Juz 3

1. ۞ تِلۡكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۘ مِّنۡهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُۖ وَرَفَعَ بَعۡضَهُمۡ دَرَجَٰتٖۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا عِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدۡنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلۡقُدُسِۗ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقۡتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ وَلَٰكِنِ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ ءَامَنَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن كَفَرَۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقۡتَتَلُواْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ ٢٥٣

   Tilkar-rusulu faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍ, minhum man kallamallāh, wa rafaʿa baʿḍahum darajāt, wa ātaynā ʿīsabna maryamal-bayyināti wa ayyadnāhu birūḥil-qudus, wa law shāʾallāhu maqtatalal-ladhīna mim baʿdihim mim baʿdi mā jāʾathumul-bayyinātu wa lākinikhtalafū faminhum man āmana wa minhum man kafar, wa law shāʾallāhu maqtatalū wa lākinnallāha yafʿalu mā yurīd.

   Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allāh spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel]. If Allāh had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allāh does what He intends.

2. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا بَيۡعٞ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٞ وَلَا شَفَٰعَةٞۗ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٢٥٤

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū anfiqū mimmā razaqnākum min qabli ay yaʾtiya yawmul lā bayʿun fīhi wa lā khullatuw wa lā shafāʿah, wal-kāfirūna humuẓ-ẓālimūn.

   O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange [i.e., ransom] and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.

3. ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥

   Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūm, lā taʾkhudhuhū sinatuw wa lā nawm, lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, man dhal-ladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū illā biʾidhnih, yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bishayʾim min ʿilmihī illā bimā shāʾ, wasiʿa kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā yaʾūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwal-ʿaliyyul-ʿaẓīm.

   Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living,¹ the Self-Sustaining.² Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,³ and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī⁴ extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High,⁵ the Most Great.⁶

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   1. Whose life is perfect, complete and eternal, without beginning or end, and through whom all created life originated and continues.
   2. Dependent on none for His existence while being the sustainer and administrator of all created existence.
   3. Allāh's knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.
   4. Chair or footstool. It is not to be confused with al-ʿArsh (the Throne) , which is infinitely higher and greater than al-Kursī.
   5. Above all of His creations and superior to them in essence, rank and position.
   6. Whose greatness is unlimited, beyond description or imagination.

4. لَآ إِكۡرَاهَ فِي ٱلدِّينِۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيِّۚ فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥٦

   Lā ikrāha fid-dīn, qad tabayyanar-rushdu minal-ghayy, famay yakfur biṭ-ṭāghūti wa yuʾmim billāhi faqadistamsaka bil-ʿurwatil-wuthqā lanfiṣāma lahā, wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm.

   There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt¹ and believes in Allāh has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

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   1. False objects of worship, such as idols, heavenly bodies, spirits, human beings, etc.

5. ٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُمُ ٱلطَّٰغُوتُ يُخۡرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٢٥٧

   Allāhu waliyyul-ladhīna āmanū yukhrijuhum minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūr, wal-ladhīna kafarū awliyāʾuhumuṭ-ṭāghūtu yukhrijūnahum minan-nūri ilaẓ-ẓulumāt, ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

   Allāh is the Ally¹ of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are ṭāghūt. They take them out of the light into darknesses.² Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

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   1. Including the meanings of patron, supporter, benefactor, guardian, protector, defender and caretaker.
   2. The light of truth is one, while the darknesses of disbelief, doubt and error are many.

6. أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِي حَآجَّ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ فِي رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنۡ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكَ إِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّيَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحۡيِۦ وَأُمِيتُۖ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡتِي بِٱلشَّمۡسِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ فَأۡتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَرَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥٨

   Alam tara ilal-ladhī ḥājja ibrāhīma fī rabbihī an ātāhullāhul-mulka idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbiyal-ladhī yuḥyī wa yumītu qāla ana uḥyī wa umīt, qāla ibrāhīmu fa innallāha yaʾtī bish-shamsi minal-mashriqi faʾti bihā minal-maghribi fabuhital-ladhī kafar, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

   Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allāh had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allāh brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

7. أَوۡ كَٱلَّذِي مَرَّ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٖ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّىٰ يُحۡيِۦ هَٰذِهِ ٱللَّهُ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۖ فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِاْئَةَ عَامٖ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۥۖ قَالَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتَۖ قَالَ لَبِثۡتُ يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖۖ قَالَ بَل لَّبِثۡتَ مِاْئَةَ عَامٖ فَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمۡ يَتَسَنَّهۡۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰ حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجۡعَلَكَ ءَايَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَى ٱلۡعِظَامِ كَيۡفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكۡسُوهَا لَحۡمٗاۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥ قَالَ أَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٢٥٩

   Aw kal-ladhī marra ʿalā qaryatiw wa hiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā qāla annā yuḥyī hādhihillāhu baʿda mawtihā, fa amātahullāhu miʾata ʿāmin thumma baʿathah, qāla kam labitht, qāla labithtu yawman aw baʿḍa yawm, qāla bal labithta miʾata ʿāmin fanẓur ilā ṭaʿāmika wa sharābika lam yatasannah, wanẓur ilā ḥimārika walinajʿalaka āyatal lin-nās, wanẓur ilal-ʿiẓāmi kayfa nunshizuhā thumma naksūhā laḥmā, falammā tabayyana lahū qāla aʿlamu annallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

   Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allāh bring this to life after its death?" So Allāh caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" He [the man] said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allāh is over all things competent."

8. وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيۡفَ تُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِنۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَطۡمَئِنَّ قَلۡبِيۖ قَالَ فَخُذۡ أَرۡبَعَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَصُرۡهُنَّ إِلَيۡكَ ثُمَّ ٱجۡعَلۡ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ جُزۡءٗا ثُمَّ ٱدۡعُهُنَّ يَأۡتِينَكَ سَعۡيٗاۚ وَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٢٦٠

   Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbi arinī kayfa tuḥyil-mawtā, qāla awalam tuʾmin, qāla balā wa lākil liyaṭmaʾinna qalbī, qāla fakhudh arbaʿatam minaṭ-ṭayri faṣurhunna ilayka thummajʿal ʿalā kulli jabalim minhunna juzʾan thummadʿuhunna yaʾtīnaka saʿyā, waʿlam annallāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

   And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allāh] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allāh] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself.¹ Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."

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   1. i.e., train them to come to you on command.

9. مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتۡ سَبۡعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٖ مِّاْئَةُ حَبَّةٖۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٦١

   Mathalul-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīlillāhi kamathali ḥabbatin anbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatim miʾatu ḥabbah, wallāhu yuḍāʿifu limay yashāʾ, wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm.

