Al-Baqara

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

وٱلذين يؤمنون بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك وبٱلءاخرة هم يوقنون أولئك على هدى من ربهم

God has sealed their cores and their hearing,

ختم ٱلله على قلوبهم وعلى سمعهم

and over their sights, a cover;

وعلى أبصرهم غشوة

They seek to deceive God and those who have believed,

يخدعون ٱلله وٱلذين ءامنوا

There is, in their cores, a sickness,

في قلوبهم مرض

and God has increased them in sickness;

فزادهم ٱلله مرضا

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

وإذا قيل لهم ءامنوا كمآ ءامن ٱلناس قالوا أنؤمن كمآ ءامن ٱلسفهآء

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

وإذا لقوا ٱلذين ءامنوا قالوا ءامنا

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

مثلهم كمثل ٱلذي ٱستوقد نارا فلمآ أضآءت ما حوله

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

أو كصيب من ٱلسمآء فيه ظلمت ورعد وبرق

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

يجعلون أصبعهم في ءاذانهم من ٱلصوعق حذر ٱلموت

The lightning is about to snatch away their sight.

يكاد ٱلبرق يخطف أبصرهم

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

كلمآ أضآء لهم مشوا فيه

and when it darkens over them, they stand still.

وإذآ أظلم عليهم قاموا

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

ولو شآء ٱلله لذهب بسمعهم وأبصرهم

He who made for you the earth a bed, and the sky a structure, and who sent down from the sky water, by which He brought forth fruits as provision for you.

ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأرض فرشا وٱلسمآء بنآء وأنزل من ٱلسمآء مآء فأخرج به من ٱلثمرت رزقا لكم

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

وإن كنتم في ريب مما نزلنا على عبدنا فأتوا بسورة من مثله

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

فإن لم تفعلوا ولن تفعلوا فٱتقوا ٱلنار ٱلتي وقودها ٱلناس وٱلحجارة

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

وبشر ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت أن لهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر

Every time they are provided therein with a fruit as provision, they say: "This is what we were provided with before";

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

and it is brought to them, resembling.

وأتوا به متشبها

They will have therein purified spouses,

ولهم فيهآ أزوج مطهرة

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

إن ٱلله لا يستحي أن يضرب مثلا ما بعوضة فما فوقها

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

فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا فيعلمون أنه ٱلحق من ربهم

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

وأما ٱلذين كفروا فيقولون ماذآ أراد ٱلله بهذا مثلا

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

وما يضل به إلا ٱلفسقين ٱلذين ينقضون عهد ٱلله من بعد ميثقه ويقطعون مآ أمر ٱلله به أن يوصل ويفسدون في ٱلأرض

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

كيف تكفرون بٱلله وكنتم أموتا فأحيكم ثم يميتكم

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

هو ٱلذي خلق لكم ما في ٱلأرض جميعا

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

ثم ٱستوى إلى ٱلسمآء فسوىهن سبع سموت

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

وإذ قال ربك للملئكة إني جاعل في ٱلأرض خليفة

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

قالوا أتجعل فيها من يفسد فيها ويسفك ٱلدمآء ونحن نسبح بحمدك ونقدس لك

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

قال يادم أنبئهم بأسمآئهم

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

وإذ قلنا للملئكة ٱسجدوا لءادم فسجدوا

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

وقلنا يادم ٱسكن أنت وزوجك ٱلجنة وكلا منها رغدا حيث شئتما

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

فأزلهما ٱلشيطن عنها فأخرجهما مما كانا فيه

and We said: "Descend,

وقلنا ٱهبطوا

you will be enemies to one another,

بعضكم لبعض عدو

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

فتلقى ءادم من ربه كلمت فتاب عليه

We said: "Descend from it, all together;

قلنا ٱهبطوا منها جميعا

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

وءامنوا بمآ أنزلت مصدقا لما معكم ولا تكونوا أول كافر به

And maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality,

وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة

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

أتأمرون ٱلناس بٱلبر وتنسون أنفسكم وأنتم تتلون ٱلكتب

And when We saved you from the clan of Fir'awn, who inflicted upon you the worst of punishments, slaughtering your sons and violating the modesty of your women —

وإذ نجينكم من ءال فرعون يسومونكم سوء ٱلعذاب يذبحون أبنآءكم ويستحيون نسآءكم

And when We gave Moussa the Scripture

وإذ ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب

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

وإذ قال موسى لقومه يقوم إنكم ظلمتم أنفسكم بٱتخاذكم ٱلعجل فتوبوا إلى بارئكم فٱقتلوا أنفسكم

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

ذلكم خير لكم عند بارئكم

He turned toward you with clemency, then:

فتاب عليكم

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

وظللنا عليكم ٱلغمام وأنزلنا عليكم ٱلمن وٱلسلوى

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

كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم

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

وإذ قلنا ٱدخلوا هذه ٱلقرية فكلوا منها حيث شئتم رغدا وٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجدا وقولوا حطة نغفر لكم خطيكم

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

وإذ ٱستسقى موسى لقومه فقلنا ٱضرب بعصاك ٱلحجر

and behold, twelve springs gushed forth from it:

فٱنفجرت منه ٱثنتا عشرة عينا

each group of men knew its drinking place.

قد علم كل أناس مشربهم

Eat and drink of God's provision,

كلوا وٱشربوا من رزق ٱلله

And when you said: "O Moussa! We can never endure a single kind of food; invoke, then, your Guardian for us, that He bring forth for us of what the earth grows, of its herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, and its onions."

