Al-Imran
The Rope of God
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Alif. Lam. Mim.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم المGod, there is no deity but Him,
ٱلله لآ إله إلا هوthe Living, the Self-Subsisting. He sent down upon you the Scripture, in truth, confirming what precedes it,
ٱلحى ٱلقيوم نزل عليك ٱلكتب بٱلحق مصدقا لما بين يديهand He sent down, before, the Tawrah and the Injil, a guidance for mankind, and He sent down the Discernment.
وأنزل ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل من قبل هدى للناس وأنزل ٱلفرقانThose who have disowned the signs of God will have a severe punishment.
إن ٱلذين كفروا بايت ٱلله لهم عذاب شديدGod is All-Powerful, possessor of vengeance.
وٱلله عزيز ذو ٱنتقامNothing, on earth or in the sky, escapes God.
إن ٱلله لا يخفى عليه شىء في ٱلأرض ولا في ٱلسمآءIt is He who shapes you in the wombs as He wills.
هو ٱلذي يصوركم في ٱلأرحام كيف يشآءThere is no deity but Him,
لآ إله إلا هوthe All-Powerful, the Wise.
ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيمIt is He who sent down upon you the Scripture;
هو ٱلذي أنزل عليك ٱلكتب منهin it are signs of firm terms, which are the foundation of the Scripture, and others, subject to resemblance.
ءايت محكمت هن أم ٱلكتب وأخر متشبهتAs for those in whose cores is a deviation, they follow what, in the Scripture, lends itself to resemblance, in pursuit of the trial and in pursuit of its interpretation;
فأما ٱلذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ما تشبه منه ٱبتغآء ٱلفتنة وٱبتغآء تأويلهbut none knows its interpretation, except God.
وما يعلم تأويله إلا ٱللهAnd those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; all of it comes from our Guardian";
وٱلرسخون في ٱلعلم يقولون ءامنا به كل من عند ربناand only the possessors of intelligence take heed.
وما يذكر إلآ أولوا ٱلألبب"Our Guardian, do not let our cores deviate after You have guided us, and grant us, from Yourself, a benevolence;
ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمةYou are indeed, You, the Great Bestower.
إنك أنت ٱلوهابOur Guardian, You are the One who gathers mankind for a day without doubt possible.
ربنآ إنك جامع ٱلناس ليوم لا ريب فيهGod indeed does not fail His promise."
إن ٱلله لا يخلف ٱلميعادIndeed, those who disown, neither their goods nor their children will avail them at all against God.
إن ٱلذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم أمولهم ولآ أولدهم من ٱلله شياThose are the ones who will fuel the Fire, like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,
وأولئك هم وقود ٱلنار كدأب ءال فرعونand of those before them, who denied Our signs; God then seized them for their offenses.
وٱلذين من قبلهم كذبوا بايتنا فأخذهم ٱلله بذنوبهمGod is severe in sanction.
وٱلله شديد ٱلعقابSay to those who disown: "You will be defeated, and gathered toward Jahannam."
قل للذين كفروا ستغلبون وتحشرون إلى جهنمAnd what an evil bed!
وبئس ٱلمهادYou had a sign in those two forces that met:
قد كان لكم ءاية في فئتين ٱلتقتاone fought in the way of God, and the other disowned, seeing it, with the naked eye, twice as numerous as itself.
فئة تقتل في سبيل ٱلله وأخرى كافرة يرونهم مثليهم رأي ٱلعينGod reinforces, by His help, whom He wills.
وٱلله يؤيد بنصره من يشآءThere is surely a lesson in that for the possessors of sight.
إن في ذلك لعبرة لأولي ٱلأبصرThe love of passions has been embellished for people: women, children, heaped treasures of gold and silver, thoroughbred horses, cattle, and crops.
زين للناس حب ٱلشهوت من ٱلنسآء وٱلبنين وٱلقنطير ٱلمقنطرة من ٱلذهب وٱلفضة وٱلخيل ٱلمسومة وٱلأنعم وٱلحرثThat is the enjoyment of the present life;
ذلك متع ٱلحيوة ٱلدنياbut it is with God that the best destination is found.
وٱلله عنده حسن ٱلمابSay: "Shall I inform you of something better than that?
قل أؤنبئكم بخير من ذلكمFor those who guard themselves, with their Guardian, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, purified spouses, and a good pleasure from God."
للذين ٱتقوا عند ربهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها وأزوج مطهرة ورضون من ٱللهGod sees perfectly His obedient ones,
وٱلله بصير بٱلعبادthose who say: "Our Guardian, we have believed; forgive us, then, our offenses, and preserve us from the punishment of the Fire",
ٱلذين يقولون ربنآ إننآ ءامنا فٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وقنا عذاب ٱلنارthe patient, the truthful, the devoted, those who spend, and those who ask forgiveness before dawn.
ٱلصبرين وٱلصدقين وٱلقنتين وٱلمنفقين وٱلمستغفرين بٱلأسحارGod bears witness, and so do the Agents and the possessors of knowledge, that there is no deity but Him, standing firm in equity.
شهد ٱلله أنه لآ إله إلا هو وٱلملئكة وأولوا ٱلعلم قآئما بٱلقسطThere is no deity but Him,
لآ إله إلا هوthe All-Powerful, the Wise.
ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيمThe Law, with God, is being true to Him alone.
إن ٱلدين عند ٱلله ٱلإسلمAnd those to whom the Scripture was given diverged only after knowledge had come to them,
وما ٱختلف ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب إلا من بعد ما جآءهم ٱلعلمout of aggression among themselves.
بغيا بينهمAnd whoever disowns the signs of God — God is swift in reckoning.
ومن يكفر بايت ٱلله فإن ٱلله سريع ٱلحسابIf they dispute with you, say then: "I render my direction true to God alone, as do those who have followed me."
فإن حآجوك فقل أسلمت وجهي لله ومن ٱتبعنAnd say to those to whom the Scripture was given, and to the people without a prior Scripture: "Have you become true to God alone?"
وقل للذين أوتوا ٱلكتب وٱلأمين ءأسلمتمIf they become so, they are then rightly guided;
فإن أسلموا فقد ٱهتدواand if they turn away, only the transmission is incumbent upon you.
وإن تولوا فإنما عليك ٱلبلغGod sees perfectly His obedient ones.
وٱلله بصير بٱلعبادThose who disown the signs of God, kill the prophets without right, and kill those who, among people, order equity — announce to them a painful punishment.
إن ٱلذين يكفرون بايت ٱلله ويقتلون ٱلنبين بغير حق ويقتلون ٱلذين يأمرون بٱلقسط من ٱلناس فبشرهم بعذاب أليمThose are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life,
أولئك ٱلذين حبطت أعملهم في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةand they will have no helpers.
وما لهم من نصرينHave you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture was given, called to the Scripture of God so that it may judge between them, then a group of them turns away, resolutely?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يدعون إلى كتب ٱلله ليحكم بينهم ثم يتولى فريق منهم وهم معرضونThat is because they said: "The Fire will touch us only for a counted number of days"; and what they used to invent deceived them in their Law.
ذلك بأنهم قالوا لن تمسنا ٱلنار إلآ أياما معدودت وغرهم في دينهم ما كانوا يفترونHow then, when We will have gathered them for a day without doubt possible, and every Self will have been fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged?
فكيف إذا جمعنهم ليوم لا ريب فيه ووفيت كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمونSay: "O God, Sovereign of dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and You strip dominion from whom You will; You honor whom You will, and You abase whom You will; good is in Your hand.
