Sourate Al-Imran (3) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Alif. Lam. Mim.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم الم

God, there is no deity but Him, 2

ٱلله لآ إله إلا هو

the Living, the Self-Subsisting. He sent down upon you the Scripture, in truth, confirming what precedes it,i 3

ٱلحى ٱلقيوم نزل عليك ٱلكتب بٱلحق مصدقا لما بين يديه

and He sent down, before, the Tawrah and the Injil, a guidance for mankind, and He sent down the Discernment. 4

وأنزل ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل من قبل هدى للناس وأنزل ٱلفرقان

Those who have denied-disowned the signs of God will have a severe punishment. 4

إن ٱلذين كفروا بايت ٱلله لهم عذاب شديد

God is All-Powerful, possessor of vengeance. 4

وٱلله عزيز ذو ٱنتقام

Nothing, on earth or in the sky, escapes God. 5

إن ٱلله لا يخفى عليه شىء في ٱلأرض ولا في ٱلسمآء

It is He who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. 6

هو ٱلذي يصوركم في ٱلأرحام كيف يشآء

There is no deity but Him, 6

لآ إله إلا هو

the All-Powerful, the Wise. 6

ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

It is He who sent down upon you the Scripture;i 7

هو ٱلذي أنزل عليك ٱلكتب منه

in it are signs of firm terms, which are the foundation of the Scripture, and others, subject to resemblance.i 7

ءايت محكمت هن أم ٱلكتب وأخر متشبهت

As for those in whose cores is a deviation, they follow what, in the Scripture, lends itself to resemblance, in pursuit of discord and in pursuit of its interpretation; 7

فأما ٱلذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ما تشبه منه ٱبتغآء ٱلفتنة وٱبتغآء تأويله

but none knows its interpretation, except God. 7

وما يعلم تأويله إلا ٱلله

And those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; all of it comes from our Guardian"; 7

وٱلرسخون في ٱلعلم يقولون ءامنا به كل من عند ربنا

and only the possessors of intelligence take heed. 7

وما يذكر إلآ أولوا ٱلألبب

"Our Guardian, do not let our cores deviate after You have guided us, and grant us, from Yourself, a benevolence; 8

ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد إذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة

You are, You, the great Bestower. 8

إنك أنت ٱلوهاب

Our Guardian, You are the One who gathers mankind for a day without doubt possible. 9

ربنآ إنك جامع ٱلناس ليوم لا ريب فيه

God never fails His promise." 9

إن ٱلله لا يخلف ٱلميعاد

Those who deny-disown, neither their possessions nor their children will avail them at all against God. 10

إن ٱلذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم أمولهم ولآ أولدهم من ٱلله شيا

Those are the ones who will fuel the Fire, like the conduct of the clan of Fir'awn,i 11

وأولئك هم وقود ٱلنار كدأب ءال فرعون

and of those before them, who denied Our signs; God then seized them for their offenses. 11

وٱلذين من قبلهم كذبوا بايتنا فأخذهم ٱلله بذنوبهم

God is severe in punishment. 11

وٱلله شديد ٱلعقاب

Say to those who deny-disown: "You will be defeated, and gathered toward Jahannam." 12

قل للذين كفروا ستغلبون وتحشرون إلى جهنم

And what an evil bed! 12

وبئس ٱلمهاد

You had a sign in those two forces that met: 13

قد كان لكم ءاية في فئتين ٱلتقتا

one fought in the way of God, and the other denied-disowned, seeing it, with the naked eye, twice as numerous as itself. 13

فئة تقتل في سبيل ٱلله وأخرى كافرة يرونهم مثليهم رأي ٱلعين

God reinforces, by His help, whom He wills. 13

وٱلله يؤيد بنصره من يشآء

There is indeed a lesson in that for the possessors of sight. 13

إن في ذلك لعبرة لأولي ٱلأبصر

The love of passions has been embellished for people: women, children, heaped treasures of gold and silver, thoroughbred horses, cattle, and crops. 14

زين للناس حب ٱلشهوت من ٱلنسآء وٱلبنين وٱلقنطير ٱلمقنطرة من ٱلذهب وٱلفضة وٱلخيل ٱلمسومة وٱلأنعم وٱلحرث

That is the enjoyment of the present life; 14

ذلك متع ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

but it is with God that the best destination is found. 14

وٱلله عنده حسن ٱلماب

Say: "Shall I inform you of something better than that? 15

قل أؤنبئكم بخير من ذلكم

For those who guard themselves, with their Guardian, gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, purified spouses, and a good pleasure from God." 15

للذين ٱتقوا عند ربهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها وأزوج مطهرة ورضون من ٱلله

God sees perfectly His obedient ones, 15

وٱلله بصير بٱلعباد

those who say: "Our Guardian, we have believed; forgive us, then, our offenses, and preserve us from the punishment of the Fire", 16

ٱلذين يقولون ربنآ إننآ ءامنا فٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وقنا عذاب ٱلنار

the patient, the truthful, the devoted, those who spend, and those who ask forgiveness before dawn. 17

ٱلصبرين وٱلصدقين وٱلقنتين وٱلمنفقين وٱلمستغفرين بٱلأسحار

God bears witness, and so do the Agents and the possessors of knowledge, that there is no deity but Him, standing firm in equity.i 18

شهد ٱلله أنه لآ إله إلا هو وٱلملئكة وأولوا ٱلعلم قآئما بٱلقسط

There is no deity but Him, 18

لآ إله إلا هو

the All-Powerful, the Wise. 18

ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

The Law, with God, is being true to Him alone. 19

إن ٱلدين عند ٱلله ٱلإسلم

And those to whom the Scripture was given diverged only after knowledge had come to them,i 19

وما ٱختلف ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب إلا من بعد ما جآءهم ٱلعلم

out of transgression among themselves. 19

بغيا بينهم

And whoever denies-disowns the signs of God — God is swift in reckoning. 19

ومن يكفر بايت ٱلله فإن ٱلله سريع ٱلحساب

If they dispute with you, say then: "I render my direction integral toward God, as do those who have followed me."i 20

فإن حآجوك فقل أسلمت وجهي لله ومن ٱتبعن

And say to those to whom the Scripture was given, and to the people without a prior Scripture: "Have you become integral toward God?"i 20

وقل للذين أوتوا ٱلكتب وٱلأمين ءأسلمتم

If they become so, they are then rightly guided; 20

فإن أسلموا فقد ٱهتدوا

and if they turn away, only the transmission is incumbent upon you. 20

وإن تولوا فإنما عليك ٱلبلغ

God sees perfectly His obedient ones. 20

وٱلله بصير بٱلعباد

Those who deny-disown the signs of God, kill the prophets without right, and kill those who, among people, order equity — announce to them a painful punishment. 21

إن ٱلذين يكفرون بايت ٱلله ويقتلون ٱلنبين بغير حق ويقتلون ٱلذين يأمرون بٱلقسط من ٱلناس فبشرهم بعذاب أليم

Those are the ones whose works have collapsed, in the present life and in the last life, 22

أولئك ٱلذين حبطت أعملهم في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

and they will have no helpers. 22

وما لهم من نصرين

Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture was given, called to the Scripture of God so that it may judge between them, then a group of them turns away, resolutely?i 23

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يدعون إلى كتب ٱلله ليحكم بينهم ثم يتولى فريق منهم وهم معرضون

That is because they said: "The Fire will touch us only for a counted number of days"; and what they used to invent deceived them in their Law. 24

ذلك بأنهم قالوا لن تمسنا ٱلنار إلآ أياما معدودت وغرهم في دينهم ما كانوا يفترون

How then, when We will have gathered them for a day without doubt possible, and every Self will have been fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged? 25

فكيف إذا جمعنهم ليوم لا ريب فيه ووفيت كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

Say: "O God, Sovereign of dominion! You give dominion to whom You will, and You strip dominion from whom You will; You honor whom You will, and You abase whom You will; good is in Your hand. 26

