Sourate Al-Imran (3) original (rasm)

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

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الم

God, there is no deity but Him, 2

الله لا اله الا هو

the Living, the Self-Subsisting. He sent down upon you the Scripture, in truth, confirming what precedes it,i 3

الحي القيوم نزل عليك الكتب بالحق مصدقا لما بين يديه

and He sent down, before, the Tawrah and the Injil, a guidance for mankind, and He sent down the Discernment. 4

وانزل التوريه والانجيل من قبل هدي للناس وانزل الفرقان

Those who have denied-disowned the signs of God will have a severe punishment. 4

ان الذين كفروا بايت الله لهم عذاب شديد

God is All-Powerful, possessor of vengeance. 4

والله عزيز ذو انتقام

Nothing, on earth or in the sky, escapes God. 5

ان الله لا يخفي عليه شي في الارض ولا في السما

It is He who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. 6

هو الذي يصوركم في الارحام كيف يشا

There is no deity but Him, 6

لا اله الا هو

the All-Powerful, the Wise. 6

العزيز الحكيم

It is He who sent down upon you the Scripture;i 7

هو الذي انزل عليك الكتب منه

in it are signs of firm terms, which are the foundation of the Scripture, and others, subject to resemblance.i 7

ايت محكمت هن ام الكتب واخر متشبهت

As for those in whose cores is a deviation, they follow what, in the Scripture, lends itself to resemblance, in pursuit of discord and in pursuit of its interpretation; 7

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

but none knows its interpretation, except God. 7

وما يعلم تاويله الا الله

And those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; all of it comes from our Guardian"; 7

والرسخون في العلم يقولون امنا به كل من عند ربنا

and only the possessors of intelligence take heed. 7

وما يذكر الا اولوا الالبب

"Our Guardian, do not let our cores deviate after You have guided us, and grant us, from Yourself, a benevolence; 8

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

You are, You, the great Bestower. 8

انك انت الوهاب

Our Guardian, You are the One who gathers mankind for a day without doubt possible. 9

ربنا انك جامع الناس ليوم لا ريب فيه

God never fails His promise." 9

ان الله لا يخلف الميعاد

Those who deny-disown, neither their possessions nor their children will avail them at all against God. 10

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

Those are the ones who will fuel the Fire, like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,i 11

واوليك هم وقود النار كداب ال فرعون

and of those before them, who denied Our signs; God then seized them for their offenses. 11

والذين من قبلهم كذبوا بايتنا فاخذهم الله بذنوبهم

God is severe in punishment. 11

والله شديد العقاب

Say to those who deny-disown: "You will be defeated, and gathered toward Jahannam." 12

قل للذين كفروا ستغلبون وتحشرون الي جهنم

And what an evil bed! 12

وبيس المهاد

You had a sign in those two forces that met: 13

قد كان لكم ايه في فيتين التقتا

one fought in the way of God, and the other denied-disowned, seeing it, with the naked eye, twice as numerous as itself. 13

فيه تقتل في سبيل الله واخري كافره يرونهم مثليهم راي العين

God reinforces, by His help, whom He wills. 13

والله يويد بنصره من يشا

There is indeed a lesson in that for the possessors of sight. 13

ان في ذلك لعبره لاولي الابصر

The love of passions has been embellished for people: women, children, heaped treasures of gold and silver, thoroughbred horses, cattle, and crops. 14

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

That is the enjoyment of the present life; 14

ذلك متع الحيوه الدنيا

but it is with God that the best destination is found. 14

والله عنده حسن الماب

Say: "Shall I inform you of something better than that? 15

قل اونبيكم بخير من ذلكم

For those who guard themselves, with their Guardian, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, purified spouses, and a good pleasure from God." 15

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

God sees perfectly His obedient ones, 15

والله بصير بالعباد

those who say: "Our Guardian, we have believed; forgive us, then, our offenses, and preserve us from the punishment of the Fire", 16

الذين يقولون ربنا اننا امنا فاغفر لنا ذنوبنا وقنا عذاب النار

the patient, the truthful, the devoted, those who spend, and those who ask forgiveness before dawn. 17

الصبرين والصدقين والقنتين والمنفقين والمستغفرين بالاسحار

God bears witness, and so do the Agents and the possessors of knowledge, that there is no deity but Him, standing firm in equity.i 18

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

There is no deity but Him, 18

لا اله الا هو

the All-Powerful, the Wise. 18

العزيز الحكيم

The Law, with God, is being true to Him alone. 19

ان الدين عند الله الاسلم

And those to whom the Scripture was given diverged only after knowledge had come to them,i 19

وما اختلف الذين اوتوا الكتب الا من بعد ما جاهم العلم

out of transgression among themselves. 19

بغيا بينهم

And whoever denies-disowns the signs of God — God is swift in reckoning. 19

ومن يكفر بايت الله فان الله سريع الحساب

If they dispute with you, say then: "I render my direction integral toward God, as do those who have followed me."i 20

فان حاجوك فقل اسلمت وجهي لله ومن اتبعن

And say to those to whom the Scripture was given, and to the people without a prior Scripture: "Have you become integral toward God?"i 20

وقل للذين اوتوا الكتب والامين اسلمتم

If they become so, they are then rightly guided; 20

فان اسلموا فقد اهتدوا

and if they turn away, only the transmission is incumbent upon you. 20

وان تولوا فانما عليك البلغ

God sees perfectly His obedient ones. 20

والله بصير بالعباد

Those who deny-disown the signs of God, kill the prophets without right, and kill those who, among people, order equity — announce to them a painful punishment. 21

ان الذين يكفرون بايت الله ويقتلون النبين بغير حق ويقتلون الذين يامرون بالقسط من الناس فبشرهم بعذاب اليم

Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life, 22

اوليك الذين حبطت اعملهم في الدنيا والاخره

and they will have no helpers. 22

وما لهم من نصرين

Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture was given, called to the Scripture of God so that it may judge between them, then a group of them turns away, resolutely?i 23

الم تر الي الذين اوتوا نصيبا من الكتب يدعون الي كتب الله ليحكم بينهم ثم يتولي فريق منهم وهم معرضون

That is because they said: "The Fire will touch us only for a counted number of days"; and what they used to invent deceived them in their Law. 24

ذلك بانهم قالوا لن تمسنا النار الا اياما معدودت وغرهم في دينهم ما كانوا يفترون

How then, when We will have gathered them for a day without doubt possible, and every Self will have been fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged? 25

