Sourate Al-Ma'ida (5) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. O you who have believed! keep your engagements.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يايها الذين ءامنوا اوفوا بالعقود

Lawful for you are the beasts of cattle, except what is recited to you — without permitting yourselves the [land] hunt, during the inviolable months.i 1

احلت لكم بهيمة الانعم الا ما يتلى عليكم غير محلي الصيد وانتم حرم

God decides what He wills. 1

ان الله يحكم ما يريد

O you who have believed! do not make licit the perceptible markers of God, nor the inviolable month, nor the voluntary offerings, nor the vow-bound offerings, nor those heading toward the Inviolable House, seeking a favor from their Guardian and a good pleasure.i 2

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تحلوا شعير الله ولا الشهر الحرام ولا الهدي ولا القليد ولا ءامين البيت الحرام يبتغون فضلا من ربهم ورضونا

And once these months have passed, hunt. 2

واذا حللتم فاصطادوا

And let not the hatred of a people, for having turned you away from the inviolable place of prostration, drive you to transgress. 2

ولا يجرمنكم شنان قوم ان صدوكم عن المسجد الحرام ان تعتدوا

Help one another in righteousness and guardedness, 2

وتعاونوا على البر والتقوى

and do not help one another in transgression and transgression. 2

ولا تعاونوا على الاثم والعدون

Guard yourselves toward God: 2

واتقوا الله

God is severe in punishment. 2

ان الله شديد العقاب

Forbidden to you are: the dead animal, blood, the flesh of swine, that which has been consecrated to other than God, the strangled animal, the animal on the brink of death, the animal in a declining state from illness, the animal dead from a blow of the horn, and what a wild beast has devoured — except what you have purified by fire — as well as the animal slaughtered in common whose shares are then drawn by lot with arrows.i 3

حرمت عليكم الميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير وما اهل لغير الله به والمنخنقة والموقوذة والمتردية والنطيحة وما اكل السبع الا ما ذكيتم وما ذبح على النصب وان تستقسموا بالازلم

That is an overstepping.i 3

ذلكم فسق

Today, those who deny-disown despair of your Law; 3

اليوم ييس الذين كفروا من دينكم

so do not fear them, but fear Me. 3

فلا تخشوهم واخشون

Today, I have perfected for you your Law, I have completed My blessing upon you, and I have approved for you being true to God alone as your Law. 3

اليوم اكملت لكم دينكم واتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الاسلم دينا

But whoever is compelled by hunger, without inclination to transgression — God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 3

فمن اضطر في مخمصة غير متجانف لاثم فان الله غفور رحيم

They ask you: what is made lawful for them? 4

يسلونك ماذا احل لهم

Say: "Lawful for you are the good things, as well as what you have taught your trained hunting animals, instructing them from what God has taught you. 4

قل احل لكم الطيبت وما علمتم من الجوارح مكلبين تعلمونهن مما علمكم الله

So eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of God over it. 4

فكلوا مما امسكن عليكم واذكروا اسم الله عليه

And guard yourselves toward God: 4

واتقوا الله

God is swift in reckoning." 4

ان الله سريع الحساب

Today, the good things are made lawful for you. The food of those to whom the Scripture was given is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And the contractually protected women among the believers, and the contractually protected women among those to whom the Scripture was given before you, [are lawful for you] when you give them their rewards, as men who bind themselves in contract, not in debauchery nor as takers of secret lovers.i 5

اليوم احل لكم الطيبت وطعام الذين اوتوا الكتب حل لكم وطعامكم حل لهم والمحصنت من المومنت والمحصنت من الذين اوتوا الكتب من قبلكم اذا ءاتيتموهن اجورهن محصنين غير مسفحين ولا متخذي اخدان

And whoever denies the faith, his deed collapses, and he will be, in the last life, among the losers. 5

ومن يكفر بالايمن فقد حبط عمله وهو في الءاخرة من الخسرين

O you who have believed! when you rise for the Contact, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads with wet hands, 6

يايها الذين ءامنوا اذا قمتم الى الصلوة فاغسلوا وجوهكم وايديكم الى المرافق وامسحوا برءوسكم

and your feet up to the knees.i 6

وارجلكم الى الكعبين

And if you have soiled yourselves [relieving a need], wash yourselves.i 6

وان كنتم جنبا فاطهروا

And if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have known a woman in intimacy, and you find no water, then resort to clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands with it.i 6

وان كنتم مرضى او على سفر او جاء احد منكم من الغايط او لمستم النساء فلم تجدوا ماء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا فامسحوا بوجوهكم وايديكم منه

God does not want to impose any hardship on you, 6

ما يريد الله ليجعل عليكم من حرج

but He wants to purify you, and to complete His blessing upon you, perhaps you will be grateful. 6

ولكن يريد ليطهركم وليتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تشكرون

And remember God's blessing upon you, and His engagement, by which He bound you, when you said: "We have heard and we have obeyed." 7

واذكروا نعمة الله عليكم وميثقه الذي واثقكم به اذ قلتم سمعنا واطعنا

And guard yourselves toward God: 7

واتقوا الله

God knows perfectly what is in the chests. 7

ان الله عليم بذات الصدور

O you who have believed! be firm supporters for God, bearing witness with equity, 8

يايها الذين ءامنوا كونوا قومين لله شهداء بالقسط

and let not the hatred of a people drive you to not be equitable. 8

ولا يجرمنكم شنان قوم على الا تعدلوا

Be equitable: it is closer to guardedness. 8

اعدلوا هو اقرب للتقوى

And guard yourselves toward God: 8

واتقوا الله

God is well informed of what you do. 8

ان الله خبير بما تعملون

God has promised those who have believed and done righteous deeds: they will have a forgiveness and an immense reward. 9

وعد الله الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت لهم مغفرة واجر عظيم

And those who have denied-disowned and denied Our signs — those are the companions of the Blaze. 10

والذين كفروا وكذبوا بايتنا اوليك اصحب الجحيم

O you who have believed! remember God's blessing upon you, when a people had resolved to lay hands on you, and He held their hands back from you. 11