قل ٱللهم ملك ٱلملك تؤتي ٱلملك من تشآء وتنزع ٱلملك ممن تشآء وتعز من تشآء وتذل من تشآء بيدك ٱلخيرYou are indeed capable of all things.
إنك على كل شىء قديرYou make the night penetrate into the day, and You make the day penetrate into the night; You bring forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living; and You provide sustenance to whom You will, without measure."
تولج ٱليل في ٱلنهار وتولج ٱلنهار في ٱليل وتخرج ٱلحى من ٱلميت وتخرج ٱلميت من ٱلحى وترزق من تشآء بغير حسابLet not the believers take those who disown as allies, besides the believers;
لا يتخذ ٱلمؤمنون ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنينand whoever does that has nothing more to do with God — except if you guard yourselves from them as a precaution.
ومن يفعل ذلك فليس من ٱلله في شىء إلآ أن تتقوا منهم تقىةGod warns you against Himself,
ويحذركم ٱلله نفسهand to God is the destination.
وإلى ٱلله ٱلمصيرSay: "Whether you hide what is in your chests, or show it, God knows it.
قل إن تخفوا ما في صدوركم أو تبدوه يعلمه ٱللهAnd He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
ويعلم ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضGod is capable of all things.
وٱلله على كل شىء قديرThe day when every Self will find present what it has done of good,
يوم تجد كل نفس ما عملت من خير محضراand what it has done of evil, it would wish there were between that and itself an immense distance.
وما عملت من سوء تود لو أن بينها وبينه أمدا بعيداGod warns you against Himself.
ويحذركم ٱلله نفسهGod is full of kindness toward His obedient ones.
وٱلله رءوف بٱلعبادSay: "If you love God, follow me: God will love you and forgive you your offenses.
قل إن كنتم تحبون ٱلله فٱتبعوني يحببكم ٱلله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكمGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."
وٱلله غفور رحيمSay: "Obey God and the messenger";
قل أطيعوا ٱلله وٱلرسولand if they turn away, God does not love those who disown.
فإن تولوا فإن ٱلله لا يحب ٱلكفرينGod has indeed chosen Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran, above all beings, descendants one from another.
إن ٱلله ٱصطفى ءادم ونوحا وءال إبرهيم وءال عمرن على ٱلعلمين ذرية بعضها من بعضGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمremember when the wife of Imran said: "My Guardian, I devote to You what is in my belly, wholly consecrated; accept it, then, from me.
إذ قالت ٱمرأت عمرن رب إني نذرت لك ما في بطني محررا فتقبل منيYou are indeed, You, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing."
إنك أنت ٱلسميع ٱلعليمThen, when she gave birth to her, she said: "My Guardian, I have given birth to her, a girl" — God knew better, though, what she had given birth to —
فلما وضعتها قالت رب إني وضعتهآ أنثى وٱلله أعلم بما وضعت"and the male is not like the female;
وليس ٱلذكر كٱلأنثىI have given her the attribute Maryam,
وإني سميتها مريمand I place her, and her descendants, under Your protection, against the banished Diverter."
وإني أعيذها بك وذريتها من ٱلشيطن ٱلرجيمHer Guardian received her with a beautiful reception, and made her grow with a beautiful growth,
فتقبلها ربها بقبول حسن وأنبتها نباتا حسناand entrusted her care to Zakariya.
وكفلها زكرياEvery time Zakariya entered upon her in the oratory, he found near her a provision.
كلما دخل عليها زكريا ٱلمحراب وجد عندها رزقاHe said: "O Maryam! from where does this come to you?"
قال يمريم أنى لك هذاShe said: "It comes from God.
قالت هو من عند ٱللهGod provides sustenance to whom He wills, without measure."
إن ٱلله يرزق من يشآء بغير حسابRight there, Zakariya invoked his Guardian.
هنالك دعا زكريا ربهHe said: "My Guardian, grant me, from Yourself, an excellent offspring; You are the Hearer of invocation."
قال رب هب لي من لدنك ذرية طيبة إنك سميع ٱلدعآءThe Agents called him while he was making contact in the oratory: "God announces to you Yahya, confirming a word from God, a chief, a man of total continence, and a prophet, among the righteous."
فنادته ٱلملئكة وهو قآئم يصلي في ٱلمحراب أن ٱلله يبشرك بيحيى مصدقا بكلمة من ٱلله وسيدا وحصورا ونبيا من ٱلصلحينHe said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when old age has already reached me, and my wife is barren?"
قال رب أنى يكون لي غلم وقد بلغني ٱلكبر وٱمرأتي عاقرHe said: "Thus it is:
قال كذلكGod does what He wills."
ٱلله يفعل ما يشآءHe said: "My Guardian, appoint for me a sign."
قال رب ٱجعل لي ءايةHe said: "Your sign will be that you will not speak to people except by gestures, for three days.
قال ءايتك ألا تكلم ٱلناس ثلثة أيام إلا رمزاAnd remember your Guardian abundantly, and glorify Him in the evening and at dawn."
وٱذكر ربك كثيرا وسبح بٱلعشي وٱلإبكرAnd remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of all beings.
وإذ قالت ٱلملئكة يمريم إن ٱلله ٱصطفىك وطهرك وٱصطفىك على نسآء ٱلعلمينO Maryam! be devoted toward your Guardian, prostrate, and bow with those who bow."
يمريم ٱقنتي لربك وٱسجدي وٱركعي مع ٱلركعينThat is part of the information about what escapes the senses, which We reveal to you.
ذلك من أنبآء ٱلغيب نوحيه إليكYou were not with them when they cast their reeds [to draw lots] as to which of them would take charge of Maryam,
وما كنت لديهم إذ يلقون أقلمهم أيهم يكفل مريمand you were not with them when they quarreled. remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God announces to you a word from Himself,
وما كنت لديهم إذ يختصمون إذ قالت ٱلملئكة يمريم إن ٱلله يبشرك بكلمة منهwhose attribute will be Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, of high standing in the present life and in the last life, and among those brought near.
ٱسمه ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم وجيها في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة ومن ٱلمقربينHe will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity,
ويكلم ٱلناس في ٱلمهد وكهلاand will be among the righteous."
ومن ٱلصلحينShe said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a child, when no human has touched me?"
قالت رب أنى يكون لي ولد ولم يمسسني بشرHe said: "Thus it is:
قال كذلكGod creates what He wills.
ٱلله يخلق ما يشآءWhen He decrees a thing, He only says to it: Be",
إذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كنand it is.
فيكون"And He will teach him the Code, wisdom, the Tawrah and the Injil, and [will send him as] a messenger to the sons of Israel: I bring you a sign from your Guardian:
ويعلمه ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل ورسولا إلى بني إسرءيل أني قد جئتكم باية من ربكمI fashion for you, from clay, the form of a bird, then I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird, with God's permission.
أني أخلق لكم من ٱلطين كهية ٱلطير فأنفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن ٱللهAnd I heal the born-blind and the leper, and I bring the dead back to life, with God's permission.
وأبرئ ٱلأكمه وٱلأبرص وأحي ٱلموتى بإذن ٱللهAnd I inform you of what you eat and what you store up in your houses.
وأنبئكم بما تأكلون وما تدخرون في بيوتكمThere is surely in that a sign for you, if you are believers.
إن في ذلك لءاية لكم إن كنتم مؤمنينAnd [I come] confirming what, of the Tawrah, precedes me, and to make lawful for you a part of what was forbidden to you.
