Sourate An-Nisa (4) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. O mankind! guard yourselves toward your Guardian, who created you from a single Self, and created from it its spouse, and spread, from the two of them, many men and women.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم يأيها ٱلناس ٱتقوا ربكم ٱلذي خلقكم من نفس وحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونسآء

And guard yourselves toward God, in whose name you appeal to one another, and [respect] the ties of kinship. 1

وٱتقوا ٱلله ٱلذي تسآءلون به وٱلأرحام

God is indeed, over you, an Observer. 1

إن ٱلله كان عليكم رقيبا

And give the orphans their possessions, 2

وءاتوا ٱليتمى أمولهم

and do not substitute the vile for the good, 2

ولا تتبدلوا ٱلخبيث بٱلطيب

and do not devour their possessions with yours: 2

ولا تأكلوا أمولهم إلى أمولكم

that is indeed a grave offense. 2

إنه كان حوبا كبيرا

And if you fear not being equitable toward the orphans, marry then those women who are agreeable to you, two, three, or four;i 3

وإن خفتم ألا تقسطوا في ٱليتمى فٱنكحوا ما طاب لكم من ٱلنسآء مثنى وثلث وربع

and if you fear not being just, then only one, or those to whom you are bound by oath. 3

فإن خفتم ألا تعدلوا فوحدة أو ما ملكت أيمنكم

That is closest to sparing you from being overburdened by the weight of a family (too large to bear).i 3

ذلك أدنى ألا تعولوا

And give women their dowries, as an attribution of full right. 4

وءاتوا ٱلنسآء صدقتهن نحلة

Then, if they willingly release any of it to you, consume it 4

فإن طبن لكم عن شىء منه نفسا فكلوه

in complete ease and benefit. 4

هنيا مريا

And do not entrust to the foolish your possessions, which God has made a support for you; 5

ولا تؤتوا ٱلسفهآء أمولكم ٱلتي جعل ٱلله لكم قيما

but feed them from it, clothe them, and speak to them a recognized word. 5

وٱرزقوهم فيها وٱكسوهم وقولوا لهم قولا معروفا

And test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if you then discern in them a soundness of judgment, hand over to them their possessions, and do not devour them wastefully and hastily, before they grow up. 6

وٱبتلوا ٱليتمى حتى إذا بلغوا ٱلنكاح فإن ءانستم منهم رشدا فٱدفعوا إليهم أمولهم ولا تأكلوهآ إسرافا وبدارا أن يكبروا

And whoever is rich, let him abstain; 6

ومن كان غنيا فليستعفف

and whoever is poor, let him eat from it reasonably. 6

ومن كان فقيرا فليأكل بٱلمعروف

And when you hand over their possessions to them, take witnesses regarding them. 6

فإذا دفعتم إليهم أمولهم فأشهدوا عليهم

God suffices as an accountant. 6

وكفى بٱلله حسيبا

To men belongs a share of what the two parents and relatives leave, and to women belongs a share of what the two parents and relatives leave, whether little or much — 7

للرجال نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون وللنسآء نصيب مما ترك ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون مما قل منه أو كثر

a mandatory share.i 7

نصيبا مفروضا

And when the possessors of kinship ties, the orphans, and the destitute are present at the division, assign them a share from it,i 8

وإذا حضر ٱلقسمة أولوا ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين فٱرزقوهم منه

and speak to them a recognized word. 8

وقولوا لهم قولا معروفا

And let those fear [doing wrong] who, if they left behind them a vulnerable offspring, would fear for it: 9

وليخش ٱلذين لو تركوا من خلفهم ذرية ضعفا خافوا عليهم

let them, then, guard themselves toward God, and speak a straightforward word. 9

فليتقوا ٱلله وليقولوا قولا سديدا

Those who devour the possessions of orphans unjustly are only swallowing fire into their bellies, 10

إن ٱلذين يأكلون أمول ٱليتمى ظلما إنما يأكلون في بطونهم نارا

and they will burn in a blaze. 10

وسيصلون سعيرا

God instructs you, concerning your children: 11

يوصيكم ٱلله في أولدكم

to the male, the equivalent of the share of two females. 11

للذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيين

But if there are more than two women, two-thirds of what is left belongs to them; 11

فإن كن نسآء فوق ٱثنتين فلهن ثلثا ما ترك

and if she is alone, half belongs to her. 11

وإن كانت وحدة فلها ٱلنصف

And to his two parents, to each of them, a sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child; 11

ولأبويه لكل وحد منهما ٱلسدس مما ترك إن كان له ولد

but if he has no child, and his parents inherit from him, to his mother belongs a third. 11

فإن لم يكن له ولد وورثه أبواه فلأمه ٱلثلث

If he has siblings, to his mother belongs a sixth, 11

فإن كان له إخوة فلأمه ٱلسدس

after [the execution of] a testament he may have made, or a debt. 11

من بعد وصية يوصي بهآ أو دين

Your parents and your children — you do not know which of them are closer to you in benefit: 11

ءابآؤكم وأبنآؤكم لا تدرون أيهم أقرب لكم نفعا

it is an obligation from God. 11

فريضة من ٱلله

God is indeed All-Knowing, Wise. 11

إن ٱلله كان عليما حكيما

And to you belongs half of what your wives leave, if they have no child; 12

ولكم نصف ما ترك أزوجكم إن لم يكن لهن ولد

but if they have a child, to you belongs a quarter of what they leave, after [the execution of] a testament they may have made, or a debt. 12

فإن كان لهن ولد فلكم ٱلربع مما تركن من بعد وصية يوصين بهآ أو دين

And to them belongs a quarter of what you leave, if you have no child; 12

ولهن ٱلربع مما تركتم إن لم يكن لكم ولد

but if you have a child, to them belongs an eighth of what you leave, after [the execution of] a testament you may have made, or a debt. 12

فإن كان لكم ولد فلهن ٱلثمن مما تركتم من بعد وصية توصون بهآ أو دين

And if a man whose inheritance passes in the absence of any ascendant or descendant, or a woman in the same case, has a brother or a sister, to each of them belongs a sixth;i 12

وإن كان رجل يورث كللة أو ٱمرأة وله أخ أو أخت فلكل وحد منهما ٱلسدس

but if they are more numerous than that, they share in the third, after [the execution of] a testament that may have been made, or a debt, without harm [to the heirs]. 12

فإن كانوا أكثر من ذلك فهم شركآء في ٱلثلث من بعد وصية يوصى بهآ أو دين غير مضآر

It is a recommendation from God. 12

وصية من ٱلله

God is All-Knowing, full of patience. 12

وٱلله عليم حليم

Those are the limits of God. 13

تلك حدود ٱلله

And whoever obeys God and His Messenger, He admits him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein he will abide eternally. 13

ومن يطع ٱلله ورسوله يدخله جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها

That is the immense triumph. 13

وذلك ٱلفوز ٱلعظيم

And whoever disobeys God and His Messenger, and transgresses His limits, He admits him into a fire wherein he will abide eternally, 14

ومن يعص ٱلله ورسوله ويتعد حدوده يدخله نارا خلدا فيها

and he will have a humiliating punishment. 14

وله عذاب مهين

And those of your women who commit indecency, take against them the testimony of four among you; 15

وٱلتي يأتين ٱلفحشة من نسآئكم فٱستشهدوا عليهن أربعة منكم

and if they testify, then keep them within the household rather than casting them out, until death recalls them [to God], or God opens a way for them.i 15

فإن شهدوا فأمسكوهن في ٱلبيوت حتى يتوفىهن ٱلموت أو يجعل ٱلله لهن سبيلا

And the two among you who commit it, sanction them both; 16

وٱلذان يأتينها منكم فاذوهما

but if they turn back [to God] and reform, turn away from them: 16

فإن تابا وأصلحا فأعرضوا عنهمآ

God is indeed the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 16

إن ٱلله كان توابا رحيما

The repentance accepted by God concerns only those who do evil out of ignorance, then turn back [to Him] without delay: 17

إنما ٱلتوبة على ٱلله للذين يعملون ٱلسوء بجهلة ثم يتوبون من قريب

those are the ones toward whom God turns with clemency. 17

فأولئك يتوب ٱلله عليهم

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 17

وكان ٱلله عليما حكيما

And repentance is not accepted for those who commit evil deeds until, when death presents itself to one of them, he says: "I turn back [to God] now" — nor for those who die while denying-disowning: 18

