Al-Baqara

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

والذين يومنون بما انزل اليك وما انزل من قبلك وبالءاخرة هم يوقنون اوليك على هدى من ربهم

God has sealed their cores and their hearing,

ختم الله على قلوبهم وعلى سمعهم

and over their sights, a cover;

وعلى ابصرهم غشوة

They seek to deceive God and those who have believed,

يخدعون الله والذين ءامنوا

There is, in their cores, a sickness,

في قلوبهم مرض

and God has increased them in sickness;

فزادهم الله مرضا

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

واذا قيل لهم ءامنوا كما ءامن الناس قالوا انومن كما ءامن السفهاء

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

واذا لقوا الذين ءامنوا قالوا ءامنا

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

مثلهم كمثل الذي استوقد نارا فلما اضاءت ما حوله

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

او كصيب من السماء فيه ظلمت ورعد وبرق

they put their fingers in their ears, because of the thunderbolts, wary of death.

يجعلون اصبعهم في ءاذانهم من الصوعق حذر الموت

The lightning almost snatches away their sight.

يكاد البرق يخطف ابصرهم

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

كلما اضاء لهم مشوا فيه

and when it darkens over them, they stand still.

واذا اظلم عليهم قاموا

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

ولو شاء الله لذهب بسمعهم وابصرهم

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 provision for you.

الذي جعل لكم الارض فرشا والسماء بناء وانزل من السماء ماء فاخرج به من الثمرت رزقا لكم

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

وان كنتم في ريب مما نزلنا على عبدنا فاتوا بسورة من مثله

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

فان لم تفعلوا ولن تفعلوا فاتقوا النار التي وقودها الناس والحجارة

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

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

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

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

and it is given to them, resembling.

واتوا به متشبها

They will have therein purified spouses,

ولهم فيها ازوج مطهرة

God is indeed not shy of multiplying an image, be it that of a gnat or something greater.

ان الله لا يستحي ان يضرب مثلا ما بعوضة فما فوقها

As for those who have believed, they know that it is the truth from their Guardian;

فاما الذين ءامنوا فيعلمون انه الحق من ربهم

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

واما الذين كفروا فيقولون ماذا اراد الله بهذا مثلا

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

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

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

كيف تكفرون بالله وكنتم اموتا فاحيكم ثم يميتكم

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

هو الذي خلق لكم ما في الارض جميعا

then He established Himself toward the sky, and proportioned them into seven heavens;

ثم استوى الى السماء فسوىهن سبع سموت

And when your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am going to place a successor on the earth."

واذ قال ربك للمليكة اني جاعل في الارض خليفة

They said: "Will You place therein one who will sow corruption in it and shed blood, while we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your holiness?"

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

He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their attributes."

قال يادم انبيهم باسمايهم

And when We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam," they prostrated,

واذ قلنا للمليكة اسجدوا لءادم فسجدوا

And We said: "O Adam! Dwell, you and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat from it, at your ease, wherever you will,

وقلنا يادم اسكن انت وزوجك الجنة وكلا منها رغدا حيث شيتما

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

فازلهما الشيطن عنها فاخرجهما مما كانا فيه

and We said: "Descend,

وقلنا اهبطوا

you will be enemies to one another,

بعضكم لبعض عدو

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

فتلقى ءادم من ربه كلمت فتاب عليه

We said: "Descend from it, all together;

قلنا اهبطوا منها جميعا

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

وءامنوا بما انزلت مصدقا لما معكم ولا تكونوا اول كافر به

And maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality,

واقيموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة

Do you order virtue upon men, while forgetting yourselves, when you recite the Scripture?

اتامرون الناس بالبر وتنسون انفسكم وانتم تتلون الكتب

And 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 —

واذ نجينكم من ءال فرعون يسومونكم سوء العذاب يذبحون ابناءكم ويستحيون نساءكم

And when We gave Moussa the Scripture

واذ ءاتينا موسى الكتب

And when Moussa said to his people: "O my people! You have indeed wronged yourselves by taking the calf; turn back, then, to your Giver of existence, and kill yourselves,

واذ قال موسى لقومه يقوم انكم ظلمتم انفسكم باتخاذكم العجل فتوبوا الى باريكم فاقتلوا انفسكم

that is better for you with your Giver of existence."

ذلكم خير لكم عند باريكم

He turned toward you with clemency, then:

فتاب عليكم

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

وظللنا عليكم الغمام وانزلنا عليكم المن والسلوى

"Eat of the wholesome things We have provided you" —

كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم

And when We said: "Enter this city, eat from it wherever you will, at your ease, enter by the gate, prostrate, and say: Unburden us — We will forgive you your faults,

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

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

واذ استسقى موسى لقومه فقلنا اضرب بعصاك الحجر

and behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it:

فانفجرت منه اثنتا عشرة عينا

each group of men knew its drinking place.

قد علم كل اناس مشربهم

Eat and drink of God's provision,

كلوا واشربوا من رزق الله

And 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."

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

He said: "Would you take what is near in exchange for what is better?

قال اتستبدلون الذي هو ادنى بالذي هو خير

Descend, then, to Egypt, for you will find there what you have asked."

اهبطوا مصرا فان لكم ما سالتم

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

وضربت عليهم الذلة والمسكنة وباءو بغضب من الله

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

ذلك بانهم كانوا يكفرون بايت الله ويقتلون النبين بغير الحق

And when We took your solemn engagement, and elevated above you the Mount:

واذ اخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم الطور

Then you turned your backs after that;

ثم توليتم من بعد ذلك

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

واذ قال موسى لقومه ان الله يامركم ان تذبحوا بقرة

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

قالوا اتتخذنا هزوا

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

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي

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

قال انه يقول انها بقرة لا فارض ولا بكر

of middle age between the two;

عوان بين ذلك

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

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما لونها

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

قال انه يقول انها بقرة صفراء فاقع لونها

He said: "He says she is a cow not made docile to stir up the earth or water the tilth,

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

unblemished, without any spot."

