Sourate Al-An'am (6) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Praise be to God, who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darknesses and the light; yet those who deny-disown set up equals to their Guardian.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم ٱلحمد لله ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وجعل ٱلظلمت وٱلنور ثم ٱلذين كفروا بربهم يعدلون

It is He who created you from clay, then decreed a term — 2

هو ٱلذي خلقكم من طين ثم قضى أجلا

and a fixed term, with Him. 2

وأجل مسمى عنده

Yet still you doubt. 2

ثم أنتم تمترون

And He is God, 3

وهو ٱلله

in the heavens and on the earth; He knows your secret and your public, and He knows what you earn. 3

في ٱلسموت وفي ٱلأرض يعلم سركم وجهركم ويعلم ما تكسبون

No sign, among the signs of their Guardian, comes to them without their turning away from it. 4

وما تأتيهم من ءاية من ءايت ربهم إلا كانوا عنها معرضين

So they have denied the truth, when it came to them; 5

فقد كذبوا بٱلحق لما جآءهم

the information of what they used to mock will soon reach them. 5

فسوف يأتيهم أنبؤا ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Do they not see how many generations We destroyed before them, whom We had established on the earth as We have not established you, 6

ألم يروا كم أهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن مكنهم في ٱلأرض ما لم نمكن لكم

and to whom We sent the sky in abundant rains, 6

وأرسلنا ٱلسمآء عليهم مدرارا

and We made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their offenses, 6

وجعلنا ٱلأنهر تجري من تحتهم فأهلكنهم بذنوبهم

and We raised up, after them, another generation. 6

وأنشأنا من بعدهم قرنا ءاخرين

And had We sent down upon you a writing on parchment, and they had touched it with their hands, those who deny-disown would certainly have said: "This is nothing but a manifest illusion."i 7

ولو نزلنا عليك كتبا في قرطاس فلمسوه بأيديهم لقال ٱلذين كفروا إن هذآ إلا سحر مبين

And they say: "Why has an Agent not been sent down upon him!"i 8

وقالوا لولآ أنزل عليه ملك

And had We sent down an Agent, the matter would already have been settled, and they would be granted no delay.i 8

ولو أنزلنا ملكا لقضي ٱلأمر ثم لا ينظرون

And had We made him an Agent, We would have made him a man, and We would have clothed him in what they themselves wear.i 9

ولو جعلنه ملكا لجعلنه رجلا وللبسنا عليهم ما يلبسون

Messengers before you were indeed mocked; then what they used to mock enveloped those among them who scoffed. 10

ولقد ٱستهزئ برسل من قبلك فحاق بٱلذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Say: "Travel through the land, then look how the end of those who denied was." 11

قل سيروا في ٱلأرض ثم ٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمكذبين

Say: "To whom belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth?" Say: "To God. 12

قل لمن ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض قل لله

He has prescribed benevolence upon Himself. 12

كتب على نفسه ٱلرحمة

He will certainly gather you on the Day of Appearance, no doubt possible. 12

ليجمعنكم إلى يوم ٱلقيمة لا ريب فيه

Those who will have caused the loss of their Selves, those are the ones who do not believe." 12

ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم فهم لا يؤمنون

To Him belongs what rests in the night and the day; 13

وله ما سكن في ٱليل وٱلنهار

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 13

وهو ٱلسميع ٱلعليم

Say: "Should I take a protector other than God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth,i 14

قل أغير ٱلله أتخذ وليا فاطر ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

It is He who nourishes and is not nourished." 14

وهو يطعم ولا يطعم

Say: "I have been commanded to be the first of those who are true to God alone", 14

قل إني أمرت أن أكون أول من أسلم

and never be among those who associate. 14

ولا تكونن من ٱلمشركين

Say: "I fear, if I disobey my Guardian, the punishment of a tremendous day." 15

قل إني أخاف إن عصيت ربي عذاب يوم عظيم

Whoever is turned away from it, on that day, He will have shown him benevolence, 16

من يصرف عنه يومئذ فقد رحمه

and that is the manifest triumph. 16

وذلك ٱلفوز ٱلمبين

And if God touches you with harm, none can remove it but Him; 17

وإن يمسسك ٱلله بضر فلا كاشف له إلا هو

and if He touches you with good, He has power over all things. 17

وإن يمسسك بخير فهو على كل شىء قدير

He prevails above His obedient ones, 18

وهو ٱلقاهر فوق عباده

and He is the Wise, the Informed. 18

وهو ٱلحكيم ٱلخبير

Say: "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say: "God, 19

قل أى شىء أكبر شهدة قل ٱلله

witness between me and you. 19

شهيد بيني وبينكم

And this Recitation was revealed to me so that I might warn you by it, and whoever it reaches. 19

وأوحي إلى هذا ٱلقرءان لأنذركم به ومن بلغ

Do you truly bear witness that there are, with God, other deities?" Say: "I do not bear witness [to that]." 19

أئنكم لتشهدون أن مع ٱلله ءالهة أخرى قل لآ أشهد

Say: "He is only one deity, 19

قل إنما هو إله وحد

and I disavow what you associate [with Him]." 19

وإنني بريء مما تشركون

Those to whom We gave the Scripture recognize him as they recognize their own children;i 20

ٱلذين ءاتينهم ٱلكتب يعرفونه كما يعرفون أبنآءهم

those who will have caused the loss of their Selves, those are the ones who do not believe. 20

ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم فهم لا يؤمنون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or denies His signs? 21

ومن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا أو كذب بايته

The unjust do not succeed. 21

إنه لا يفلح ٱلظلمون

And the day when We gather them all together, then say to those who associated: "Where are your associates, whom you used to claim?" 22

ويوم نحشرهم جميعا ثم نقول للذين أشركوا أين شركآؤكم ٱلذين كنتم تزعمون

Then their only escape will be to say: "By God, our Guardian, we were not among those who associate." 23

ثم لم تكن فتنتهم إلآ أن قالوا وٱلله ربنا ما كنا مشركين

Look how they lie against themselves! And what they used to invent will have forsaken them. 24

ٱنظر كيف كذبوا على أنفسهم وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

And among them are some who listen to you, 25

ومنهم من يستمع إليك

but We have placed over their cores coverings, so that they do not understand it, and in their ears a deafness. 25

وجعلنا على قلوبهم أكنة أن يفقهوه وفي ءاذانهم وقرا

And even if they saw every sign, they would not believe in it, 25

وإن يروا كل ءاية لا يؤمنوا بها

to the point that, when they come to you to dispute, those who deny-disown say: "These are nothing but legends of the ancients." 25

حتى إذا جآءوك يجدلونك يقول ٱلذين كفروا إن هذآ إلآ أسطير ٱلأولين

And they forbid it [to others], and they distance themselves [from it]; 26

وهم ينهون عنه وينون عنه

and they ruin none but themselves, without perceiving it. 26

وإن يهلكون إلآ أنفسهم وما يشعرون

And if you could see, when they will be placed before the Fire, and say: "Ah, if only we were sent back, 27

ولو ترى إذ وقفوا على ٱلنار فقالوا يليتنا نرد

and no longer denied the signs of our Guardian, and were among the believers!" 27