وإذ قلتم يموسى لن نصبر على طعام وحد فٱدع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت ٱلأرض من بقلها وقثآئها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها

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

قال أتستبدلون ٱلذي هو أدنى بٱلذي هو خير

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

ٱهبطوا مصرا فإن لكم ما سألتم

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

وضربت عليهم ٱلذلة وٱلمسكنة وبآءو بغضب من ٱلله

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

ذلك بأنهم كانوا يكفرون بايت ٱلله ويقتلون ٱلنبين بغير ٱلحق

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

وإذ أخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم ٱلطور

Then you turned your backs after that;

ثم توليتم من بعد ذلك

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

وإذ قال موسى لقومه إن ٱلله يأمركم أن تذبحوا بقرة

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

قالوا أتتخذنا هزوا

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

قالوا ٱدع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي

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

قال إنه يقول إنها بقرة لا فارض ولا بكر

of middle age between the two;

عوان بين ذلك

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

قالوا ٱدع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما لونها

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

قال إنه يقول إنها بقرة صفرآء فاقع لونها

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

قال إنه يقول إنها بقرة لا ذلول تثير ٱلأرض ولا تسقي ٱلحرث

unblemished, without any spot."

مسلمة لا شية فيها

They said: "Now you bring the truth."

قالوا ٱلن جئت بٱلحق

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

وإذ قتلتم نفسا فٱدرءتم فيها

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

فقلنا ٱضربوه ببعضها

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

ثم قست قلوبكم من بعد ذلك فهي كٱلحجارة أو أشد قسوة

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

وإن من ٱلحجارة لما يتفجر منه ٱلأنهر

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

وإن منها لما يشقق فيخرج منه ٱلمآء

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

وإن منها لما يهبط من خشية ٱلله

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

وإذا لقوا ٱلذين ءامنوا قالوا ءامنا

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

وإذا خلا بعضهم إلى بعض قالوا أتحدثونهم بما فتح ٱلله عليكم ليحآجوكم به عند ربكم

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

ومنهم أميون لا يعلمون ٱلكتب إلآ أماني

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

فويل للذين يكتبون ٱلكتب بأيديهم ثم يقولون هذا من عند ٱلله ليشتروا به ثمنا قليلا

Woe to them for what their hands have written,

فويل لهم مما كتبت أيديهم

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

وقالوا لن تمسنا ٱلنار إلآ أياما معدودة

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

قل أتخذتم عند ٱلله عهدا فلن يخلف ٱلله عهده

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

وإذ أخذنا ميثق بني إسرءيل لا تعبدون إلا ٱلله

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

وبٱلولدين إحسانا وذي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين

and say to men what is beautiful;

وقولوا للناس حسنا

and maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality";

وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة

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

ثم أنتم هؤلآء تقتلون أنفسكم وتخرجون فريقا منكم من ديرهم تظهرون عليهم بٱلإثم وٱلعدون

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

وإن يأتوكم أسرى تفدوهم وهو محرم عليكم إخراجهم

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

أفتؤمنون ببعض ٱلكتب وتكفرون ببعض

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

فما جزآء من يفعل ذلك منكم إلا خزي في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

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

ويوم ٱلقيمة يردون إلى أشد ٱلعذاب

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

ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب وقفينا من بعده بٱلرسل

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

وءاتينا عيسى ٱبن مريم ٱلبينت وأيدنه بروح ٱلقدس

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

أفكلما جآءكم رسول بما لا تهوى أنفسكم ٱستكبرتم

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

وقالوا قلوبنا غلف

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

ولما جآءهم كتب من عند ٱلله مصدق لما معهم وكانوا من قبل يستفتحون على ٱلذين كفروا

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

فلما جآءهم ما عرفوا كفروا به

How evil is that with which they bought their own Selves: to disown what God sent down, out of iniquity, because God sends down of His favor upon whom He wills among His obedient ones!

بئسما ٱشتروا به أنفسهم أن يكفروا بمآ أنزل ٱلله بغيا أن ينزل ٱلله من فضله على من يشآء من عباده

They incurred, then, anger upon anger.

فبآءو بغضب على غضب

And when it is said to them: "Believe in what God has sent down", they say: "We believe in what was sent down upon us"; and they disown what is beyond it,

وإذا قيل لهم ءامنوا بمآ أنزل ٱلله قالوا نؤمن بمآ أنزل علينا ويكفرون بما ورآءه

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

وهو ٱلحق مصدقا لما معهم

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

وإذ أخذنا ميثقكم ورفعنا فوقكم ٱلطور

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

خذوا مآ ءاتينكم بقوة وٱسمعوا

They said: "We have heard and disobeyed";

قالوا سمعنا وعصينا

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

وأشربوا في قلوبهم ٱلعجل بكفرهم

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

ولن يتمنوه أبدا بما قدمت أيديهم

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

ولتجدنهم أحرص ٱلناس على حيوة

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

ومن ٱلذين أشركوا يود أحدهم لو يعمر ألف سنة

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

وما هو بمزحزحه من ٱلعذاب أن يعمر

We have indeed sent down to you clear signs,

ولقد أنزلنآ إليك ءايت بينت

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

أوكلما عهدوا عهدا نبذه فريق منهم

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

وٱتبعوا ما تتلوا ٱلشيطين على ملك سليمن

But Sulayman never disowned,

وما كفر سليمن

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

ولكن ٱلشيطين كفروا يعلمون ٱلناس ٱلسحر ومآ أنزل على ٱلملكين ببابل هروت ومروت

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

وما يعلمان من أحد حتى يقولآ إنما نحن فتنة فلا تكفر

They learned from them, then, that by which they separate a man from his spouse;