   The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

10. ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتۡبِعُونَ مَآ أَنفَقُواْ مَنّٗا وَلَآ أَذٗى لَّهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٢٦٢

    Al-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīlillāhi thumma lā yutbiʿūna mā anfaqū mannaw wa lā adhal lahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim wa lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders [of it] or [other] injury will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

11. ۞ قَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّن صَدَقَةٖ يَتۡبَعُهَآ أَذٗىۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٞ ٢٦٣

    Qawlum maʿrūfuw wa maghfiratun khayrum min ṣadaqatiy yatbaʿuhā adhā, wallāhu ghaniyyun ḥalīm.

    Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.

12. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُبۡطِلُواْ صَدَقَٰتِكُم بِٱلۡمَنِّ وَٱلۡأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفۡوَانٍ عَلَيۡهِ تُرَابٞ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٞ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلۡدٗاۖ لَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٦٤

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tubṭilū ṣadaqātikum bil-manni wal-adhā kal-ladhī yunfiqu mālahū riʾāʾan-nāsi wa lā yuʾminu billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhir, famathaluhū kamathali ṣafwānin ʿalayhi turābun fa aṣābahū wābilun fatarakahū ṣaldā, lā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayʾim mimmā kasabū, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmal-kāfirīn.

    O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

13. وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ مَرۡضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثۡبِيتٗا مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةِۭ بِرَبۡوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٞ فَـَٔاتَتۡ أُكُلَهَا ضِعۡفَيۡنِ فَإِن لَّمۡ يُصِبۡهَا وَابِلٞ فَطَلّٞۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٢٦٥

    Wa mathalul-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahumubtighāʾa marḍātillāhi wa tathbītam min anfusihim kamathali jannatim birabwatin aṣābahā wābilun fa ātat ukulahā ḍiʿfayni fa il lam yuṣibhā wābilun faṭall, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

    And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

14. أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٞ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَابٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَلَهُۥ ذُرِّيَّةٞ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعۡصَارٞ فِيهِ نَارٞ فَٱحۡتَرَقَتۡۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢٦٦

    Ayawaddu aḥadukum an takūna lahū jannatum min nakhīliw wa aʿnābin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru lahū fīhā min kullith-thamarāti wa aṣābahul-kibaru wa lahū dhurriyyatun ḍuʿafāʾu fa aṣābahā iʿṣārun fīhi nārun faḥtaraqat, kadhālika yubayyinullāhu lakumul-āyāti laʿallakum tatafakkarūn.

    Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought.

15. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنفِقُواْ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا كَسَبۡتُمۡ وَمِمَّآ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُواْ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنۡهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسۡتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغۡمِضُواْ فِيهِۚ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٢٦٧

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū anfiqū min ṭayyibāti mā kasabtum wa mimmā akhrajnā lakum minal-arḍ, wa lā tayammamul-khabītha minhu tunfiqūna wa lastum biʾākhidhīhi illā an tughmiḍū fīh, waʿlamū annallāha ghaniyyun ḥamīd.

    O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

16. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلۡفَقۡرَ وَيَأۡمُرُكُم بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلٗاۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٦٨

    Ash-shayṭānu yaʿidukumul-faqra wa yaʾmurukum bil-faḥshāʾ, wallāhu yaʿidukum maghfiratam minhu wa faḍlā, wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm.

    Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

17. يُؤۡتِي ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُؤۡتَ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ فَقَدۡ أُوتِيَ خَيۡرٗا كَثِيرٗاۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢٦٩

    Yuʾtil-ḥikmata may yashāʾ, wa may yuʾtal-ḥikmata faqad ūtiya khayran kathīrā, wa mā yadhdhakkaru illā ulul-albāb.

    He gives wisdom¹ to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.

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    1. The knowledge and understanding of the religion and of the Qur’ān.

18. وَمَآ أَنفَقۡتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوۡ نَذَرۡتُم مِّن نَّذۡرٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُهُۥۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنۡ أَنصَارٍ ٢٧٠

    Wa mā anfaqtum min nafaqatin aw nadhartum min nadhrin fa innallāha yaʿlamuh, wa mā liẓ-ẓālimīna min anṣār.

    And whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allāh knows of it. And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

19. إِن تُبۡدُواْ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۖ وَإِن تُخۡفُوهَا وَتُؤۡتُوهَا ٱلۡفُقَرَآءَ فَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٢٧١

    In tubduṣ-ṣadaqāti faniʿimmā hiy, wa in tukhfūhā wa tuʾtūhal-fuqarāʾa fahuwa khayrul lakum, wa yukaffiru ʿankum min sayyiʾātikum, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

    If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.

20. ۞ لَّيۡسَ عَلَيۡكَ هُدَىٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ يُوَفَّ إِلَيۡكُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٧٢

    Laysa ʿalayka hudāhum wa lākinnallāha yahdī may yashāʾ, wa mā tunfiqū min khayrin faliʾanfusikum, wa mā tunfiqūna illabtighāʾa wajhillāh, wa mā tunfiqū min khayriy yuwaffa ilaykum wa antum lā tuẓlamūn.

    Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good¹ - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

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    1. i.e., wealth, property, resources, time, effort, etc.

21. لِلۡفُقَرَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحۡصِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ضَرۡبٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَحۡسَبُهُمُ ٱلۡجَاهِلُ أَغۡنِيَآءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعۡرِفُهُم بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ لَا يَسۡـَٔلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلۡحَافٗاۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ ٢٧٣

    Lil-fuqarāʾil-ladhīna uḥṣirū fī sabīlillāhi lā yastaṭīʿūna ḍarban fil-arḍi yaḥsabuhumul-jāhilu aghniyāʾa minat-taʿaffufi taʿrifuhum bisīmāhum lā yasʾalūnan-nāsa ilḥāfā, wa mā tunfiqū min khayrin fa innallāha bihī ʿalīm.

    [Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allāh, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.

22. ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٢٧٤

    Al-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum bil-layli wan-nahāri sirraw wa ʿalāniyatan falahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim wa lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Those who spend their wealth [in Allāh's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

23. ٱلَّذِينَ يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسِّۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡبَيۡعُ مِثۡلُ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۗ وَأَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡبَيۡعَ وَحَرَّمَ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۚ فَمَن جَآءَهُۥ مَوۡعِظَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَٱنتَهَىٰ فَلَهُۥ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَنۡ عَادَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٢٧٥

    Al-ladhīna yaʾkulūnar-ribā lā yaqūmūna illā kamā yaqūmul-ladhī yatakhabbaṭuhush-shayṭānu minal-mass, dhālika biʾannahum qālū innamal-bayʿu mithlur-ribā, wa aḥallallāhul-bayʿa wa ḥarramar-ribā, faman jāʾahū mawʿiẓatum mir rabbihī fantahā falahū mā salafa wa amruhū ilallāh, wa man ʿāda fa ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    Those who consume interest¹ cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Included is that given on commercial as well as consumer loans.

24. يَمۡحَقُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ وَيُرۡبِي ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ ٢٧٦

    Yamḥaqullāhur-ribā wa yurbiṣ-ṣadaqāt, wallāhu lā yuḥibbu kulla kaffārin athīm.

    Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.

25. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٢٧٧

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātawuz-zakāta lahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim wa lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

26. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَذَرُواْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ ٱلرِّبَوٰٓاْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٧٨

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanuttaqullāha wadharū mā baqiya minar-ribā in kuntum muʾminīn.

    O you who have believed, fear Allāh and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.

27. فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ فَأۡذَنُواْ بِحَرۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُبۡتُمۡ فَلَكُمۡ رُءُوسُ أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ لَا تَظۡلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٧٩

    Fa il lam tafʿalū faʾdhanū biḥarbim minallāhi wa rasūlih, wa in tubtum falakum ruʾūsu amwālikum lā taẓlimūna wa lā tuẓlamūn.

    And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

28. وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسۡرَةٖ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيۡسَرَةٖۚ وَأَن تَصَدَّقُواْ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٨٠

    Wa in kāna dhū ʿusratin fanaẓiratun ilā maysarah, wa an taṣaddaqū khayrul lakum in kuntum taʿlamūn.

    And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.

29. وَٱتَّقُواْ يَوۡمٗا تُرۡجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٨١

    Wattaqū yawman turjaʿūna fīhi ilallāh, thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsim mā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].

30. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا تَدَايَنتُم بِدَيۡنٍ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى فَٱكۡتُبُوهُۚ وَلۡيَكۡتُب بَّيۡنَكُمۡ كَاتِبُۢ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ كَاتِبٌ أَن يَكۡتُبَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهُ ٱللَّهُۚ فَلۡيَكۡتُبۡ وَلۡيُمۡلِلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ وَلَا يَبۡخَسۡ مِنۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ فَإِن كَانَ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡحَقُّ سَفِيهًا أَوۡ ضَعِيفًا أَوۡ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُ أَن يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلۡيُمۡلِلۡ وَلِيُّهُۥ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِۚ وَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْ شَهِيدَيۡنِ مِن رِّجَالِكُمۡۖ فَإِن لَّمۡ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيۡنِ فَرَجُلٞ وَٱمۡرَأَتَانِ مِمَّن تَرۡضَوۡنَ مِنَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءِ أَن تَضِلَّ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰۚ وَلَا يَأۡبَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءُ إِذَا مَا دُعُواْۚ وَلَا تَسۡـَٔمُوٓاْ أَن تَكۡتُبُوهُ صَغِيرًا أَوۡ كَبِيرًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ أَقۡسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقۡوَمُ لِلشَّهَٰدَةِ وَأَدۡنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَرۡتَابُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَٰرَةً حَاضِرَةٗ تُدِيرُونَهَا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَلَّا تَكۡتُبُوهَاۗ وَأَشۡهِدُوٓاْ إِذَا تَبَايَعۡتُمۡۚ وَلَا يُضَآرَّ كَاتِبٞ وَلَا شَهِيدٞۚ وَإِن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَإِنَّهُۥ فُسُوقُۢ بِكُمۡۗ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱللَّهُۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٢٨٢

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū idhā tadāyantum bidaynin ilā ajalim musamman faktubūh, walyaktub baynakum kātibum bil-ʿadl, wa lā yaʾba kātibun ay yaktuba kamā ʿallamahullāh, falyaktub walyumlilil-ladhī ʿalayhil-ḥaqqu walyattaqillāha rabbahū wa lā yabkhas minhu shayʾā, fa in kānal-ladhī ʿalayhil-ḥaqqu safīhan aw ḍaʿīfan aw lā yastaṭīʿu ay yumilla huwa falyumlil waliyyuhū bil-ʿadl, wastashhidū shahīdayni mir rijālikum, fa il lam yakūnā rajulayni farajuluw wamraʾatāni mimman tarḍawna minash-shuhadāʾi an taḍilla iḥdāhumā fatudhakkira iḥdāhumal-ukhrā, wa lā yaʾbash-shuhadāʾu idhā mā duʿū, wa lā tasʾamū an taktubūhu ṣaghīran aw kabīran ilā ajalih, dhālikum aqsaṭu ʿindallāhi wa aqwamu lish-shahādati wa adnā allā tartābū illā an takūna tijāratan ḥāḍiratan tudīrūnahā baynakum falaysa ʿalaykum junāḥun allā taktubūhā, wa ashhidū idhā tabāyaʿtum, wa lā yuḍārra kātibuw wa lā shahīd, wa in tafʿalū fa innahū fusūqum bikum, wattaqullāh, wa yuʿallimukumullāh, wallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allāh has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation [i.e., the debtor] dictate. And let him fear Allāh, his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of them [i.e., the women] errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allāh and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allāh. And Allāh teaches you. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

31. ۞ وَإِن كُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٖ وَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ كَاتِبٗا فَرِهَٰنٞ مَّقۡبُوضَةٞۖ فَإِنۡ أَمِنَ بَعۡضُكُم بَعۡضٗا فَلۡيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِي ٱؤۡتُمِنَ أَمَٰنَتَهُۥ وَلۡيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥۗ وَلَا تَكۡتُمُواْ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَۚ وَمَن يَكۡتُمۡهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٞ قَلۡبُهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٢٨٣

    Wa in kuntum ʿalā safariw wa lam tajidū kātiban farihānum maqbūḍah, fa in amina baʿḍukum baʿḍan falyuʾaddil-ladhiʾtumina amānatahū walyattaqillāha rabbah, wa lā taktumush-shahādah, wa may yaktumhā fa innahū āthimun qalbuh, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm.

    And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allāh, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

32. لِّلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَإِن تُبۡدُواْ مَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوۡ تُخۡفُوهُ يُحَاسِبۡكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُۖ فَيَغۡفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٢٨٤

    Lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wa in tubdū mā fī anfusikum aw tukhfūhu yuḥāsibkum bihillāh, fayaghfiru limay yashāʾu wa yuʿadhdhibu may yashāʾ, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allāh will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

33. ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٢٨٥

    Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi mir rabbihī wal-muʾminūn, kullun āmana billāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa kutubihī wa rusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim mir rusulih, wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.

    The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

34. لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَعَلَيۡهَا مَا ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوۡ أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡنَآ إِصۡرٗا كَمَا حَمَلۡتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلۡنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦۖ وَٱعۡفُ عَنَّا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚ أَنتَ مَوۡلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٨٦

    Lā yukallifullāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā, lahā mā kasabat wa ʿalayhā maktasabat, rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā, rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahū ʿalal-ladhīna min qablinā, rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih, waʿfu ʿannā waghfir lanā warḥamnā, anta mawlānā fanṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

    Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."¹

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    1. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) concludes this sūrah by directing His servants how to supplicate Him, just as He taught them in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah how to praise Him and ask for guidance.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm.

   Alif, Lām, Meem.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُ ٢

   Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūm.

   Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.¹

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   1. See footnotes to 2:255.

3. نَزَّلَ عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ ٣

   Nazzala ʿalaykal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayhi wa anzalat-tawrāta wal-injīl.