مسلمة لا شية فيها

They said: "Now you bring the truth."

قالوا الن جيت بالحق

And when you killed a Self, and pushed one another back concerning it —

واذ قتلتم نفسا فادرءتم فيها

We then said: "Strike him with a part of it";

فقلنا اضربوه ببعضها

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

ثم قست قلوبكم من بعد ذلك فهي كالحجارة او اشد قسوة

There are surely, among stones, those from which rivers gush forth;

وان من الحجارة لما يتفجر منه الانهر

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

وان منها لما يشقق فيخرج منه الماء

and there are surely, among them, those which descend, out of dread of God.

وان منها لما يهبط من خشية الله

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

واذا لقوا الذين ءامنوا قالوا ءامنا

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

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

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

ومنهم اميون لا يعلمون الكتب الا اماني

Woe, then, to those who write the Scripture with their hands, then say: "This is from God", to buy with it a paltry price!

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

Woe to them for what their hands have written,

فويل لهم مما كتبت ايديهم

And they said: "The Fire will touch us only for numbered days."

وقالوا لن تمسنا النار الا اياما معدودة

Say: "Have you taken a pact with God — God never fails His pact —,

قل اتخذتم عند الله عهدا فلن يخلف الله عهده

And when We took the solemn engagement of the Sons of Israel: "You shall obey none but God,

واذ اخذنا ميثق بني اسرءيل لا تعبدون الا الله

and beneficence toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, and the destitute;

وبالولدين احسانا وذي القربى واليتمى والمسكين

and say to men what is beautiful;

وقولوا للناس حسنا

and maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality";

واقيموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة

Then here you are, nonetheless, killing one another, and expelling a fraction of your own from their abodes, supporting one another against them in transgression and hostility;

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

and if they come to you as captives, you exchange them, even though their expulsion was prohibited to you.

وان ياتوكم اسرى تفدوهم وهو محرم عليكم اخراجهم

Do you believe, then, in part of the Scripture, and disown another part?

افتومنون ببعض الكتب وتكفرون ببعض

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

فما جزاء من يفعل ذلك منكم الا خزي في الحيوة الدنيا

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

ويوم القيمة يردون الى اشد العذاب

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

ولقد ءاتينا موسى الكتب وقفينا من بعده بالرسل

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

وءاتينا عيسى ابن مريم البينت وايدنه بروح القدس

Every time a messenger came to you with what your own Selves did not lean toward, did you not grow proud?

افكلما جاءكم رسول بما لا تهوى انفسكم استكبرتم

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

وقالوا قلوبنا غلف

And when a scripture came to them from God, confirming what is with them — though before they used to ask for the opening against those who disowned —,

ولما جاءهم كتب من عند الله مصدق لما معهم وكانوا من قبل يستفتحون على الذين كفروا

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

فلما جاءهم ما عرفوا كفروا به

How evil is what they sold their own Selves for: to disown what God sent down, out of aggression, because God sends down of His favor upon whom He wills among His obedient ones!

بيسما اشتروا به انفسهم ان يكفروا بما انزل الله بغيا ان ينزل الله من فضله على من يشاء من عباده

They incurred, then, anger upon anger.

فباءو بغضب على غضب

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 disown what is beyond it.

واذا قيل لهم ءامنوا بما انزل الله قالوا نومن بما انزل علينا ويكفرون بما وراءه

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

وهو الحق مصدقا لما معهم

And when We took your solemn engagement, and elevated above you the Mount:

واذ اخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم الطور

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

خذوا ما ءاتينكم بقوة واسمعوا

They said: "We have heard and disobeyed".

قالوا سمعنا وعصينا

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

واشربوا في قلوبهم العجل بكفرهم

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

ولن يتمنوه ابدا بما قدمت ايديهم

You will certainly find them, of all men, the keenest on life,

ولتجدنهم احرص الناس على حيوة

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

ومن الذين اشركوا يود احدهم لو يعمر الف سنة

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

وما هو بمزحزحه من العذاب ان يعمر

We have indeed sent down to you clear signs,

ولقد انزلنا اليك ءايت بينت

Is it that, every time they conclude a pact, a fraction among them casts it aside?

اوكلما عهدوا عهدا نبذه فريق منهم

And they followed what the Diverters recited concerning the dominion of Sulayman.

واتبعوا ما تتلوا الشيطين على ملك سليمن

But Sulayman never disowned,

وما كفر سليمن

but it is the Diverters who disowned, teaching men illusion, and what was sent down upon the two kings at Babel, Harut and Marut;

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

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

وما يعلمان من احد حتى يقولا انما نحن فتنة فلا تكفر

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

فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين المرء وزوجه

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

وما هم بضارين به من احد الا باذن الله

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

ويتعلمون ما يضرهم ولا ينفعهم

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

ولقد علموا لمن اشترىه ما له في الءاخرة من خلق

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

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تقولوا رعنا وقولوا انظرنا واسمعوا

Those who disown, among the people of the Scripture, and the associators would not like any good to be sent down upon you from your Guardian;

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.

والله يختص برحمته من يشاء

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

ما ننسخ من ءاية او ننسها نات بخير منها او مثلها

Or would you question your messenger as Moussa was questioned before?

ام تريدون ان تسلوا رسولكم كما سيل موسى من قبل

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

ود كثير من اهل الكتب لو يردونكم من بعد ايمنكم كفارا

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

حسدا من عند انفسهم من بعد ما تبين لهم الحق

Overlook, then, and turn the page, until God brings His command.