ومصدقا لما بين يدى من ٱلتورىة ولأحل لكم بعض ٱلذي حرم عليكمI bring you a sign from your Guardian;
وجئتكم باية من ربكمguard yourselves, then, toward God, and obey me.
فٱتقوا ٱلله وأطيعونGod is indeed my Guardian and your Guardian; obey Him, then.
إن ٱلله ربي وربكم فٱعبدوهThat is a straight path."
هذا صرط مستقيمWhen Issa perceived disowning from them, he said: "Who will be my helpers toward God?"
فلمآ أحس عيسى منهم ٱلكفر قال من أنصاري إلى ٱللهThe disciples said: "We are the helpers of God.
قال ٱلحواريون نحن أنصار ٱللهWe believe in God, and bear witness that we are true to Him alone.
ءامنا بٱلله وٱشهد بأنا مسلمونOur Guardian, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the messenger; inscribe us, then, among the witnesses."
ربنآ ءامنا بمآ أنزلت وٱتبعنا ٱلرسول فٱكتبنا مع ٱلشهدينThey plotted, and God plotted [in return],
ومكروا ومكر ٱللهand God is the best of those who plot.
وٱلله خير ٱلمكرينremember when God said: "O Issa! I am going to take you back to Me, raise you to Me, and purify you from those who disowned,
إذ قال ٱلله يعيسى إني متوفيك ورافعك إلى ومطهرك من ٱلذين كفرواand place those who followed you above those who disowned, until the Day of Appearance.
وجاعل ٱلذين ٱتبعوك فوق ٱلذين كفروا إلى يوم ٱلقيمةThen to Me will be your return, and I will judge between you concerning what you used to differ over.
ثم إلى مرجعكم فأحكم بينكم فيما كنتم فيه تختلفونAs for those who disowned, I will punish them with a severe punishment, in the present life and in the last life,
فأما ٱلذين كفروا فأعذبهم عذابا شديدا في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةand they will have no helpers.
وما لهم من نصرينAnd as for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full.
وأما ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت فيوفيهم أجورهمGod does not love the wrongdoers."
وٱلله لا يحب ٱلظلمينThat is what We recite to you of the signs and the wise Reminder.
ذلك نتلوه عليك من ٱلءايت وٱلذكر ٱلحكيمThe likeness of Issa, with God, is like that of Adam:
إن مثل عيسى عند ٱلله كمثل ءادمHe created him from earth, then said to him: "Be",
خلقه من تراب ثم قال له كنand he was.
فيكونThat is the truth from your Guardian;
ٱلحق من ربكso do not be among those who doubt.
فلا تكن من ٱلممترينTo whoever would dispute with you about this, after knowledge has come to you, say: "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us pray fervently, and call the curse of God upon the liars."
فمن حآجك فيه من بعد ما جآءك من ٱلعلم فقل تعالوا ندع أبنآءنا وأبنآءكم ونسآءنا ونسآءكم وأنفسنا وأنفسكم ثم نبتهل فنجعل لعنت ٱلله على ٱلكذبينThis is surely the true account,
إن هذا لهو ٱلقصص ٱلحقand there is no deity but God.
وما من إله إلا ٱللهAnd God is surely the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وإن ٱلله لهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيمIf they turn away, God is All-Knowing of the sowers of corruption.
فإن تولوا فإن ٱلله عليم بٱلمفسدينSay: "O people of the Scripture! come to an equitable word between us and you: that we obey none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that none of us take others as masters besides God."
قل يأهل ٱلكتب تعالوا إلى كلمة سوآء بيننا وبينكم ألا نعبد إلا ٱلله ولا نشرك به شيا ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضا أربابا من دون ٱللهIf they turn away, say then: "Bear witness that we are true to God alone."
فإن تولوا فقولوا ٱشهدوا بأنا مسلمونO people of the Scripture! why do you dispute concerning Ibrahim,
يأهل ٱلكتب لم تحآجون في إبرهيمwhen the Tawrah and the Injil were sent down only after him?
ومآ أنزلت ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل إلا من بعدهWill you not then reason?
أفلا تعقلونHere you are disputing about that of which you have some knowledge; but why do you dispute about that of which you have no knowledge?
هأنتم هؤلآء حججتم فيما لكم به علم فلم تحآجون فيما ليس لكم به علمGod knows,
وٱلله يعلمand you do not know.
وأنتم لا تعلمونIbrahim was neither Reoriented nor a Helper, but he was wholly turned toward God, true to Him alone,
ما كان إبرهيم يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولكن كان حنيفا مسلماand he was not among those who associate.
وما كان من ٱلمشركينThe people closest to Ibrahim are surely those who followed him, as well as this prophet and those who have believed.
إن أولى ٱلناس بإبرهيم للذين ٱتبعوه وهذا ٱلنبي وٱلذين ءامنواGod is the protector of the believers.
وٱلله ولي ٱلمؤمنينA group among the people of the Scripture would have liked to lead you astray;
ودت طآئفة من أهل ٱلكتب لو يضلونكمbut they lead astray none but themselves, without realizing it.
وما يضلون إلآ أنفسهم وما يشعرونO people of the Scripture! why do you disown the signs of God, when you bear witness to them?
يأهل ٱلكتب لم تكفرون بايت ٱلله وأنتم تشهدونO people of the Scripture! why do you cover the truth with falsehood, and hide the truth, when you know?
يأهل ٱلكتب لم تلبسون ٱلحق بٱلبطل وتكتمون ٱلحق وأنتم تعلمونAnd a group among the people of the Scripture said: "Believe in what has been revealed to those who have believed, at the start of the day, and disown it at its end, perhaps they will turn back [from their faith]."
وقالت طآئفة من أهل ٱلكتب ءامنوا بٱلذي أنزل على ٱلذين ءامنوا وجه ٱلنهار وٱكفروا ءاخره لعلهم يرجعون"And give credit only to him who follows your Law."
ولا تؤمنوا إلا لمن تبع دينكمSay: "The [true] guidance is the guidance of God" — [they say this] lest anyone be given the like of what you were given, or lest they dispute with you before your Guardian.
قل إن ٱلهدى هدى ٱلله أن يؤتى أحد مثل مآ أوتيتم أو يحآجوكم عند ربكمSay: "Favor is in the hand of God,
قل إن ٱلفضل بيد ٱللهHe gives it to whom He wills.
يؤتيه من يشآءGod is Vast, All-Knowing."
وٱلله وسع عليمHe reserves His benevolence for whom He wills.
يختص برحمته من يشآءGod holds the immense favor.
وٱلله ذو ٱلفضل ٱلعظيمAnd among the people of the Scripture, there are some who, if you entrust them with a treasure, will return it to you;
ومن أهل ٱلكتب من إن تأمنه بقنطار يؤده إليكand there is one who, if you entrust him with a dinar, does not restore it to you unless you keep pressing him.
ومنهم من إن تأمنه بدينار لا يؤده إليك إلا ما دمت عليه قآئماThat is because they say: "We have, toward the people without a prior Scripture, no obligation",
ذلك بأنهم قالوا ليس علينا في ٱلأمين سبيلand they say falsehood against God, while knowing.
ويقولون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وهم يعلمونBut yes, whoever keeps his engagement and guards himself — God loves those who guard themselves.
بلى من أوفى بعهده وٱتقى فإن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتقينThose who sell the engagement of God and their oaths for a small price — those are the ones who will have no share in the last life; God will not speak to them, will not look at them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them.
