An-Nisa
Reduced to Weakness
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. O mankind! guard yourselves toward your Guardian, who created you from a single Self, and created from it its spouse, and spread, from the two of them, many men and women.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم يأيها ٱلناس ٱتقوا ربكم ٱلذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونسآءAnd guard yourselves toward God, in whose name you appeal to one another, and [respect] the ties of kinship.
وٱتقوا ٱلله ٱلذي تسآءلون به وٱلأرحامGod is indeed, over you, an Observer.
إن ٱلله كان عليكم رقيباAnd give the orphans their goods,
وءاتوا ٱليتمى أمولهمand do not substitute the vile for the good,
ولا تتبدلوا ٱلخبيث بٱلطيبand do not devour their goods with yours:
ولا تأكلوا أمولهم إلى أمولكمthat is indeed a grave offense.
إنه كان حوبا كبيراAnd if you fear not being equitable toward the orphans, marry then those women who are agreeable to you, two, three, or four;
وإن خفتم ألا تقسطوا في ٱليتمى فٱنكحوا ما طاب لكم من ٱلنسآء مثنى وثلث وربعand if you fear not being just, then only one, or those to whom you are bound by oath.
فإن خفتم ألا تعدلوا فوحدة أو ما ملكت أيمنكمThat is closest to sparing you from being overburdened by the weight of a family (too large to bear).
ذلك أدنى ألا تعولواAnd give women their dowries, as an attribution of full right.
وءاتوا ٱلنسآء صدقتهن نحلةThen, if they willingly release any of it to you, consume it
فإن طبن لكم عن شىء منه نفسا فكلوهpleasantly and wholesomely.
هنيا مرياAnd do not entrust to the foolish your goods, which God has made a support for you;
ولا تؤتوا ٱلسفهآء أمولكم ٱلتي جعل ٱلله لكم قيماbut feed them from it, clothe them, and speak to them a recognized word.
وٱرزقوهم فيها وٱكسوهم وقولوا لهم قولا معروفاAnd test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if you then discern in them a rectitude of judgment, hand over to them their goods, and do not devour them wastefully and hastily, before they grow up.
وٱبتلوا ٱليتمى حتى إذا بلغوا ٱلنكاح فإن ءانستم منهم رشدا فٱدفعوا إليهم أمولهم ولا تأكلوهآ إسرافا وبدارا أن يكبرواAnd whoever is rich, let him abstain;
ومن كان غنيا فليستعففand whoever is poor, let him eat from it reasonably.
ومن كان فقيرا فليأكل بٱلمعروفAnd when you hand over their goods to them, take witnesses regarding them.
فإذا دفعتم إليهم أمولهم فأشهدوا عليهمGod suffices as an accountant.
وكفى بٱلله حسيباTo men belongs a share of what the two parents and relatives leave, and to women belongs a share of what the two parents and relatives leave, whether little or much —
للرجال نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون وللنسآء نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون مما قل منه أو كثرa mandatory share.
نصيبا مفروضاAnd when the possessors of kinship ties, the orphans, and the destitute are present at the division, assign them a share from it,
وإذا حضر ٱلقسمة أولوا ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين فٱرزقوهم منهand speak to them a recognized word.
وقولوا لهم قولا معروفاAnd let those fear [doing wrong] who, if they left behind them a vulnerable offspring, would fear for it:
وليخش ٱلذين لو تركوا من خلفهم ذرية ضعفا خافوا عليهمlet them, then, guard themselves toward God, and speak a straightforward word.
فليتقوا ٱلله وليقولوا قولا سديداThose who devour the goods of orphans unjustly are only swallowing fire into their bellies,
إن ٱلذين يأكلون أمول ٱليتمى ظلما إنما يأكلون في بطونهم ناراand they will burn in an inferno.
وسيصلون سعيراGod instructs you, concerning your children:
يوصيكم ٱلله في أولدكمto the male, the equivalent of the share of two females.
للذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيينBut if there are more than two women, two-thirds of what is left belongs to them;
فإن كن نسآء فوق ٱثنتين فلهن ثلثا ما تركand if she is alone, half belongs to her.
وإن كانت وحدة فلها ٱلنصفAnd to his two parents, to each of them, a sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child;
ولأبويه لكل وحد منهما ٱلسدس مما ترك إن كان له ولدbut if he has no child, and his parents inherit from him, to his mother belongs a third.
فإن لم يكن له ولد وورثه أبواه فلأمه ٱلثلثIf he has siblings, to his mother belongs a sixth,
فإن كان له إخوة فلأمه ٱلسدسafter [the execution of] a testament he may have made, or a debt.
من بعد وصية يوصي بهآ أو دينYour parents and your children — you do not know which of them are closer to you in benefit:
ءابآؤكم وأبنآؤكم لا تدرون أيهم أقرب لكم نفعاit is an obligation from God.
فريضة من ٱللهGod is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إن ٱلله كان عليما حكيماAnd to you belongs half of what your wives leave, if they have no child;
ولكم نصف ما ترك أزوجكم إن لم يكن لهن ولدbut if they have a child, to you belongs a quarter of what they leave, after [the execution of] a testament they may have made, or a debt.
فإن كان لهن ولد فلكم ٱلربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بهآ أو دينAnd to them belongs a quarter of what you leave, if you have no child;
ولهن ٱلربع مما تركتم إن لم يكن لكم ولدbut if you have a child, to them belongs an eighth of what you leave, after [the execution of] a testament you may have made, or a debt.
فإن كان لكم ولد فلهن ٱلثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بهآ أو دينAnd if a man whose inheritance passes in the absence of any ascendant or descendant, or a woman in the same case, has a brother or a sister, to each of them belongs a sixth;
وإن كان رجل يورث كللة أو ٱمرأة وله أخ أو أخت فلكل وحد منهما ٱلسدسbut if they are more numerous than that, they share in the third, after [the execution of] a testament that may have been made, or a debt, without harm [to the heirs].
فإن كانوا أكثر من ذلك فهم شركآء في ٱلثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بهآ أو دين غير مضآرIt is a recommendation from God.
وصية من ٱللهGod is All-Knowing, full of patience.
وٱلله عليم حليمThose are the limits of God.
تلك حدود ٱللهAnd whoever obeys God and His messenger, He admits him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein he will abide eternally.
ومن يطع ٱلله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهاThat is the immense triumph.
وذلك ٱلفوز ٱلعظيمAnd whoever disobeys God and His messenger, and crosses His limits, He admits him into a fire wherein he will abide eternally,
ومن يعص ٱلله ورسوله ويتعد حدوده يدخله نارا خلدا فيهاand he will have a humiliating punishment.
وله عذاب مهينAnd those of your women who commit indecency, take against them the testimony of four among you;
وٱلتي يأتين ٱلفحشة من نسآئكم فٱستشهدوا عليهن أربعة منكمand if they testify, then keep them within the household rather than casting them out, until death recalls them [to God], or God opens a way for them.
فإن شهدوا فأمسكوهن في ٱلبيوت حتى يتوفىهن ٱلموت أو يجعل ٱلله لهن سبيلاAnd the two among you who commit it, trouble them both with a reproach;
وٱلذان يأتينها منكم فاذوهماbut if they turn back [to God] and reform, turn away from them:
فإن تابا وأصلحا فأعرضوا عنهمآGod is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله كان توابا رحيماThe repentance accepted by God concerns only those who do evil out of ignorance, then turn back [to Him] without delay:
إنما ٱلتوبة على ٱلله للذين يعملون ٱلسوء بجهلة ثم يتوبون من قريبthose are the ones toward whom God turns with clemency.