فكيف اذا جمعنهم ليوم لا ريب فيه ووفيت كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

Say: "O God, Sovereign of dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and You strip dominion from whom You will; You honor whom You will, and You abase whom You will; good is in Your hand. 26

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

You have power over all things. 26

انك علي كل شي قدير

You make the night penetrate into the day, and You make the day penetrate into the night; You bring forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living; and You provide sustenance to whom You will, without measure." 27

تولج اليل في النهار وتولج النهار في اليل وتخرج الحي من الميت وتخرج الميت من الحي وترزق من تشا بغير حساب

Let not the believers take those who deny-disown as allies, besides the believers; 28

لا يتخذ المومنون الكفرين اوليا من دون المومنين

and whoever does that has nothing more to do with God — except if you guard yourselves from them as a precaution. 28

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

God warns you against Himself, 28

ويحذركم الله نفسه

and to God is the destination. 28

والي الله المصير

Say: "Whether you hide what is in your chests, or show it, God knows it. 29

قل ان تخفوا ما في صدوركم او تبدوه يعلمه الله

And He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 29

ويعلم ما في السموت وما في الارض

God has power over all things. 29

والله علي كل شي قدير

The day when every Self will find present what it has done of good, 30

يوم تجد كل نفس ما عملت من خير محضرا

and what it has done of evil, it would wish there were between that and itself an immense distance. 30

وما عملت من سو تود لو ان بينها وبينه امدا بعيدا

God warns you against Himself. 30

ويحذركم الله نفسه

God is full of bonté toward His obedient ones. 30

والله روف بالعباد

Say: "If you love God, follow me: God will love you and forgive you your offenses. 31

قل ان كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 31

والله غفور رحيم

Say: "Obey God and the messenger"; 32

قل اطيعوا الله والرسول

and if they turn away, God does not love those who deny-disown. 32

فان تولوا فان الله لا يحب الكفرين

God has certainly chosen Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran, above all beings, descendants one from another.i 34

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

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 34

والله سميع عليم

remember when the wife of Imran said: "My Guardian, I devote to You what is in my belly, wholly consecrated; accept it, then, from me.i 35

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

You are, You, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." 35

انك انت السميع العليم

Then, when she gave birth to her, she said: "My Guardian, I have given birth to her, a girl" — God knew better, though, what she had given birth to — 36

فلما وضعتها قالت رب اني وضعتها انثي والله اعلم بما وضعت

"and the male is not like the female; 36

وليس الذكر كالانثي

I have named her Maryam,i 36

واني سميتها مريم

and I place her, and her descendants, under Your protection, against the banished Diverter."i 36

واني اعيذها بك وذريتها من الشيطن الرجيم

Her Guardian received her with a beautiful reception, and made her grow with a beautiful growth, 37

فتقبلها ربها بقبول حسن وانبتها نباتا حسنا

and entrusted her care to Zakariya.i 37

وكفلها زكريا

Every time Zakariya entered upon her in the place of prayer, he found near her a provision.i 37

كلما دخل عليها زكريا المحراب وجد عندها رزقا

He said: "O Maryam! from where does this come to you?"i 37

قال يمريم اني لك هذا

She said: "It comes from God. 37

قالت هو من عند الله

God provides sustenance to whom He wills, without measure." 37

ان الله يرزق من يشا بغير حساب

Right there, Zakariya invoked his Guardian.i 38

هنالك دعا زكريا ربه

He said: "My Guardian, grant me, from Yourself, an excellent offspring; You are the Hearer of invocation." 38

قال رب هب لي من لدنك ذريه طيبه انك سميع الدعا

The Agents called him while he maintained the Contact in the oratory: "God announces to you Yahya, confirming a word from God, a chief, a man of total continence, and a prophet, among the righteous."i 39

فنادته المليكه وهو قايم يصلي في المحراب ان الله يبشرك بيحيي مصدقا بكلمه من الله وسيدا وحصورا ونبيا من الصلحين

He said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when old age has already reached me, and my wife is barren?" 40

قال رب اني يكون لي غلم وقد بلغني الكبر وامراتي عاقر

He said: "Thus it is: 40

قال كذلك

God does what He wills." 40

الله يفعل ما يشا

He said: "My Guardian, give me a sign." 41

قال رب اجعل لي ايه

He said: "Your sign will be that you will not speak to people except by gestures, for three days. 41

قال ايتك الا تكلم الناس ثلثه ايام الا رمزا

And remember your Guardian abundantly, and glorify Him in the evening and at dawn." 41

واذكر ربك كثيرا وسبح بالعشي والابكر

And remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of all beings.i 42

واذ قالت المليكه يمريم ان الله اصطفيك وطهرك واصطفيك علي نسا العلمين

O Maryam! be devoted toward your Guardian, prostrate, and bow with those who bow."i 43

يمريم اقنتي لربك واسجدي واركعي مع الركعين

That is information that escapes the senses, which We reveal to you.i 44

ذلك من انبا الغيب نوحيه اليك

You were not with them when they cast their reeds [to draw lots] as to which of them would take charge of Maryam,i 44

وما كنت لديهم اذ يلقون اقلمهم ايهم يكفل مريم

and you were not with them when they disputed. remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God announces to you a word from Himself,i 45

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

whose name will be Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, illustrious in the present life and in the last life, and among those brought near.i 45

اسمه المسيح عيسي ابن مريم وجيها في الدنيا والاخره ومن المقربين

He will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity, 46

ويكلم الناس في المهد وكهلا

and will be among the righteous." 46

ومن الصلحين

She said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a child, when no man has touched me?" 47

قالت رب اني يكون لي ولد ولم يمسسني بشر

He said: "Thus it is: 47

قال كذلك

God creates what He wills. 47

الله يخلق ما يشا

When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: Be", 47

اذا قضي امرا فانما يقول له كن

and it is. 47

فيكون

"And He will teach him the Code, wisdom, the Tawrah and the Injil, and [will send him as] a messenger to the children of Israel: I bring you a sign from your Guardian:i 49

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

I fashion for you, from clay, the form of a bird, then I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird, with God's permission. 49

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

And I heal the born-blind and the leper, and I bring the dead back to life, with God's permission. 49

وابري الاكمه والابرص واحي الموتي باذن الله

And I inform you of what you eat and what you store up in your houses. 49

وانبيكم بما تاكلون وما تدخرون في بيوتكم

There is indeed a sign in that for you, if you are believers. 49

ان في ذلك لايه لكم ان كنتم مومنين

And [I come] confirming what, of the Tawrah, precedes me, and to make lawful for you a part of what was forbidden to you. 50