يايها الذين ءامنوا اذكروا نعمت الله عليكم اذ هم قوم ان يبسطوا اليكم ايديهم فكف ايديهم عنكم

And guard yourselves toward God: 11

واتقوا الله

it is upon God that the believers should rely. 11

وعلى الله فليتوكل المومنون

God has indeed taken the engagement of the Children of Israel, and We raised up, among them, twelve leaders. 12

ولقد اخذ الله ميثق بني اسرءيل وبعثنا منهم اثنى عشر نقيبا

And God said: "I am with you. 12

وقال الله اني معكم

If you maintain the Contact, give the purifying alms, believe in My messengers, support them, and make God a beautiful loan, I will certainly cover your evil deeds, and I will certainly admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow. 12

لين اقمتم الصلوة وءاتيتم الزكوة وءامنتم برسلي وعزرتموهم واقرضتم الله قرضا حسنا لاكفرن عنكم سياتكم ولادخلنكم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر

But whoever among you denies-disowns after that has strayed from the straight path." 12

فمن كفر بعد ذلك منكم فقد ضل سواء السبيل

For having violated their engagement, We cursed them and made their cores hard: they displace words from their context, and have forgotten a part of what they had been reminded of. 13

فبما نقضهم ميثقهم لعنهم وجعلنا قلوبهم قسية يحرفون الكلم عن مواضعه ونسوا حظا مما ذكروا به

And you will not cease to discover among them a betrayal, except a small number of them. 13

ولا تزال تطلع على خاينة منهم الا قليلا منهم

So forgive them and overlook: 13

فاعف عنهم واصفح

God loves those who do good. 13

ان الله يحب المحسنين

And among those who said: "We are the Helpers", We took their engagement, but they forgot a part of what they had been reminded of; We then stirred up among them enmity and hatred, until the Day of Appearance;i 14

ومن الذين قالوا انا نصرى اخذنا ميثقهم فنسوا حظا مما ذكروا به فاغرينا بينهم العداوة والبغضاء الى يوم القيمة

and God will soon inform them of what they used to do. 14

وسوف ينبيهم الله بما كانوا يصنعون

O people of the Scripture! Our envoy has indeed come to you, making clear to you much of what you were hiding of the Scripture, and passing over much [else].i 15

ياهل الكتب قد جاءكم رسولنا يبين لكم كثيرا مما كنتم تخفون من الكتب ويعفوا عن كثير

A light has indeed come to you from God, as well as a clear Scripture, by which God guides whoever follows His good pleasure toward the paths of peace,i 16

قد جاءكم من الله نور وكتب مبين يهدي به الله من اتبع رضونه سبل السلم

and brings them out of the darknesses toward the light, with His permission, 16

ويخرجهم من الظلمت الى النور باذنه

and guides them to a straight path. 16

ويهديهم الى صرط مستقيم

They have indeed denied-disowned, those who said: "God, that is Al-Massih, son of Maryam."i 17

لقد كفر الذين قالوا ان الله هو المسيح ابن مريم

Say: "Who then would hold any power against God, if He willed to destroy Al-Massih, son of Maryam, and his mother, and all those on the earth?" 17

قل فمن يملك من الله شيا ان اراد ان يهلك المسيح ابن مريم وامه ومن في الارض جميعا

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and of what is between them. 17

ولله ملك السموت والارض وما بينهما

He creates what He wills. 17

يخلق ما يشاء

God has power over all things. 17

والله على كل شىء قدير

And the Reoriented and the Helpers said: "We are the sons of God and His beloved."i 18

وقالت اليهود والنصرى نحن ابنوا الله واحبوه

Say: "Why then does He punish you for your offenses? 18

قل فلم يعذبكم بذنوبكم

You are rather humans, among those He created. 18

بل انتم بشر ممن خلق

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills." 18

يغفر لمن يشاء ويعذب من يشاء

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and of what is between them, 18

ولله ملك السموت والارض وما بينهما

and to Him is the destination. 18

واليه المصير

O people of the Scripture! Our envoy has indeed come to you, making [the truth] clear after a break in envoys, lest you say: "No bearer of good tidings nor warner has come to us" — a bearer of good tidings and a warner has thus indeed come to you.i 19

ياهل الكتب قد جاءكم رسولنا يبين لكم على فترة من الرسل ان تقولوا ما جاءنا من بشير ولا نذير فقد جاءكم بشير ونذير

God has power over all things. 19

والله على كل شىء قدير

And remember when Moussa said to his people: "O my people! remember God's blessing upon you, when He placed among you prophets, and made you kings,i 20

واذ قال موسى لقومه يقوم اذكروا نعمة الله عليكم اذ جعل فيكم انبياء وجعلكم ملوكا

and gave you what He gave to none other among all beings.i 20

وءاتىكم ما لم يوت احدا من العلمين

O my people! enter the sanctified land that God has destined for you, 21

يقوم ادخلوا الارض المقدسة التي كتب الله لكم

and do not turn back, lest you be returned as losers." 21

ولا ترتدوا على ادباركم فتنقلبوا خسرين

They said: "O Moussa! there is there a people of tyrants,i 22

قالوا يموسى ان فيها قوما جبارين

and we will not enter it until they have left it; 22

وانا لن ندخلها حتى يخرجوا منها

if they leave it, then we will enter it." 22

فان يخرجوا منها فانا دخلون

Two men, among those who feared [God], to whom God had granted His blessing, said: "Enter upon them by the gate; 23

قال رجلان من الذين يخافون انعم الله عليهما ادخلوا عليهم الباب

once you have entered it, you will certainly be the victors. 23

فاذا دخلتموه فانكم غلبون

And it is upon God that you should rely, if you are believers." 23

وعلى الله فتوكلوا ان كنتم مومنين

They said: "O Moussa! we will never enter it, as long as they remain there; go, then, you and your Guardian, and fight, both of you; we, we will stay here, sitting."i 24