قل ٱللهم ملك ٱلملك تؤتي ٱلملك من تشآء وتنزع ٱلملك ممن تشآء وتعز من تشآء وتذل من تشآء بيدك ٱلخير

You have power over all things. 26

إنك على كل شىء قدير

You make the night penetrate into the day, and You make the day penetrate into the night; You bring forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living; and You provide sustenance to whom You will, without measure." 27

تولج ٱليل في ٱلنهار وتولج ٱلنهار في ٱليل وتخرج ٱلحى من ٱلميت وتخرج ٱلميت من ٱلحى وترزق من تشآء بغير حساب

Let not the believers take those who deny-disown as allies, besides the believers; 28

لا يتخذ ٱلمؤمنون ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنين

and whoever does that has nothing more to do with God — except if you guard yourselves from them as a precaution. 28

ومن يفعل ذلك فليس من ٱلله في شىء إلآ أن تتقوا منهم تقىة

God warns you against Himself, 28

ويحذركم ٱلله نفسه

and to God is the destination. 28

وإلى ٱلله ٱلمصير

Say: "Whether you hide what is in your chests, or show it, God knows it. 29

قل إن تخفوا ما في صدوركم أو تبدوه يعلمه ٱلله

And He knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 29

ويعلم ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God has power over all things. 29

وٱلله على كل شىء قدير

The day when every Self will find present what it has done of good, 30

يوم تجد كل نفس ما عملت من خير محضرا

and what it has done of evil, it would wish there were between that and itself an immense distance. 30

وما عملت من سوء تود لو أن بينها وبينه أمدا بعيدا

God warns you against Himself. 30

ويحذركم ٱلله نفسه

God is full of bonté toward His obedient ones. 30

وٱلله رءوف بٱلعباد

Say: "If you love God, follow me: God will love you and forgive you your offenses. 31

قل إن كنتم تحبون ٱلله فٱتبعوني يحببكم ٱلله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 31

وٱلله غفور رحيم

Say: "Obey God and the messenger"; 32

قل أطيعوا ٱلله وٱلرسول

and if they turn away, God does not love those who deny-disown. 32

فإن تولوا فإن ٱلله لا يحب ٱلكفرين

God has certainly chosen Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran, above all beings, descendants one from another.i 34

إن ٱلله ٱصطفى ءادم ونوحا وءال إبرهيم وءال عمرن على ٱلعلمين ذرية بعضها من بعض

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 34

وٱلله سميع عليم

remember when the wife of Imran said: "My Guardian, I devote to You what is in my belly, wholly consecrated; accept it, then, from me.i 35

إذ قالت ٱمرأت عمرن رب إني نذرت لك ما في بطني محررا فتقبل مني

You are, You, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." 35

إنك أنت ٱلسميع ٱلعليم

Then, when she gave birth to her, she said: "My Guardian, I have given birth to her, a girl" — God knew better, though, what she had given birth to — 36

فلما وضعتها قالت رب إني وضعتهآ أنثى وٱلله أعلم بما وضعت

"and the male is not like the female; 36

وليس ٱلذكر كٱلأنثى

I have named her Maryam,i 36

وإني سميتها مريم

and I place her, and her descendants, under Your protection, against the banished Diverter."i 36

وإني أعيذها بك وذريتها من ٱلشيطن ٱلرجيم

Her Guardian received her with a beautiful reception, and made her grow with a beautiful growth, 37

فتقبلها ربها بقبول حسن وأنبتها نباتا حسنا

and entrusted her care to Zakariya.i 37

وكفلها زكريا

Every time Zakariya entered upon her in the place of prayer, he found near her a provision.i 37

كلما دخل عليها زكريا ٱلمحراب وجد عندها رزقا

He said: "O Maryam! from where does this come to you?"i 37

قال يمريم أنى لك هذا

She said: "It comes from God. 37

قالت هو من عند ٱلله

God provides sustenance to whom He wills, without measure." 37

إن ٱلله يرزق من يشآء بغير حساب

Right there, Zakariya invoked his Guardian.i 38

هنالك دعا زكريا ربه

He said: "My Guardian, grant me, from Yourself, an excellent offspring; You are the Hearer of invocation." 38

قال رب هب لي من لدنك ذرية طيبة إنك سميع ٱلدعآء

The Agents called him while he maintained the Contact in the oratory: "God announces to you Yahya, confirming a word from God, a chief, a man of total continence, and a prophet, among the righteous."i 39

فنادته ٱلملئكة وهو قآئم يصلي في ٱلمحراب أن ٱلله يبشرك بيحيى مصدقا بكلمة من ٱلله وسيدا وحصورا ونبيا من ٱلصلحين

He said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a boy, when old age has already reached me, and my wife is barren?" 40

قال رب أنى يكون لي غلم وقد بلغني ٱلكبر وٱمرأتي عاقر

He said: "Thus it is: 40

قال كذلك

God does what He wills." 40

ٱلله يفعل ما يشآء

He said: "My Guardian, give me a sign." 41

قال رب ٱجعل لي ءاية

He said: "Your sign will be that you will not speak to people except by gestures, for three days. 41

قال ءايتك ألا تكلم ٱلناس ثلثة أيام إلا رمزا

And remember your Guardian abundantly, and glorify Him in the evening and at dawn." 41

وٱذكر ربك كثيرا وسبح بٱلعشي وٱلإبكر

And remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of all beings.i 42

وإذ قالت ٱلملئكة يمريم إن ٱلله ٱصطفىك وطهرك وٱصطفىك على نسآء ٱلعلمين

O Maryam! be devoted toward your Guardian, prostrate, and bow with those who bow."i 43

يمريم ٱقنتي لربك وٱسجدي وٱركعي مع ٱلركعين

That is information that escapes the senses, which We reveal to you.i 44

ذلك من أنبآء ٱلغيب نوحيه إليك

You were not with them when they cast their reeds [to draw lots] as to which of them would take charge of Maryam,i 44

وما كنت لديهم إذ يلقون أقلمهم أيهم يكفل مريم

and you were not with them when they disputed. remember when the Agents said: "O Maryam! God announces to you a word from Himself,i 45

وما كنت لديهم إذ يختصمون إذ قالت ٱلملئكة يمريم إن ٱلله يبشرك بكلمة منه

whose name will be Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, illustrious in the present life and in the last life, and among those brought near.i 45

ٱسمه ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم وجيها في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة ومن ٱلمقربين

He will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity, 46

ويكلم ٱلناس في ٱلمهد وكهلا

and will be among the righteous." 46

ومن ٱلصلحين

She said: "My Guardian, how shall I have a child, when no man has touched me?" 47

قالت رب أنى يكون لي ولد ولم يمسسني بشر

He said: "Thus it is: 47

قال كذلك

God creates what He wills. 47

ٱلله يخلق ما يشآء

When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: Be", 47

إذا قضى أمرا فإنما يقول له كن

and it is. 47

فيكون

"And He will teach him the Code, wisdom, the Tawrah and the Injil, and [will send him as] a messenger to the children of Israel: I bring you a sign from your Guardian:i 49

ويعلمه ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل ورسولا إلى بني إسرءيل أني قد جئتكم باية من ربكم

I fashion for you, from clay, the form of a bird, then I breathe into it, and it becomes a bird, with God's permission. 49

أني أخلق لكم من ٱلطين كهية ٱلطير فأنفخ فيه فيكون طيرا بإذن ٱلله

And I heal the born-blind and the leper, and I bring the dead back to life, with God's permission. 49

وأبرئ ٱلأكمه وٱلأبرص وأحي ٱلموتى بإذن ٱلله

And I inform you of what you eat and what you store up in your houses. 49

وأنبئكم بما تأكلون وما تدخرون في بيوتكم

There is indeed a sign in that for you, if you are believers. 49

إن في ذلك لءاية لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

And [I come] confirming what, of the Tawrah, precedes me, and to make lawful for you a part of what was forbidden to you. 50