فأولئك يتوب ٱلله عليهمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عليما حكيماAnd repentance is not accepted for those who commit evil deeds until, when death presents itself to one of them, he says: "I turn back [to God] now" — nor for those who die while disowning:
وليست ٱلتوبة للذين يعملون ٱلسيات حتى إذا حضر أحدهم ٱلموت قال إني تبت ٱلن ولا ٱلذين يموتون وهم كفارthose are the ones for whom We have prepared a painful punishment.
أولئك أعتدنا لهم عذابا أليماO you who have believed! it is not lawful for you to inherit women against their will,
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا يحل لكم أن ترثوا ٱلنسآء كرهاand do not prevent them [from remarrying] so as to take back part of what you gave them, unless they commit a manifest indecency.
ولا تعضلوهن لتذهبوا ببعض مآ ءاتيتموهن إلآ أن يأتين بفحشة مبينةAnd live with them according to what is recognized.
وعاشروهن بٱلمعروفIf you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing in which God places much good.
فإن كرهتموهن فعسى أن تكرهوا شيا ويجعل ٱلله فيه خيرا كثيراAnd if you want to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a treasure, take nothing of it back.
وإن أردتم ٱستبدال زوج مكان زوج وءاتيتم إحدىهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شياWould you take it back through slander and manifest transgression?
أتأخذونه بهتنا وإثما مبيناAnd how would you take it back, when one of you has already been intimately united with the other, and they took from you a solemn and firm engagement?
وكيف تأخذونه وقد أفضى بعضكم إلى بعض وأخذن منكم ميثقا غليظاAnd do not marry those women whom your ancestors married, except what has already passed.
ولا تنكحوا ما نكح ءابآؤكم من ٱلنسآء إلا ما قد سلفIt was indeed an indecency and an abomination,
إنه كان فحشة ومقتاand what an evil path!
وسآء سبيلاForbidden to you are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters,
حرمت عليكم أمهتكم وبناتكم وأخوتكم وعمتكم وخلتكم وبنات ٱلأخ وبنات ٱلأختyour mothers who took you into their care, as well as your sisters through shared care,
وأمهتكم ٱلتي أرضعنكم وأخوتكم من ٱلرضعةthe mothers of your wives, your stepdaughters under your care, from wives with whom you have consummated marriage —
وأمهت نسآئكم وربئبكم ٱلتي في حجوركم من نسآئكم ٱلتي دخلتم بهنbut if you have not consummated marriage with them, no blame upon you —
فإن لم تكونوا دخلتم بهن فلا جناح عليكمthe wives of your sons from your own loins,
وحلئل أبنآئكم ٱلذين من أصلبكمand to unite two sisters, except what has already passed.
وأن تجمعوا بين ٱلأختين إلا ما قد سلفGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيماAnd the women protected by the marital bond, except those to whom you are bound by oath —
وٱلمحصنت من ٱلنسآء إلا ما ملكت أيمنكمit is God's Code that binds you.
كتب ٱلله عليكمAnd made lawful to you are all beyond these categories, whom you seek with your goods, as men who commit to the marital bond, not in debauchery.
وأحل لكم ما ورآء ذلكم أن تبتغوا بأمولكم محصنين غير مسفحينAnd for what you have enjoyed with them, give them their rewards, as a fixed obligation.
فما ٱستمتعتم به منهن فاتوهن أجورهن فريضةAnd no blame upon you for what you mutually agree upon, beyond the fixed obligation.
ولا جناح عليكم فيما ترضيتم به من بعد ٱلفريضةGod is indeed All-Knowing, Wise.
إن ٱلله كان عليما حكيماAnd whoever among you lacks the means to marry believing protected women, [let him marry] then one of your believing young women bound by oath.
ومن لم يستطع منكم طولا أن ينكح ٱلمحصنت ٱلمؤمنت فمن ما ملكت أيمنكم من فتيتكم ٱلمؤمنتGod knows best your faith;
وٱلله أعلم بإيمنكمYou are of one another.
بعضكم من بعضMarry them, then, with the permission of their family,
فٱنكحوهن بإذن أهلهنand give them their rewards according to what is recognized, as protected women, not as promiscuous ones nor as takers of secret lovers.
وءاتوهن أجورهن بٱلمعروف محصنت غير مسفحت ولا متخذت أخدانAnd once protected, if they commit an indecency, they incur half the punishment of women protected by the marital bond.
فإذآ أحصن فإن أتين بفحشة فعليهن نصف ما على ٱلمحصنت من ٱلعذابThat, for whoever among you fears falling into [moral] hardship;
ذلك لمن خشي ٱلعنت منكمbut to be patient is better for you.
وأن تصبروا خير لكمGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وٱلله غفور رحيمGod wants to make things clear to you, to guide you according to the ways of those who preceded you, and to turn toward you with clemency.
يريد ٱلله ليبين لكم ويهديكم سنن ٱلذين من قبلكم ويتوب عليكمGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وٱلله عليم حكيمGod wants to turn toward you with clemency,
وٱلله يريد أن يتوب عليكمwhile those who follow their desires want you to deviate greatly.
ويريد ٱلذين يتبعون ٱلشهوت أن تميلوا ميلا عظيماGod wants to lighten [the burden] for you,
يريد ٱلله أن يخفف عنكمfor the human being was created weak.
وخلق ٱلإنسن ضعيفاO you who have believed! do not devour your goods among yourselves through falsehood,
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تأكلوا أمولكم بينكم بٱلبطلunless it is a trade concluded with your mutual consent.
إلآ أن تكون تجرة عن تراض منكمAnd do not kill yourselves:
ولا تقتلوا أنفسكمGod is indeed, toward you, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله كان بكم رحيماAnd whoever does that out of hostility and injustice, We will burn him in a fire.
ومن يفعل ذلك عدونا وظلما فسوف نصليه ناراAnd that is, for God, an easy thing.
وكان ذلك على ٱلله يسيراIf you avoid the grave offenses which are forbidden to you, We will cover your evil deeds, and We will admit you into a noble entrance.
إن تجتنبوا كبآئر ما تنهون عنه نكفر عنكم سياتكم وندخلكم مدخلا كريماAnd do not covet that by which God has favored some of you above others.
ولا تتمنوا ما فضل ٱلله به بعضكم على بعضTo men a share of what they have earned,
للرجال نصيب مما ٱكتسبواand to women a share of what they have earned.
وللنسآء نصيب مما ٱكتسبنAnd ask God for His favor.
وسلوا ٱلله من فضلهGod is indeed All-Knowing of all things.
إن ٱلله كان بكل شىء عليماAnd to each, We have assigned heirs for what are left
ولكل جعلنا مولي مما تركby the two parents and the relatives.
ٱلولدان وٱلأقربونAnd those with whom your oaths have bound you, give them their share.
وٱلذين عقدت أيمنكم فاتوهم نصيبهمGod is indeed, over all things, a witness.
إن ٱلله كان على كل شىء شهيداMen bear the executive, protective, and financial charge of the household toward women, by reason of the advantage God has granted some over others, and of what they spend from their goods.
ٱلرجال قومون على ٱلنسآء بما فضل ٱلله بعضهم على بعض وبمآ أنفقوا من أمولهمRighteous women are devoted, guardians of what escapes the presence [of others], by reason of what God has preserved.
فٱلصلحت قنتت حفظت للغيب بما حفظ ٱللهAnd those whose unilateral breach [of the marital pact] you fear, admonish them, withdraw from them in the beds, then multiply them [the marital structure, by taking another wife];
وٱلتي تخافون نشوزهن فعظوهن وٱهجروهن في ٱلمضاجع وٱضربوهنthen, if they obey you, seek no further way against them.
فإن أطعنكم فلا تبغوا عليهن سبيلاGod is indeed Most High, Great.
إن ٱلله كان عليا كبيراAnd if you fear a rupture between the two, send then an arbiter from his family, and an arbiter from her family; if they both want reconciliation, God will bring them into accord.
وإن خفتم شقاق بينهما فٱبعثوا حكما من أهله وحكما من أهلهآ إن يريدآ إصلحا يوفق ٱلله بينهمآGod is indeed All-Knowing, Informed.
