ان الله قد بعث لكم طالوت ملكا

They said: "How would he have the kingship over us, when we have more right to it than he, and he has not been given abundance of wealth?" 247

قالوا اني يكون له الملك علينا ونحن احق بالملك منه ولم يوت سعه من المال

He said: "God has chosen him over you, and increased him in breadth of knowledge and constitution." 247

قال ان الله اصطفيه عليكم وزاده بسطه في العلم والجسم

God gives His kingship to whom He wills. 247

والله يوتي ملكه من يشا

God is Vast, All-Knowing. 247

والله وسع عليم

And their prophet said to them: "The sign of his kingship will be that the ark comes to you, wherein is a tranquility from your Guardian, and a remnant of what the family of Moussa and the family of Harun left, carried by the Agents."i 248

وقال لهم نبيهم ان ايه ملكه ان ياتيكم التابوت فيه سكينه من ربكم وبقيه مما ترك ال موسي وال هرون تحمله المليكه

There is indeed a sign in that for you, if you are believers. 248

ان في ذلك لايه لكم ان كنتم مومنين

When Talut set out with the troops, he said: "God is going to try you with a river: whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is of me — except one who draws a scoop with his hand."i 249

فلما فصل طالوت بالجنود قال ان الله مبتليكم بنهر فمن شرب منه فليس مني ومن لم يطعمه فانه مني الا من اغترف غرفه بيده

They drank from it, except a small number of them. 249

فشربوا منه الا قليلا منهم

Then, when they had crossed it, he and those who had believed with him, they said: "We have no strength today against Jalut and his troops."i 249

فلما جاوزه هو والذين امنوا معه قالوا لا طاقه لنا اليوم بجالوت وجنوده

Those who thought that they would meet God said: "How many a small group has overcome a large group, with God's permission!" 249

قال الذين يظنون انهم ملقوا الله كم من فيه قليله غلبت فيه كثيره باذن الله

God is with the patient. 249

والله مع الصبرين

And when they came out to face Jalut and his troops, they said: "Our Guardian, pour patience upon us, make firm our steps, and help us against the people who deny-disown"; they routed them then, with God's permission, 251

ولما برزوا لجالوت وجنوده قالوا ربنا افرغ علينا صبرا وثبت اقدامنا وانصرنا علي القوم الكفرين فهزموهم باذن الله

and Dawud killed Jalut; God gave him kingship and wisdom, and taught him what He willed.i 251

وقتل داود جالوت واتيه الله الملك والحكمه وعلمه مما يشا

And without God repelling people, some by others, the earth would indeed have been given over to corruption; 251

ولولا دفع الله الناس بعضهم ببعض لفسدت الارض

but God holds a favor toward all beings. 251

ولكن الله ذو فضل علي العلمين

Those are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth, 252

تلك ايت الله نتلوها عليك بالحق

and you are indeed among the envoys. 252

وانك لمن المرسلين

Those are the messengers: 253

تلك الرسل

We favored some of them above others. 253

فضلنا بعضهم علي بعض

Among them, there is one to whom God spoke, 253

منهم من كلم الله

and He raised others in degrees. 253

ورفع بعضهم درجت

And We gave Issa, son of Maryam, the clear proofs, and We reinforced him with the sacred Influx.i 253

واتينا عيسي ابن مريم البينت وايدنه بروح القدس

And had God willed, those who came after them would not have fought one another, after the clear proofs had come to them; 253

ولو شا الله ما اقتتل الذين من بعدهم من بعد ما جاتهم البينت

but they diverged: 253

ولكن اختلفوا

among them, there are some who believed, and some who denied-disowned. 253

فمنهم من امن ومنهم من كفر

And had God willed, they would not have fought one another; 253

ولو شا الله ما اقتتلوا

but God does what He wills. 253

ولكن الله يفعل ما يريد

O you who have believed! spend from what We have provided you as sustenance, before a day comes wherein there will be neither trade, nor friendship, nor intercession. 254