إن ٱلذين يشترون بعهد ٱلله وأيمنهم ثمنا قليلا أولئك لا خلق لهم في ٱلءاخرة ولا يكلمهم ٱلله ولا ينظر إليهم يوم ٱلقيمة ولا يزكيهمThey will have a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب أليمAnd among them, there is surely a group who twist their tongues [reciting] the Scripture, so that you might take it for an extract of the Scripture, when it is not part of it,
وإن منهم لفريقا يلون ألسنتهم بٱلكتب لتحسبوه من ٱلكتب وما هو من ٱلكتبand they say: "This is from God",
ويقولون هو من عند ٱللهwhen it is not from God,
وما هو من عند ٱللهand they say falsehood against God, while knowing.
ويقولون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وهم يعلمونIt is not for any human to whom God has given the Scripture, the judgment, and the prophecy, to then say to people: "Be obedient to me, besides God"; but rather: "Be spiritual masters, by reason of what you teach of the Scripture and what you study."
ما كان لبشر أن يؤتيه ٱلله ٱلكتب وٱلحكم وٱلنبوة ثم يقول للناس كونوا عبادا لي من دون ٱلله ولكن كونوا ربنين بما كنتم تعلمون ٱلكتب وبما كنتم تدرسونAnd he would not order you to take the Agents and the prophets as masters.
ولا يأمركم أن تتخذوا ٱلملئكة وٱلنبين أرباباWould he order you to disown, after you have become true to God alone?
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And remember when God took the solemn engagement of the prophets: "What I have given you of Scripture and wisdom, then a messenger comes to you, confirming what is with you, you must certainly believe in him, and certainly support him."
وإذ أخذ ٱلله ميثق ٱلنبين لمآ ءاتيتكم من كتب وحكمة ثم جآءكم رسول مصدق لما معكم لتؤمنن به ولتنصرنه He said: "Have you consented, and taken upon yourselves My burden on this condition?"
قال ءأقررتم وأخذتم على ذلكم إصريThey said: "We have consented."
قالوا أقررناHe said: "Bear witness to it, then, and I am, with you, among the witnesses."
قال فٱشهدوا وأنا معكم من ٱلشهدينWhoever turns away after that, those are the oversteppers.
فمن تولى بعد ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلفسقونWould they seek then a Law other than God's, while whoever is in the heavens and the earth is true to Him alone, willingly or unwillingly,
أفغير دين ٱلله يبغون وله أسلم من في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض طوعا وكرهاand to Him they will be returned?
وإليه يرجعونSay: "We believe in God, in what has been revealed to us, in what was revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, and the tribes, and in what was given to Moussa, to Issa, and to the prophets, from their Guardian; we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we are true."
قل ءامنا بٱلله ومآ أنزل علينا ومآ أنزل على إبرهيم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط ومآ أوتي موسى وعيسى وٱلنبيون من ربهم لا نفرق بين أحد منهم ونحن له مسلمونAnd whoever seeks a Law other than being true to God alone, it will never be accepted from him,
ومن يبتغ غير ٱلإسلم دينا فلن يقبل منهand he will be, in the last life, among the losers.
وهو في ٱلءاخرة من ٱلخسرينHow would God guide a people who disowned after having believed, and after having testified that the messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them?
كيف يهدي ٱلله قوما كفروا بعد إيمنهم وشهدوا أن ٱلرسول حق وجآءهم ٱلبينتGod does not guide the wrongdoing people.
وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلظلمينThose are the ones whose recompense is that upon them will weigh the curse of God, the Agents, and mankind, all together, wherein they will abide eternally; the punishment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be granted a delay — except those who turn back [to God] after that, and reform: God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
أولئك جزآؤهم أن عليهم لعنة ٱلله وٱلملئكة وٱلناس أجمعين خلدين فيها لا يخفف عنهم ٱلعذاب ولا هم ينظرون إلا ٱلذين تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا فإن ٱلله غفور رحيمThose who disown after having believed, then increase in disowning, their repentance will never be accepted,
إن ٱلذين كفروا بعد إيمنهم ثم ٱزدادوا كفرا لن تقبل توبتهمand those are the astray.
وأولئك هم ٱلضآلونThose who disown and die while disowning, there will never be accepted from any of them the whole earth filled with gold, even were he to offer it as ransom.
إن ٱلذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار فلن يقبل من أحدهم ملء ٱلأرض ذهبا ولو ٱفتدى بهThose are the ones who will have a painful punishment,
أولئك لهم عذاب أليمand they will have no helpers.
وما لهم من نصرينYou will not attain virtue unless you spend of what you love.
لن تنالوا ٱلبر حتى تنفقوا مما تحبونAnd whatever you spend, God knows it perfectly.
وما تنفقوا من شىء فإن ٱلله به عليمAll food was lawful for the Sons of Israel, except what Israel had forbidden itself, before the Tawrah was sent down.
كل ٱلطعام كان حلا لبني إسرءيل إلا ما حرم إسرءيل على نفسه من قبل أن تنزل ٱلتورىةSay: "Bring, then, the Tawrah, and recite it, if you are truthful."
قل فأتوا بٱلتورىة فٱتلوهآ إن كنتم صدقينWhoever, after that, invents the lie against God — those are the wrongdoers.
فمن ٱفترى على ٱلله ٱلكذب من بعد ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلظلمونSay: "God has spoken the truth.
قل صدق ٱللهFollow, then, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,
فٱتبعوا ملة إبرهيم حنيفاand he was not among those who associate."
وما كان من ٱلمشركينThe first House established for mankind is surely that at the place of the throng, blessed and a guidance for all beings; in it are clear signs.
إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة مباركا وهدى للعلمين فيه ءايت بينتThe station of Ibrahim,
مقام إبرهيمand whoever enters it is secure.
ومن دخله كان ءامناAnd the Hajj of the House is a duty toward God for mankind, for whoever has the capacity for it by a [practicable] way;
ولله على ٱلناس حج ٱلبيت من ٱستطاع إليه سبيلاand whoever disowns — God is self-sufficient, independent of all beings.
ومن كفر فإن ٱلله غني عن ٱلعلمينSay: "O people of the Scripture! why do you disown the signs of God, when God is witness to what you do?"
قل يأهل ٱلكتب لم تكفرون بايت ٱلله وٱلله شهيد على ما تعملونSay: "O people of the Scripture! why do you turn away from the path of God him who has believed, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses to it?"
قل يأهل ٱلكتب لم تصدون عن سبيل ٱلله من ءامن تبغونها عوجا وأنتم شهدآءGod is not heedless of what you do.
وما ٱلله بغفل عما تعملونO you who have believed! if you obey a group among those to whom the Scripture was given, they will turn you back, after your faith, to disowning.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن تطيعوا فريقا من ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب يردوكم بعد إيمنكم كفرينAnd how would you disown, when the signs of God are recited to you, and His messenger is among you?
وكيف تكفرون وأنتم تتلى عليكم ءايت ٱلله وفيكم رسولهAnd whoever holds firmly to God is already guided to a straight path.
ومن يعتصم بٱلله فقد هدي إلى صرط مستقيمO you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God as one should guard oneself toward Him,
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱتقوا ٱلله حق تقاتهand do not die except being true to Him alone.
ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمونAnd hold, all of you, firmly, to the rope of God,
وٱعتصموا بحبل ٱلله جميعاand do not divide yourselves.
ولا تفرقواAnd remember God's blessing upon you, when you were enemies, and He reconciled your cores, so that you became, by His blessing, brothers;
وٱذكروا نعمت ٱلله عليكم إذ كنتم أعدآء فألف بين قلوبكم فأصبحتم بنعمته إخوناand you were at the edge of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it.