ومصدقا لما بين يدى من ٱلتورىة ولأحل لكم بعض ٱلذي حرم عليكم

I bring you a sign from your Guardian; 50

وجئتكم باية من ربكم

guard yourselves, then, toward God, and obey me. 50

فٱتقوا ٱلله وأطيعون

God is my Guardian and your Guardian; obey Him, then. 51

إن ٱلله ربي وربكم فٱعبدوه

That is a straight path." 51

هذا صرط مستقيم

When Issa perceived denial-disowning from them, he said: "Who will be my helpers toward God?"i 52

فلمآ أحس عيسى منهم ٱلكفر قال من أنصاري إلى ٱلله

The disciples said: "We are the helpers of God.i 52

قال ٱلحواريون نحن أنصار ٱلله

We believe in God, and bear witness that we are true to Him alone. 52

ءامنا بٱلله وٱشهد بأنا مسلمون

Our Guardian, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the messenger; inscribe us, then, among the witnesses." 53

ربنآ ءامنا بمآ أنزلت وٱتبعنا ٱلرسول فٱكتبنا مع ٱلشهدين

They plotted, and God plotted [in return], 54

ومكروا ومكر ٱلله

and God is the best of those who weave plots. 54

وٱلله خير ٱلمكرين

remember when God said: "O Issa! I am going to take you back to Me, raise you to Me, and purify you from those who denied-disowned,i 55

إذ قال ٱلله يعيسى إني متوفيك ورافعك إلى ومطهرك من ٱلذين كفروا

and place those who followed you above those who denied-disowned, until the Day of Appearance. 55

وجاعل ٱلذين ٱتبعوك فوق ٱلذين كفروا إلى يوم ٱلقيمة

Then to Me will be your return, and I will judge between you concerning what you used to differ over. 55

ثم إلى مرجعكم فأحكم بينكم فيما كنتم فيه تختلفون

As for those who denied-disowned, I will punish them with a severe punishment, in the present life and in the last life, 56

فأما ٱلذين كفروا فأعذبهم عذابا شديدا في ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

and they will have no helpers. 56

وما لهم من نصرين

And as for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full. 57

وأما ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت فيوفيهم أجورهم

God does not love the unjust." 57

وٱلله لا يحب ٱلظلمين

That is what We recite to you of the signs and the wise Reminder. 58

ذلك نتلوه عليك من ٱلءايت وٱلذكر ٱلحكيم

The likeness of Issa, with God, is like that of Adam:i 59

إن مثل عيسى عند ٱلله كمثل ءادم

He created him from earth, then said to him: "Be",i 59

خلقه من تراب ثم قال له كن

and he was. 59

فيكون

That is the truth from your Guardian; 60

ٱلحق من ربك

so do not be among those who doubt. 60

فلا تكن من ٱلممترين

To whoever would dispute with you about this, after knowledge has come to you, say: "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us pray fervently, and call the curse of God upon the liars." 61

فمن حآجك فيه من بعد ما جآءك من ٱلعلم فقل تعالوا ندع أبنآءنا وأبنآءكم ونسآءنا ونسآءكم وأنفسنا وأنفسكم ثم نبتهل فنجعل لعنت ٱلله على ٱلكذبين

This is indeed the true account, 62

إن هذا لهو ٱلقصص ٱلحق

and there is no deity but God. 62

وما من إله إلا ٱلله

And God is indeed the All-Powerful, the Wise. 62

وإن ٱلله لهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

If they turn away, God knows perfectly the sowers of corruption. 63

فإن تولوا فإن ٱلله عليم بٱلمفسدين

Say: "O people of the Scripture! come to an equitable word between us and you: that we obey none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that none of us take others as masters besides God."i 64

قل يأهل ٱلكتب تعالوا إلى كلمة سوآء بيننا وبينكم ألا نعبد إلا ٱلله ولا نشرك به شيا ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضا أربابا من دون ٱلله

If they turn away, say then: "Bear witness that we are true to God alone." 64

فإن تولوا فقولوا ٱشهدوا بأنا مسلمون

O people of the Scripture! why do you dispute concerning Ibrahim,i 65

يأهل ٱلكتب لم تحآجون في إبرهيم

when the Tawrah and the Injil were sent down only after him? 65

ومآ أنزلت ٱلتورىة وٱلإنجيل إلا من بعده

Will you not then reason? 65

أفلا تعقلون

Here you are disputing about that of which you have some knowledge; but why do you dispute about that of which you have no knowledge? 66

هأنتم هؤلآء حججتم فيما لكم به علم فلم تحآجون فيما ليس لكم به علم

God knows, 66

وٱلله يعلم

and you do not know. 66

وأنتم لا تعلمون

Ibrahim was neither Reoriented nor a Helper, but he was wholly turned toward God, integral to Him, and he was not among those who associate.i 67

ما كان إبرهيم يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولكن كان حنيفا مسلما

and he was not among those who associate. 67

وما كان من ٱلمشركين

The people closest to Ibrahim are indeed those who followed him, as well as this prophet and those who have believed.i 68

إن أولى ٱلناس بإبرهيم للذين ٱتبعوه وهذا ٱلنبي وٱلذين ءامنوا

God is the protector of the believers. 68

وٱلله ولي ٱلمؤمنين

A group among the people of the Scripture would have liked to lead you astray;i 69

ودت طآئفة من أهل ٱلكتب لو يضلونكم

but they lead astray none but themselves, without realizing it. 69

وما يضلون إلآ أنفسهم وما يشعرون

O people of the Scripture! why do you deny-disown the signs of God, when you bear witness to them?i 70

يأهل ٱلكتب لم تكفرون بايت ٱلله وأنتم تشهدون

O people of the Scripture! why do you cover the truth with falsehood, and hide the truth, when you know?i 71

يأهل ٱلكتب لم تلبسون ٱلحق بٱلبطل وتكتمون ٱلحق وأنتم تعلمون

And a group among the people of the Scripture said: "Believe in what has been revealed to those who have believed, at the start of the day, and deny it at its end, perhaps they will turn back [from their faith]."i 72

وقالت طآئفة من أهل ٱلكتب ءامنوا بٱلذي أنزل على ٱلذين ءامنوا وجه ٱلنهار وٱكفروا ءاخره لعلهم يرجعون

"And believe only him who follows your Law." 73

ولا تؤمنوا إلا لمن تبع دينكم

Say: "The [true] guidance is the guidance of God" — [they say this] lest anyone be given the like of what you were given, or lest they dispute with you before your Guardian. 73

قل إن ٱلهدى هدى ٱلله أن يؤتى أحد مثل مآ أوتيتم أو يحآجوكم عند ربكم

Say: "Favor is in the hand of God, 73

قل إن ٱلفضل بيد ٱلله

He gives it to whom He wills. 73

يؤتيه من يشآء

God is Vast, All-Knowing." 73

وٱلله وسع عليم

He reserves His benevolence for whom He wills. 74

يختص برحمته من يشآء

God holds the immense favor. 74

وٱلله ذو ٱلفضل ٱلعظيم

And among the people of the Scripture, there are some who, if you entrust them with a treasure, will return it to you;i 75

ومن أهل ٱلكتب من إن تأمنه بقنطار يؤده إليك

and there is one who, if you entrust him with a dinar, does not restore it to you unless you keep pressing him. 75

ومنهم من إن تأمنه بدينار لا يؤده إليك إلا ما دمت عليه قآئما

That is because they say: "We have, toward the people without a prior Scripture, no obligation", 75

ذلك بأنهم قالوا ليس علينا في ٱلأمين سبيل

and they say falsehood against God, while knowing. 75

ويقولون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وهم يعلمون

But yes, whoever keeps his engagement and guards himself — God loves those who guard themselves. 76

بلى من أوفى بعهده وٱتقى فإن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتقين

Those who sell the engagement of God and their oaths for a small price — those are the ones who will have no share in the last life; God will not speak to them, will not look at them on the Day of Appearance, and will not purify them. 77