يايها الذين امنوا انفقوا مما رزقنكم من قبل ان ياتي يوم لا بيع فيه ولا خله ولا شفعه

And those who deny-disown — those are the unjust. 254

والكفرون هم الظلمون

God, there is no deity but Him, 255

الله لا اله الا هو

the Living, the Self-Subsisting. 255

الحي القيوم

Neither drowsiness nor sleep seizes Him. 255

لا تاخذه سنه ولا نوم

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 255

له ما في السموت وما في الارض

Who, then, intercedes with Him, except with His permission? 255

من ذا الذي يشفع عنده الا باذنه

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, 255

يعلم ما بين ايديهم وما خلفهم

and they encompass nothing of His knowledge, except what He wills. 255

ولا يحيطون بشي من علمه الا بما شا

His Seat extends over the heavens and the earth, 255

وسع كرسيه السموت والارض

and their guarding costs Him no effort. 255

ولا يوده حفظهما

He is the Exalted, the Immense. 255

وهو العلي العظيم

No compulsion in the Law: 256

لا اكراه في الدين

soundness of judgment has become distinct from error. 256

قد تبين الرشد من الغي

Whoever denies-disowns the Tyrant and believes in God has held firmly to the surest handhold, which never breaks. 256

فمن يكفر بالطغوت ويومن بالله فقد استمسك بالعروه الوثقي لا انفصام لها

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 256

والله سميع عليم

God is the protector of those who have believed, He brings them out of the darknesses toward the light. 257

الله ولي الذين امنوا يخرجهم من الظلمت الي النور

And those who deny-disown, their protectors are the Tyrant, who brings them out of the light toward the darknesses. 257

والذين كفروا اولياوهم الطغوت يخرجونهم من النور الي الظلمت

Those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 257

اوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

Have you not seen him who disputed with Ibrahim about his Guardian, because God had given him kingship? When Ibrahim said: "My Guardian is He who gives life and causes death",i 258

الم تر الي الذي حاج ابرهم في ربه ان اتيه الله الملك اذ قال ابرهم ربي الذي يحي ويميت

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he said: "I too give life and cause death." 258

قال انا احي واميت

Ibrahim said: "God brings the sun from the east; bring it, then, from the west"; the one who denied-disowned was left with his words unraveled, then.i 258

قال ابرهم فان الله ياتي بالشمس من المشرق فات بها من المغرب فبهت الذي كفر

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And God does not guide the unjust people. 258

والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

Or like him who passed by a city, empty despite its edifices.i 259

او كالذي مر علي قريه وهي خاويه علي عروشها

He said: "How will God bring this back to life, after its death?" God then caused him to die a hundred years, then He resurrected him. 259

قال اني يحي هذه الله بعد موتها فاماته الله مايه عام ثم بعثه

He said: "How long have you remained?" 259

قال كم لبثت

He said: "I have remained a day, or part of a day." 259

قال لبثت يوما او بعض يوم

He said: "No, you have remained a hundred years. 259

قال بل لبثت مايه عام

Look, then, at your food and your drink: they have not waited [to spoil];i 259

فانظر الي طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه

and look at your donkey — 259

وانظر الي حمارك

and so that We may make of you a sign for mankind. 259

ولنجعلك ايه للناس

And look at the bones, how We raise them up, then clothe them with flesh. 259

وانظر الي العظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما

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When this had become clear to him, he said: "I know that God has power over all things." 259

فلما تبين له قال اعلم ان الله علي كل شي قدير

And remember when Ibrahim said: "My Guardian, show me how You give life to the dead."i 260

واذ قال ابرهم رب ارني كيف تحي الموتي

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He said: "Do you not believe, then?" 260

قال اولم تومن

He said: "Yes, indeed; it is only so that my core may find ease." 260

قال بلي ولكن ليطمين قلبي

He said: "Take, then, four birds, tame them to yourself, then place, on each hill, a part of them, then call them: they will come to you swiftly. 260

قال فخذ اربعه من الطير فصرهن اليك ثم اجعل علي كل جبل منهن جزا ثم ادعهن ياتينك سعيا

