The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

10/27/2008


1. THE OPENING



In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

1:1 In the name of Allah (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
1:2 Praise be to Allah (God), the Cherisher and Sustainer of the world; 
1:3 Most Gracious, Most Merciful; 
1:4 Master of the Day of Judgment. 
1:5 you do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. 
1:6 Show us the straight way, 
1:7 The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. 




The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



2. THE COW



In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

2:1 A.L.M. 
2:2 This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah (God); 
2:3 Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them; 
2:4 And who believe in the Revelation sent to you, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter. 
2:5 They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will prosper. 
2:6 As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. 
2:7 Allah (God) has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur). 
2:8 Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day;" but they do not (really) believe. 
2:9 Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves, and realise (it) not! 
2:10 In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves). 
2:11 When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!" 
2:12 Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not. 
2:13 When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know. 
2:14 When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe;" but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: "We are really with you: We (were) only jesting." 
2:15 Allah (God) will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro). 
2:16 These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction, 
2:17 Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted all around him, Allah (God) took away their light and left them in utter darkness. So they could not see. 
2:18 Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path). 
2:19 Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky: In it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the while they are in terror of death. But Allah (God) is ever round the rejecters of Faith! 
2:20 The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light (Helps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them, they stand still. And if Allah (God) willed, He could take away their faculty of hearing and seeing; for Allah (God) hat h power over all things. 
2:21 O you people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that you may have the chance to learn righteousness; 
2:22 Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah (God) when you know (the truth). 
2:23 And if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah (God), if your (doubts) are true. 
2:24 But if you cannot- and of a surety you cannot- then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith. 
2:25 But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are give n things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever). 
2:26 Allah (God) disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as highest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but those who reject Faith say: "What means Allah (God) by this similitude?" By it He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path),- 
2:27 Those who break Allah (God)'s Covenant after it is ratified, and who sunder what Allah (God) Has ordered to be joined, and do mischief on earth: These cause loss (only) to themselves. 
2:28 How can you reject the faith in Allah (God)?- seeing that you were without life, and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life; and again to Him will you return. 
2:29 It is He Who has created for you all things that are on earth; Moreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things He has perfect knowledge. 
2:30 Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said: "Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I kn ow what you know not." 
2:31 And He taught Adam the nature of all things; then He placed them before the angels, and said: "Tell me the nature of these if you are right." 
2:32 They said: "Glory to you, of knowledge We have none, save what Thou Hast taught us: In truth it is Thou Who art perfect in knowledge and wisdom." 
2:33 He said: "O Adam! Tell them their natures." When he had told them, Allah (God) said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?" 
2:34 And behold, We said to the angels: "Bow down to Adam" and they bowed down. Not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: He was of those who reject Faith. 
2:35 We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) you will; but approach not this tree, or you run into harm and transgression." 
2:36 Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get you down, all (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time." 
2:37 Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord Turned towards him; for He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful. 
2:38 We said: "Get you down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from me, whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:39 "But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be companions of the Fire; they shall abide therein." 
2:40 O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you, and fear none but Me. 
2:41 And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which is with you, and be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs for a small price; and fear Me, and Me alone. 
2:42 And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when you know (what it is). 
2:43 And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship). 
2:44 Do you enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget (To practise it) yourselves, and yet you study the Scripture? Will you not understand? 
2:45 Nay, seek (Allah (God)'s) help with patient perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit,- 
2:46 Who bear in mind the certainty that they are to meet their Lord, and that they are to return to Him. 
2:47 Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other (for My Message). 
2:48 Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail another nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall compensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside). 
2:49 And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women-folk live; therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord. 
2:50 And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people within your very sight. 
2:51 And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses, and in his absence you took the calf (for worship), and you did grievous wrong. 
2:52 Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be grateful. 
2:53 And remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion (Between right and wrong): There was a chance for you to be guided aright. 
2:54 And remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! you have indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: So turn (in repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrong-doers); that will be better for you in the sight of your Maker." Then He turned towards you (in forgiveness): For He is Oft- Returning, Most Merciful. 
2:55 And remember you said: "O Moses! We shall never believe in you until we see Allah (God) manifestly," but you were dazed with thunder and lighting even as you looked on. 
2:56 Then We raised you up after your death: you had the chance to be grateful. 
2:57 And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to you Manna and quails, saying: "Eat of the good things We have provided for you:" (But they rebelled); to us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls. 
2:58 And remember We said: "Enter this town, and eat of the plenty therein as you wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and in words, and We shall forgive you your faults and increase (the portion of) those who do good." 
2:59 But the transgressors changed the word from that which had been given them; so We sent on the transgressors a plague from heaven, for that they infringed (Our command) repeatedly. 
2:60 And remember Moses prayed for water for his people; We said: "Strike the rock with thy staff." Then gushed forth therefrom twelve springs. Each group knew its own place for water. So eat and drink of the sustenance provided by Allah (God), and do no e vil nor mischief on the (face of the) earth. 
2:61 And remember you said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food (always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth groweth, -its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said: "Will you exchange the better for the worse? Go you down to any town, and you shall find what you want!" They were covered with humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah (God). This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah (God) and slaying His Messengers wit hout just cause. This because they rebelled and went on transgressing. 
2:62 Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:63 And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (The towering height) of Mount (Sinai) : (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein: Perchance you may fear Allah (God)." 
2:64 But you turned back thereafter: Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah (God) to you, you had surely been among the lost. 
2:65 And well you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be you apes, despised and rejected." 
2:66 So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah (God). 
2:67 And remember Moses said to his people: "Allah (God) commands that you sacrifice a heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?" He said: "Allah (God) save me from being an ignorant (fool)!" 
2:68 They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what (heifer) it is!" He said; "He says: The heifer should be neither too old nor too young, but of middling age. Now do what you are commanded!" 
2:69 They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us Her colour." He said: "He says: A fawn-coloured heifer, pure and rich in tone, the admiration of beholders!" 
2:70 They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what she is: To us are all heifers alike: We wish indeed for guidance, if Allah (God) wills." 
2:71 He said: "He says: A heifer not trained to till the soil or water the fields; sound and without blemish." They said: "Now hast thou brought the truth." Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not with good-will. 
2:72 Remember you slew a man and fell into a dispute among yourselves as to the crime: But Allah (God) was to bring forth what you did hide. 
2:73 So We said: "Strike the (body) with a piece of the (heifer)." Thus Allah (God) bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His Signs: Perchance you may understand. 
2:74 Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and even worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth water; and others which sink for fear of Allah (God). And Allah (God) is not unmindful of what you do. 
2:75 Can you (o you men of Faith) entertain the hope that they will believe in you?- Seeing that a party of them heard the Word of Allah (God), and perverted it knowingly after they understood it. 
2:76 Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: "We believe": But when they meet each other in private, they say: "Shall you tell them what Allah (God) has revealed to you, that they may engage you in argument about it before your Lord?"- Do you not understand (their aim)? 
2:77 Know they not that Allah (God) knoweth what they conceal and what they reveal? 
2:78 And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. 
2:79 Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say:"This is from Allah (God)," to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby. 
2:80 And they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" Say: "Have you taken a promise from Allah (God), for He never breaks His promise? or is it that you say of Allah (God) what you do not know?" 
2:81 Nay, those who seek gain in evil, and are girt round by their sins,- they are companions of the Fire: Therein shall they abide (For ever). 
2:82 But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions of the Garden: Therein shall they abide (For ever). 
2:83 And remember We took a covenant from the Children of Israel (to this effect): Worship none but Allah (God); treat with kindness your parents and kindred, and orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people; be steadfast in prayer; and practise reg ular charity. Then did you turn back, except a few among you, and you backslide (even now). 
2:84 And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this you solemnly ratified, and to this you can bear witness. 
2:85 After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselves, and banish a party of you from their homes; assist (Their enemies) against them, in guilt and rancour; and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, though it was not lawf ul for you to banish them. Then is it only a part of the Book that you believe in, and do you reject the rest? but what is the reward for those among you who behave like this but disgrace in this life?- and on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned t o the most grievous penalty. For Allah (God) is not unmindful of what you do. 
2:86 These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter: their penalty shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped. 
2:87 We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of apostles; We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you an apostle with what you yourselves desire n ot, you are puffed up with pride?- Some you called impostors, and others you slay! 
2:88 They say, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah (God)'s Word: we need no more)." Nay, Allah (God)'s curse is on them for their blasphemy: Little is it they believe. 
2:89 And when there comes to them a Book from Allah (God), confirming what is with them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without Faith,- when there comes to them that which they (should) have recognised, they refuse to belie ve in it but the curse of Allah (God) is on those without Faith. 
2:90 Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that they deny (the revelation) which Allah (God) has sent down, in insolent envy that Allah (God) of His Grace should send it to any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith. 
2:91 When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah (God) has sent down, "they say, "We believe in what was sent down to us:" yet they reject all besides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have you slain the prophets of Allah (God) in times gone by, if you did indeed believe?" 