وليست ٱلتوبة للذين يعملون ٱلسيات حتى إذا حضر أحدهم ٱلموت قال إني تبت ٱلن ولا ٱلذين يموتون وهم كفار

those are the ones for whom We have prepared a painful punishment. 18

أولئك أعتدنا لهم عذابا أليما

O you who have believed! it is not lawful for you to inherit women against their will, 19

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا يحل لكم أن ترثوا ٱلنسآء كرها

and do not prevent them [from remarrying] so as to take back part of what you gave them, unless they commit a manifest indecency. 19

ولا تعضلوهن لتذهبوا ببعض مآ ءاتيتموهن إلآ أن يأتين بفحشة مبينة

And live with them according to what is recognized. 19

وعاشروهن بٱلمعروف

If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing in which God places much good. 19

فإن كرهتموهن فعسى أن تكرهوا شيا ويجعل ٱلله فيه خيرا كثيرا

And if you want to replace one wife with another, and you have given one of them a treasure, take nothing of it back.i 20

وإن أردتم ٱستبدال زوج مكان زوج وءاتيتم إحدىهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيا

Would you take it back through slander and manifest transgression? 20

أتأخذونه بهتنا وإثما مبينا

And how would you take it back, when one of you has already been intimately united with the other, and they took from you a solemn engagement? 21

وكيف تأخذونه وقد أفضى بعضكم إلى بعض وأخذن منكم ميثقا غليظا

And do not marry those women whom your ancestors married, except what has already passed. 22

ولا تنكحوا ما نكح ءابآؤكم من ٱلنسآء إلا ما قد سلف

It was an indecency and an abomination, 22

إنه كان فحشة ومقتا

and what an evil path! 22

وسآء سبيلا

Forbidden to you are: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, 23

حرمت عليكم أمهتكم وبناتكم وأخوتكم وعمتكم وخلتكم وبنات ٱلأخ وبنات ٱلأخت

your mothers who took you into their care, as well as your sisters through shared care,i 23

وأمهتكم ٱلتي أرضعنكم وأخوتكم من ٱلرضعة

the mothers of your wives, your stepdaughters under your care, from wives with whom you have consummated marriage — 23

وأمهت نسآئكم وربئبكم ٱلتي في حجوركم من نسآئكم ٱلتي دخلتم بهن

but if you have not consummated marriage with them, no blame upon you — 23

فإن لم تكونوا دخلتم بهن فلا جناح عليكم

the wives of your sons from your own loins, 23

وحلئل أبنآئكم ٱلذين من أصلبكم

and to unite two sisters, except what has already passed. 23

وأن تجمعوا بين ٱلأختين إلا ما قد سلف

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 23

إن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيما

And the contractually protected women, except those to whom you are bound by oath —i 24

وٱلمحصنت من ٱلنسآء إلا ما ملكت أيمنكم

it is God's Code that binds you.i 24

كتب ٱلله عليكم

And made lawful to you are all beyond these categories, whom you seek with your possessions, as men who bind themselves in contract, not in debauchery. 24

وأحل لكم ما ورآء ذلكم أن تبتغوا بأمولكم محصنين غير مسفحين

And for what you have enjoyed with them, give them their rewards, as a fixed obligation. 24

فما ٱستمتعتم به منهن فاتوهن أجورهن فريضة

And no blame upon you for what you mutually agree upon, beyond the fixed obligation. 24

ولا جناح عليكم فيما ترضيتم به من بعد ٱلفريضة

God is indeed All-Knowing, Wise. 24

إن ٱلله كان عليما حكيما

And whoever among you lacks the means to marry believing protected women, [let him marry] then one of your believing young women bound by oath.i 25

ومن لم يستطع منكم طولا أن ينكح ٱلمحصنت ٱلمؤمنت فمن ما ملكت أيمنكم من فتيتكم ٱلمؤمنت

God knows perfectly your mutual commitments, by virtue of your faith;i 25

وٱلله أعلم بإيمنكم

You are of one another. 25

بعضكم من بعض

Marry them, then, with the permission of their family, 25

فٱنكحوهن بإذن أهلهن

and give them their wages according to what is recognized, as protected women, not as promiscuous ones nor as takers of secret lovers.i 25

وءاتوهن أجورهن بٱلمعروف محصنت غير مسفحت ولا متخذت أخدان

And once protected, if they commit an indecency, they incur half the punishment of women protected by contract.i 25

فإذآ أحصن فإن أتين بفحشة فعليهن نصف ما على ٱلمحصنت من ٱلعذاب

That, for whoever among you fears falling into [moral] hardship; 25

ذلك لمن خشي ٱلعنت منكم

but to be patient is better for you. 25

وأن تصبروا خير لكم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 25

وٱلله غفور رحيم

God wants to make things clear to you, to guide you according to the ways of those who preceded you, and to turn toward you with clemency. 26

يريد ٱلله ليبين لكم ويهديكم سنن ٱلذين من قبلكم ويتوب عليكم

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 26

وٱلله عليم حكيم

God wants to turn toward you with clemency, 27

وٱلله يريد أن يتوب عليكم

while those who follow their desires want you to deviate greatly. 27

ويريد ٱلذين يتبعون ٱلشهوت أن تميلوا ميلا عظيما

God wants to lighten [the burden] for you, 28

يريد ٱلله أن يخفف عنكم

for the human being was created weak. 28

وخلق ٱلإنسن ضعيفا

O you who have believed! do not devour your wealth among yourselves through falsehood, 29

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تأكلوا أمولكم بينكم بٱلبطل

unless it is a trade concluded with your mutual consent. 29

إلآ أن تكون تجرة عن تراض منكم

And do not kill yourselves: 29

ولا تقتلوا أنفسكم

God is indeed, toward you, full of benevolence. 29

إن ٱلله كان بكم رحيما

And whoever does that out of hostility and injustice, We will burn him in a fire. 30

ومن يفعل ذلك عدونا وظلما فسوف نصليه نارا

And that is, for God, an easy thing. 30

وكان ذلك على ٱلله يسيرا

If you avoid the grave offenses which are forbidden to you, We will cover your evil deeds, and We will admit you into a noble entrance. 31

إن تجتنبوا كبآئر ما تنهون عنه نكفر عنكم سياتكم وندخلكم مدخلا كريما

And do not covet that by which God has favored some of you above others. 32

ولا تتمنوا ما فضل ٱلله به بعضكم على بعض

To men a share of what they have earned, 32

للرجال نصيب مما ٱكتسبوا

and to women a share of what they have earned. 32

وللنسآء نصيب مما ٱكتسبن

And ask God for His favor. 32

وسلوا ٱلله من فضله

God is indeed, of all things, All-Knowing. 32

إن ٱلله كان بكل شىء عليما

And to each, We have assigned heirs for what are left 33

ولكل جعلنا مولي مما ترك

by the two parents and the relatives. 33

ٱلولدان وٱلأقربون

And those with whom your oaths have bound you, give them their share. 33

وٱلذين عقدت أيمنكم فاتوهم نصيبهم

God is indeed, over all things, a witness. 33

إن ٱلله كان على كل شىء شهيدا

Men bear the executive, protective, and financial charge of the household toward women, by reason of the advantage God has granted some over others, and of what they spend from their possessions.i 34

ٱلرجال قومون على ٱلنسآء بما فضل ٱلله بعضهم على بعض وبمآ أنفقوا من أمولهم

Righteous women are devoted, guardians of what escapes the presence [of others], by reason of what God has preserved. 34

فٱلصلحت قنتت حفظت للغيب بما حفظ ٱلله

And those whose unilateral breach [of the marital pact] you fear, admonish them, withdraw from them in the beds, then multiply them [the marital structure, by taking another wife];i 34

وٱلتي تخافون نشوزهن فعظوهن وٱهجروهن في ٱلمضاجع وٱضربوهن

then, if they obey you, seek no further way against them. 34

فإن أطعنكم فلا تبغوا عليهن سبيلا

God is indeed Exalted, Great. 34

إن ٱلله كان عليا كبيرا

And if you fear a rupture between the two, send then an arbiter from his family, and an arbiter from her family; if they both want reconciliation, God will bring them into accord. 35

وإن خفتم شقاق بينهما فٱبعثوا حكما من أهله وحكما من أهلهآ إن يريدآ إصلحا يوفق ٱلله بينهمآ