قالوا يموسى انا لن ندخلها ابدا ما داموا فيها فاذهب انت وربك فقتلا انا ههنا قعدون

He said: "My Guardian, I hold power only over my own Selfi 25

قال رب اني لا املك الا نفسي

and my brother; 25

واخي

so separate us from the people of the oversteppers." 25

فافرق بيننا وبين القوم الفسقين

He said: "It is, then, forbidden to them, forever,i 26

قال فانها محرمة عليهم

forty years, wandering on the earth.i 26

اربعين سنة يتيهون في الارض

So do not grieve for the people of the oversteppers." 26

فلا تاس على القوم الفسقين

And recite to them, in truth, the information of the two sons of Adam, when each offered an offering: it was accepted from one, and was not accepted from the other.i 27

واتل عليهم نبا ابنى ءادم بالحق اذ قربا قربانا فتقبل من احدهما ولم يتقبل من الءاخر

The latter said: "I will certainly kill you." 27

قال لاقتلنك

The former said: "God accepts only from those who guard themselves. 27

قال انما يتقبل الله من المتقين

If you stretch out your hand toward me to kill me, I will not stretch out my hand toward you to kill you; 28

لين بسطت الى يدك لتقتلني ما انا بباسط يدي اليك لاقتلك

I fear God, Guardian of all beings. 28

اني اخاف الله رب العلمين

I want you to return burdened with my transgression and yours, and to be among the companions of the Fire: 29

اني اريد ان تبوا باثمي واثمك فتكون من اصحب النار

that is the reward of the unjust." 29

وذلك جزوا الظلمين

But his own Self disposed him to the murder of his brother; he killed him, and thus became among the losers. 30

فطوعت له نفسه قتل اخيه فقتله فاصبح من الخسرين

God then sent a raven, which scratched the earth, to show him how to conceal his brother's nakedness. 31

فبعث الله غرابا يبحث في الارض ليريه كيف يوري سوءة اخيه

He said: "Woe to me! am I unable to be like this raven, and to conceal my brother's nakedness?" And he then became among those who regret. 32

قال يويلتى اعجزت ان اكون مثل هذا الغراب فاوري سوءة اخي فاصبح من الندمين من اجل ذلك

That is why We prescribed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a Self, without it being for [another] Self, or for corruption on the earth, it is as if he had killed all mankind together, 32

كتبنا على بني اسرءيل انه من قتل نفسا بغير نفس او فساد في الارض فكانما قتل الناس جميعا

and whoever gives life to one [Self], it is as if he had given life to all mankind together. 32

ومن احياها فكانما احيا الناس جميعا

Our envoys indeed came to them with clear proofs; then many of them, after that, are indeed excessive on the earth. 32

ولقد جاءتهم رسلنا بالبينت ثم ان كثيرا منهم بعد ذلك في الارض لمسرفون

The only reward of those who wage war against God and His Messenger, and strive to sow corruption on the earth, is that they be killed, or crucified, or have their hands and feet cut off on opposite sides, or be banished from the earth. 33

انما جزوا الذين يحاربون الله ورسوله ويسعون في الارض فسادا ان يقتلوا او يصلبوا او تقطع ايديهم وارجلهم من خلف او ينفوا من الارض

That is for them a humiliation in the present life, 33

ذلك لهم خزي في الدنيا

and they will have, in the last life, an immense punishment — except those who turn back [to God] before you have power over them; know then that God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 34

ولهم في الءاخرة عذاب عظيم الا الذين تابوا من قبل ان تقدروا عليهم فاعلموا ان الله غفور رحيم

O you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God, seek toward Him the means [of nearness], and strive in His way, perhaps you will succeed. 35

يايها الذين ءامنوا اتقوا الله وابتغوا اليه الوسيلة وجهدوا في سبيله لعلكم تفلحون

Those who deny-disown, were they to possess all that is on earth, and its equivalent with it, to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Appearance, it would not be accepted from them, 36

ان الذين كفروا لو ان لهم ما في الارض جميعا ومثله معه ليفتدوا به من عذاب يوم القيمة ما تقبل منهم

and they will have a painful punishment. 36

ولهم عذاب اليم

They will want to leave the Fire, but they will not leave it, 37

يريدون ان يخرجوا من النار وما هم بخرجين منها

and they will have a lasting punishment. 37

ولهم عذاب مقيم

And as for the thief, male and female, stop their supports, as a reward for what they have earned, as an exemplary punishment from God.i 38

والسارق والسارقة فاقطعوا ايديهما جزاء بما كسبا نكلا من الله

God is All-Powerful, Wise. 38

والله عزيز حكيم

But whoever turns back [to God] after his injustice, and reforms, God turns toward him with clemency. 39

فمن تاب من بعد ظلمه واصلح فان الله يتوب عليه

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 39

ان الله غفور رحيم

Do you not know that to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? 40

الم تعلم ان الله له ملك السموت والارض

He punishes whom He wills, and He forgives whom He wills. 40

يعذب من يشاء ويغفر لمن يشاء

God has power over all things. 40

والله على كل شىء قدير

O messenger! let not those grieve you who hasten into denial-disowning, among those who say: "We have believed" with their mouths, without their cores having believed, 41

يايها الرسول لا يحزنك الذين يسرعون في الكفر من الذين قالوا ءامنا بافوههم ولم تومن قلوبهم

nor among the Reoriented, listeners to falsehood, listeners on behalf of another people who has not come to you. 41

ومن الذين هادوا سمعون للكذب سمعون لقوم ءاخرين لم ياتوك

They displace words from their context, saying: "If you are given this, take it; and if you are not given it, beware." 41

يحرفون الكلم من بعد مواضعه يقولون ان اوتيتم هذا فخذوه وان لم توتوه فاحذروا

And whoever God wants to put to the trial, you hold nothing for him against God. 41