2:92 There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet you worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and you did behave wrongfully. 
2:93 And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and hearken (to the Law)": They said:" We hear, and we disobey:" And they had to drink into th eir hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed are the behests of your Faith if you have any faith!" 
2:94 Say: "If the last Home, with Allah (God), be for you specially, and not for anyone else, then seek you for death, if you are sincere." 
2:95 But they will never seek for death, on account of the (sins) which their hands have sent on before them. and Allah (God) is well-acquainted with the wrong-doers. 
2:96 Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life,-even more than the idolaters: Each one of them wishes He could be given a life of a thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him from (due) punishment. For Allah (God) see s well all that they do. 
2:97 Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the (revelation) to thy heart by Allah (God)'s will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe,- 
2:98 Whoever is an enemy to Allah (God) and His angels and apostles, to Gabriel and Michael,- Lo! Allah (God) is an enemy to those who reject Faith. 
2:99 We have sent down to you Manifest Signs (ayat); and none reject them but those who are perverse. 
2:100 Is it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside?- Nay, Most of them are faithless. 
2:101 And when there came to them an apostle from Allah (God), confirming what was with them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the Book of Allah (God) behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did not know! 
2:102 They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of t hese taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah (God)'s permission. And they learned what h armed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew! 
2:103 If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew! 
2:104 O you of Faith! Say not (to the Apostle) words of ambiguous import, but words of respect; and hearken (to him): To those without Faith is a grievous punishment. 
2:105 It is never the wish of those without Faith among the People of the Book, nor of the Pagans, that anything good should come down to you from your Lord. But Allah (God) will choose for His special Mercy whom He will - for Allah (God) is Lord of grace abounding . 
2:106 None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah (God) has power over all things? 
2:107 Knowest thou not that to Allah (God) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth? And besides Him you have neither patron nor helper. 
2:108 Would you question your Apostle as Moses was questioned of old? but whoever changeth from Faith to Unbelief, has strayed without doubt from the even way. 
2:109 Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you (people) back to infidelity after you have believed, from selfish envy, after the Truth has become Manifest unto them: But forgive and overlook, Till Allah (God) accomplish His purpose; for Allah (God) has power over all things. 
2:110 And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: And whatever good you send forth for your souls before you, you shall find it with Allah (God): for Allah (God) sees Well all that you do. 
2:111 And they say: "None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your proof if you are truthful." 
2:112 Nay,-whoever submits His whole self to Allah (God) and is a doer of good,- He will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:113 The Jews say: "The Christians have naught (to stand) upon; and the Christians say: "The Jews have naught (To stand) upon." Yet they (Profess to) study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is what those say who know not; but Allah (God) will judge bet ween them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment. 
2:114 And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places for the worship of Allah (God), Allah (God)'s name should be celebrated?-whose zeal is (in fact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such should themselves enter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace in this world, and in the world to come, an exceeding torment. 
2:115 To Allah (God) belong the east and the West: Whithersoever you turn, there is the presence of Allah (God). For Allah (God) is all-Pervading, all-Knowing. 
2:116 They say: "Allah (God) has begotten a son" :Glory be to Him.-Nay, to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: everything renders worship to Him. 
2:117 To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," and it is. 
2:118 Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not Allah (God) unto us? or why cometh not unto us a Sign?" So said the people before them words of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the Signs unto any people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts). 
2:119 Verily We have sent you in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner: But of you no question shall be asked of the Companions of the Blazing Fire. 
2:120 Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with you unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of Allah (God),-that is the (only) Guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which has reached you, the n wouldst thou find neither Protector nor helper against Allah (God). 
2:121 Those to whom We have sent the Book study it as it should be studied: They are the ones that believe therein: Those who reject faith therein,- the loss is their own. 
2:122 O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others (for My Message). 
2:123 Then guard yourselves against a-Day when one soul shall not avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside). 
2:124 And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain commands, which he fulfilled: He said: "I will make you an Imam to the Nations." He pleaded: "And also (Imams) from my offspring!" He answered: "But My Promise is not within the rea ch of evil-doers." 
2:125 Remember We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place of safety; and take you the station of Abraham as a place of prayer; and We covenanted with Abraham and Isma'il, that they should sanctify My House for those who compass it roun d, or use it as a retreat, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein in prayer). 
2:126 And remember Abraham said: "My Lord, make this a City of Peace, and feed its people with fruits,-such of them as believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day." He said: "(Yea), and such as reject Faith,-for a while will I grant them their pleasure, but will soon drive them to the torment of Fire,- an evil destination (indeed)!" 
2:127 And remember Abraham and Isma'il raised the foundations of the House (With this prayer): "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All- Hearing, the All-knowing. 
2:128 "Our Lord! make of us Muslims, bowing to Thy (Will), and of our progeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will); and show us our place for the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy); for Thou art the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful . 
2:129 "Our Lord! send amongst them an Apostle of their own, who shall rehearse Thy Signs to them and instruct them in scripture and wisdom, and sanctify them: For Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise." 
2:130 And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase their souls with folly? Him We chose and rendered pure in this world: And he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the Righteous. 
2:131 Behold! his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to Me):" He said: "I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe." 
2:132 And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and so did Jacob; "Oh my sons! Allah (God) has chosen the Faith for you; then die not except in the Faith of Islam." 
2:133 Were you witnesses when death appeared before Jacob? Behold, he said to his sons: "What will you worship after me?" They said: "We shall worship Thy Allah (God) and the Allah (God) of thy fathers, of Abraham, Isma'il and Isaac,- the one (True) Allah (God): To Him we bo w (in Islam)." 
2:134 That was a people that has passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and you of what you do! Of their merits there is no question in your case! 
2:135 They say: "Become Jews or Christians if you would be guided (To salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not Allah (God)s with Allah (God)." 
2:136 Say ye: "We believe in Allah (God), and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and anothe r of them: And we bow to Allah (God) (in Islam)." 
2:137 So if they believe as you believe, they are indeed on the right path; but if they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but Allah (God) will suffice you as against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 
2:138 (Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah (God): And who can baptize better than Allah (God)? And it is He Whom we worship. 
2:139 Say: Will you dispute with us about Allah (God), seeing that He is our Lord and your Lord; that we are responsible for our doings and you for yours; and that We are sincere (in our faith) in Him? 
2:140 Or do you say that Abraham, Isma'il Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Do you know better than Allah (God)? Ah! who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah (God)? but Allah (God) is not unmindful of what you do! 
2:141 That was a people that has passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and you of what you do! Of their merits there is no question in your case: 
2:142 The fools among the people will say: "What has turned them from the Qibla to which they were used?" Say: To Allah (God) belong both east and West: He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight. 
2:143 Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that you might be witnesses over the nations, and the Apostle a witness over yourselves; and We appointed the Qibla to which thou wast used, only to test those who followed the Apostle from th ose who would turn on their heels (From the Faith). Indeed it was (A change) momentous, except to those guided by Allah (God). And never would Allah (God) Make your faith of no effect. For Allah (God) is to all people Most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful. 
2:144 We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn you to a Qibla that shall please you. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever you are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of t he Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah (God) unmindful of what they do. 
2:145 Even if thou wert to bring to the people of the Book all the Signs (together), they would not follow Thy Qibla; nor art thou going to follow their Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. If thou after the knowledge has reached t hee, Wert to follow their (vain) desires,-then wert thou Indeed (clearly) in the wrong. 
2:146 The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know. 
2:147 The Truth is from thy Lord; so be not at all in doubt. 
2:148 To each is a goal to which Allah (God) turns him; then strive together (as in a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever you are, Allah (God) will bring you Together. For Allah (God) has power over all things. 
2:149 From whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from the Lord. And Allah (God) is not unmindful of what you do. 
2:150 So from whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque; and wheresoever you are, Turn your face thither: that there be no ground of dispute against you among the people, except those of them that are bent o n wickedness; so fear them not, but fear Me; and that I may complete My favours on you, and you May (consent to) be guided; 
2:151 A similar (favour have you already received) in that We have sent among you an Apostle of your own, rehearsing to you Our Signs, and sanctifying you, and instructing you in Scripture and Wisdom, and in new knowledge. 
2:152 Then do you remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and reject not Faith. 
2:153 O you who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for Allah (God) is with those who patiently persevere. 
2:154 And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah (God): "They are dead." Nay, they are living, though you perceive (it) not. 
2:155 Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere, 
2:156 Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah (God) We belong, and to Him is our return":- 
2:157 They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from Allah (God), and Mercy, and they are the ones that receive guidance. 
2:158 Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah (God). So if those who visit the House in the Season or at other times, should compass them round, it is no sin in them. And if any one obeyeth his own impulse to good,- be sure that Allah (God) is He Who recogniseth and knoweth. 
2:159 Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down, and the Guidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book,-on them shall be Allah (God)'s curse, and the curse of those entitled to curse,- 
2:160 Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the Truth): To them I turn; for I am Oft-returning, Most Merciful. 
2:161 Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah (God)'s curse, and the curse of angels, and of all mankind; 
2:162 They will abide therein: Their penalty will not be lightened, nor will respite be their (lot). 
2:163 And your Allah (God) is One Allah (God): There is no Allah (God) but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
2:164 Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah (God) Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people t hat are wise. 
2:165 Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah (God), as equal (with Allah (God)): They love them as they should love Allah (God). But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah (God). If only the unrighteous could see, behold, they would see the p enalty: that to Allah (God) belongs all power, and Allah (God) will strongly enforce the penalty. 
2:166 Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them) : They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off. 
2:167 And those who followed would say: "If only We had one more chance, We would clear ourselves of them, as they have cleared themselves of us." Thus will Allah (God) show them (The fruits of) their deeds as (nothing but) regrets. Nor will there be a way for them out of the Fire. 