فاعفوا واصفحوا حتى ياتي الله بامره

And maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality.

واقيموا الصلوة وءاتوا الزكوة

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

وما تقدموا لانفسكم من خير تجدوه عند الله

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

وقالوا لن يدخل الجنة الا من كان هودا او نصرى

Those are their vain wishes.

تلك امانيهم

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

وقالت اليهود ليست النصرى على شىء وقالت النصرى ليست اليهود على شىء وهم يتلون الكتب

Thus said those who do not know, in a saying like theirs.

كذلك قال الذين لا يعلمون مثل قولهم

And who then does more wrong than one who prevents God's name from being mentioned in God's places of prostration, and endeavours to dismantle them?

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

Those should not enter them except fearful.

اوليك ما كان لهم ان يدخلوها الا خايفين

They have, in the present life, a disgrace,

لهم في الدنيا خزي

And to God belong the east and the west:

ولله المشرق والمغرب

wherever you turn, there is the direction of God.

فاينما تولوا فثم وجه الله

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

وقالوا اتخذ الله ولدا

Glory be to Him!

سبحنه

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

بل له ما في السموت والارض

Unprecedented Creator of the heavens and the earth.

بديع السموت والارض

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

واذا قضى امرا فانما يقول له كن

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

وقال الذين لا يعلمون لولا يكلمنا الله او تاتينا ءاية

Thus said those before them, in a saying like theirs;

كذلك قال الذين من قبلهم مثل قولهم

their cores resemble one another.

تشبهت قلوبهم

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

انا ارسلنك بالحق بشيرا ونذيرا

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

ولن ترضى عنك اليهود ولا النصرى حتى تتبع ملتهم

Say: "The guidance of God, that is the guidance."

قل ان هدى الله هو الهدى

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.

الذين ءاتينهم الكتب يتلونه حق تلاوته اوليك يومنون به

And when the Guardian of Ibrahim tested him with words, which he completed.

واذ ابتلى ابرهم ربه بكلمت فاتمهن

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

قال اني جاعلك للناس اماما

He said: "And among my descendants?"

قال ومن ذريتي

And when We made the House, for mankind, a place to come back to, and a security; and take, from the station of Ibrahim, a place of Contact.

واذ جعلنا البيت مثابة للناس وامنا واتخذوا من مقام ابرهم مصلى

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

واذ قال ابرهم رب اجعل هذا بلدا ءامنا وارزق اهله من الثمرت من ءامن منهم بالله واليوم الءاخر

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

قال ومن كفر فامتعه قليلا ثم اضطره الى عذاب النار

And when Ibrahim was elevating the foundations of the House, with Isma'il:

واذ يرفع ابرهم القواعد من البيت واسمعيل

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

ربنا واجعلنا مسلمين لك ومن ذريتنا امة مسلمة لك

And show us our beneficent practices.

وارنا مناسكنا

And turn toward us with clemency.

وتب علينا

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.

ربنا وابعث فيهم رسولا منهم يتلوا عليهم ءايتك ويعلمهم الكتب والحكمة ويزكيهم

And who, then, falls away from the doctrine of Ibrahim, but one who makes a fool of his own Self?

ومن يرغب عن ملة ابرهم الا من سفه نفسه

We indeed chose him in the present life,

ولقد اصطفينه في الدنيا

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

اذ قال له ربه اسلم

And Ibrahim made this a recommendation to his sons,

ووصى بها ابرهم بنيه

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

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

That is a community that has already passed:

تلك امة قد خلت

to it what it earned,

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned;

ولكم ما كسبتم

And they said: "Be Reoriented or Helpers, you will let yourselves be guided."

وقالوا كونوا هودا او نصرى تهتدوا

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

قل بل ملة ابرهم حنيفا

If they believe in what you have believed, they then let themselves be guided;

فان ءامنوا بمثل ما ءامنتم به فقد اهتدوا

and if they turn their backs, they are then only in a rupture;

وان تولوا فانما هم في شقاق

God will soon suffice you against them:

فسيكفيكهم الله

The dye of God —

صبغة الله

and who dyes better than God? —

ومن احسن من الله صبغة

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

قل اتحاجوننا في الله وهو ربنا وربكم ولنا اعملنا ولكم اعملكم

Or do you say: "Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, and the bloodlines were Reoriented or Helpers"?

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

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

قل ءانتم اعلم ام الله

And who, then, does more wrong than one who withholds a testimony he holds from God?

ومن اظلم ممن كتم شهدة عنده من الله

That is a community that has already passed:

تلك امة قد خلت

to it what it earned,

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned;

ولكم ما كسبتم

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

سيقول السفهاء من الناس ما ولىهم عن قبلتهم التي كانوا عليها

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

قل لله المشرق والمغرب

And thus have We made you an exemplary community,

وكذلك جعلنكم امة وسطا

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

لتكونوا شهداء على الناس ويكون الرسول عليكم شهيدا

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

وما جعلنا القبلة التي كنت عليها الا لنعلم من يتبع الرسول ممن ينقلب على عقبيه

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

وان كانت لكبيرة الا على الذين هدى الله

And it is not for God to let your faith dissipate.

وما كان الله ليضيع ايمنكم

We will indeed see your face turning in every direction in the sky; We will then give you as your course a rallying point that satisfies you.

قد نرى تقلب وجهك في السماء فلنولينك قبلة ترضىها

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

فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

and wherever you are, set your course for it.

وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره

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

وان الذين اوتوا الكتب ليعلمون انه الحق من ربهم

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

ولين اتيت الذين اوتوا الكتب بكل ءاية ما تبعوا قبلتك

And you will not follow their rallying point;

وما انت بتابع قبلتهم

nor do some of them follow the rallying point of others.