God is indeed All-Knowing, Informed. 35

إن ٱلله كان عليما خبيرا

And obey God, 36

وٱعبدوا ٱلله

and associate nothing with Him, 36

ولا تشركوا به شيا

and kindness toward the two parents, relatives, orphans, the destitute, the near neighbor, the distant neighbor, the companion at your side, the stranded traveler, and those to whom you are bound by oath. 36

وبٱلولدين إحسنا وبذي ٱلقربى وٱليتمى وٱلمسكين وٱلجار ذي ٱلقربى وٱلجار ٱلجنب وٱلصاحب بٱلجنب وٱبن ٱلسبيل وما ملكت أيمنكم

God does not love him who is vain, full of boastfulness. 36

إن ٱلله لا يحب من كان مختالا فخورا

Those who are stingy, order stinginess upon people, and hide what God has given them of His favor — 37

ٱلذين يبخلون ويأمرون ٱلناس بٱلبخل ويكتمون مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله

We have prepared, for those who deny-disown, a humiliating punishment. 37

وأعتدنا للكفرين عذابا مهينا

And those who spend their wealth for show before people, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day — 38

وٱلذين ينفقون أمولهم رئآء ٱلناس ولا يؤمنون بٱلله ولا بٱليوم ٱلءاخر

whoever has the Diverter as a companion, what an evil companion!i 38

ومن يكن ٱلشيطن له قرينا فسآء قرينا

And what would they have to lose, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent from what God provided them as sustenance? 39

وماذا عليهم لو ءامنوا بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر وأنفقوا مما رزقهم ٱلله

God knows them perfectly. 39

وكان ٱلله بهم عليما

God does no injustice, even the weight of a grain. 40

إن ٱلله لا يظلم مثقال ذرة

And if it is a good deed, He doubles it, and grants, from Himself, an immense reward. 40

وإن تك حسنة يضعفها ويؤت من لدنه أجرا عظيما

How then, when We bring, from every community, a witness, and We bring you as a witness against these? 41

فكيف إذا جئنا من كل أمة بشهيد وجئنا بك على هؤلآء شهيدا

On that day, those who denied-disowned and disobeyed the messenger would wish that the earth were leveled over them, and they will not be able to hide anything from God. 42

يومئذ يود ٱلذين كفروا وعصوا ٱلرسول لو تسوى بهم ٱلأرض ولا يكتمون ٱلله حديثا

O you who have believed! do not approach the Contact while intoxicated, until you know what you are saying, nor [after] having soiled yourselves [relieving a need] — except when passing along a way — until you have washed yourselves.i 43

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تقربوا ٱلصلوة وأنتم سكرى حتى تعلموا ما تقولون ولا جنبا إلا عابري سبيل حتى تغتسلوا

And if you are sick, or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have known a woman in intimacy, and you find no water, then resort to clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands with it.i 43

وإن كنتم مرضى أو على سفر أو جآء أحد منكم من ٱلغآئط أو لمستم ٱلنسآء فلم تجدوا مآء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا فٱمسحوا بوجوهكم وأيديكم

God is indeed Ever-Effacing, Most-Forgiving. 43

إن ٱلله كان عفوا غفورا

Have you not seen those to whom a share of the Scripture was given, buying error and wanting you to stray from the path?i 44

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يشترون ٱلضللة ويريدون أن تضلوا ٱلسبيل

God knows best your enemies. 45

وٱلله أعلم بأعدآئكم

God suffices as a protector, and God suffices as a helper. 45

وكفى بٱلله وليا وكفى بٱلله نصيرا

Among the Reoriented, there are some who displace words from their context, and say: "We have heard and disobeyed", and: "Listen, without being made to hear", and: "Ra'ina", twisting their tongues and casting aspersion on the Law.i 46

من ٱلذين هادوا يحرفون ٱلكلم عن مواضعه ويقولون سمعنا وعصينا وٱسمع غير مسمع ورعنا ليا بألسنتهم وطعنا في ٱلدين

And had they said: "We have heard and obeyed", and: "Listen", and: "Look at us", it would have been better for them, and more upright; 46

ولو أنهم قالوا سمعنا وأطعنا وٱسمع وٱنظرنا لكان خيرا لهم وأقوم

but God cursed them for their denial-disowning, and they believe only a little. 46

ولكن لعنهم ٱلله بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلا

O you to whom the Scripture was given! believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We efface faces, turning them backward, or curse them as We cursed those of the sabt [the act of rest/inaction].i 47

يأيها ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب ءامنوا بما نزلنا مصدقا لما معكم من قبل أن نطمس وجوها فنردها على أدبارهآ أو نلعنهم كما لعنآ أصحب ٱلسبت

And the command of God is always fulfilled. 47

وكان أمر ٱلله مفعولا

God does not forgive that anything be associated with Him, 48

إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك به

but He forgives, besides that, whom He wills. 48

ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآء

And whoever associates with God invents a grave offense. 48

ومن يشرك بٱلله فقد ٱفترى إثما عظيما

Have you not seen those who declare themselves pure? 49

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزكون أنفسهم

God, rather, purifies whom He wills, 49

بل ٱلله يزكي من يشآء

and they will not be wronged by a thread. 49

ولا يظلمون فتيلا

Look how they invent the lie against God: that suffices as a manifest offense. 50

ٱنظر كيف يفترون على ٱلله ٱلكذب وكفى به إثما مبينا

Have you not seen those to whom a share of the Scripture was given, believing in the Idol and the Tyrant, and saying of those who deny-disown: "These are better guided, in path, than those who have believed"?i 51

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين أوتوا نصيبا من ٱلكتب يؤمنون بٱلجبت وٱلطغوت ويقولون للذين كفروا هؤلآء أهدى من ٱلذين ءامنوا سبيلا

Those are the ones God has cursed; 52

أولئك ٱلذين لعنهم ٱلله

and whoever God curses, you will find for him no helper. 52

ومن يلعن ٱلله فلن تجد له نصيرا

Or do they have a share of the dominion? They would then not give people even the groove of a date-stone. 53

أم لهم نصيب من ٱلملك فإذا لا يؤتون ٱلناس نقيرا

Or do they envy people for what God has given them of His favor? 54

أم يحسدون ٱلناس على مآ ءاتىهم ٱلله من فضله

We have indeed given the family of Ibrahim the Scripture and the wisdom, and We gave them an immense dominion.i 54

فقد ءاتينآ ءال إبرهيم ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وءاتينهم ملكا عظيما

Among them, there are some who believed in it, and some who turned away from it. 55

فمنهم من ءامن به ومنهم من صد عنه

Jahannam suffices as a blaze. 55

وكفى بجهنم سعيرا

Those who denied-disowned Our signs, We will burn them in a fire. 56

إن ٱلذين كفروا بايتنا سوف نصليهم نارا

Every time their skins are consumed, We will replace them with other skins, so that they may taste the punishment. 56

كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلنهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا ٱلعذاب

God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise. 56

إن ٱلله كان عزيزا حكيما

And those who have believed and done righteous deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever. 57

وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبدا

They will have therein purified spouses, 57

لهم فيهآ أزوج مطهرة

and We will admit them into an extended shade. 57

وندخلهم ظلا ظليلا

God orders you to restore trusts to their rightful owners, and, when you judge between people, to judge with equity. 58

إن ٱلله يأمركم أن تؤدوا ٱلأمنت إلى أهلها وإذا حكمتم بين ٱلناس أن تحكموا بٱلعدل

How excellent is that to which God exhorts you! 58

إن ٱلله نعما يعظكم به

God is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 58

إن ٱلله كان سميعا بصيرا

O you who have believed! obey God, obey the messenger, and those among you who hold authority. 59

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا أطيعوا ٱلله وأطيعوا ٱلرسول وأولي ٱلأمر منكم

And if you disagree about something, refer it to God and to the messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day. 59

فإن تنزعتم في شىء فردوه إلى ٱلله وٱلرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر

That is better, and of finer interpretation. 59

ذلك خير وأحسن تأويلا

Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what has been revealed to you and in what was revealed before you, and who want to bring their dispute before the Tyrant, though they have been ordered to deny-disown it? 60

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين يزعمون أنهم ءامنوا بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى ٱلطغوت وقد أمروا أن يكفروا به

The Diverter wants to lead them far astray.i 60

ويريد ٱلشيطن أن يضلهم ضللا بعيدا

And when it is said to them: "Come to what God has sent down, and to the messenger", you see the hypocrites turn away from you, resolutely. 61

