Sourate Al-An'am (6) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Praise be to God, who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darknesses and the light; yet those who deny-disown set up equals to their Guardian.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي خلق السموت والارض وجعل الظلمت والنور ثم الذين كفروا بربهم يعدلون

It is He who created you from clay, then decreed a term — 2

هو الذي خلقكم من طين ثم قضى اجلا

and a fixed term, with Him. 2

واجل مسمى عنده

Yet still you doubt. 2

ثم انتم تمترون

And He is God, 3

وهو الله

in the heavens and on the earth; He knows your secret and your public, and He knows what you earn. 3

في السموت وفي الارض يعلم سركم وجهركم ويعلم ما تكسبون

No sign, among the signs of their Guardian, comes to them without their turning away from it. 4

وما تاتيهم من ءاية من ءايت ربهم الا كانوا عنها معرضين

So they have denied the truth, when it came to them; 5

فقد كذبوا بالحق لما جاءهم

the information of what they used to mock will soon reach them. 5

فسوف ياتيهم انبوا ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Do they not see how many generations We destroyed before them, whom We had established on the earth as We have not established you, 6

الم يروا كم اهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن مكنهم في الارض ما لم نمكن لكم

and to whom We sent the sky in abundant rains, 6

وارسلنا السماء عليهم مدرارا

and We made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their offenses, 6

وجعلنا الانهر تجري من تحتهم فاهلكنهم بذنوبهم

and We raised up, after them, another generation. 6

وانشانا من بعدهم قرنا ءاخرين

And had We sent down upon you a writing on parchment, and they had touched it with their hands, those who deny-disown would certainly have said: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion."i 7

ولو نزلنا عليك كتبا في قرطاس فلمسوه بايديهم لقال الذين كفروا ان هذا الا سحر مبين

And they say: "Why has an Agent not been sent down upon him!"i 8

وقالوا لولا انزل عليه ملك

And had We sent down an Agent, the matter would already have been settled, and they would be granted no delay.i 8

ولو انزلنا ملكا لقضي الامر ثم لا ينظرون

And had We made him an Agent, We would have made him a man, and We would have clothed him in what they themselves wear.i 9

ولو جعلنه ملكا لجعلنه رجلا وللبسنا عليهم ما يلبسون

Messengers before you were indeed mocked; then what they used to mock enveloped those among them who scoffed. 10

ولقد استهزي برسل من قبلك فحاق بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Say: "Travel through the land, then look how the end of those who denied was." 11

قل سيروا في الارض ثم انظروا كيف كان عقبة المكذبين

Say: "To whom belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth?" Say: "To God. 12

قل لمن ما في السموت والارض قل لله

He has prescribed benevolence upon Himself. 12

كتب على نفسه الرحمة

He will certainly gather you on the Day of Appearance, no doubt possible. 12

ليجمعنكم الى يوم القيمة لا ريب فيه

Those who will have caused the loss of their Selves, those are the ones who do not believe." 12

الذين خسروا انفسهم فهم لا يومنون

To Him belongs what rests in the night and the day; 13

وله ما سكن في اليل والنهار

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 13

وهو السميع العليم

Say: "Should I take a protector other than God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth,i 14

قل اغير الله اتخذ وليا فاطر السموت والارض

It is He who nourishes and is not nourished." 14

وهو يطعم ولا يطعم

Say: "I have been commanded to be the first of those who are true to God alone", 14

قل اني امرت ان اكون اول من اسلم

and never be among those who associate. 14

ولا تكونن من المشركين

Say: "I fear, if I disobey my Guardian, the punishment of a tremendous day." 15

قل اني اخاف ان عصيت ربي عذاب يوم عظيم

Whoever is turned away from it, on that day, He will have shown him benevolence, 16

من يصرف عنه يوميذ فقد رحمه

and that is the manifest triumph. 16

وذلك الفوز المبين

And if God touches you with harm, none can remove it but Him; 17

وان يمسسك الله بضر فلا كاشف له الا هو

and if He touches you with good, He has power over all things. 17

وان يمسسك بخير فهو على كل شىء قدير

He prevails above His obedient ones, 18

وهو القاهر فوق عباده

and He is the Wise, the Informed. 18

وهو الحكيم الخبير

Say: "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say: "God, 19

قل اى شىء اكبر شهدة قل الله

witness between me and you. 19

شهيد بيني وبينكم

And this Recitation was revealed to me so that I might warn you by it, and whoever it reaches. 19

واوحي الى هذا القرءان لانذركم به ومن بلغ

Do you truly bear witness that there are, with God, other deities?" Say: "I do not bear witness [to that]." 19

اينكم لتشهدون ان مع الله ءالهة اخرى قل لا اشهد

Say: "He is only one deity, 19

قل انما هو اله وحد

and I disavow what you associate [with Him]." 19

وانني بريء مما تشركون

Those to whom We gave the Scripture recognize him as they recognize their own children;i 20

الذين ءاتينهم الكتب يعرفونه كما يعرفون ابناءهم

those who will have caused the loss of their Selves, those are the ones who do not believe. 20

الذين خسروا انفسهم فهم لا يومنون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or denies His signs? 21

ومن اظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا او كذب بايته

The unjust do not succeed. 21

انه لا يفلح الظلمون

And the day when We gather them all together, then say to those who associated: "Where are your associates, whom you used to claim?" 22

ويوم نحشرهم جميعا ثم نقول للذين اشركوا اين شركاوكم الذين كنتم تزعمون

Then their only escape will be to say: "By God, our Guardian, we were not among those who associate." 23

ثم لم تكن فتنتهم الا ان قالوا والله ربنا ما كنا مشركين

Look how they lie against themselves! And what they used to invent will have forsaken them. 24

انظر كيف كذبوا على انفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

And among them are some who listen to you, 25

ومنهم من يستمع اليك

but We have placed over their cores coverings, so that they do not understand it, and in their ears a deafness. 25

وجعلنا على قلوبهم اكنة ان يفقهوه وفي ءاذانهم وقرا

And even if they saw every sign, they would not believe in it, 25

وان يروا كل ءاية لا يومنوا بها

to the point that, when they come to you to dispute, those who deny-disown say: "These are nothing but legends of the ancients." 25

حتى اذا جاءوك يجدلونك يقول الذين كفروا ان هذا الا اسطير الاولين

And they forbid it [to others], and they distance themselves [from it]; 26

وهم ينهون عنه وينون عنه

and they ruin none but themselves, without perceiving it. 26

وان يهلكون الا انفسهم وما يشعرون

And if you could see, when they will be placed before the Fire, and say: "Ah, if only we were sent back, 27