ولا نكذب بايت ربنا ونكون من ٱلمؤمنين

No! what they used to hide before has become apparent to them. 28

بل بدا لهم ما كانوا يخفون من قبل

And were they sent back, they would certainly return to what they had been forbidden, 28

ولو ردوا لعادوا لما نهوا عنه

for they are indeed liars. 28

وإنهم لكذبون

And they say: "There is nothing but our present life, and we will not be resurrected." 29

وقالوا إن هي إلا حياتنا ٱلدنيا وما نحن بمبعوثين

And if you could see, when they will be placed before their Guardian! He will say: "Is this not the truth?" 30

ولو ترى إذ وقفوا على ربهم قال أليس هذا بٱلحق

They will say: "Yes, by our Guardian!" 30

قالوا بلى وربنا

He will say: "Taste then the punishment, for having denied-disowned." 30

قال فذوقوا ٱلعذاب بما كنتم تكفرون

They are indeed losers, those who have denied the meeting with God, to the point that, when the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly, they say: "What regret for us, for what we neglected in it!" They will bear their burdens on their backs. 31

قد خسر ٱلذين كذبوا بلقآء ٱلله حتى إذا جآءتهم ٱلساعة بغتة قالوا يحسرتنا على ما فرطنا فيها وهم يحملون أوزارهم على ظهورهم

How evil is what they weigh themselves down with! 31

ألا سآء ما يزرون

The present life is nothing but play and diversion; 32

وما ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيآ إلا لعب ولهو

and the last abode is indeed better for those who guard themselves. 32

وللدار ٱلءاخرة خير للذين يتقون

Will you not then reason? 32

أفلا تعقلون

We know well that what they say grieves you; 33

قد نعلم إنه ليحزنك ٱلذي يقولون

but it is not you they deny, 33

فإنهم لا يكذبونك

but it is the signs of God that the unjust deny. 33

ولكن ٱلظلمين بايت ٱلله يجحدون

Messengers were indeed denied before you; they endured this denial and these persecutions, until Our help came to them. 34

ولقد كذبت رسل من قبلك فصبروا على ما كذبوا وأوذوا حتى أتىهم نصرنا

No [force] can change the words of God. 34

ولا مبدل لكلمت ٱلله

Some of the information about the envoys has indeed already reached you. 34

ولقد جآءك من نبإي ٱلمرسلين

And if their turning away weighs upon you, then, if you have the capacity, seek a tunnel into the earth, or a ladder into the sky, to bring them a sign. 35

وإن كان كبر عليك إعراضهم فإن ٱستطعت أن تبتغي نفقا في ٱلأرض أو سلما في ٱلسمآء فتأتيهم باية

Had God willed, He would have gathered them upon guidance; 35

ولو شآء ٱلله لجمعهم على ٱلهدى

so never be among the ignorant. 35

فلا تكونن من ٱلجهلين

Only those who hear respond. 36

إنما يستجيب ٱلذين يسمعون

As for the dead, God will resurrect them, 36

وٱلموتى يبعثهم ٱلله

then it is to Him that they will be returned. 36

ثم إليه يرجعون

And they say: "Why has a sign from his Guardian not been sent down upon him!" 37

وقالوا لولا نزل عليه ءاية من ربه

Say: "God is capable of sending down a sign", 37

قل إن ٱلله قادر على أن ينزل ءاية

but most of them do not know. 37

ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

There is no living being on the earth, nor bird flying with its two wings, but forms communities like you. 38

وما من دآبة في ٱلأرض ولا طئر يطير بجناحيه إلآ أمم أمثالكم

We have neglected nothing of the Code.i 38

ما فرطنا في ٱلكتب من شىء

Then it is to their Guardian that they will be gathered. 38

ثم إلى ربهم يحشرون

And those who have denied Our signs are deaf and mute, in darknesses. 39

وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا صم وبكم في ٱلظلمت

Whoever God wills to lead astray, He leads astray; 39

من يشإ ٱلله يضلله

and whoever He wills [to guide], He places on a straight path. 39

ومن يشأ يجعله على صرط مستقيم

Say: "What do you think? If the punishment of God came upon you, or the Hour came upon you, would you invoke other than God, if you are truthful?" 40

قل أرءيتكم إن أتىكم عذاب ٱلله أو أتتكم ٱلساعة أغير ٱلله تدعون إن كنتم صدقين

In reality, it is Him you would invoke; He would then remove, if He willed, that for which you invoked Him, and you would forget what you associate [with Him]. 41

بل إياه تدعون فيكشف ما تدعون إليه إن شآء وتنسون ما تشركون

We have indeed sent [messengers] to communities before you, and We seized them with misfortune and hardship, that they might humble themselves. 42

ولقد أرسلنآ إلى أمم من قبلك فأخذنهم بٱلبأسآء وٱلضرآء لعلهم يتضرعون

Why did they not humble themselves, when Our rigor came upon them! 43

فلولآ إذ جآءهم بأسنا تضرعوا

But their cores hardened, and the Diverter embellished for them what they were doing.i 43

ولكن قست قلوبهم وزين لهم ٱلشيطن ما كانوا يعملون

Then, when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened upon them the gates of everything, 44

فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به فتحنا عليهم أبوب كل شىء

to the point that, when they rejoiced in what had been given them, We seized them by surprise, and there they were, in despair. 44

حتى إذا فرحوا بمآ أوتوا أخذنهم بغتة فإذا هم مبلسون

Thus was the last remnant of the people who had been unjust cut off. 45

فقطع دابر ٱلقوم ٱلذين ظلموا

And praise be to God, Guardian of all beings.i 45

وٱلحمد لله رب ٱلعلمين

Say: "What do you think? If God took your hearing and your sight, and sealed your cores, what deity, other than God, would bring them back to you?" 46

قل أرءيتم إن أخذ ٱلله سمعكم وأبصركم وختم على قلوبكم من إله غير ٱلله يأتيكم به

Look how We diversify the signs, and yet they turn away from them. 46

ٱنظر كيف نصرف ٱلءايت ثم هم يصدفون

Say: "What do you think? If the punishment of God came upon you, unexpectedly or openly, who would be destroyed, but the unjust people?" 47

قل أرءيتكم إن أتىكم عذاب ٱلله بغتة أو جهرة هل يهلك إلا ٱلقوم ٱلظلمون

We send the envoys only as bearers of good tidings and warners. 48

وما نرسل ٱلمرسلين إلا مبشرين ومنذرين

Whoever believes and reforms, no fear upon them, and they will not grieve. 48

فمن ءامن وأصلح فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

And those who have denied Our signs, the punishment will touch them, for having overstepped. 49

وٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا يمسهم ٱلعذاب بما كانوا يفسقون

Say: "I do not tell you that I hold the treasures of God, nor that I know what escapes the senses, nor do I tell you that I am an Agent;i 50

قل لآ أقول لكم عندي خزآئن ٱلله ولآ أعلم ٱلغيب ولآ أقول لكم إني ملك

I only follow what is revealed to me." 50

إن أتبع إلا ما يوحى إلى

Say: "Are the blind and the seeing equal?" 50

قل هل يستوي ٱلأعمى وٱلبصير

Will you not then reflect? 50

أفلا تتفكرون

And warn by it those who fear to be gathered to their Guardian — they have, besides Him, neither protector nor intercessor — perhaps they will guard themselves. 51