وإذا قيل لهم تعالوا إلى مآ أنزل ٱلله وإلى ٱلرسول رأيت ٱلمنفقين يصدون عنك صدودا

How then, when misfortune strikes them for what their hands have wrought, do they then come to you, swearing by God: "We wanted only good and reconciliation"? 62

فكيف إذآ أصبتهم مصيبة بما قدمت أيديهم ثم جآءوك يحلفون بٱلله إن أردنآ إلآ إحسنا وتوفيقا

Those are the ones whose cores God knows; turn away from them, then, admonish them, and speak to them, concerning themselves, a penetrating word. 63

أولئك ٱلذين يعلم ٱلله ما في قلوبهم فأعرض عنهم وعظهم وقل لهم في أنفسهم قولا بليغا

And We sent no messenger except that he be obeyed, with God's permission. 64

ومآ أرسلنا من رسول إلا ليطاع بإذن ٱلله

And had they come to you, after having wronged themselves, to ask God's forgiveness, and had the messenger asked forgiveness for them, they would certainly have found God the Ever-Accepter of repentance, full of benevolence. 64

ولو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جآءوك فٱستغفروا ٱلله وٱستغفر لهم ٱلرسول لوجدوا ٱلله توابا رحيما

But no, by your Guardian! they will not believe until they have taken you as judge of their disputes, and no longer find, within themselves, any hardship over what you have decided, and accept it with complete integrity. 65

فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجا مما قضيت ويسلموا تسليما

And had We prescribed for them: "Kill yourselves", or: "Leave your dwellings", they would not have done it, except a small number of them. 66

ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن ٱقتلوا أنفسكم أو ٱخرجوا من ديركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهم

And had they done what they were exhorted to do, it would have been better for them, and more strengthening; 66

ولو أنهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم وأشد تثبيتا

and We would then certainly have given them, from Ourselves, an immense reward, 67

وإذا لءاتينهم من لدنآ أجرا عظيما

and We would certainly have guided them to a straight path. 68

ولهدينهم صرطا مستقيما

And whoever obeys God and the messenger, those will be with those God has blessed, among the prophets, the men of truth, the witnesses, and the righteous. 69

ومن يطع ٱلله وٱلرسول فأولئك مع ٱلذين أنعم ٱلله عليهم من ٱلنبين وٱلصديقين وٱلشهدآء وٱلصلحين

And what an excellent company that is! 69

وحسن أولئك رفيقا

That is the favor from God, 70

ذلك ٱلفضل من ٱلله

and God suffices as All-Knowing. 70

وكفى بٱلله عليما

O you who have believed! take your precautions, and mobilize in detachments, or mobilize all together.i 71

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا خذوا حذركم فٱنفروا ثبات أو ٱنفروا جميعا

And there is indeed among you one who deliberately lags behind; 72

وإن منكم لمن ليبطئن

and if misfortune strikes you, he says: "God has blessed me, since I was not present with them." 72

فإن أصبتكم مصيبة قال قد أنعم ٱلله على إذ لم أكن معهم شهيدا

But if a favor from God reaches you, he will certainly say, as if there had been no affection between you and him: "Would that I had been with them, I would then have attained an immense triumph!" 73

ولئن أصبكم فضل من ٱلله ليقولن كأن لم تكن بينكم وبينه مودة يليتني كنت معهم فأفوز فوزا عظيما

So let those fight in the way of God who sell the present life for the last life. 74

فليقتل في سبيل ٱلله ٱلذين يشرون ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا بٱلءاخرة

And whoever fights in the way of God, and is killed or prevails, We will give him an immense reward. 74

ومن يقتل في سبيل ٱلله فيقتل أو يغلب فسوف نؤتيه أجرا عظيما

And what is with you that you should not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who say: "Our Guardian, bring us out of this city whose people are unjust, and give us, from Yourself, a protector, and give us, from Yourself, a helper"? 75

وما لكم لا تقتلون في سبيل ٱلله وٱلمستضعفين من ٱلرجال وٱلنسآء وٱلولدن ٱلذين يقولون ربنآ أخرجنا من هذه ٱلقرية ٱلظالم أهلها وٱجعل لنا من لدنك وليا وٱجعل لنا من لدنك نصيرا

Those who have believed fight in the way of God, 76

ٱلذين ءامنوا يقتلون في سبيل ٱلله

and those who deny-disown fight in the way of the Tyrant. 76

وٱلذين كفروا يقتلون في سبيل ٱلطغوت

So fight the allies of the Diverter:i 76

فقتلوا أوليآء ٱلشيطن

the scheming of the Diverter is indeed weak.i 76

إن كيد ٱلشيطن كان ضعيفا

Have you not seen those to whom it was said: "Hold back your hands, maintain the Contact, and give the purifying alms"? 77

ألم تر إلى ٱلذين قيل لهم كفوا أيديكم وأقيموا ٱلصلوة وءاتوا ٱلزكوة

Then, when combat was prescribed for them, there a group among them dread people as one dreads God, or with an even keener dread, 77

فلما كتب عليهم ٱلقتال إذا فريق منهم يخشون ٱلناس كخشية ٱلله أو أشد خشية

and they say: "Our Guardian, why have You prescribed combat for us? Why did You not grant us a delay until a near term!" 77

وقالوا ربنا لم كتبت علينا ٱلقتال لولآ أخرتنآ إلى أجل قريب

Say: "The enjoyment of the present life is little, 77

قل متع ٱلدنيا قليل

and the last life is better for whoever guards himself, 77

وٱلءاخرة خير لمن ٱتقى

and you will not be wronged by a thread." 77

ولا تظلمون فتيلا

Wherever you are, death will reach you, even were you in impregnable towers. 78

أينما تكونوا يدرككم ٱلموت ولو كنتم في بروج مشيدة

And if good befalls them, they say: "This is from God"; 78

وإن تصبهم حسنة يقولوا هذه من عند ٱلله

and if evil befalls them, they say: "This is from you." 78

وإن تصبهم سيئة يقولوا هذه من عندك

Say: "All comes from God." 78

قل كل من عند ٱلله

What is with these people that they scarcely understand a discourse? 78

فمال هؤلآء ٱلقوم لا يكادون يفقهون حديثا

What reaches you of good comes from God, 79

مآ أصابك من حسنة فمن ٱلله

and what reaches you of evil comes from yourself. 79

ومآ أصابك من سيئة فمن نفسك

And We sent you to mankind as a messenger. 79

وأرسلنك للناس رسولا

God suffices as a witness. 79

وكفى بٱلله شهيدا

Whoever obeys the messenger indeed obeys God, 80

من يطع ٱلرسول فقد أطاع ٱلله

and whoever turns away — We have not sent you as a guardian over them. 80

ومن تولى فمآ أرسلنك عليهم حفيظا

And they say: "Obedience", 81

ويقولون طاعة

but when they leave you, a group among them schemes by night something quite different from what they say. 81

فإذا برزوا من عندك بيت طآئفة منهم غير ٱلذي تقول

God records what they scheme by night. 81

وٱلله يكتب ما يبيتون

Turn away from them, then, and rely upon God. 81

فأعرض عنهم وتوكل على ٱلله

God suffices as a trustee-agent. 81

وكفى بٱلله وكيلا

Do they not then reflect on this Recitation? 82

أفلا يتدبرون ٱلقرءان

Had it come from other than God, they would have found in it much divergence. 82

ولو كان من عند غير ٱلله لوجدوا فيه ٱختلفا كثيرا

And when news reaches them, reassuring or alarming, they spread it; 83

وإذا جآءهم أمر من ٱلأمن أو ٱلخوف أذاعوا به

but had they referred it to the messenger and to those among them who hold authority, those among them who seek to draw out its substance would have known it. 83

ولو ردوه إلى ٱلرسول وإلى أولي ٱلأمر منهم لعلمه ٱلذين يستنبطونه منهم

And without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, you would certainly have followed the Diverter, except a few.i 83

ولولا فضل ٱلله عليكم ورحمته لٱتبعتم ٱلشيطن إلا قليلا

So fight in the way of God: 84

فقتل في سبيل ٱلله

you are charged only with yourself. 84

لا تكلف إلا نفسك

And incite the believers [to combat]. 84

وحرض ٱلمؤمنين

It may be that God will restrain the violence of those who deny-disown. 84

عسى ٱلله أن يكف بأس ٱلذين كفروا

God is more formidable in violence, and more formidable in exemplary punishment. 84