ولو ترى اذ وقفوا على النار فقالوا يليتنا نرد

and no longer denied the signs of our Guardian, and were among the believers!" 27

ولا نكذب بايت ربنا ونكون من المومنين

No! what they used to hide before has become apparent to them. 28

بل بدا لهم ما كانوا يخفون من قبل

And were they sent back, they would certainly return to what they had been forbidden, 28

ولو ردوا لعادوا لما نهوا عنه

for they are indeed liars. 28

وانهم لكذبون

And they say: "There is nothing but our present life, and we will not be resurrected." 29

وقالوا ان هي الا حياتنا الدنيا وما نحن بمبعوثين

And if you could see, when they will be placed before their Guardian! He will say: "Is this not the truth?" 30

ولو ترى اذ وقفوا على ربهم قال اليس هذا بالحق

They will say: "Yes, by our Guardian!" 30

قالوا بلى وربنا

He will say: "Taste then the punishment, for having denied-disowned." 30

قال فذوقوا العذاب بما كنتم تكفرون

They are indeed losers, those who have denied the meeting with God, to the point that, when the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly, they say: "What regret for us, for what we neglected in it!" They will bear their burdens on their backs. 31

قد خسر الذين كذبوا بلقاء الله حتى اذا جاءتهم الساعة بغتة قالوا يحسرتنا على ما فرطنا فيها وهم يحملون اوزارهم على ظهورهم

How evil is what they weigh themselves down with! 31

الا ساء ما يزرون

The present life is nothing but play and diversion; 32

وما الحيوة الدنيا الا لعب ولهو

and the last abode is indeed better for those who guard themselves. 32

وللدار الءاخرة خير للذين يتقون

Will you not then reason? 32

افلا تعقلون

We know well that what they say grieves you; 33

قد نعلم انه ليحزنك الذي يقولون

but it is not you they deny, 33

فانهم لا يكذبونك

but it is the signs of God that the unjust deny. 33

ولكن الظلمين بايت الله يجحدون

Messengers were indeed denied before you; they endured this denial and these persecutions, until Our help came to them. 34

ولقد كذبت رسل من قبلك فصبروا على ما كذبوا واوذوا حتى اتىهم نصرنا

No [force] can change the words of God. 34

ولا مبدل لكلمت الله

Some of the information about the envoys has indeed already reached you. 34

ولقد جاءك من نباي المرسلين

And if their turning away weighs upon you, then, if you have the capacity, seek a tunnel into the earth, or a ladder into the sky, to bring them a sign. 35

وان كان كبر عليك اعراضهم فان استطعت ان تبتغي نفقا في الارض او سلما في السماء فتاتيهم باية

Had God willed, He would have gathered them upon guidance; 35

ولو شاء الله لجمعهم على الهدى

so never be among the ignorant. 35

فلا تكونن من الجهلين

Only those who hear respond. 36

انما يستجيب الذين يسمعون

As for the dead, God will resurrect them, 36

والموتى يبعثهم الله

then it is to Him that they will be returned. 36

ثم اليه يرجعون

And they say: "Why has a sign from his Guardian not been sent down upon him!" 37

وقالوا لولا نزل عليه ءاية من ربه

Say: "God is capable of sending down a sign", 37

قل ان الله قادر على ان ينزل ءاية

but most of them do not know. 37

ولكن اكثرهم لا يعلمون

There is no living being on the earth, nor bird flying with its two wings, but forms communities like you. 38

وما من دابة في الارض ولا طير يطير بجناحيه الا امم امثالكم

We have neglected nothing of the Code.i 38

ما فرطنا في الكتب من شىء

Then it is to their Guardian that they will be gathered. 38

ثم الى ربهم يحشرون

And those who have denied Our signs are deaf and mute, in darknesses. 39

والذين كذبوا بايتنا صم وبكم في الظلمت

Whoever God wills to lead astray, He leads astray; 39

من يشا الله يضلله

and whoever He wills [to guide], He places on a straight path. 39

ومن يشا يجعله على صرط مستقيم

Say: "What do you think? If the punishment of God came upon you, or the Hour came upon you, would you invoke other than God, if you are truthful?" 40

قل ارءيتكم ان اتىكم عذاب الله او اتتكم الساعة اغير الله تدعون ان كنتم صدقين

In reality, it is Him you would invoke; He would then remove, if He willed, that for which you invoked Him, and you would forget what you associate [with Him]. 41

بل اياه تدعون فيكشف ما تدعون اليه ان شاء وتنسون ما تشركون

We have indeed sent [messengers] to communities before you, and We seized them with misfortune and hardship, that they might humble themselves. 42

ولقد ارسلنا الى امم من قبلك فاخذنهم بالباساء والضراء لعلهم يتضرعون

Why did they not humble themselves, when Our rigor came upon them! 43

فلولا اذ جاءهم باسنا تضرعوا

But their cores hardened, and the Diverter embellished for them what they were doing.i 43

ولكن قست قلوبهم وزين لهم الشيطن ما كانوا يعملون

Then, when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened upon them the gates of everything, 44

فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به فتحنا عليهم ابوب كل شىء

to the point that, when they rejoiced in what had been given them, We seized them by surprise, and there they were, in despair. 44

حتى اذا فرحوا بما اوتوا اخذنهم بغتة فاذا هم مبلسون

Thus was the last remnant of the people who had been unjust cut off. 45

فقطع دابر القوم الذين ظلموا

And praise be to God, Guardian of all beings.i 45

والحمد لله رب العلمين

Say: "What do you think? If God took your hearing and your sight, and sealed your cores, what deity, other than God, would bring them back to you?" 46

قل ارءيتم ان اخذ الله سمعكم وابصركم وختم على قلوبكم من اله غير الله ياتيكم به

Look how We diversify the signs, and yet they turn away from them. 46

انظر كيف نصرف الءايت ثم هم يصدفون

Say: "What do you think? If the punishment of God came upon you, unexpectedly or openly, who would be destroyed, but the unjust people?" 47

قل ارءيتكم ان اتىكم عذاب الله بغتة او جهرة هل يهلك الا القوم الظلمون

We send the envoys only as bearers of good tidings and warners. 48

وما نرسل المرسلين الا مبشرين ومنذرين

Whoever believes and reforms, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 48

فمن ءامن واصلح فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

And those who have denied Our signs, the punishment will touch them, for having overstepped. 49

والذين كذبوا بايتنا يمسهم العذاب بما كانوا يفسقون

Say: "I do not tell you that I hold the treasures of God, nor that I know what escapes the senses, nor do I tell you that I am an Agent;i 50