وما بعضهم بتابع قبلة بعض

Those to whom We gave the Scripture recognize him as they recognize their own sons,

الذين ءاتينهم الكتب يعرفونه كما يعرفون ابناءهم

The truth comes from your Guardian;

الحق من ربك

And each has a direction toward which he sets his course; race, then, in good deeds.

ولكل وجهة هو موليها فاستبقوا الخيرت

Wherever you are, God will bring you all back.

اين ما تكونوا يات بكم الله جميعا

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

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

it is surely the truth from your Guardian.

وانه للحق من ربك

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

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام

and wherever you are, set your course for it, so that men may have no argument against you — except those among them who do wrong; do not dread them, then, but dread Me —

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

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

يايها الذين ءامنوا استعينوا بالصبر والصلوة

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

ولا تقولوا لمن يقتل في سبيل الله اموت

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

اوليك عليهم صلوت من ربهم ورحمة

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

ان الصفا والمروة 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.

فمن حج البيت او اعتمر فلا جناح عليه ان يطوف بهما

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

ان الذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار اوليك عليهم لعنة الله والمليكة والناس اجمعين خلدين فيها

And your deity is one deity;

والهكم اله وحد

there is no deity but Him,

لا اله الا هو

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

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.

والذين ءامنوا اشد حبا لله

And those who followed will say: "If only we had a return, we would declare ourselves quit of them as they have declared themselves quit of us."

وقال الذين اتبعوا لو ان لنا كرة فنتبرا منهم كما تبرءوا منا

Thus does God show them their works, as desolations for them,

كذلك يريهم الله اعملهم حسرت عليهم

O mankind! Eat of what is on the earth, of what is permitted and wholesome,

يايها الناس كلوا مما في الارض حللا طيبا

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:

ولا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

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

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

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

ومثل الذين كفروا كمثل الذي ينعق بما لا يسمع الا دعاء ونداء

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

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

But whoever is compelled to it, without being rebellious or crossing the limits, no transgression upon him.

فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فلا اثم عليه

Indeed, those who withhold what God has sent down of the Scripture, and buy with it a paltry 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,

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

That is because God sent down the Scripture in truth,

ذلك بان الله نزل الكتب بالحق

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

ليس البر ان تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب

but virtue is one who believes in God, the Last Day, the Agents, the Scripture, and the informants, and who gives of his goods, 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 pure liberality,

ولكن البر من ءامن بالله واليوم الءاخر والمليكة والكتب والنبين وءاتى المال على حبه ذوي القربى واليتمى والمسكين وابن السبيل والسايلين وفي الرقاب واقام الصلوة وءاتى الزكوة

those who are faithful to their pact when they have made a pact,

والموفون بعهدهم اذا عهدوا

and the patient in adversity, hardship, and at the moment of violence:

والصبرين في الباساء والضراء وحين الباس

those are the ones who have been veracious,

اوليك الذين صدقوا

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

يايها الذين ءامنوا كتب عليكم القصاص في القتلى

the free man with the free man, the obedient one with the obedient one, and the woman with the woman.

الحر بالحر والعبد بالعبد والانثى بالانثى

But for the one whose brother overlooks something: a pursuit according to what is recognized, and a discharge in good grace.

فمن عفي له من اخيه شىء فاتباع بالمعروف واداء اليه باحسن

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

ذلك تخفيف من ربكم ورحمة

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

كتب عليكم اذا حضر احدكم الموت ان ترك خيرا

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

الوصية للولدين والاقربين بالمعروف

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

فمن بدله بعدما سمعه فانما اثمه على الذين يبدلونه

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

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

O you who have believed! Abstention is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, perhaps you will guard yourselves, for numbered days.

يايها الذين ءامنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون اياما معدودت

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

فمن كان منكم مريضا او على سفر فعدة من ايام اخر

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

وعلى الذين يطيقونه فدية طعام مسكين

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

فمن تطوع خيرا فهو خير له

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

شهر رمضان الذي انزل فيه القرءان هدى للناس وبينت من الهدى والفرقان

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

فمن شهد منكم الشهر فليصمه

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

ومن كان مريضا او على سفر فعدة من ايام اخر

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

يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر

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

واذا سالك عبادي عني فاني قريب

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

اجيب دعوة الداع اذا دعان

Permitted to you, on the night of abstention, is intimacy with your women:

احل لكم ليلة الصيام الرفث الى نسايكم

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

هن لباس لكم وانتم لباس لهن

God knew that you were betraying yourselves; He turned toward you with clemency, then, and overlooked it for you.

علم الله انكم كنتم تختانون انفسكم فتاب عليكم وعفا عنكم

So now, unite with them,

فالن بشروهن

and seek what God has prescribed for you.

وابتغوا ما كتب الله لكم

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

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

then complete the abstention until night.

ثم اتموا الصيام الى اليل

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

ولا تبشروهن وانتم عكفون في المسجد

Those are the limits of God,

تلك حدود الله

so do not approach them.

فلا تقربوها

They ask you about public announcements.

يسلونك عن الاهلة

Say: "They are appointed times for mankind, and for the Hajj."

قل هي موقيت للناس والحج

And virtue does not consist in entering houses from their backs,

وليس البر بان تاتوا البيوت من ظهورها

but virtue is one who guards himself.

ولكن البر من اتقى

Enter, then, houses by their doors,

واتوا البيوت من ابوبها

And fight, in the way of God, those who fight you, but do not commit aggression:

وقتلوا في سبيل الله الذين يقتلونكم ولا تعتدوا

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

واقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهم واخرجوهم من حيث اخرجوكم

the trial is graver than killing.