وٱلله أشد بأسا وأشد تنكيلا

Whoever intercedes with a good intercession will have a share of it; 85

من يشفع شفعة حسنة يكن له نصيب منها

and whoever intercedes with an evil intercession will bear a share of responsibility for it. 85

ومن يشفع شفعة سيئة يكن له كفل منها

God is, over all things, a guarantor. 85

وكان ٱلله على كل شىء مقيتا

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better greeting, or simply return it. 86

وإذا حييتم بتحية فحيوا بأحسن منهآ أو ردوهآ

God is indeed, over all things, an accountant. 86

إن ٱلله كان على كل شىء حسيبا

God, there is no deity but Him. 87

ٱلله لآ إله إلا هو

He will certainly gather you on the Day of Appearance, no doubt possible. 87

ليجمعنكم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة لا ريب فيه

And who is more truthful than God in speech? 87

ومن أصدق من ٱلله حديثا

What is with you, then, concerning the hypocrites, that you form two groups, when God has cast them back for what they have earned? 88

فما لكم في ٱلمنفقين فئتين وٱلله أركسهم بما كسبوا

Do you want to guide him whom God has led astray? 88

أتريدون أن تهدوا من أضل ٱلله

And whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no path. 88

ومن يضلل ٱلله فلن تجد له سبيلا

They would like you to deny-disown as they denied-disowned, so that you might be equal; 89

ودوا لو تكفرون كما كفروا فتكونون سوآء

so do not take, among them, allies, until they emigrate in the way of God. 89

فلا تتخذوا منهم أوليآء حتى يهاجروا في سبيل ٱلله

If they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take, among them, neither ally nor helper — except those who join a people between whom and you there is a pact, or who come to you 90

فإن تولوا فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث وجدتموهم ولا تتخذوا منهم وليا ولا نصيرا إلا ٱلذين يصلون إلى قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق أو جآءوكم

with their hearts constrained at the thought of fighting you, or fighting their own people. 90

حصرت صدورهم أن يقتلوكم أو يقتلوا قومهم

And had God willed, He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. 90

ولو شآء ٱلله لسلطهم عليكم فلقتلوكم

If they keep away from you, do not fight you, and offer you peace, then God grants you no way against them. 90

فإن ٱعتزلوكم فلم يقتلوكم وألقوا إليكم ٱلسلم فما جعل ٱلله لكم عليهم سبيلا

You will find others who want to be secure with you and secure with their own people; every time they are brought back to the trial, they plunge back into it. 91

ستجدون ءاخرين يريدون أن يأمنوكم ويأمنوا قومهم كل ما ردوا إلى ٱلفتنة أركسوا فيها

If they do not keep away from you, do not offer you peace, and do not restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you encounter them. 91

فإن لم يعتزلوكم ويلقوا إليكم ٱلسلم ويكفوا أيديهم فخذوهم وٱقتلوهم حيث ثقفتموهم

Those are the ones against whom We give you manifest authority. 91

وأولئكم جعلنا لكم عليهم سلطنا مبينا

And it is not for a believer to kill a believer, 92

وما كان لمؤمن أن يقتل مؤمنا

except by mistake. 92

إلا خطا

And whoever kills a believer by mistake must free a believing person from the burden of a debt, as well as a compensation delivered to his family, unless they forgo it as charity. 92

ومن قتل مؤمنا خطا فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة ودية مسلمة إلى أهله إلآ أن يصدقوا

And if the slain belonged to a people hostile to you, while being a believer, then the freeing of a believing person from the burden of a debt. 92

فإن كان من قوم عدو لكم وهو مؤمن فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة

And if he belonged to a people between whom and you there is a pact, then a compensation delivered to his family, and the freeing of a believing person from the burden of a debt. 92

وإن كان من قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثق فدية مسلمة إلى أهله وتحرير رقبة مؤمنة

And whoever does not find the means, then an abstention of two consecutive months, as a [accepted] return toward God. 92

فمن لم يجد فصيام شهرين متتابعين توبة من ٱلله

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 92

وكان ٱلله عليما حكيما

And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his reward is Jahannam, wherein he will abide eternally; God is angered against him, has cursed him, and has prepared for him an immense punishment. 93

ومن يقتل مؤمنا متعمدا فجزآؤه جهنم خلدا فيها وغضب ٱلله عليه ولعنه وأعد له عذابا عظيما

O you who have believed! when you advance in the way of God, distinguish clearly, 94

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا إذا ضربتم في سبيل ٱلله فتبينوا

and do not say to one who offers you peace: "You are not a believer", coveting the fleeting goods of the present life; but, with God, there are abundant spoils. 94

ولا تقولوا لمن ألقى إليكم ٱلسلم لست مؤمنا تبتغون عرض ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله مغانم كثيرة

Thus were you before, and God blessed you. 94

كذلك كنتم من قبل فمن ٱلله عليكم

So distinguish clearly. 94

فتبينوا

God is indeed well informed of what you do. 94

إن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

Not equal are those of the believers who remain seated, apart from those with disabilities, and those who strive in the way of God with their possessions and their Selves. 95

لا يستوي ٱلقعدون من ٱلمؤمنين غير أولي ٱلضرر وٱلمجهدون في سبيل ٱلله بأمولهم وأنفسهم

God has favored those who strive with their possessions and their Selves, in degree, above those who remain seated. 95

فضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين بأمولهم وأنفسهم على ٱلقعدين درجة

And to all, God has promised the best; 95

وكلا وعد ٱلله ٱلحسنى

and God has favored those who strive, above those who remain seated, with an immense reward — degrees from Him, and forgiveness, and benevolence;i 96

وفضل ٱلله ٱلمجهدين على ٱلقعدين أجرا عظيما درجت منه ومغفرة ورحمة

and God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 96

وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيما

Those whom the Agents take back [to God] while they are unjust toward themselves — [the Agents] say: "In what situation were you?"i 97

إن ٱلذين توفىهم ٱلملئكة ظالمي أنفسهم قالوا فيم كنتم

They say: "We were reduced to weakness on the earth." 97

قالوا كنا مستضعفين في ٱلأرض

They say: "Was God's earth not vast enough for you to emigrate in it?" 97

قالوا ألم تكن أرض ٱلله وسعة فتهاجروا فيها

Those are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam; and what an evil destination! — except the men, women, and children reduced to weakness, who have neither the means to scheme, nor to find a way. 98

فأولئك مأوىهم جهنم وسآءت مصيرا إلا ٱلمستضعفين من ٱلرجال وٱلنسآء وٱلولدن لا يستطيعون حيلة ولا يهتدون سبيلا

Those, it may be that God will efface them [of their fault]. 99

فأولئك عسى ٱلله أن يعفو عنهم

God effaces ceaselessly, He is Most-Forgiving. 99

وكان ٱلله عفوا غفورا

And whoever emigrates in the way of God will find, on the earth, an ample refuge and abundance. 100

ومن يهاجر في سبيل ٱلله يجد في ٱلأرض مرغما كثيرا وسعة

And whoever leaves his dwelling, emigrating toward God and His Messenger, and is then overtaken by death, his reward is henceforth incumbent upon God. 100

ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجرا إلى ٱلله ورسوله ثم يدركه ٱلموت فقد وقع أجره على ٱلله

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 100

وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيما

And when you travel through the land, no blame upon you for shortening the Contact, if you fear that those who deny-disown may try you. 101

وإذا ضربتم في ٱلأرض فليس عليكم جناح أن تقصروا من ٱلصلوة إن خفتم أن يفتنكم ٱلذين كفروا

Those who deny-disown are indeed, for you, a manifest enemy. 101

إن ٱلكفرين كانوا لكم عدوا مبينا

And when you are among them, and you lead the Contact for them, let a group of them stand with you, and let them take their arms. 102

وإذا كنت فيهم فأقمت لهم ٱلصلوة فلتقم طآئفة منهم معك وليأخذوا أسلحتهم

Then, when they have prostrated, let them pass behind you, 102

فإذا سجدوا فليكونوا من ورآئكم

and let another group, who has not yet performed the Contact, come to perform it with you, taking their precautions and their arms. 102

ولتأت طآئفة أخرى لم يصلوا فليصلوا معك وليأخذوا حذرهم وأسلحتهم

Those who deny-disown would like you to neglect your arms and your equipment, so as to swoop down upon you in a single rush. 102