And know that God is All-Powerful, Wise." 260

واعلم ان الله عزيز حكيم

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the way of God is that of a grain which grows seven ears, 261

مثل الذين ينفقون امولهم في سبيل الله كمثل حبه انبتت سبع سنابل

each ear bearing a hundred grains. 261

في كل سنبله مايه حبه

God multiplies for whom He wills. 261

والله يضعف لمن يشا

God is Vast, All-Knowing. 261

والله وسع عليم

Those who spend their wealth in the way of God, then do not follow what they spent with either reminder or harm, have their reward with their Guardian; no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 262

الذين ينفقون امولهم في سبيل الله ثم لا يتبعون ما انفقوا منا ولا اذي لهم اجرهم عند ربهم ولا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

A recognized word and forgiveness are better than alms followed by harm. 263

قول معروف ومغفره خير من صدقه يتبعها اذي

God is self-sufficient, full of patience. 263

والله غني حليم

O you who have believed! do not annul your alms by reminder [of your benefactions] and harm, like one who spends his wealth for show before people, and believes neither in God nor in the Last Day. 264

يايها الذين امنوا لا تبطلوا صدقتكم بالمن والاذي كالذي ينفق ماله ريا الناس ولا يومن بالله واليوم الاخر

His likeness is that of a smooth rock covered with soil: a torrential rain strikes it, and leaves it bare. 264

فمثله كمثل صفوان عليه تراب فاصابه وابل فتركه صلدا

They hold nothing of what they have earned. 264

لا يقدرون علي شي مما كسبوا

And God does not guide the people who deny-disown. 264

والله لا يهدي القوم الكفرين

And the likeness of those who spend their wealth, seeking the good pleasure of God and the strengthening of their own Selves, is that of a garden on a height: a torrential rain strikes it, and it gives its yield twofold; and if no torrential rain strikes it, a drizzle [suffices]. 265

ومثل الذين ينفقون امولهم ابتغا مرضات الله وتثبيتا من انفسهم كمثل جنه بربوه اصابها وابل فاتت اكلها ضعفين فان لم يصبها وابل فطل

God sees perfectly what you do. 265

والله بما تعملون بصير

Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and vines, beneath which rivers flow, wherein he would have all kinds of fruits, then old age strikes him, while he has a weak offspring, and a whirlwind of fire strikes it, and it burns? 266

ايود احدكم ان تكون له جنه من نخيل واعناب تجري من تحتها الانهر له فيها من كل الثمرت واصابه الكبر وله ذريه ضعفا فاصابها اعصار فيه نار فاحترقت

Thus does God make the signs clear to you, perhaps you will reflect. 266

كذلك يبين الله لكم الايت لعلكم تتفكرون

O you who have believed! spend of the good things you have earned, and of what We have brought forth for you from the earth, 267

يايها الذين امنوا انفقوا من طيبت ما كسبتم ومما اخرجنا لكم من الارض

and do not aim at what is vile of it to spend, when you would not accept it yourselves except by closing your eyes to it. 267

ولا تيمموا الخبيث منه تنفقون ولستم باخذيه الا ان تغمضوا فيه

And know that God is self-sufficient, worthy of praise. 267

واعلموا ان الله غني حميد

The Diverter promises you poverty, and orders you to indecency,i 268

الشيطن يعدكم الفقر ويامركم بالفحشا

while God promises you, from Himself, a forgiveness and a favor. 268

والله يعدكم مغفره منه وفضلا

God is Vast, All-Knowing. 268

والله وسع عليم

He gives wisdom to whom He wills, 269

يوتي الحكمه من يشا

and whoever receives wisdom has received an abundant good. 269

ومن يوت الحكمه فقد اوتي خيرا كثيرا

And only the possessors of intelligence take heed. 269

وما يذكر الا اولوا الالبب

And whatever expenditure you spend, or vow you make, God knows it. 270

وما انفقتم من نفقه او نذرتم من نذر فان الله يعلمه

And the unjust have no helpers. 270

وما للظلمين من انصار

If you disclose your alms, that is excellent; 271

ان تبدوا الصدقت فنعما هي

and if you hide them and give them to the poor, that is better for you, and it erases a part of your evil deeds. 271