2:168 O you people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; and do not follow the footsteps of the evil one, for he is to you an avowed enemy. 
2:169 For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that you should say of Allah (God) that of which you have no knowledge. 
2:170 When it is said to them: "Follow what Allah (God) has revealed:" They say: "Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers." What! even though their fathers Were void of wisdom and guidance? 
2:171 The parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like a goat- herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries: Deaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom. 
2:172 O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah (God), if it is Him you worship. 
2:173 He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name has been invoked besides that of Allah (God). But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful. 
2:174 Those who conceal Allah (God)'s revelations in the Book, and purchase for them a miserable profit,- they swallow into themselves naught but Fire; Allah (God) will not address them on the Day of Resurrection. Nor purify them: Grievous will be their penalty. 
2:175 They are the ones who buy Error in place of Guidance and Torment in place of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire! 
2:176 (Their doom is) because Allah (God) sent down the Book in truth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose). 
2:177 It is not righteousness that you turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which you have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and a dversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah (God)-fearing. 
2:178 O you who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman for the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother of the slain, then grant any reasonable demand, and compensate him with handsome gratitude, this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty. 
2:179 In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, o you men of understanding; that you may restrain yourselves. 
2:180 It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any goods that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to reasonable usage; this is due from the Allah (God)-fearing. 
2:181 If anyone changes the bequest after hearing it, the guilt shall be on those who make the change. For Allah (God) hears and knows (All things). 
2:182 But if anyone fears partiality or wrong-doing on the part of the testator, and makes peace between (The parties concerned), there is no wrong in him: For Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
2:183 O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint,- 
2:184 (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed number (Should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it (With hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent. But he that w ill give more, of his own free will,- it is better for him. And it is better for you that you fast, if you only knew. 
2:185 Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fas ting, but if any one is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah (God) intends every facility for you; He does not want to put to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance you shall be grateful. 
2:186 When My servants ask you concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right way. 
2:187 Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your wives. They are your garments and you are their garments. Allah (God) knoweth what you used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them, and seek what Allah (God) has ordained for you, and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread; then complete your fast Till the night appears; but do not associate with your wives while you are in retreat in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) Allah (God): Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah (God) make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint. 
2:188 And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that you may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property. 
2:189 They ask you concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if you enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if you fear Allah (God). Enter houses through the proper doors: And fear Allah (God): That you may prosper. 
2:190 Fight in the cause of Allah (God) those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah (God) loveth not transgressors. 
2:191 And slay them wherever you catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight yo u, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith. 
2:192 But if they cease, Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
2:193 And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah (God); but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression. 
2:194 The prohibited month for the prohibited month,- and so for all things prohibited,- there is the law of equality. If then any one transgresses the prohibition against you, Transgress you likewise against him. But fear Allah (God), and know that Allah (God) is w ith those who restrain themselves. 
2:195 And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah (God), and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah (God) loveth those who do good. 
2:196 And complete the Hajj or 'umra in the service of Allah (God). But if you are prevented (From completing it), send an offering for sacrifice, such as you may find, and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches the place of sacrifice. And if any of you is ill, or has an ailment in his scalp, (Necessitating shaving), (He should) in compensation either fast, or feed the poor, or offer sacrifice; and when you are in peaceful conditions (again), if any one wishes to continue the 'umra on to the hajj , He must make an offering, such as he can afford, but if he cannot afford it, He should fast three days during the hajj and seven days on his return, Making ten days in all. This is for those whose household is not in (the precincts of) the Sacred Mos que. And fear Allah (God), and know that Allah (God) Is strict in punishment. 
2:197 For Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty therein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever good you do, (be sure) Allah (God) knoweth it. And take a provision (With you) for the journ ey, but the best of provisions is right conduct. So fear Me, o you that are wise. 
2:198 It is no crime in you if you seek of the bounty of your Lord (during pilgrimage). Then when you pour down from (Mount) Arafat, celebrate the praises of Allah (God) at the Sacred Monument, and celebrate His praises as He has directed you, even though, be fore this, you went astray. 
2:199 Then pass on at a quick pace from the place whence it is usual for the multitude so to do, and ask for Allah (God)'s forgiveness. For Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
2:200 So when you have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate the praises of Allah (God), as you used to celebrate the praises of your fathers,- yea, with far more Heart and soul. There are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us (Thy bounties) in this world!" but th ey will have no portion in the Hereafter. 
2:201 And there are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!" 
2:202 To these will be allotted what they have earned; and Allah (God) is quick in account. 
2:203 Celebrate the praises of Allah (God) during the Appointed Days. But if any one hastens to leave in two days, there is no blame on him, and if any one stays on, there is no blame on him, if his aim is to do right. Then fear Allah (God), and know that you will s urely be gathered unto Him. 
2:204 There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle you, and he calls Allah (God) to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies. 
2:205 When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah (God) loveth not mischief. 
2:206 When it is said to him, "Fear Allah (God)", He is led by arrogance to (more) crime. Enough for him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on)! 
2:207 And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure of Allah (God): And Allah (God) is full of kindness to (His) devotees. 
2:208 O you who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy. 
2:209 If you backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know that Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise. 
2:210 Will they wait until Allah (God) comes to them in canopies of clouds, with angels (in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? but to Allah (God) do all questions go back (for decision). 
2:211 Ask the Children of Israel how many clear (Signs) We have sent them. But if any one, after Allah (God)'s favour has come to him, substitutes (something else), Allah (God) is strict in punishment. 
2:212 The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection; for Allah (God) bestows His abundance without measure on whom He will. 
2:213 Mankind was one single nation, and Allah (God) sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah (God) by His Grace Guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah (God) guided whom He will to a path that is straight. 
2:214 Or do you think that you shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? they encountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Apostle and those of faith who wer e with him cried: "When (will come) the help of Allah (God)?" Ah! Verily, the help of Allah (God) is (always) near! 
2:215 They ask you what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever you spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever you do that is good, -Allah (God) knoweth it well. 
2:216 Fighting is prescribed for you, and you dislike it. But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah (God) knoweth, and you know not. 
2:217 They ask you concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah (God) to prevent access to the path of Allah (God), to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive ou t its members." Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in t his life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein. 
2:218 Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in the path of Allah (God),- they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah (God): And Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
2:219 They ask you concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask you how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah (God) Make clear to you His Signs: In order that you may consider- 
2:220 (Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter. They ask you concerning orphans. Say: "The best thing to do is what is for their good; if you mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren; but Allah (God) knows the man who means mischief from the man who means good. And if Allah (God) had wished, He could have put you into difficulties: He is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise." 
2:221 Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah (God) beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise. 
2:222 They ask you concerning women's courses. Say: They are a hurt and a pollution: So keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves, you may approach them in any manner , time, or place ordained for you by Allah (God). For Allah (God) loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean. 
2:223 Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how you will; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah (God). And know that you are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give (these) good tidings to those who belie ve. 
2:224 And make not Allah (God)'s (name) an excuse in your oaths against doing good, or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; for Allah (God) is One Who heareth and knoweth all things. 
2:225 Allah (God) will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. 
2:226 For those who take an oath for abstention from their wives, a waiting for four months is ordained; if then they return, Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
2:227 But if their intention is firm for divorce, Allah (God) heareth and knoweth all things. 
2:228 Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah (God) has created in their wombs, if they have faith in Allah (God) and the Last Day. And their husbands have the better right to take the m back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise. 
2:229 A divorce is only permissible twice: after that, the parties should either hold Together on equitable terms, or separate with kindness. It is not lawful for you, (Men), to take back any of your gifts (from your wives), except when both parties fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah (God). If you (judges) do indeed fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah (God), there is no blame on either of them if she give something for her freedom. These are the limi ts ordained by Allah (God); so do not transgress them if any do transgress the limits ordained by Allah (God), such persons wrong (Themselves as well as others). 
2:230 So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), He cannot, after that, re- marry her until after she has married another husband and He has divorced her. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they re-unite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allah (God). Such are the limits ordained by Allah (God), which He makes plain to those who understand. 
2:231 When you divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), either take them back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable terms; but do not take them back to injure them, (or) to take undue advantage; if any one does that; He w rongs his own soul. Do not treat Allah (God)'s Signs as a jest, but solemnly rehearse Allah (God)'s favours on you, and the fact that He sent down to you the Book and Wisdom, for your instruction. And fear Allah (God), and know that Allah (God) is well acquainted with all things. 
2:232 When you divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if they mutually agree on equitable terms. This instruction is for all amongst you, who believe in Allah (God) and the Last D ay. That is (the course Making for) most virtue and purity amongst you and Allah (God) knows, and you know not. 
2:233 The mothers shall give such to their offspring for two whole years, if the father desires to complete the term. But he shall bear the cost of their food and clothing on equitable terms. No soul shall have a burden laid on it greater than it can bear. No mother shall be Treated unfairly on account of her child. Nor father on account of his child, an heir shall be chargeable in the same way. If they both decide on weaning, by mutual consent, and after due consultation, there is no blame on the m. If you decide on a foster-mother for your offspring, there is no blame on you, provided you pay (the mother) what you offered, on equitable terms. But fear Allah (God) and know that Allah (God) sees well what you do. 