إن ٱلله كان عليما خبيراAnd obey God,
وٱعبدوا ٱللهand associate nothing with Him,
ولا تشركوا به شياand beneficence toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, the destitute, the near neighbor, the distant neighbor, the companion at your side, the stranded traveler, and those to whom you are bound by oath.
وبٱلولدين إحسنا وبذي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱلجار ذي ٱلقربى وٱلجار ٱلجنب وٱلصاحب بٱلجنب وٱبن ٱلسبيل وما ملكت أيمنكمGod does not love him who is vain, full of boastfulness.
إن ٱلله لا يحب من كان مختالا فخوراThose who are stingy, enjoin stinginess upon people, and hide what God has given them of His favor —
ٱلذين يبخلون ويأمرون ٱلناس بٱلبخل ويكتمون مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضلهWe have prepared, for those who disown, a humiliating punishment.
وأعتدنا للكفرين عذابا مهيناAnd those who spend their goods for show before people, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day —
وٱلذين ينفقون أمولهم رئآء ٱلناس ولا يؤمنون بٱلله ولا بٱليوم ٱلءاخرwhoever has the Diverter as a companion, what an evil companion!
ومن يكن ٱلشيطن له قرينا فسآء قريناAnd what would they have to lose, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent from what God provided them as sustenance?
وماذا عليهم لو ءامنوا بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وأنفقوا مما رزقهم ٱللهGod knows them perfectly.
وكان ٱلله بهم عليماGod does no injustice, even the weight of a grain.
إن ٱلله لا يظلم مثقال ذرةAnd if it is a good deed, He doubles it, and grants, from Himself, an immense reward.
وإن تك حسنة يضعفها ويؤت من لدنه أجرا عظيماHow then, when We bring, from every community, a witness, and We bring you as a witness against these?
فكيف إذا جئنا من كل أمة بشهيد وجئنا بك على هؤلآء شهيداOn that day, those who disowned and disobeyed the messenger would wish that the earth were leveled over them, and they will not be able to hide anything from God.
يومئذ يود ٱلذين كفروا وعصوا ٱلرسول لو تسوى بهم ٱلأرض ولا يكتمون ٱلله حديثاO you who have believed! do not approach the Contact while intoxicated, until you know what you are saying, nor [after] having soiled yourselves [relieving a need] — except when passing along a way — until you have washed yourselves.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تقربوا ٱلصلوة وأنتم سكرى حتى تعلموا ما تقولون ولا جنبا إلا عابري سبيل حتى تغتسلواAnd if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have known a woman in intimacy, and you find no water, then resort to clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands with it.
وإن كنتم مرضى أو على سفر أو جآء أحد منكم من ٱلغآئط أو لمستم ٱلنسآء فلم تجدوا مآء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا فٱمسحوا بوجوهكم وأيديكمGod is indeed Ever-Effacing, Most-Forgiving.
إن ٱلله كان عفوا غفوراHave you not seen those to whom a share of the Scripture was given, buying error and wanting you to stray from the path?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يشترون ٱلضللة ويريدون أن تضلوا ٱلسبيلGod knows best your enemies.
وٱلله أعلم بأعدآئكمGod suffices as a protector, and God suffices as a helper.
وكفى بٱلله وليا وكفى بٱلله نصيراAmong the Reoriented, there are some who displace words from their context, and say: "We have heard and disobeyed", and: "Listen, without being made to hear", and: "Ra'ina", twisting their tongues and casting aspersion on the Law.
من ٱلذين هادوا يحرفون ٱلكلم عن مواضعه ويقولون سمعنا وعصينا وٱسمع غير مسمع ورعنا ليا بألسنتهم وطعنا في ٱلدينAnd had they said: "We have heard and obeyed", and: "Listen", and: "Look at us", it would have been better for them, and more upright;
ولو أنهم قالوا سمعنا وأطعنا وٱسمع وٱنظرنا لكان خيرا لهم وأقومbut God cursed them for their disowning, and they believe only a little.
ولكن لعنهم ٱلله بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلاO you to whom the Scripture was given! believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We efface faces, turning them backward, or curse them as We cursed those of the sabt [the act of rest/inaction].
يأيها ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب ءامنوا بما نزلنا مصدقا لما معكم من قبل أن نطمس وجوها فنردها على أدبارهآ أو نلعنهم كما لعنآ أصحب ٱلسبتAnd the command of God is always fulfilled.
وكان أمر ٱلله مفعولاGod indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,
إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك بهbut He forgives, besides that, whom He wills.
ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآءAnd whoever associates with God invents an immense transgression.
ومن يشرك بٱلله فقد ٱفترى إثما عظيماHave you not seen those who declare themselves pure?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزكون أنفسهمGod, rather, purifies whom He wills,
بل ٱلله يزكي من يشآءand they will not be wronged by a thread.
ولا يظلمون فتيلاLook how they invent the lie against God: that suffices as a manifest transgression.
ٱنظر كيف يفترون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وكفى به إثما مبيناHave you not seen those to whom a share of the Scripture was given, believing in the Idol and the Tyrant, and saying of those who disown: "These are better guided, in path, than those who have believed"?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يؤمنون بٱلجبت وٱلطغوت ويقولون للذين كفروا هؤلآء أهدى من ٱلذين ءامنوا سبيلاThose are the ones God has cursed;
أولئك ٱلذين لعنهم ٱللهand whoever God curses, you will find for him no helper.
ومن يلعن ٱلله فلن تجد له نصيراOr do they have a share of the dominion? They would then not give people even the groove of a date-stone.
أم لهم نصيب من ٱلملك فإذا لا يؤتون ٱلناس نقيراOr do they envy people for what God has given them of His favor?
أم يحسدون ٱلناس على مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضلهWe have indeed given the family of Ibrahim the Scripture and the wisdom, and We gave them an immense dominion.
فقد ءاتينآ ءال إبرهيم ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وءاتينهم ملكا عظيماAmong them, there are some who believed in it, and some who turned away from it.
فمنهم من ءامن به ومنهم من صد عنهJahannam suffices as an inferno.
وكفى بجهنم سعيراThose who disowned Our signs, We will burn them in a fire.
إن ٱلذين كفروا بايتنا سوف نصليهم ناراEvery time their skins are consumed, We will replace them with other skins, so that they may taste the punishment.
كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلنهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا ٱلعذابGod is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
إن ٱلله كان عزيزا حكيماAnd those who have believed and done righteous deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبداThey will have therein purified spouses,
لهم فيهآ أزوج مطهرةand We will admit them into an extended shade.
وندخلهم ظلا ظليلاGod orders you to restore trusts to their rightful owners, and, when you judge between people, to judge with justice.
إن ٱلله يأمركم أن تؤدوا ٱلأمنت إلى أهلها وإذا حكمتم بين ٱلناس أن تحكموا بٱلعدلHow excellent is that to which God exhorts you!
إن ٱلله نعما يعظكم بهGod is indeed the All-Hearing, the One who sees perfectly.
إن ٱلله كان سميعا بصيراO you who have believed! obey God, obey the messenger, and those among you who hold authority.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا أطيعوا ٱلله وأطيعوا ٱلرسول وأولي ٱلأمر منكمAnd if you disagree about something, refer it to God and to the messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day.
فإن تنزعتم في شىء فردوه إلى ٱلله وٱلرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخرThat is better, and of finer interpretation.
ذلك خير وأحسن تأويلاHave you not seen those who claim to have believed in what has been revealed to you and in what was revealed before you, and who want to bring their dispute before the Tyrant, though they have been ordered to disown it?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزعمون أنهم ءامنوا بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى ٱلطغوت وقد أمروا أن يكفروا بهThe Diverter wants to lead them far astray.