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

I bring you a sign from your Guardian; 50

وجيتكم بايه من ربكم

guard yourselves, then, toward God, and obey me. 50

فاتقوا الله واطيعون

God is my Guardian and your Guardian; obey Him, then. 51

ان الله ربي وربكم فاعبدوه

That is a straight path." 51

هذا صرط مستقيم

When Issa perceived denial-disowning from them, he said: "Who will be my helpers toward God?"i 52

فلما احس عيسي منهم الكفر قال من انصاري الي الله

The disciples said: "We are the helpers of God.i 52

قال الحواريون نحن انصار الله

We believe in God, and bear witness that we are true to Him alone. 52

امنا بالله واشهد بانا مسلمون

Our Guardian, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the messenger; inscribe us, then, among the witnesses." 53

ربنا امنا بما انزلت واتبعنا الرسول فاكتبنا مع الشهدين

They plotted, and God plotted [in return], 54

ومكروا ومكر الله

and God is the best of those who weave plots. 54

والله خير المكرين

remember when God said: "O Issa! I am going to take you back to Me, raise you to Me, and purify you from those who denied-disowned,i 55

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

and place those who followed you above those who denied-disowned, until the Day of Appearance. 55

وجاعل الذين اتبعوك فوق الذين كفروا الي يوم القيمه

Then to Me will be your return, and I will judge between you concerning what you used to differ over. 55

ثم الي مرجعكم فاحكم بينكم فيما كنتم فيه تختلفون

As for those who denied-disowned, I will punish them with a severe punishment, in the present life and in the last life, 56

فاما الذين كفروا فاعذبهم عذابا شديدا في الدنيا والاخره

and they will have no helpers. 56

وما لهم من نصرين

And as for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full. 57

واما الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت فيوفيهم اجورهم

God does not love the unjust." 57

والله لا يحب الظلمين

That is what We recite to you of the signs and the wise Reminder. 58

ذلك نتلوه عليك من الايت والذكر الحكيم

The likeness of Issa, with God, is like that of Adam:i 59

ان مثل عيسي عند الله كمثل ادم

He created him from earth, then said to him: "Be",i 59

خلقه من تراب ثم قال له كن

and he was. 59

فيكون

That is the truth from your Guardian; 60

الحق من ربك

so do not be among those who doubt. 60

فلا تكن من الممترين

To whoever would dispute with you about this, after knowledge has come to you, say: "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us pray fervently, and call the curse of God upon the liars." 61

فمن حاجك فيه من بعد ما جاك من العلم فقل تعالوا ندع ابنانا وابناكم ونسانا ونساكم وانفسنا وانفسكم ثم نبتهل فنجعل لعنت الله علي الكذبين

This is indeed the true account, 62

ان هذا لهو القصص الحق

and there is no deity but God. 62

وما من اله الا الله

And God is indeed the All-Powerful, the Wise. 62

وان الله لهو العزيز الحكيم

If they turn away, God knows perfectly the sowers of corruption. 63

فان تولوا فان الله عليم بالمفسدين

Say: "O people of the Scripture! come to an equitable word between us and you: that we obey none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that none of us take others as masters besides God."i 64

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

If they turn away, say then: "Bear witness that we are true to God alone." 64

فان تولوا فقولوا اشهدوا بانا مسلمون

O people of the Scripture! why do you dispute concerning Ibrahim,i 65

ياهل الكتب لم تحاجون في ابرهيم

when the Tawrah and the Injil were sent down only after him? 65

وما انزلت التوريه والانجيل الا من بعده

Will you not then reason? 65

افلا تعقلون

Here you are disputing about that of which you have some knowledge; but why do you dispute about that of which you have no knowledge? 66

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

God knows, 66

والله يعلم

and you do not know. 66

وانتم لا تعلمون

Ibrahim was neither Reoriented nor a Helper, but he was wholly turned toward God, integral to Him, and he was not among those who associate.i 67

ما كان ابرهيم يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولكن كان حنيفا مسلما

and he was not among those who associate. 67

وما كان من المشركين

The people closest to Ibrahim are indeed those who followed him, as well as this prophet and those who have believed.i 68

ان اولي الناس بابرهيم للذين اتبعوه وهذا النبي والذين امنوا

God is the protector of the believers. 68

والله ولي المومنين

A group among the people of the Scripture would have liked to lead you astray;i 69

ودت طايفه من اهل الكتب لو يضلونكم

but they lead astray none but themselves, without realizing it. 69

وما يضلون الا انفسهم وما يشعرون

O people of the Scripture! why do you deny-disown the signs of God, when you bear witness to them?i 70

ياهل الكتب لم تكفرون بايت الله وانتم تشهدون

O people of the Scripture! why do you cover the truth with falsehood, and hide the truth, when you know?i 71

ياهل الكتب لم تلبسون الحق بالبطل وتكتمون الحق وانتم تعلمون

And a group among the people of the Scripture said: "Believe in what has been revealed to those who have believed, at the start of the day, and deny it at its end, perhaps they will turn back [from their faith]."i 72

وقالت طايفه من اهل الكتب امنوا بالذي انزل علي الذين امنوا وجه النهار واكفروا اخره لعلهم يرجعون

"And believe only him who follows your Law." 73

ولا تومنوا الا لمن تبع دينكم

Say: "The [true] guidance is the guidance of God" — [they say this] lest anyone be given the like of what you were given, or lest they dispute with you before your Guardian. 73

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

Say: "Favor is in the hand of God, 73

قل ان الفضل بيد الله

He gives it to whom He wills. 73

يوتيه من يشا

God is Vast, All-Knowing." 73

والله وسع عليم

He reserves His benevolence for whom He wills. 74

يختص برحمته من يشا

God holds the immense favor. 74

والله ذو الفضل العظيم

And among the people of the Scripture, there are some who, if you entrust them with a treasure, will return it to you;i 75

ومن اهل الكتب من ان تامنه بقنطار يوده اليك

and there is one who, if you entrust him with a dinar, does not restore it to you unless you keep pressing him. 75

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

That is because they say: "We have, toward the people without a prior Scripture, no obligation", 75

ذلك بانهم قالوا ليس علينا في الامين سبيل

and they say falsehood against God, while knowing. 75

ويقولون علي الله الكذب وهم يعلمون

But yes, whoever keeps his engagement and guards himself — God loves those who guard themselves. 76