قل لا اقول لكم عندي خزاين الله ولا اعلم الغيب ولا اقول لكم اني ملك

I only follow what is revealed to me." 50

ان اتبع الا ما يوحى الى

Say: "Are the blind and the seeing equal?" 50

قل هل يستوي الاعمى والبصير

Will you not then reflect? 50

افلا تتفكرون

And warn by it those who fear to be gathered to their Guardian — they have, besides Him, neither protector nor intercessor — perhaps they will guard themselves. 51

وانذر به الذين يخافون ان يحشروا الى ربهم ليس لهم من دونه ولي ولا شفيع لعلهم يتقون

And do not turn away those who invoke their Guardian, morning and evening, seeking His direction. Nothing of their account is upon you, and nothing of your account is upon them, that you should turn them away and then be among the unjust. 52

ولا تطرد الذين يدعون ربهم بالغدوة والعشي يريدون وجهه ما عليك من حسابهم من شىء وما من حسابك عليهم من شىء فتطردهم فتكون من الظلمين

And thus have We tried some of them by others, that they might say: "Is it then these whom God has favored among us?" 53

وكذلك فتنا بعضهم ببعض ليقولوا اهولاء من الله عليهم من بيننا

Is God not most knowing of those who are grateful? 53

اليس الله باعلم بالشكرين

And when those who believe in Our signs come to you, say: "Peace be upon you. 54

واذا جاءك الذين يومنون بايتنا فقل سلم عليكم

Your Guardian has prescribed benevolence upon Himself: whoever among you commits evil out of ignorance, then repents after that and reforms — He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 54

كتب ربكم على نفسه الرحمة انه من عمل منكم سوءا بجهلة ثم تاب من بعده واصلح فانه غفور رحيم

Thus do We detail the signs, so that the path of the severed may become clearly apparent.i 55

وكذلك نفصل الءايت ولتستبين سبيل المجرمين

Say: "I have been forbidden to obey those you invoke besides God." 56

قل اني نهيت ان اعبد الذين تدعون من دون الله

Say: "I do not follow your emotions;i 56

قل لا اتبع اهواءكم

I would then be astray, and I would not be among the rightly guided." 56

قد ضللت اذا وما انا من المهتدين

Say: "I rely on clear evidence from my Guardian, and you have denied it. 57

قل اني على بينة من ربي وكذبتم به

I do not hold what you seek to hasten. 57

ما عندي ما تستعجلون به

Judgment belongs only to God. 57

ان الحكم الا لله

He relates the truth, 57

يقص الحق

and He is the best of those who judge." 57

وهو خير الفصلين

Say: "If I held what you seek to hasten, the matter would already have been settled between me and you." 58

قل لو ان عندي ما تستعجلون به لقضي الامر بيني وبينكم

God knows best the unjust. 58

والله اعلم بالظلمين

He holds the keys of what escapes the senses: none knows them, save Him.i 59

وعنده مفاتح الغيب لا يعلمها الا هو

And He knows what is on land and in the sea. 59

ويعلم ما في البر والبحر

No leaf falls but He knows it; no grain, in the darknesses of the earth, nothing moist or dry, that is not in a clear register.i 59

وما تسقط من ورقة الا يعلمها ولا حبة في ظلمت الارض ولا رطب ولا يابس الا في كتب مبين

It is He who takes you back to Himself, by night, and knows what you accomplish by day, then He resurrects you in it, so that a fixed term may be fulfilled; 60

وهو الذي يتوفىكم باليل ويعلم ما جرحتم بالنهار ثم يبعثكم فيه ليقضى اجل مسمى

then to Him will be your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. 60

ثم اليه مرجعكم ثم ينبيكم بما كنتم تعملون

He prevails above His obedient ones, 61

وهو القاهر فوق عباده

and He sends upon you guardians, 61

ويرسل عليكم حفظة

to the point that, when death comes to one of you, Our envoys take him back [to Him], never failing. 61

حتى اذا جاء احدكم الموت توفته رسلنا وهم لا يفرطون

Then they are returned to God, their true Protector. 62

ثم ردوا الى الله مولىهم الحق

Is it not to Him that judgment belongs? 62

الا له الحكم

He is the swiftest of those who take account. 62

وهو اسرع الحسبين

Say: "Who saves you from the darknesses of land and sea?" — you invoke Him humbly and in secret: "If You save us from this, we will certainly be among the grateful." 63

قل من ينجيكم من ظلمت البر والبحر تدعونه تضرعا وخفية لين انجىنا من هذه لنكونن من الشكرين

Say: "God saves you from it, and from every distress; yet you associate [others with Him]." 64

قل الله ينجيكم منها ومن كل كرب ثم انتم تشركون

Say: "He is capable of raising up against you a punishment, from above you or from beneath your feet, or of mixing you into rival factions, and making some of you taste the violence of others." 65

قل هو القادر على ان يبعث عليكم عذابا من فوقكم او من تحت ارجلكم او يلبسكم شيعا ويذيق بعضكم باس بعض

Look how We diversify the signs, perhaps they will understand. 65

انظر كيف نصرف الءايت لعلهم يفقهون

But your people have denied it, though it is the truth. 66

وكذب به قومك وهو الحق

Say: "I am not, for you, a trustee-agent. 66

قل لست عليكم بوكيل

Every piece of information has a place of fulfillment, 67

لكل نبا مستقر

and you will soon know." 67

وسوف تعلمون

And when you see those who wade into idle talk about Our signs, turn away from them, until they move on to another subject. 68

واذا رايت الذين يخوضون في ءايتنا فاعرض عنهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره

And if the Diverter makes you forget, do not remain, after this reminder, with the unjust people.i 68

واما ينسينك الشيطن فلا تقعد بعد الذكرى مع القوم الظلمين

And nothing, of the account of those who guard themselves, is incumbent upon them, 69

وما على الذين يتقون من حسابهم من شىء

except a reminder, perhaps they will guard themselves. 69

ولكن ذكرى لعلهم يتقون

And leave those who have taken their Law for amusement and play, and whom the present life has deceived. 70

وذر الذين اتخذوا دينهم لعبا ولهوا وغرتهم الحيوة الدنيا

And remind by it, lest a Self be delivered [to ruin] for what it has earned, having, besides God, neither protector nor intercessor; 70

وذكر به ان تبسل نفس بما كسبت ليس لها من دون الله ولي ولا شفيع

and even if it offered every compensation, it would not be accepted from it. 70

وان تعدل كل عدل لا يوخذ منها

Those are the ones who will have been delivered [to ruin] for what they have earned; they will have a scalding drink and a painful punishment, for having denied-disowned. 70