ود ٱلذين كفروا لو تغفلون عن أسلحتكم وأمتعتكم فيميلون عليكم ميلة وحدة

And no blame upon you, if you are hindered by rain or are sick, for laying down your arms; 102

ولا جناح عليكم إن كان بكم أذى من مطر أو كنتم مرضى أن تضعوا أسلحتكم

but take your precautions. 102

وخذوا حذركم

God has indeed prepared, for those who deny-disown, a humiliating punishment. 102

إن ٱلله أعد للكفرين عذابا مهينا

And when you have completed the Contact, remember God, standing, sitting, or lying on your sides. 103

فإذا قضيتم ٱلصلوة فٱذكروا ٱلله قيما وقعودا وعلى جنوبكم

Then, once at ease, maintain the Contact. 103

فإذا ٱطمأننتم فأقيموا ٱلصلوة

The Contact is indeed, for the believers, a prescription at fixed times.i 103

إن ٱلصلوة كانت على ٱلمؤمنين كتبا موقوتا

And do not weaken in the pursuit of that people. 104

ولا تهنوا في ٱبتغآء ٱلقوم

If you suffer, they suffer as you suffer; but you hope from God what they do not hope. 104

إن تكونوا تألمون فإنهم يألمون كما تألمون وترجون من ٱلله ما لا يرجون

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 104

وكان ٱلله عليما حكيما

We have sent down to you the Scripture in truth, so that you may judge between people according to what God has shown you.i 105

إنآ أنزلنآ إليك ٱلكتب بٱلحق لتحكم بين ٱلناس بمآ أرىك ٱلله

And do not be, for the treacherous, a defender. 105

ولا تكن للخآئنين خصيما

And ask God's forgiveness. 106

وٱستغفر ٱلله

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 106

إن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيما

And do not dispute in favor of those who betray themselves. 107

ولا تجدل عن ٱلذين يختانون أنفسهم

God does not love him who is treacherous, transgressive. 107

إن ٱلله لا يحب من كان خوانا أثيما

They hide from people, but cannot hide from God: He is with them, when they scheme by night words He does not approve. 108

يستخفون من ٱلناس ولا يستخفون من ٱلله وهو معهم إذ يبيتون ما لا يرضى من ٱلقول

God encompasses perfectly what they do. 108

وكان ٱلله بما يعملون محيطا

So here you are, who pleaded for them in the present life; but who will plead for them, before God, on the Day of Appearance? Or who will be, for them, a trustee-agent? 109

هأنتم هؤلآء جدلتم عنهم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا فمن يجدل ٱلله عنهم يوم ٱلقيمة أم من يكون عليهم وكيلا

And whoever commits an evil, or wrongs his own Self, then asks God's forgiveness, finds God Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 110

ومن يعمل سوءا أو يظلم نفسه ثم يستغفر ٱلله يجد ٱلله غفورا رحيما

And whoever acquires a transgression acquires it only against his own Self. 111

ومن يكسب إثما فإنما يكسبه على نفسه

God is All-Knowing, Wise. 111

وكان ٱلله عليما حكيما

And whoever acquires an offense or a transgression, then accuses an innocent person of it, burdens himself with a slander and a manifest offense. 112

ومن يكسب خطية أو إثما ثم يرم به بريا فقد ٱحتمل بهتنا وإثما مبينا

And without God's favor upon you and His benevolence, a group among them would have resolved to lead you astray; 113

ولولا فضل ٱلله عليك ورحمته لهمت طآئفة منهم أن يضلوك

but they lead astray none but themselves, and they cannot harm you at all. 113

وما يضلون إلآ أنفسهم وما يضرونك من شىء

God has sent down upon you the Scripture and the wisdom, and taught you what you did not know.i 113

وأنزل ٱلله عليك ٱلكتب وٱلحكمة وعلمك ما لم تكن تعلم

The favor of God upon you is immense. 113

وكان فضل ٱلله عليك عظيما

There is no good in most of their private conferences, except for one who orders an alms, or a good deed, or a reconciliation between people. 114

لا خير في كثير من نجوىهم إلا من أمر بصدقة أو معروف أو إصلح بين ٱلناس

And whoever does that seeking the good pleasure of God, We will give him an immense reward. 114

ومن يفعل ذلك ٱبتغآء مرضات ٱلله فسوف نؤتيه أجرا عظيما

And whoever opposes the messenger, after guidance has become clear to him, and follows a path other than that of the believers, We will leave him to what he has turned to, and We will burn him in Jahannam. 115

ومن يشاقق ٱلرسول من بعد ما تبين له ٱلهدى ويتبع غير سبيل ٱلمؤمنين نوله ما تولى ونصله جهنم

And what an evil destination! 115

وسآءت مصيرا

God does not forgive that anything be associated with Him, 116

إن ٱلله لا يغفر أن يشرك به

but He forgives, besides that, whom He wills. 116

ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشآء

And whoever associates with God strays far astray. 116

ومن يشرك بٱلله فقد ضل ضللا بعيدا

They invoke, besides Him, only [feminine] deities, and they invoke only a rebellious Diverter, whom God has cursed,i 118

إن يدعون من دونه إلآ إنثا وإن يدعون إلا شيطنا مريدا لعنه ٱلله

who said: "I will certainly take, among Your obedient ones, a determined portion; I will certainly lead them astray, I will certainly give them vain hopes, I will certainly order them to slit the ears of cattle, and I will certainly order them to alter God's creation."i 119

وقال لأتخذن من عبادك نصيبا مفروضا ولأضلنهم ولأمنينهم ولءامرنهم فليبتكن ءاذان ٱلأنعم ولءامرنهم فليغيرن خلق ٱلله

And whoever takes the Diverter as an ally, besides God, has indeed suffered a manifest loss.i 119

ومن يتخذ ٱلشيطن وليا من دون ٱلله فقد خسر خسرانا مبينا

He makes them promises and gives them vain hopes, 120

يعدهم ويمنيهم

and the Diverter promises them only deception.i 120

وما يعدهم ٱلشيطن إلا غرورا

Those are the ones whose refuge will be Jahannam, 121

أولئك مأوىهم جهنم

and they will find no escape from it. 121

ولا يجدون عنها محيصا

And those who have believed and done righteous deeds, We will admit them into gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally, forever. 122

وٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت سندخلهم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهآ أبدا

A promise of God, in truth. 122

وعد ٱلله حقا

And who is more truthful than God in speech? 122

ومن أصدق من ٱلله قيلا

It does not depend on your wishes, nor on the wishes of the people of the Scripture.i 123

ليس بأمانيكم ولآ أماني أهل ٱلكتب

Whoever commits an evil will be rewarded for it, and will find, besides God, neither protector nor helper. 123

من يعمل سوءا يجز به ولا يجد له من دون ٱلله وليا ولا نصيرا

And whoever does righteous deeds, male or female, while being a believer, those will enter the Garden, and will not be wronged in anything. 124

ومن يعمل من ٱلصلحت من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فأولئك يدخلون ٱلجنة ولا يظلمون نقيرا

And who has a better Law than one who has made his direction toward God integral, while doing good, and followed the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God?i 125

ومن أحسن دينا ممن أسلم وجهه لله وهو محسن وٱتبع ملة إبرهيم حنيفا

And God took Ibrahim as an intimate friend.i 125

وٱتخذ ٱلله إبرهيم خليلا

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 126

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God encompasses, of all things, perfectly. 126

وكان ٱلله بكل شىء محيطا

And they consult you concerning women. 127

ويستفتونك في ٱلنسآء

Say: "God instructs you concerning them, as well as what is recited to you in the Scripture concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is prescribed for them, while desiring to marry them, and the children reduced to weakness, and [He orders you] to conduct yourselves with the orphans in complete equity.i 127

قل ٱلله يفتيكم فيهن وما يتلى عليكم في ٱلكتب في يتمى ٱلنسآء ٱلتي لا تؤتونهن ما كتب لهن وترغبون أن تنكحوهن وٱلمستضعفين من ٱلولدن وأن تقوموا لليتمى بٱلقسط

And whatever good you do, God knows it perfectly." 127

وما تفعلوا من خير فإن ٱلله كان به عليما

And if a woman fears from her husband persistent hostility or disinterest, no blame upon them to reconcile through an agreement; 128

وإن ٱمرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا أو إعراضا فلا جناح عليهمآ أن يصلحا بينهما صلحا

and reconciliation is better. 128

وٱلصلح خير

The Selves are inclined to stinginess; 128

وأحضرت ٱلأنفس ٱلشح

but if you act with kindness and guard yourselves, God is indeed well informed of what you do. 128