بلي من اوفي بعهده واتقي فان الله يحب المتقين

Those who sell the engagement of God and their oaths for a small price — those are the ones who will have no share in the last life; God will not speak to them, will not look at them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them. 77

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

They will have a painful punishment. 77

ولهم عذاب اليم

And among them, there is indeed a group who twist their tongues [reciting] the Scripture, so that you might take it for an extract of the Scripture, when it is not part of it,i 78

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

and they say: "This is from God", 78

ويقولون هو من عند الله

when it is not from God, 78

وما هو من عند الله

and they say falsehood against God, while knowing. 78

ويقولون علي الله الكذب وهم يعلمون

It is not for any human being to whom God has given the Scripture, the judgment, and the prophecy, to then say to people: "Be obedient to me, besides God"; but rather: "Be spiritual masters, by reason of what you teach of the Scripture and what you study."i 79

ما كان لبشر ان يوتيه الله الكتب والحكم والنبوه ثم يقول للناس كونوا عبادا لي من دون الله ولكن كونوا ربنين بما كنتم تعلمون الكتب وبما كنتم تدرسون

And he would not order you to take the Agents and the prophets as masters.i 80

ولا يامركم ان تتخذوا المليكه والنبين اربابا

Would he order you to deny-disown, after you have become true to God alone? 80

ايامركم بالكفر بعد اذ انتم مسلمون

And remember when God took the engagement of the prophets: "What I have given you of Scripture and wisdom, then a messenger comes to you, confirming what is with you, you must certainly believe in him, and certainly support him."i 81

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

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He said: "Have you consented, and taken upon yourselves My burden on this condition?" 81

قال اقررتم واخذتم علي ذلكم اصري

They said: "We have consented." 81

قالوا اقررنا

He said: "Bear witness to it, then, and I am, with you, among the witnesses." 81

قال فاشهدوا وانا معكم من الشهدين

Whoever turns away after that, those are the oversteppers. 82

فمن تولي بعد ذلك فاوليك هم الفسقون

Would they seek then a religion other than God's, while it is toward Him that whoever is in the heavens and the earth renders themselves integral, willingly or unwillingly,i 83

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

and to Him they will be returned? 83

واليه يرجعون

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, to Issa, and to the prophets, from their Guardian; we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we are true."i 84

قل امنا بالله وما انزل علينا وما انزل علي ابرهيم واسمعيل واسحق ويعقوب والاسباط وما اوتي موسي وعيسي والنبيون من ربهم لا نفرق بين احد منهم ونحن له مسلمون

And whoever seeks a Law other than being true to God alone, it will never be accepted from him, 85

ومن يبتغ غير الاسلم دينا فلن يقبل منه

and he will be, in the last life, among the losers. 85

وهو في الاخره من الخسرين

How would God guide a people who denied-disowned after having believed, and after having testified that the messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them? 86

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

God does not guide the unjust people. 86

والله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

Those are the ones whose reward is that upon them will weigh the curse of God, the Agents, and mankind, all together, wherein they will abide eternally; the punishment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be granted a delay — except those who turn back [to God] after that, and reform: God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence.i 89

اوليك جزاوهم ان عليهم لعنه الله والمليكه والناس اجمعين خلدين فيها لا يخفف عنهم العذاب ولا هم ينظرون الا الذين تابوا من بعد ذلك واصلحوا فان الله غفور رحيم

Those who deny-disown after having believed, then increase in denial-disowning, their repentance will never be accepted, 90

ان الذين كفروا بعد ايمنهم ثم ازدادوا كفرا لن تقبل توبتهم

and those are the astray. 90

واوليك هم الضالون

Those who deny-disown and die while denying-disowning, there will never be accepted from any of them the whole earth filled with gold, even were he to offer it as ransom. 91

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

Those are the ones who will have a painful punishment, 91

اوليك لهم عذاب اليم

and they will have no helpers. 91

وما لهم من نصرين

You will not attain virtue unless you spend of what you love. 92

لن تنالوا البر حتي تنفقوا مما تحبون

And whatever you spend, God knows it perfectly. 92

وما تنفقوا من شي فان الله به عليم

All food was lawful for the Children of Israel, except what Israel had forbidden itself, before the Tawrah was sent down. 93

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

Say: "Bring, then, the Tawrah, and recite it, if you are truthful." 93

قل فاتوا بالتوريه فاتلوها ان كنتم صدقين

Whoever, after that, invents the lie against God — those are the unjust. 94

فمن افتري علي الله الكذب من بعد ذلك فاوليك هم الظلمون

Say: "God has spoken the truth. 95

قل صدق الله

Follow, then, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,i 95

فاتبعوا مله ابرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate." 95

وما كان من المشركين

The first House established for mankind is indeed that at the place of the throng, blessed and a guidance for all beings; in it are clear signs.i 97

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

The station of Ibrahim,i 97

مقام ابرهيم

and whoever enters it is secure. 97

ومن دخله كان امنا

And the Hajj of the House is a duty toward God for mankind, for whoever has the capacity for it by a [practicable] way; 97

ولله علي الناس حج البيت من استطاع اليه سبيلا

and whoever denies-disowns — God is self-sufficient, independent of all beings. 97

ومن كفر فان الله غني عن العلمين

Say: "O people of the Scripture! why do you deny-disown the signs of God, when God is witness to what you do?"i 98

قل ياهل الكتب لم تكفرون بايت الله والله شهيد علي ما تعملون

Say: "O people of the Scripture! why do you turn away from the path of God him who has believed, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses to it?"i 99

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

God is not heedless of what you do. 99

وما الله بغفل عما تعملون

O you who have believed! if you obey a group among those to whom the Scripture was given, they will turn you back, after your faith, to denial-disowning.i 100

يايها الذين امنوا ان تطيعوا فريقا من الذين اوتوا الكتب يردوكم بعد ايمنكم كفرين

And how would you deny-disown, when the signs of God are recited to you, and His messenger is among you? 101

وكيف تكفرون وانتم تتلي عليكم ايت الله وفيكم رسوله

And whoever holds firmly to God is already guided to a straight path. 101

ومن يعتصم بالله فقد هدي الي صرط مستقيم

O you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God as one should guard oneself toward Him, 102

يايها الذين امنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته

and do not die except being true to Him alone. 102

ولا تموتن الا وانتم مسلمون

And hold, all of you, firmly, to the rope of God, 103

واعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا

and do not divide yourselves. 103

ولا تفرقوا

And remember God's blessing upon you, when you were enemies, and He reconciled your cores, so that you became, by His blessing, brothers; 103