ويريد ٱلشيطن أن يضلهم ضللا بعيداAnd when it is said to them: "Come to what God has sent down, and to the messenger", you see the hypocrites turn away from you, resolutely.
وإذا قيل لهم تعالوا إلى مآ أنزل ٱلله وإلى ٱلرسول رأيت ٱلمنفقين يصدون عنك صدوداHow then, when misfortune strikes them for what their hands have prepared, do they then come to you, swearing by God: "We wanted only good and reconciliation"?
فكيف إذآ أصبتهم مصيبة بما قدمت أيديهم ثم جآءوك يحلفون بٱلله إن أردنآ إلآ إحسنا وتوفيقاThose are the ones whose cores God knows; turn away from them, then, admonish them, and speak to them, concerning themselves, a penetrating word.
أولئك ٱلذين يعلم ٱلله ما في قلوبهم فأعرض عنهم وعظهم وقل لهم في أنفسهم قولا بليغاAnd We sent no messenger except that he be obeyed, with God's permission.
ومآ أرسلنا من رسول إلا ليطاع بإذن ٱللهAnd had they come to you, after having wronged themselves, to ask God's forgiveness, and had the messenger asked forgiveness for them, they would certainly have found God the Ever-Accepter of repentance, Benevolent.
ولو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جآءوك فٱستغفروا ٱلله وٱستغفر لهم ٱلرسول لوجدوا ٱلله توابا رحيماBut no, by your Guardian! they will not believe until they have taken you as judge of their disputes, and no longer find, within themselves, any hardship over what you have decided, and accept it with complete integrity.
فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجا مما قضيت ويسلموا تسليماAnd had We prescribed for them: "Kill yourselves", or: "Leave your dwellings", they would not have done it, except a small number of them.
ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن ٱقتلوا أنفسكم أو ٱخرجوا من ديركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهمAnd had they done what they were exhorted to do, it would have been better for them, and more strengthening;
ولو أنهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم وأشد تثبيتاand We would then certainly have given them, from Ourselves, an immense reward,
وإذا لءاتينهم من لدنآ أجرا عظيماand We would certainly have guided them along a straight path.
ولهدينهم صرطا مستقيماAnd whoever obeys God and the messenger, those will be with those God has blessed, among the prophets, the men of truth, the witnesses, and the righteous.
ومن يطع ٱلله وٱلرسول فأولئك مع ٱلذين أنعم ٱلله عليهم من ٱلنبين وٱلصديقين وٱلشهدآء وٱلصلحينAnd what an excellent company that is!
وحسن أولئك رفيقاThat is the favor from God,
ذلك ٱلفضل من ٱللهand God suffices as All-Knowing.
وكفى بٱلله عليماO you who have believed! take your precautions, and mobilize in detachments, or mobilize all together.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا خذوا حذركم فٱنفروا ثبات أو ٱنفروا جميعاAnd there is indeed among you one who deliberately lags behind;
وإن منكم لمن ليبطئنand if misfortune strikes you, he says: "God has blessed me, since I was not present with them."
فإن أصبتكم مصيبة قال قد أنعم ٱلله على إذ لم أكن معهم شهيداBut if a favor from God reaches you, he will certainly say, as if there had been no affection between you and him: "Would that I had been with them, I would then have attained an immense triumph!"
ولئن أصبكم فضل من ٱلله ليقولن كأن لم تكن بينكم وبينه مودة يليتني كنت معهم فأفوز فوزا عظيماSo let those fight in the way of God who sell the present life for the last life.
فليقتل في سبيل ٱلله ٱلذين يشرون ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا بٱلءاخرةAnd whoever fights in the way of God, and is killed or prevails, We will give him an immense reward.
ومن يقتل في سبيل ٱلله فيقتل أو يغلب فسوف نؤتيه أجرا عظيماAnd what is with you that you should not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who say: "Our Guardian, bring us out of this city whose people are unjust, and give us, from Yourself, a protector, and give us, from Yourself, a helper"?
وما لكم لا تقتلون في سبيل ٱلله وٱلمستضعفين من ٱلرجال وٱلنسآء وٱلولدن ٱلذين يقولون ربنآ أخرجنا من هذه ٱلقرية ٱلظالم أهلها وٱجعل لنا من لدنك وليا وٱجعل لنا من لدنك نصيراThose who have believed fight in the way of God,
ٱلذين ءامنوا يقتلون في سبيل ٱللهand those who disown fight in the way of the Tyrant.
وٱلذين كفروا يقتلون في سبيل ٱلطغوتSo fight the allies of the Diverter:
فقتلوا أوليآء ٱلشيطنthe scheming of the Diverter is indeed weak.
إن كيد ٱلشيطن كان ضعيفاHave you not seen those to whom it was said: "Hold back your hands, maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms"?
ألم تر إلى ٱلذين قيل لهم كفوا أيديكم وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوةThen, when combat was prescribed for them, there a group among them dread people as one dreads God, or with an even keener dread,
فلما كتب عليهم ٱلقتال إذا فريق منهم يخشون ٱلناس كخشية ٱلله أو أشد خشيةand they say: "Our Guardian, why have You prescribed combat for us? Why did You not grant us a delay until a near term!"
وقالوا ربنا لم كتبت علينا ٱلقتال لولآ أخرتنآ إلى أجل قريبSay: "The enjoyment of the present life is little,
قل متع ٱلدنيا قليلand the last life is better for whoever guards himself,
وٱلءاخرة خير لمن ٱتقىand you will not be wronged by a thread."
ولا تظلمون فتيلاWherever you are, death will reach you, even were you in impregnable towers.
أينما تكونوا يدرككم ٱلموت ولو كنتم في بروج مشيدةAnd if good befalls them, they say: "This is from God";
وإن تصبهم حسنة يقولوا هذه من عند ٱللهand if evil befalls them, they say: "This is from you."
وإن تصبهم سيئة يقولوا هذه من عندكSay: "All comes from God."
قل كل من عند ٱللهWhat is with these people that they scarcely understand a discourse?
فمال هؤلآء ٱلقوم لا يكادون يفقهون حديثاWhat reaches you of good comes from God,
مآ أصابك من حسنة فمن ٱللهand what reaches you of evil comes from yourself.
ومآ أصابك من سيئة فمن نفسكAnd We sent you to mankind as a messenger.
وأرسلنك للناس رسولاGod suffices as a witness.
وكفى بٱلله شهيداWhoever obeys the messenger indeed obeys God,
من يطع ٱلرسول فقد أطاع ٱللهand whoever turns away — We have not sent you as a guardian over them.
ومن تولى فمآ أرسلنك عليهم حفيظاAnd they say: "Obedience",
ويقولون طاعةbut when they leave you, a group among them schemes by night something quite different from what they say.
فإذا برزوا من عندك بيت طآئفة منهم غير ٱلذي تقولGod records what they scheme by night.
وٱلله يكتب ما يبيتونTurn away from them, then, and rely upon God.
فأعرض عنهم وتوكل على ٱللهGod suffices as a trustee.
وكفى بٱلله وكيلاDo they not then reflect on this Recitation?
أفلا يتدبرون ٱلقرءانHad it come from other than God, they would have found in it much divergence.
ولو كان من عند غير ٱلله لوجدوا فيه ٱختلفا كثيراAnd when news reaches them, reassuring or alarming, they spread it;
وإذا جآءهم أمر من ٱلأمن أو ٱلخوف أذاعوا بهbut had they referred it to the messenger and to those among them who hold authority, those among them who seek to draw out its substance would have known it.
ولو ردوه إلى ٱلرسول وإلى أولي ٱلأمر منهم لعلمه ٱلذين يستنبطونه منهمAnd without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, you would certainly have followed the Diverter, except a few.
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته لٱتبعتم ٱلشيطن إلا قليلاSo fight in the way of God:
فقتل في سبيل ٱللهyou are charged only with yourself.