وكنتم على شفا حفرة من ٱلنار فأنقذكم منهاThus does God make His signs clear to you, perhaps you will be rightly guided.
كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ءايته لعلكم تهتدونAnd let there be from among you a community that calls to good, orders what is recognized, and forbids what is disavowed.
ولتكن منكم أمة يدعون إلى ٱلخير ويأمرون بٱلمعروف وينهون عن ٱلمنكرThose are the ones who succeed.
وأولئك هم ٱلمفلحونAnd do not be like those who divided themselves and fell into disagreement after the clear proofs had come to them.
ولا تكونوا كٱلذين تفرقوا وٱختلفوا من بعد ما جآءهم ٱلبينتThose are the ones who will have an immense punishment, on the day when faces will brighten and faces will darken.
وأولئك لهم عذاب عظيم يوم تبيض وجوه وتسود وجوهAs for those whose faces will have darkened: "Did you disown after your faith? Taste, then, the punishment, for having disowned."
فأما ٱلذين ٱسودت وجوههم أكفرتم بعد إيمنكم فذوقوا ٱلعذاب بما كنتم تكفرونAnd as for those whose faces will have brightened, they will be in the benevolence of God,
وأما ٱلذين ٱبيضت وجوههم ففي رحمة ٱللهwherein they will abide eternally.
هم فيها خلدونThose are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth.
تلك ءايت ٱلله نتلوها عليك بٱلحقAnd God wants no injustice for all beings.
وما ٱلله يريد ظلما للعلمينAnd to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth,
ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضand it is to God that all matters return.
وإلى ٱلله ترجع ٱلأمورYou are the best community raised up for mankind: you order what is recognized, you forbid what is disavowed, and you believe in God.
كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس تأمرون بٱلمعروف وتنهون عن ٱلمنكر وتؤمنون بٱللهAnd had the people of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them.
ولو ءامن أهل ٱلكتب لكان خيرا لهمAmong them, there are believers,
منهم ٱلمؤمنونbut most of them are oversteppers.
وأكثرهم ٱلفسقونThey can never harm you,
لن يضروكمexcept by an annoyance.
إلآ أذىAnd if they fight you, they will turn their backs to you;
وإن يقتلوكم يولوكم ٱلأدبارthen, they will not be helped.
ثم لا ينصرونHumiliation has been imprinted upon them, wherever they are found,
ضربت عليهم ٱلذلة أين ما ثقفواexcept by a bond with God and a bond with mankind; they incur the anger of God,
إلا بحبل من ٱلله وحبل من ٱلناس وبآءو بغضب من ٱللهand misery has been imprinted upon them.
وضربت عليهم ٱلمسكنةThat is because they used to disown the signs of God, and kill the prophets without right.
ذلك بأنهم كانوا يكفرون بايت ٱلله ويقتلون ٱلأنبيآء بغير حقIt is for having disobeyed and crossed the limits.
ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدونThey are not all equal:
ليسوا سوآءamong the people of the Scripture, there is an upright community, which recites the signs of God in the hours of the night, prostrating.
من أهل ٱلكتب أمة قآئمة يتلون ءايت ٱلله ءانآء ٱليل وهم يسجدونThey believe in God and the Last Day, order what is recognized, forbid what is disavowed, and race ahead of others in good deeds.
يؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر ويأمرون بٱلمعروف وينهون عن ٱلمنكر ويسرعون في ٱلخيرتThose are the ones among the righteous.
وأولئك من ٱلصلحينAnd whatever good they do, it will never be disowned them.
وما يفعلوا من خير فلن يكفروهGod is All-Knowing of those who guard themselves.
وٱلله عليم بٱلمتقينIndeed, those who disown, neither their goods nor their children will avail them at all against God,
إن ٱلذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم أمولهم ولآ أولدهم من ٱلله شياand those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally.
وأولئك أصحب ٱلنار هم فيها خلدونThe likeness of what they spend in the present life is that of an icy wind, which strikes the crop of a people who have wronged themselves, and annihilates it.
مثل ما ينفقون في هذه ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا كمثل ريح فيها صر أصابت حرث قوم ظلموا أنفسهم فأهلكتهAnd God did not wrong them,
وما ظلمهم ٱللهbut it was themselves that they wronged.
ولكن أنفسهم يظلمونO you who have believed! do not take close confidants apart from your own: they never cease to cause you trouble, and would like you to be afflicted.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا بطانة من دونكم لا يألونكم خبالا ودوا ما عنتمHatred has already become manifest in their mouths, and what their chests conceal is far graver still.
قد بدت ٱلبغضآء من أفوههم وما تخفي صدورهم أكبرWe have already made the signs clear to you, if you reason.
قد بينا لكم ٱلءايت إن كنتم تعقلونHere you are, you who love them, while they do not love you, and you believe in the whole of the Scripture.
هأنتم أولآء تحبونهم ولا يحبونكم وتؤمنون بٱلكتب كلهAnd when they meet you, they say: "We have believed";
وإذا لقوكم قالوا ءامناbut when they are alone, they bite their fingertips, out of rage against you.
وإذا خلوا عضوا عليكم ٱلأنامل من ٱلغيظSay: "Die in your rage."
قل موتوا بغيظكمGod is indeed All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
إن ٱلله عليم بذات ٱلصدورIf good touches you, it grieves them,
إن تمسسكم حسنة تسؤهمand if evil befalls you, they rejoice at it.
وإن تصبكم سيئة يفرحوا بهاBut if you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheming will not harm you at all.
وإن تصبروا وتتقوا لا يضركم كيدهم شياGod encompasses perfectly what they do.
إن ٱلله بما يعملون محيطAnd remember when you left your household early, to assign the believers positions for battle.
وإذ غدوت من أهلك تبوئ ٱلمؤمنين مقعد للقتالGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وٱلله سميع عليمWhen two of your groups almost weakened, God being the protector of both —
إذ همت طآئفتان منكم أن تفشلا وٱلله وليهماand it is upon God that the believers should rely.
وعلى ٱلله فليتوكل ٱلمؤمنونGod indeed helped you at Badr, when you were humble.
ولقد نصركم ٱلله ببدر وأنتم أذلةGuard yourselves, then, toward God, perhaps you will be grateful.
فٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تشكرونremember when you said to the believers: "Is it not enough for you that your Guardian reinforces you with three thousand Agents sent down [from the sky]?"
إذ تقول للمؤمنين ألن يكفيكم أن يمدكم ربكم بثلثة ءالف من ٱلملئكة منزلينBut yes: if you are patient and guard yourselves, and they swoop down upon you, right then, your Guardian will reinforce you with five thousand distinctly marked Agents.
بلى إن تصبروا وتتقوا ويأتوكم من فورهم هذا يمددكم ربكم بخمسة ءالف من ٱلملئكة مسومينAnd God made it only a good tiding for you, and so that your cores might find ease in it.
وما جعله ٱلله إلا بشرى لكم ولتطمئن قلوبكم بهBut victory comes only from God, the All-Powerful, the Wise, so that He may cut off a part of those who disown, or lay them low, and they depart disappointed. You have, in this matter, no power: either He turns toward them with clemency, or He punishes them, for they are wrongdoers.
وما ٱلنصر إلا من عند ٱلله ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم ليقطع طرفا من ٱلذين كفروا أو يكبتهم فينقلبوا خآئبين ليس لك من ٱلأمر شىء أو يتوب عليهم أو يعذبهم فإنهم ظلمونAnd to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضHe forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills.