إن ٱلذين يشترون بعهد ٱلله وأيمنهم ثمنا قليلا أولئك لا خلق لهم في ٱلءاخرة ولا يكلمهم ٱلله ولا ينظر إليهم يوم ٱلقيمة ولا يزكيهم

They will have a painful punishment. 77

ولهم عذاب أليم

And among them, there is indeed a group who twist their tongues [reciting] the Scripture, so that you might take it for an extract of the Scripture, when it is not part of it,i 78

وإن منهم لفريقا يلون ألسنتهم بٱلكتب لتحسبوه من ٱلكتب وما هو من ٱلكتب

and they say: "This is from God", 78

ويقولون هو من عند ٱلله

when it is not from God, 78

وما هو من عند ٱلله

and they say falsehood against God, while knowing. 78

ويقولون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وهم يعلمون

It is not for any human being to whom God has given the Scripture, the judgment, and the prophecy, to then say to people: "Be obedient to me, besides God"; but rather: "Be spiritual masters, by reason of what you teach of the Scripture and what you study."i 79

ما كان لبشر أن يؤتيه ٱلله ٱلكتب وٱلحكم وٱلنبوة ثم يقول للناس كونوا عبادا لي من دون ٱلله ولكن كونوا ربنين بما كنتم تعلمون ٱلكتب وبما كنتم تدرسون

And he would not order you to take the Agents and the prophets as masters.i 80

ولا يأمركم أن تتخذوا ٱلملئكة وٱلنبين أربابا

Would he order you to deny-disown, after you have become true to God alone? 80

أيأمركم بٱلكفر بعد إذ أنتم مسلمون

And remember when God took the engagement of the prophets: "What I have given you of Scripture and wisdom, then a messenger comes to you, confirming what is with you, you must certainly believe in him, and certainly support him."i 81

وإذ أخذ ٱلله ميثق ٱلنبين لمآ ءاتيتكم من كتب وحكمة ثم جآءكم رسول مصدق لما معكم لتؤمنن به ولتنصرنه

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He said: "Have you consented, and taken upon yourselves My burden on this condition?" 81

قال ءأقررتم وأخذتم على ذلكم إصري

They said: "We have consented." 81

قالوا أقررنا

He said: "Bear witness to it, then, and I am, with you, among the witnesses." 81

قال فٱشهدوا وأنا معكم من ٱلشهدين

Whoever turns away after that, those are the oversteppers. 82

فمن تولى بعد ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلفسقون

Would they seek then a religion other than God's, while it is toward Him that whoever is in the heavens and the earth renders themselves integral, willingly or unwillingly,i 83

أفغير دين ٱلله يبغون وله أسلم من في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض طوعا وكرها

and to Him they will be returned? 83

وإليه يرجعون

Say: "We believe in God, in what has been revealed to us, in what was revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, and the tribes, and in what was given to Moussa, to Issa, and to the prophets, from their Guardian; we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we are true."i 84

قل ءامنا بٱلله ومآ أنزل علينا ومآ أنزل على إبرهيم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط ومآ أوتي موسى وعيسى وٱلنبيون من ربهم لا نفرق بين أحد منهم ونحن له مسلمون

And whoever seeks a Law other than being true to God alone, it will never be accepted from him, 85

ومن يبتغ غير ٱلإسلم دينا فلن يقبل منه

and he will be, in the last life, among the losers. 85

وهو في ٱلءاخرة من ٱلخسرين

How would God guide a people who denied-disowned after having believed, and after having testified that the messenger is true, and the clear proofs had come to them? 86

كيف يهدي ٱلله قوما كفروا بعد إيمنهم وشهدوا أن ٱلرسول حق وجآءهم ٱلبينت

God does not guide the unjust people. 86

وٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

Those are the ones whose reward is that upon them will weigh the curse of God, the Agents, and mankind, all together, wherein they will abide eternally; the punishment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be granted a delay — except those who turn back [to God] after that, and reform: God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence.i 89

أولئك جزآؤهم أن عليهم لعنة ٱلله وٱلملئكة وٱلناس أجمعين خلدين فيها لا يخفف عنهم ٱلعذاب ولا هم ينظرون إلا ٱلذين تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا فإن ٱلله غفور رحيم

Those who deny-disown after having believed, then increase in denial-disowning, their repentance will never be accepted, 90

إن ٱلذين كفروا بعد إيمنهم ثم ٱزدادوا كفرا لن تقبل توبتهم

and those are the astray. 90

وأولئك هم ٱلضآلون

Those who deny-disown and die while denying-disowning, there will never be accepted from any of them the whole earth filled with gold, even were he to offer it as ransom. 91

إن ٱلذين كفروا وماتوا وهم كفار فلن يقبل من أحدهم ملء ٱلأرض ذهبا ولو ٱفتدى به

Those are the ones who will have a painful punishment, 91

أولئك لهم عذاب أليم

and they will have no helpers. 91

وما لهم من نصرين

You will not attain virtue unless you spend of what you love. 92

لن تنالوا ٱلبر حتى تنفقوا مما تحبون

And whatever you spend, God knows it perfectly. 92

وما تنفقوا من شىء فإن ٱلله به عليم

All food was lawful for the Children of Israel, except what Israel had forbidden itself, before the Tawrah was sent down. 93

كل ٱلطعام كان حلا لبني إسرءيل إلا ما حرم إسرءيل على نفسه من قبل أن تنزل ٱلتورىة

Say: "Bring, then, the Tawrah, and recite it, if you are truthful." 93

قل فأتوا بٱلتورىة فٱتلوهآ إن كنتم صدقين

Whoever, after that, invents the lie against God — those are the unjust. 94

فمن ٱفترى على ٱلله ٱلكذب من بعد ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلظلمون

Say: "God has spoken the truth. 95

قل صدق ٱلله

Follow, then, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,i 95

فٱتبعوا ملة إبرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate." 95

وما كان من ٱلمشركين

The first House established for mankind is indeed that at the place of the throng, blessed and a guidance for all beings; in it are clear signs.i 97

إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببكة مباركا وهدى للعلمين فيه ءايت بينت

The station of Ibrahim,i 97

مقام إبرهيم

and whoever enters it is secure. 97

ومن دخله كان ءامنا

And the Hajj of the House is a duty toward God for mankind, for whoever has the capacity for it by a [practicable] way; 97

ولله على ٱلناس حج ٱلبيت من ٱستطاع إليه سبيلا

and whoever denies-disowns — God is self-sufficient, independent of all beings. 97

ومن كفر فإن ٱلله غني عن ٱلعلمين

Say: "O people of the Scripture! why do you deny-disown the signs of God, when God is witness to what you do?"i 98

قل يأهل ٱلكتب لم تكفرون بايت ٱلله وٱلله شهيد على ما تعملون

Say: "O people of the Scripture! why do you turn away from the path of God him who has believed, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses to it?"i 99

قل يأهل ٱلكتب لم تصدون عن سبيل ٱلله من ءامن تبغونها عوجا وأنتم شهدآء

God is not heedless of what you do. 99

وما ٱلله بغفل عما تعملون

O you who have believed! if you obey a group among those to whom the Scripture was given, they will turn you back, after your faith, to denial-disowning.i 100

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن تطيعوا فريقا من ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب يردوكم بعد إيمنكم كفرين

And how would you deny-disown, when the signs of God are recited to you, and His messenger is among you? 101

وكيف تكفرون وأنتم تتلى عليكم ءايت ٱلله وفيكم رسوله

And whoever holds firmly to God is already guided to a straight path. 101

ومن يعتصم بٱلله فقد هدي إلى صرط مستقيم

O you who have believed! guard yourselves toward God as one should guard oneself toward Him, 102

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱتقوا ٱلله حق تقاته

and do not die except being true to Him alone. 102

ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمون

And hold, all of you, firmly, to the rope of God, 103

وٱعتصموا بحبل ٱلله جميعا

and do not divide yourselves. 103

ولا تفرقوا

And remember God's blessing upon you, when you were enemies, and He reconciled your cores, so that you became, by His blessing, brothers; 103