اوليك الذين ابسلوا بما كسبوا لهم شراب من حميم وعذاب اليم بما كانوا يكفرون

Say: "Should we invoke, besides God, what neither benefits nor harms us, and be turned back on our heels after God has guided us, like one whom the diverters have lured on earth, bewildered,i 71

قل اندعوا من دون الله ما لا ينفعنا ولا يضرنا ونرد على اعقابنا بعد اذ هدىنا الله كالذي استهوته الشيطين في الارض حيران

while he has companions who call him to guidance: Come to us?" 71

له اصحب يدعونه الى الهدى ايتنا

Say: "The guidance of God, that is the [true] guidance; and we have been commanded to be true to the Guardian of all beings alone, and to maintain the Contact, and to guard ourselves toward Him." 72

قل ان هدى الله هو الهدى وامرنا لنسلم لرب العلمين وان اقيموا الصلوة واتقوه

And it is to Him that you will be gathered. 72

وهو الذي اليه تحشرون

It is He who created the heavens and the earth in truth, 73

وهو الذي خلق السموت والارض بالحق

and the day He says: "Be", 73

ويوم يقول كن

it is. 73

فيكون

His word is the truth, 73

قوله الحق

and to Him belongs the dominion, 73

وله الملك

the day the Trumpet is blown.i 73

يوم ينفخ في الصور

Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest,i 73

علم الغيب والشهدة

He is the Wise, the Informed. 73

وهو الحكيم الخبير

And remember when Ibrahim said to his father Azar: "Do you take idols as deities?i 74

واذ قال ابرهيم لابيه ءازر اتتخذ اصناما ءالهة

I see you indeed, you and your people, in manifest error." 74

اني ارىك وقومك في ضلل مبين

Thus did We show Ibrahim the sovereign dominion of the heavens and the earth, that he might be among those who possess certainty.i 75

وكذلك نري ابرهيم ملكوت السموت والارض وليكون من الموقنين

When the night enveloped him, he saw a star; he said: "This is my guardian"; 76

فلما جن عليه اليل رءا كوكبا قال هذا ربي

but when it disappeared, he said: "I do not love those that disappear." 76

فلما افل قال لا احب الءافلين

Then, when he saw the moon rising, he said: "This is my guardian"; 77

فلما رءا القمر بازغا قال هذا ربي

but when it disappeared, he said: "If my Guardian does not guide me, I will certainly be among the astray people." 77

فلما افل قال لين لم يهدني ربي لاكونن من القوم الضالين

Then, when he saw the sun rising, he said: "This is my guardian, this one is greater"; 78

فلما رءا الشمس بازغة قال هذا ربي هذا اكبر

but when it disappeared, he said: "O my people! I disavow what you associate [with Him]. 78

فلما افلت قال يقوم اني بريء مما تشركون

I have set my direction, without deviation, toward the One who brought forth the heavens and the earth, 79

اني وجهت وجهي للذي فطر السموت والارض حنيفا

and I am not among those who associate." 79

وما انا من المشركين

And his people disputed with him.i 80

وحاجه قومه

He said: "Do you dispute with me about God, when He has guided me? 80

قال اتحجوني في الله وقد هدىن

And I do not fear what you associate with Him, unless my Guardian wills something. 80

ولا اخاف ما تشركون به الا ان يشاء ربي شيا

My Guardian encompasses all things in His knowledge. 80

وسع ربي كل شىء علما

Will you not then be reminded? 80

افلا تتذكرون

And how should I fear what you associate [with Him], 81

وكيف اخاف ما اشركتم

while you do not fear having associated with God that for which He has sent down upon you no authority? 81

ولا تخافون انكم اشركتم بالله ما لم ينزل به عليكم سلطنا

Which of the two groups, then, is more worthy of security, if you know?" 81

فاى الفريقين احق بالامن ان كنتم تعلمون

Those who have believed and have not mixed their faith with any injustice — those are the ones who have security, and they are rightly guided. 82

الذين ءامنوا ولم يلبسوا ايمنهم بظلم اوليك لهم الامن وهم مهتدون

And that is Our argument, which We gave to Ibrahim against his people.i 83

وتلك حجتنا ءاتينها ابرهيم على قومه

We raise in degrees whom We will. 83

نرفع درجت من نشاء

Your Guardian is indeed Wise, All-Knowing. 83

ان ربك حكيم عليم

And We gave him Ishaq and Yaacoub; 84

ووهبنا له اسحق ويعقوب

We guided them both. 84

كلا هدينا

And Nuh, We had guided him before;i 84

ونوحا هدينا من قبل

and among his descendants, Dawud, Sulayman, Ayyub, Youssof, Moussa, and Harun.i 84

ومن ذريته داود وسليمن وايوب ويوسف وموسى وهرون

Thus do We reward those who do good. 84

وكذلك نجزي المحسنين

And Zakariya, Yahya, Issa, and Ilyas — 85

وزكريا ويحيى وعيسى والياس

all are among the righteous. 85

كل من الصلحين

And Isma'il, Al-Yasa', Younes, and Lut —i 86

واسمعيل واليسع ويونس ولوطا

and all of them, We favored above all beings. 86

وكلا فضلنا على العلمين

And among their ancestors, their descendants, and their brothers — 87

ومن ءابايهم وذريتهم واخونهم

We chose them, and We guided them to a straight path. 87

واجتبينهم وهدينهم الى صرط مستقيم

That is the guidance of God, by which He guides whom He wills among His obedient ones. 88

ذلك هدى الله يهدي به من يشاء من عباده

And had they associated, what they were doing would have collapsed for them. 88

ولو اشركوا لحبط عنهم ما كانوا يعملون

Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture, the judgment, and the prophecy.i 89

اوليك الذين ءاتينهم الكتب والحكم والنبوة

So if these [the deniers] deny it, We have already entrusted it to a people who are not deniers of it. 89

فان يكفر بها هولاء فقد وكلنا بها قوما ليسوا بها بكفرين

Those are the ones God has guided; follow, then, their guidance. 90

اوليك الذين هدى الله فبهدىهم اقتده

Say: "I do not ask you, for this, any wage. 90

قل لا اسلكم عليه اجرا

It is only a reminder for all beings." 90

ان هو الا ذكرى للعلمين

They did not measure God with His true measure, when they said: "God has sent nothing down upon a human." 91

وما قدروا الله حق قدره اذ قالوا ما انزل الله على بشر من شىء

Say: "Who sent down the Scripture that Moussa brought, a light and a guidance for mankind,i 91

قل من انزل الكتب الذي جاء به موسى نورا وهدى للناس

which you put on parchments, showing some and hiding much —i 91

تجعلونه قراطيس تبدونها وتخفون كثيرا

and you were taught what you did not know, neither you nor your ancestors?" Say: "God"; 91