لا تكلف إلا نفسكAnd incite the believers [to combat].
وحرض ٱلمؤمنينIt may be that God will restrain the violence of those who disown.
عسى ٱلله أن يكف بأس ٱلذين كفرواGod is more formidable in rigor, and more formidable in exemplary punishment.
وٱلله أشد بأسا وأشد تنكيلاWhoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a share of it;
من يشفع شفعة حسنة يكن له نصيب منهاand whoever intercedes with an evil intercession will bear a share of responsibility for it.
ومن يشفع شفعة سيئة يكن له كفل منهاGod is, over all things, a guarantor.
وكان ٱلله على كل شىء مقيتاAnd when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better greeting, or simply return it.
وإذا حييتم بتحية فحيوا بأحسن منهآ أو ردوهآGod is indeed, over all things, an accountant.
إن ٱلله كان على كل شىء حسيباGod, there is no deity but Him.
ٱلله لآ إله إلا هوHe will certainly gather you on the Day of Appearance, no doubt possible.
ليجمعنكم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة لا ريب فيهAnd who is more truthful than God in speech?
ومن أصدق من ٱلله حديثاWhat is with you, then, concerning the hypocrites, that you form two groups, when God has cast them back for what they have earned?
فما لكم في ٱلمنفقين فئتين وٱلله أركسهم بما كسبواDo you want to guide him whom God has led astray?
أتريدون أن تهدوا من أضل ٱللهAnd whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no path.
ومن يضلل ٱلله فلن تجد له سبيلاThey would like you to disown as they disowned, so that you might be equal;
ودوا لو تكفرون كما كفروا فتكونون سوآءso do not take, among them, allies, until they emigrate in the way of God.
فلا تتخذوا منهم أوليآء حتى يهاجروا في سبيل ٱللهIf they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take, among them, neither ally nor helper — except those who join a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, or who come to you
فإن تولوا فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث وجدتموهم ولا تتخذوا منهم وليا ولا نصيرا إلا ٱلذين يصلون إلى قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق أو جآءوكمwith their hearts constrained at the thought of fighting you, or fighting their own people.
حصرت صدورهم أن يقتلوكم أو يقتلوا قومهمAnd had God willed, He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you.
ولو شآء ٱلله لسلطهم عليكم فلقتلوكمIf they keep away from you, do not fight you, and offer you peace, then God grants you no way against them.
فإن ٱعتزلوكم فلم يقتلوكم وألقوا إليكم ٱلسلم فما جعل ٱلله لكم عليهم سبيلاYou will find others who want to be secure with you and secure with their own people; every time they are brought back to the trial, they plunge back into it.
ستجدون ءاخرين يريدون أن يأمنوكم ويأمنوا قومهم كل ما ردوا إلى ٱلفتنة أركسوا فيهاIf they do not keep away from you, do not offer you peace, and do not restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you encounter them.
فإن لم يعتزلوكم ويلقوا إليكم ٱلسلم ويكفوا أيديهم فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهمThose are the ones against whom We give you manifest authority.
وأولئكم جعلنا لكم عليهم سلطنا مبيناAnd it is not for a believer to kill a believer,
وما كان لمؤمن أن يقتل مؤمناexcept by mistake.
إلا خطاAnd whoever kills a believer by mistake must free a believing person from the burden of a debt, as well as a compensation delivered to his family, unless they forgo it as charity.
ومن قتل مؤمنا خطا فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة ودية مسلمة إلى أهله إلآ أن يصدقواAnd if the slain belonged to a people hostile to you, while being a believer, then the freeing of a believing person from the burden of a debt.
فإن كان من قوم عدو لكم وهو مؤمن فتحرير رقبة مؤمنةAnd if he belonged to a people between whom and you there is a solemn engagement, then a compensation delivered to his family, and the freeing of a believing person from the burden of a debt.
وإن كان من قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق فدية مسلمة إلى أهله وتحرير رقبة مؤمنةAnd whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of two consecutive months, as a [accepted] return toward God.
فمن لم يجد فصيام شهرين متتابعين توبة من ٱللهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عليما حكيماAnd whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally; God is angered against him, has cursed him, and has prepared for him an immense punishment.
ومن يقتل مؤمنا متعمدا فجزآؤه جهنم خلدا فيها وغضب ٱلله عليه ولعنه وأعد له عذابا عظيماO you who have believed! when you advance in the way of God, distinguish clearly,
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إذا ضربتم في سبيل ٱلله فتبينواand do not say to one who offers you peace: "You are not a believer", coveting the fleeting goods of the present life; but, with God, there are abundant spoils.
ولا تقولوا لمن ألقى إليكم ٱلسلم لست مؤمنا تبتغون عرض ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله مغانم كثيرةThus were you before, and God blessed you.
كذلك كنتم من قبل فمن ٱلله عليكمSo distinguish clearly.
فتبينواGod is indeed Informed of what you do.
إن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيراNot equal are those of the believers who remain seated, apart from those with disabilities, and those who strive in the way of God with their goods and their Selves.
لا يستوي ٱلقعدون من ٱلمؤمنين غير أولي ٱلضرر وٱلمجهدون في سبيل ٱلله بأمولهم وأنفسهمGod has favored those who strive with their goods and their Selves, in degree, above those who remain seated.
فضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين بأمولهم وأنفسهم على ٱلقعدين درجةAnd to all, God has promised the best;
وكلا وعد ٱلله ٱلحسنىand God has favored those who strive, above those who remain seated, with an immense reward — degrees from Him, and forgiveness, and benevolence;
وفضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين على ٱلقعدين أجرا عظيما درجت منه ومغفرة ورحمةand God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيماThose whom the Agents take back [to God] while they are unjust toward themselves — [the Agents] say: "In what situation were you?"
إن ٱلذين توفىهم ٱلملئكة ظالمي أنفسهم قالوا فيم كنتمThey say: "We were reduced to weakness on the earth."
قالوا كنا مستضعفين في ٱلأرضThey say: "Was God's earth not vast enough for you to emigrate in it?"
قالوا ألم تكن أرض ٱلله وسعة فتهاجروا فيهاThose are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam; and what an evil destination! — except the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who have neither the means to scheme, nor to find a way.
فأولئك مأوىهم جهنم وسآءت مصيرا إلا ٱلمستضعفين من ٱلرجال وٱلنسآء وٱلولدن لا يستطيعون حيلة ولا يهتدون سبيلاThose, it may be that God will efface them [of their fault].
فأولئك عسى ٱلله أن يعفو عنهمGod is Ever-Effacing, Most-Forgiving.
وكان ٱلله عفوا غفوراAnd whoever emigrates in the way of God will find, on the earth, an ample refuge and abundance.
ومن يهاجر في سبيل ٱلله يجد في ٱلأرض مرغما كثيرا وسعةAnd whoever leaves his dwelling, emigrating toward God and His messenger, and is then overtaken by death, his reward is henceforth incumbent upon God.
ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجرا إلى ٱلله ورسوله ثم يدركه ٱلموت فقد وقع أجره على ٱللهGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيماAnd when you travel through the land, no blame upon you for shortening the Contact, if you fear that those who disown may try you.
وإذا ضربتم في ٱلأرض فليس عليكم جناح أن تقصروا من ٱلصلوة إن خفتم أن يفتنكم ٱلذين كفرواThose who disown are indeed, for you, a manifest enemy.
إن ٱلكفرين كانوا لكم عدوا مبيناAnd when you are among them, and you lead the Contact for them, let a group of them stand with you, and let them take their arms.
وإذا كنت فيهم فأقمت لهم ٱلصلوة فلتقم طآئفة منهم معك وليأخذوا أسلحتهمThen, when they have prostrated, let them pass behind you,
فإذا سجدوا فليكونوا من ورآئكمand let another group, who has not yet made contact, come to make contact with you, taking their precautions and their arms.