وأنذر به ٱلذين يخافون أن يحشروا إلى ربهم ليس لهم من دونه ولي ولا شفيع لعلهم يتقون

And do not turn away those who invoke their Guardian, morning and evening, seeking His direction. Nothing of their account is upon you, and nothing of your account is upon them, that you should turn them away and then be among the unjust. 52

ولا تطرد ٱلذين يدعون ربهم بٱلغدوة وٱلعشي يريدون وجهه ما عليك من حسابهم من شىء وما من حسابك عليهم من شىء فتطردهم فتكون من ٱلظلمين

And thus have We tried some of them by others, that they might say: "Is it then these whom God has favored among us?" 53

وكذلك فتنا بعضهم ببعض ليقولوا أهؤلآء من ٱلله عليهم من بيننآ

Is God not most knowing of those who are grateful? 53

أليس ٱلله بأعلم بٱلشكرين

And when those who believe in Our signs come to you, say: "Peace be upon you. 54

وإذا جآءك ٱلذين يؤمنون بايتنا فقل سلم عليكم

Your Guardian has prescribed benevolence upon Himself: whoever among you commits evil out of ignorance, then repents after that and reforms — He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 54

كتب ربكم على نفسه ٱلرحمة أنه من عمل منكم سوءا بجهلة ثم تاب من بعده وأصلح فأنه غفور رحيم

Thus do We detail the signs, so that the path of the severed may become clearly apparent.i 55

وكذلك نفصل ٱلءايت ولتستبين سبيل ٱلمجرمين

Say: "I have been forbidden to obey those you invoke besides God." 56

قل إني نهيت أن أعبد ٱلذين تدعون من دون ٱلله

Say: "I do not follow your emotions;i 56

قل لآ أتبع أهوآءكم

I would then be astray, and I would not be among the rightly guided." 56

قد ضللت إذا ومآ أنا من ٱلمهتدين

Say: "I rely on clear evidence from my Guardian, and you have denied it. 57

قل إني على بينة من ربي وكذبتم به

I do not hold what you seek to hasten. 57

ما عندي ما تستعجلون به

Judgment belongs only to God. 57

إن ٱلحكم إلا لله

He relates the truth, 57

يقص ٱلحق

and He is the best of those who judge." 57

وهو خير ٱلفصلين

Say: "If I held what you seek to hasten, the matter would already have been settled between me and you." 58

قل لو أن عندي ما تستعجلون به لقضي ٱلأمر بيني وبينكم

God knows best the unjust. 58

وٱلله أعلم بٱلظلمين

He holds the keys of what escapes the senses: none knows them, save Him.i 59

وعنده مفاتح ٱلغيب لا يعلمهآ إلا هو

And He knows what is on land and in the sea. 59

ويعلم ما في ٱلبر وٱلبحر

No leaf falls but He knows it; no grain, in the darknesses of the earth, nothing moist or dry, that is not in a clear register.i 59

وما تسقط من ورقة إلا يعلمها ولا حبة في ظلمت ٱلأرض ولا رطب ولا يابس إلا في كتب مبين

It is He who takes you back to Himself, by night, and knows what you accomplish by day, then He resurrects you in it, so that a fixed term may be fulfilled; 60

وهو ٱلذي يتوفىكم بٱليل ويعلم ما جرحتم بٱلنهار ثم يبعثكم فيه ليقضى أجل مسمى

then to Him will be your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. 60

ثم إليه مرجعكم ثم ينبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

He prevails above His obedient ones, 61

وهو ٱلقاهر فوق عباده

and He sends upon you guardians, 61

ويرسل عليكم حفظة

to the point that, when death comes to one of you, Our envoys take him back [to Him], never failing. 61

حتى إذا جآء أحدكم ٱلموت توفته رسلنا وهم لا يفرطون

Then they are returned to God, their true Protector. 62

ثم ردوا إلى ٱلله مولىهم ٱلحق

Is it not to Him that judgment belongs? 62

ألا له ٱلحكم

He is the swiftest of those who take account. 62

وهو أسرع ٱلحسبين

Say: "Who saves you from the darknesses of land and sea?" — you invoke Him humbly and in secret: "If You save us from this, we will certainly be among the grateful." 63

قل من ينجيكم من ظلمت ٱلبر وٱلبحر تدعونه تضرعا وخفية لئن أنجىنا من هذه لنكونن من ٱلشكرين

Say: "God saves you from it, and from every distress; yet you associate [others with Him]." 64

قل ٱلله ينجيكم منها ومن كل كرب ثم أنتم تشركون

Say: "He is capable of raising up against you a punishment, from above you or from beneath your feet, or of mixing you into rival factions, and making some of you taste the violence of others." 65

قل هو ٱلقادر على أن يبعث عليكم عذابا من فوقكم أو من تحت أرجلكم أو يلبسكم شيعا ويذيق بعضكم بأس بعض

Look how We diversify the signs, perhaps they will understand. 65

ٱنظر كيف نصرف ٱلءايت لعلهم يفقهون

But your people have denied it, though it is the truth. 66

وكذب به قومك وهو ٱلحق

Say: "I am not, for you, a trustee-agent. 66

قل لست عليكم بوكيل

Every piece of information has a place of fulfillment, 67

لكل نبإ مستقر

and you will soon know." 67

وسوف تعلمون

And when you see those who wade into idle talk about Our signs, turn away from them, until they move on to another subject. 68

وإذا رأيت ٱلذين يخوضون في ءايتنا فأعرض عنهم حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره

And if the Diverter makes you forget, do not remain, after this reminder, with the unjust people.i 68

وإما ينسينك ٱلشيطن فلا تقعد بعد ٱلذكرى مع ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

And nothing, of the account of those who guard themselves, is incumbent upon them, 69

وما على ٱلذين يتقون من حسابهم من شىء

except a reminder, perhaps they will guard themselves. 69

ولكن ذكرى لعلهم يتقون

And leave those who have taken their Law for amusement and play, and whom the present life has deceived. 70

وذر ٱلذين ٱتخذوا دينهم لعبا ولهوا وغرتهم ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

And remind by it, lest a Self be delivered [to ruin] for what it has earned, having, besides God, neither protector nor intercessor; 70

وذكر به أن تبسل نفس بما كسبت ليس لها من دون ٱلله ولي ولا شفيع

and even if it offered every compensation, it would not be accepted from it. 70

وإن تعدل كل عدل لا يؤخذ منهآ

Those are the ones who will have been delivered [to ruin] for what they have earned; they will have a scalding drink and a painful punishment, for having denied-disowned. 70

أولئك ٱلذين أبسلوا بما كسبوا لهم شراب من حميم وعذاب أليم بما كانوا يكفرون

Say: "Should we invoke, besides God, what neither benefits nor harms us, and be turned back on our heels after God has guided us, like one whom the diverters have lured on earth, bewildered,i 71