وعلمتم ما لم تعلموا انتم ولا ءاباوكم قل الله

then leave them, in their vain talk, to amuse themselves. 91

ثم ذرهم في خوضهم يلعبون

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed, confirming what precedes it, so that you may warn the metropolis of cities and those around it.i 92

وهذا كتب انزلنه مبارك مصدق الذي بين يديه ولتنذر ام القرى ومن حولها

Those who believe in the last life believe in it, and they are watchful over their Contact. 92

والذين يومنون بالءاخرة يومنون به وهم على صلاتهم يحافظون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or says: "It has been revealed to me", when nothing has been revealed to him, and one who says: "I will send down the like of what God has sent down"? 93

ومن اظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا او قال اوحي الى ولم يوح اليه شىء ومن قال سانزل مثل ما انزل الله

And if you could see, when the unjust are in the throes of death, and the Agents stretch out their hands: "Bring forth your Self.i 93

ولو ترى اذ الظلمون في غمرت الموت والمليكة باسطوا ايديهم اخرجوا انفسكم

Today, you will be rewarded with the punishment of humiliation, for having said about God other than the truth, and for having been arrogant before His signs." 93

اليوم تجزون عذاب الهون بما كنتم تقولون على الله غير الحق وكنتم عن ءايته تستكبرون

Here you have come to Us alone, as We created you the first time, and you have left behind what We had entrusted you with; 94

ولقد جيتمونا فردى كما خلقنكم اول مرة وتركتم ما خولنكم وراء ظهوركم

and We do not see with you your intercessors, whom you claimed to be associates among you. 94

وما نرى معكم شفعاءكم الذين زعمتم انهم فيكم شركوا

The bonds between you are indeed severed, and what you claimed has forsaken you. 94

لقد تقطع بينكم وضل عنكم ما كنتم تزعمون

God is He who splits open the seed and the kernel. 95

ان الله فالق الحب والنوى

He brings forth the living from the dead, and He brings forth the dead from the living. 95

يخرج الحى من الميت ومخرج الميت من الحى

That is God. 95

ذلكم الله

How then can you be turned away? 95

فانى توفكون

He who makes the dawn split forth, and who made the night a rest, 96

فالق الاصباح وجعل اليل سكنا

and of the sun and the moon, a reckoning. 96

والشمس والقمر حسبانا

That is the measure set by the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing. 96

ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم

And it is He who made for you the stars, so that you might guide yourselves by them in the darknesses of land and sea. 97

وهو الذي جعل لكم النجوم لتهتدوا بها في ظلمت البر والبحر

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who know. 97

قد فصلنا الءايت لقوم يعلمون

And it is He who brought you forth from a single Self — then a dwelling and a repository. 98

وهو الذي انشاكم من نفس وحدة فمستقر ومستودع

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who understand. 98

قد فصلنا الءايت لقوم يفقهون

And it is He who sent down water from the sky, and We brought forth by it the vegetation of every kind, and We brought forth from it a greenery, from which We bring forth grain in clustered ears, and, from the palm tree, from its spathe, clusters within reach, and gardens of vines, the olive and the pomegranate, resembling and not resembling. 99

وهو الذي انزل من السماء ماء فاخرجنا به نبات كل شىء فاخرجنا منه خضرا نخرج منه حبا متراكبا ومن النخل من طلعها قنوان دانية وجنت من اعناب والزيتون والرمان مشتبها وغير متشبه

Look at its fruit, when it bears fruit, and its ripening. 99

انظروا الى ثمره اذا اثمر وينعه

There are indeed signs in that for a people who believe. 99

ان في ذلكم لءايت لقوم يومنون

And they made, of the Occulted, associates to God, though He created them;i 100

وجعلوا لله شركاء الجن وخلقهم

and they invented for Him, without any knowledge, sons and daughters. 100

وخرقوا له بنين وبنت بغير علم

Glory be to Him! He is far above what they describe. 100

سبحنه وتعلى عما يصفون

Unprecedented Creator of the heavens and the earth. 101

بديع السموت والارض

How would He have a child, when He has no companion, 101

انى يكون له ولد ولم تكن له صحبة

and He created every thing, 101

وخلق كل شىء

and He is, of all things, All-Knowing? 101

وهو بكل شىء عليم

That is God, your Guardian. 102

ذلكم الله ربكم

There is no deity but Him, 102

لا اله الا هو

Creator of every thing; 102

خلق كل شىء

obey Him, then. 102

فاعبدوه

He is, over all things, a trustee-agent. 102

وهو على كل شىء وكيل

Sights do not reach Him, 103

لا تدركه الابصر

but He reaches sights. 103

وهو يدرك الابصر

He is the Subtle, the Informed. 103

وهو اللطيف الخبير

Insights have indeed come to you from your Guardian. 104

قد جاءكم بصاير من ربكم

Whoever sees clearly, it is for himself; and whoever remains blind, it is to his own detriment. 104

فمن ابصر فلنفسه ومن عمي فعليها

And I am not, for you, a guardian. 104

وما انا عليكم بحفيظ

And thus do We diversify the signs; and so that they say: "You have studied [all this]", and so that We may make it clear for a people who know. 105

وكذلك نصرف الءايت وليقولوا درست ولنبينه لقوم يعلمون

Follow what is revealed to you from your Guardian. 106

اتبع ما اوحي اليك من ربك

There is no deity but Him, 106

لا اله الا هو

and turn away from those who associate. 106

واعرض عن المشركين

Had God willed, they would not have associated. 107

ولو شاء الله ما اشركوا

And We have not made you their guardian, 107

وما جعلنك عليهم حفيظا

and you are not for them a trustee-agent. 107

وما انت عليهم بوكيل

And do not insult those they invoke besides God, lest they insult God out of hostility, without knowledge. 108

ولا تسبوا الذين يدعون من دون الله فيسبوا الله عدوا بغير علم

Thus have We embellished, for every community, its deeds; 108

كذلك زينا لكل امة عملهم

then to their Guardian will be their return, and He will inform them of what they used to do. 108

ثم الى ربهم مرجعهم فينبيهم بما كانوا يعملون

And they swore by God, with the utmost strength of their oaths, that if a sign came to them, they would certainly believe in it. 109

واقسموا بالله جهد ايمنهم لين جاءتهم ءاية ليومنن بها

Say: "The signs are only with God"; 109

قل انما الءايت عند الله

and what makes you perceive 109

وما يشعركم

that, even coming, they would not believe in it? 109

انها اذا جاءت لا يومنون

And We turn about their Consciences and their sights, as they did not believe in it the first time, and We leave them, in their tyranny, to wander blindly. 110