وان تخفوها وتوتوها الفقرا فهو خير لكم ويكفر عنكم من سياتكم

God is well informed of what you do. 271

والله بما تعملون خبير

It is not incumbent upon you to guide them, 272

ليس عليك هديهم

but God guides whom He wills. 272

ولكن الله يهدي من يشا

And whatever good you spend, it is for yourselves. 272

وما تنفقوا من خير فلانفسكم

And you spend only seeking the direction of God. 272

وما تنفقون الا ابتغا وجه الله

And whatever good you spend, it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged. 272

وما تنفقوا من خير يوف اليكم وانتم لا تظلمون

This belongs to the poor who are held back in the way of God, unable to travel through the land: the ignorant thinks them rich, because of their restraint; 273

للفقرا الذين احصروا في سبيل الله لا يستطيعون ضربا في الارض يحسبهم الجاهل اغنيا من التعفف

you recognize them by their marks: they do not ask people insistently. 273

تعرفهم بسيمهم لا يسلون الناس الحافا

And whatever good you spend, God knows it perfectly. 273

وما تنفقوا من خير فان الله به عليم

Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, in secret and openly, have their reward with their Guardian; no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 274

الذين ينفقون امولهم باليل والنهار سرا وعلانيه فلهم اجرهم عند ربهم ولا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

Those who devour usury rise only as one rises whom the Diverter has overturned by his touch.i 275

الذين ياكلون الربوا لا يقومون الا كما يقوم الذي يتخبطه الشيطن من المس

That is because they said: "Trade is only ever like usury"; 275

ذلك بانهم قالوا انما البيع مثل الربوا

but God has made trade lawful, and forbidden usury. 275

واحل الله البيع وحرم الربوا

Whoever, an admonition from his Guardian having reached him, ceases, will keep what is past, 275

فمن جاه موعظه من ربه فانتهي فله ما سلف

and his matter rests with God; 275

وامره الي الله

but whoever relapses — those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 275

ومن عاد فاوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

God destroys usury, and makes alms grow. 276

يمحق الله الربوا ويربي الصدقت

God does not love any great denier, transgressor. 276

والله لا يحب كل كفار اثيم

Those who have believed, done righteous deeds, maintained the Contact, and given the purifying alms, have their reward with their Guardian; no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 277

ان الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت واقاموا الصلوه واتوا الزكوه لهم اجرهم عند ربهم ولا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

O you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, and forsake what remains of usury, if you are believers. 278

يايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله وذروا ما بقي من الربوا ان كنتم مومنين

If you do not do it, know then that it is a war from God and His Messenger; 279

فان لم تفعلوا فاذنوا بحرب من الله ورسوله

and if you turn back [to God], the principal of your wealth belongs to you, without your doing wrong or being wronged. 279

وان تبتم فلكم روس امولكم لا تظلمون ولا تظلمون

And if [the debtor] is in hardship, then a respite until ease; 280

وان كان ذو عسره فنظره الي ميسره

and that you remit it as charity is better for you, if you knew. 280

وان تصدقوا خير لكم ان كنتم تعلمون

And guard yourselves against a day when you will be brought back to God, 281

واتقوا يوما ترجعون فيه الي الله

when every Self will be fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged. 281

ثم توفي كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

O you who have believed! when you contract a debt between yourselves for a fixed term, put it in writing.i 282

يايها الذين امنوا اذا تداينتم بدين الي اجل مسمي فاكتبوه

And let a scribe write it between you with equity, 282

وليكتب بينكم كاتب بالعدل

and let no scribe refuse to write, 282

ولا ياب كاتب ان يكتب

according to what God has taught him; let him write, then, 282

كما علمه الله فليكتب

and let him dictate who owes the debt, and let him guard himself toward God, his Guardian, and not diminish anything of it. 282