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

and you were at the edge of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it. 103

وكنتم علي شفا حفره من النار فانقذكم منها

Thus does God make His signs clear to you, perhaps you will be rightly guided. 103

كذلك يبين الله لكم ايته لعلكم تهتدون

And let there be from among you a community that calls to good, orders what is recognized, and forbids what is disavowed. 104

ولتكن منكم امه يدعون الي الخير ويامرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر

Those are the ones who succeed. 104

واوليك هم المفلحون

And do not be like those who divided themselves and fell into disagreement after the clear proofs had come to them. 105

ولا تكونوا كالذين تفرقوا واختلفوا من بعد ما جاهم البينت

Those are the ones who will have an immense punishment, on the day when faces will brighten and faces will darken. 106

واوليك لهم عذاب عظيم يوم تبيض وجوه وتسود وجوه

As for those whose faces will have darkened: "Did you deny-disown after your faith? Taste, then, the punishment, for having denied-disowned." 106

فاما الذين اسودت وجوههم اكفرتم بعد ايمنكم فذوقوا العذاب بما كنتم تكفرون

And as for those whose faces will have brightened, they will be in the benevolence of God, 107

واما الذين ابيضت وجوههم ففي رحمه الله

wherein they will abide eternally. 107

هم فيها خلدون

Those are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth. 108

تلك ايت الله نتلوها عليك بالحق

And God wants no injustice for all beings. 108

وما الله يريد ظلما للعلمين

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, 109

ولله ما في السموت وما في الارض

and it is to God that all matters return. 109

والي الله ترجع الامور

You are the best community raised up for mankind: you order what is recognized, you forbid what is disavowed, and you believe in God. 110

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

And had the people of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them.i 110

ولو امن اهل الكتب لكان خيرا لهم

Among them, there are believers, 110

منهم المومنون

but most of them are oversteppers. 110

واكثرهم الفسقون

They can never harm you, 111

لن يضروكم

except by an annoyance. 111

الا اذي

And if they fight you, they will turn their backs to you; 111

وان يقتلوكم يولوكم الادبار

then, they will not be helped. 111

ثم لا ينصرون

Humiliation has been imprinted upon them, wherever they are found, 112

ضربت عليهم الذله اين ما ثقفوا

except by a bond with God and a bond with mankind; they incur the anger of God, 112

الا بحبل من الله وحبل من الناس وباو بغضب من الله

and misery has been imprinted upon them. 112

وضربت عليهم المسكنه

That is because they used to deny-disown the signs of God, and kill the prophets without right. 112

ذلك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايت الله ويقتلون الانبيا بغير حق

It is for having disobeyed and transgressed. 112

ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

They are not all equal: 113

ليسوا سوا

among the people of the Scripture, there is an upright community, which recites the signs of God in the hours of the night, prostrating.i 113

من اهل الكتب امه قايمه يتلون ايت الله انا اليل وهم يسجدون

They believe in God and the Last Day, order what is recognized, forbid what is disavowed, and race ahead of others in good deeds. 114

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

Those are the ones among the righteous. 114

واوليك من الصلحين

And whatever good they do, it will never be denied them. 115

وما يفعلوا من خير فلن يكفروه

God knows perfectly those who guard themselves. 115

والله عليم بالمتقين

Those who deny-disown, neither their possessions nor their children will avail them at all against God, 116

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

and those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 116

واوليك اصحب النار هم فيها خلدون

The likeness of what they spend in the present life is that of an icy wind, which strikes the crop of a people who have wronged themselves, and destroys it. 117

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

And God did not wrong them, 117

وما ظلمهم الله

but it was themselves that they wronged. 117

ولكن انفسهم يظلمون

O you who have believed! do not take close confidants apart from your own: they never cease to cause you trouble, and would like you to be afflicted. 118

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

Hatred has already become manifest in their mouths, and what their chests conceal is far graver still. 118

قد بدت البغضا من افوههم وما تخفي صدورهم اكبر

We have already made the signs clear to you, if you reason. 118

قد بينا لكم الايت ان كنتم تعقلون

Here you are, you who love them, while they do not love you, and you believe in the whole of the Scripture.i 119

هانتم اولا تحبونهم ولا يحبونكم وتومنون بالكتب كله

And when they meet you, they say: "We have believed"; 119

واذا لقوكم قالوا امنا

but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips, out of rage against you. 119

واذا خلوا عضوا عليكم الانامل من الغيظ

Say: "Die in your rage." 119

قل موتوا بغيظكم

God knows perfectly what is in the chests. 119

ان الله عليم بذات الصدور

If good touches you, it grieves them, 120

ان تمسسكم حسنه تسوهم

and if evil befalls you, they rejoice at it. 120

وان تصبكم سييه يفرحوا بها

But if you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheming will not harm you at all. 120

وان تصبروا وتتقوا لا يضركم كيدهم شيا

God encompasses perfectly what they do. 120

ان الله بما يعملون محيط

And remember when you left your household early, to assign the believers positions for battle. 121

واذ غدوت من اهلك تبوي المومنين مقعد للقتال

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 121

والله سميع عليم

When two of your groups almost weakened, God being the protector of both — 122

اذ همت طايفتان منكم ان تفشلا والله وليهما

and it is upon God that the believers should rely. 122

وعلي الله فليتوكل المومنون

God indeed helped you at Badr, when you were humble. 123

ولقد نصركم الله ببدر وانتم اذله

Guard yourselves, then, toward God, perhaps you will be grateful. 123

فاتقوا الله لعلكم تشكرون

remember when you said to the believers: "Is it not enough for you that your Guardian reinforces you with three thousand Agents sent down [from the sky]?"i 124

اذ تقول للمومنين الن يكفيكم ان يمدكم ربكم بثلثه الف من المليكه منزلين

But yes: if you are patient and guard yourselves, and they swoop down upon you, right then, your Guardian will reinforce you with five thousand distinctly marked Agents.i 125

بلي ان تصبروا وتتقوا وياتوكم من فورهم هذا يمددكم ربكم بخمسه الف من المليكه مسومين

And God made it only a good tiding for you, and so that your cores might find ease in it. 126

وما جعله الله الا بشري لكم ولتطمين قلوبكم به

But victory comes only from God, the All-Powerful, the Wise, so that He may cut off a part of those who deny-disown, or lay them low, and they depart disappointed. You have, in this matter, no power: either He turns toward them with clemency, or He punishes them, for they are unjust. 128