ومن يرد الله فتنته فلن تملك له من الله شيا

Those are the ones whose cores God has not wanted to purify. 41

اوليك الذين لم يرد الله ان يطهر قلوبهم

They have, in the present life, a humiliation, 41

لهم في الدنيا خزي

and they will have, in the last life, an immense punishment. 41

ولهم في الءاخرة عذاب عظيم

Listeners to falsehood, devourers of illicit gain —i 42

سمعون للكذب اكلون للسحت

if they come to you, judge between them, then, or turn away from them; 42

فان جاءوك فاحكم بينهم او اعرض عنهم

and if you turn away from them, they cannot harm you at all. 42

وان تعرض عنهم فلن يضروك شيا

And if you judge, judge then between them with equity: 42

وان حكمت فاحكم بينهم بالقسط

God loves the equitable. 42

ان الله يحب المقسطين

And how would they take you as judge, when they have the Tawrah, wherein is the judgment of God, and then they turn away from it? 43

وكيف يحكمونك وعندهم التورىة فيها حكم الله ثم يتولون من بعد ذلك

These are not believers. 43

وما اوليك بالمومنين

We indeed sent down the Tawrah, wherein is guidance and light; the prophets, who were true to God alone, judged by it the Reoriented, as did the spiritual masters and the rabbis, according to what they were entrusted to guard of God's Scripture, and they were witnesses to it.i 44

انا انزلنا التورىة فيها هدى ونور يحكم بها النبيون الذين اسلموا للذين هادوا والربنيون والاحبار بما استحفظوا من كتب الله وكانوا عليه شهداء

So do not fear people, but fear Me, 44

فلا تخشوا الناس واخشون

and do not buy, with My signs, a paltry price.i 44

ولا تشتروا بايتي ثمنا قليلا

And those who do not judge according to what God has sent down — those are the deniers. 44

ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الكفرون

And We prescribed for them, in it: the Self in exchange for the Self, the eye in exchange for the eye, the nose in exchange for the nose, the ear in exchange for the ear, the tooth in exchange for the tooth, and for wounds, an investigation.i 45

وكتبنا عليهم فيها ان النفس بالنفس والعين بالعين والانف بالانف والاذن بالاذن والسن بالسن والجروح قصاص

But whoever forgoes it as charity, it serves as an expiation for him. 45

فمن تصدق به فهو كفارة له

And those who do not judge according to what God has sent down — those are the unjust. 45

ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الظلمون

And We made Issa, son of Maryam, follow in their footsteps, confirming what, of the Tawrah, preceded him, 46

وقفينا على ءاثرهم بعيسى ابن مريم مصدقا لما بين يديه من التورىة

and We gave him the Injil, wherein is guidance and light, confirming what, of the Tawrah, preceded him, and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard themselves. 46

وءاتينه الانجيل فيه هدى ونور ومصدقا لما بين يديه من التورىة وهدى وموعظة للمتقين

And let the people of the Injil judge according to what God sent down in it. 47

وليحكم اهل الانجيل بما انزل الله فيه

And those who do not judge according to what God has sent down — those are the oversteppers. 47

ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الفسقون

And We have sent down to you the Scripture, in truth, confirming what, of the Scripture, preceded it, and prevailing over it.i 48

وانزلنا اليك الكتب بالحق مصدقا لما بين يديه من الكتب ومهيمنا عليه

Judge, then, between them according to what God has sent down, 48

فاحكم بينهم بما انزل الله

and do not follow their emotions, forsaking what has come to you of the truth. 48

ولا تتبع اهواءهم عما جاءك من الحق

To each of you, We have assigned a law and a way. 48

لكل جعلنا منكم شرعة ومنهاجا

And had God willed, He would have made you one community; 48

ولو شاء الله لجعلكم امة وحدة

but [He did not], so as to try you in what He has given you. 48

ولكن ليبلوكم في ما ءاتىكم

Race, then, to good deeds. 48

فاستبقوا الخيرت

To God will be your return, all together, and He will inform you of what you used to differ over. 48

الى الله مرجعكم جميعا فينبيكم بما كنتم فيه تختلفون

And: judge between them according to what God has sent down, 49

وان احكم بينهم بما انزل الله

and do not follow their emotions, 49

ولا تتبع اهواءهم

and be wary lest they turn you away from part of what God has sent down to you. 49

واحذرهم ان يفتنوك عن بعض ما انزل الله اليك

And if they turn away, know then that God wants only to strike them for a part of their offenses. 49

فان تولوا فاعلم انما يريد الله ان يصيبهم ببعض ذنوبهم

And many people are indeed oversteppers. 49

وان كثيرا من الناس لفسقون

Would they then seek the judgment of the age of ignorance? 50

افحكم الجهلية يبغون

And who judges better than God, for a people who possess certainty? 50

ومن احسن من الله حكما لقوم يوقنون

O you who have believed! do not take the Reoriented and the Helpers as allies: 51

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا اليهود والنصرى اولياء

they are allies of one another. 51

بعضهم اولياء بعض

And whoever among you takes them as allies is then of them. 51

ومن يتولهم منكم فانه منهم

God does not guide the unjust people. 51

ان الله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

You see those in whose cores is a sickness rushing among them, saying: "We fear that a setback may strike us"; 52

فترى الذين في قلوبهم مرض يسرعون فيهم يقولون نخشى ان تصيبنا دايرة

it may then be that God brings the decisive judgment, or a command from Himself, and they find themselves, for what they hid within themselves, full of regret. 52

فعسى الله ان ياتي بالفتح او امر من عنده فيصبحوا على ما اسروا في انفسهم ندمين

And those who have believed will say: "Are these the ones who swore by God, with the utmost strength of their oaths, to be indeed with you?" Their works have collapsed, and they have found themselves losers. 53

ويقول الذين ءامنوا اهولاء الذين اقسموا بالله جهد ايمنهم انهم لمعكم حبطت اعملهم فاصبحوا خسرين

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O you who have believed! whoever among you abandons his Law — God will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble toward the believers, firm toward those who deny-disown, striving in the way of God, and fearing not the blame of any blamer.i 54

يايها الذين ءامنوا من يرتد منكم عن دينه فسوف ياتي الله بقوم يحبهم ويحبونه اذلة على المومنين اعزة على الكفرين يجهدون في سبيل الله ولا يخافون لومة لايم

That is the favor of God, which He grants to whom He wills. 54

ذلك فضل الله يوتيه من يشاء

God is Vast, All-Knowing. 54

والله وسع عليم

Your protector is only God, and His Messenger, and those who have believed, those who maintain the Contact and give the purifying alms, while bowing [in service]. 55