قل أندعوا من دون ٱلله ما لا ينفعنا ولا يضرنا ونرد على أعقابنا بعد إذ هدىنا ٱلله كٱلذي ٱستهوته ٱلشيطين في ٱلأرض حيران

while he has companions who call him to guidance: Come to us?" 71

له أصحب يدعونه إلى ٱلهدى ٱئتنا

Say: "The guidance of God, that is the [true] guidance; and we have been commanded to be true to the Guardian of all beings alone, and to maintain the Contact, and to guard ourselves toward Him." 72

قل إن هدى ٱلله هو ٱلهدى وأمرنا لنسلم لرب ٱلعلمين وأن أقيموا ٱلصلوة وٱتقوه

And it is to Him that you will be gathered. 72

وهو ٱلذي إليه تحشرون

It is He who created the heavens and the earth in truth, 73

وهو ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض بٱلحق

and the day He says: "Be", 73

ويوم يقول كن

it is. 73

فيكون

His word is the truth, 73

قوله ٱلحق

and to Him belongs the dominion, 73

وله ٱلملك

the day the Trumpet is blown.i 73

يوم ينفخ في ٱلصور

Knower of what escapes the senses and of what is manifest,i 73

علم ٱلغيب وٱلشهدة

He is the Wise, the Informed. 73

وهو ٱلحكيم ٱلخبير

And remember when Ibrahim said to his father Azar: "Do you take idols as deities?i 74

وإذ قال إبرهيم لأبيه ءازر أتتخذ أصناما ءالهة

I see you indeed, you and your people, in manifest error." 74

إني أرىك وقومك في ضلل مبين

Thus did We show Ibrahim the sovereign dominion of the heavens and the earth, that he might be among those who possess certainty.i 75

وكذلك نري إبرهيم ملكوت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض وليكون من ٱلموقنين

When the night enveloped him, he saw a star; he said: "This is my guardian"; 76

فلما جن عليه ٱليل رءا كوكبا قال هذا ربي

but when it disappeared, he said: "I do not love those that disappear." 76

فلمآ أفل قال لآ أحب ٱلءافلين

Then, when he saw the moon rising, he said: "This is my guardian"; 77

فلما رءا ٱلقمر بازغا قال هذا ربي

but when it disappeared, he said: "If my Guardian does not guide me, I will certainly be among the astray people." 77

فلمآ أفل قال لئن لم يهدني ربي لأكونن من ٱلقوم ٱلضآلين

Then, when he saw the sun rising, he said: "This is my guardian, this one is greater"; 78

فلما رءا ٱلشمس بازغة قال هذا ربي هذآ أكبر

but when it disappeared, he said: "O my people! I disavow what you associate [with Him]. 78

فلمآ أفلت قال يقوم إني بريء مما تشركون

I have set my direction, without deviation, toward the One who brought forth the heavens and the earth, 79

إني وجهت وجهي للذي فطر ٱلسموت وٱلأرض حنيفا

and I am not among those who associate." 79

ومآ أنا من ٱلمشركين

And his people disputed with him.i 80

وحآجه قومه

He said: "Do you dispute with me about God, when He has guided me? 80

قال أتحجوني في ٱلله وقد هدىن

And I do not fear what you associate with Him, unless my Guardian wills something. 80

ولآ أخاف ما تشركون به إلآ أن يشآء ربي شيا

My Guardian encompasses all things in His knowledge. 80

وسع ربي كل شىء علما

Will you not then be reminded? 80

أفلا تتذكرون

And how should I fear what you associate [with Him], 81

وكيف أخاف مآ أشركتم

while you do not fear having associated with God that for which He has sent down upon you no authority? 81

ولا تخافون أنكم أشركتم بٱلله ما لم ينزل به عليكم سلطنا

Which of the two groups, then, is more worthy of security, if you know?" 81

فأى ٱلفريقين أحق بٱلأمن إن كنتم تعلمون

Those who have believed and have not mixed their faith with any injustice — those are the ones who have security, and they are rightly guided. 82

ٱلذين ءامنوا ولم يلبسوا إيمنهم بظلم أولئك لهم ٱلأمن وهم مهتدون

And that is Our argument, which We gave to Ibrahim against his people.i 83

وتلك حجتنآ ءاتينهآ إبرهيم على قومه

We raise in degrees whom We will. 83

نرفع درجت من نشآء

Your Guardian is indeed Wise, All-Knowing. 83

إن ربك حكيم عليم

And We gave him Ishaq and Yaacoub; 84

ووهبنا له إسحق ويعقوب

We guided them both. 84

كلا هدينا

And Nuh, We had guided him before;i 84

ونوحا هدينا من قبل

and among his descendants, Dawud, Sulayman, Ayyub, Youssof, Moussa, and Harun.i 84

ومن ذريته داود وسليمن وأيوب ويوسف وموسى وهرون

Thus do We reward those who do good. 84

وكذلك نجزي ٱلمحسنين

And Zakariya, Yahya, Issa, and Ilyas — 85

وزكريا ويحيى وعيسى وإلياس

all are among the righteous. 85

كل من ٱلصلحين

And Isma'il, Al-Yasa', Younes, and Lut —i 86

وإسمعيل وٱليسع ويونس ولوطا

and all of them, We favored above all beings. 86

وكلا فضلنا على ٱلعلمين

And among their ancestors, their descendants, and their brothers — 87

ومن ءابآئهم وذريتهم وإخونهم

We chose them, and We guided them to a straight path. 87

وٱجتبينهم وهدينهم إلى صرط مستقيم

That is the guidance of God, by which He guides whom He wills among His obedient ones. 88

ذلك هدى ٱلله يهدي به من يشآء من عباده

And had they associated, what they were doing would have collapsed for them. 88

ولو أشركوا لحبط عنهم ما كانوا يعملون

Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture, the judgment, and the prophecy.i 89

أولئك ٱلذين ءاتينهم ٱلكتب وٱلحكم وٱلنبوة

So if these [the deniers] deny it, We have already entrusted it to a people who are not deniers of it. 89

فإن يكفر بها هؤلآء فقد وكلنا بها قوما ليسوا بها بكفرين

Those are the ones God has guided; follow, then, their guidance. 90

أولئك ٱلذين هدى ٱلله فبهدىهم ٱقتده

Say: "I do not ask you, for this, any wage. 90

قل لآ أسلكم عليه أجرا

It is only a reminder for all beings." 90

إن هو إلا ذكرى للعلمين

They did not measure God with His true measure, when they said: "God has sent nothing down upon a human." 91

وما قدروا ٱلله حق قدره إذ قالوا مآ أنزل ٱلله على بشر من شىء

Say: "Who sent down the Scripture that Moussa brought, a light and a guidance for mankind,i 91

قل من أنزل ٱلكتب ٱلذي جآء به موسى نورا وهدى للناس

which you put on parchments, showing some and hiding much —i 91

تجعلونه قراطيس تبدونها وتخفون كثيرا

and you were taught what you did not know, neither you nor your ancestors?" Say: "God"; 91