   He has sent down upon you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel

4. مِن قَبۡلُ هُدٗى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَۗ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٞ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ ٤

   Min qablu hudal lin-nāsi wa anzalal-furqān, innal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyātillāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīd, wallāhu ʿazīzun dhuntiqām.

   Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Criterion [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allāh will have a severe punishment, and Allāh is Exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution.¹

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   1. i.e., He who restores justice by punishing those who persist in wrongdoing, fail to heed warnings and are unrepentant.

5. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَخۡفَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ شَيۡءٞ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٥

   Innallāha lā yakhfā ʿalayhi shayʾun fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samāʾ.

   Indeed, from Allāh nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven.

6. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٦

   Huwal-ladhī yuṣawwirukum fil-arḥāmi kayfa yashāʾ, lā ilāha illā huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

   It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

7. هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۡهُ ءَايَٰتٞ مُّحۡكَمَٰتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَٰبِهَٰتٞۖ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ زَيۡغٞ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَٰبَهَ مِنۡهُ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ وَٱبۡتِغَآءَ تَأۡوِيلِهِۦۖ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ تَأۡوِيلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۗ وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِي ٱلۡعِلۡمِ يَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ كُلّٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ رَبِّنَاۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٧

   Huwal-ladhī anzala ʿalaykal-kitāba minhu āyātum muḥkamātun hunna ummul-kitābi wa ukharu mutashābihāt, fa ammal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim zayghun fayattabiʿūna mā tashābaha minhubtighāʾal-fitnati wabtighāʾa taʾwīlih, wa mā yaʿlamu taʾwīlahū illallāh, war-rāsikhūna fil-ʿilmi yaqūlūna āmannā bihī kullum min ʿindi rabbinā, wa mā yadhdhakkaru illā ulul-albāb.

   It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific.¹ As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allāh. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding,

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   1. Those which are stated in such a way that they are open to more than one interpretation or whose meaning is known only to Allāh, such as the opening letters of certain sūrahs.

8. رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغۡ قُلُوبَنَا بَعۡدَ إِذۡ هَدَيۡتَنَا وَهَبۡ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحۡمَةًۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ ٨

   Rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wahab lanā mil ladunka raḥmah, innaka antal-wahhāb.

   [Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.¹

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   1. Who gives and grants continually without being asked.

9. رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوۡمٖ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ ٩

   Rabbanā innaka jāmiʿun-nāsi liyawmil lā rayba fīh, innallāha lā yukhliful-mīʿād.

   Our Lord, surely You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in His promise."

10. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن تُغۡنِيَ عَنۡهُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ وَقُودُ ٱلنَّارِ ١٠

    Innal-ladhīna kafarū lan tughniya ʿanhum amwāluhum wa lā awlāduhum minallāhi shayʾā, wa ulāʾika hum waqūdun-nār.

    Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all. And it is they who are fuel for the Fire.

11. كَدَأۡبِ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ١١

    Kadaʾbi āli firʿawna wal-ladhīna min qablihim, kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā fa akhadhahumullāhu bidhunūbihim, wallāhu shadīdul-ʿiqāb.

    [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allāh seized them for their sins. And Allāh is severe in penalty.

12. قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَتُغۡلَبُونَ وَتُحۡشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ١٢

    Qul lil-ladhīna kafarū satughlabūna wa tuḥsharūna ilā jahannam, wa biʾsal-mihād.

    Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."

13. قَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٞ فِي فِئَتَيۡنِ ٱلۡتَقَتَاۖ فِئَةٞ تُقَٰتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخۡرَىٰ كَافِرَةٞ يَرَوۡنَهُم مِّثۡلَيۡهِمۡ رَأۡيَ ٱلۡعَيۡنِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصۡرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ١٣

    Qad kāna lakum āyatun fī fiʾataynil-taqatā, fiʾatun tuqātilu fī sabīlillāhi wa ukhrā kāfiratuy yarawnahum mithlayhim raʾyal-ʿayn, wallāhu yuʾayyidu binaṣrihī may yashāʾ, inna fī dhālika laʿibratal liʾulil-abṣār.

    Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight.¹ But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.

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    1. The believers saw the disbelievers to be double their own number preceding the battle of Badr, while, in fact, they were three times their number.

14. زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱلۡقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلۡمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلۡفِضَّةِ وَٱلۡخَيۡلِ ٱلۡمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَٱلۡحَرۡثِۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسۡنُ ٱلۡمَـَٔابِ ١٤

    Zuyyina lin-nāsi ḥubbush-shahawāti minan-nisāʾi wal-banīna wal-qanāṭīril-muqanṭarati minadh-dhahabi wal-fiḍḍati wal-khaylil-musawwamati wal-anʿāmi wal-ḥarth, dhālika matāʿul-ḥayātid-dunyā, wallāhu ʿindahū ḥusnul-maʾāb.

    Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise].

15. ۞ قُلۡ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيۡرٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمۡۖ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزۡوَٰجٞ مُّطَهَّرَةٞ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرُۢ بِٱلۡعِبَادِ ١٥

    Qul aʾunabbiʾukum bikhayrim min dhālikum, lil-ladhīnattaqaw ʿinda rabbihim jannātun tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā wa azwājum muṭahharatuw wa riḍwānum minallāh, wallāhu baṣīrum bil-ʿibād.

    Say, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allāh will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allāh. And Allāh is Seeing [i.e., aware] of [His] servants -

16. ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ١٦

    Al-ladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā innanā āmannā faghfir lanā dhunūbanā waqinā ʿadhāban-nār.

    Those who say, 'Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,' "

17. ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلۡمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُسۡتَغۡفِرِينَ بِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ ١٧

    Aṣ-ṣābirīna waṣ-ṣādiqīna wal-qānitīna wal-munfiqīna wal-mustaghfirīna bil-asḥār.

    The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

18. شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ قَآئِمَۢا بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١٨

    Shahidallāhu annahū lā ilāha illā huwa wal-malāʾikatu wa ulul-ʿilmi qāʾimam bil-qisṭ, lā ilāha illā huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    Allāh witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

19. إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمُۗ وَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ١٩

    Innad-dīna ʿindallāhil-islām, wa makhtalafal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba illā mim baʿdi mā jāʾahumul-ʿilmu baghyam baynahum, wa may yakfur biʾāyātillāhi fa innallāha sarīʿul-ḥisāb.

    Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allāh is Islām. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allāh, then indeed, Allāh is swift in [taking] account.

20. فَإِنۡ حَآجُّوكَ فَقُلۡ أَسۡلَمۡتُ وَجۡهِيَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِۗ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَ ءَأَسۡلَمۡتُمۡۚ فَإِنۡ أَسۡلَمُواْ فَقَدِ ٱهۡتَدَواْۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرُۢ بِٱلۡعِبَادِ ٢٠

    Fa in ḥājjūka faqul aslamtu wajhiya lillāhi wa manittabaʿan, wa qul lil-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba wal-ummiyyīna aʾaslamtum, fa in aslamū faqadihtadaw, wa in tawallaw fa innamā ʿalaykal-balāgh, wallāhu baṣīrum bil-ʿibād.