وإن تحسنوا وتتقوا فإن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

And you will never be able to be equitable between women, even if you are keen on it; 129

ولن تستطيعوا أن تعدلوا بين ٱلنسآء ولو حرصتم

so do not incline entirely [to one side], to the point of leaving the other as if suspended. 129

فلا تميلوا كل ٱلميل فتذروها كٱلمعلقة

And if you reconcile and guard yourselves, God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 129

وإن تصلحوا وتتقوا فإن ٱلله كان غفورا رحيما

And if they separate, God will enrich each of them from His abundance. 130

وإن يتفرقا يغن ٱلله كلا من سعته

God is Vast, Wise. 130

وكان ٱلله وسعا حكيما

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 131

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

And We have indeed recommended to those to whom the Scripture was given before you, and to yourselves, to guard yourselves toward God.i 131

ولقد وصينا ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبلكم وإياكم أن ٱتقوا ٱلله

And if you deny-disown, to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 131

وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God is self-sufficient, worthy of praise. 131

وكان ٱلله غنيا حميدا

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 132

ولله ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God suffices as a trustee-agent. 132

وكفى بٱلله وكيلا

If He wills, He makes you disappear, O mankind, and brings others in your place.i 133

إن يشأ يذهبكم أيها ٱلناس ويأت باخرين

God is capable of that. 133

وكان ٱلله على ذلك قديرا

Whoever wants the reward of the present life — with God is the reward of the present life and of the last life. 134

من كان يريد ثواب ٱلدنيا فعند ٱلله ثواب ٱلدنيا وٱلءاخرة

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 134

وكان ٱلله سميعا بصيرا

O you who have believed! be firm supporters in equity, witnesses for God, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives. 135

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا كونوا قومين بٱلقسط شهدآء لله ولو على أنفسكم أو ٱلولدين وٱلأقربين

Whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to them both than you; so do not follow emotion, to the point of no longer being equitable. 135

إن يكن غنيا أو فقيرا فٱلله أولى بهما فلا تتبعوا ٱلهوى أن تعدلوا

And if you distort or turn away, God is indeed well informed of what you do. 135

وإن تلوا أو تعرضوا فإن ٱلله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

O you who have believed! believe in God, in His Messenger, in the Scripture He sent down upon His Messenger, and in the Scripture He sent down before.i 136

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي نزل على رسوله وٱلكتب ٱلذي أنزل من قبل

And whoever denies-disowns God, His Agents, His scriptures, His messengers, and the Last Day strays far astray.i 136

ومن يكفر بٱلله وملئكته وكتبه ورسله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر فقد ضل ضللا بعيدا

Those who have believed, then denied-disowned, then believed, then denied-disowned, then increased in denial-disowning — it is not for God to forgive them, nor to guide them to a path. 137

إن ٱلذين ءامنوا ثم كفروا ثم ءامنوا ثم كفروا ثم ٱزدادوا كفرا لم يكن ٱلله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم سبيلا

Announce to the hypocrites that they will have a painful punishment — those who take those who deny-disown as allies, besides the believers.i 139

بشر ٱلمنفقين بأن لهم عذابا أليما ٱلذين يتخذون ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنين

Do they seek power with them? Power belongs to God in its entirety. 139

أيبتغون عندهم ٱلعزة فإن ٱلعزة لله جميعا

And He has already sent down to you, in the Scripture, [this]: when you hear the signs of God being denied and mocked, do not remain seated with them, until they move on to another subject;i 140

وقد نزل عليكم في ٱلكتب أن إذا سمعتم ءايت ٱلله يكفر بها ويستهزأ بها فلا تقعدوا معهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره

you would then be like them. 140

إنكم إذا مثلهم

God will certainly gather the hypocrites and those who deny-disown, all together, in Jahannam — those who watch [what happens to you]: if a victory comes to you from God, they say: "Were we not with you?" and if a share falls to those who deny-disown, they say: "Did we not overpower you, and did we not protect you against the believers?" 141

إن ٱلله جامع ٱلمنفقين وٱلكفرين في جهنم جميعا ٱلذين يتربصون بكم فإن كان لكم فتح من ٱلله قالوا ألم نكن معكم وإن كان للكفرين نصيب قالوا ألم نستحوذ عليكم ونمنعكم من ٱلمؤمنين

God will judge between you, on the Day of Appearance; 141

فٱلله يحكم بينكم يوم ٱلقيمة

and God will never grant those who deny-disown a way over the believers. 141

ولن يجعل ٱلله للكفرين على ٱلمؤمنين سبيلا

The hypocrites seek to deceive God, and it is He who deceives them [in return]. 142

إن ٱلمنفقين يخدعون ٱلله وهو خدعهم

And when they rise for the Contact, they rise lazily, making a show of themselves to people, and remember God only a little, wavering between the two, neither on one side nor the other. 143

وإذا قاموا إلى ٱلصلوة قاموا كسالى يرآءون ٱلناس ولا يذكرون ٱلله إلا قليلا مذبذبين بين ذلك لآ إلى هؤلآء ولآ إلى هؤلآء

And whoever God leads astray, you will find for him no path. 143

ومن يضلل ٱلله فلن تجد له سبيلا

O you who have believed! do not take those who deny-disown as allies, besides the believers. 144

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا ٱلكفرين أوليآء من دون ٱلمؤمنين

Would you give God manifest authority against you? 144

أتريدون أن تجعلوا لله عليكم سلطنا مبينا

The hypocrites are indeed in the lowest stratum of the Fire, and you will never find for them a helper — 145

إن ٱلمنفقين في ٱلدرك ٱلأسفل من ٱلنار ولن تجد لهم نصيرا

except those who turn back [to God], reform, hold firmly to God, and devote their Law sincerely to God: those are the ones who are with the believers, 146

إلا ٱلذين تابوا وأصلحوا وٱعتصموا بٱلله وأخلصوا دينهم لله فأولئك مع ٱلمؤمنين

and God will soon give the believers an immense reward. 146

وسوف يؤت ٱلله ٱلمؤمنين أجرا عظيما

What would God do with your punishment, if you are grateful and believing? 147

ما يفعل ٱلله بعذابكم إن شكرتم وءامنتم

God is Grateful, All-Knowing. 147

وكان ٱلله شاكرا عليما

God does not love the public disclosure of evil in speech, except from one who has been wronged. 148

لا يحب ٱلله ٱلجهر بٱلسوء من ٱلقول إلا من ظلم

God is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 148

وكان ٱلله سميعا عليما

Whether you disclose a good, or hide it, or forgive an evil, God is indeed Ever-Effacing, All-Powerful. 149

إن تبدوا خيرا أو تخفوه أو تعفوا عن سوء فإن ٱلله كان عفوا قديرا

Those who deny-disown God and His messengers, and want to separate God from His messengers, saying: "We believe in part, and we deny-disown part", wanting to carve out a path between the two — those are the true deniers. 151

إن ٱلذين يكفرون بٱلله ورسله ويريدون أن يفرقوا بين ٱلله ورسله ويقولون نؤمن ببعض ونكفر ببعض ويريدون أن يتخذوا بين ذلك سبيلا أولئك هم ٱلكفرون حقا

We have prepared, for those who deny-disown, a humiliating punishment. 151

وأعتدنا للكفرين عذابا مهينا

And those who have believed in God and His messengers, and have made no distinction between any of them, to those He will soon give their rewards. 152

وٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسله ولم يفرقوا بين أحد منهم أولئك سوف يؤتيهم أجورهم

God is Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 152

وكان ٱلله غفورا رحيما

The people of the Scripture ask you to send down upon them a scripture from the sky.i 153

يسلك أهل ٱلكتب أن تنزل عليهم كتبا من ٱلسمآء

They indeed asked Moussa something greater than that, saying: "Show us God openly"; the thunderbolt then seized them for their injustice. 153

فقد سألوا موسى أكبر من ذلك فقالوا أرنا ٱلله جهرة فأخذتهم ٱلصعقة بظلمهم

Then they took the calf [as a deity], after the clear proofs had come to them; but We passed over that, 153