يغفر لمن يشآء ويعذب من يشآءGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلله غفور رحيمO you who have believed! do not devour usury, doubled and redoubled.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تأكلوا ٱلربوا أضعفا مضعفةAnd guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed.
وٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تفلحونAnd guard yourselves against the Fire, prepared for those who disown.
وٱتقوا ٱلنار ٱلتي أعدت للكفرينAnd obey God and the messenger, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you.
وأطيعوا ٱلله وٱلرسول لعلكم ترحمونAnd race toward a forgiveness from your Guardian, and a Garden whose extent is that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who guard themselves, who spend in ease and hardship, restrain their rage, and efface [the faults] of people.
وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها ٱلسموت وٱلأرض أعدت للمتقين ٱلذين ينفقون في ٱلسرآء وٱلضرآء وٱلكظمين ٱلغيظ وٱلعافين عن ٱلناسGod loves those who do good.
وٱلله يحب ٱلمحسنينAnd those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God and ask forgiveness for their offenses —
وٱلذين إذا فعلوا فحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا ٱلله فٱستغفروا لذنوبهمand who forgives offenses, but God? —
ومن يغفر ٱلذنوب إلا ٱللهand who do not persist in what they did, while knowing.
ولم يصروا على ما فعلوا وهم يعلمونThose are the ones whose recompense is a forgiveness from their Guardian, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally.
أولئك جزآؤهم مغفرة من ربهم وجنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهاHow excellent is the reward of those who act [thus]!
ونعم أجر ٱلعملينWays [similar] have indeed passed before you;
قد خلت من قبلكم سننso travel through the land, and look how the end of those who denied was.
فسيروا في ٱلأرض فٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمكذبينThis is a clear exposition for mankind, a guidance and an admonition for those who guard themselves.
هذا بيان للناس وهدى وموعظة للمتقينAnd do not weaken, and do not grieve: you are the most exalted, if you are believers.
ولا تهنوا ولا تحزنوا وأنتم ٱلأعلون إن كنتم مؤمنينIf a wound touches you, a similar wound has already touched that [other] people.
إن يمسسكم قرح فقد مس ٱلقوم قرح مثلهThus do the days go: We make them alternate among mankind,
وتلك ٱلأيام نداولها بين ٱلناسso that God may know those who have believed, and take from among you witnesses —
وليعلم ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا ويتخذ منكم شهدآءGod does not love the wrongdoers —
وٱلله لا يحب ٱلظلمينand so that God may purify those who have believed, and destroy those who disown.
وليمحص ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا ويمحق ٱلكفرينOr did you think you would enter the Garden without God yet knowing those among you who have striven, and knowing the patient?
أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا ٱلجنة ولما يعلم ٱلله ٱلذين جهدوا منكم ويعلم ٱلصبرينYou indeed desired death before meeting it; you have now seen it, and you were looking on.
ولقد كنتم تمنون ٱلموت من قبل أن تلقوه فقد رأيتموه وأنتم تنظرونMuhammad is only a messenger; messengers have indeed passed before him.
وما محمد إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله ٱلرسلIf he then died, or was killed, would you turn back on your heels?
أفإين مات أو قتل ٱنقلبتم على أعقبكمAnd whoever turns back on his heels does not harm God at all,
ومن ينقلب على عقبيه فلن يضر ٱلله شياand God will recompense the grateful.
وسيجزي ٱلله ٱلشكرينAnd it is not for any Self to die, except with the permission of God,
وما كان لنفس أن تموت إلا بإذن ٱللهaccording to a register with an appointed term.
كتبا مؤجلاAnd whoever wants the requital of the present life, We give it to him;
ومن يرد ثواب ٱلدنيا نؤته منهاand whoever wants the requital of the last life, We give it to him.
ومن يرد ثواب ٱلءاخرة نؤته منهاWe will recompense the grateful.
وسنجزي ٱلشكرينHow many a prophet has fought, accompanied by many attached to the Guardian!
وكأين من نبي قتل معه ربيون كثيرThey did not weaken for what befell them in the way of God, did not grow feeble, and did not submit [to the enemy].
فما وهنوا لمآ أصابهم في سبيل ٱلله وما ضعفوا وما ٱستكانواGod loves the patient.
وٱلله يحب ٱلصبرينAnd their only word was to say: "Our Guardian, forgive us our offenses and our excesses in our conduct, make firm our steps, and help us against the people who disown."
وما كان قولهم إلآ أن قالوا ربنا ٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وإسرافنا في أمرنا وثبت أقدامنا وٱنصرنا على ٱلقوم ٱلكفرينGod then gave them the requital of the present life, and the beautiful requital of the last life.
فاتىهم ٱلله ثواب ٱلدنيا وحسن ثواب ٱلءاخرةGod loves those who do good.
وٱلله يحب ٱلمحسنينO you who have believed! if you obey those who disown, they will make you turn back on your heels, and you will find yourselves losers.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن تطيعوا ٱلذين كفروا يردوكم على أعقبكم فتنقلبوا خسرينGod, rather, is your nearest Guarantor,
بل ٱلله مولىكمand He is the best of helpers.
وهو خير ٱلنصرينWe will cast terror into the cores of those who disown, for having associated with God that for which He has sent down no authority.
سنلقي في قلوب ٱلذين كفروا ٱلرعب بمآ أشركوا بٱلله ما لم ينزل به سلطناTheir refuge will be the Fire,
ومأوىهم ٱلنارand what an evil abode for the wrongdoers!
وبئس مثوى ٱلظلمينGod indeed kept His promise to you, when you were routing them with His permission,
ولقد صدقكم ٱلله وعده إذ تحسونهم بإذنهuntil, having weakened, you disagreed about the matter, and disobeyed, after He had shown you what you loved.
حتى إذا فشلتم وتنزعتم في ٱلأمر وعصيتم من بعد مآ أرىكم ما تحبونAmong you, there were some who wanted the present life, and among you, there were some who wanted the last life;
منكم من يريد ٱلدنيا ومنكم من يريد ٱلءاخرةthen He turned you away from them, so as to test you.
ثم صرفكم عنهم ليبتليكمHe has indeed already effaced [the fault] for you.
ولقد عفا عنكمGod holds a favor toward the believers.
وٱلله ذو فضل على ٱلمؤمنينremember when you were climbing [the hill], without turning back to anyone, while the messenger was calling you, at the rear of your ranks; He then rewarded you with anguish upon [another] anguish, so that you would not grieve either for what had escaped you, or for what had befallen you.
إذ تصعدون ولا تلون على أحد وٱلرسول يدعوكم في أخرىكم فأثبكم غما بغم لكيلا تحزنوا على ما فاتكم ولا مآ أصبكمGod is Informed of what you do.
وٱلله خبير بما تعملونThen He sent down upon you, after the anguish, a tranquility, a drowsiness that enveloped a group among you,
ثم أنزل عليكم من بعد ٱلغم أمنة نعاسا يغشى طآئفة منكمwhile [another] group, preoccupied with its own Self, formed about God, contrary to the truth, a conjecture of the age of ignorance,
وطآئفة قد أهمتهم أنفسهم يظنون بٱلله غير ٱلحق ظن ٱلجهليةsaying: "Do we have, in this matter, any power?"
يقولون هل لنا من ٱلأمر من شىءSay: "The matter, entirely, belongs to God."
قل إن ٱلأمر كله للهThey hide, within themselves, what they do not show you,
يخفون في أنفسهم ما لا يبدون لكsaying: "Had we had, in this matter, any power, we would not have been killed here."
يقولون لو كان لنا من ٱلأمر شىء ما قتلنا ههناSay: "Had you stayed in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would certainly have gone forth to their places of falling" — and so that God might test what is in your chests, and purify what is in your cores.
قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز ٱلذين كتب عليهم ٱلقتل إلى مضاجعهم وليبتلي ٱلله ما في صدوركم وليمحص ما في قلوبكمAnd God is All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
وٱلله عليم بذات ٱلصدورThose among you who turned their backs, on the day the two forces met, it was only the Diverter who made them stumble, for a part of what they had earned.
إن ٱلذين تولوا منكم يوم ٱلتقى ٱلجمعان إنما ٱستزلهم ٱلشيطن ببعض ما كسبواGod has indeed already effaced [the fault] for them.
ولقد عفا ٱلله عنهمGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of patience.
إن ٱلله غفور حليمO you who have believed! do not be like those who disowned, and who say of their brothers, when they travel through the land or go off on an expedition: "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died, and would not have been killed" — so that God may make of it a bitter regret in their cores.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تكونوا كٱلذين كفروا وقالوا لإخونهم إذا ضربوا في ٱلأرض أو كانوا غزى لو كانوا عندنا ما ماتوا وما قتلوا ليجعل ٱلله ذلك حسرة في قلوبهمGod gives life and causes death.
وٱلله يحي ويميتGod sees perfectly what you do.
وٱلله بما تعملون بصيرAnd if you are killed in the way of God, or if you die, a forgiveness from God and a benevolence are indeed better than what they amass.
ولئن قتلتم في سبيل ٱلله أو متم لمغفرة من ٱلله ورحمة خير مما يجمعونAnd whether you die, or are killed, it is to God that you will be gathered.
ولئن متم أو قتلتم لإلى ٱلله تحشرونIt is by a benevolence from God that you have been gentle toward them;
فبما رحمة من ٱلله لنت لهمand had you been harsh, hard of core, they would certainly have scattered away from you.
ولو كنت فظا غليظ ٱلقلب لٱنفضوا من حولكSo efface [their fault], ask forgiveness for them, and consult them on the matter;
فٱعف عنهم وٱستغفر لهم وشاورهم في ٱلأمرand once your decision is made, rely upon God.
فإذا عزمت فتوكل على ٱللهGod loves those who rely [upon Him].
إن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتوكلينIf God helps you, none can overcome you;
إن ينصركم ٱلله فلا غالب لكمand if He abandons you, who then could help you after Him?
وإن يخذلكم فمن ذا ٱلذي ينصركم من بعدهAnd it is upon God that the believers should rely.
وعلى ٱلله فليتوكل ٱلمؤمنونIt is not for a prophet to commit an embezzlement;
وما كان لنبي أن يغلand whoever commits an embezzlement will come, on the Day of Appearance, with what he embezzled,
ومن يغلل يأت بما غل يوم ٱلقيمةthen every Self will be fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged.
ثم توفى كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمونIs he who follows the good pleasure of God, then, like him who incurs the anger of God, and whose refuge will be Jahannam?
أفمن ٱتبع رضون ٱلله كمن بآء بسخط من ٱلله ومأوىه جهنمAnd what an evil destination!
وبئس ٱلمصيرThey have degrees with God.
هم درجت عند ٱللهGod sees perfectly what they do.
وٱلله بصير بما يعملونGod has indeed blessed the believers, by raising up among them a messenger, from among themselves, who recites His signs to them, purifies them, and teaches them the Scripture and the wisdom, though before they were in manifest error.
لقد من ٱلله على ٱلمؤمنين إذ بعث فيهم رسولا من أنفسهم يتلوا عليهم ءايته ويزكيهم ويعلمهم ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وإن كانوا من قبل لفي ضلل مبينHow then, when misfortune strikes you, after you had inflicted double that, do you say: "From where, then, does this come?"
أولمآ أصبتكم مصيبة قد أصبتم مثليها قلتم أنى هذاSay: "This comes from yourselves."
قل هو من عند أنفسكمGod is indeed capable of all things.
إن ٱلله على كل شىء قديرAnd what befell you, on the day the two forces met, was with God's permission, and so that He might know the believers, and know those who practiced hypocrisy,
ومآ أصبكم يوم ٱلتقى ٱلجمعان فبإذن ٱلله وليعلم ٱلمؤمنين وليعلم ٱلذين نافقواand so that it might be said to them: "Come, fight in the way of God, or repel [the enemy]";
وقيل لهم تعالوا قتلوا في سبيل ٱلله أو ٱدفعواthey said: "If we knew how to fight, we would certainly have followed you."
قالوا لو نعلم قتالا لٱتبعنكمThat day, they were closer to disowning than to faith,
هم للكفر يومئذ أقرب منهم للإيمنsaying with their mouths what was not in their cores.
يقولون بأفوههم ما ليس في قلوبهمGod knows best what they hide.
وٱلله أعلم بما يكتمونThose who, having stayed seated, said of their brothers: "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed."
ٱلذين قالوا لإخونهم وقعدوا لو أطاعونا ما قتلواSay: "Ward off death from yourselves, then, if you are truthful."
قل فٱدرءوا عن أنفسكم ٱلموت إن كنتم صدقينAnd never think that those who have been killed in the way of God are dead.
ولا تحسبن ٱلذين قتلوا في سبيل ٱلله أموتاNo, they are alive, with their Guardian, provided [with blessings], rejoicing in what God has given them of His favor, and rejoicing for those who, remaining behind them, have not yet joined them: no fear upon them, and they will not grieve.
بل أحيآء عند ربهم يرزقون فرحين بمآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله ويستبشرون بٱلذين لم يلحقوا بهم من خلفهم ألا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنونThey rejoice in a blessing from God and a favor, and [in the fact] that God does not let the reward of the believers be lost, those who responded to God and to the messenger after the wound had struck them.
يستبشرون بنعمة من ٱلله وفضل وأن ٱلله لا يضيع أجر ٱلمؤمنين ٱلذين ٱستجابوا لله وٱلرسول من بعد مآ أصابهم ٱلقرحTo those among them who did good and guarded themselves belongs an immense reward.
للذين أحسنوا منهم وٱتقوا أجر عظيمThose to whom the people said: "The people have gathered against you, so fear them" — that increased their faith.
ٱلذين قال لهم ٱلناس إن ٱلناس قد جمعوا لكم فٱخشوهم فزادهم إيمناAnd they said: "God suffices us; what an excellent trustee!"
وقالوا حسبنا ٱلله ونعم ٱلوكيلThey returned then with a blessing from God and a favor, without any evil having touched them, and they followed the good pleasure of God.
فٱنقلبوا بنعمة من ٱلله وفضل لم يمسسهم سوء وٱتبعوا رضون ٱللهGod holds an immense favor.
وٱلله ذو فضل عظيمIt is only that Diverter who frightens his allies; do not fear them, then,
إنما ذلكم ٱلشيطن يخوف أوليآءه فلا تخافوهمbut fear Me, if you are believers.
وخافون إن كنتم مؤمنينAnd let not those grieve you who hasten into disowning:
ولا يحزنك ٱلذين يسرعون في ٱلكفرthey will indeed not harm God at all.
إنهم لن يضروا ٱلله شياGod wants to give them no share in the last life,
يريد ٱلله ألا يجعل لهم حظا في ٱلءاخرةand they will have an immense punishment.
ولهم عذاب عظيمThose who buy disowning at the price of faith will not harm God at all, and they will have a painful punishment.