ونقلب افدتهم وابصرهم كما لم يومنوا به اول مرة ونذرهم في طغينهم يعمهون

And even had We sent down to them the Agents, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had gathered before them everything, face to face, they would not have believed, unless God willed it;i 111

ولو اننا نزلنا اليهم المليكة وكلمهم الموتى وحشرنا عليهم كل شىء قبلا ما كانوا ليومنوا الا ان يشاء الله

but most of them are ignorant. 111

ولكن اكثرهم يجهلون

And thus have We assigned to every prophet an enemy: the diverters among humans and the Occulted, who inspire one another with embellished speech, by deception.i 112

وكذلك جعلنا لكل نبي عدوا شيطين الانس والجن يوحي بعضهم الى بعض زخرف القول غرورا

And had your Guardian willed, they would not have done it; 112

ولو شاء ربك ما فعلوه

leave them, then, and what they invent. 112

فذرهم وما يفترون

And [this,] so that the Consciences of those who do not believe in the last life may incline toward it, and that they may be satisfied with it, and commit what they are to commit. 113

ولتصغى اليه افدة الذين لا يومنون بالءاخرة وليرضوه وليقترفوا ما هم مقترفون

Should I then seek a judge other than God, when it is He who sent down to you the Scripture, detailed?i 114

افغير الله ابتغي حكما وهو الذي انزل اليكم الكتب مفصلا

And those to whom We gave the Scripture know that it was sent down from your Guardian in truth;i 114

والذين ءاتينهم الكتب يعلمون انه منزل من ربك بالحق

so never be among those who doubt. 114

فلا تكونن من الممترين

And the word of your Guardian has been fulfilled, in truth and in equity. 115

وتمت كلمت ربك صدقا وعدلا

No [force] can change His words, 115

لا مبدل لكلمته

and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 115

وهو السميع العليم

And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will lead you astray from the path of God. 116

وان تطع اكثر من في الارض يضلوك عن سبيل الله

They follow nothing but conjecture, 116

ان يتبعون الا الظن

and they do nothing but engage in baseless guesswork. 116

وان هم الا يخرصون

Your Guardian knows best who strays from His path, 117

ان ربك هو اعلم من يضل عن سبيله

and He knows best the rightly guided. 117

وهو اعلم بالمهتدين

Eat, then, of that over which the name of God has been mentioned, if you are believers in His signs. 118

فكلوا مما ذكر اسم الله عليه ان كنتم بايته مومنين

And what is with you that you should not eat of that over which the name of God has been mentioned, when He has detailed for you what He has forbidden you, except what you are compelled to? 119

وما لكم الا تاكلوا مما ذكر اسم الله عليه وقد فصل لكم ما حرم عليكم الا ما اضطررتم اليه

And many lead [others] astray by their emotions, without knowledge. 119

وان كثيرا ليضلون باهوايهم بغير علم

Your Guardian knows best the transgressors. 119

ان ربك هو اعلم بالمعتدين

And forsake transgression, apparent and hidden. 120

وذروا ظهر الاثم وباطنه

Those who acquire transgression will be rewarded for what they used to commit. 120

ان الذين يكسبون الاثم سيجزون بما كانوا يقترفون

And do not eat of that over which the name of God has not been mentioned: it is indeed a transgression. 121

ولا تاكلوا مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه وانه لفسق

And the diverters indeed inspire their allies to dispute with you;i 121

وان الشيطين ليوحون الى اوليايهم ليجدلوكم

and if you obeyed them, you would indeed be among those who associate. 121

وان اطعتموهم انكم لمشركون

Is he who was dead, and to whom We gave life, and for whom We made a light with which he walks among people, like him whose likeness is to be in darknesses, unable to emerge from them? 122

اومن كان ميتا فاحيينه وجعلنا له نورا يمشي به في الناس كمن مثله في الظلمت ليس بخارج منها

Thus were embellished, for those who deny-disown, the deeds they used to do. 122

كذلك زين للكفرين ما كانوا يعملون

And thus have We placed, in every city, the greatest of its severed, so that they might scheme [evil] there; 123

وكذلك جعلنا في كل قرية اكبر مجرميها ليمكروا فيها

but they scheme only against themselves, without perceiving it. 123

وما يمكرون الا بانفسهم وما يشعرون

And when a sign comes to them, they say: "We will not believe, until we are given the like of what was given to the messengers of God." 124

واذا جاءتهم ءاية قالوا لن نومن حتى نوتى مثل ما اوتي رسل الله

God knows best where to place His message. 124

الله اعلم حيث يجعل رسالته

A humiliation before God, and a severe punishment, will befall those who cut themselves off, for having schemed. 124

سيصيب الذين اجرموا صغار عند الله وعذاب شديد بما كانوا يمكرون

Whomever God wants to guide, He opens his chest to being true to God alone;i 125

فمن يرد الله ان يهديه يشرح صدره للاسلم

and whomever He wants to lead astray, He makes his chest narrow and constricted, as if he were ascending into the sky. 125

ومن يرد ان يضله يجعل صدره ضيقا حرجا كانما يصعد في السماء

Thus does God place defilement upon those who do not believe. 125

كذلك يجعل الله الرجس على الذين لا يومنون

And that is the path of your Guardian, straight. 126

وهذا صرط ربك مستقيما

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who take heed. 126

قد فصلنا الءايت لقوم يذكرون

They have the Abode of Peace, with their Guardian, 127

لهم دار السلم عند ربهم

and He is their Protector, for what they used to do. 127

وهو وليهم بما كانوا يعملون

And the day He gathers them all: "O assembly of the Occulted! you have indeed made much use of humans";i 128

ويوم يحشرهم جميعا يمعشر الجن قد استكثرتم من الانس

and their allies among humans will say: "Our Guardian, we enjoyed one another, and we have reached our term, the one You had set for us." 128

وقال اولياوهم من الانس ربنا استمتع بعضنا ببعض وبلغنا اجلنا الذي اجلت لنا

He will say: "The Fire is your abode, you abide therein eternally" — except what God wills. 128

قال النار مثوىكم خلدين فيها الا ما شاء الله

Your Guardian is indeed Wise, All-Knowing. 128

ان ربك حكيم عليم

And thus do We make the unjust allies to one another, for what they used to earn. 129

وكذلك نولي بعض الظلمين بعضا بما كانوا يكسبون

"O assembly of the Occulted and humans! did messengers from among you not come to you, relating My signs to you and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours?"i 130

يمعشر الجن والانس الم ياتكم رسل منكم يقصون عليكم ءايتي وينذرونكم لقاء يومكم هذا

They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves"; 130

قالوا شهدنا على انفسنا

and the present life deceived them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were denying-disowning. 130