وعلمتم ما لم تعلموا أنتم ولآ ءابآؤكم قل ٱلله

then leave them, in their vain talk, to amuse themselves. 91

ثم ذرهم في خوضهم يلعبون

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed, confirming what precedes it, so that you may warn the metropolis of cities and those around it.i 92

وهذا كتب أنزلنه مبارك مصدق ٱلذي بين يديه ولتنذر أم ٱلقرى ومن حولها

Those who believe in the last life believe in it, and they are watchful over their Contact. 92

وٱلذين يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة يؤمنون به وهم على صلاتهم يحافظون

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, or says: "It has been revealed to me", when nothing has been revealed to him, and one who says: "I will send down the like of what God has sent down"? 93

ومن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا أو قال أوحي إلى ولم يوح إليه شىء ومن قال سأنزل مثل مآ أنزل ٱلله

And if you could see, when the unjust are in the throes of death, and the Agents stretch out their hands: "Bring forth your Self.i 93

ولو ترى إذ ٱلظلمون في غمرت ٱلموت وٱلملئكة باسطوا أيديهم أخرجوا أنفسكم

Today, you will be rewarded with the punishment of humiliation, for having said about God other than the truth, and for having been arrogant before His signs." 93

ٱليوم تجزون عذاب ٱلهون بما كنتم تقولون على ٱلله غير ٱلحق وكنتم عن ءايته تستكبرون

Here you have come to Us alone, as We created you the first time, and you have left behind what We had entrusted you with; 94

ولقد جئتمونا فردى كما خلقنكم أول مرة وتركتم ما خولنكم ورآء ظهوركم

and We do not see with you your intercessors, whom you claimed to be associates among you. 94

وما نرى معكم شفعآءكم ٱلذين زعمتم أنهم فيكم شركؤا

The bonds between you are indeed severed, and what you claimed has forsaken you. 94

لقد تقطع بينكم وضل عنكم ما كنتم تزعمون

God is He who splits open the seed and the kernel. 95

إن ٱلله فالق ٱلحب وٱلنوى

He brings forth the living from the dead, and He brings forth the dead from the living. 95

يخرج ٱلحى من ٱلميت ومخرج ٱلميت من ٱلحى

That is God. 95

ذلكم ٱلله

How then can you be turned away? 95

فأنى تؤفكون

He who makes the dawn split forth, and who made the night a rest, 96

فالق ٱلإصباح وجعل ٱليل سكنا

and of the sun and the moon, a reckoning. 96

وٱلشمس وٱلقمر حسبانا

That is the measure set by the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing. 96

ذلك تقدير ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم

And it is He who made for you the stars, so that you might guide yourselves by them in the darknesses of land and sea. 97

وهو ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلنجوم لتهتدوا بها في ظلمت ٱلبر وٱلبحر

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who know. 97

قد فصلنا ٱلءايت لقوم يعلمون

And it is He who brought you forth from a single Self — then a dwelling and a repository. 98

وهو ٱلذي أنشأكم من نفس وحدة فمستقر ومستودع

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who understand. 98

قد فصلنا ٱلءايت لقوم يفقهون

And it is He who sent down water from the sky, and We brought forth by it the vegetation of every kind, and We brought forth from it a greenery, from which We bring forth grain in clustered ears, and, from the palm tree, from its spathe, clusters within reach, and gardens of vines, the olive and the pomegranate, resembling and not resembling. 99

وهو ٱلذي أنزل من ٱلسمآء مآء فأخرجنا به نبات كل شىء فأخرجنا منه خضرا نخرج منه حبا متراكبا ومن ٱلنخل من طلعها قنوان دانية وجنت من أعناب وٱلزيتون وٱلرمان مشتبها وغير متشبه

Look at its fruit, when it bears fruit, and its ripening. 99

ٱنظروا إلى ثمره إذآ أثمر وينعه

There are indeed signs in that for a people who believe. 99

إن في ذلكم لءايت لقوم يؤمنون

And they made, of the Occulted, associates to God, though He created them;i 100

وجعلوا لله شركآء ٱلجن وخلقهم

and they invented for Him, without any knowledge, sons and daughters. 100

وخرقوا له بنين وبنت بغير علم

Glory be to Him! He is far above what they describe. 100

سبحنه وتعلى عما يصفون

Unprecedented Creator of the heavens and the earth. 101

بديع ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

How would He have a child, when He has no companion, 101

أنى يكون له ولد ولم تكن له صحبة

and He created every thing, 101

وخلق كل شىء

and He is, of all things, All-Knowing? 101

وهو بكل شىء عليم

That is God, your Guardian. 102

ذلكم ٱلله ربكم

There is no deity but Him, 102

لآ إله إلا هو

Creator of every thing; 102

خلق كل شىء

obey Him, then. 102

فٱعبدوه

He is, over all things, a trustee-agent. 102

وهو على كل شىء وكيل

Sights do not reach Him, 103

لا تدركه ٱلأبصر

but He reaches sights. 103

وهو يدرك ٱلأبصر

He is the Subtle, the Informed. 103

وهو ٱللطيف ٱلخبير

Insights have indeed come to you from your Guardian. 104

قد جآءكم بصآئر من ربكم

Whoever sees clearly, it is for himself; and whoever remains blind, it is to his own detriment. 104

فمن أبصر فلنفسه ومن عمي فعليها

And I am not, for you, a guardian. 104

ومآ أنا عليكم بحفيظ

And thus do We diversify the signs; and so that they say: "You have studied [all this]", and so that We may make it clear for a people who know. 105

وكذلك نصرف ٱلءايت وليقولوا درست ولنبينه لقوم يعلمون

Follow what is revealed to you from your Guardian. 106

ٱتبع مآ أوحي إليك من ربك

There is no deity but Him, 106

لآ إله إلا هو

and turn away from those who associate. 106

وأعرض عن ٱلمشركين

Had God willed, they would not have associated. 107

ولو شآء ٱلله مآ أشركوا

And We have not made you their guardian, 107

وما جعلنك عليهم حفيظا

and you are not for them a trustee-agent. 107

ومآ أنت عليهم بوكيل

And do not insult those they invoke besides God, lest they insult God out of hostility, without knowledge. 108

ولا تسبوا ٱلذين يدعون من دون ٱلله فيسبوا ٱلله عدوا بغير علم

Thus have We embellished, for every community, its deeds; 108

كذلك زينا لكل أمة عملهم

then to their Guardian will be their return, and He will inform them of what they used to do. 108

ثم إلى ربهم مرجعهم فينبئهم بما كانوا يعملون

And they swore by God, with the utmost strength of their oaths, that if a sign came to them, they would certainly believe in it. 109

وأقسموا بٱلله جهد أيمنهم لئن جآءتهم ءاية ليؤمنن بها

Say: "The signs are only with God"; 109

قل إنما ٱلءايت عند ٱلله

and what makes you perceive 109

وما يشعركم

that, even coming, they would not believe in it? 109

أنهآ إذا جآءت لا يؤمنون

And We turn about their Consciences and their sights, as they did not believe in it the first time, and We leave them, in their tyranny, to wander blindly. 110

ونقلب أفدتهم وأبصرهم كما لم يؤمنوا به أول مرة ونذرهم في طغينهم يعمهون

And even had We sent down to them the Agents, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had gathered before them everything, face to face, they would not have believed, unless God willed it;i 111