    So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned,¹ "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.

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    1. Those who had no scripture (i.e., the pagans).

21. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيۡرِ حَقّٖ وَيَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢١

    Innal-ladhīna yakfurūna biʾāyātillāhi wa yaqtulūnan-nabiyyīna bighayri ḥaqqiw wa yaqtulūnal-ladhīna yaʾmurūna bil-qisṭi minan-nāsi fabashshirhum biʿadhābin alīm.

    Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.

22. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٢٢

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna ḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.

    They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them there will be no helpers.

23. أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ نَصِيبٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٣

    Alam tara ilal-ladhīna ūtū naṣībam minal-kitābi yudʿawna ilā kitābillāhi liyaḥkuma baynahum thumma yatawallā farīqum minhum wa hum muʿriḍūn.

    Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them;¹ then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

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    1. Referring to the Jews of Madīnah who refused to implement the rulings given by Allāh in the Torah or to acknowledge the Prophet (ﷺ), whose coming was mentioned therein.

24. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامٗا مَّعۡدُودَٰتٖۖ وَغَرَّهُمۡ فِي دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٢٤

    Dhālika biʾannahum qālū lan tamassanan-nāru illā ayyāmam maʿdūdāt, wa gharrahum fī dīnihim mā kānū yaftarūn.

    That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

25. فَكَيۡفَ إِذَا جَمَعۡنَٰهُمۡ لِيَوۡمٖ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٥

    Fakayfa idhā jamaʿnāhum liyawmil lā rayba fīhi wa wuffiyat kullu nafsim mā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

26. قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَٰلِكَ ٱلۡمُلۡكِ تُؤۡتِي ٱلۡمُلۡكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلۡمُلۡكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلۡخَيۡرُۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٢٦

    Qulillāhumma mālikal-mulki tuʾtil-mulka man tashāʾu wa tanziʿul-mulka mimman tashāʾu wa tuʿizzu man tashāʾu wa tudhillu man tashāʾ, biyadikal-khayr, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    Say, "O Allāh, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand¹ is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

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    1. See footnote to 2:19.

27. تُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَيِّتِ وَتُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَيِّۖ وَتَرۡزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٢٧

    Tūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa tūlijun-nahāra fil-layl, wa tukhrijul-ḥayya minal-mayyiti wa tukhrijul-mayyita minal-ḥayy, wa tarzuqu man tashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

    You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]."

28. لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۖ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيۡسَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ فِي شَيۡءٍ إِلَّآ أَن تَتَّقُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ تُقَىٰةٗۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسَهُۥۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٢٨

    Lā yattakhidhil-muʾminūnal-kāfirīna awliyāʾa min dūnil-muʾminīn, wa may yafʿal dhālika falaysa minallāhi fī shayʾin illā an tattaqū minhum tuqāh, wa yuḥadhdhirukumullāhu nafsah, wa ilallāhil-maṣīr.

    Let not believers take disbelievers as allies [i.e., supporters or protectors] rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing [i.e., no association] with Allāh, except when taking precaution against them in prudence.¹ And Allāh warns you of Himself, and to Allāh is the [final] destination.

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    1. When fearing harm from an enemy, the believer may pretend as long as his heart and intention are not affected.

29. قُلۡ إِن تُخۡفُواْ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمۡ أَوۡ تُبۡدُوهُ يَعۡلَمۡهُ ٱللَّهُۗ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٢٩

    Qul in tukhfū mā fī ṣudūrikum aw tubdūhu yaʿlamhullāh, wa yaʿlamu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    Say, "Whether you conceal what is in your breasts or reveal it, Allāh knows it. And He knows that which is in the heavens and that which is on the earth. And Allāh is over all things competent.

30. يَوۡمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ مُّحۡضَرٗا وَمَا عَمِلَتۡ مِن سُوٓءٖ تَوَدُّ لَوۡ أَنَّ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَهُۥٓ أَمَدَۢا بَعِيدٗاۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفُۢ بِٱلۡعِبَادِ ٣٠

    Yawma tajidu kullu nafsim mā ʿamilat min khayrim muḥḍaraw wa mā ʿamilat min sūʾin tawaddu law anna baynahā wa baynahū amadam baʿīdā, wa yuḥadhdhirukumullāhu nafsah, wallāhu raʾūfum bil-ʿibād.

    The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allāh warns you of Himself, and Allāh is Kind to [His] servants."

31. قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ ذُنُوبَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣١

    Qul in kuntum tuḥibbūnallāha fattabiʿūnī yuḥbibkumullāhu wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "If you should love Allāh, then follow me, [so] Allāh will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

32. قُلۡ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٣٢

    Qul aṭīʿullāha war-rasūl, fa in tawallaw fa innallāha lā yuḥibbul-kāfirīn.

    Say, "Obey Allāh and the Messenger. But if they turn away - then indeed, Allāh does not like the disbelievers."

33. ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ وَنُوحٗا وَءَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَءَالَ عِمۡرَٰنَ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٣

    Innallāhaṣṭafā ādama wa nūḥaw wa āla ibrāhīma wa āla ʿimrāna ʿalal-ʿālamīn.

    Indeed, Allāh chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of ʿImrān over the worlds -

34. ذُرِّيَّةَۢ بَعۡضُهَا مِنۢ بَعۡضٖۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٣٤

    Dhurriyyatam baʿḍuhā mim baʿḍ, wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm.

    Descendants, some of them from others. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

35. إِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ عِمۡرَٰنَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرۡتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطۡنِي مُحَرَّرٗا فَتَقَبَّلۡ مِنِّيٓۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٥

    Idh qālatimraʾatu ʿimrāna rabbi innī nadhartu laka mā fī baṭnī muḥarraran fataqabbal minnī, innaka antas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

    [Mention, O Muḥammad], when the wife of ʿImrān said, "My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing."

36. فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتۡهَا قَالَتۡ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعۡتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتۡ وَلَيۡسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۖ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيۡتُهَا مَرۡيَمَ وَإِنِّيٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ٣٦

    Falammā waḍaʿathā qālat rabbi innī waḍaʿtuhā unthā wallāhu aʿlamu bimā waḍaʿat wa laysadh-dhakaru kal-unthā, wa innī sammaytuhā maryama wa innī uʿīdhuhā bika wa dhurriyyatahā minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

    But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allāh was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]."

37. فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٖ وَأَنۢبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنٗا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّاۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيۡهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزۡقٗاۖ قَالَ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَاۖ قَالَتۡ هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٍ ٣٧

    Fataqabbalahā rabbuhā biqabūlin ḥasaniw wa anbatahā nabātan ḥasanaw wa kaffalahā zakariyyā, kullamā dakhala ʿalayhā zakariyyal-miḥrāba wajada ʿindahā rizqā, qāla yāmaryamu annā laki hādhā, qālat huwa min ʿindillāh, innallāha yarzuqu may yashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

    So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, "O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh provides for whom He wills without account."

38. هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةٗ طَيِّبَةًۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٨

    Hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbah, qāla rabbi hab lī mil ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibah, innaka samīʿud-duʿāʾ.

    At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

39. فَنَادَتۡهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٞ يُصَلِّي فِي ٱلۡمِحۡرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحۡيَىٰ مُصَدِّقَۢا بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدٗا وَحَصُورٗا وَنَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٣٩

    Fanādathul-malāʾikatu wa huwa qāʾimuy yuṣallī fil-miḥrābi annallāha yubashshiruka biyaḥyā muṣaddiqam bikalimatim minallāhi wa sayyidaw wa ḥaṣūraw wa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word¹ from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous."

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    1. Referring to the prophet Jesus (upon whom be peace) , who was conceived merely by a command from Allāh - the word "Be."

40. قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَٰمٞ وَقَدۡ بَلَغَنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ وَٱمۡرَأَتِي عَاقِرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ٤٠

    Qāla rabbi annā yakūnu lī ghulāmuw wa qad balaghaniyal-kibaru wamraʾatī ʿāqir, qāla kadhālikallāhu yafʿalu mā yashāʾ.

    He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."

41. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَل لِّيٓ ءَايَةٗۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمۡزٗاۗ وَٱذۡكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرٗا وَسَبِّحۡ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِبۡكَٰرِ ٤١

    Qāla rabbijʿal lī āyah, qāla āyatuka allā tukalliman-nāsa thalāthata ayyāmin illā ramzā, wadhkur rabbaka kathīraw wa sabbiḥ bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ibkār.

    He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."

42. وَإِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصۡطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٢

    Wa idh qālatil-malāʾikatu yāmaryamu innallāhaṣṭafāki wa ṭahharaki waṣṭafāki ʿalā nisāʾil-ʿālamīn.

    And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

43. يَٰمَرۡيَمُ ٱقۡنُتِي لِرَبِّكِ وَٱسۡجُدِي وَٱرۡكَعِي مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ ٤٣

    Yāmaryamuqnutī lirabbiki wasjudī warkaʿī maʿar-rākiʿīn.

    O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]."

44. ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيۡكَۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يُلۡقُونَ أَقۡلَٰمَهُمۡ أَيُّهُمۡ يَكۡفُلُ مَرۡيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيۡهِمۡ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٤٤

    Dhālika min anbāʾil-ghaybi nūḥīhi ilayk, wa mā kunta ladayhim idh yulqūna aqlāmahum ayyuhum yakfulu maryama wa mā kunta ladayhim idh yakhtaṣimūn.

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens¹ as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.

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    1. i.e., threw lots.

45. إِذۡ قَالَتِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَٰمَرۡيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٖ مِّنۡهُ ٱسۡمُهُ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ وَجِيهٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٤٥

    Idh qālatil-malāʾikatu yāmaryamu innallāha yubashshiruki bikalimatim minhusmuhul-masīḥu ʿīsabnu maryama wajīhan fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati wa minal-muqarrabīn.

    [And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh gives you good tidings of a word¹ from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allāh].

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    1. See footnote to 3:39.

46. وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ وَكَهۡلٗا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٤٦

    Wa yukallimun-nāsa fil-mahdi wa kahlaw wa minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."

47. قَالَتۡ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٞ وَلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِي بَشَرٞۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٧

    Qālat rabbi annā yakūnu lī waladuw wa lam yamsasnī bashar, qāla kadhālikillāhu yakhluqu mā yashāʾ, idhā qaḍā amran fa innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn.

    She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

48. وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ ٤٨

    Wa yuʿallimuhul-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wat-tawrāta wal-injīl.

    And He will teach him writing and wisdom¹ and the Torah and the Gospel

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    1. The teachings of the prophets.

49. وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنِّي قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ أَنِّيٓ أَخۡلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيۡـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيۡرَۢا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُبۡرِئُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَهَ وَٱلۡأَبۡرَصَ وَأُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأۡكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٩

    Wa rasūlan ilā banī isrāʾīla annī qad jiʾtukum biʾāyatim mir rabbikum annī akhluqu lakum minaṭ-ṭīni kahayʾatiṭ-ṭayri fa anfukhu fīhi fayakūnu ṭayram biʾidhnillāh, wa ubriʾul-akmaha wal-abraṣa wa uḥyil-mawtā biʾidhnillāh, wa unabbiʾukum bimā taʾkulūna wa mā taddakhirūna fī buyūtikum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal lakum in kuntum muʾminīn.

    And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allāh. And I cure the blind [from birth] and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allāh. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.

50. وَمُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَلِأُحِلَّ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي حُرِّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَجِئۡتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ٥٠

    Wa muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayya minat-tawrāti waliʾuḥilla lakum baʿḍal-ladhī ḥurrima ʿalaykum, wa jiʾtukum biʾāyatim mir rabbikum fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

    And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allāh and obey me.

51. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٥١

    Innallāha rabbī wa rabbukum faʿbudūh, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

    Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path.'"

52. ۞ فَلَمَّآ أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ قَالَ مَنۡ أَنصَارِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ قَالَ ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحۡنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَٱشۡهَدۡ بِأَنَّا مُسۡلِمُونَ ٥٢

    Falammā aḥassa ʿīsā minhumul-kufra qāla man anṣārī ilallāh, qālal-ḥawāriyyūna naḥnu anṣārullāhi āmannā billāhi washhad biʾannā muslimūn.

    But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allāh?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allāh. We have believed in Allāh and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].

53. رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ وَٱتَّبَعۡنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكۡتُبۡنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٣

    Rabbanā āmannā bimā anzalta wattabaʿnar-rasūla faktubnā maʿash-shāhidīn.

    Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger [i.e., Jesus], so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."

54. وَمَكَرُواْ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمَٰكِرِينَ ٥٤

    Wa makarū wa makarallāh, wallāhu khayrul-mākirīn.

    And they [i.e., the disbelievers] planned, but Allāh planned. And Allāh is the best of planners.

55. إِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوۡقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ فِيمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٥٥

    Idh qālallāhu yāʿīsā innī mutawaffīka wa rāfiʿuka ilayya wa muṭahhiruka minal-ladhīna kafarū wa jāʿilul-ladhīnattabaʿūka fawqal-ladhīna kafarū ilā yawmil-qiyāmah, thumma ilayya marjiʿukum fa aḥkumu baynakum fīmā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūn.

    [Mention] when Allāh said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify [i.e., free] you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allāh alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.

56. فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٥٦

    Fa ammal-ladhīna kafarū fa uʿadhdhibuhum ʿadhāban shadīdan fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.

    And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers."

57. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٧

    Wa ammal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayuwaffīhim ujūrahum, wallāhu lā yuḥibbuẓ-ẓālimīn.

    But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards, and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers.

58. ذَٰلِكَ نَتۡلُوهُ عَلَيۡكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكۡرِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ٥٨

    Dhālika natlūhu ʿalayka minal-āyāti wadh-dhikril-ḥakīm.