فيتعلمون منهما ما يفرقون به بين ٱلمرء وزوجه

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

وما هم بضآرين به من أحد إلا بإذن ٱلله

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

ويتعلمون ما يضرهم ولا ينفعهم

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

ولقد علموا لمن ٱشترىه ما له في ٱلءاخرة من خلق

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تقولوا رعنا وقولوا ٱنظرنا وٱسمعوا

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

ما يود ٱلذين كفروا من أهل ٱلكتب ولا ٱلمشركين أن ينزل عليكم من خير من ربكم

but God reserves His benevolence for whom He wills.

وٱلله يختص برحمته من يشآء

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

ما ننسخ من ءاية أو ننسها نأت بخير منهآ أو مثلهآ

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

أم تريدون أن تسلوا رسولكم كما سئل موسى من قبل

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

ود كثير من أهل ٱلكتب لو يردونكم من بعد إيمنكم كفارا

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

حسدا من عند أنفسهم من بعد ما تبين لهم ٱلحق

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

فٱعفوا وٱصفحوا حتى يأتي ٱلله بأمره

And maintain the Contact, and give pure liberality.

وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة

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

وما تقدموا لأنفسكم من خير تجدوه عند ٱلله

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

وقالوا لن يدخل ٱلجنة إلا من كان هودا أو نصرى

Those are their vain wishes.

تلك أمانيهم

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

وقالت ٱليهود ليست ٱلنصرى على شىء وقالت ٱلنصرى ليست ٱليهود على شىء وهم يتلون ٱلكتب

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

كذلك قال ٱلذين لا يعلمون مثل قولهم

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

ومن أظلم ممن منع مسجد ٱلله أن يذكر فيها ٱسمه وسعى في خرابهآ

Those should not enter them except fearful.

أولئك ما كان لهم أن يدخلوهآ إلا خآئفين

They have, in the present life, a disgrace,

لهم في ٱلدنيا خزي

And to God belong the east and the west:

ولله ٱلمشرق وٱلمغرب

wherever you turn, there is the direction of God.

فأينما تولوا فثم وجه ٱلله

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

وقالوا ٱتخذ ٱلله ولدا

Glory be to Him!

سبحنه

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

بل له ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

Unprecedented Creator of the heavens and the earth.

بديع ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

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

وإذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كن

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

وقال ٱلذين لا يعلمون لولا يكلمنا ٱلله أو تأتينآ ءاية

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

كذلك قال ٱلذين من قبلهم مثل قولهم

their cores resemble one another.

تشبهت قلوبهم

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

إنآ أرسلنك بٱلحق بشيرا ونذيرا

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

ولن ترضى عنك ٱليهود ولا ٱلنصرى حتى تتبع ملتهم

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

قل إن هدى ٱلله هو ٱلهدى

Those to whom We have given the Scripture, and who recite it as it should be recited, those are the ones who believe in it.

ٱلذين ءاتينهم ٱلكتب يتلونه حق تلاوته أولئك يؤمنون به

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

وإذ ٱبتلى إبرهم ربه بكلمت فأتمهن

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

قال إني جاعلك للناس إماما

He said: "And among my descendants?"

قال ومن ذريتي

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

وإذ جعلنا ٱلبيت مثابة للناس وأمنا وٱتخذوا من مقام إبرهم مصلى

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

وإذ قال إبرهم رب ٱجعل هذا بلدا ءامنا وٱرزق أهله من ٱلثمرت من ءامن منهم بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر

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

قال ومن كفر فأمتعه قليلا ثم أضطره إلى عذاب ٱلنار

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

وإذ يرفع إبرهم ٱلقواعد من ٱلبيت وإسمعيل

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

ربنا وٱجعلنا مسلمين لك ومن ذريتنآ أمة مسلمة لك

And show us our beneficent practices.

وأرنا مناسكنا

And turn toward us with clemency.

وتب علينآ

Our Guardian, and raise up among them a messenger, from among themselves, who recites Your signs to them, teaches them the Scripture and the wisdom, and purifies them.

ربنا وٱبعث فيهم رسولا منهم يتلوا عليهم ءايتك ويعلمهم ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة ويزكيهم

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

ومن يرغب عن ملة إبرهم إلا من سفه نفسه

We indeed chose him in the present life,

ولقد ٱصطفينه في ٱلدنيا

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

إذ قال له ربه أسلم

And Ibrahim made this a recommendation to his sons,

ووصى بهآ إبرهم بنيه

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

أم كنتم شهدآء إذ حضر يعقوب ٱلموت إذ قال لبنيه ما تعبدون من بعدي

That is a community that has already passed:

تلك أمة قد خلت

to it what it earned,

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned;

ولكم ما كسبتم

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

وقالوا كونوا هودا أو نصرى تهتدوا

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

قل بل ملة إبرهم حنيفا

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

فإن ءامنوا بمثل مآ ءامنتم به فقد ٱهتدوا

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

وإن تولوا فإنما هم في شقاق

God will soon suffice you against them:

فسيكفيكهم ٱلله

The dye of God —

صبغة ٱلله

and who dyes better than God? —

ومن أحسن من ٱلله صبغة

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

قل أتحآجوننا في ٱلله وهو ربنا وربكم ولنآ أعملنا ولكم أعملكم

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

أم تقولون إن إبرهم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط كانوا هودا أو نصرى