وغرتهم الحيوة الدنيا وشهدوا على انفسهم انهم كانوا كفرين

That is because it is not in the nature of your Guardian to destroy cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were heedless. 131

ذلك ان لم يكن ربك مهلك القرى بظلم واهلها غفلون

And to each, degrees, according to what they did. 132

ولكل درجت مما عملوا

And your Guardian is not heedless of what they do. 132

وما ربك بغفل عما يعملون

And your Guardian is self-sufficient, possessor of benevolence. 133

وربك الغني ذو الرحمة

If He wills, He makes you disappear, and He makes succeed after you what He wills, as He brought you forth from the descendants of another people. 133

ان يشا يذهبكم ويستخلف من بعدكم ما يشاء كما انشاكم من ذرية قوم ءاخرين

What is promised to you will certainly come, 134

ان ما توعدون لءات

and you will not be able to render [Him] powerless. 134

وما انتم بمعجزين

Say: "O my people! act according to your position; I too am acting. 135

قل يقوم اعملوا على مكانتكم اني عامل

You will soon know to whom will belong the happy end of the abode. 135

فسوف تعلمون من تكون له عقبة الدار

The unjust do not succeed." 135

انه لا يفلح الظلمون

And they assigned to God, of what He caused to grow as crops and cattle, a share, saying: "This is for God" — according to their claim — "and this is for our associates"; 136

وجعلوا لله مما ذرا من الحرث والانعم نصيبا فقالوا هذا لله بزعمهم وهذا لشركاينا

and what is destined for their associates does not reach God, 136

فما كان لشركايهم فلا يصل الى الله

while what is destined for God, that reaches their associates. 136

وما كان لله فهو يصل الى شركايهم

How evil is what they decide! 136

ساء ما يحكمون

And thus have their associates embellished, for many of the associators, the killing of their children, so as to ruin them and confuse their Law for them. 137

وكذلك زين لكثير من المشركين قتل اولدهم شركاوهم ليردوهم وليلبسوا عليهم دينهم

And had God willed, they would not have done it; 137

ولو شاء الله ما فعلوه

leave them, then, and what they invent. 137

فذرهم وما يفترون

And they said: "This is cattle and crops forbidden: none shall eat of them, except whom we wish" — according to their claim — "and cattle whose backs are made forbidden", and cattle over which they do not mention the name of God, in invention against Him.i 138

وقالوا هذه انعم وحرث حجر لا يطعمها الا من نشاء بزعمهم وانعم حرمت ظهورها وانعم لا يذكرون اسم الله عليها افتراء عليه

He will reward them for what they used to invent. 138

سيجزيهم بما كانوا يفترون

And they said: "What is in the belly of this cattle is reserved exclusively for our males, and forbidden to our wives";i 139

وقالوا ما في بطون هذه الانعم خالصة لذكورنا ومحرم على ازوجنا

but if it is a stillborn, they all share in it. 139

وان يكن ميتة فهم فيه شركاء

He will reward them for their attribution. 139

سيجزيهم وصفهم

He is Wise, All-Knowing. 139

انه حكيم عليم

They are indeed losers, those who killed their children out of foolishness, without knowledge, and who forbade what God had provided them as sustenance, in invention against God. 140

قد خسر الذين قتلوا اولدهم سفها بغير علم وحرموا ما رزقهم الله افتراء على الله

They went astray, and they were not rightly guided. 140

قد ضلوا وما كانوا مهتدين

And it is He who brought forth gardens, trellised and untrellised, as well as the palm tree and crops, of varied produce, and the olive and the pomegranate, resembling and not resembling. 141

وهو الذي انشا جنت معروشت وغير معروشت والنخل والزرع مختلفا اكله والزيتون والرمان متشبها وغير متشبه

Eat of its fruit, when it bears fruit, and pay its due, on the day of its harvest, 141

كلوا من ثمره اذا اثمر وءاتوا حقه يوم حصاده

but do not waste: 141

ولا تسرفوا

He does not love the wasteful. 141

انه لا يحب المسرفين

And among the cattle, there are the beasts of burden and those of the fleece. 142

ومن الانعم حمولة وفرشا

Eat of what God has provided you as sustenance, 142

كلوا مما رزقكم الله

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:i 142

ولا تتبعوا خطوت الشيطن

he is for you a manifest enemy. 142

انه لكم عدو مبين

Eight [head], in pairs: 143

ثمنية ازوج

of sheep, two, and of goats, two. 143

من الضان اثنين ومن المعز اثنين

Say: "Is it the two males He has forbidden, or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? 143

قل ءالذكرين حرم ام الانثيين اما اشتملت عليه ارحام الانثيين

Inform me with full knowledge, if you are truthful." 143

نبوني بعلم ان كنتم صدقين

And of camelids, two, and of cattle, two. 144

ومن الابل اثنين ومن البقر اثنين

Say: "Is it the two males He has forbidden, or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? 144

قل ءالذكرين حرم ام الانثيين اما اشتملت عليه ارحام الانثيين

Or were you witnesses, when God prescribed this to you?" 144

ام كنتم شهداء اذ وصىكم الله بهذا

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, to lead people astray without knowledge? 144

فمن اظلم ممن افترى على الله كذبا ليضل الناس بغير علم

God does not guide the unjust people. 144

ان الله لا يهدي القوم الظلمين

Say: "I find, in what has been revealed to me, nothing forbidden to one who wants to eat it, except that it be a dead animal, or spilled blood, or the flesh of swine — for that is a defilement — 145

قل لا اجد في ما اوحي الى محرما على طاعم يطعمه الا ان يكون ميتة او دما مسفوحا او لحم خنزير فانه رجس

or a transgression consecrated to other than God. 145

او فسقا اهل لغير الله به

But whoever is compelled to it, without being rebellious or transgressing — your Guardian is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 145

فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فان ربك غفور رحيم

And to the Reoriented, We forbade every [animal] with an uncloven hoof: and of cattle and sheep, 146

وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا كل ذي ظفر ومن البقر والغنم

We forbade them their fats, except what their backs carry, or the entrails, or what is mixed with a bone. 146

حرمنا عليهم شحومهما الا ما حملت ظهورهما او الحوايا او ما اختلط بعظم

Thus did We reward them for their transgression, 146

ذلك جزينهم ببغيهم

and We are indeed truthful. 146

وانا لصدقون

If they deny you, say then: "Your Guardian is possessor of a vast benevolence, 147

فان كذبوك فقل ربكم ذو رحمة وسعة

and His rigor will not be turned away from the severed people." 147

ولا يرد باسه عن القوم المجرمين

Those who have associated will say: "Had God willed, we would not have associated, nor would our ancestors, and we would not have forbidden anything." 148