2:234 If any of you die and leave widows behind, they shall wait concerning themselves four months and ten days: When they have fulfilled their term, there is no blame on you if they dispose of themselves in a just and reasonable manner. And Allah (God) is well acquainted with what you do. 
2:235 There is no blame on you if you make an offer of betrothal or hold it in your hearts. Allah (God) knows that you cherish them in your hearts: But do not make a secret contract with them except in terms Honourable, nor resolve on the tie of marriage till the term prescribed is fulfilled. And know that Allah (God) Knoweth what is in your hearts, and take heed of Him; and know that Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. 
2:236 There is no blame on you if you divorce women before consummation or the fixation of their dower; but bestow on them (A suitable gift), the wealthy according to his means, and the poor according to his means;- A gift of a reasonable amount is du e from those who wish to do the right thing. 
2:237 And if you divorce them before consummation, but after the fixation of a dower for them, then the half of the dower (Is due to them), unless they remit it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is the marriage tie; and the remiss ion (of the man's half) is the nearest to righteousness. And do not forget Liberality between yourselves. For Allah (God) sees well all that you do. 
2:238 Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the Middle Prayer; and stand before Allah (God) in a devout (frame of mind). 
2:239 If you fear (an enemy), pray on foot, or riding, (as may be most convenient), but when you are in security, celebrate Allah (God)'s praises in the manner He has taught you, which you knew not (before). 
2:240 Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for their widows a year's maintenance and residence; but if they leave (The residence), there is no blame on you for what they do with themselves, provided it is reasonable. And Allah (God) is Exal ted in Power, Wise. 
2:241 For divorced women Maintenance (should be provided) on a reasonable (scale). This is a duty on the righteous. 
2:242 Thus doth Allah (God) Make clear His Signs to you: In order that you may understand. 
2:243 Didst thou not Turn by vision to those who abandoned their homes, though they were thousands (In number), for fear of death? Allah (God) said to them: "Die": Then He restored them to life. For Allah (God) is full of bounty to mankind, but Most of them are ung rateful. 
2:244 Then fight in the cause of Allah (God), and know that Allah (God) Heareth and knoweth all things. 
2:245 Who is he that will loan to Allah (God) a beautiful loan, which Allah (God) will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah (God) that giveth (you) Want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return. 
2:246 Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of Allah (God)." He said: "Is it not possible, if you were commanded to fight, that that you will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah (God), seeing that we were turned out of our homes and our families?" but when they were commanded to fight, they turned back, except a small band among them. But Allah (God) Has full knowledge of those who do wrong. 
2:247 Their Prophet said to them: "Allah (God) has appointed Talut as king over you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in abundance?" He said: "Allah (God) has Chosen him above you, and has gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah (God) Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah (God) careth for all, and He knoweth all things." 
2:248 And (further) their Prophet said to them: "A Sign of his authority is that there shall come to you the Ark of the covenant, with (an assurance) therein of security from your Lord, and the relics left by the family of Moses and the family of Aa ron, carried by angels. In this is a symbol for you if you indeed have faith." 
2:249 When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: "Allah (God) will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused." but they all drank of it, except a few. When they crossed the river,- He and the faithful ones with him,- they said: "This day We cannot cope with Goliath and his forces." but those who were convinced that they must meet Allah (God), said: "How oft, by Allah (God)'s will, has a small force v anquished a big one? Allah (God) is with those who steadfastly persevere." 
2:250 When they advanced to meet Goliath and his forces, they prayed: "Our Lord! Pour out constancy on us and make our steps firm: Help us against those that reject faith." 
2:251 By Allah (God)'s will they routed them; and David slew Goliath; and Allah (God) gave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) He willed. And did not Allah (God) Check one set of people by means of another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief: But Go d is full of bounty to all the worlds. 
2:252 These are the Signs of Allah (God): we rehearse them to you in truth: verily Thou art one of the apostles. 
2:253 Those apostles We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of them Allah (God) spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah (God) had so willed, succee ding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah (God) had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah (God) Fulfilleth His plan. 
2:254 O you who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor friendship nor intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the wrong-doers. 
2:255 Allah (God)! There is no Allah (God) but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (app eareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is t he Most High, the Supreme (in glory). 
2:256 Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah (God) has grasped the most trustworthy hand- hold, that never breaks. And Allah (God) heareth and knoweth all things. 
2:257 Allah (God) is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the patrons are the evil ones: from light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness. They will b e companions of the fire, to dwell therein (For ever). 
2:258 Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About his Lord, because Allah (God) had granted him power? Abraham said: "My Lord is He Who Giveth life and death." He said: "I give life and death". Said Abraham: "But it is Allah (God) that ca useth the sun to rise from the east: Do thou then cause him to rise from the West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith. Nor doth Allah (God) Give guidance to a people unjust. 
2:259 Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah (God) bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah (God) caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of you a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah (God) has power over all things." 
2:260 Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead." He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said: "Yea! but to satisfy My own undertaking." He said: "Take four birds; Tame them to turn to you; put a portion of them on every hill and call to them: They will come to you (Flying) with speed. Then know that Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise." 
2:261 The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah (God) is that of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah (God) giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth: And Allah (God) careth for all and He knoweth all things. 
2:262 Those who spend their substance in the cause of Allah (God), and follow not up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury,-for them their reward is with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:263 Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah (God) is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing. 
2:264 O you who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in Allah (God) nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on w hich is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah (God) guideth not those who reject faith. 
2:265 And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to please Allah (God) and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and fertile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not Heavy rai n, light moisture sufficeth it. Allah (God) seeth well whatever you do. 
2:266 Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with date-palms and vines and streams flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruit, while he is stricken with old age, and his children are not strong (enough to look after themselves)- that it s hould be caught in a whirlwind, with fire therein, and be burnt up? Thus doth Allah (God) make clear to you (His) Signs; that you may consider. 
2:267 O you who believe! Give of the good things which you have (honourably) earned, and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you, and do not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order that out of it you may give away somethin g, when you yourselves would not receive it except with closed eyes. And know that Allah (God) is Free of all wants, and worthy of all praise. 
2:268 The Evil one threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct unseemly. Allah (God) promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties. And Allah (God) careth for all and He knoweth all things. 
2:269 He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the Message but men of understanding. 
2:270 And whatever you spend in charity or devotion, be sure Allah (God) knows it all. But the wrong-doers have no helpers. 
2:271 If you disclose (acts of) charity, even so it is well, but if you conceal them, and make them reach those (really) in need, that is best for you: It will remove from you some of your (stains of) evil. And Allah (God) is well acquainted with what you do. 
2:272 It is not required of you (O Apostle), to set them on the right path, but Allah (God) sets on the right path whom He pleaseth. Whatever of good you give benefits your own souls, and you shall only do so seeking the "Face" of Allah (God). Whatever good you give, shall be rendered back to you, and you shall not Be dealt with unjustly. 
2:273 (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah (God)'s cause are restricted (from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work): the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want. Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They beg not importunately from all the sundry. And whatever of good you give, be assured Allah (God) knoweth it well. 
2:274 Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in secret and in public, have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:275 Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch has driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," but Allah (God) has permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direc tion from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (God) (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever). 
2:276 Allah (God) will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: For He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked. 
2:277 Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
2:278 O you who believe! Fear Allah (God), and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if you are indeed believers. 
2:279 If you do it not, Take notice of war from Allah (God) and His Apostle: But if you turn back, you shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly, and you shall not be dealt with unjustly. 
2:280 If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for him to repay. But if you remit it by way of charity, that is best for you if you only knew. 
2:281 And fear the Day when you shall be brought back to Allah (God). Then shall every soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt with unjustly. 
2:282 O you who believe! When you deal with each other, in transactions involving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them to writing Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: let not the scribe refuse to write: as Allah (God) Has taught him, so let him write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear His Lord Allah (God), and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party liable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate, Let his guardian dict ate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as you choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can remind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are c alled on (For evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your contract) for a future period, whether it be small or big: it is juster in the sight of Allah (God), More suitable as evidence, and more convenient to prevent doubts among yourselves but if it be a transaction which you carry out on the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if you reduce it not to writing. But take witness whenever you make a commercial contract; and let neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If you do (such harm), it wo uld be wickedness in you. So fear Allah (God); For it is Good that teaches you. And Allah (God) is well acquainted with all things. If you are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing o n trust with another, let the trustee (faithfully) discharge his trust, and let him Fear his Lord conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it, - his heart is tainted with sin. And Allah (God) knoweth all that you do. 
2:283 If you are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another, Let the trustee (Faithfully) discharge His trust, and let him fear his Lord. Conceal n ot evidence; for whoever conceals it,- His heart is tainted with sin. And Allah (God) Knoweth all that you do. 
2:284 To Allah (God) belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. Whether you show what is in your minds or conceal it, Allah (God) Calleth you to account for it. He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and punisheth whom He pleaseth, for Allah (God) has power over all things . 
2:285 The Apostle believeth in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah (God), His angels, His books, and His apostles. "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His apos tles." And they say: "We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to you is the end of all journeys." 
2:286 On no soul doth Allah (God) Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith." 