ولو أننا نزلنآ إليهم ٱلملئكة وكلمهم ٱلموتى وحشرنا عليهم كل شىء قبلا ما كانوا ليؤمنوا إلآ أن يشآء ٱلله

but most of them are ignorant. 111

ولكن أكثرهم يجهلون

And thus have We assigned to every prophet an enemy: the diverters among humans and the Occulted, who inspire one another with embellished speech, by deception.i 112

وكذلك جعلنا لكل نبي عدوا شيطين ٱلإنس وٱلجن يوحي بعضهم إلى بعض زخرف ٱلقول غرورا

And had your Guardian willed, they would not have done it; 112

ولو شآء ربك ما فعلوه

leave them, then, and what they invent. 112

فذرهم وما يفترون

And [this,] so that the Consciences of those who do not believe in the last life may incline toward it, and that they may be satisfied with it, and commit what they are to commit. 113

ولتصغى إليه أفدة ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة وليرضوه وليقترفوا ما هم مقترفون

Should I then seek a judge other than God, when it is He who sent down to you the Scripture, detailed?i 114

أفغير ٱلله أبتغي حكما وهو ٱلذي أنزل إليكم ٱلكتب مفصلا

And those to whom We gave the Scripture know that it was sent down from your Guardian in truth;i 114

وٱلذين ءاتينهم ٱلكتب يعلمون أنه منزل من ربك بٱلحق

so never be among those who doubt. 114

فلا تكونن من ٱلممترين

And the word of your Guardian has been fulfilled, in truth and in equity. 115

وتمت كلمت ربك صدقا وعدلا

No [force] can change His words, 115

لا مبدل لكلمته

and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 115

وهو ٱلسميع ٱلعليم

And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will lead you astray from the path of God. 116

وإن تطع أكثر من في ٱلأرض يضلوك عن سبيل ٱلله

They follow nothing but conjecture, 116

إن يتبعون إلا ٱلظن

and they do nothing but engage in baseless guesswork. 116

وإن هم إلا يخرصون

Your Guardian knows best who strays from His path, 117

إن ربك هو أعلم من يضل عن سبيله

and He knows best the rightly guided. 117

وهو أعلم بٱلمهتدين

Eat, then, of that over which the name of God has been mentioned, if you are believers in His signs. 118

فكلوا مما ذكر ٱسم ٱلله عليه إن كنتم بايته مؤمنين

And what is with you that you should not eat of that over which the name of God has been mentioned, when He has detailed for you what He has forbidden you, except what you are compelled to? 119

وما لكم ألا تأكلوا مما ذكر ٱسم ٱلله عليه وقد فصل لكم ما حرم عليكم إلا ما ٱضطررتم إليه

And many lead [others] astray by their emotions, without knowledge. 119

وإن كثيرا ليضلون بأهوآئهم بغير علم

Your Guardian knows best the transgressors. 119

إن ربك هو أعلم بٱلمعتدين

And forsake transgression, apparent and hidden. 120

وذروا ظهر ٱلإثم وباطنه

Those who acquire transgression will be rewarded for what they used to commit. 120

إن ٱلذين يكسبون ٱلإثم سيجزون بما كانوا يقترفون

And do not eat of that over which the name of God has not been mentioned: it is indeed a transgression. 121

ولا تأكلوا مما لم يذكر ٱسم ٱلله عليه وإنه لفسق

And the diverters indeed inspire their allies to dispute with you;i 121

وإن ٱلشيطين ليوحون إلى أوليآئهم ليجدلوكم

and if you obeyed them, you would indeed be among those who associate. 121

وإن أطعتموهم إنكم لمشركون

Is he who was dead, and to whom We gave life, and for whom We made a light with which he walks among people, like him whose likeness is to be in darknesses, unable to emerge from them? 122

أومن كان ميتا فأحيينه وجعلنا له نورا يمشي به في ٱلناس كمن مثله في ٱلظلمت ليس بخارج منها

Thus were embellished, for those who deny-disown, the deeds they used to do. 122

كذلك زين للكفرين ما كانوا يعملون

And thus have We placed, in every city, the greatest of its severed, so that they might scheme [evil] there; 123

وكذلك جعلنا في كل قرية أكبر مجرميها ليمكروا فيها

but they scheme only against themselves, without perceiving it. 123

وما يمكرون إلا بأنفسهم وما يشعرون

And when a sign comes to them, they say: "We will not believe, until we are given the like of what was given to the messengers of God." 124

وإذا جآءتهم ءاية قالوا لن نؤمن حتى نؤتى مثل مآ أوتي رسل ٱلله

God knows best where to place His message. 124

ٱلله أعلم حيث يجعل رسالته

A humiliation before God, and a severe punishment, will befall those who cut themselves off, for having schemed. 124

سيصيب ٱلذين أجرموا صغار عند ٱلله وعذاب شديد بما كانوا يمكرون

Whomever God wants to guide, He opens his chest to being true to God alone;i 125

فمن يرد ٱلله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للإسلم

and whomever He wants to lead astray, He makes his chest narrow and constricted, as if he were ascending into the sky. 125

ومن يرد أن يضله يجعل صدره ضيقا حرجا كأنما يصعد في ٱلسمآء

Thus does God place defilement upon those who do not believe. 125

كذلك يجعل ٱلله ٱلرجس على ٱلذين لا يؤمنون

And that is the path of your Guardian, straight. 126

وهذا صرط ربك مستقيما

We have indeed detailed the signs for a people who take heed. 126

قد فصلنا ٱلءايت لقوم يذكرون

They have the Abode of Peace, with their Guardian, 127

لهم دار ٱلسلم عند ربهم

and He is their Protector, for what they used to do. 127

وهو وليهم بما كانوا يعملون

And the day He gathers them all: "O assembly of the Occulted! you have indeed made much use of humans";i 128

ويوم يحشرهم جميعا يمعشر ٱلجن قد ٱستكثرتم من ٱلإنس

and their allies among humans will say: "Our Guardian, we enjoyed one another, and we have reached our term, the one You had set for us." 128

وقال أوليآؤهم من ٱلإنس ربنا ٱستمتع بعضنا ببعض وبلغنآ أجلنا ٱلذي أجلت لنا

He will say: "The Fire is your abode, you abide therein eternally" — except what God wills. 128

قال ٱلنار مثوىكم خلدين فيهآ إلا ما شآء ٱلله

Your Guardian is indeed Wise, All-Knowing. 128

إن ربك حكيم عليم

And thus do We make the unjust allies to one another, for what they used to earn. 129

وكذلك نولي بعض ٱلظلمين بعضا بما كانوا يكسبون

"O assembly of the Occulted and humans! did messengers from among you not come to you, relating My signs to you and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours?"i 130

يمعشر ٱلجن وٱلإنس ألم يأتكم رسل منكم يقصون عليكم ءايتي وينذرونكم لقآء يومكم هذا

They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves"; 130

قالوا شهدنا على أنفسنا

and the present life deceived them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were denying-disowning. 130

وغرتهم ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وشهدوا على أنفسهم أنهم كانوا كفرين