وٱذكروا نعمت ٱلله عليكم إذ كنتم أعدآء فألف بين قلوبكم فأصبحتم بنعمته إخونا

and you were at the edge of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it. 103

وكنتم على شفا حفرة من ٱلنار فأنقذكم منها

Thus does God make His signs clear to you, perhaps you will be rightly guided. 103

كذلك يبين ٱلله لكم ءايته لعلكم تهتدون

And let there be from among you a community that calls to good, orders what is recognized, and forbids what is disavowed. 104

ولتكن منكم أمة يدعون إلى ٱلخير ويأمرون بٱلمعروف وينهون عن ٱلمنكر

Those are the ones who succeed. 104

وأولئك هم ٱلمفلحون

And do not be like those who divided themselves and fell into disagreement after the clear proofs had come to them. 105

ولا تكونوا كٱلذين تفرقوا وٱختلفوا من بعد ما جآءهم ٱلبينت

Those are the ones who will have an immense punishment, on the day when faces will brighten and faces will darken. 106

وأولئك لهم عذاب عظيم يوم تبيض وجوه وتسود وجوه

As for those whose faces will have darkened: "Did you deny-disown after your faith? Taste, then, the punishment, for having denied-disowned." 106

فأما ٱلذين ٱسودت وجوههم أكفرتم بعد إيمنكم فذوقوا ٱلعذاب بما كنتم تكفرون

And as for those whose faces will have brightened, they will be in the benevolence of God, 107

وأما ٱلذين ٱبيضت وجوههم ففي رحمة ٱلله

wherein they will abide eternally. 107

هم فيها خلدون

Those are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth. 108

تلك ءايت ٱلله نتلوها عليك بٱلحق

And God wants no injustice for all beings. 108

وما ٱلله يريد ظلما للعلمين

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, 109

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

and it is to God that all matters return. 109

وإلى ٱلله ترجع ٱلأمور

You are the best community raised up for mankind: you order what is recognized, you forbid what is disavowed, and you believe in God. 110

كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس تأمرون بٱلمعروف وتنهون عن ٱلمنكر وتؤمنون بٱلله

And had the people of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them.i 110

ولو ءامن أهل ٱلكتب لكان خيرا لهم

Among them, there are believers, 110

منهم ٱلمؤمنون

but most of them are oversteppers. 110

وأكثرهم ٱلفسقون

They can never harm you, 111

لن يضروكم

except by an annoyance. 111

إلآ أذى

And if they fight you, they will turn their backs to you; 111

وإن يقتلوكم يولوكم ٱلأدبار

then, they will not be helped. 111

ثم لا ينصرون

Humiliation has been imprinted upon them, wherever they are found, 112

ضربت عليهم ٱلذلة أين ما ثقفوا

except by a bond with God and a bond with mankind; they incur the anger of God, 112

إلا بحبل من ٱلله وحبل من ٱلناس وبآءو بغضب من ٱلله

and misery has been imprinted upon them. 112

وضربت عليهم ٱلمسكنة

That is because they used to deny-disown the signs of God, and kill the prophets without right. 112

ذلك بأنهم كانوا يكفرون بايت ٱلله ويقتلون ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق

It is for having disobeyed and transgressed. 112

ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

They are not all equal: 113

ليسوا سوآء

among the people of the Scripture, there is an upright community, which recites the signs of God in the hours of the night, prostrating.i 113

من أهل ٱلكتب أمة قآئمة يتلون ءايت ٱلله ءانآء ٱليل وهم يسجدون

They believe in God and the Last Day, order what is recognized, forbid what is disavowed, and race ahead of others in good deeds. 114

يؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر ويأمرون بٱلمعروف وينهون عن ٱلمنكر ويسرعون في ٱلخيرت

Those are the ones among the righteous. 114

وأولئك من ٱلصلحين

And whatever good they do, it will never be denied them. 115

وما يفعلوا من خير فلن يكفروه

God knows perfectly those who guard themselves. 115

وٱلله عليم بٱلمتقين

Those who deny-disown, neither their possessions nor their children will avail them at all against God, 116

إن ٱلذين كفروا لن تغني عنهم أمولهم ولآ أولدهم من ٱلله شيا

and those are the companions of the Fire, they abide therein eternally. 116

وأولئك أصحب ٱلنار هم فيها خلدون

The likeness of what they spend in the present life is that of an icy wind, which strikes the crop of a people who have wronged themselves, and destroys it. 117

مثل ما ينفقون في هذه ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا كمثل ريح فيها صر أصابت حرث قوم ظلموا أنفسهم فأهلكته

And God did not wrong them, 117

وما ظلمهم ٱلله

but it was themselves that they wronged. 117

ولكن أنفسهم يظلمون

O you who have believed! do not take close confidants apart from your own: they never cease to cause you trouble, and would like you to be afflicted. 118

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا بطانة من دونكم لا يألونكم خبالا ودوا ما عنتم

Hatred has already become manifest in their mouths, and what their chests conceal is far graver still. 118

قد بدت ٱلبغضآء من أفوههم وما تخفي صدورهم أكبر

We have already made the signs clear to you, if you reason. 118

قد بينا لكم ٱلءايت إن كنتم تعقلون

Here you are, you who love them, while they do not love you, and you believe in the whole of the Scripture.i 119

هأنتم أولآء تحبونهم ولا يحبونكم وتؤمنون بٱلكتب كله

And when they meet you, they say: "We have believed"; 119

وإذا لقوكم قالوا ءامنا

but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips, out of rage against you. 119

وإذا خلوا عضوا عليكم ٱلأنامل من ٱلغيظ

Say: "Die in your rage." 119

قل موتوا بغيظكم

God knows perfectly what is in the chests. 119

إن ٱلله عليم بذات ٱلصدور

If good touches you, it grieves them, 120

إن تمسسكم حسنة تسؤهم

and if evil befalls you, they rejoice at it. 120

وإن تصبكم سيئة يفرحوا بها

But if you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheming will not harm you at all. 120

وإن تصبروا وتتقوا لا يضركم كيدهم شيا

God encompasses perfectly what they do. 120

إن ٱلله بما يعملون محيط

And remember when you left your household early, to assign the believers positions for battle. 121

وإذ غدوت من أهلك تبوئ ٱلمؤمنين مقعد للقتال

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 121

وٱلله سميع عليم

When two of your groups almost weakened, God being the protector of both — 122

إذ همت طآئفتان منكم أن تفشلا وٱلله وليهما

and it is upon God that the believers should rely. 122

وعلى ٱلله فليتوكل ٱلمؤمنون

God indeed helped you at Badr, when you were humble. 123

ولقد نصركم ٱلله ببدر وأنتم أذلة

Guard yourselves, then, toward God, perhaps you will be grateful. 123

فٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تشكرون

remember when you said to the believers: "Is it not enough for you that your Guardian reinforces you with three thousand Agents sent down [from the sky]?"i 124

إذ تقول للمؤمنين ألن يكفيكم أن يمدكم ربكم بثلثة ءالف من ٱلملئكة منزلين

But yes: if you are patient and guard yourselves, and they swoop down upon you, right then, your Guardian will reinforce you with five thousand distinctly marked Agents.i 125

بلى إن تصبروا وتتقوا ويأتوكم من فورهم هذا يمددكم ربكم بخمسة ءالف من ٱلملئكة مسومين

And God made it only a good tiding for you, and so that your cores might find ease in it. 126

وما جعله ٱلله إلا بشرى لكم ولتطمئن قلوبكم به

But victory comes only from God, the All-Powerful, the Wise, so that He may cut off a part of those who deny-disown, or lay them low, and they depart disappointed. You have, in this matter, no power: either He turns toward them with clemency, or He punishes them, for they are unjust. 128

وما ٱلنصر إلا من عند ٱلله ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم ليقطع طرفا من ٱلذين كفروا أو يكبتهم فينقلبوا خآئبين ليس لك من ٱلأمر شىء أو يتوب عليهم أو يعذبهم فإنهم ظلمون