ولتأت طآئفة أخرى لم يصلوا فليصلوا معك وليأخذوا حذرهم وأسلحتهمThose who disown would like you to neglect your arms and your equipment, so as to swoop down upon you in a single rush.
ود ٱلذين كفروا لو تغفلون عن أسلحتكم وأمتعتكم فيميلون عليكم ميلة وحدةAnd no blame upon you, if you are hindered by rain or are sick, for laying down your arms;
ولا جناح عليكم إن كان بكم أذى من مطر أو كنتم مرضى أن تضعوا أسلحتكمbut take your precautions.
وخذوا حذركمGod has indeed prepared, for those who disown, a humiliating punishment.
إن ٱلله أعد للكفرين عذابا مهيناAnd when you have completed the Contact, remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on your sides.
فإذا قضيتم ٱلصلوة فٱذكروا ٱلله قيما وقعودا وعلى جنوبكمThen, once at ease, maintain the Contact.
فإذا ٱطمأننتم فأقيموا ٱلصلوةThe Contact is indeed, for the believers, a prescription at fixed times.
إن ٱلصلوة كانت على ٱلمؤمنين كتبا موقوتاAnd do not weaken in the pursuit of that people.
ولا تهنوا في ٱبتغآء ٱلقومIf you suffer, they suffer as you suffer; but you hope from God what they do not hope.
إن تكونوا تألمون فإنهم يألمون كما تألمون وترجون من ٱلله ما لا يرجونGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عليما حكيماWe have sent down to you the Scripture in truth, so that you may judge between people according to what God has shown you.
إنآ أنزلنآ إليك ٱلكتب بٱلحق لتحكم بين ٱلناس بمآ أرىك ٱللهAnd do not be, for the treacherous, a defender.
ولا تكن للخآئنين خصيماAnd ask God's forgiveness.
وٱستغفر ٱللهGod is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
إن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيماAnd do not argue in favor of those who betray themselves.
ولا تجدل عن ٱلذين يختانون أنفسهمGod does not love him who is treacherous, transgressive.
إن ٱلله لا يحب من كان خوانا أثيماThey hide from people, but cannot hide from God: He is with them, when they scheme by night words He does not approve.
يستخفون من ٱلناس ولا يستخفون من ٱلله وهو معهم إذ يبيتون ما لا يرضى من ٱلقولGod encompasses perfectly what they do.
وكان ٱلله بما يعملون محيطاSo here you are, who pleaded for them in the present life; but who will plead for them, before God, on the Day of Appearance? Or who will be, for them, a trustee?
هأنتم هؤلآء جدلتم عنهم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا فمن يجدل ٱلله عنهم يوم ٱلقيمة أم من يكون عليهم وكيلاAnd whoever commits an evil, or wrongs his own Self, then asks God's forgiveness, finds God Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ومن يعمل سوءا أو يظلم نفسه ثم يستغفر ٱلله يجد ٱلله غفورا رحيماAnd whoever acquires a transgression acquires it only against his own Self.
ومن يكسب إثما فإنما يكسبه على نفسهGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عليما حكيماAnd whoever acquires a fault or a transgression, then accuses an innocent person of it, burdens himself with a slander and a manifest transgression.
ومن يكسب خطية أو إثما ثم يرم به بريا فقد ٱحتمل بهتنا وإثما مبيناAnd without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, a group among them would have resolved to lead you astray;
ولولا فضل ٱلله عليك ورحمته لهمت طآئفة منهم أن يضلوكbut they lead astray none but themselves, and they cannot harm you at all.
وما يضلون إلآ أنفسهم وما يضرونك من شىءGod has sent down upon you the Scripture and the wisdom, and taught you what you did not know.
وأنزل ٱلله عليك ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وعلمك ما لم تكن تعلمThe favor of God upon you is immense.
وكان فضل ٱلله عليك عظيماThere is no good in most of their private conferences, except for one who orders an alms, or a righteous deed, or a reconciliation between people.
لا خير في كثير من نجوىهم إلا من أمر بصدقة أو معروف أو إصلح بين ٱلناسAnd whoever does that seeking the good pleasure of God, We will give him an immense reward.
ومن يفعل ذلك ٱبتغآء مرضات ٱلله فسوف نؤتيه أجرا عظيماAnd whoever opposes the messenger, after guidance has become clear to him, and follows a path other than that of the believers, We will leave him to what he has turned to, and We will burn him in Jahannam.
ومن يشاقق ٱلرسول من بعد ما تبين له ٱلهدى ويتبع غير سبيل ٱلمؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنمAnd what an evil destination!
وسآءت مصيراGod indeed does not forgive that anything be associated with Him,
إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك بهbut He forgives, besides that, whom He wills.
ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآءAnd whoever associates with God strays far astray.
ومن يشرك بٱلله فقد ضل ضللا بعيداThey invoke, besides Him, only [feminine] deities, and they invoke only a rebellious Diverter, whom God has cursed,
إن يدعون من دونه إلآ إنثا وإن يدعون إلا شيطنا مريدا لعنه ٱللهwho said: "I will certainly take, among Your obedient ones, a determined portion; I will certainly lead them astray, I will certainly give them vain hopes, I will certainly order them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will certainly order them to alter God's creation."
وقال لأتخذن من عبادك نصيبا مفروضا ولأضلنهم ولأمنينهم ولءامرنهم فليبتكن ءاذان ٱلأنعم ولءامرنهم فليغيرن خلق ٱللهAnd whoever takes the Diverter as an ally, besides God, has indeed suffered a manifest loss.
ومن يتخذ ٱلشيطن وليا من دون ٱلله فقد خسر خسرانا مبيناHe makes them promises and gives them vain hopes,
يعدهم ويمنيهمand the Diverter promises them only deception.
وما يعدهم ٱلشيطن إلا غروراThose are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam,
أولئك مأوىهم جهنمand they will find no escape from it.
ولا يجدون عنها محيصاAnd those who have believed and done righteous deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبداA promise of God, in truth.
وعد ٱلله حقاAnd who is more truthful than God in speech?
ومن أصدق من ٱلله قيلاIt does not depend on your wishes, nor on the wishes of the people of the Scripture.
ليس بأمانيكم ولآ أماني أهل ٱلكتبWhoever commits an evil will be recompensed for it, and will find, besides God, neither protector nor helper.
من يعمل سوءا يجز به ولا يجد له من دون ٱلله وليا ولا نصيراAnd whoever does righteous deeds, male or female, while being a believer, those will enter the Garden, and will not be wronged in anything.
ومن يعمل من ٱلصلحت من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون ٱلجنة ولا يظلمون نقيراAnd who has a better Law than one who has made his direction true to God alone, while doing good, and followed the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God?
ومن أحسن دينا ممن أسلم وجهه لله وهو محسن وٱتبع ملة إبرهيم حنيفاAnd God took Ibrahim as an intimate friend.
وٱتخذ ٱلله إبرهيم خليلاAnd to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضGod encompasses, of all things, perfectly.
وكان ٱلله بكل شىء محيطاAnd they consult you concerning women.
ويستفتونك في ٱلنسآءSay: "God instructs you concerning them, as well as what is recited to you in the Scripture concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is prescribed for them, while desiring to marry them, and the children reduced to weakness, and [He orders you] to conduct yourselves with the orphans in complete equity.
قل ٱلله يفتيكم فيهن وما يتلى عليكم في ٱلكتب في يتمى ٱلنسآء ٱلتي لا تؤتونهن ما كتب لهن وترغبون أن تنكحوهن وٱلمستضعفين من ٱلولدن وأن تقوموا لليتمى بٱلقسطAnd whatever good you do, God knows it perfectly."