The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



3. THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN
THE HOUSE OF 'IMRAN



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

3:1 A. L. M. 
3:2 Allah (God)! There is no Allah (God) but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal. 
3:3 It is He Who sent down to you (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment be tween right and wrong). 
3:4 Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah (God) will suffer the severest penalty, and Allah (God) is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution. 
3:5 From Allah (God), verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens. 
3:6 He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no Allah (God) but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. 
3:7 He it is Who has sent down to you the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is a llegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah (God). And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding. 
3:8 "Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure. 
3:9 "Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a day about which there is no doubt; for Allah (God) never fails in His promise." 
3:10 Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah (God): They are themselves but fuel for the Fire. 
3:11 (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaoh, and their predecessors: They denied our Signs, and Allah (God) called them to account for their sins. For Allah (God) is strict in punishment. 
3:12 Say to those who reject Faith: "Soon will you be vanquished and gathered together to Hell,-an evil bed indeed (to lie on)! 
3:13 "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in combat): One was fighting in the cause of Allah (God), the other resisting Allah (God); these saw with their own eyes Twice their number. But Allah (God) doth support with His aid whom He pleaseth. In this is a warning for such as have eyes to see." 
3:14 Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life ; but in nearness to Allah (God) is the best of the goals (To return to). 
3:15 Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things Far better than those? For the righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers flowing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with companions pure (and holy); and the good pleasure of G od. For in Allah (God)'s sight are (all) His servants,- 
3:16 (Namely), those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire;"- 
3:17 Those who show patience, Firmness and self-control; who are true (in word and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way of Allah (God)); and who pray for forgiveness in the early hours of the morning. 
3:18 There is no Allah (God) but He: That is the witness of Allah (God), His angels, and those endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no Allah (God) but He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise. 
3:19 The Religion before Allah (God) is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each other, after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of Allah (God), Allah (God) is swift in calling to accou nt. 
3:20 So if they dispute with you, say: "I have submitted My whole self to Allah (God) and so have those who follow me." And say to the People of the Book and to those who are unlearned: "Do you (also) submit yourselves?" If they do, they are in right guida nce, but if they turn back, Thy duty is to convey the Message; and in Allah (God)'s sight are (all) His servants. 
3:21 As to those who deny the Signs of Allah (God) and in defiance of right, slay the prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind, announce to them a grievous penalty. 
3:22 They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help. 
3:23 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who have been given a portion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah (God), to settle their dispute, but a party of them Turn back and decline (The arbitration). 
3:24 This because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion. 
3:25 But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned, without (favour or) injustice? 
3:26 Say: "O Allah (God)! Lord of Power (And Rule), Thou givest power to whom Thou pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest: Thou enduest with honour whom Thou pleasest, and Thou bringest low whom Thou pleasest: In Thy hand is all goo d. Verily, over all things Thou hast power. 
3:27 "Thou causest the night to gain on the day, and thou causest the day to gain on the night; Thou bringest the Living out of the dead, and Thou bringest the dead out of the Living; and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest, without measure ." 
3:28 Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah (God): except by way of precaution, that you may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah (God) cautions you (To remember ) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah (God). 
3:29 Say: "Whether you hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah (God) knows it all: He knows what is in the heavens, and what is on earth. And Allah (God) has power over all things. 
3:30 "On the Day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between it and its evil. But Allah (God) cautions you (To remember) Himself. And Allah (God) is full of kindne ss to those that serve Him." 
3:31 Say: "If you do love Allah (God), Follow me: Allah (God) will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." 
3:32 Say: "Obey Allah (God) and His Apostle": But if they turn back, Allah (God) loveth not those who reject Faith. 
3:33 Allah (God) did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of 'Imran above all people,- 
3:34 Offspring, one of the other: And Allah (God) heareth and knoweth all things. 
3:35 Behold! a woman of 'Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unto you what is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest and knowest all things." 
3:36 When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!"- and Allah (God) knew best what she brought forth- "And no wise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy pro tection from the Evil One, the Rejected." 
3:37 Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity and beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered (Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "O Mary! Whence (co mes) this to you?" She said: "From Allah (God): for Allah (God) Provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure." 
3:38 There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me from you a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer! 
3:39 While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called unto him: "Allah (God) doth give you glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the truth of a Word from Allah (God), and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a prophet,- of the (goodly) company of the righ teous." 
3:40 He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth Allah (God) accomplish what He willeth." 
3:41 He said: "O my Lord! Give me a Sign!" "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days but with signals. Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord again and again, and glorify Him in the evening and in the morn ing." 
3:42 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah (God) has chosen you and purified you- chosen you above the women of all nations. 
3:43 "O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down." 
3:44 This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto you (O Apostle!) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: Nor wast thou with t hem when they disputed (the point). 
3:45 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah (God) giveth you glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah (God); 
3:46 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous." 
3:47 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah (God) createth what He willeth: When He has decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is! 
3:48 "And Allah (God) will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel, 
3:49 "And (appoint him) an apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this message): "'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah (God)'s leave: And I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by Allah (God)'s leave; and I declare to you what you eat, and what you store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if you did believe; 
3:50 "'(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have come to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear Allah (God), and obey me. 
3:51 "'It is Allah (God) Who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is a Way that is straight.'" 
3:52 When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work of) Allah (God)?" Said the disciples: "We are Allah (God)'s helpers: We believe in Allah (God), and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims. 
3:53 "Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the Apostle; then write us down among those who bear witness." 
3:54 And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah (God) too planned, and the best of planners is Allah (God). 
3:55 Behold! Allah (God) said: "O Jesus! I will take you and raise you to Myself and clear you (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow you superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall you all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein you dispute. 
3:56 "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help." 
3:57 "As to those who believe and work righteousness, Allah (God) will pay them (in full) their reward; but Allah (God) loveth not those who do wrong." 
3:58 "This is what we rehearse unto you of the Signs and the Message of Wisdom." 
3:59 The similitude of Jesus before Allah (God) is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was. 
3:60 The Truth (comes) from Allah (God) alone; so be not of those who doubt. 
3:61 If any one disputes in this matter with you, now after (full) knowledge has come to you, say: "Come! let us gather together,- our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah (God) on those who lie!" 
3:62 This is the true account: There is no Allah (God) except Allah (God); and Allah (God)-He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise. 
3:63 But if they turn back, Allah (God) has full knowledge of those who do mischief. 
3:64 Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah (God); that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah (God)." If then they turn back, s ay ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah (God)'s Will). 
3:65 you People of the Book! Why dispute you about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have you no understanding? 
3:66 Ah! you are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which you had some knowledge! but why dispute you in matters of which you have no knowledge? It is Allah (God) Who knows, and you who know not! 
3:67 Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah (God)'s (Which is Islam), and he joined not Allah (God)s with Allah (God). 
3:68 Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those who follow him, as are also this Apostle and those who believe: And Allah (God) is the Protector of those who have faith. 
3:69 It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you astray. But they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive! 
3:70 you People of the Book! Why reject you the Signs of Allah (God), of which you are (Yourselves) witnesses? 
3:71 you People of the Book! Why do you clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal the Truth, while you have knowledge? 
3:72 A section of the People of the Book say: "Believe in the morning what is revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the day; perchance they may (themselves) Turn back; 
3:73 "And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance is the Guidance of Allah (God): (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else) Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such revelation) should en gage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties are in the hand of Allah (God): He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And Allah (God) careth for all, and He knoweth all things." 
3:74 For His Mercy He specially chooseth whom He pleaseth; for Allah (God) is the Lord of bounties unbounded. 
3:75 Among the People of the Book are some who, if entrusted with a hoard of gold, will (readily) pay it back; others, who, if entrusted with a single silver coin, will not repay it unless thou constantly stoodest demanding, because, they say, "ther e is no call on us (to keep faith) with these ignorant (Pagans)." but they tell a lie against Allah (God), and (well) they know it. 
3:76 Nay.- Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright,-verily Allah (God) loves those who act aright. 
3:77 As for those who sell the faith they owe to Allah (God) and their own plighted word for a small price, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter: Nor will Allah (God) (Deign to) speak to them or look at them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He cleans them (o f sin): They shall have a grievous penalty. 
3:78 There is among them a section who distort the Book with their tongues: (As they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but it is no part of the Book; and they say, "That is from Allah (God)," but it is not from Allah (God): It is they who tell a lie a gainst Allah (God), and (well) they know it! 
3:79 It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be you my worshippers rather than Allah (God)'s": on the contrary (He would say) "Be you worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherishe r of all: For you have taught the Book and you have studied it earnestly." 
3:80 Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and patrons. What! would he bid you to unbelief after you have bowed your will (To Allah (God) in Islam)? 
3:81 Behold! Allah (God) took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give you a Book and Wisdom; then comes to you an apostle, confirming what is with you; do you believe in him and render him help." Allah (God) said: "Do you agree, and take this my Covenant as bi nding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses." 
3:82 If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors. 
3:83 Do they seek for other than the Religion of Allah (God)?-while all creatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (Accepted Islam), and to Him shall they all be brought back. 
3:84 Say: "We believe in Allah (God), and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between on e and another among them, and to Allah (God) do we bow our will (in Islam)." 
3:85 If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah (God)), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good). 
3:86 How shall Allah (God) Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore witness that the Apostle was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them? but Allah (God) guides not a people unjust. 
3:87 Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of Allah (God), of His angels, and of all mankind;- 
3:88 In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, nor respite be (their lot);- 
3:89 Except for those that repent (Even) after that, and make amends; for verily Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
3:90 But those who reject Faith after they accepted it, and then go on adding to their defiance of Faith,- never will their repentance be accepted; for they are those who have (of set purpose) gone astray. 
3:91 As to those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- never would be accepted from any such as much gold as the earth contains, though they should offer it for ransom. For such is (in store) a penalty grievous, and they will find no helpers. 
3:92 By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give (freely) of that which you love; and whatever you give, of a truth Allah (God) knoweth it well. 
3:93 All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel Made unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Moses) was revealed. Say: "Bring you the Law and study it, if you be men of truth." 
3:94 If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to Allah (God), they are indeed unjust wrong-doers. 
3:95 Say: "Allah (God) speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the sane in faith; he was not of the Pagans." 
3:96 The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings: 
3:97 In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah (God),- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah (God) stands not in need of any of His cr eatures. 
3:98 Say: "O People of the Book! Why reject you the Signs of Allah (God), when Allah (God) is Himself witness to all you do?" 
3:99 Say: "O you People of the Book! Why obstruct you those who believe, from the path of Allah (God), Seeking to make it crooked, while you were yourselves witnesses (to Allah (God)'s Covenant)? but Allah (God) is not unmindful of all that you do." 
3:100 O you who believe! If you listen to a faction among the People of the Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after you have believed! 