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

قل ءأنتم أعلم أم ٱلله

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

ومن أظلم ممن كتم شهدة عنده من ٱلله

That is a community that has already passed:

تلك أمة قد خلت

to it what it earned,

لها ما كسبت

and to you what you earned;

ولكم ما كسبتم

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

سيقول ٱلسفهآء من ٱلناس ما ولىهم عن قبلتهم ٱلتي كانوا عليها

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

قل لله ٱلمشرق وٱلمغرب

And thus have We made you an exemplary community,

وكذلك جعلنكم أمة وسطا

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

لتكونوا شهدآء على ٱلناس ويكون ٱلرسول عليكم شهيدا

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

وما جعلنا ٱلقبلة ٱلتي كنت عليهآ إلا لنعلم من يتبع ٱلرسول ممن ينقلب على عقبيه

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

وإن كانت لكبيرة إلا على ٱلذين هدى ٱلله

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

وما كان ٱلله ليضيع إيمنكم

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

قد نرى تقلب وجهك في ٱلسمآء فلنولينك قبلة ترضىها

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

فول وجهك شطر ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام

and wherever you are, set your course for it.

وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره

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

وإن ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب ليعلمون أنه ٱلحق من ربهم

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

ولئن أتيت ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب بكل ءاية ما تبعوا قبلتك

And you will not follow their rallying point;

ومآ أنت بتابع قبلتهم

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

وما بعضهم بتابع قبلة بعض

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

ٱلذين ءاتينهم ٱلكتب يعرفونه كما يعرفون أبنآءهم

The truth comes from your Guardian;

ٱلحق من ربك

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

ولكل وجهة هو موليها فٱستبقوا ٱلخيرت

Wherever you are, God will bring you all back.

أين ما تكونوا يأت بكم ٱلله جميعا

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

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام

it is surely the truth from your Guardian.

وإنه للحق من ربك

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

ومن حيث خرجت فول وجهك شطر ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام

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

وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره لئلا يكون للناس عليكم حجة إلا ٱلذين ظلموا منهم فلا تخشوهم وٱخشوني

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱستعينوا بٱلصبر وٱلصلوة

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

ولا تقولوا لمن يقتل في سبيل ٱلله أموت

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

أولئك عليهم صلوت من ربهم ورحمة

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

إن ٱلصفا وٱلمروة من شعآئر ٱلله

Whoever performs the Hajj of the House or performs the Umra, no blame upon him for visiting them.

فمن حج ٱلبيت أو ٱعتمر فلا جناح عليه أن يطوف بهما

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

إن ٱلذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار أولئك عليهم لعنة ٱلله وٱلملئكة وٱلناس أجمعين خلدين فيها

And your deity is one deity;

وإلهكم إله وحد

there is no deity but Him,

لآ إله إلا هو

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

ومن ٱلناس من يتخذ من دون ٱلله أندادا يحبونهم كحب ٱلله

but those who have believed are even more intense in the love of God.

وٱلذين ءامنوا أشد حبا لله

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

وقال ٱلذين ٱتبعوا لو أن لنا كرة فنتبرأ منهم كما تبرءوا منا

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

كذلك يريهم ٱلله أعملهم حسرت عليهم

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

يأيها ٱلناس كلوا مما في ٱلأرض حللا طيبا

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:

ولا تتبعوا خطوت ٱلشيطن

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

وإذا قيل لهم ٱتبعوا مآ أنزل ٱلله قالوا بل نتبع مآ ألفينا عليه ءابآءنآ

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

ومثل ٱلذين كفروا كمثل ٱلذي ينعق بما لا يسمع إلا دعآء وندآء

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

إنما حرم عليكم ٱلميتة وٱلدم ولحم ٱلخنزير ومآ أهل به لغير ٱلله

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

فمن ٱضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فلآ إثم عليه

Indeed, those who withhold what God has sent down of the Scripture, and buy with it a paltry price — those are the ones who swallow nothing into their bellies but the Fire; God will not speak to them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them,

إن ٱلذين يكتمون مآ أنزل ٱلله من ٱلكتب ويشترون به ثمنا قليلا أولئك ما يأكلون في بطونهم إلا ٱلنار ولا يكلمهم ٱلله يوم ٱلقيمة ولا يزكيهم

That is because God sent down the Scripture in truth,

ذلك بأن ٱلله نزل ٱلكتب بٱلحق

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

ليس ٱلبر أن تولوا وجوهكم قبل ٱلمشرق وٱلمغرب

but virtue is one who believes in God, the Last Day, the Agents, the Scripture, and the informants, and who gives of his goods, despite his love for them, to relatives, orphans, the destitute, the stranded traveler, those who ask, and for freeing those under the burden of a debt, who maintains the Contact and gives pure liberality,

ولكن ٱلبر من ءامن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وٱلملئكة وٱلكتب وٱلنبين وءاتى ٱلمال على حبه ذوي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱبن ٱلسبيل وٱلسآئلين وفي ٱلرقاب وأقام ٱلصلوة وءاتى ٱلزكوة

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

وٱلموفون بعهدهم إذا عهدوا

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

وٱلصبرين في ٱلبأسآء وٱلضرآء وحين ٱلبأس

those are the ones who have been veracious,

أولئك ٱلذين صدقوا

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا كتب عليكم ٱلقصاص في ٱلقتلى

the independent with the independent, the obedient one with the obedient one, and the woman with the woman.