والفتنة اشد من القتل

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

ولا تقتلوهم عند المسجد الحرام حتى يقتلوكم فيه

but if they fight you, kill them then:

فان قتلوكم فاقتلوهم

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

وقتلوهم حتى لا تكون فتنة ويكون الدين لله

The inviolable month for the inviolable month, and for inviolable things, an investigation.

الشهر الحرام بالشهر الحرام والحرمت قصاص

Whoever has committed aggression against you, commit aggression against him to the extent of his aggression against you,

فمن اعتدى عليكم فاعتدوا عليه بمثل ما اعتدى عليكم

And spend in the way of God, but do not cast your means of livelihood into what makes perish; and do good:

وانفقوا في سبيل الله ولا تلقوا بايديكم الى التهلكة واحسنوا

And complete the Hajj and the Umra for God.

واتموا الحج والعمرة لله

And if you are impeded, then whatever offering is easily available.

فان احصرتم فما استيسر من الهدي

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

ولا تحلقوا رءوسكم حتى يبلغ الهدي محله

And whoever among you is sick, or suffers a nuisance of the head, then a compensation by abstention, charity, or a beneficent practice.

فمن كان منكم مريضا او به اذى من راسه ففدية من صيام او صدقة او نسك

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

فاذا امنتم فمن تمتع بالعمرة الى 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 full days.

فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلثة ايام في الحج وسبعة اذا رجعتم تلك عشرة كاملة

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

ذلك لمن لم يكن اهله حاضري المسجد الحرام

The Hajj takes place in known months.

الحج اشهر معلومت

Whoever commits himself thereby to the Hajj, then no obscenity, no overstepping, and no arguing during the Hajj.

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

And whatever good you do, God knows it.

وما تفعلوا من خير يعلمه الله

And take your provisions;

وتزودوا

for the best of provisions is guardedness.

فان خير الزاد التقوى

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

ليس عليكم جناح ان تبتغوا فضلا من ربكم

And when you surge forth from Arafat, remember God near the Inviolable Perceptible Marker,

فاذا افضتم من عرفت فاذكروا الله عند المشعر الحرام

Then surge forth from where men surge forth,

ثم افيضوا من حيث افاض الناس

and ask God's forgiveness.

واستغفروا الله

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

فاذا قضيتم منسككم فاذكروا الله كذكركم ءاباءكم او اشد ذكرا

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

اوليك لهم نصيب مما كسبوا

And remember God during numbered days.

واذكروا الله في ايام معدودت

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

فمن تعجل في يومين فلا اثم عليه

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

ومن تاخر فلا اثم عليه لمن اتقى

And when he turns his back, he endeavours on the earth to sow corruption in it, and to annihilate tilth and offspring.

واذا تولى سعى في الارض ليفسد فيها ويهلك الحرث والنسل

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

واذا قيل له اتق الله اخذته العزة بالاثم فحسبه جهنم

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

ومن الناس من يشري نفسه ابتغاء مرضات الله

O you who have believed! Enter into peace, in totality,

يايها الذين ءامنوا ادخلوا في السلم كافة

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:

ولا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

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

هل ينظرون الا ان ياتيهم الله في ظلل من الغمام

with the Agents, and that the matter be decided?

والمليكة وقضي الامر

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

سل بني اسرءيل كم ءاتينهم من ءاية بينة

The present life has been embellished for those who disown, and they scoff at those who have believed;

زين للذين كفروا الحيوة الدنيا ويسخرون من الذين ءامنوا

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

والذين اتقوا فوقهم يوم القيمة

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

كان الناس امة وحدة 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,

وما اختلف فيه الا الذين اوتوه

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

من بعد ما جاءتهم البينت بغيا بينهم

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

فهدى الله الذين ءامنوا لما اختلفوا فيه من الحق باذنه

Or did you think you would enter the Garden, when there has not yet come to you the equivalent of what those who passed before you experienced? Adversity and hardship 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?"

ام حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة ولما ياتكم مثل الذين خلوا من قبلكم مستهم الباساء والضراء وزلزلوا حتى يقول الرسول والذين ءامنوا معه متى نصر الله

They ask you: what should they spend?

يسلونك ماذا ينفقون

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

قل ما انفقتم من خير فللولدين والاقربين واليتمى والمسكين وابن السبيل

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

كتب عليكم القتال وهو كره لكم

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

وعسى ان تكرهوا شيا وهو خير لكم

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

وعسى ان تحبوا شيا وهو شر لكم

God knows,

والله يعلم

They ask you about the inviolable month, combat taking place in it.

يسلونك عن الشهر الحرام قتال فيه

Say: "To fight in it is grave;

قل قتال فيه كبير

but to bar from the way of God, disown it, from the inviolable place of prostration, and expel its inhabitants from it, is graver still with God;

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

and the trial is graver than killing."

والفتنة اكبر من القتل

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

ولا يزالون يقتلونكم حتى يردوكم عن دينكم ان استطعوا

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

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

Indeed, 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.

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

They ask you about wine and games of chance.

يسلونك عن الخمر والميسر

Say: "There is, in both, a great transgression, and profits for men;

قل فيهما اثم كبير ومنفع للناس

but their transgression is greater than their profit."

واثمهما اكبر من نفعهما

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

كذلك يبين الله لكم الءايت لعلكم تتفكرون في الدنيا والءاخرة

And they ask you about orphans. Say: "Making their situation sound is a good;

ويسلونك عن اليتمى قل اصلاح لهم خير

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

وان تخالطوهم فاخونكم

God distinguishes the corrupter from him who makes things sound.

والله يعلم المفسد من المصلح

And had God willed, He would have overwhelmed you.