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 129

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. 129

يغفر لمن يشآء ويعذب من يشآء

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 129

وٱلله غفور رحيم

O you who have believed! do not devour usury, doubled and redoubled. 130

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تأكلوا ٱلربوا أضعفا مضعفة

And guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed. 130

وٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تفلحون

And guard yourselves against the Fire, prepared for those who deny-disown. 131

وٱتقوا ٱلنار ٱلتي أعدت للكفرين

And obey God and the messenger, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you. 132

وأطيعوا ٱلله وٱلرسول لعلكم ترحمون

And race toward a forgiveness from your Guardian, and a Garden whose extent is that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who guard themselves, who spend in ease and hardship, restrain their rage, and forgive people. 134

وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها ٱلسموت وٱلأرض أعدت للمتقين ٱلذين ينفقون في ٱلسرآء وٱلضرآء وٱلكظمين ٱلغيظ وٱلعافين عن ٱلناس

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God loves those who do good. 134

وٱلله يحب ٱلمحسنين

And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God and ask forgiveness for their offenses — 135

وٱلذين إذا فعلوا فحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا ٱلله فٱستغفروا لذنوبهم

and who forgives offenses, but God? — 135

ومن يغفر ٱلذنوب إلا ٱلله

and who do not persist in what they did, while knowing. 135

ولم يصروا على ما فعلوا وهم يعلمون

Those are the ones whose reward is a forgiveness from their Guardian, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. 136

أولئك جزآؤهم مغفرة من ربهم وجنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها

How excellent is the reward of those who act [thus]! 136

ونعم أجر ٱلعملين

Ways [similar] have indeed passed before you; 137

قد خلت من قبلكم سنن

so travel through the land, and look how the end of those who denied was. 137

فسيروا في ٱلأرض فٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمكذبين

This is a clear exposition for mankind, a guidance and an admonition for those who guard themselves. 138

هذا بيان للناس وهدى وموعظة للمتقين

And do not weaken, and do not grieve: you are the most exalted, if you are believers. 139

ولا تهنوا ولا تحزنوا وأنتم ٱلأعلون إن كنتم مؤمنين

If a wound touches you, a similar wound has already touched that [other] people. 140

إن يمسسكم قرح فقد مس ٱلقوم قرح مثله

Thus do the days go: We make them alternate among mankind,i 140

وتلك ٱلأيام نداولها بين ٱلناس

so that God may recognize those who have believed, and take from among you witnesses — 140

وليعلم ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا ويتخذ منكم شهدآء

God does not love the unjust — 140

وٱلله لا يحب ٱلظلمين

and so that God may purify those who have believed, and efface those who deny-disown. 141

وليمحص ٱلله ٱلذين ءامنوا ويمحق ٱلكفرين

Or did you think you would enter the Garden without God yet recognizing those among you who have striven, and recognizing the patient? 142

أم حسبتم أن تدخلوا ٱلجنة ولما يعلم ٱلله ٱلذين جهدوا منكم ويعلم ٱلصبرين

You indeed desired death before meeting it; you have now seen it, and you were looking on. 143

ولقد كنتم تمنون ٱلموت من قبل أن تلقوه فقد رأيتموه وأنتم تنظرون

Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers have indeed passed before him.i 144

وما محمد إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله ٱلرسل

If he then died, or was killed, would you turn back on your heels? 144

أفإين مات أو قتل ٱنقلبتم على أعقبكم

And whoever turns back on his heels does not harm God at all, 144

ومن ينقلب على عقبيه فلن يضر ٱلله شيا

and God will reward the grateful. 144

وسيجزي ٱلله ٱلشكرين

And it is not for any Self to die, except with the permission of God, 145

وما كان لنفس أن تموت إلا بإذن ٱلله

according to a register with an appointed term.i 145

كتبا مؤجلا

And whoever wants the reward of the present life, We give it to him; 145

ومن يرد ثواب ٱلدنيا نؤته منها

and whoever wants the reward of the last life, We give it to him. 145

ومن يرد ثواب ٱلءاخرة نؤته منها

We will reward the grateful. 145

وسنجزي ٱلشكرين

How many a prophet has fought, accompanied by many men of truth! 146

وكأين من نبي قتل معه ربيون كثير

They did not weaken for what befell them in the way of God, did not grow feeble, and did not submit [to the enemy]. 146

فما وهنوا لمآ أصابهم في سبيل ٱلله وما ضعفوا وما ٱستكانوا

God loves the patient. 146

وٱلله يحب ٱلصبرين

And their only word was to say: "Our Guardian, forgive us our offenses and our excesses in our conduct, make firm our steps, and help us against the people who deny-disown." 147

وما كان قولهم إلآ أن قالوا ربنا ٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وإسرافنا في أمرنا وثبت أقدامنا وٱنصرنا على ٱلقوم ٱلكفرين

God then gave them the reward of the present life, and the beautiful reward of the last life. 148

فاتىهم ٱلله ثواب ٱلدنيا وحسن ثواب ٱلءاخرة

God loves those who do good. 148

وٱلله يحب ٱلمحسنين

O you who have believed! if you obey those who deny-disown, they will make you turn back on your heels, and you will find yourselves losers. 149

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إن تطيعوا ٱلذين كفروا يردوكم على أعقبكم فتنقلبوا خسرين

God, rather, is your Protector, 150

بل ٱلله مولىكم

and He is the best of helpers. 150

وهو خير ٱلنصرين

We will cast terror into the cores of those who deny-disown, for having associated with God that for which He has sent down no authority. 151

سنلقي في قلوب ٱلذين كفروا ٱلرعب بمآ أشركوا بٱلله ما لم ينزل به سلطنا

Their refuge will be the Fire, 151

ومأوىهم ٱلنار

and what an evil abode for the unjust! 151

وبئس مثوى ٱلظلمين

God indeed kept His promise to you, when you were routing them with His permission, 152

ولقد صدقكم ٱلله وعده إذ تحسونهم بإذنه

until, having weakened, you disputed about the matter, and disobeyed, after He had shown you what you loved. 152

حتى إذا فشلتم وتنزعتم في ٱلأمر وعصيتم من بعد مآ أرىكم ما تحبون

Among you, there were some who wanted the present life, and among you, there were some who wanted the last life; 152

منكم من يريد ٱلدنيا ومنكم من يريد ٱلءاخرة

then He turned you away from them, so as to try you. 152

ثم صرفكم عنهم ليبتليكم

He has indeed already forgiven you. 152

ولقد عفا عنكم

God holds a favor toward the believers. 152

وٱلله ذو فضل على ٱلمؤمنين

remember when you were climbing [the hill], without turning back to anyone, while the messenger was calling you, at the rear of your ranks; He then rewarded you with anguish upon [another] anguish, so that you would not grieve either for what had escaped you, or for what had befallen you. 153

إذ تصعدون ولا تلون على أحد وٱلرسول يدعوكم في أخرىكم فأثبكم غما بغم لكيلا تحزنوا على ما فاتكم ولا مآ أصبكم

God is well informed of what you do. 153

وٱلله خبير بما تعملون

Then He sent down upon you, after the anguish, a tranquility, a drowsiness that enveloped a group among you, 154

ثم أنزل عليكم من بعد ٱلغم أمنة نعاسا يغشى طآئفة منكم

while [another] group, preoccupied with its own Self, thought of God, contrary to the truth, a thought of the age of ignorance, 154

وطآئفة قد أهمتهم أنفسهم يظنون بٱلله غير ٱلحق ظن ٱلجهلية

saying: "Do we have, in this matter, any power?" 154

يقولون هل لنا من ٱلأمر من شىء

Say: "The matter, entirely, belongs to God." 154

قل إن ٱلأمر كله لله

They hide, within themselves, what they do not show you, 154

يخفون في أنفسهم ما لا يبدون لك

saying: "Had we had, in this matter, any power, we would not have been killed here." 154