3:101 And how would you deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of Allah (God), and among you Lives the Apostle? Whoever holds firmly to Allah (God) will be shown a way that is straight. 
3:102 O you who believe! Fear Allah (God) as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. 
3:103 And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (God) (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah (God)'s favour on you; for you were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, you b ecame brethren; and you were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah (God) make His Signs clear to you: That you may be guided. 
3:104 Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity. 
3:105 Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty,- 
3:106 On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black, (will be said): "Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith." 
3:107 But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in (the light of) Allah (God)'s mercy: therein to dwell (for ever). 
3:108 These are the Signs of Allah (God): We rehearse them to you in Truth: And Allah (God) means no injustice to any of His creatures. 
3:109 To Allah (God) belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: To Him do all questions go back (for decision). 
3:110 you are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah (God). If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. 
3:111 They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall they get. 
3:112 Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah (God) and from men; they draw on themselves wrath from Allah (God), and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution. This because they rejected the Signs of Allah (God), and slew the prophets in defiance of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds. 
3:113 Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of Allah (God) all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration. 
3:114 They believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the ranks of the righteous. 
3:115 Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah (God) knoweth well those that do right. 
3:116 Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah (God): They will be companions of the Fire,- dwelling therein (for ever). 
3:117 What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah (God) that has wronged them, but they wrong thems elves. 
3:118 O you who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made pla in to you the Signs, if you have wisdom. 
3:119 Ah! you are those who love them, but they love you not,- though you believe in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, "We believe": But when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage. Say: "Pe rish in you rage; Allah (God) knoweth well all the secrets of the heart." 
3:120 If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some misfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if you are constant and do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you; for Allah (God) Compasseth round about all that they do. 
3:121 Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) to post the faithful at their stations for battle: And Allah (God) heareth and knoweth all things: 
3:122 Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah (God) was their protector, and in Allah (God) should the faithful (Ever) put their trust. 
3:123 Allah (God) had helped you at Badr, when you were a contemptible little force; then fear Allah (God); thus May you show your gratitude. 
3:124 Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: "Is it not enough for you that Allah (God) should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent down? 
3:125 "Yea, - if you remain firm, and act aright, even if the enemy should rush here on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you with five thousand angels Making a terrific onslaught. 
3:126 Allah (God) made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance to your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah (God). The Exalted, the Wise: 
3:127 That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose. 
3:128 Not for you, (but for Allah (God)), is the decision: Whether He turn in mercy to them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers. 
3:129 To Allah (God) belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. He forgiveth whom He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth; but Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
3:130 O you who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah (God); that you may (really) prosper. 
3:131 Fear the Fire, which is repaired for those who reject Faith: 
3:132 And obey Allah (God) and the Apostle; that you may obtain mercy. 
3:133 Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous,- 
3:134 Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah (God) loves those who do good;- 
3:135 And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their own souls, earnestly bring Allah (God) to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins,- and who can forgive sins except Allah (God)?- and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in ( the wrong) they have done. 
3:136 For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who work (and strive)! 
3:137 Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth. 
3:138 Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction to those who fear Allah (God)! 
3:139 So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For you must gain mastery if you are true in Faith. 
3:140 If a wound has touched you, be sure a similar wound has touched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by turns: that Allah (God) may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself from your ranks Martyr-witness es (to Truth). And Allah (God) loveth not those that do wrong. 
3:141 Allah (God)'s object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to deprive of blessing Those that resist Faith. 
3:142 Did you think that you would enter Heaven without Allah (God) testing those of you who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast? 
3:143 you did indeed wish for death before you met him: Now you have seen him with your own eyes, (And you flinch!) 
3:144 Muhammad is no more than an apostle: many Were the apostle that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will you then Turn back on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to Allah (God); but Allah (God) (on the ot her hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude. 
3:145 Nor can a soul die except by Allah (God)'s leave, the term being fixed as by writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with) gratitude. 
3:146 How many of the prophets fought (in Allah (God)'s way), and with them (fought) Large bands of Allah (God)ly men? but they never lost heart if they met with disaster in Allah (God)'s way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And Allah (God) Loves those who are firm and steadfast. 
3:147 All that they said was: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith." 
3:148 And Allah (God) gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent reward of the Hereafter. For Allah (God) Loveth those who do good. 
3:149 O you who believe! If you obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) to your own loss. 
3:150 Nay, Allah (God) is your protector, and He is the best of helpers. 
3:151 Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah (God), for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong-doers! 
3:152 Allah (God) did indeed fulfil His promise to you when you with His permission Were about to annihilate your enemy,-until you flinched and fell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed it after He brought you in sight (of the booty) which you covet. Amo ng you are some that hanker after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in order to test you but He forgave you: For Allah (God) is full of grace to those who believe. 
3:153 Behold! you were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side glance at any one, and the Apostle in your rear was calling you back. There did Allah (God) give you one distress after another by way of requital, to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For Allah (God) is well aware of all that you do. 
3:154 After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah (God)-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What a ffair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah (God)'s." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to you. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter here ." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah (God) might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah (God) kno weth well the secrets of your hearts. 
3:155 Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was Satan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done. But Allah (God) Has blotted out (their fault): For Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing. 
3:156 O you who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their brethren, when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in fighting: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died, or been slain." This that Allah (God) may make it a caus e of sighs and regrets in their hearts. It is Allah (God) that gives Life and Death, and Allah (God) sees well all that you do. 
3:157 And if you are slain, or die, in the way of Allah (God), forgiveness and mercy from Allah (God) are far better than all they could amass. 
3:158 And if you die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto Allah (God) that you are brought together. 
3:159 It is part of the Mercy of Allah (God) that thou dost deal gently with them Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you: so pass over (Their faults), and ask for (Allah (God)'s) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affai rs (of moment). Then, when thou hast Taken a decision put thy trust in Allah (God). For Allah (God) loves those who put their trust (in Him). 
3:160 If Allah (God) helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah (God), then, Let believers put their trust. 
3:161 No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person is so false, He shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what he misappropriated; then shall every soul receive its due,- whatever it earned,- and none shall be dealt with unjustly. 
3:162 Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah (God) Like the man who draws on himself the wrath of Allah (God), and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful refuge! 
3:163 They are in varying gardens in the sight of Allah (God), and Allah (God) sees well all that they do. 
3:164 Allah (God) did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them an apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah (God), sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been i n manifest error. 
3:165 What! When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, do you say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: For Allah (God) has power over all things." 
3:166 What you suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah (God), in order that He might test the believers,- 
3:167 And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in the way of Allah (God), or (at least) drive (The foe from your city)." They said: "Had we known how to fight, we should certainly have followed you." They were that day nearer to Unbelief than to Faith, saying with their lips what was not in their hearts but Allah (God) has full knowledge of all they conceal. 
3:168 (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth." 
3:169 Think not of those who are slain in Allah (God)'s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; 
3:170 They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah (God): And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve. 
3:171 They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah (God), and in the fact that Allah (God) suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least). 
3:172 Of those who answered the call of Allah (God) and the Apostle, even after being wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great reward;- 
3:173 Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": And frightened them: But it (only) increased their Faith: They said: "For us Allah (God) sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs." 
3:174 And they returned with Grace and bounty from Allah (God): no harm ever touched them: For they followed the good pleasure of Allah (God): And Allah (God) is the Lord of bounties unbounded. 
3:175 It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of his votaries: Be you not afraid of them, but fear Me, if you have Faith. 
3:176 Let not those grieve you who rush headlong into Unbelief: Not the least harm will they do to Allah (God): Allah (God)'s plan is that He will give them no portion in the Hereafter, but a severe punishment. 
3:177 Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least harm will they do to Allah (God), but they will have a grievous punishment. 
3:178 Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good for themselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their iniquity: But they will have a shameful punishment. 
3:179 Allah (God) will not leave the believers in the state in which you are now, until He separates what is evil from what is good nor will He disclose to you the secrets of the Unseen. But He chooses of His Apostles (For the purpose) whom He pleases. So be lieve in Allah (God). And His apostles: And if you believe and do right, you have a reward without measure. 
3:180 And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah (God) has given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment. To Allah (God) belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah (God) is well-acquainted with all that you do. 
3:181 Allah (God) has heard the taunt of those who say: "Truly, Allah (God) is indigent and we are rich!"- We shall certainly record their word and (their act) of slaying the prophets in defiance of right, and We shall say: "Taste you the penalty of the Scorching Fi re! 
3:182 "This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your hands sent on before ye: For Allah (God) never harms those who serve Him." 
3:183 They (also) said: "Allah (God) took our promise not to believe in an apostle unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From heaven)." Say: "There came to you apostles before me, with clear Signs and even with what you ask for: why then did you s lay them, if you speak the truth?" 
3:184 Then if they reject you, so were rejected apostles before you, who came with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment. 
3:185 Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of this wor ld is but goods and chattels of deception. 
3:186 you shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your personal selves; and you shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you, from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many Allah (God)s. But if you persever e patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a determining factor in all affairs. 
3:187 And remember Allah (God) took a covenant from the People of the Book, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain they made! 
3:188 Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and love to be praised for what they have not done,- think escape the penalty. For them is a penalty Grievous indeed. 
3:189 To Allah (God) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and Allah (God) has power over all things. 
3:190 Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of understanding,- 
3:191 Men who celebrate the praises of Allah (God), standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught Hast Thou created (all) this! Glory to you! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire. 
3:192 "Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest with shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers! 
3:193 "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, 'Believe you in the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous. 
3:194 "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine apostles, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never breakest Thy promise." 
3:195 And their Lord has accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: you are members, one of another: Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered h arm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from the presence of Allah (God), and from His presence is the best of rewards." 
3:196 Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the land deceive you: 
3:197 Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To lie on)! 
3:198 On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a gift from the presence of Allah (God); and that which is in the presence of Allah (God) is the best (bliss) for the righteous. 
3:199 And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe in Allah (God), in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to Allah (God): They will not sell the Signs of Allah (God) for a miserable gain! For them is a reward with their Lord, and Allah (God) is swift in account. 
3:200 O you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah (God); that you may prosper. 