وما تفعلوا من خير فإن ٱلله كان به عليماAnd if a woman fears from her husband persistent hostility or disinterest, no blame upon them to reconcile through an agreement;
وإن ٱمرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا أو إعراضا فلا جناح عليهمآ أن يصلحا بينهما صلحاand reconciliation is better.
وٱلصلح خيرThe Selves are inclined to stinginess;
وأحضرت ٱلأنفس ٱلشحbut if you act with kindness and guard yourselves, God is indeed Informed of what you do.
وإن تحسنوا وتتقوا فإن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيراAnd you will never be able to be just between women, even if you are keen on it;
ولن تستطيعوا أن تعدلوا بين ٱلنسآء ولو حرصتمso do not incline entirely [to one side], to the point of leaving the other as if suspended.
فلا تميلوا كل ٱلميل فتذروها كٱلمعلقةAnd if you reconcile and guard yourselves, God is indeed Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وإن تصلحوا وتتقوا فإن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيماAnd if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance.
وإن يتفرقا يغن ٱلله كلا من سعتهGod is Vast, Wise.
وكان ٱلله وسعا حكيماAnd to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضAnd We have indeed recommended to those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and to yourselves, to guard yourselves toward God.
ولقد وصينا ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبلكم وإياكم أن ٱتقوا ٱللهAnd if you disown, to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضGod is self-sufficient, worthy of praise.
وكان ٱلله غنيا حميداAnd to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضGod suffices as a trustee.
وكفى بٱلله وكيلاIf He wills, He makes you disappear, O mankind, and brings others in your place.
إن يشأ يذهبكم أيها ٱلناس ويأت باخرينGod is capable of that.
وكان ٱلله على ذلك قديراWhoever wants the requital of the present life — with God is the requital of the present life and of the last life.
من كان يريد ثواب ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله ثواب ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرةGod is the All-Hearing, the One who sees perfectly.
وكان ٱلله سميعا بصيراO you who have believed! be firm supporters in equity, witnesses for God, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا كونوا قومين بٱلقسط شهدآء لله ولو على أنفسكم أو ٱلولدين وٱلأقربينWhether he be rich or poor, God is closer to them both than you; so do not follow emotion, to the point of no longer being just.
إن يكن غنيا أو فقيرا فٱلله أولى بهما فلا تتبعوا ٱلهوى أن تعدلواAnd if you distort or turn away, God is indeed Informed of what you do.
وإن تلوا أو تعرضوا فإن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيراO you who have believed! believe in God, in His messenger, in the Scripture He sent down upon His messenger, and in the Scripture He sent down before.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي نزل على رسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي أنزل من قبلAnd whoever disowns God, His Agents, His scriptures, His messengers, and the Last Day strays far astray.
ومن يكفر بٱلله وملئكته وكتبه ورسله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر فقد ضل ضللا بعيداThose who have believed, then disowned, then believed, then disowned, then increased in disowning — it is not for God to forgive them, nor to guide them to a path.
إن ٱلذين ءامنوا ثم كفروا ثم ءامنوا ثم كفروا ثم ٱزدادوا كفرا لم يكن ٱلله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم سبيلاAnnounce to the hypocrites that they will have a painful punishment — those who take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.
بشر ٱلمنفقين بأن لهم عذابا أليما ٱلذين يتخذون ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنينDo they seek power with them? Power belongs to God in its entirety.
أيبتغون عندهم ٱلعزة فإن ٱلعزة لله جميعاAnd He has already sent down to you, in the Scripture, [this]: when you hear the signs of God being disowned and mocked, do not remain seated with them, until they move on to another subject;
وقد نزل عليكم في ٱلكتب أن إذا سمعتم ءايت ٱلله يكفر بها ويستهزأ بها فلا تقعدوا معهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيرهyou would then be like them.
إنكم إذا مثلهمGod will indeed gather the hypocrites and those who disown, all together, in Jahannam — those who watch [what happens to you]: if a victory comes to you from God, they say: "Were we not with you?" and if a share falls to those who disown, they say: "Did we not overpower you, and did we not protect you against the believers?"
إن ٱلله جامع ٱلمنفقين وٱلكفرين في جهنم جميعا ٱلذين يتربصون بكم فإن كان لكم فتح من ٱلله قالوا ألم نكن معكم وإن كان للكفرين نصيب قالوا ألم نستحوذ عليكم ونمنعكم من ٱلمؤمنينGod will judge between you, on the Day of Appearance;
فٱلله يحكم بينكم يوم ٱلقيمةand God will never grant those who disown a way over the believers.
ولن يجعل ٱلله للكفرين على ٱلمؤمنين سبيلاThe hypocrites seek to deceive God, and it is He who deceives them [in return].
إن ٱلمنفقين يخدعون ٱلله وهو خدعهمAnd when they rise for the Contact, they rise lazily, making a show of themselves to people, and remember God only a little, wavering between the two, neither on one side nor the other.
وإذا قاموا إلى ٱلصلوة قاموا كسالى يرآءون ٱلناس ولا يذكرون ٱلله إلا قليلا مذبذبين بين ذلك لآ إلى هؤلآء ولآ إلى هؤلآءAnd whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no path.
ومن يضلل ٱلله فلن تجد له سبيلاO you who have believed! do not take those who disown as allies, besides the believers.
يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنينWould you give God manifest authority against you?
أتريدون أن تجعلوا لله عليكم سلطنا مبيناThe hypocrites are indeed in the lowest stratum of the Fire, and you will never find for them a helper —
إن ٱلمنفقين في ٱلدرك ٱلأسفل من ٱلنار ولن تجد لهم نصيراexcept those who turn back [to God], reform, hold firmly to God, and devote their Law sincerely to God: those are the ones who are with the believers,
إلا ٱلذين تابوا وأصلحوا وٱعتصموا بٱلله وأخلصوا دينهم لله فأولئك مع ٱلمؤمنينand God will soon give the believers an immense reward.
وسوف يؤت ٱلله ٱلمؤمنين أجرا عظيماWhat would God do with your punishment, if you are grateful and believing?
ما يفعل ٱلله بعذابكم إن شكرتم وءامنتمGod is Grateful, All-Knowing.
وكان ٱلله شاكرا عليماGod does not love the public disclosure of evil in speech, except from one who has been wronged.
لا يحب ٱلله ٱلجهر بٱلسوء من ٱلقول إلا من ظلمGod is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
وكان ٱلله سميعا عليماWhether you disclose a good, or hide it, or efface an evil, God is indeed Ever-Effacing, All-Powerful.
إن تبدوا خيرا أو تخفوه أو تعفوا عن سوء فإن ٱلله كان عفوا قديراThose who disown God and His messengers, and want to separate God from His messengers, saying: "We believe in part, and we disown part", wanting to carve out a path between the two — those are the true disowners.
إن ٱلذين يكفرون بٱلله ورسله ويريدون أن يفرقوا بين ٱلله ورسله ويقولون نؤمن ببعض ونكفر ببعض ويريدون أن يتخذوا بين ذلك سبيلا أولئك هم ٱلكفرون حقاWe have prepared, for those who disown, a humiliating punishment.
وأعتدنا للكفرين عذابا مهيناAnd those who have believed in God and His messengers, and have made no distinction between any of them, to those He will soon give their rewards.
وٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسله ولم يفرقوا بين أحد منهم أولئك سوف يؤتيهم أجورهمGod is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيماThe people of the Scripture ask you to send down upon them a scripture from the sky.
يسلك أهل ٱلكتب أن تنزل عليهم كتبا من ٱلسمآءThey indeed asked Moussa something greater than that, saying: "Show us God openly"; the thunderbolt then seized them for their injustice.
فقد سألوا موسى أكبر من ذلك فقالوا أرنا ٱلله جهرة فأخذتهم ٱلصعقة بظلمهمThen they took the calf [as a deity], after the clear proofs had come to them; but We effaced that,
ثم ٱتخذوا ٱلعجل من بعد ما جآءتهم ٱلبينت فعفونا عن ذلكand We gave Moussa manifest authority.