يقولون لو كان لنا من ٱلأمر شىء ما قتلنا ههنا

Say: "Had you stayed in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would certainly have gone forth to their places of falling" — and so that God might try what is in your chests, and purify what is in your cores. 154

قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز ٱلذين كتب عليهم ٱلقتل إلى مضاجعهم وليبتلي ٱلله ما في صدوركم وليمحص ما في قلوبكم

God knows perfectly what is in the chests. 154

وٱلله عليم بذات ٱلصدور

Those among you who turned their backs, on the day the two forces met, it was only the Diverter who made them stumble, for a part of what they had earned.i 155

إن ٱلذين تولوا منكم يوم ٱلتقى ٱلجمعان إنما ٱستزلهم ٱلشيطن ببعض ما كسبوا

God has indeed already forgiven them. 155

ولقد عفا ٱلله عنهم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of patience. 155

إن ٱلله غفور حليم

O you who have believed! do not be like those who denied-disowned, and who say of their brothers, when they travel through the land or go off on an expedition: "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died, and would not have been killed" — so that God may make of it a bitter regret in their cores. 156

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تكونوا كٱلذين كفروا وقالوا لإخونهم إذا ضربوا في ٱلأرض أو كانوا غزى لو كانوا عندنا ما ماتوا وما قتلوا ليجعل ٱلله ذلك حسرة في قلوبهم

God gives life and causes death. 156

وٱلله يحي ويميت

God sees perfectly what you do. 156

وٱلله بما تعملون بصير

And if you are killed in the way of God, or if you die, a forgiveness from God and a benevolence are indeed better than what they amass. 157

ولئن قتلتم في سبيل ٱلله أو متم لمغفرة من ٱلله ورحمة خير مما يجمعون

And whether you die, or are killed, it is to God that you will be gathered. 158

ولئن متم أو قتلتم لإلى ٱلله تحشرون

It is by a benevolence from God that you have been gentle toward them; 159

فبما رحمة من ٱلله لنت لهم

and had you been harsh, hard of core, they would certainly have scattered away from you. 159

ولو كنت فظا غليظ ٱلقلب لٱنفضوا من حولك

So forgive them, ask forgiveness for them, and consult them on the matter; 159

فٱعف عنهم وٱستغفر لهم وشاورهم في ٱلأمر

and once your decision is made, rely upon God. 159

فإذا عزمت فتوكل على ٱلله

God loves those who rely [upon Him]. 159

إن ٱلله يحب ٱلمتوكلين

If God helps you, none can overcome you; 160

إن ينصركم ٱلله فلا غالب لكم

and if He abandons you, who then could help you after Him? 160

وإن يخذلكم فمن ذا ٱلذي ينصركم من بعده

And it is upon God that the believers should rely. 160

وعلى ٱلله فليتوكل ٱلمؤمنون

It is not for a prophet to commit an embezzlement; 161

وما كان لنبي أن يغل

and whoever commits an embezzlement will come, on the Day of Appearance, with what he embezzled, 161

ومن يغلل يأت بما غل يوم ٱلقيمة

then every Self will be fully repaid for what it has earned, without being wronged. 161

ثم توفى كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يظلمون

Is he who follows the good pleasure of God, then, like him who incurs the anger of God, and whose refuge will be Jahannam? 162

أفمن ٱتبع رضون ٱلله كمن بآء بسخط من ٱلله ومأوىه جهنم

And what an evil destination! 162

وبئس ٱلمصير

They have degrees with God. 163

هم درجت عند ٱلله

God sees perfectly what they do. 163

وٱلله بصير بما يعملون

God has indeed blessed the believers, by raising up among them a messenger, from among themselves, who recites His signs to them, purifies them, and teaches them the Scripture and the wisdom, though before they were in manifest error.i 164

لقد من ٱلله على ٱلمؤمنين إذ بعث فيهم رسولا من أنفسهم يتلوا عليهم ءايته ويزكيهم ويعلمهم ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وإن كانوا من قبل لفي ضلل مبين

How then, when misfortune strikes you, after you had inflicted double that, do you say: "From where, then, does this come?" 165

أولمآ أصبتكم مصيبة قد أصبتم مثليها قلتم أنى هذا

Say: "This comes from yourselves." 165

قل هو من عند أنفسكم

God has power over all things. 165

إن ٱلله على كل شىء قدير

And what befell you, on the day the two forces met, was with God's permission, and so that He might recognize the believers, and recognize those who practiced hypocrisy, 167

ومآ أصبكم يوم ٱلتقى ٱلجمعان فبإذن ٱلله وليعلم ٱلمؤمنين وليعلم ٱلذين نافقوا

and so that it might be said to them: "Come, fight in the way of God, or repel [the enemy]"; 167

وقيل لهم تعالوا قتلوا في سبيل ٱلله أو ٱدفعوا

they said: "If we knew how to fight, we would certainly have followed you." 167

قالوا لو نعلم قتالا لٱتبعنكم

That day, they were closer to denial-disowning than to faith, 167

هم للكفر يومئذ أقرب منهم للإيمن

saying with their mouths what was not in their cores. 167

يقولون بأفوههم ما ليس في قلوبهم

God knows best what they hide. 167

وٱلله أعلم بما يكتمون

Those who, having stayed seated, said of their brothers: "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." 168

ٱلذين قالوا لإخونهم وقعدوا لو أطاعونا ما قتلوا

Say: "Ward off death from yourselves, then, if you are truthful." 168

قل فٱدرءوا عن أنفسكم ٱلموت إن كنتم صدقين

And never think that those who have been killed in the way of God are dead. 169

ولا تحسبن ٱلذين قتلوا في سبيل ٱلله أموتا

No, they are alive, with their Guardian, provided [with blessings], rejoicing in what God has given them of His favor, and rejoicing for those who, remaining behind them, have not yet joined them: no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 170

بل أحيآء عند ربهم يرزقون فرحين بمآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله ويستبشرون بٱلذين لم يلحقوا بهم من خلفهم ألا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

They rejoice in a blessing from God and a favor, and [in the fact] that God does not let the reward of the believers be lost, those who responded to God and to the messenger after the wound had struck them. 172

يستبشرون بنعمة من ٱلله وفضل وأن ٱلله لا يضيع أجر ٱلمؤمنين ٱلذين ٱستجابوا لله وٱلرسول من بعد مآ أصابهم ٱلقرح

To those among them who did good and guarded themselves belongs an immense reward. 172

للذين أحسنوا منهم وٱتقوا أجر عظيم

Those to whom the people said: "The people have gathered against you, so fear them" — that increased their faith. 173

ٱلذين قال لهم ٱلناس إن ٱلناس قد جمعوا لكم فٱخشوهم فزادهم إيمنا

And they said: "God suffices us; what an excellent guardian!" 173

وقالوا حسبنا ٱلله ونعم ٱلوكيل

They returned then with a blessing from God and a favor, without any evil having touched them, and they followed the good pleasure of God. 174

فٱنقلبوا بنعمة من ٱلله وفضل لم يمسسهم سوء وٱتبعوا رضون ٱلله

God holds an immense favor. 174

وٱلله ذو فضل عظيم

It is only that Diverter who frightens his allies; do not fear them, then,i 175

إنما ذلكم ٱلشيطن يخوف أوليآءه فلا تخافوهم

but fear Me, if you are believers. 175

وخافون إن كنتم مؤمنين

And let not those grieve you who hasten into denial-disowning: 176

ولا يحزنك ٱلذين يسرعون في ٱلكفر

they will not harm God at all. 176

إنهم لن يضروا ٱلله شيا

God wants to give them no share in the last life, 176

يريد ٱلله ألا يجعل لهم حظا في ٱلءاخرة

and they will have an immense punishment. 176

ولهم عذاب عظيم

Those who buy denial-disowning at the price of faith will not harm God at all, and they will have a painful punishment. 177

إن ٱلذين ٱشتروا ٱلكفر بٱلإيمن لن يضروا ٱلله شيا ولهم عذاب أليم

And let not those who deny-disown by any means think that the delay We grant them is a good for themselves: 178