سيقول الذين اشركوا لو شاء الله ما اشركنا ولا ءاباونا ولا حرمنا من شىء

Thus did those before them deny, until they tasted Our rigor. 148

كذلك كذب الذين من قبلهم حتى ذاقوا باسنا

Say: "Do you have any knowledge, that you could bring forth for us? 148

قل هل عندكم من علم فتخرجوه لنا

You follow nothing but conjecture, 148

ان تتبعون الا الظن

and you do nothing but engage in baseless guesswork." 148

وان انتم الا تخرصون

Say: "To God belongs the conclusive argument. 149

قل فلله الحجة البلغة

Had He willed, He would have guided you all." 149

فلو شاء لهدىكم اجمعين

Say: "Bring your witnesses, those who testify that God has forbidden this." 150

قل هلم شهداءكم الذين يشهدون ان الله حرم هذا

If they testify, do not testify with them, 150

فان شهدوا فلا تشهد معهم

and do not follow the emotions of those who have denied Our signs, and of those who do not believe in the last life, and who set up equals to their Guardian. 150

ولا تتبع اهواء الذين كذبوا بايتنا والذين لا يومنون بالءاخرة وهم بربهم يعدلون

Say: "Come, let me recite what your Guardian has forbidden you: do not associate anything with Him; 151

قل تعالوا اتل ما حرم ربكم عليكم الا تشركوا به شيا

kindness toward both parents; 151

وبالولدين احسنا

and do not kill your children out of poverty — 151

ولا تقتلوا اولدكم من املق

it is We who provide for you, and for them; 151

نحن نرزقكم واياهم

and do not approach indecencies, apparent or hidden; 151

ولا تقربوا الفوحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن

and do not kill the Self that God has made inviolable, except in right; 151

ولا تقتلوا النفس التي حرم الله الا بالحق

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will reason. 151

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تعقلون

And do not approach the wealth of the orphan, except in the best way, until he reaches his full maturity; 152

ولا تقربوا مال اليتيم الا بالتي هي احسن حتى يبلغ اشده

and give full measure and full weight, with equity — 152

واوفوا الكيل والميزان بالقسط

We impose upon no Self except its capacity — 152

لا نكلف نفسا الا وسعها

and when you speak, be equitable, even toward a relative; 152

واذا قلتم فاعدلوا ولو كان ذا قربى

and keep the engagement of God: 152

وبعهد الله اوفوا

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will take heed. 152

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تذكرون

And: this is My path, straight; follow it, then, 153

وان هذا صرطي مستقيما فاتبعوه

and do not follow the [other] paths, which would scatter you away from His path: 153

ولا تتبعوا السبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will guard yourselves. 153

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تتقون

Then We gave Moussa the Scripture, as a fulfillment toward him who does good, as a detail of every thing, as a guidance and a benevolence, that they might believe in the meeting with their Guardian.i 154

ثم ءاتينا موسى الكتب تماما على الذي احسن وتفصيلا لكل شىء وهدى ورحمة لعلهم بلقاء ربهم يومنون

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed; follow it, then, and guard yourselves, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you — lest you say: "The Scripture was sent down only upon two groups before us, and we were indeed heedless of their study", or lest you say: "Had the Scripture been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they."i 157

وهذا كتب انزلنه مبارك فاتبعوه واتقوا لعلكم ترحمون ان تقولوا انما انزل الكتب على طايفتين من قبلنا وان كنا عن دراستهم لغفلين او تقولوا لو انا انزل علينا الكتب لكنا اهدى منهم

A clear proof has thus come to you from your Guardian, as well as a guidance and a benevolence. 157

فقد جاءكم بينة من ربكم وهدى ورحمة

Who is then more unjust than one who has denied the signs of God and turned away from them? 157

فمن اظلم ممن كذب بايت الله وصدف عنها

We will reward those who turn away from Our signs with the worst punishment, for having turned away from them. 157

سنجزي الذين يصدفون عن ءايتنا سوء العذاب بما كانوا يصدفون

Do they await only that the Agents come to them, or that your Guardian come, or that some signs of your Guardian come?i 158

هل ينظرون الا ان تاتيهم المليكة او ياتي ربك او ياتي بعض ءايت ربك

On the day certain signs of your Guardian come, the faith of a Self will not benefit it, if it did not believe before, or acquired, in its faith, no good. 158

يوم ياتي بعض ءايت ربك لا ينفع نفسا ايمنها لم تكن ءامنت من قبل او كسبت في ايمنها خيرا

Say: "Wait: 158

قل انتظروا

we are waiting." 158

انا منتظرون

Those who have divided their Law and become sects, you are in no way linked to them. 159

ان الذين فرقوا دينهم وكانوا شيعا لست منهم في شىء

Their matter rests only with God, 159

انما امرهم الى الله

then He will inform them of what they used to do. 159

ثم ينبيهم بما كانوا يفعلون

Whoever comes with the good deed has a right to ten times its equivalent, 160

من جاء بالحسنة فله عشر امثالها

and whoever comes with the evil deed is rewarded only with its equivalent, without being wronged. 160

ومن جاء بالسيية فلا يجزى الا مثلها وهم لا يظلمون

Say: "My Guardian has guided me to a straight path, 161

قل انني هدىني ربي الى صرط مستقيم

an upright Law, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God;i 161

دينا قيما ملة ابرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate." 161

وما كان من المشركين

Say: "My Contact, my beneficent commitment, my life, and my death belong to God, Guardian of all beings; no associate to Him. 163

قل ان صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله رب العلمين لا شريك له

And thus have I been commanded, 163

وبذلك امرت

and I am the first of those true to God alone." 163

وانا اول المسلمين

Say: "Should I seek a guardian other than God, when He is the Guardian of every thing?" 164

قل اغير الله ابغي ربا وهو رب كل شىء

And every Self acquires [evil] only to its own detriment, 164

ولا تكسب كل نفس الا عليها

and no [Self] burdened bears the burden of another. 164

ولا تزر وازرة وزر اخرى

Then to your Guardian will be your return, and He will inform you of what you used to differ over. 164

ثم الى ربكم مرجعكم فينبيكم بما كنتم فيه تختلفون

And it is He who made you successors on the earth, and raised some of you above others in degrees, so as to try you in what He has given you. 165

وهو الذي جعلكم خليف الارض ورفع بعضكم فوق بعض درجت ليبلوكم في ما ءاتىكم

Your Guardian is indeed swift in punishment, 165

ان ربك سريع العقاب

and He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 165

وانه لغفور رحيم