وما النصر الا من عند الله العزيز الحكيم ليقطع طرفا من الذين كفروا او يكبتهم فينقلبوا خايبين ليس لك من الامر شي او يتوب عليهم او يعذبهم فانهم ظلمون

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 129

ولله ما في السموت وما في الارض

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. 129

يغفر لمن يشا ويعذب من يشا

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 129

والله غفور رحيم

O you who have believed! do not devour usury, doubled and redoubled. 130

يايها الذين امنوا لا تاكلوا الربوا اضعفا مضعفه

And guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed. 130

واتقوا الله لعلكم تفلحون

And guard yourselves against the Fire, prepared for those who deny-disown. 131

واتقوا النار التي اعدت للكفرين

And obey God and the messenger, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you. 132

واطيعوا الله والرسول لعلكم ترحمون

And race toward a forgiveness from your Guardian, and a Garden whose extent is that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who guard themselves, who spend in ease and hardship, restrain their rage, and forgive people. 134

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

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God loves those who do good. 134

والله يحب المحسنين

And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God and ask forgiveness for their offenses — 135

والذين اذا فعلوا فحشه او ظلموا انفسهم ذكروا الله فاستغفروا لذنوبهم

and who forgives offenses, but God? — 135

ومن يغفر الذنوب الا الله

and who do not persist in what they did, while knowing. 135

ولم يصروا علي ما فعلوا وهم يعلمون

Those are the ones whose reward is a forgiveness from their Guardian, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. 136

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

How excellent is the reward of those who act [thus]! 136

ونعم اجر العملين

Ways [similar] have indeed passed before you; 137

قد خلت من قبلكم سنن

so travel through the land, and look how the end of those who denied was. 137

فسيروا في الارض فانظروا كيف كان عقبه المكذبين

This is a clear exposition for mankind, a guidance and an admonition for those who guard themselves. 138

هذا بيان للناس وهدي وموعظه للمتقين

And do not weaken, and do not grieve: you are the most exalted, if you are believers. 139

ولا تهنوا ولا تحزنوا وانتم الاعلون ان كنتم مومنين

If a wound touches you, a similar wound has already touched that [other] people. 140

ان يمسسكم قرح فقد مس القوم قرح مثله

Thus do the days go: We make them alternate among mankind,i 140

وتلك الايام نداولها بين الناس

so that God may recognize those who have believed, and take from among you witnesses — 140

وليعلم الله الذين امنوا ويتخذ منكم شهدا

God does not love the unjust — 140

والله لا يحب الظلمين

and so that God may purify those who have believed, and efface those who deny-disown. 141

وليمحص الله الذين امنوا ويمحق الكفرين

Or did you think you would enter the Garden without God yet recognizing those among you who have striven, and recognizing the patient? 142

ام حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنه ولما يعلم الله الذين جهدوا منكم ويعلم الصبرين

You indeed desired death before meeting it; you have now seen it, and you were looking on. 143

ولقد كنتم تمنون الموت من قبل ان تلقوه فقد رايتموه وانتم تنظرون

Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers have indeed passed before him.i 144

وما محمد الا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل

If he then died, or was killed, would you turn back on your heels? 144

افاين مات او قتل انقلبتم علي اعقبكم

And whoever turns back on his heels does not harm God at all, 144

ومن ينقلب علي عقبيه فلن يضر الله شيا

and God will reward the grateful. 144

وسيجزي الله الشكرين

And it is not for any Self to die, except with the permission of God, 145

وما كان لنفس ان تموت الا باذن الله

according to a register with an appointed term.i 145

كتبا موجلا

And whoever wants the reward of the present life, We give it to him; 145

ومن يرد ثواب الدنيا نوته منها

and whoever wants the reward of the last life, We give it to him. 145

ومن يرد ثواب الاخره نوته منها

We will reward the grateful. 145

وسنجزي الشكرين

How many a prophet has fought, accompanied by many men of truth! 146

وكاين من نبي قتل معه ربيون كثير

They did not weaken for what befell them in the way of God, did not grow feeble, and did not submit [to the enemy]. 146

فما وهنوا لما اصابهم في سبيل الله وما ضعفوا وما استكانوا

God loves the patient. 146

والله يحب الصبرين

And their only word was to say: "Our Guardian, forgive us our offenses and our excesses in our conduct, make firm our steps, and help us against the people who deny-disown." 147

وما كان قولهم الا ان قالوا ربنا اغفر لنا ذنوبنا واسرافنا في امرنا وثبت اقدامنا وانصرنا علي القوم الكفرين

God then gave them the reward of the present life, and the beautiful reward of the last life. 148

فاتيهم الله ثواب الدنيا وحسن ثواب الاخره

God loves those who do good. 148

والله يحب المحسنين

O you who have believed! if you obey those who deny-disown, they will make you turn back on your heels, and you will find yourselves losers. 149

يايها الذين امنوا ان تطيعوا الذين كفروا يردوكم علي اعقبكم فتنقلبوا خسرين

God, rather, is your Protector, 150

بل الله موليكم

and He is the best of helpers. 150

وهو خير النصرين

We will cast terror into the cores of those who deny-disown, for having associated with God that for which He has sent down no authority. 151

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

Their refuge will be the Fire, 151

وماويهم النار

and what an evil abode for the unjust! 151

وبيس مثوي الظلمين

God indeed kept His promise to you, when you were routing them with His permission, 152

ولقد صدقكم الله وعده اذ تحسونهم باذنه

until, having weakened, you disputed about the matter, and disobeyed, after He had shown you what you loved. 152

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

Among you, there were some who wanted the present life, and among you, there were some who wanted the last life; 152

منكم من يريد الدنيا ومنكم من يريد الاخره

then He turned you away from them, so as to try you. 152

ثم صرفكم عنهم ليبتليكم

He has indeed already forgiven you. 152

ولقد عفا عنكم

God holds a favor toward the believers. 152

والله ذو فضل علي المومنين

remember when you were climbing [the hill], without turning back to anyone, while the messenger was calling you, at the rear of your ranks; He then rewarded you with anguish upon [another] anguish, so that you would not grieve either for what had escaped you, or for what had befallen you. 153

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

God is well informed of what you do. 153

والله خبير بما تعملون

Then He sent down upon you, after the anguish, a tranquility, a drowsiness that enveloped a group among you, 154