إن ٱلذين ٱشتروا ٱلكفر بٱلإيمن لن يضروا ٱلله شيا ولهم عذاب أليمAnd let not those who disown by any means think that the delay We grant them is a good for themselves:
ولا يحسبن ٱلذين كفروا أنما نملي لهم خير لأنفسهمWe grant it to them only so that they may increase in transgression,
إنما نملي لهم ليزدادوا إثماand they will have a humiliating punishment.
ولهم عذاب مهينIt is not for God to leave the believers in the state you are in, without distinguishing the vile from the good,
ما كان ٱلله ليذر ٱلمؤمنين على مآ أنتم عليه حتى يميز ٱلخبيث من ٱلطيبand it is not in God's nature to unveil to you what escapes the senses,
وما كان ٱلله ليطلعكم على ٱلغيبbut God chooses, among His messengers, whom He wills.
ولكن ٱلله يجتبي من رسله من يشآءSo believe in God and in His messengers;
فامنوا بٱلله ورسلهand if you believe and guard yourselves, you will have an immense reward.
وإن تؤمنوا وتتقوا فلكم أجر عظيمAnd let not those who are stingy with what God has given them of His favor by any means think that it is a good for them;
ولا يحسبن ٱلذين يبخلون بمآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله هو خيرا لهمit is rather an evil for them.
بل هو شر لهمThey will be encircled by what they were stingy with, on the Day of Appearance.
سيطوقون ما بخلوا به يوم ٱلقيمةAnd to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth.
ولله ميرث ٱلسموت وٱلأرضGod is Informed of what you do.
وٱلله بما تعملون خبيرGod has indeed heard the saying of those who said: "God is poor, and we are rich."
لقد سمع ٱلله قول ٱلذين قالوا إن ٱلله فقير ونحن أغنيآءWe will record what they said, and their killing of the prophets without right, and We will say: "Taste the punishment of the burning blaze.
سنكتب ما قالوا وقتلهم ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق ونقول ذوقوا عذاب ٱلحريقThat is for what your hands have prepared"; and God is not at all unjust toward the constrained [under compulsion].
ذلك بما قدمت أيديكم وأن ٱلله ليس بظلام للعبيدThose who said: "God has bound us not to give credit to any messenger, until he brings us an offering that the fire consumes",
ٱلذين قالوا إن ٱلله عهد إلينآ ألا نؤمن لرسول حتى يأتينا بقربان تأكله ٱلنارsay: "Messengers before me indeed came to you with clear proofs, and with what you said; why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?"
قل قد جآءكم رسل من قبلي بٱلبينت وبٱلذي قلتم فلم قتلتموهم إن كنتم صدقينIf they deny you, messengers have already been denied before you, who had come with clear proofs, the Formularies, and the luminous Scripture.
فإن كذبوك فقد كذب رسل من قبلك جآءو بٱلبينت وٱلزبر وٱلكتب ٱلمنيرEvery Self will taste death,
كل نفس ذآئقة ٱلموتand it is only on the Day of Appearance that you will be fully repaid your rewards.
وإنما توفون أجوركم يوم ٱلقيمةWhoever is drawn away from the Fire and admitted into the Garden has thus triumphed.
فمن زحزح عن ٱلنار وأدخل ٱلجنة فقد فازAnd the present life is nothing but a deceptive enjoyment.
وما ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيآ إلا متع ٱلغرورYou will certainly be tested in your goods and in your Selves, and you will certainly hear, from those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and from those who have associated, much harm.
لتبلون في أمولكم وأنفسكم ولتسمعن من ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبلكم ومن ٱلذين أشركوا أذى كثيراBut if you are patient and guard yourselves, that is part of the firmness of resolutions.
وإن تصبروا وتتقوا فإن ذلك من عزم ٱلأمورAnd remember when God took the solemn engagement of those to whom the Scripture was given: "You will certainly make it clear to mankind, and you will not hide it"; but they cast it behind their backs, and sold it for a small price.
وإذ أخذ ٱلله ميثق ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب لتبيننه للناس ولا تكتمونه فنبذوه ورآء ظهورهم وٱشتروا به ثمنا قليلاHow evil is what they buy!
فبئس ما يشترونDo not by any means think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what they did not do — do not by any means think that they will escape the punishment.
لا تحسبن ٱلذين يفرحون بمآ أتوا ويحبون أن يحمدوا بما لم يفعلوا فلا تحسبنهم بمفازة من ٱلعذابThey will have a painful punishment.
ولهم عذاب أليمAnd to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.
ولله ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرضGod is capable of all things.
وٱلله على كل شىء قديرThere are surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, signs for the possessors of intelligence, those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth:
إن في خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وٱختلف ٱليل وٱلنهار لءايت لأولي ٱلألبب ٱلذين يذكرون ٱلله قيما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض"Our Guardian, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You!
ربنا ما خلقت هذا بطلا سبحنكPreserve us, then, from the punishment of the Fire.
فقنا عذاب ٱلنارOur Guardian, whoever You admit into the Fire, You have indeed covered him with disgrace,
ربنآ إنك من تدخل ٱلنار فقد أخزيتهand the wrongdoers have no helpers.
وما للظلمين من أنصارOur Guardian, we have heard a herald calling to faith: Believe in your Guardian — and we have believed.
ربنآ إننا سمعنا مناديا ينادي للإيمن أن ءامنوا بربكم فامناOur Guardian, forgive us, then, our offenses, cover for us our evil deeds, and take us back to You with the virtuous.
ربنا فٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وكفر عنا سياتنا وتوفنا مع ٱلأبرارOur Guardian, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not cover us with disgrace on the Day of Appearance:
ربنا وءاتنا ما وعدتنا على رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم ٱلقيمةYou never fail Your promise."
إنك لا تخلف ٱلميعادTheir Guardian answered them, then: "I never let the deed of one of you who acts be lost, male or female —
فٱستجاب لهم ربهم أني لآ أضيع عمل عمل منكم من ذكر أو أنثىyou are of one another.
بعضكم من بعضThose who have emigrated, been expelled from their dwellings, been persecuted on My way, fought, and been killed, I will certainly cover their evil deeds, and I will certainly admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow" — a requital from God.
فٱلذين هاجروا وأخرجوا من ديرهم وأوذوا في سبيلي وقتلوا وقتلوا لأكفرن عنهم سياتهم ولأدخلنهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر ثوابا من عند ٱللهAnd it is with God that the best requital is found.
وٱلله عنده حسن ٱلثوابLet not the free movement of those who disown through the land deceive you.
لا يغرنك تقلب ٱلذين كفروا في ٱلبلدIt is an enjoyment of little worth,
متع قليلthen their refuge will be Jahannam,
ثم مأوىهم جهنمand what an evil bed!
وبئس ٱلمهادBut those who have guarded themselves toward their Guardian will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, as a welcome from God.
لكن ٱلذين ٱتقوا ربهم لهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها نزلا من عند ٱللهAnd what is with God is better for the virtuous.
وما عند ٱلله خير للأبرارAnd among the people of the Scripture, there are surely some who believe in God, in what has been revealed to you, and in what was revealed to them, humble toward God,
وإن من أهل ٱلكتب لمن يؤمن بٱلله ومآ أنزل إليكم ومآ أنزل إليهم خشعين للهnot selling the signs of God for a small price.
لا يشترون بايت ٱلله ثمنا قليلاThose are the ones whose reward is found with their Guardian.
أولئك لهم أجرهم عند ربهمGod is indeed swift in reckoning.
إن ٱلله سريع ٱلحسابO you who have believed! be patient, surpass [others] in patience, stand ready with firmness, and guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱصبروا وصابروا ورابطوا وٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تفلحون