انما وليكم الله ورسوله والذين ءامنوا الذين يقيمون الصلوة ويوتون الزكوة وهم ركعون

And whoever takes as ally God, His Messenger, and those who have believed — the party of God, those are the victors. 56

ومن يتول الله ورسوله والذين ءامنوا فان حزب الله هم الغلبون

O you who have believed! do not take as allies those who have made a mockery and a game of your Law, among those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and those who deny-disown.i 57

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا الذين اتخذوا دينكم هزوا ولعبا من الذين اوتوا الكتب من قبلكم والكفار اولياء

And guard yourselves toward God, if you are believers. 57

واتقوا الله ان كنتم مومنين

And when you call to the Contact, they take it for mockery and play: 58

واذا ناديتم الى الصلوة اتخذوها هزوا ولعبا

that is because they are a people who do not reason. 58

ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعقلون

Say: "O people of the Scripture! do you reproach us for anything other than that we believed in God, in what has been revealed to us, and in what was revealed before, and that most of you are oversteppers?"i 59

قل ياهل الكتب هل تنقمون منا الا ان ءامنا بالله وما انزل الينا وما انزل من قبل وان اكثركم فسقون

Say: "Shall I inform you of a reward worse than that, with God? He whom God has cursed, with whom He was angered, and of whom He made apes and swine, and he who obeyed the Tyrant — 60

قل هل انبيكم بشر من ذلك مثوبة عند الله من لعنه الله وغضب عليه وجعل منهم القردة والخنازير وعبد الطغوت

those are the worst in position, and the most astray from the straight path." 60

اوليك شر مكانا واضل عن سواء السبيل

And when they come to you, they say: "We have believed" — while they entered with denial-disowning, and left with it [still]. 61

واذا جاءوكم قالوا ءامنا وقد دخلوا بالكفر وهم قد خرجوا به

God knows best what they were hiding. 61

والله اعلم بما كانوا يكتمون

And you see many of them rushing into transgression, transgression, and the consumption of illicit gain.i 62

وترى كثيرا منهم يسرعون في الاثم والعدون واكلهم السحت

How evil is what they used to do! 62

لبيس ما كانوا يعملون

Why do the spiritual masters and the rabbis not forbid them from uttering transgressive speech and consuming illicit gain!i 63

لولا ينهىهم الربنيون والاحبار عن قولهم الاثم واكلهم السحت

How evil is what they used to fabricate! 63

لبيس ما كانوا يصنعون

And the Reoriented said: "God's hand is chained." 64

وقالت اليهود يد الله مغلولة

May their hands be chained, and may they be cursed for what they have said! 64

غلت ايديهم ولعنوا بما قالوا

No, His two hands are wide open: He spends as He wills. 64

بل يداه مبسوطتان ينفق كيف يشاء

And what has been sent down to you from your Guardian will certainly increase, among many of them, tyranny and denial-disowning. 64

وليزيدن كثيرا منهم ما انزل اليك من ربك طغينا وكفرا

And We have cast among them enmity and hatred, until the Day of Appearance. 64

والقينا بينهم العدوة والبغضاء الى يوم القيمة

Every time they kindle a fire for war, God extinguishes it, 64

كلما اوقدوا نارا للحرب اطفاها الله

and they strive to sow corruption on the earth. 64

ويسعون في الارض فسادا

God does not love those who sow corruption. 64

والله لا يحب المفسدين

And had the people of the Scripture believed and guarded themselves, We would indeed have effaced their evil deeds, and We would indeed have admitted them into the Gardens of blessing.i 65

ولو ان اهل الكتب ءامنوا واتقوا لكفرنا عنهم سياتهم ولادخلنهم جنت النعيم

And had they maintained the Tawrah, the Injil, and what was revealed to them from their Guardian, they would indeed have eaten of what is above them and of what is beneath their feet. 66

ولو انهم اقاموا التورىة والانجيل وما انزل اليهم من ربهم لاكلوا من فوقهم ومن تحت ارجلهم

Among them, there is a moderate community, 66

منهم امة مقتصدة

but many of them, how evil is what they do! 66

وكثير منهم ساء ما يعملون

O messenger! convey what has been sent down to you from your Guardian, 67

يايها الرسول بلغ ما انزل اليك من ربك

and if you do not do so, you will not have conveyed His message. 67

وان لم تفعل فما بلغت رسالته

God protects you from people. 67

والله يعصمك من الناس

God does not guide the people who deny-disown. 67

ان الله لا يهدي القوم الكفرين

Say: "O people of the Scripture! you stand on nothing, until you maintain the Tawrah, the Injil, and what has been revealed to you from your Guardian."i 68

قل ياهل الكتب لستم على شىء حتى تقيموا التورىة والانجيل وما انزل اليكم من ربكم

And what has been sent down to you from your Guardian will certainly increase, among many of them, tyranny and denial-disowning. 68

وليزيدن كثيرا منهم ما انزل اليك من ربك طغينا وكفرا

So do not grieve for the people who deny-disown. 68

فلا تاس على القوم الكفرين

Those who have believed, the Reoriented, the Aspirants, and the Helpers — whoever has believed in God and the Last Day, and done righteous work, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 69

ان الذين ءامنوا والذين هادوا والصبون والنصرى من ءامن بالله واليوم الءاخر وعمل صلحا فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

We indeed took the engagement of the Children of Israel, and We sent them messengers. 70

لقد اخذنا ميثق بني اسرءيل وارسلنا اليهم رسلا

Every time a messenger brought them what their Self did not desire, they denied a group, and another group, they killed. 70

كلما جاءهم رسول بما لا تهوى انفسهم فريقا كذبوا وفريقا يقتلون

And they thought there would be no trial; they then became blind and deaf; then God turned toward them with clemency; then, again, they became blind and deaf, 71