وليملل الذي عليه الحق وليتق الله ربه ولا يبخس منه شيا

And if he who owes the debt is foolish, or weak, or unable to dictate himself, let his guardian dictate, then, with equity. 282

فان كان الذي عليه الحق سفيها او ضعيفا او لا يستطيع ان يمل هو فليملل وليه بالعدل

And call two witnesses from among your men to witness it; 282

واستشهدوا شهيدين من رجالكم

and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, from among those whose testimony you approve, so that if one of the two errs, the other may remind her. 282

فان لم يكونا رجلين فرجل وامراتان ممن ترضون من الشهدا ان تضل احديهما فتذكر احديهما الاخري

And let not the witnesses refuse, when they are called. 282

ولا ياب الشهدا اذا ما دعوا

And do not be weary of writing it down, small or large, until its term. 282

ولا تسموا ان تكتبوه صغيرا او كبيرا الي اجله

That is more equitable with God, more upright for testimony, and closer to not doubting — except if it is an immediate trade that you conduct among yourselves: no blame then upon you for not writing it down. 282

ذلكم اقسط عند الله واقوم للشهده وادني الا ترتابوا الا ان تكون تجره حاضره تديرونها بينكم فليس عليكم جناح الا تكتبوها

And take witnesses when you conduct a transaction among yourselves. 282

واشهدوا اذا تبايعتم

And let no harm be done to either the scribe or the witness. 282

ولا يضار كاتب ولا شهيد

And if you do, it is a transgression on your part. 282

وان تفعلوا فانه فسوق بكم

And guard yourselves toward God, 282

واتقوا الله

and God teaches you. 282

ويعلمكم الله

God is, of all things, All-Knowing. 282

والله بكل شي عليم

And if you are on a journey, and you find no scribe, a pledge taken [suffices]. 283

وان كنتم علي سفر ولم تجدوا كاتبا فرهن مقبوضه

And if one of you trusts another, let him to whom the trust was given discharge his trust, 283

فان امن بعضكم بعضا فليود الذي اوتمن امنته

and let him guard himself toward God, his Guardian. 283

وليتق الله ربه

And do not hide testimony. 283

ولا تكتموا الشهده

And whoever hides it has indeed a transgressive core. 283

ومن يكتمها فانه اثم قلبه

God is, of what you do, All-Knowing. 283

والله بما تعملون عليم

To God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 284

لله ما في السموت وما في الارض

Whether you disclose what is within you, or hide it, God will call you to account for it; He forgives, then, whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. 284

وان تبدوا ما في انفسكم او تخفوه يحاسبكم به الله فيغفر لمن يشا ويعذب من يشا

God has power over all things. 284

والله علي كل شي قدير

The messenger has believed in what has been revealed to him from his Guardian, and [likewise] the believers. 285

امن الرسول بما انزل اليه من ربه والمومنون

All have believed in God, His Agents, His scriptures, and His messengers:i 285

كل امن بالله ومليكته وكتبه ورسله

"We make no distinction between any of His messengers"; 285

لا نفرق بين احد من رسله

and they said: "We have heard and we have obeyed. 285

وقالوا سمعنا واطعنا

Your forgiveness, our Guardian; to You is the destination." 285

غفرانك ربنا واليك المصير

God imposes upon no Self except its capacity. 286

لا يكلف الله نفسا الا وسعها

To it what it has earned, 286

لها ما كسبت

and against it what it has committed. 286

وعليها ما اكتسبت

"Our Guardian, do not hold us to account if we forget or if we err. 286

ربنا لا تواخذنا ان نسينا او اخطانا

Our Guardian, and do not lay upon us a burden as You laid it upon those before us. 286

ربنا ولا تحمل علينا اصرا كما حملته علي الذين من قبلنا

Our Guardian, and do not make us bear what we do not have the strength to bear. 286

ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقه لنا به

And efface [our faults] for us, 286

واعف عنا

and forgive us, 286

واغفر لنا

and have benevolence on us. 286

وارحمنا

You are our Protector; help us, then, against the people who deny-disown." 286

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