The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



4. WOMEN



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

4:1 O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah (God), through whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for Allah (God) ever watches over you. 
4:2 To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor substitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance (by mixing it up) with your won. For this is indeed a great sin. 
4:3 If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands pos sess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice. 
4:4 And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it and enjoy it with right good cheer. 
4:5 To those weak of understanding Make not over your property, which Allah (God) has made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice. 
4:6 Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if then you find sound judgment in them, release their property to them; but consume it not wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If the guardian is well-off, Let him clai m no remuneration, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable. When you release their property to them, take witnesses in their presence: But all-sufficient is Allah (God) in taking account. 
4:7 From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large,-a determinate share. 
4:8 But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans or poor, are present, feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words of kindness and justice. 
4:9 Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds as they would have for their own if they had left a helpless family behind: Let them fear Allah (God), and speak words of appropriate (comfort). 
4:10 Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a Fire into their own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire! 
4:11 Allah (God) (thus) directs you as regards your Children's (Inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, two or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases ('s) after the payment of legacies and debts. you know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled portions ordained by Allah (God); and Allah (God) is All-knowing, Al- wise. 
4:12 In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if they leave a child, you get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what you leave, their share is a fourth, if you leave no child; but if you leave a child, t hey get an eighth; after payment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question, has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third; after payment of legacies and debts; so that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by Allah (God); and Allah (God) is All-knowing, Most Forbearing. 
4:13 Those are limits set by Allah (God): those who obey Allah (God) and His Apostle will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (for ever) and that will be the supreme achievement. 
4:14 But those who disobey Allah (God) and His Apostle and transgress His limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall have a humiliating punishment. 
4:15 If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or Allah (God) ordain for them some (other) way. 
4:16 If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah (God) is Oft-returning, Most Merciful. 
4:17 Allah (God) accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to them will Allah (God) turn in mercy: For Allah (God) is full of knowledge and wisdom. 
4:18 Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous. 
4:19 O you who believe! you are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should you treat them with harshness, that you may Take away part of the dower you have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary l ive with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If you take a dislike to them it may be that you dislike a thing, and Allah (God) brings about through it a great deal of good. 
4:20 But if you decide to take one wife in place of another, even if you had given the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would you take it by slander and manifest wrong? 
4:21 And how could you take it when you have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant? 
4:22 And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed. 
4:23 Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters u nder your guardianship, born of your wives to whom you have gone in,- no prohibition if you have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is pa st; for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;- 
4:24 Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess: Thus has Allah (God) ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your prope rty,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that you derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah (God) is All-knowing, All-wise. 
4:25 If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess: And Allah (God) has full knowledge about your faith. you are one from another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers, according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women. This (permis sion) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that you practise self-restraint. And Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:26 Allah (God) doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances of those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): And Allah (God) is All-knowing, All-wise. 
4:27 Allah (God) doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that you should turn away (from Him),- far, far away. 
4:28 Allah (God) doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created Weak (in flesh). 
4:29 O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah (God) has been to you Most Merciful! 
4:30 If any do that in rancour and injustice,- soon shall We cast them into the Fire: And easy it is for Allah (God). 
4:31 If you (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which you are forbidden to do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, and admit you to a gate of great honour. 
4:32 And in no wise covet those things in which Allah (God) has bestowed His gifts More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn, and to women what they earn: But ask Allah (God) of His bounty. For Allah (God) has full knowledge of all thi ngs. 
4:33 To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs to property left by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion. For truly Allah (God) is witness to all things. 
4:34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah (God) has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) ab sence what Allah (God) would have them guard. As to those women on whose part you fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah (God) is Most High, great (above you all). 
4:35 If you fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiters, one from his family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace, Allah (God) will cause their reconciliation: For Allah (God) has full knowledge, and is acquainted with all things. 
4:36 Serve Allah (God), and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands poss ess: For Allah (God) loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;- 
4:37 (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or hide the bounties which Allah (God) has bestowed on them; for We have prepared, for those who resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in contempt;- 
4:38 Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, but have no faith in Allah (God) and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their intimate, what a dreadful intimate he is! 
4:39 And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in Allah (God) and in the Last Day, and they spent out of what Allah (God) has given them for sustenance? For Allah (God) has full knowledge of them. 
4:40 Allah (God) is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward. 
4:41 How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought you as a witness against these people! 
4:42 On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle will wish that the earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from Allah (God)! 
4:43 O you who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until you can understand all that you say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If you are ill, or on a jour ney, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or you have been in contact with women, and you find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah (God) doth blot out sins and forgive again and again. 
4:44 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the Book? they traffic in error, and wish that you should lose the right path. 
4:45 But Allah (God) has full knowledge of your enemies: Allah (God) is enough for a protector, and Allah (God) is enough for a Helper. 
4:46 Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places, and say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra'ina"; with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "What hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allah (God) has cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe. 
4:47 O you People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed, confirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and fame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbat h-breakers, for the decision of Allah (God) Must be carried out. 
4:48 Allah (God) forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah (God) is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed. 
4:49 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for themselves? Nay-but Allah (God) Doth sanctify whom He pleaseth. But never will they fail to receive justice in the least little thing. 
4:50 Behold! how they invent a lie against Allah (God)! but that by itself is a manifest sin! 
4:51 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the Book? they believe in sorcery and Evil, and say to the Unbelievers that they are better guided in the (right) way Than the believers! 
4:52 They are (men) whom Allah (God) has cursed: And those whom Allah (God) has cursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help. 
4:53 Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to their fellow-men? 
4:54 Or do they envy mankind for what Allah (God) has given them of his bounty? but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom. 
4:55 Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him: And enough is Hell for a burning fire. 
4:56 Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise. 
4:57 But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal home: Therein shall they have companions pure and holy: We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening. 
4:58 Allah (God) doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when you judge between man and man, that you judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah (God) is He Who heareth and seeth all things. 
4:59 O you who believe! Obey Allah (God), and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If you differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah (God) and His Apostle, if you do believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination. 
4:60 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the revelations that have come to you and to those before you? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the Evil One, though they wer e ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to lead them astray far away (from the right). 
4:61 When it is said to them: "Come to what Allah (God) has revealed, and to the Apostle": Thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces from you in disgust. 
4:62 How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds which they hands have sent forth? Then their come to you, swearing by Allah (God): "We meant no more than good-will and conciliation!" 
4:63 Those men,-Allah (God) knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them, but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very souls. 
4:64 We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah (God). If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto you and asked Allah (God)'s forgiveness, and the Apostle had asked forgiveness for them, they would have fo und Allah (God) indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful. 
4:65 But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make you judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction. 
4:66 If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes, very few of them would have done it: But if they had done what they were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, and would have gone farthest to strengthen thei r (faith); 
4:67 And We should then have given them from our presence a great reward; 
4:68 And We should have shown them the Straight Way. 
4:69 All who obey Allah (God) and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah (God),- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowshi p! 
4:70 Such is the bounty from Allah (God): And sufficient is it that Allah (God) knoweth all. 
4:71 O you who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth in parties or go forth all together. 
4:72 There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a misfortune befalls you, they say: "Allah (God) did favour us in that we were not present among them." 
4:73 But if good fortune comes to you from Allah (God), they would be sure to say - as if there had never been Ties of affection between you and them - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then have made of it!" 
4:74 Let those fight in the cause of Allah (God) Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah (God),- whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). 
4:75 And why should you not fight in the cause of Allah (God) and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from the e one who will protect; and raise for us from you one who will help!" 
4:76 Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah (God), and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight you against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan. 
4:77 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feare d men as - or even more than - they should have feared Allah (God): They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural) term, near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least! 
4:78 "Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers built up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah (God)"; but if evil, they say, "This is from you" (O Prophet). Say: "All things are from Allah (God)." But what has come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact? 