    This is what We recite to you, [O Muḥammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

59. إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٥٩

    Inna mathala ʿīsā ʿindallāhi kamathali ādam, khalaqahū min turābin thumma qāla lahū kun fayakūn.

    Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh¹ is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.

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    1. i.e., regarding His creation of him.

60. ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ ٦٠

    Al-ḥaqqu mir rabbika falā takum minal-mumtarīn.

    The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.

61. فَمَنۡ حَآجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ فَقُلۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ نَدۡعُ أَبۡنَآءَنَا وَأَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَنِسَآءَنَا وَنِسَآءَكُمۡ وَأَنفُسَنَا وَأَنفُسَكُمۡ ثُمَّ نَبۡتَهِلۡ فَنَجۡعَل لَّعۡنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٦١

    Faman ḥājjaka fīhi mim baʿdi mā jāʾaka minal-ʿilmi faqul taʿālaw nadʿu abnāʾanā wa abnāʾakum wa nisāʾanā wa nisāʾakum wa anfusanā wa anfusakum thumma nabtahil fanajʿal laʿnatallāhi ʿalal-kādhibīn.

    Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allāh upon the liars [among us]."

62. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡقَصَصُ ٱلۡحَقُّۚ وَمَا مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٦٢

    Inna hādhā lahuwal-qaṣaṣul-ḥaqq, wa mā min ilāhin illallāh, wa innallāha lahuwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    Indeed, this is the true narration. And there is no deity except Allāh. And indeed, Allāh is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

63. فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٦٣

    Fa in tawallaw fa innallāha ʿalīmum bil-mufsidīn.

    But if they turn away, then indeed - Allāh is Knowing of the corrupters.

64. قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ تَعَالَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٖ سَوَآءِۭ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكُمۡ أَلَّا نَعۡبُدَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَلَا نُشۡرِكَ بِهِۦ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعۡضُنَا بَعۡضًا أَرۡبَابٗا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُولُواْ ٱشۡهَدُواْ بِأَنَّا مُسۡلِمُونَ ٦٤

    Qul yāʾahlal-kitābi taʿālaw ilā kalimatin sawāʾim baynanā wa baynakum allā naʿbuda illallāha wa lā nushrika bihī shayʾaw wa lā yattakhidha baʿḍunā baʿḍan arbābam min dūnillāh, fa in tawallaw faqūlushhadū biʾannā muslimūn.

    Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allāh and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allāh."¹ But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."

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    1. By obeying another in disobedience to Allāh.

65. يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٥

    Yāʾahlal-kitābi lima tuḥājjūna fī ibrāhīma wa mā unzilatit-tawrātu wal-injīlu illā mim baʿdih, afalā taʿqilūn.

    O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

66. هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ حَٰجَجۡتُمۡ فِيمَا لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِيمَا لَيۡسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٦

    Hāʾantum hāʾulāʾi ḥājajtum fīmā lakum bihī ʿilmun falima tuḥājjūna fīmā laysa lakum bihī ʿilm, wallāhu yaʿlamu wa antum lā taʿlamūn.

    Here you are - those who have argued about that of which you have [some] knowledge, but why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allāh knows, while you know not.

67. مَا كَانَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيّٗا وَلَا نَصۡرَانِيّٗا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفٗا مُّسۡلِمٗا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٦٧

    Mā kāna ibrāhīmu yahūdiyyaw wa lā naṣrāniyyaw wa lākin kāna ḥanīfam muslimaw wa mā kāna minal-mushrikīn.

    Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists.¹

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    1. Those who associate others with Allāh.

68. إِنَّ أَوۡلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ وَهَٰذَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٨

    Inna awlan-nāsi biʾibrāhīma lalladhīnattabaʿūhu wa hādhan-nabiyyu wal-ladhīna āmanū, wallāhu waliyyul-muʾminīn.

    Indeed, the most worthy of Abraham among the people are those who followed him [in submission to Allāh] and this prophet [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] and those who believe [in his message]. And Allāh is the Ally¹ of the believers.

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    1. Refer to footnote in verse 2:257.

69. وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَوۡ يُضِلُّونَكُمۡ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٦٩

    Waddat ṭāʾifatum min ahlil-kitābi law yuḍillūnakum wa mā yuḍillūna illā anfusahum wa mā yashʿurūn.

    A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

70. يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَشۡهَدُونَ ٧٠

    Yāʾahlal-kitābi lima takfurūna biʾāyātillāhi wa antum tashhadūn.

    O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh¹ while you witness [to their truth]?

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    1. i.e., deliberately reject them.

71. يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَلۡبِسُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَتَكۡتُمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧١

    Yāʾahlal-kitābi lima talbisūnal-ḥaqqa bil-bāṭili wa taktumūnal-ḥaqqa wa antum taʿlamūn.

    O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

72. وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ءَامِنُواْ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَجۡهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكۡفُرُوٓاْ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٧٢

    Wa qālat ṭāʾifatum min ahlil-kitābi āminū bil-ladhī unzila ʿalal-ladhīna āmanū wajhan-nahāri wakfurū ākhirahū laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion],

73. وَلَا تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمۡ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰٓ أَحَدٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أُوتِيتُمۡ أَوۡ يُحَآجُّوكُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّكُمۡۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٧٣

    Wa lā tuʾminū illā liman tabiʿa dīnakum qul innal-hudā hudallāhi ay yuʾtā aḥadum mithla mā ūtītum aw yuḥājjūkum ʿinda rabbikum, qul innal-faḍla biyadillāhi yuʾtīhi may yashāʾ, wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm.

    And do not trust except those who follow your religion." Say, "Indeed, the [true] guidance is the guidance of Allāh. [Do you fear] lest someone be given [knowledge] like you were given or that they would [thereby] argue with you before your Lord?" Say, "Indeed, [all] bounty is in the hand¹ of Allāh - He grants it to whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Wise."

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    1. See footnote to 2:19.

74. يَخۡتَصُّ بِرَحۡمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٤

    Yakhtaṣṣu biraḥmatihī may yashāʾ, wallāhu dhul-faḍlil-ʿaẓīm.

    He selects for His mercy whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

75. ۞ وَمِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِقِنطَارٖ يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِدِينَارٖ لَّا يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ قَآئِمٗاۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَ سَبِيلٞ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥

    Wa min ahlil-kitābi man in taʾmanhu biqinṭāriy yuʾaddihī ilayka wa minhum man in taʾmanhu bidīnāril lā yuʾaddihī ilayka illā mā dumta ʿalayhi qāʾimā, dhālika biʾannahum qālū laysa ʿalaynā fil-ummiyyīna sabīluw wa yaqūlūna ʿalallāhil-kadhiba wa hum yaʿlamūn.

    And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned."¹ And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know [it].

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    1. The Jews do not consider it a sin to cheat or lie to a gentile or a pagan.