That is because it is not in the nature of your Guardian to destroy cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were heedless. 131

ذلك أن لم يكن ربك مهلك ٱلقرى بظلم وأهلها غفلون

And to each, degrees, according to what they did. 132

ولكل درجت مما عملوا

And your Guardian is not heedless of what they do. 132

وما ربك بغفل عما يعملون

And your Guardian is self-sufficient, possessor of benevolence. 133

وربك ٱلغني ذو ٱلرحمة

If He wills, He makes you disappear, and He makes succeed after you what He wills, as He brought you forth from the descendants of another people. 133

إن يشأ يذهبكم ويستخلف من بعدكم ما يشآء كمآ أنشأكم من ذرية قوم ءاخرين

What is promised to you will certainly come, 134

إن ما توعدون لءات

and you will not be able to render [Him] powerless. 134

ومآ أنتم بمعجزين

Say: "O my people! act according to your position; I too am acting. 135

قل يقوم ٱعملوا على مكانتكم إني عامل

You will soon know to whom will belong the happy end of the abode. 135

فسوف تعلمون من تكون له عقبة ٱلدار

The unjust do not succeed." 135

إنه لا يفلح ٱلظلمون

And they assigned to God, of what He caused to grow as crops and cattle, a share, saying: "This is for God" — according to their claim — "and this is for our associates"; 136

وجعلوا لله مما ذرأ من ٱلحرث وٱلأنعم نصيبا فقالوا هذا لله بزعمهم وهذا لشركآئنا

and what is destined for their associates does not reach God, 136

فما كان لشركآئهم فلا يصل إلى ٱلله

while what is destined for God, that reaches their associates. 136

وما كان لله فهو يصل إلى شركآئهم

How evil is what they decide! 136

سآء ما يحكمون

And thus have their associates embellished, for many of the associators, the killing of their children, so as to ruin them and confuse their Law for them. 137

وكذلك زين لكثير من ٱلمشركين قتل أولدهم شركآؤهم ليردوهم وليلبسوا عليهم دينهم

And had God willed, they would not have done it; 137

ولو شآء ٱلله ما فعلوه

leave them, then, and what they invent. 137

فذرهم وما يفترون

And they said: "This is cattle and crops forbidden: none shall eat of them, except whom we wish" — according to their claim — "and cattle whose backs are made forbidden", and cattle over which they do not mention the name of God, in invention against Him.i 138

وقالوا هذه أنعم وحرث حجر لا يطعمهآ إلا من نشآء بزعمهم وأنعم حرمت ظهورها وأنعم لا يذكرون ٱسم ٱلله عليها ٱفترآء عليه

He will reward them for what they used to invent. 138

سيجزيهم بما كانوا يفترون

And they said: "What is in the belly of this cattle is reserved exclusively for our males, and forbidden to our wives";i 139

وقالوا ما في بطون هذه ٱلأنعم خالصة لذكورنا ومحرم على أزوجنا

but if it is a stillborn, they all share in it. 139

وإن يكن ميتة فهم فيه شركآء

He will reward them for their attribution. 139

سيجزيهم وصفهم

He is Wise, All-Knowing. 139

إنه حكيم عليم

They are indeed losers, those who killed their children out of foolishness, without knowledge, and who forbade what God had provided them as sustenance, in invention against God. 140

قد خسر ٱلذين قتلوا أولدهم سفها بغير علم وحرموا ما رزقهم ٱلله ٱفترآء على ٱلله

They went astray, and they were not rightly guided. 140

قد ضلوا وما كانوا مهتدين

And it is He who brought forth gardens, trellised and untrellised, as well as the palm tree and crops, of varied produce, and the olive and the pomegranate, resembling and not resembling. 141

وهو ٱلذي أنشأ جنت معروشت وغير معروشت وٱلنخل وٱلزرع مختلفا أكله وٱلزيتون وٱلرمان متشبها وغير متشبه

Eat of its fruit, when it bears fruit, and pay its due, on the day of its harvest, 141

كلوا من ثمره إذآ أثمر وءاتوا حقه يوم حصاده

but do not waste: 141

ولا تسرفوا

He does not love the wasteful. 141

إنه لا يحب ٱلمسرفين

And among the cattle, there are the beasts of burden and those of the fleece. 142

ومن ٱلأنعم حمولة وفرشا

Eat of what God has provided you as sustenance, 142

كلوا مما رزقكم ٱلله

and do not follow the footsteps of the Diverter:i 142

ولا تتبعوا خطوت ٱلشيطن

he is for you a manifest enemy. 142

إنه لكم عدو مبين

Eight [head], in pairs: 143

ثمنية أزوج

of sheep, two, and of goats, two. 143

من ٱلضأن ٱثنين ومن ٱلمعز ٱثنين

Say: "Is it the two males He has forbidden, or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? 143

قل ءآلذكرين حرم أم ٱلأنثيين أما ٱشتملت عليه أرحام ٱلأنثيين

Inform me with full knowledge, if you are truthful." 143

نبوني بعلم إن كنتم صدقين

And of camelids, two, and of cattle, two. 144

ومن ٱلإبل ٱثنين ومن ٱلبقر ٱثنين

Say: "Is it the two males He has forbidden, or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? 144

قل ءآلذكرين حرم أم ٱلأنثيين أما ٱشتملت عليه أرحام ٱلأنثيين

Or were you witnesses, when God prescribed this to you?" 144

أم كنتم شهدآء إذ وصىكم ٱلله بهذا

Who is then more unjust than one who invents a lie against God, to lead people astray without knowledge? 144

فمن أظلم ممن ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا ليضل ٱلناس بغير علم

God does not guide the unjust people. 144

إن ٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

Say: "I find, in what has been revealed to me, nothing forbidden to one who wants to eat it, except that it be a dead animal, or spilled blood, or the flesh of swine — for that is a defilement — 145

قل لآ أجد في مآ أوحي إلى محرما على طاعم يطعمه إلآ أن يكون ميتة أو دما مسفوحا أو لحم خنزير فإنه رجس

or a transgression consecrated to other than God. 145

أو فسقا أهل لغير ٱلله به

But whoever is compelled to it, without being rebellious or transgressing — your Guardian is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence." 145

فمن ٱضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فإن ربك غفور رحيم

And to the Reoriented, We forbade every [animal] with an uncloven hoof: and of cattle and sheep, 146

وعلى ٱلذين هادوا حرمنا كل ذي ظفر ومن ٱلبقر وٱلغنم

We forbade them their fats, except what their backs carry, or the entrails, or what is mixed with a bone. 146

حرمنا عليهم شحومهمآ إلا ما حملت ظهورهمآ أو ٱلحوايآ أو ما ٱختلط بعظم

Thus did We reward them for their transgression, 146

ذلك جزينهم ببغيهم

and We are indeed truthful. 146

وإنا لصدقون

If they deny you, say then: "Your Guardian is possessor of a vast benevolence, 147

فإن كذبوك فقل ربكم ذو رحمة وسعة

and His rigor will not be turned away from the severed people." 147

ولا يرد بأسه عن ٱلقوم ٱلمجرمين

Those who have associated will say: "Had God willed, we would not have associated, nor would our ancestors, and we would not have forbidden anything." 148