ولو شاء الله لاعنتكم

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

ولا تنكحوا المشركت حتى يومن

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

ولامة مومنة خير من مشركة ولو اعجبتكم

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

ولا تنكحوا المشركين حتى يومنوا

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

ولعبد مومن خير من مشرك ولو اعجبكم

Those are the ones who call toward the Fire,

اوليك يدعون الى النار

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

والله يدعوا الى الجنة والمغفرة باذنه

And they ask you about menstruation. Say: "It is a nuisance;

ويسلونك عن المحيض قل هو اذى

so keep away from women during menstruation,

فاعتزلوا النساء في المحيض

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

ولا تقربوهن حتى يطهرن

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

فاذا تطهرن فاتوهن من حيث امركم الله

Your women are a tilth for you; unite, then, with your tilth as you will,

نساوكم حرث لكم فاتوا حرثكم انى شيتم

and advance for yourselves;

وقدموا لانفسكم

and guard yourselves toward God,

واتقوا الله

and know that you will meet Him.

واعلموا انكم ملقوه

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

ولا تجعلوا الله عرضة لايمنكم

to vouch that you are virtuous, that you guard yourselves, and that you reconcile men.

ان تبروا وتتقوا وتصلحوا بين الناس

God will not hold you to account for idle talk in your oaths,

لا يواخذكم الله باللغو في ايمنكم

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

ولكن يواخذكم بما كسبت قلوبكم

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

للذين يولون من نسايهم تربص اربعة اشهر

And repudiated women observe a period of expectancy of three cycles;

والمطلقت يتربصن بانفسهن ثلثة قروء

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

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

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

وبعولتهن احق بردهن في ذلك ان ارادوا اصلحا

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

ولهن مثل الذي عليهن بالمعروف

and men have, over them, a degree.

وللرجال عليهن درجة

Repudiation is twice.

الطلق مرتان

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

فامساك بمعروف او تسريح باحسن

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

ولا يحل لكم ان تاخذوا مما ءاتيتموهن 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.

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

Those are the limits of God,

تلك حدود الله

so do not cross them.

فلا تعتدوها

If he repudiates her, she is no longer permitted to him thereafter, until she marries a husband other than him.

فان طلقها فلا تحل له من بعد حتى تنكح زوجا غيره

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

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

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

واذا طلقتم النساء فبلغن اجلهن فامسكوهن بمعروف او سرحوهن بمعروف

and do not retain them to harm, to commit aggression.

ولا تمسكوهن ضرارا لتعتدوا

And whoever does that has wronged himself.

ومن يفعل ذلك فقد ظلم نفسه

And do not take the signs of God in mockery.

ولا تتخذوا ءايت 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.

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

And guard yourselves toward God,

واتقوا الله

And when you repudiate women, and they reach their term, do not put obstacles to their marrying their spouses, once they mutually consent according to what is recognized.

واذا طلقتم النساء 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.

ذلك يوعظ به من كان منكم يومن بالله واليوم الءاخر

That is purer for you, and cleaner.

ذلكم ازكى لكم واطهر

And mothers take their children into care for two full years,

والولدت يرضعن اولدهن حولين كاملين

for whoever wants to complete this care.

لمن اراد ان يتم الرضاعة

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

وعلى المولود له رزقهن وكسوتهن بالمعروف

No Self is burdened beyond its capacity.

لا تكلف نفس الا وسعها

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

لا تضار ولدة بولدها ولا مولود له بولده

And upon the heir falls the same thing.

وعلى الوارث مثل ذلك

And if they want a weaning, by mutual satisfaction between them and after conferring, no blame upon them both.

فان ارادا فصالا عن تراض منهما وتشاور فلا جناح عليهما

And if you want to have your children taken into care, no blame upon you, once you pay what you owe according to what is recognized.

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

And guard yourselves toward God,

واتقوا الله

And those among you who are kept faithfully, forsaking wives, they observe a period of expectancy of four months and ten;

والذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون ازوجا يتربصن بانفسهن اربعة اشهر وعشرا

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

فاذا بلغن اجلهن فلا جناح عليكم فيما فعلن في انفسهن بالمعروف

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

ولا جناح عليكم فيما عرضتم به من خطبة النساء او اكننتم في انفسكم

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

علم الله انكم ستذكرونهن ولكن لا تواعدوهن سرا

except to say a recognized saying.

الا ان تقولوا قولا معروفا

And do not conclude the marriage contract before the document reaches its term.

ولا تعزموا عقدة النكاح حتى يبلغ الكتب اجله

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

واعلموا ان الله يعلم ما في انفسكم فاحذروه

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

لا جناح عليكم ان طلقتم النساء ما لم تمسوهن او تفرضوا لهن فريضة

And grant them an enjoyment — the well-off according to his means, and the modest according to his means — an enjoyment according to what is recognized:

ومتعوهن على الموسع قدره وعلى المقتر قدره متعا بالمعروف

And if you repudiate them before having touched them, while you have fixed an obligation for them, half of what you fixed, unless they overlook it, or unless he in whose hands is the marriage contract overlooks it.

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

And that you overlook is closer to guardedness.

وان تعفوا اقرب للتقوى

And do not forget the favor between you.

ولا تنسوا الفضل بينكم

And if you fear, then on foot or mounted;

فان خفتم فرجالا او ركبانا

And those among you who are kept faithfully, forsaking wives — a recommendation in favor of their wives: an enjoyment until the anniversary, without expulsion;

والذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون ازوجا وصية لازوجهم متعا الى الحول غير اخراج

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

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

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

وللمطلقت متع بالمعروف

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

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

God surely holds a favor toward mankind,

ان الله لذو فضل على الناس

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

من ذا الذي يقرض الله قرضا حسنا فيضعفه له اضعافا كثيرة

God tightens and extends,

والله يقبض ويبصط

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

الم تر الى الملا من بني اسرءيل من بعد موسى 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?"