ٱلحر بٱلحر وٱلعبد بٱلعبد وٱلأنثى بٱلأنثى

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

فمن عفي له من أخيه شىء فٱتباع بٱلمعروف وأدآء إليه بإحسن

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

ذلك تخفيف من ربكم ورحمة

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

كتب عليكم إذا حضر أحدكم ٱلموت إن ترك خيرا

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

ٱلوصية للولدين وٱلأقربين بٱلمعروف

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

فمن بدله بعدما سمعه فإنمآ إثمه على ٱلذين يبدلونه

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

فمن خاف من موص جنفا أو إثما فأصلح بينهم فلآ إثم عليه

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا كتب عليكم ٱلصيام كما كتب على ٱلذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون أياما معدودت

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

فمن كان منكم مريضا أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخر

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

وعلى ٱلذين يطيقونه فدية طعام مسكين

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

فمن تطوع خيرا فهو خير له

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

شهر رمضان ٱلذي أنزل فيه ٱلقرءان هدى للناس وبينت من ٱلهدى وٱلفرقان

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

فمن شهد منكم ٱلشهر فليصمه

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

ومن كان مريضا أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخر

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

يريد ٱلله بكم ٱليسر ولا يريد بكم ٱلعسر

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

وإذا سألك عبادي عني فإني قريب

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

أجيب دعوة ٱلداع إذا دعان

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

أحل لكم ليلة ٱلصيام ٱلرفث إلى نسآئكم

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

هن لباس لكم وأنتم لباس لهن

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

علم ٱلله أنكم كنتم تختانون أنفسكم فتاب عليكم وعفا عنكم

So now, unite with them,

فٱلن بشروهن

and seek what God has prescribed for you.

وٱبتغوا ما كتب ٱلله لكم

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

وكلوا وٱشربوا حتى يتبين لكم ٱلخيط ٱلأبيض من ٱلخيط ٱلأسود من ٱلفجر

then complete the abstention until night.

ثم أتموا ٱلصيام إلى ٱليل

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

ولا تبشروهن وأنتم عكفون في ٱلمسجد

Those are the limits of God,

تلك حدود ٱلله

so do not approach them.

فلا تقربوها

They ask you about public announcements.

يسلونك عن ٱلأهلة

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

قل هي موقيت للناس وٱلحج

And virtue does not consist in coming to houses from their backs,

وليس ٱلبر بأن تأتوا ٱلبيوت من ظهورها

but virtue is one who guards himself.

ولكن ٱلبر من ٱتقى

Come, then, to houses by their doors,

وأتوا ٱلبيوت من أبوبها

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

وقتلوا في سبيل ٱلله ٱلذين يقتلونكم ولا تعتدوا

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

وٱقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهم وأخرجوهم من حيث أخرجوكم

the trial is more severe than killing.

وٱلفتنة أشد من ٱلقتل

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

ولا تقتلوهم عند ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام حتى يقتلوكم فيه

but if they fight you, kill them then:

فإن قتلوكم فٱقتلوهم

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

وقتلوهم حتى لا تكون فتنة ويكون ٱلدين لله

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

ٱلشهر ٱلحرام بٱلشهر ٱلحرام وٱلحرمت قصاص

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

فمن ٱعتدى عليكم فٱعتدوا عليه بمثل ما ٱعتدى عليكم

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

وأنفقوا في سبيل ٱلله ولا تلقوا بأيديكم إلى ٱلتهلكة وأحسنوا

And complete the Hajj and the Umra for God.

وأتموا ٱلحج وٱلعمرة لله

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

فإن أحصرتم فما ٱستيسر من ٱلهدي

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

ولا تحلقوا رءوسكم حتى يبلغ ٱلهدي محله

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

فمن كان منكم مريضا أو به أذى من رأسه ففدية من صيام أو صدقة أو نسك

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

فإذآ أمنتم فمن تمتع بٱلعمرة إلى ٱلحج فما ٱستيسر من ٱلهدي

And whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of three days during the Hajj, and seven once you have returned: that is ten full days.

فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلثة أيام في ٱلحج وسبعة إذا رجعتم تلك عشرة كاملة

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

ذلك لمن لم يكن أهله حاضري ٱلمسجد ٱلحرام

The Hajj takes place in known months.

ٱلحج أشهر معلومت

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

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

And whatever good you do, God knows it.

وما تفعلوا من خير يعلمه ٱلله

And take your provisions;

وتزودوا

for the best of provisions is guardedness.

فإن خير ٱلزاد ٱلتقوى

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

ليس عليكم جناح أن تبتغوا فضلا من ربكم

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

فإذآ أفضتم من عرفت فٱذكروا ٱلله عند ٱلمشعر ٱلحرام

Then surge forth from where men surge forth,

ثم أفيضوا من حيث أفاض ٱلناس

and ask God's forgiveness.

وٱستغفروا ٱلله

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

فإذا قضيتم منسككم فٱذكروا ٱلله كذكركم ءابآءكم أو أشد ذكرا

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

أولئك لهم نصيب مما كسبوا

And remember God during numbered days.