وحسبوا الا تكون فتنة فعموا وصموا ثم تاب الله عليهم ثم عموا وصموا

many of them. 71

كثير منهم

God sees perfectly what they do. 71

والله بصير بما يعملون

They have indeed denied-disowned, those who said: "God, that is Al-Massih, son of Maryam." 72

لقد كفر الذين قالوا ان الله هو المسيح ابن مريم

And Al-Massih said: "O children of Israel! obey God, my Guardian and your Guardian. 72

وقال المسيح يبني اسرءيل اعبدوا الله ربي وربكم

Whoever associates other deities with God, God indeed forbids him the Garden, and his refuge will be the Fire." 72

انه من يشرك بالله فقد حرم الله عليه الجنة وماوىه النار

And the unjust have no helpers. 72

وما للظلمين من انصار

They have indeed denied-disowned, those who said: "God is the third of three." 73

لقد كفر الذين قالوا ان الله ثالث ثلثة

But there is no deity except one deity. 73

وما من اله الا اله وحد

And if they do not cease what they say, a painful punishment will certainly touch those among them who have denied-disowned. 73

وان لم ينتهوا عما يقولون ليمسن الذين كفروا منهم عذاب اليم

Will they not then turn back to God, and ask His forgiveness? 74

افلا يتوبون الى الله ويستغفرونه

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 74

والله غفور رحيم

Al-Massih, son of Maryam, is only a messenger; messengers indeed passed before him, 75

ما المسيح ابن مريم الا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل

and his mother was a woman of truth; 75

وامه صديقة

both of them ate food. 75

كانا ياكلان الطعام

Look how We detail the signs to them, then look how they are turned away! 75

انظر كيف نبين لهم الءايت ثم انظر انى يوفكون

Say: "Do you obey, besides God, what holds for you neither harm nor benefit? 76

قل اتعبدون من دون الله ما لا يملك لكم ضرا ولا نفعا

But God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." 76

والله هو السميع العليم

Say: "O people of the Scripture! do not exceed bounds in your Law, beyond the truth,i 77

قل ياهل الكتب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحق

and do not follow the emotions of a people who have already gone astray, led many astray, and strayed from the straight path." 77

ولا تتبعوا اهواء قوم قد ضلوا من قبل واضلوا كثيرا وضلوا عن سواء السبيل

They have been cursed, those among the Children of Israel who denied-disowned, by the mouth of Dawud and Issa, son of Maryam.i 78

لعن الذين كفروا من بني اسرءيل على لسان داود وعيسى ابن مريم

That is because they disobeyed and transgressed. 78

ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

They did not forbid one another a disavowed act which they committed: 79

كانوا لا يتناهون عن منكر فعلوه

how evil is what they used to do! 79

لبيس ما كانوا يفعلون

You see many of them allying themselves with those who deny-disown: 80

ترى كثيرا منهم يتولون الذين كفروا

how evil is what their Self has prepared for them! God was angered against them, and they abide eternally in the punishment. 80

لبيس ما قدمت لهم انفسهم ان سخط الله عليهم وفي العذاب هم خلدون

And had they believed in God, in the prophet, and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; 81

ولو كانوا يومنون بالله والنبي وما انزل اليه ما اتخذوهم اولياء

but many of them are oversteppers. 81

ولكن كثيرا منهم فسقون

You will certainly find that the most hostile of people toward those who have believed are the Reoriented and those who have associated, 82

لتجدن اشد الناس عدوة للذين ءامنوا اليهود والذين اشركوا

and you will certainly find that the closest in affection toward those who have believed are those who say: "We are the Helpers." 82

ولتجدن اقربهم مودة للذين ءامنوا الذين قالوا انا نصرى

That is because there are, among them, priests and monks, and they are not arrogant. 82

ذلك بان منهم قسيسين ورهبانا وانهم لا يستكبرون

And when they hear what has been revealed to the messenger, you see their eyes overflow with tears, for having recognized the truth; they say: "Our Guardian, we have believed; inscribe us, then, among the witnesses. 83

واذا سمعوا ما انزل الى الرسول ترى اعينهم تفيض من الدمع مما عرفوا من الحق يقولون ربنا ءامنا فاكتبنا مع الشهدين

And what reason would we have not to believe in God, and in what has come to us of the truth, when we long for our Guardian to admit us with the righteous people?" 84

وما لنا لا نومن بالله وما جاءنا من الحق ونطمع ان يدخلنا ربنا مع القوم الصلحين

God then rewarded them, for what they said, with gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. 85

فاثبهم الله بما قالوا جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها

That is the reward of those who do good. 85

وذلك جزاء المحسنين

And those who have denied-disowned and denied Our signs — those are the companions of the Blaze. 86

والذين كفروا وكذبوا بايتنا اوليك اصحب الجحيم

O you who have believed! do not forbid the good things God has made lawful for you, and do not transgress: 87

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تحرموا طيبت ما احل الله لكم ولا تعتدوا

God does not love the transgressors. 87

ان الله لا يحب المعتدين

And eat of what God has provided you as sustenance, lawful and good, 88

وكلوا مما رزقكم الله حللا طيبا

and guard yourselves toward God, in whom you believe. 88

واتقوا الله الذي انتم به مومنون

God will not hold you to account for the thoughtless in your oaths, 89

لا يواخذكم الله باللغو في ايمنكم

but He will hold you to account for the oaths you have firmly concluded. 89

ولكن يواخذكم بما عقدتم الايمن

The expiation for it will be to feed ten destitute persons, of the best food with which you feed your families, or to clothe them, or to free a person from the burden of a debt;i 89

فكفرته اطعام عشرة مسكين من اوسط ما تطعمون اهليكم او كسوتهم او تحرير رقبة

and whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of three days. 89

فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلثة ايام

That is the expiation of your oaths, when you swear. 89

ذلك كفرة ايمنكم اذا حلفتم

And keep your oaths. 89

واحفظوا ايمنكم

Thus does God make His signs clear to you, perhaps you will be grateful. 89

كذلك يبين الله لكم ءايته لعلكم تشكرون

O you who have believed! the combination of wine and games of chance, as well as the sharing by lot of common goods, are nothing but a defilement, the work of the Diverter; avoid them, then, perhaps you will succeed.i 90