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 abodes and from our sons?"

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

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

فلما كتب عليهم القتال تولوا الا قليلا منهم

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

وقال لهم نبيهم ان الله قد بعث لكم طالوت ملكا

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

قالوا انى يكون له الملك علينا ونحن احق بالملك منه ولم يوت سعة من المال

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

قال ان الله اصطفىه عليكم وزاده بسطة في العلم والجسم

God gives His dominion to whom He wills.

والله يوتي ملكه من يشاء

And their informant said to them: "The sign of his dominion will be that the coffer comes to you, wherein is a tranquility from your Guardian, and a remnant of what the clan of Moussa and the clan of Harun left, carried by the Agents."

وقال لهم نبيهم ان ءاية ملكه ان ياتيكم التابوت فيه سكينة من ربكم وبقية مما ترك ءال موسى وءال هرون تحمله المليكة

When Talut set out with the armies, he said: "God is going to test you with a river: whoever drinks from it is not one of mine, and whoever does not feed on it is indeed one of mine — except one who draws a scoop with his hand."

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

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

فشربوا منه الا قليلا منهم

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

فلما جاوزه هو والذين ءامنوا معه قالوا لا طاقة لنا اليوم بجالوت وجنوده

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

قال الذين يظنون انهم ملقوا الله كم من فية قليلة غلبت فية كثيرة باذن الله

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

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

and Dawud killed Jalut; God gave him dominion and wisdom, and taught him what He willed.

وقتل داود جالوت وءاتىه الله الملك والحكمة وعلمه مما يشاء

And were it not for God repelling men, some by others, the earth would indeed have been given over to corruption;

ولولا دفع الله الناس بعضهم ببعض لفسدت الارض

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

تلك ءايت الله نتلوها عليك بالحق

Those are the messengers:

تلك الرسل

We favored some of them above others.

فضلنا بعضهم على بعض

Among them, there is one to whom God spoke,

منهم من كلم الله

and He elevated others in degrees.

ورفع بعضهم درجت

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

وءاتينا عيسى 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;

ولو شاء الله ما اقتتل الذين من بعدهم من بعد ما جاءتهم البينت

but they diverged:

ولكن اختلفوا

among them, there are some who believed, and some who disowned.

فمنهم من ءامن ومنهم من كفر

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

ولو شاء الله ما اقتتلوا

O you who have believed! Spend from what We have provided you, before a day comes wherein there will be neither selling, nor friendship, nor intercession.

يايها الذين ءامنوا انفقوا مما رزقنكم من قبل ان ياتي يوم لا بيع فيه ولا خلة ولا شفعة

God, there is no deity but Him,

الله لا اله الا هو

the Living, the Self-Subsisting.

الحى القيوم

Neither somnolence nor sleep seizes Him.

لا تاخذه سنة ولا نوم

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

له ما في السموت وما في الارض

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

من ذا الذي يشفع عنده الا باذنه

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

يعلم ما بين ايديهم وما خلفهم

and they encompass nothing of His knowledge, except as far as He wills.

ولا يحيطون بشىء من علمه الا بما شاء

His Seat extends over the heavens and the earth,

وسع كرسيه السموت والارض

and their preservation weighs on Him not at all.

ولا يوده حفظهما

No compulsion in the Law:

لا اكراه في الدين

rectitude of judgment has become distinct from errancy.

قد تبين الرشد من الغى

Whoever disowns the Overreacher and believes in God has held firmly to the surest handhold, which never breaks.

فمن يكفر بالطغوت ويومن بالله فقد استمسك بالعروة الوثقى لا انفصام لها

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

الله ولي الذين ءامنوا يخرجهم من الظلمت الى النور

And those who disown, their protectors are the Overreacher, who brings them out of the light toward the darknesses.

والذين كفروا اولياوهم الطغوت يخرجونهم من النور الى الظلمت

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

الم تر الى الذي حاج ابرهم في ربه ان ءاتىه الله الملك اذ قال ابرهم ربي الذي يحي ويميت

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

قال انا احي واميت

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

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

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

او كالذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها

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

قال انى يحي هذه الله بعد موتها فاماته الله ماية عام ثم بعثه

He said: "How long have you remained?"

قال كم لبثت

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

قال لبثت يوما او بعض يوم

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

قال بل لبثت ماية عام

Look, then, at your food and your drink: they have not waited;

فانظر الى طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه

and look at your donkey —

وانظر الى حمارك

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

ولنجعلك ءاية للناس

And look at the bones, how We deploy them, then clothe them with flesh.

وانظر الى العظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما

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

واذ قال ابرهم رب ارني كيف تحي الموتى

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

قال اولم تومن

He said: "Yes, but it is so that my core may be calmed."

قال بلى ولكن ليطمين قلبي

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

قال فخذ اربعة من الطير فصرهن اليك ثم اجعل على كل جبل منهن جزءا ثم ادعهن ياتينك سعيا

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

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

each ear bearing a hundred grains.

في كل سنبلة ماية حبة

God doubles for whom He wills.

والله يضعف لمن يشاء

A recognized saying and forgiveness are better than charity followed by nuisance.

قول معروف ومغفرة خير من صدقة يتبعها اذى

O you who have believed! Do not render your acts of charity vain by holding them over others and by causing nuisance, like one who spends his goods for show before men, and believes neither in God nor in the Last Day.

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تبطلوا صدقتكم بالمن والاذى كالذي ينفق ماله رياء الناس ولا يومن بالله واليوم الءاخر

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

فمثله كمثل صفوان عليه تراب فاصابه وابل فتركه صلدا

They hold nothing of what they have earned.