وٱذكروا ٱلله في أيام معدودت

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

فمن تعجل في يومين فلآ إثم عليه

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

ومن تأخر فلآ إثم عليه لمن ٱتقى

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

وإذا تولى سعى في ٱلأرض ليفسد فيها ويهلك ٱلحرث وٱلنسل

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

وإذا قيل له ٱتق ٱلله أخذته ٱلعزة بٱلإثم فحسبه جهنم

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

ومن ٱلناس من يشري نفسه ٱبتغآء مرضات ٱلله

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱدخلوا في ٱلسلم كآفة

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:

ولا تتبعوا خطوت ٱلشيطن

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

هل ينظرون إلآ أن يأتيهم ٱلله في ظلل من ٱلغمام

with the Agents, and that the matter be decided?

وٱلملئكة وقضي ٱلأمر

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

سل بني إسرءيل كم ءاتينهم من ءاية بينة

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

زين للذين كفروا ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا ويسخرون من ٱلذين ءامنوا

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

وٱلذين ٱتقوا فوقهم يوم ٱلقيمة

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

كان ٱلناس أمة وحدة فبعث ٱلله ٱلنبين مبشرين ومنذرين وأنزل معهم ٱلكتب بٱلحق ليحكم بين ٱلناس فيما ٱختلفوا فيه

And only those to whom it was given diverged over it,

وما ٱختلف فيه إلا ٱلذين أوتوه

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

من بعد ما جآءتهم ٱلبينت بغيا بينهم

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

فهدى ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا لما ٱختلفوا فيه من ٱلحق بإذنه

Or did you think you would enter the Garden, when there has not yet come to you the equivalent of what those who passed before you experienced? Adversity and hardship touched them, and they were shaken to the point that the messenger and those who had believed with him said: "When, then, is the help of God?"

أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا ٱلجنة ولما يأتكم مثل ٱلذين خلوا من قبلكم مستهم ٱلبأسآء وٱلضرآء وزلزلوا حتى يقول ٱلرسول وٱلذين ءامنوا معه متى نصر ٱلله

They ask you: what should they spend?

يسلونك ماذا ينفقون

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

قل مآ أنفقتم من خير فللولدين وٱلأقربين وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱبن ٱلسبيل

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

كتب عليكم ٱلقتال وهو كره لكم

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

وعسى أن تكرهوا شيا وهو خير لكم

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

وعسى أن تحبوا شيا وهو شر لكم

God knows,

وٱلله يعلم

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

يسلونك عن ٱلشهر ٱلحرام قتال فيه

Say: "To fight in it is grave;

قل قتال فيه كبير

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

وصد عن سبيل ٱلله وكفر به وٱلمسجد ٱلحرام وإخراج أهله منه أكبر عند ٱلله

and the trial is graver than killing."

وٱلفتنة أكبر من ٱلقتل

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

ولا يزالون يقتلونكم حتى يردوكم عن دينكم إن ٱستطعوا

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

ومن يرتدد منكم عن دينه فيمت وهو كافر فأولئك حبطت أعملهم في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

Indeed, those who have believed, those who have emigrated and have striven in the way of God — those are the ones who hope for the benevolence of God.

إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وٱلذين هاجروا وجهدوا في سبيل ٱلله أولئك يرجون رحمت ٱلله

They ask you about wine and games of chance.

يسلونك عن ٱلخمر وٱلميسر

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

قل فيهمآ إثم كبير ومنفع للناس

but their transgression is greater than their profit."

وإثمهمآ أكبر من نفعهما

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

كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ٱلءايت لعلكم تتفكرون في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

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

ويسلونك عن ٱليتمى قل إصلاح لهم خير

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

وإن تخالطوهم فإخونكم

God distinguishes the corrupter from him who makes things sound.

وٱلله يعلم ٱلمفسد من ٱلمصلح

And had God willed, He would have overwhelmed you.

ولو شآء ٱلله لأعنتكم

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

ولا تنكحوا ٱلمشركت حتى يؤمن

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

ولأمة مؤمنة خير من مشركة ولو أعجبتكم

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

ولا تنكحوا ٱلمشركين حتى يؤمنوا

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

ولعبد مؤمن خير من مشرك ولو أعجبكم

Those are the ones who call toward the Fire,

أولئك يدعون إلى ٱلنار

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

وٱلله يدعوا إلى ٱلجنة وٱلمغفرة بإذنه

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

ويسلونك عن ٱلمحيض قل هو أذى

so keep away from women during menstruation,

فٱعتزلوا ٱلنسآء في ٱلمحيض

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

ولا تقربوهن حتى يطهرن

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

فإذا تطهرن فأتوهن من حيث أمركم ٱلله

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

نسآؤكم حرث لكم فأتوا حرثكم أنى شئتم

and advance for yourselves;

وقدموا لأنفسكم

and guard yourselves toward God,

وٱتقوا ٱلله

and know that you will meet Him.

وٱعلموا أنكم ملقوه

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

ولا تجعلوا ٱلله عرضة لأيمنكم

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

أن تبروا وتتقوا وتصلحوا بين ٱلناس

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

لا يؤاخذكم ٱلله بٱللغو في أيمنكم

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

ولكن يؤاخذكم بما كسبت قلوبكم

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

للذين يؤلون من نسآئهم تربص أربعة أشهر

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

وٱلمطلقت يتربصن بأنفسهن ثلثة قروء

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

ولا يحل لهن أن يكتمن ما خلق ٱلله في أرحامهن إن كن يؤمن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر

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

وبعولتهن أحق بردهن في ذلك إن أرادوا إصلحا

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

ولهن مثل ٱلذي عليهن بٱلمعروف

and men have, over them, a degree.

وللرجال عليهن درجة

Repudiation is twice.