يايها الذين ءامنوا انما الخمر والميسر والانصاب والازلم رجس من عمل الشيطن فاجتنبوه لعلكم تفلحون

The Diverter wants only to cast, among you, by wine and games of chance, enmity and hatred, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from the Contact.i 91

انما يريد الشيطن ان يوقع بينكم العدوة والبغضاء في الخمر والميسر ويصدكم عن ذكر الله وعن الصلوة

Will you then cease? 91

فهل انتم منتهون

And obey God, and obey the messenger, and beware. 92

واطيعوا الله واطيعوا الرسول واحذروا

But if you turn away, know then that only the clear transmission is incumbent upon Our messenger. 92

فان توليتم فاعلموا انما على رسولنا البلغ المبين

No blame upon those who have believed and done righteous deeds, for what they have tasted, so long as they guarded themselves, believed, and did righteous deeds, then guarded themselves and believed, then guarded themselves and did good.i 93

ليس على الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت جناح فيما طعموا اذا ما اتقوا وءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت ثم اتقوا وءامنوا ثم اتقوا واحسنوا

God loves those who do good. 93

والله يحب المحسنين

O you who have believed! God will certainly try you with some game that your hands and your spears will reach, so that God may know who fears Him without perceiving Him.i 94

يايها الذين ءامنوا ليبلونكم الله بشىء من الصيد تناله ايديكم ورماحكم ليعلم الله من يخافه بالغيب

Whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment. 94

فمن اعتدى بعد ذلك فله عذاب اليم

O you who have believed! do not kill game during the inviolable months. 95

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تقتلوا الصيد وانتم حرم

And whoever among you kills it intentionally, an equivalent compensation in cattle, as two equitable [persons] among you shall decide, as an offering reaching the Ka'ba, or an expiation consisting of feeding the destitute, or the equivalent of that in abstention, so that he may taste the ill consequences of his deed.i 95

ومن قتله منكم متعمدا فجزاء مثل ما قتل من النعم يحكم به ذوا عدل منكم هديا بلغ الكعبة او كفرة طعام مسكين او عدل ذلك صياما ليذوق وبال امره

God has forgiven what is past; 95

عفا الله عما سلف

but whoever relapses, God will take vengeance upon him. 95

ومن عاد فينتقم الله منه

God is All-Powerful, possessor of vengeance. 95

والله عزيز ذو انتقام

Lawful for you is made the game of the sea and its food, 96

احل لكم صيد البحر وطعامه

as an enjoyment for you and for travelers; 96

متعا لكم وللسيارة

but forbidden to you is the game of the land for as long as the inviolable months last. 96

وحرم عليكم صيد البر ما دمتم حرما

And guard yourselves toward God, to whom you will be gathered. 96

واتقوا الله الذي اليه تحشرون

God has made the Ka'ba, the Inviolable House, a support [of stability] for mankind, as well as the inviolable month, the voluntary offerings, and the vow-bound offerings.i 97

جعل الله الكعبة البيت الحرام قيما للناس والشهر الحرام والهدي والقليد

That, so that you may know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and that God is, of all things, All-Knowing. 97

ذلك لتعلموا ان الله يعلم ما في السموت وما في الارض وان الله بكل شىء عليم

Know that God is severe in punishment, and that God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 98

اعلموا ان الله شديد العقاب وان الله غفور رحيم

Upon the messenger is incumbent only the transmission. 99

ما على الرسول الا البلغ

God knows what you show and what you hide. 99

والله يعلم ما تبدون وما تكتمون

Say: "The vile and the good are not equal, even if the abundance of the vile amazes you." 100

قل لا يستوي الخبيث والطيب ولو اعجبك كثرة الخبيث

So guard yourselves toward God, O possessors of intelligence, perhaps you will succeed. 100

فاتقوا الله ياولي الالبب لعلكم تفلحون

O you who have believed! do not ask about things which, if disclosed to you, would grieve you. 101

يايها الذين ءامنوا لا تسلوا عن اشياء ان تبد لكم تسوكم

And if you ask them while this Recitation is being revealed, they will be disclosed to you. God has passed over that. 101

وان تسلوا عنها حين ينزل القرءان تبد لكم عفا الله عنها

God is Most-Forgiving, full of patience. 101

والله غفور حليم

A people, before you, asked them, then became, because of them, a people who deny-disown. 102

قد سالها قوم من قبلكم ثم اصبحوا بها كفرين

God did not institute any bahira, sa'iba, wasila, or ham,i 103

ما جعل الله من بحيرة ولا سايبة ولا وصيلة ولا حام

but those who deny-disown invent the lie against God, and most of them do not reason. 103

ولكن الذين كفروا يفترون على الله الكذب واكثرهم لا يعقلون

And when it is said to them: "Come to what God has sent down, and to the messenger", they say: "It suffices us what we found our ancestors upon." 104

واذا قيل لهم تعالوا الى ما انزل الله والى الرسول قالوا حسبنا ما وجدنا عليه ءاباءنا

Is that so, even if their ancestors knew nothing, and were not rightly guided? 104

اولو كان ءاباوهم لا يعلمون شيا ولا يهتدون

O you who have believed! look to yourselves: 105

يايها الذين ءامنوا عليكم انفسكم

he who strays cannot harm you, so long as you are rightly guided. 105

لا يضركم من ضل اذا اهتديتم

To God will be your return, all together, and He will inform you of what you used to do. 105

الى الله مرجعكم جميعا فينبيكم بما كنتم تعملون

O you who have believed! testimony between you, when death presents itself to one of you, at the time of the testament: two equitable [persons] among you, or two others, outside your circle, if you are traveling on the earth and the calamity of death strikes you.i 106

يايها الذين ءامنوا شهدة بينكم اذا حضر احدكم الموت حين الوصية اثنان ذوا عدل منكم او ءاخران من غيركم ان انتم ضربتم في الارض فاصبتكم مصيبة الموت

You will detain them both after the Contact, and they will both swear by God, if you have doubts: "We will not trade it for any price, even toward a relative, 106