76. بَلَىٰۚ مَنۡ أَوۡفَىٰ بِعَهۡدِهِۦ وَٱتَّقَىٰ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٧٦

    Balā, man awfā biʿahdihī wattaqā fa innallāha yuḥibbul-muttaqīn.

    But yes, whoever fulfills his commitment and fears Allāh - then indeed, Allāh loves those who fear Him.

77. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشۡتَرُونَ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلًا أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَا خَلَٰقَ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا يَنظُرُ إِلَيۡهِمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمۡ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٧٧

    Innal-ladhīna yashtarūna biʿahdillāhi wa aymānihim thamanan qalīlan ulāʾika lā khalāqa lahum fil-ākhirati wa lā yukallimuhumullāhu wa lā yanẓuru ilayhim yawmal-qiyāmati wa lā yuzakkīhim wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allāh and their [own] oaths for a small price will have no share in the Hereafter, and Allāh will not speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them; and they will have a painful punishment.

78. وَإِنَّ مِنۡهُمۡ لَفَرِيقٗا يَلۡوُۥنَ أَلۡسِنَتَهُم بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِتَحۡسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٨

    Wa inna minhum lafarīqay yalwūna alsinatahum bil-kitābi litaḥsabūhu minal-kitābi wa mā huwa minal-kitābi wa yaqūlūna huwa min ʿindillāhi wa mā huwa min ʿindillāh, wa yaqūlūna ʿalallāhil-kadhiba wa hum yaʿlamūn.

    And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allāh," but it is not from Allāh. And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know.

79. مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُؤۡتِيَهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحُكۡمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُواْ عِبَادٗا لِّي مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِن كُونُواْ رَبَّٰنِيِّـۧنَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَدۡرُسُونَ ٧٩

    Mā kāna libasharin ay yuʾtiyahullāhul-kitāba wal-ḥukma wan-nubuwwata thumma yaqūla lin-nāsi kūnū ʿibādal lī min dūnillāhi wa lākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bimā kuntum tuʿallimūnal-kitāba wabimā kuntum tadrusūn.

    It is not for a human [prophet]¹ that Allāh should give him the Scripture² and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allāh," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied."

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    1. Or any believer.
    2. Or in the case of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ), "the Book" (i.e., the Qur’ān) .

80. وَلَا يَأۡمُرَكُمۡ أَن تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ أَرۡبَابًاۚ أَيَأۡمُرُكُم بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ٨٠

    Wa lā yaʾmurakum an tattakhidhul-malāʾikata wan-nabiyyīna arbābā, ayaʾmurukum bil-kufri baʿda idh antum muslimūn.

    Nor could he order you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?

81. وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيۡتُكُم مِّن كِتَٰبٖ وَحِكۡمَةٖ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّصَدِّقٞ لِّمَا مَعَكُمۡ لَتُؤۡمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥۚ قَالَ ءَأَقۡرَرۡتُمۡ وَأَخَذۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمۡ إِصۡرِيۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَقۡرَرۡنَاۚ قَالَ فَٱشۡهَدُواْ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٨١

    Wa idh akhadhallāhu mīthāqan-nabiyyīna lamā ātaytukum min kitābiw wa ḥikmatin thumma jāʾakum rasūlum muṣaddiqul limā maʿakum latuʾminunna bihī wa latanṣurunnah, qāla aʾaqrartum wa akhadhtum ʿalā dhālikum iṣrī, qālū aqrarnā, qāla fashhadū wa ana maʿakum minash-shāhidīn.

    And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allāh took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allāh] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?"¹ They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

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    1. i.e., Have you accepted this obligation?

82. فَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٨٢

    Faman tawallā baʿda dhālika fa ulāʾika humul-fāsiqūn.

    And whoever turned away after that - they were the defiantly disobedient.

83. أَفَغَيۡرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ يَبۡغُونَ وَلَهُۥٓ أَسۡلَمَ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ طَوۡعٗا وَكَرۡهٗا وَإِلَيۡهِ يُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٣

    Afaghayra dīnillāhi yabghūna wa lahū aslama man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿaw wa karhaw wa ilayhi yurjaʿūn.

    So is it other than the religion of Allāh they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned?

84. قُلۡ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ٨٤

    Qul āmannā billāhi wa mā unzila ʿalaynā wa mā unzila ʿalā ibrāhīma wa ismāʿīla wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba wal-asbāṭi wa mā ūtiya mūsā wa ʿīsā wan-nabiyyūna mir rabbihim lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim minhum wa naḥnu lahū muslimūn.

    Say, "We have believed in Allāh and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ], and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting] to Him."

85. وَمَن يَبۡتَغِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ دِينٗا فَلَن يُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٨٥

    Wa may yabtaghi ghayral-islāmi dīnan falay yuqbala minhu wa huwa fil-ākhirati minal-khāsirīn.

    And whoever desires other than Islām as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

86. كَيۡفَ يَهۡدِي ٱللَّهُ قَوۡمٗا كَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِهِمۡ وَشَهِدُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلرَّسُولَ حَقّٞ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٦

    Kayfa yahdillāhu qawman kafarū baʿda īmānihim wa shahidū annar-rasūla ḥaqquw wa jāʾahumul-bayyināt, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    How shall Allāh guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

87. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمۡ أَنَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَعۡنَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٨٧

    Ulāʾika jazāʾuhum anna ʿalayhim laʿnatallāhi wal-malāʾikati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.

    Those - their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allāh and the angels and the people, all together,

88. خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٨٨

    Khālidīna fīhā lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumul-ʿadhābu wa lā hum yunẓarūn.

    Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved,

89. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ٨٩

    Illal-ladhīna tābū mim baʿdi dhālika wa aṣlaḥū fa innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

    Except for those who repent after that¹ and correct themselves. For indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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    1. After their wrongdoing.

90. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِهِمۡ ثُمَّ ٱزۡدَادُواْ كُفۡرٗا لَّن تُقۡبَلَ تَوۡبَتُهُمۡ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٩٠

    Innal-ladhīna kafarū baʿda īmānihim thummazdādū kufral lan tuqbala tawbatuhum wa ulāʾika humuḍ-ḍāllūn.

    Indeed, those who disbelieve [i.e., reject the message] after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.

91. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٞ فَلَن يُقۡبَلَ مِنۡ أَحَدِهِم مِّلۡءُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَهَبٗا وَلَوِ ٱفۡتَدَىٰ بِهِۦٓۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٩١

    Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa mātū wa hum kuffārun falay yuqbala min aḥadihim milʾul-arḍi dhahabaw wa lawiftadā bih, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun alīmuw wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.

    Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

92. لَن تَنَالُواْ ٱلۡبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِن شَيۡءٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٞ ٩٢

    Lan tanālul-birra ḥattā tunfiqū mimmā tuḥibbūn, wa mā tunfiqū min shayʾin fa innallāha bihī ʿalīm.

    Never will you attain the good [reward]¹ until you spend [in the way of Allāh] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.

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    1. Another meaning is "You will never attain righteousness."