ٱلطلق مرتان

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

فإمساك بمعروف أو تسريح بإحسن

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

ولا يحل لكم أن تأخذوا ممآ ءاتيتموهن شيا إلآ أن يخافآ ألا يقيما حدود ٱلله

And if you fear that they will not maintain the limits of God, no blame upon them both for what she ransoms herself with.

فإن خفتم ألا يقيما حدود ٱلله فلا جناح عليهما فيما ٱفتدت به

Those are the limits of God,

تلك حدود ٱلله

so do not cross them.

فلا تعتدوها

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

فإن طلقها فلا تحل له من بعد حتى تنكح زوجا غيره

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

فإن طلقها فلا جناح عليهمآ أن يتراجعآ إن ظنآ أن يقيما حدود ٱلله

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

وإذا طلقتم ٱلنسآء فبلغن أجلهن فأمسكوهن بمعروف أو سرحوهن بمعروف

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

ولا تمسكوهن ضرارا لتعتدوا

And whoever does that has wronged himself.

ومن يفعل ذلك فقد ظلم نفسه

And do not take the signs of God in mockery.

ولا تتخذوا ءايت ٱلله هزوا

And remember God's blessing upon you, and what He has sent down upon you of the Scripture and the wisdom, by which He exhorts you.

وٱذكروا نعمت ٱلله عليكم ومآ أنزل عليكم من ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة يعظكم به

And guard yourselves toward God,

وٱتقوا ٱلله

And when you repudiate women, and they reach their term, do not put obstacles to their marrying their spouses, once there is mutual satisfaction between them according to what is recognized.

وإذا طلقتم ٱلنسآء فبلغن أجلهن فلا تعضلوهن أن ينكحن أزوجهن إذا ترضوا بينهم بٱلمعروف

That is what whoever among you believes in God and the Last Day is exhorted to.

ذلك يوعظ به من كان منكم يؤمن بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر

That is purer for you, and cleaner.

ذلكم أزكى لكم وأطهر

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

وٱلولدت يرضعن أولدهن حولين كاملين

for whoever wants to complete this care.

لمن أراد أن يتم ٱلرضاعة

And it is incumbent upon the one to whom the child is born to provide their provision and their clothing, according to what is recognized.

وعلى ٱلمولود له رزقهن وكسوتهن بٱلمعروف

No Self is burdened beyond its capacity.

لا تكلف نفس إلا وسعها

Let no mother be harmed because of her child, nor the one to whom the child is born, because of his child.

لا تضآر ولدة بولدها ولا مولود له بولده

And upon the heir falls the same thing.

وعلى ٱلوارث مثل ذلك

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

فإن أرادا فصالا عن تراض منهما وتشاور فلا جناح عليهما

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

وإن أردتم أن تسترضعوا أولدكم فلا جناح عليكم إذا سلمتم مآ ءاتيتم بٱلمعروف

And guard yourselves toward God,

وٱتقوا ٱلله

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

وٱلذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون أزوجا يتربصن بأنفسهن أربعة أشهر وعشرا

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

فإذا بلغن أجلهن فلا جناح عليكم فيما فعلن في أنفسهن بٱلمعروف

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

ولا جناح عليكم فيما عرضتم به من خطبة ٱلنسآء أو أكننتم في أنفسكم

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

علم ٱلله أنكم ستذكرونهن ولكن لا تواعدوهن سرا

except to say a recognized saying.

إلآ أن تقولوا قولا معروفا

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

ولا تعزموا عقدة ٱلنكاح حتى يبلغ ٱلكتب أجله

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

وٱعلموا أن ٱلله يعلم ما في أنفسكم فٱحذروه

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

لا جناح عليكم إن طلقتم ٱلنسآء ما لم تمسوهن أو تفرضوا لهن فريضة

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

ومتعوهن على ٱلموسع قدره وعلى ٱلمقتر قدره متعا بٱلمعروف

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

وإن طلقتموهن من قبل أن تمسوهن وقد فرضتم لهن فريضة فنصف ما فرضتم إلآ أن يعفون أو يعفوا ٱلذي بيده عقدة ٱلنكاح

And that you overlook is closer to guardedness.

وأن تعفوا أقرب للتقوى

And do not forget the favor between you.

ولا تنسوا ٱلفضل بينكم

And if you fear, then on foot or mounted;

فإن خفتم فرجالا أو ركبانا

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

وٱلذين يتوفون منكم ويذرون أزوجا وصية لأزوجهم متعا إلى ٱلحول غير إخراج

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

فإن خرجن فلا جناح عليكم في ما فعلن في أنفسهن من معروف

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

وللمطلقت متع بٱلمعروف

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

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين خرجوا من ديرهم وهم ألوف حذر ٱلموت فقال لهم ٱلله موتوا ثم أحيهم

God surely holds a favor toward mankind,

إن ٱلله لذو فضل على ٱلناس

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

من ذا ٱلذي يقرض ٱلله قرضا حسنا فيضعفه له أضعافا كثيرة

God tightens and extends,

وٱلله يقبض ويبصط

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

ألم تر إلى ٱلملإ من بني إسرءيل من بعد موسى إذ قالوا لنبي لهم ٱبعث لنا ملكا نقتل في سبيل ٱلله

He said: "Might it be that, if combat were prescribed for you, you would not fight?"

قال هل عسيتم إن كتب عليكم ٱلقتال ألا تقتلوا

They said: "And what reason would we have not to fight in the way of God, when we have been expelled from our abodes and from our sons?"