ولا يحسبن ٱلذين كفروا أنما نملي لهم خير لأنفسهم

We grant it to them only so that they may increase in transgression, 178

إنما نملي لهم ليزدادوا إثما

and they will have a humiliating punishment. 178

ولهم عذاب مهين

It is not for God to leave the believers in the state you are in, without distinguishing the vile from the good, 179

ما كان ٱلله ليذر ٱلمؤمنين على مآ أنتم عليه حتى يميز ٱلخبيث من ٱلطيب

and it is not in God's nature to unveil to you what escapes the senses,i 179

وما كان ٱلله ليطلعكم على ٱلغيب

but God chooses, among His messengers, whom He wills. 179

ولكن ٱلله يجتبي من رسله من يشآء

So believe in God and in His messengers; 179

فامنوا بٱلله ورسله

and if you believe and guard yourselves, you will have an immense reward. 179

وإن تؤمنوا وتتقوا فلكم أجر عظيم

And let not those who are stingy with what God has given them of His favor by any means think that it is a good for them; 180

ولا يحسبن ٱلذين يبخلون بمآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله هو خيرا لهم

it is rather an evil for them. 180

بل هو شر لهم

They will be encircled by what they were stingy with, on the Day of Appearance. 180

سيطوقون ما بخلوا به يوم ٱلقيمة

And to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. 180

ولله ميرث ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

God is well informed of what you do. 180

وٱلله بما تعملون خبير

God has indeed heard the saying of those who said: "God is poor, and we are rich." 181

لقد سمع ٱلله قول ٱلذين قالوا إن ٱلله فقير ونحن أغنيآء

We will record what they said, and their killing of the prophets without right, and We will say: "Taste the punishment of the burning blaze. 181

سنكتب ما قالوا وقتلهم ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق ونقول ذوقوا عذاب ٱلحريق

That is for what your hands have prepared"; and God is not at all unjust toward His the constrained. 182

ذلك بما قدمت أيديكم وأن ٱلله ليس بظلام للعبيد

Those who said: "God has bound us not to believe in any messenger, until he brings us an offering that the fire consumes", 183

ٱلذين قالوا إن ٱلله عهد إلينآ ألا نؤمن لرسول حتى يأتينا بقربان تأكله ٱلنار

say: "Messengers before me indeed came to you with clear proofs, and with what you said; why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?" 183

قل قد جآءكم رسل من قبلي بٱلبينت وبٱلذي قلتم فلم قتلتموهم إن كنتم صدقين

If they deny you, messengers have already been denied before you, who had come with clear proofs, the Formularies, and the luminous Scripture.i 184

فإن كذبوك فقد كذب رسل من قبلك جآءو بٱلبينت وٱلزبر وٱلكتب ٱلمنير

Every Self tastes death, 185

كل نفس ذآئقة ٱلموت

and it is only on the Day of Appearance that you will be fully repaid your rewards. 185

وإنما توفون أجوركم يوم ٱلقيمة

Whoever is drawn away from the Fire and admitted into the Garden has thus triumphed. 185

فمن زحزح عن ٱلنار وأدخل ٱلجنة فقد فاز

And the present life is nothing but a deceptive enjoyment. 185

وما ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيآ إلا متع ٱلغرور

You will certainly be tried in your possessions and in your Selves, and you will certainly hear, from those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and from those who have associated, much harm.i 186

لتبلون في أمولكم وأنفسكم ولتسمعن من ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبلكم ومن ٱلذين أشركوا أذى كثيرا

But if you are patient and guard yourselves, that is part of the firmness of resolutions. 186

وإن تصبروا وتتقوا فإن ذلك من عزم ٱلأمور

And remember when God took the engagement of those to whom the Scripture was given: "You will certainly make it clear to mankind, and you will not hide it"; but they cast it behind their backs, and sold it for a small price.i 187

وإذ أخذ ٱلله ميثق ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب لتبيننه للناس ولا تكتمونه فنبذوه ورآء ظهورهم وٱشتروا به ثمنا قليلا

How evil is what they buy! 187

فبئس ما يشترون

Do not by any means think that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what they did not do — do not by any means think that they will escape the punishment. 188

لا تحسبن ٱلذين يفرحون بمآ أتوا ويحبون أن يحمدوا بما لم يفعلوا فلا تحسبنهم بمفازة من ٱلعذاب

They will have a painful punishment. 188

ولهم عذاب أليم

And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 189

ولله ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

God has power over all things. 189

وٱلله على كل شىء قدير

There are indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, signs for the possessors of intelligence, those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: 191

إن في خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وٱختلف ٱليل وٱلنهار لءايت لأولي ٱلألبب ٱلذين يذكرون ٱلله قيما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

"Our Guardian, You did not create this in vain. Glory be to You! 191

ربنا ما خلقت هذا بطلا سبحنك

Preserve us, then, from the punishment of the Fire. 191

فقنا عذاب ٱلنار

Our Guardian, whoever You admit into the Fire, You have indeed covered him with disgrace, 192

ربنآ إنك من تدخل ٱلنار فقد أخزيته

and the unjust have no helpers. 192

وما للظلمين من أنصار

Our Guardian, we have heard a herald calling to faith: Believe in your Guardian — and we have believed. 193

ربنآ إننا سمعنا مناديا ينادي للإيمن أن ءامنوا بربكم فامنا

Our Guardian, forgive us, then, our offenses, erase for us our evil deeds, and take us back to You with the good. 193

ربنا فٱغفر لنا ذنوبنا وكفر عنا سياتنا وتوفنا مع ٱلأبرار

Our Guardian, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not cover us with disgrace on the Day of Appearance: 194

ربنا وءاتنا ما وعدتنا على رسلك ولا تخزنا يوم ٱلقيمة

You never fail Your promise." 194

إنك لا تخلف ٱلميعاد

Their Guardian answered them, then: "I never let the deed of one of you who acts be lost, male or female — 195

فٱستجاب لهم ربهم أني لآ أضيع عمل عمل منكم من ذكر أو أنثى

you are of one another. 195

بعضكم من بعض

Those who have emigrated, been expelled from their dwellings, been persecuted on My way, fought, and been killed, I will certainly cover their evil deeds, and I will certainly admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow" — a reward from God. 195

فٱلذين هاجروا وأخرجوا من ديرهم وأوذوا في سبيلي وقتلوا وقتلوا لأكفرن عنهم سياتهم ولأدخلنهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر ثوابا من عند ٱلله

And it is with God that the best reward is found. 195

وٱلله عنده حسن ٱلثواب

Let not the free movement of those who deny-disown through the land deceive you. 196

لا يغرنك تقلب ٱلذين كفروا في ٱلبلد

It is an enjoyment of little worth, 197

متع قليل

then their refuge will be Jahannam, 197

ثم مأوىهم جهنم

and what an evil bed! 197

وبئس ٱلمهاد

But those who have guarded themselves toward their Guardian will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, as a welcome from God. 198

لكن ٱلذين ٱتقوا ربهم لهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها نزلا من عند ٱلله

And what is with God is better for the good. 198

وما عند ٱلله خير للأبرار

And among the people of the Scripture, there are indeed some who believe in God, in what has been revealed to you, and in what was revealed to them, humble toward God,i 199

وإن من أهل ٱلكتب لمن يؤمن بٱلله ومآ أنزل إليكم ومآ أنزل إليهم خشعين لله

not selling the signs of God for a small price. 199

لا يشترون بايت ٱلله ثمنا قليلا

Those are the ones whose reward is found with their Guardian. 199

أولئك لهم أجرهم عند ربهم

God is swift in reckoning. 199

إن ٱلله سريع ٱلحساب

O you who have believed! be patient, surpass [others] in patience, stand ready with firmness, and guard yourselves toward God, perhaps you will succeed. 200

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱصبروا وصابروا ورابطوا وٱتقوا ٱلله لعلكم تفلحون