وءاتينا موسى سلطنا مبيناAnd We raised above them the Mount, by virtue of their solemn engagement,
ورفعنا فوقهم ٱلطور بميثقهمand We said to them: "Enter by the gate, prostrate",
وقلنا لهم ٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجداand We said to them: "Do not cross the limits of the sabt [the act of rest/inaction]",
وقلنا لهم لا تعدوا في ٱلسبتand We took from them a solemn and firm engagement.
وأخذنا منهم ميثقا غليظاIt is for having violated their solemn engagement, disowned the signs of God, killed the prophets without right, and said: "Our cores are wrapped up" — no, it is God who sealed their cores for their disowning, so that they believe only a little — and for their disowning, and their imputation against Maryam of an immense slander, and for having said: "We killed Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, the messenger of God",
فبما نقضهم ميثقهم وكفرهم بايت ٱلله وقتلهم ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق وقولهم قلوبنا غلف بل طبع ٱلله عليها بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلا وبكفرهم وقولهم على مريم بهتنا عظيما وقولهم إنا قتلنا ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱللهwhen they did not kill him and did not crucify him, but a likeness was given to them.
وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهمAnd those who differ about it are surely in doubt concerning it.
وإن ٱلذين ٱختلفوا فيه لفي شك منهThey have no knowledge of it,
ما لهم به من علمexcept following a conjecture.
إلا ٱتباع ٱلظنAnd they certainly did not kill him.
وما قتلوه يقيناGod, rather, raised him to Himself.
بل رفعه ٱلله إليهGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عزيزا حكيماAnd there is none among the people of the Scripture who will not certainly believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Appearance, he will be a witness against them.
وإن من أهل ٱلكتب إلا ليؤمنن به قبل موته ويوم ٱلقيمة يكون عليهم شهيداIt is for the injustice of the Reoriented that We forbade them good things that had been made lawful for them, and for having greatly turned away from the path of God, and for having practiced usury, though they had been forbidden it, and devoured the goods of people through falsehood.
فبظلم من ٱلذين هادوا حرمنا عليهم طيبت أحلت لهم وبصدهم عن سبيل ٱلله كثيرا وأخذهم ٱلربوا وقد نهوا عنه وأكلهم أمول ٱلناس بٱلبطلWe have prepared, for those among them who disown, a painful punishment.
وأعتدنا للكفرين منهم عذابا أليماBut those among them who are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been revealed to you and in what was revealed before you, as well as those who maintain the Contact,
لكن ٱلرسخون في ٱلعلم منهم وٱلمؤمنون يؤمنون بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك وٱلمقيمين ٱلصلوةthose who give the purifying alms, and those who believe in God and the Last Day — those are the ones to whom We will soon give an immense reward.
وٱلمؤتون ٱلزكوة وٱلمؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر أولئك سنؤتيهم أجرا عظيماWe have indeed revealed to you, as We revealed to Nuh and the prophets after him,
إنآ أوحينآ إليك كمآ أوحينآ إلى نوح وٱلنبين من بعدهand We revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, the tribes, Issa, Ayyub, Younes, Harun, and Sulayman;
وأوحينآ إلى إبرهيم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط وعيسى وأيوب ويونس وهرون وسليمنand We gave Dawud a Formulary.
وءاتينا داود زبوراAnd [We sent] messengers of whom We have already related to you [the story], and messengers of whom We have not related [the story] to you;
ورسلا قد قصصنهم عليك من قبل ورسلا لم نقصصهم عليكand God spoke to Moussa with a [direct] word.
وكلم ٱلله موسى تكليماMessengers, bearers of good tidings and warners, so that people might have no argument against God after the messengers.
رسلا مبشرين ومنذرين لئلا يكون للناس على ٱلله حجة بعد ٱلرسلGod is All-Powerful, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عزيزا حكيماBut God testifies to what He has sent down to you;
لكن ٱلله يشهد بمآ أنزل إليكHe sent it down with full knowledge, and the Agents bear witness to it.
أنزله بعلمه وٱلملئكة يشهدونAnd God suffices as a witness.
وكفى بٱلله شهيداThose who disowned and turned away from the path of God have indeed strayed far astray.
إن ٱلذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل ٱلله قد ضلوا ضللا بعيداThose who disowned and committed injustice — it is not in God's nature to forgive them, nor to guide them to a path, except the path of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.
إن ٱلذين كفروا وظلموا لم يكن ٱلله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم طريقا إلا طريق جهنم خلدين فيهآ أبداAnd that is, for God, an easy thing.
وكان ذلك على ٱلله يسيراO mankind! the messenger has indeed come to you with the truth, from your Guardian; believe, then, it is better for you.
يأيها ٱلناس قد جآءكم ٱلرسول بٱلحق من ربكم فامنوا خيرا لكمAnd if you disown, to God belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth.
وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرضGod is All-Knowing, Wise.
وكان ٱلله عليما حكيماO people of the Scripture! do not exaggerate in your Law, and say about God nothing but the truth.
يأهل ٱلكتب لا تغلوا في دينكم ولا تقولوا على ٱلله إلا ٱلحقAl-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, is only the messenger of God, and His word,
إنما ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱلله وكلمتهwhich He cast toward Maryam, and an Influx from Him.
ألقىهآ إلى مريم وروح منهSo believe in God and His messengers,
فامنوا بٱلله ورسلهand do not say: "Three".
ولا تقولوا ثلثةCease: that is better for you.
ٱنتهوا خيرا لكمGod is only one deity.
إنما ٱلله إله وحدGlory be to Him! He is above having a child.
سبحنه أن يكون له ولدTo Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth.
له ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرضGod suffices as a trustee.
وكفى بٱلله وكيلاAl-Massih will never disdain to be obedient to God, nor will the Agents brought near.
لن يستنكف ٱلمسيح أن يكون عبدا لله ولا ٱلملئكة ٱلمقربونAnd whoever disdains to obey Him, and is arrogant, He will soon gather them to Himself, all together.
ومن يستنكف عن عبادته ويستكبر فسيحشرهم إليه جميعاAs for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full, and He will give them more of His favor;
فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت فيوفيهم أجورهم ويزيدهم من فضلهand as for those who disdained and were arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will find, besides God, neither protector nor helper.
وأما ٱلذين ٱستنكفوا وٱستكبروا فيعذبهم عذابا أليما ولا يجدون لهم من دون ٱلله وليا ولا نصيراO mankind! a proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian, and We have sent down to you a manifest light.
يأيها ٱلناس قد جآءكم برهن من ربكم وأنزلنآ إليكم نورا مبيناAs for those who have believed in God and held firmly to Him, He will soon admit them into a benevolence from Himself, and a favor, and He will guide them to Himself by a straight path.
فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله وٱعتصموا به فسيدخلهم في رحمة منه وفضل ويهديهم إليه صرطا مستقيماThey consult you.
يستفتونكSay: "God instructs you concerning the kalala [a person who dies without direct ascendant or descendant].
قل ٱلله يفتيكم في ٱلكللةIf a man dies without a child, but has a sister, to her belongs half of what he leaves;
إن ٱمرؤا هلك ليس له ولد وله أخت فلها نصف ما تركand he inherits from her, if she has no child.
وهو يرثهآ إن لم يكن لها ولدBut if there are two [sisters], then to them belong two-thirds of what he leaves;
فإن كانتا ٱثنتين فلهما ٱلثلثان مما تركand if there are several, brothers and sisters, then to the male belongs a share equal to that of two females.
وإن كانوا إخوة رجالا ونسآء فللذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيينGod explains this to you, so that you do not go astray.
يبين ٱلله لكم أن تضلواand God is All-Knowing of all things.
وٱلله بكل شىء عليم