قالوا وما لنآ ألا نقتل في سبيل ٱلله وقد أخرجنا من ديرنا وأبنآئنا

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

فلما كتب عليهم ٱلقتال تولوا إلا قليلا منهم

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

وقال لهم نبيهم إن ٱلله قد بعث لكم طالوت ملكا

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

قالوا أنى يكون له ٱلملك علينا ونحن أحق بٱلملك منه ولم يؤت سعة من ٱلمال

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

قال إن ٱلله ٱصطفىه عليكم وزاده بسطة في ٱلعلم وٱلجسم

God gives His dominion to whom He wills.

وٱلله يؤتي ملكه من يشآء

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

وقال لهم نبيهم إن ءاية ملكه أن يأتيكم ٱلتابوت فيه سكينة من ربكم وبقية مما ترك ءال موسى وءال هرون تحمله ٱلملئكة

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

فلما فصل طالوت بٱلجنود قال إن ٱلله مبتليكم بنهر فمن شرب منه فليس مني ومن لم يطعمه فإنه مني إلا من ٱغترف غرفة بيده

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

فشربوا منه إلا قليلا منهم

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

فلما جاوزه هو وٱلذين ءامنوا معه قالوا لا طاقة لنا ٱليوم بجالوت وجنوده

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

قال ٱلذين يظنون أنهم ملقوا ٱلله كم من فئة قليلة غلبت فئة كثيرة بإذن ٱلله

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

ولما برزوا لجالوت وجنوده قالوا ربنآ أفرغ علينا صبرا وثبت أقدامنا وٱنصرنا على ٱلقوم ٱلكفرين فهزموهم بإذن ٱلله

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

وقتل داود جالوت وءاتىه ٱلله ٱلملك وٱلحكمة وعلمه مما يشآء

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

ولولا دفع ٱلله ٱلناس بعضهم ببعض لفسدت ٱلأرض

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

تلك ءايت ٱلله نتلوها عليك بٱلحق

Those are the messengers:

تلك ٱلرسل

We favored some of them above others.

فضلنا بعضهم على بعض

Among them, there is one to whom God spoke,

منهم من كلم ٱلله

and He elevated others in degrees.

ورفع بعضهم درجت

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

وءاتينا عيسى ٱبن مريم ٱلبينت وأيدنه بروح ٱلقدس

And had God willed, those who came after them would not have fought one another, after the clear proofs had come to them;

ولو شآء ٱلله ما ٱقتتل ٱلذين من بعدهم من بعد ما جآءتهم ٱلبينت

but they diverged:

ولكن ٱختلفوا

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

فمنهم من ءامن ومنهم من كفر

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

ولو شآء ٱلله ما ٱقتتلوا

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

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا أنفقوا مما رزقنكم من قبل أن يأتي يوم لا بيع فيه ولا خلة ولا شفعة

God, there is no deity but Him,

ٱلله لآ إله إلا هو

the Living, the Self-Subsisting.

ٱلحى ٱلقيوم

Neither somnolence nor sleep seizes Him.

لا تأخذه سنة ولا نوم

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

له ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

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

من ذا ٱلذي يشفع عنده إلا بإذنه

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

يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم

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

ولا يحيطون بشىء من علمه إلا بما شآء

His Seat extends over the heavens and the earth,

وسع كرسيه ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

and their preservation weighs on Him not at all.

ولا يوده حفظهما

No compulsion in the Law:

لآ إكراه في ٱلدين

rectitude of judgment has become distinct from errancy.

قد تبين ٱلرشد من ٱلغى

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

فمن يكفر بٱلطغوت ويؤمن بٱلله فقد ٱستمسك بٱلعروة ٱلوثقى لا ٱنفصام لها

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

ٱلله ولي ٱلذين ءامنوا يخرجهم من ٱلظلمت إلى ٱلنور

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

وٱلذين كفروا أوليآؤهم ٱلطغوت يخرجونهم من ٱلنور إلى ٱلظلمت

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

ألم تر إلى ٱلذي حآج إبرهم في ربه أن ءاتىه ٱلله ٱلملك إذ قال إبرهم ربي ٱلذي يحي ويميت

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

قال أنا أحي وأميت

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

قال إبرهم فإن ٱلله يأتي بٱلشمس من ٱلمشرق فأت بها من ٱلمغرب فبهت ٱلذي كفر

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

أو كٱلذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها

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

قال أنى يحي هذه ٱلله بعد موتها فأماته ٱلله مائة عام ثم بعثه

He said: "How long have you remained?"

قال كم لبثت

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

قال لبثت يوما أو بعض يوم

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

قال بل لبثت مائة عام

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

فٱنظر إلى طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه

and look at your donkey —

وٱنظر إلى حمارك

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

ولنجعلك ءاية للناس

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

وٱنظر إلى ٱلعظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما

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

وإذ قال إبرهم رب أرني كيف تحي ٱلموتى

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

قال أولم تؤمن

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

قال بلى ولكن ليطمئن قلبي

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

قال فخذ أربعة من ٱلطير فصرهن إليك ثم ٱجعل على كل جبل منهن جزءا ثم ٱدعهن يأتينك سعيا

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

مثل ٱلذين ينفقون أمولهم في سبيل ٱلله كمثل حبة أنبتت سبع سنابل

each ear bearing a hundred grains.

في كل سنبلة مائة حبة

God doubles for whom He wills.

وٱلله يضعف لمن يشآء