تحبسونهما من بعد الصلوة فيقسمان بالله ان ارتبتم لا نشتري به ثمنا ولو كان ذا قربى

and we will not hide the testimony of God; we would then indeed be among the transgressors." 106

ولا نكتم شهدة الله انا اذا لمن الءاثمين

But if it is discovered that both have been guilty of a transgression, two others will take their place, from among those against whom the wrong was committed, the two nearest [heirs], and they will both swear 107

فان عثر على انهما استحقا اثما فاخران يقومان مقامهما من الذين استحق عليهم الاولين فيقسمان

by God: "Our testimony is indeed more worthy than theirs, and we have not transgressed; 107

بالله لشهدتنا احق من شهدتهما وما اعتدينا

we would then indeed be among the unjust." 107

انا اذا لمن الظلمين

That is closer to their bringing testimony in its proper form, or their fearing that other oaths might be opposed to their oaths. 108

ذلك ادنى ان ياتوا بالشهدة على وجهها او يخافوا ان ترد ايمن بعد ايمنهم

And guard yourselves toward God, 108

واتقوا الله

and listen: 108

واسمعوا

God does not guide the people of the oversteppers. 108

والله لا يهدي القوم الفسقين

The day God gathers the messengers, and says: "What answer were you given?" 109

يوم يجمع الله الرسل فيقول ماذا اجبتم

They will say: "We have no knowledge of it; You are the great Knower of what escapes the senses."i 109

قالوا لا علم لنا انك انت علم الغيوب

remember when God will say: "O Issa, son of Maryam! remember My blessing upon you and upon your mother, when I reinforced you with the sacred Influx, you spoke to people in the cradle and in maturity,i 110

اذ قال الله يعيسى ابن مريم اذكر نعمتي عليك وعلى ولدتك اذ ايدتك بروح القدس تكلم الناس في المهد وكهلا

and when I taught you the Code, the wisdom, the Tawrah, and the Injil;i 110

واذ علمتك الكتب والحكمة والتورىة والانجيل

and when you fashioned out of clay the form of a bird, with My permission, then breathed into it, and it became a bird, with My permission; 110

واذ تخلق من الطين كهية الطير باذني فتنفخ فيها فتكون طيرا باذني

and you healed the born-blind and the leper, with My permission; 110

وتبري الاكمه والابرص باذني

and when you brought forth the dead, with My permission; 110

واذ تخرج الموتى باذني

and when I restrained from you the Children of Israel, when you came to them with clear proofs, and those among them who denied-disowned said: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion." 110

واذ كففت بني اسرءيل عنك اذ جيتهم بالبينت فقال الذين كفروا منهم ان هذا الا سحر مبين

And when I revealed to the disciples: "Believe in Me and in My messenger";i 111

واذ اوحيت الى الحوارين ان ءامنوا بي وبرسولي

they said: "We believe, and bear witness that we are true to God alone." 111

قالوا ءامنا واشهد باننا مسلمون

remember when the disciples said: "O Issa, son of Maryam! can your Guardian send down to us a table from the sky?"i 112

اذ قال الحواريون يعيسى ابن مريم هل يستطيع ربك ان ينزل علينا مايدة من السماء

He said: "Guard yourselves toward God, if you are believers." 112

قال اتقوا الله ان كنتم مومنين

They said: "We want to eat from it, that our cores may find ease, that we may know you have told us the truth, and be witnesses to it." 113

قالوا نريد ان ناكل منها وتطمين قلوبنا ونعلم ان قد صدقتنا ونكون عليها من الشهدين

Issa, son of Maryam, said: "O God, our Guardian! send down to us a table from the sky, that it be for us a festival, for the first of us as for the last, and a sign from You;i 114

قال عيسى ابن مريم اللهم ربنا انزل علينا مايدة من السماء تكون لنا عيدا لاولنا وءاخرنا وءاية منك

and provide for us; 114

وارزقنا

You are the best of providers." 114

وانت خير الرزقين

God said: "I am sending it down to you; but whoever among you denies-disowns thereafter, I will punish him with a punishment with which I will punish none other among all beings." 115

قال الله اني منزلها عليكم فمن يكفر بعد منكم فاني اعذبه عذابا لا اعذبه احدا من العلمين

And remember when God will say: "O Issa, son of Maryam! was it you who said to the people: Take me, and my mother, as two deities besides God?"i 116

واذ قال الله يعيسى ابن مريم ءانت قلت للناس اتخذوني وامي الهين من دون الله

He will say: "Glory be to You! it was not for me to say what is not my right. 116

قال سبحنك ما يكون لي ان اقول ما ليس لي بحق

If I had said it, You would have known it. 116

ان كنت قلته فقد علمته

You know what is in my Self, and I do not know what is in Your Self. 116

تعلم ما في نفسي ولا اعلم ما في نفسك

You are, You, the great Knower of what escapes the senses.i 116

انك انت علم الغيوب

I told them only what You ordered me: Obey God, my Guardian and your Guardian; 117

ما قلت لهم الا ما امرتني به ان اعبدوا الله ربي وربكم

and I was a witness over them, as long as I remained among them; 117

وكنت عليهم شهيدا ما دمت فيهم

then, when You took me back to You, it was You who were the Observer over them. 117

فلما توفيتني كنت انت الرقيب عليهم

And You are, over all things, a witness. 117

وانت على كل شىء شهيد

If You punish them, they are Your obedient ones; 118

ان تعذبهم فانهم عبادك

and if You forgive them, You are, You, the All-Powerful, the Wise." 118

وان تغفر لهم فانك انت العزيز الحكيم

God will say: "This is the day when truthfulness will benefit the truthful. 119

قال الله هذا يوم ينفع الصدقين صدقهم

They have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever." 119

لهم جنت تجري من تحتها الانهر خلدين فيها ابدا

God is satisfied with them, and they are satisfied with Him. 119

رضي الله عنهم ورضوا عنه

That is the immense triumph. 119

ذلك الفوز العظيم

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and of what is in them. 120

لله ملك السموت والارض وما فيهن

He has power over all things. 120

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