ثم انزل عليكم من بعد الغم امنه نعاسا يغشي طايفه منكم

while [another] group, preoccupied with its own Self, thought of God, contrary to the truth, a thought of the age of ignorance, 154

وطايفه قد اهمتهم انفسهم يظنون بالله غير الحق ظن الجهليه

saying: "Do we have, in this matter, any power?" 154

يقولون هل لنا من الامر من شي

Say: "The matter, entirely, belongs to God." 154

قل ان الامر كله لله

They hide, within themselves, what they do not show you, 154

يخفون في انفسهم ما لا يبدون لك

saying: "Had we had, in this matter, any power, we would not have been killed here." 154

يقولون لو كان لنا من الامر شي ما قتلنا ههنا

Say: "Had you stayed in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would certainly have gone forth to their places of falling" — and so that God might try what is in your chests, and purify what is in your cores. 154

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

God knows perfectly what is in the chests. 154

والله عليم بذات الصدور

Those among you who turned their backs, on the day the two forces met, it was only the Diverter who made them stumble, for a part of what they had earned.i 155

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

God has indeed already forgiven them. 155

ولقد عفا الله عنهم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of patience. 155

ان الله غفور حليم

O you who have believed! do not be like those who denied-disowned, and who say of their brothers, when they travel through the land or go off on an expedition: "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died, and would not have been killed" — so that God may make of it a bitter regret in their cores. 156

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

God gives life and causes death. 156

والله يحي ويميت

God sees perfectly what you do. 156

والله بما تعملون بصير

And if you are killed in the way of God, or if you die, a forgiveness from God and a benevolence are indeed better than what they amass. 157

ولين قتلتم في سبيل الله او متم لمغفره من الله ورحمه خير مما يجمعون

And whether you die, or are killed, it is to God that you will be gathered. 158

ولين متم او قتلتم لالي الله تحشرون

It is by a benevolence from God that you have been gentle toward them; 159

فبما رحمه من الله لنت لهم

and had you been harsh, hard of core, they would certainly have scattered away from you. 159

ولو كنت فظا غليظ القلب لانفضوا من حولك

So forgive them, ask forgiveness for them, and consult them on the matter; 159

فاعف عنهم واستغفر لهم وشاورهم في الامر

and once your decision is made, rely upon God. 159

فاذا عزمت فتوكل علي الله

God loves those who rely [upon Him]. 159

ان الله يحب المتوكلين

If God helps you, none can overcome you; 160

ان ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم

and if He abandons you, who then could help you after Him? 160

وان يخذلكم فمن ذا الذي ينصركم من بعده

And it is upon God that the believers should rely. 160

وعلي الله فليتوكل المومنون

It is not for a prophet to commit an embezzlement; 161

وما كان لنبي ان يغل

and whoever commits an embezzlement will come, on the Day of Appearance, with what he embezzled, 161

ومن يغلل يات بما غل يوم القيمه

then every Self will be fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged. 161

ثم توفي كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

Is he who follows the good pleasure of God, then, like him who incurs the anger of God, and whose refuge will be Jahannam? 162

افمن اتبع رضون الله كمن با بسخط من الله وماويه جهنم

And what an evil destination! 162

وبيس المصير

They have degrees with God. 163

هم درجت عند الله

God sees perfectly what they do. 163

والله بصير بما يعملون

God has indeed blessed the believers, by raising up among them a messenger, from among themselves, who recites His signs to them, purifies them, and teaches them the Scripture and the wisdom, though before they were in manifest error.i 164

لقد من الله علي المومنين اذ بعث فيهم رسولا من انفسهم يتلوا عليهم ايته ويزكيهم ويعلمهم الكتب والحكمه وان كانوا من قبل لفي ضلل مبين

How then, when misfortune strikes you, after you had inflicted double that, do you say: "From where, then, does this come?" 165

اولما اصبتكم مصيبه قد اصبتم مثليها قلتم اني هذا

Say: "This comes from yourselves." 165

قل هو من عند انفسكم

God has power over all things. 165

ان الله علي كل شي قدير

And what befell you, on the day the two forces met, was with God's permission, and so that He might recognize the believers, and recognize those who practiced hypocrisy, 167

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

and so that it might be said to them: "Come, fight in the way of God, or repel [the enemy]"; 167

وقيل لهم تعالوا قتلوا في سبيل الله او ادفعوا

they said: "If we knew how to fight, we would certainly have followed you." 167

قالوا لو نعلم قتالا لاتبعنكم

That day, they were closer to denial-disowning than to faith, 167

هم للكفر يوميذ اقرب منهم للايمن

saying with their mouths what was not in their cores. 167

يقولون بافوههم ما ليس في قلوبهم

God knows best what they hide. 167

والله اعلم بما يكتمون

Those who, having stayed seated, said of their brothers: "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." 168

الذين قالوا لاخونهم وقعدوا لو اطاعونا ما قتلوا

Say: "Ward off death from yourselves, then, if you are truthful." 168

قل فادروا عن انفسكم الموت ان كنتم صدقين

And never think that those who have been killed in the way of God are dead. 169

ولا تحسبن الذين قتلوا في سبيل الله اموتا

No, they are alive, with their Guardian, provided [with blessings], rejoicing in what God has given them of His favor, and rejoicing for those who, remaining behind them, have not yet joined them: no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 170

بل احيا عند ربهم يرزقون فرحين بما اتيهم الله من فضله ويستبشرون بالذين لم يلحقوا بهم من خلفهم الا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

They rejoice in a blessing from God and a favor, and [in the fact] that God does not let the reward of the believers be lost, those who responded to God and to the messenger after the wound had struck them. 172

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

To those among them who did good and guarded themselves belongs an immense reward. 172

للذين احسنوا منهم واتقوا اجر عظيم

Those to whom the people said: "The people have gathered against you, so fear them" — that increased their faith. 173

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

And they said: "God suffices us; what an excellent guardian!" 173

وقالوا حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

They returned then with a blessing from God and a favor, without any evil having touched them, and they followed the good pleasure of God. 174

فانقلبوا بنعمه من الله وفضل لم يمسسهم سو واتبعوا رضون الله

God holds an immense favor. 174

والله ذو فضل عظيم

It is only that Diverter who frightens his allies; do not fear them, then,i 175

انما ذلكم الشيطن يخوف اولياه فلا تخافوهم

but fear Me, if you are believers. 175

وخافون ان كنتم مومنين

And let not those grieve you who hasten into denial-disowning: 176

ولا يحزنك الذين يسرعون في الكفر

they will not harm God at all. 176

انهم لن يضروا الله شيا

God wants to give them no share in the last life, 176

يريد الله الا يجعل لهم حظا في الاخره

and they will have an immense punishment. 176

ولهم عذاب عظيم

Those who buy denial-disowning at the price of faith will not harm God at all, and they will have a painful punishment. 177