سيقول ٱلذين أشركوا لو شآء ٱلله مآ أشركنا ولآ ءابآؤنا ولا حرمنا من شىء

Thus did those before them deny, until they tasted Our rigor. 148

كذلك كذب ٱلذين من قبلهم حتى ذاقوا بأسنا

Say: "Do you have any knowledge, that you could bring forth for us? 148

قل هل عندكم من علم فتخرجوه لنآ

You follow nothing but conjecture, 148

إن تتبعون إلا ٱلظن

and you do nothing but engage in baseless guesswork." 148

وإن أنتم إلا تخرصون

Say: "To God belongs the conclusive argument. 149

قل فلله ٱلحجة ٱلبلغة

Had He willed, He would have guided you all." 149

فلو شآء لهدىكم أجمعين

Say: "Bring your witnesses, those who testify that God has forbidden this." 150

قل هلم شهدآءكم ٱلذين يشهدون أن ٱلله حرم هذا

If they testify, do not testify with them, 150

فإن شهدوا فلا تشهد معهم

and do not follow the emotions of those who have denied Our signs, and of those who do not believe in the last life, and who set up equals to their Guardian. 150

ولا تتبع أهوآء ٱلذين كذبوا بايتنا وٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة وهم بربهم يعدلون

Say: "Come, let me recite what your Guardian has forbidden you: do not associate anything with Him; 151

قل تعالوا أتل ما حرم ربكم عليكم ألا تشركوا به شيا

kindness toward both parents; 151

وبٱلولدين إحسنا

and do not kill your children out of poverty — 151

ولا تقتلوا أولدكم من إملق

it is We who provide for you, and for them; 151

نحن نرزقكم وإياهم

and do not approach indecencies, apparent or hidden; 151

ولا تقربوا ٱلفوحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن

and do not kill the Self that God has made inviolable, except in right; 151

ولا تقتلوا ٱلنفس ٱلتي حرم ٱلله إلا بٱلحق

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will reason. 151

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تعقلون

And do not approach the wealth of the orphan, except in the best way, until he reaches his full maturity; 152

ولا تقربوا مال ٱليتيم إلا بٱلتي هي أحسن حتى يبلغ أشده

and give full measure and full weight, with equity — 152

وأوفوا ٱلكيل وٱلميزان بٱلقسط

We impose upon no Self except its capacity — 152

لا نكلف نفسا إلا وسعها

and when you speak, be equitable, even toward a relative; 152

وإذا قلتم فٱعدلوا ولو كان ذا قربى

and keep the engagement of God: 152

وبعهد ٱلله أوفوا

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will take heed. 152

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تذكرون

And: this is My path, straight; follow it, then, 153

وأن هذا صرطي مستقيما فٱتبعوه

and do not follow the [other] paths, which would scatter you away from His path: 153

ولا تتبعوا ٱلسبل فتفرق بكم عن سبيله

that is what He has recommended to you, perhaps you will guard yourselves. 153

ذلكم وصىكم به لعلكم تتقون

Then We gave Moussa the Scripture, as a fulfillment toward him who does good, as a detail of every thing, as a guidance and a benevolence, that they might believe in the meeting with their Guardian.i 154

ثم ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب تماما على ٱلذي أحسن وتفصيلا لكل شىء وهدى ورحمة لعلهم بلقآء ربهم يؤمنون

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed; follow it, then, and guard yourselves, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you — lest you say: "The Scripture was sent down only upon two groups before us, and we were indeed heedless of their study", or lest you say: "Had the Scripture been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they."i 157

وهذا كتب أنزلنه مبارك فٱتبعوه وٱتقوا لعلكم ترحمون أن تقولوا إنمآ أنزل ٱلكتب على طآئفتين من قبلنا وإن كنا عن دراستهم لغفلين أو تقولوا لو أنآ أنزل علينا ٱلكتب لكنآ أهدى منهم

A clear proof has thus come to you from your Guardian, as well as a guidance and a benevolence. 157

فقد جآءكم بينة من ربكم وهدى ورحمة

Who is then more unjust than one who has denied the signs of God and turned away from them? 157

فمن أظلم ممن كذب بايت ٱلله وصدف عنها

We will reward those who turn away from Our signs with the worst punishment, for having turned away from them. 157

سنجزي ٱلذين يصدفون عن ءايتنا سوء ٱلعذاب بما كانوا يصدفون

Do they await only that the Agents come to them, or that your Guardian come, or that some signs of your Guardian come?i 158

هل ينظرون إلآ أن تأتيهم ٱلملئكة أو يأتي ربك أو يأتي بعض ءايت ربك

On the day certain signs of your Guardian come, the faith of a Self will not benefit it, if it did not believe before, or acquired, in its faith, no good. 158

يوم يأتي بعض ءايت ربك لا ينفع نفسا إيمنها لم تكن ءامنت من قبل أو كسبت في إيمنها خيرا

Say: "Wait: 158

قل ٱنتظروا

we are waiting." 158

إنا منتظرون

Those who have divided their Law and become sects, you are in no way linked to them. 159

إن ٱلذين فرقوا دينهم وكانوا شيعا لست منهم في شىء

Their matter rests only with God, 159

إنمآ أمرهم إلى ٱلله

then He will inform them of what they used to do. 159

ثم ينبئهم بما كانوا يفعلون

Whoever comes with the good deed has a right to ten times its equivalent, 160

من جآء بٱلحسنة فله عشر أمثالها

and whoever comes with the evil deed is rewarded only with its equivalent, without being wronged. 160

ومن جآء بٱلسيئة فلا يجزى إلا مثلها وهم لا يظلمون

Say: "My Guardian has guided me to a straight path, 161

قل إنني هدىني ربي إلى صرط مستقيم

an upright Law, the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God;i 161

دينا قيما ملة إبرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate." 161

وما كان من ٱلمشركين

Say: "My Contact, my beneficent commitment, my life, and my death belong to God, Guardian of all beings; no associate to Him. 163

قل إن صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله رب ٱلعلمين لا شريك له

And thus have I been commanded, 163

وبذلك أمرت

and I am the first of those true to God alone." 163

وأنا أول ٱلمسلمين

Say: "Should I seek a guardian other than God, when He is the Guardian of every thing?" 164

قل أغير ٱلله أبغي ربا وهو رب كل شىء

And every Self acquires [evil] only to its own detriment, 164

ولا تكسب كل نفس إلا عليها

and no [Self] burdened bears the burden of another. 164

ولا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى

Then to your Guardian will be your return, and He will inform you of what you used to differ over. 164

ثم إلى ربكم مرجعكم فينبئكم بما كنتم فيه تختلفون

And it is He who made you successors on the earth, and raised some of you above others in degrees, so as to try you in what He has given you. 165

وهو ٱلذي جعلكم خلئف ٱلأرض ورفع بعضكم فوق بعض درجت ليبلوكم في مآ ءاتىكم

Your Guardian is indeed swift in punishment, 165

إن ربك سريع ٱلعقاب

and He is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 165

وإنه لغفور رحيم