ثم ٱتخذوا ٱلعجل من بعد ما جآءتهم ٱلبينت فعفونا عن ذلك

and We gave Moussa manifest authority.i 153

وءاتينا موسى سلطنا مبينا

And We raised above them the Mount, by virtue of their engagement, 154

ورفعنا فوقهم ٱلطور بميثقهم

and We said to them: "Enter by the gate, prostrate",i 154

وقلنا لهم ٱدخلوا ٱلباب سجدا

and We said to them: "Do not transgress the Sabbath", 154

وقلنا لهم لا تعدوا في ٱلسبت

and We took from them a solemn engagement. 154

وأخذنا منهم ميثقا غليظا

It is for having violated their engagement, denied the signs of God, killed the prophets without right, and said: "Our cores are wrapped up" — no, it is God who sealed their cores for their denial-disowning, so that they believe only a little — and for their denial-disowning, and their imputation against Maryam of an immense slander, and for having said: "We killed Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, the messenger of God", 157

فبما نقضهم ميثقهم وكفرهم بايت ٱلله وقتلهم ٱلأنبيآء بغير حق وقولهم قلوبنا غلف بل طبع ٱلله عليها بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلا وبكفرهم وقولهم على مريم بهتنا عظيما وقولهم إنا قتلنا ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱلله

when they did not kill him and did not crucify him, but a likeness was given to them.i 157

وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهم

And those who differ about it are indeed in doubt concerning it.i 157

وإن ٱلذين ٱختلفوا فيه لفي شك منه

They have no knowledge of it,i 157

ما لهم به من علم

except following a conjecture. 157

إلا ٱتباع ٱلظن

And they certainly did not kill him. 157

وما قتلوه يقينا

God, rather, raised him to Himself. 158

بل رفعه ٱلله إليه

God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise. 158

وكان ٱلله عزيزا حكيما

And there is none among the people of the Scripture who will not certainly believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Appearance, he will be a witness against them.i 159

وإن من أهل ٱلكتب إلا ليؤمنن به قبل موته ويوم ٱلقيمة يكون عليهم شهيدا

It is for the injustice of those who practice Judaism that We forbade them good things that had been made lawful for them, and for having greatly turned away from the path of God, and for having practiced usury, though they had been forbidden it, and devoured the wealth of people through falsehood. 161

فبظلم من ٱلذين هادوا حرمنا عليهم طيبت أحلت لهم وبصدهم عن سبيل ٱلله كثيرا وأخذهم ٱلربوا وقد نهوا عنه وأكلهم أمول ٱلناس بٱلبطل

We have prepared, for those among them who deny-disown, a painful punishment. 161

وأعتدنا للكفرين منهم عذابا أليما

But those among them who are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been revealed to you and in what was revealed before you, as well as those who maintain the Contact,i 162

لكن ٱلرسخون في ٱلعلم منهم وٱلمؤمنون يؤمنون بمآ أنزل إليك ومآ أنزل من قبلك وٱلمقيمين ٱلصلوة

those who give the purifying alms, and those who believe in God and the Last Day — those are the ones to whom We will soon give an immense reward. 162

وٱلمؤتون ٱلزكوة وٱلمؤمنون بٱلله وٱليوم ٱلءاخر أولئك سنؤتيهم أجرا عظيما

We have indeed revealed to you, as We revealed to Nuh and the prophets after him, 163

إنآ أوحينآ إليك كمآ أوحينآ إلى نوح وٱلنبين من بعده

and We revealed to Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Yaacoub, the tribes, Issa, Ayyub, Younes, Harun, and Sulayman; 163

وأوحينآ إلى إبرهيم وإسمعيل وإسحق ويعقوب وٱلأسباط وعيسى وأيوب ويونس وهرون وسليمن

and We gave Dawud a Formulary. 163

وءاتينا داود زبورا

And [We sent] messengers of whom We have already related to you [the story], and messengers of whom We have not related [the story] to you; 164

ورسلا قد قصصنهم عليك من قبل ورسلا لم نقصصهم عليك

and God spoke to Moussa with a [direct] word.i 164

وكلم ٱلله موسى تكليما

Messengers, bearers of good tidings and warners, so that people might have no argument against God after the messengers.i 165

رسلا مبشرين ومنذرين لئلا يكون للناس على ٱلله حجة بعد ٱلرسل

God is All-Powerful, Wise.i 165

وكان ٱلله عزيزا حكيما

But God testifies to what He has sent down to you; 166

لكن ٱلله يشهد بمآ أنزل إليك

He sent it down with full knowledge, and the Agents bear witness to it.i 166

أنزله بعلمه وٱلملئكة يشهدون

And God suffices as a witness. 166

وكفى بٱلله شهيدا

Those who denied-disowned and turned away from the path of God have indeed strayed far astray. 167

إن ٱلذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل ٱلله قد ضلوا ضللا بعيدا

Those who denied-disowned and committed injustice — it is not in God's nature to forgive them, nor to guide them to a path, except the path of Jahannam, wherein they will abide eternally, forever.i 169

إن ٱلذين كفروا وظلموا لم يكن ٱلله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم طريقا إلا طريق جهنم خلدين فيهآ أبدا

And that is, for God, an easy thing. 169

وكان ذلك على ٱلله يسيرا

O mankind! the messenger has indeed come to you with the truth, from your Guardian; believe, then, it is better for you. 170

يأيها ٱلناس قد جآءكم ٱلرسول بٱلحق من ربكم فامنوا خيرا لكم

And if you deny-disown, to God belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth. 170

وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

God is All-Knowing, Wise.i 170

وكان ٱلله عليما حكيما

O people of the Scripture! do not exceed bounds in your Law, and say about God nothing but the truth.i 171

يأهل ٱلكتب لا تغلوا في دينكم ولا تقولوا على ٱلله إلا ٱلحق

Al-Massih, Issa, son of Maryam, is only the messenger of God, and His word, 171

إنما ٱلمسيح عيسى ٱبن مريم رسول ٱلله وكلمته

which He cast toward Maryam, and an Influx from Him. 171

ألقىهآ إلى مريم وروح منه

So believe in God and His messengers, 171

فامنوا بٱلله ورسله

and do not say: "Three". 171

ولا تقولوا ثلثة

Cease: that is better for you. 171

ٱنتهوا خيرا لكم

God is only one deity.i 171

إنما ٱلله إله وحد

Glory be to Him! He is above having a child.i 171

سبحنه أن يكون له ولد

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. 171

له ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض

God suffices as a trustee-agent. 171

وكفى بٱلله وكيلا

Al-Massih will never disdain to be obedient to God, nor will the Agents brought near.i 172

لن يستنكف ٱلمسيح أن يكون عبدا لله ولا ٱلملئكة ٱلمقربون

And whoever disdains to obey Him, and is arrogant, He will soon gather them to Himself, all together. 172

ومن يستنكف عن عبادته ويستكبر فسيحشرهم إليه جميعا

As for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full, and He will give them more of His favor; 173

فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت فيوفيهم أجورهم ويزيدهم من فضله

and as for those who disdained and were arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment, and they will find, besides God, neither protector nor helper. 173

وأما ٱلذين ٱستنكفوا وٱستكبروا فيعذبهم عذابا أليما ولا يجدون لهم من دون ٱلله وليا ولا نصيرا

O mankind! a proof has indeed come to you from your Guardian, and We have sent down to you a manifest light. 174

يأيها ٱلناس قد جآءكم برهن من ربكم وأنزلنآ إليكم نورا مبينا

As for those who have believed in God and held firmly to Him, He will soon admit them into a benevolence from Himself, and a favor, and He will guide them to Himself by a straight path. 175

فأما ٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله وٱعتصموا به فسيدخلهم في رحمة منه وفضل ويهديهم إليه صرطا مستقيما

They consult you. 176

يستفتونك

Say: "God instructs you concerning the kalala [a person who dies without direct ascendant or descendant]. 176

قل ٱلله يفتيكم في ٱلكللة

If a man dies without a child, but has a sister, to her belongs half of what he leaves; 176

إن ٱمرؤا هلك ليس له ولد وله أخت فلها نصف ما ترك

and he inherits from her, if she has no child. 176

وهو يرثهآ إن لم يكن لها ولد

But if there are two [sisters], then to them belong two-thirds of what he leaves; 176

فإن كانتا ٱثنتين فلهما ٱلثلثان مما ترك

and if there are several, brothers and sisters, then to the male belongs a share equal to that of two females. 176

وإن كانوا إخوة رجالا ونسآء فللذكر مثل حظ ٱلأنثيين

God explains this to you, so that you do not go astray.i 176

يبين ٱلله لكم أن تضلوا

and God is Knowing of all things. 176

وٱلله بكل شىء عليم