ان الذين اشتروا الكفر بالايمن لن يضروا الله شيا ولهم عذاب اليم

And let not those who deny-disown by any means think that the delay We grant them is a good for themselves: 178

ولا يحسبن الذين كفروا انما نملي لهم خير لانفسهم

We grant it to them only so that they may increase in transgression, 178

انما نملي لهم ليزدادوا اثما

and they will have a humiliating punishment. 178

ولهم عذاب مهين

It is not for God to leave the believers in the state you are in, without distinguishing the vile from the good, 179

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

and it is not in God's nature to unveil to you what escapes the senses,i 179

وما كان الله ليطلعكم علي الغيب

but God chooses, among His messengers, whom He wills. 179

ولكن الله يجتبي من رسله من يشا

So believe in God and in His messengers; 179

فامنوا بالله ورسله

and if you believe and guard yourselves, you will have an immense reward. 179

وان تومنوا وتتقوا فلكم اجر عظيم

And let not those who are stingy with what God has given them of His favor by any means think that it is a good for them; 180

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

it is rather an evil for them. 180

بل هو شر لهم

They will be encircled by what they were stingy with, on the Day of Appearance. 180

سيطوقون ما بخلوا به يوم القيمه

And to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. 180

ولله ميرث السموت والارض

God is well informed of what you do. 180

والله بما تعملون خبير

God has indeed heard the saying of those who said: "God is poor, and we are rich." 181

لقد سمع الله قول الذين قالوا ان الله فقير ونحن اغنيا

We will record what they said, and their killing of the prophets without right, and We will say: "Taste the punishment of the burning blaze. 181

سنكتب ما قالوا وقتلهم الانبيا بغير حق ونقول ذوقوا عذاب الحريق

That is for what your hands have prepared"; and God is not at all unjust toward His the constrained. 182

ذلك بما قدمت ايديكم وان الله ليس بظلام للعبيد

Those who said: "God has bound us not to believe in any messenger, until he brings us an offering that the fire consumes", 183

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

say: "Messengers before me indeed came to you with clear proofs, and with what you said; why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?" 183

قل قد جاكم رسل من قبلي بالبينت وبالذي قلتم فلم قتلتموهم ان كنتم صدقين

If they deny you, messengers have already been denied before you, who had come with clear proofs, the Formularies, and the luminous Scripture.i 184

فان كذبوك فقد كذب رسل من قبلك جاو بالبينت والزبر والكتب المنير

Every Self tastes death, 185

كل نفس ذايقه الموت

and it is only on the Day of Appearance that you will be fully repaid your rewards. 185

وانما توفون اجوركم يوم القيمه

Whoever is drawn away from the Fire and admitted into the Garden has thus triumphed. 185

فمن زحزح عن النار وادخل الجنه فقد فاز

And the present life is nothing but a deceptive enjoyment. 185

وما الحيوه الدنيا الا متع الغرور

You will certainly be tried in your possessions and in your Selves, and you will certainly hear, from those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and from those who have associated, much harm.i 186

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

But if you are patient and guard yourselves, that is part of the firmness of resolutions. 186

وان تصبروا وتتقوا فان ذلك من عزم الامور

And remember when God took the engagement of those to whom the Scripture was given: "You will certainly make it clear to mankind, and you will not hide it"; but they cast it behind their backs, and sold it for a small price.i 187

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

How evil is what they buy! 187

فبيس ما يشترون

Do not by any means think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what they did not do — do not by any means think that they will escape the punishment. 188

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

They will have a painful punishment. 188

ولهم عذاب اليم

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 189

ولله ملك السموت والارض

God has power over all things. 189

والله علي كل شي قدير

There are indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, signs for the possessors of intelligence, those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: 191

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

"Our Guardian, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You! 191

ربنا ما خلقت هذا بطلا سبحنك

Preserve us, then, from the punishment of the Fire. 191

فقنا عذاب النار

Our Guardian, whoever You admit into the Fire, You have indeed covered him with disgrace, 192

ربنا انك من تدخل النار فقد اخزيته

and the unjust have no helpers. 192

وما للظلمين من انصار

Our Guardian, we have heard a herald calling to faith: Believe in your Guardian — and we have believed. 193

ربنا اننا سمعنا مناديا ينادي للايمن ان امنوا بربكم فامنا

Our Guardian, forgive us, then, our offenses, erase for us our evil deeds, and take us back to You with the good. 193

ربنا فاغفر لنا ذنوبنا وكفر عنا سياتنا وتوفنا مع الابرار

Our Guardian, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not cover us with disgrace on the Day of Appearance: 194

ربنا واتنا ما وعدتنا علي رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم القيمه

You never fail Your promise." 194

انك لا تخلف الميعاد

Their Guardian answered them, then: "I never let the deed of one of you who acts be lost, male or female — 195

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

you are of one another. 195

بعضكم من بعض

Those who have emigrated, been expelled from their dwellings, been persecuted on My way, fought, and been killed, I will certainly cover their evil deeds, and I will certainly admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow" — a reward from God. 195

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

And it is with God that the best reward is found. 195

والله عنده حسن الثواب

Let not the free movement of those who deny-disown through the land deceive you. 196

لا يغرنك تقلب الذين كفروا في البلد

It is an enjoyment of little worth, 197

متع قليل

then their refuge will be Jahannam, 197

ثم ماويهم جهنم

and what an evil bed! 197

وبيس المهاد

But those who have guarded themselves toward their Guardian will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, as a welcome from God. 198

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

And what is with God is better for the good. 198

وما عند الله خير للابرار

And among the people of the Scripture, there are indeed some who believe in God, in what has been revealed to you, and in what was revealed to them, humble toward God,i 199

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

not selling the signs of God for a small price. 199

لا يشترون بايت الله ثمنا قليلا

Those are the ones whose reward is found with their Guardian. 199

اوليك لهم اجرهم عند ربهم

God is swift in reckoning. 199

ان الله سريع الحساب

O you who have believed! be patient, surpass [others] in patience, stand ready with firmness, and guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed. 200

يايها الذين امنوا اصبروا وصابروا ورابطوا واتقوا الله لعلكم تفلحون