لا يقدرون على شىء مما كسبوا

And the likeness of those who spend their goods, 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 fare twofold; and if no torrential rain strikes it, then a drizzle.

ومثل الذين ينفقون امولهم ابتغاء مرضات الله وتثبيتا من انفسهم كمثل جنة بربوة اصابها وابل فاتت اكلها ضعفين فان لم يصبها وابل فطل

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 weak descendants, and a whirlwind of fire strikes it, and it burns?

ايود احدكم ان تكون له جنة من نخيل واعناب تجري من تحتها الانهر له فيها من كل الثمرت واصابه الكبر وله ذرية ضعفاء فاصابها اعصار فيه نار فاحترقت

O you who have believed! Spend of the wholesome things you have earned, and of what We have brought forth for you from the earth,

يايها الذين ءامنوا 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.

ولا تيمموا الخبيث منه تنفقون ولستم باخذيه الا ان تغمضوا فيه

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

الشيطن يعدكم الفقر ويامركم بالفحشاء

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

والله يعدكم مغفرة منه وفضلا

He gives wisdom to whom He wills,

يوتي الحكمة من يشاء

and whoever receives wisdom has received an abundant good.

ومن يوت الحكمة فقد اوتي خيرا كثيرا

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

وما انفقتم من نفقة او نذرتم من نذر فان الله يعلمه

If you disclose your acts of charity, that is excellent;

ان تبدوا الصدقت فنعما هي

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

وان تخفوها وتوتوها الفقراء فهو خير لكم ويكفر عنكم من سياتكم

It is not incumbent upon you to guide them,

ليس عليك هدىهم

but God guides whom He wills.

ولكن الله يهدي من يشاء

And whatever good you spend, it is for yourselves.

وما تنفقوا من خير فلانفسكم

And you spend only seeking the direction of God.

وما تنفقون الا ابتغاء وجه الله

This belongs to the poor who are impeded in the way of God, unable to travel through the land: the ignorant thinks them rich, so much do they refrain;

للفقراء الذين احصروا في سبيل الله لا يستطيعون ضربا في الارض يحسبهم الجاهل اغنياء من التعفف

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

تعرفهم بسيمهم لا يسلون الناس الحافا

Those who devour usury rise only as one rises whom the Diverter sends staggering by his touch.

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

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

ذلك بانهم قالوا انما البيع مثل الربوا

but God has permitted selling, and prohibited usury.

واحل الله البيع وحرم الربوا

Whoever, an admonition from his Guardian having reached him, ceases, has what is bygone,

فمن جاءه موعظة من ربه فانتهى فله ما سلف

and his matter rests with God;

وامره الى الله

God brings usury to naught, and makes acts of charity swell.

يمحق الله الربوا ويربي الصدقت

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

فان لم تفعلوا فاذنوا بحرب من الله ورسوله

And if someone is in hardship, then a delay until ease;

وان كان ذو عسرة فنظرة الى ميسرة

And guard yourselves against a day when you will be returned to God,

واتقوا يوما ترجعون فيه الى الله

O you who have believed! When you contract a debt between yourselves for an appointed term, put it in writing.

يايها الذين ءامنوا اذا تداينتم بدين الى اجل مسمى فاكتبوه

And let a scribe write it between you with justice,

وليكتب بينكم كاتب بالعدل

and let no scribe refuse to write,

ولا ياب كاتب ان يكتب

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

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.

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 the one responsible for him dictate, then, with justice.

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;

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 strays, the other may remind her.

فان لم يكونا رجلين فرجل وامراتان ممن ترضون من الشهداء ان تضل احدىهما فتذكر احدىهما الاخرى

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

ولا ياب الشهداء اذا ما دعوا

And do not tire of writing it down, small or large, until its term.

ولا تسموا ان تكتبوه صغيرا او كبيرا الى 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.

ذلكم اقسط عند الله واقوم للشهدة وادنى الا ترتابوا الا ان تكون تجرة حاضرة تديرونها بينكم فليس عليكم جناح الا تكتبوها

And take witnesses when you make a sale among yourselves.

واشهدوا اذا تبايعتم

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

ولا يضار كاتب ولا شهيد

And if you do, it is indeed an overstepping on your part.

وان تفعلوا فانه فسوق بكم

And guard yourselves toward God,

واتقوا الله

and God teaches you.

ويعلمكم الله

And if you are on a journey and find no scribe, then a pledge taken.

وان كنتم على سفر ولم تجدوا كاتبا فرهن مقبوضة

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

فان امن بعضكم بعضا فليود الذي اوتمن امنته

and let him guard himself toward God, his Guardian.

وليتق الله ربه

And do not withhold testimony.

ولا تكتموا الشهدة

And whoever withholds it has indeed a transgressive core.

ومن يكتمها فانه ءاثم قلبه

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

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.

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

The messenger has believed in what has been sent down to him from his Guardian, and the believers.

ءامن الرسول بما انزل اليه من ربه والمومنون

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

كل ءامن بالله ومليكته وكتبه ورسله

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

لا نفرق بين احد من رسله

and they said: "We have heard and we have deferred.

وقالوا سمعنا واطعنا

God imposes upon no Self except its capacity.

لا يكلف الله نفسا الا وسعها

To it what it has earned,

لها ما كسبت

and against it what it has committed.

وعليها ما اكتسبت

"Our Guardian, do not hold us to account if we forget or if we make a mistake.

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.

ربنا ولا تحمل علينا اصرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا

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

ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقة لنا به

And overlook it for us,

واعف عنا

and forgive us,

واغفر لنا

and have benevolence on us.

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