4:79 Whatever good, (O man!) happens to you, is from Allah (God); but whatever evil happens to you, is from thy (own) soul. and We have sent you as an apostle to (instruct) mankind. And enough is Allah (God) for a witness. 
4:80 He who obeys the Apostle, obeys Allah (God): But if any turn away, We have not sent you to watch over their (evil deeds). 
4:81 They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they leave you, a section of them Meditate all night on things very different from what thou tellest them. But Allah (God) records their nightly (plots): So keep clear of them, and put thy trust in Allah (God), an d enough is Allah (God) as a disposer of affairs. 
4:82 Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah (God), they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy. 
4:83 When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Apostle, or to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them (direct ). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah (God) unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of Satan. 
4:84 Then fight in Allah (God)'s cause - Thou art held responsible only for thyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah (God) will restrain the fury of the Unbelievers; for Allah (God) is the strongest in might and in punishment. 
4:85 Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein: And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden: And Allah (God) has power over all things. 
4:86 When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah (God) takes careful account of all things. 
4:87 Allah (God)! There is no Allah (God) but He: of a surety He will gather you together against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. And whose word can be truer than Allah (God)'s? 
4:88 Why should you be divided into two parties about the Hypocrites? Allah (God) has upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would you guide those whom Allah (God) has thrown out of the Way? For those whom Allah (God) has thrown out of the Way, never shalt thou find the Way. 
4:89 They but wish that you should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (God) (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever you find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks;- 
4:90 Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with hearts restraining them from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. If Allah (God) had pleased, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you: Therefore if they withdraw from you but fight you not, and (instead) send you (Guarantees of) peace, then Allah (God) has opened no way for you (to war against them). 
4:91 Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as that of their people: Every time they are sent back to temptation, they succumb thereto: if they withdraw not from you nor give you (guarantees) of peace besides restraining the ir hands, seize them and slay them wherever you get them: In their case We have provided you with a clear argument against them. 
4:92 Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased's family, unless they re mit it freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom you have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for two months running: by way of repentance to Allah (God): for Allah (God) has all knowledge and all wisdom. 
4:93 If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (For ever): And the wrath and the curse of Allah (God) are upon him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him. 
4:94 O you who believe! When you go abroad in the cause of Allah (God), investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with Allah (God) are profits and spoils abun dant. Even thus were you yourselves before, till Allah (God) conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For Allah (God) is well aware of all that you do. 
4:95 Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah (God) with their goods and their persons. Allah (God) has granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and perso ns than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) has Allah (God) promised good: But those who strive and fight has He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,- 
4:96 Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy. For Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:97 When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah (God) spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! - 
4:98 Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men, women, and children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to their way. 
4:99 For these, there is hope that Allah (God) will forgive: For Allah (God) doth blot out (sins) and forgive again and again. 
4:100 He who forsakes his home in the cause of Allah (God), finds in the earth Many a refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from home for Allah (God) and His Apostle, His reward becomes due and sure with Allah (God): And Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:101 When you travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers May attack you: For the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies. 
4:102 When thou (O Apostle) art with them, and standest to lead them in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with you, Taking their arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them Take their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which has not yet prayed - and let them pray with you, Taking all precaution, and bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if you were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a single rush. But there is no blame o n you if you put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because you are ill; but take (every) precaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers Allah (God) has prepared a humiliating punishment. 
4:103 When you pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah (God)'s praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when you are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times. 
4:104 And slacken not in following up the enemy: If you are suffering hardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but you have Hope from Allah (God), while they have none. And Allah (God) is full of knowledge and wisdom. 
4:105 We have sent down to you the Book in truth, that thou mightest judge between men, as guided by Allah (God): so be not (used) as an advocate by those who betray their trust; 
4:106 But seek the forgiveness of Allah (God); for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:107 Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls; for Allah (God) loveth not one given to perfidy and crime: 
4:108 They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (Them) from Allah (God), seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night, in words that He cannot approve: And Allah (God) Doth compass round all that they do. 
4:109 Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf you may contend in this world; but who will contend with Allah (God) on their behalf on the Day of Judgment, or who will carry their affairs through? 
4:110 If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks Allah (God)'s forgiveness, he will find Allah (God) Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:111 And if any one earns sin. he earns it against His own soul: for Allah (God) is full of knowledge and wisdom. 
4:112 But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that is innocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant sin. 
4:113 But for the Grace of Allah (God) to you and his Mercy, a party of them would certainly have plotted to lead you astray. But (in fact) they will only Lead their own souls astray, and to you they can do no harm in the least. For Allah (God) has sent down to you the Book and wisdom and taught you what thou Knewest not (before): And great is the Grace of Allah (God) unto you. 
4:114 In most of their secret talks there is no good: But if one exhorts to a deed of charity or justice or conciliation between men, (Secrecy is permissible): To him who does this, seeking the good pleasure of Allah (God), We shall soon give a reward of the highest (value). 
4:115 If anyone contends with the Apostle even after guidance has been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to men of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in Hell,- what an evil refuge! 
4:116 Allah (God) forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other Allah (God)s with Him; but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other Allah (God)s with Allah (God), has strayed far, far away (from the right). 
4:117 (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They call but upon satan the persistent rebel! 
4:118 Allah (God) did curse him, but he said: "I will take of Thy servants a portion Marked off; 
4:119 "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah (God)." Whoever, forsaking Allah (God), takes satan for a friend, has of a surety suffered a loss tha t is manifest. 
4:120 Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires; but satan's promises are nothing but deception. 
4:121 They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from it they will find no way of escape. 
4:122 But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,- we shall soon admit them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-to dwell therein for ever. Allah (God)'s promise is the truth, and whose word can be truer than Allah (God)'s? 
4:123 Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (can prevail): whoever works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will he find, besides Allah (God), any protector or helper. 
4:124 If any do deeds of righteousness,- be they male or female - and have faith, they will enter Heaven, and not the least injustice will be done to them. 
4:125 Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to Allah (God), does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For Allah (God) did take Abraham for a friend. 
4:126 But to Allah (God) belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And He it is that Encompasseth all things. 
4:127 They ask thy instruction concerning the women say: Allah (God) doth instruct you about them: And (remember) what has been rehearsed unto you in the Book, concerning the orphans of women to whom you give not the portions prescribed, and yet whom you des ire to marry, as also concerning the children who are weak and oppressed: that you stand firm for justice to orphans. There is not a good deed which you do, but Allah (God) is well-acquainted therewith. 
4:128 If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and such settlement is best; even though men's souls are swayed by greed. But if you do good and pr actise self-restraint, Allah (God) is well-acquainted with all that you do. 
4:129 you are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If you come to a friendly understanding, and practise se lf- restraint, Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:130 But if they disagree (and must part), Allah (God) will provide abundance for all from His all-reaching bounty: for Allah (God) is He that careth for all and is Wise. 
4:131 To Allah (God) belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily we have directed the People of the Book before you, and you (o Muslims) to fear Allah (God). But if you deny Him, lo! unto Allah (God) belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and Allah (God) is free o f all wants, worthy of all praise. 
4:132 Yea, unto Allah (God) belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and enough is Allah (God) to carry through all affairs. 
4:133 If it were His will, He could destroy you, o mankind, and create another race; for He has power this to do. 
4:134 If any one desires a reward in this life, in Allah (God)'s (gift) is the reward (both) of this life and of the hereafter: for Allah (God) is He that heareth and seeth (all things). 
4:135 O you who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah (God), even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah (God) can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you swerve, and if you distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah (God) is well- acquainted with all that you do. 
4:136 O you who believe! Believe in Allah (God) and His Apostle, and the scripture which He has sent to His Apostle and the scripture which He sent to those before (him). Any who denieth Allah (God), His angels, His Books, His Apostles, and the Day of Judgment, hat h gone far, far astray. 
4:137 Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- Allah (God) will not forgive them nor guide them nor guide them on the way. 
4:138 To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them (but) a grievous penalty;- 
4:139 Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with Allah (God). 
4:140 Already has He sent you Word in the Book, that when you hear the signs of Allah (God) held in defiance and ridicule, you are not to sit with them unless they turn to a different theme: if you did, you would be like them. For Allah (God) will collect the hypocrites and those who defy faith - all in Hell:- 
4:141 (These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if you do gain a victory from Allah (God), they say: "Were we not with you?"- but if the unbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain an advantage over you, and did we not guard you from the believers?" but Allah (God) will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment. And never will Allah (God) grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers. 
4:142 The Hypocrites - they think they are over-reaching Allah (God), but He will over- reach them: When they stand up to prayer, they stand without earnestness, to be seen of men, but little do they hold Allah (God) in remembrance; 
4:143 (They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it,- being (sincerely) for neither one group nor for another whom Allah (God) leaves straying,- never wilt thou find for him the way. 
4:144 O you who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: Do you wish to offer Allah (God) an open proof against yourselves? 
4:145 The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper wilt thou find for them;- 
4:146 Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah (God), and purify their religion as in Allah (God)'s sight: if so they will be (numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah (God) grant to the believers a reward of immense value. 
4:147 What can Allah (God) gain by your punishment, if you are grateful and you believe? Nay, it is Allah (God) that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all things. 
4:148 Allah (God) loveth not that evil should be noised abroad in public speech, except where injustice has been done; for Allah (God) is He who heareth and knoweth all things. 
4:149 Whether you publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah (God) doth blot out (sins) and has power (in the judgment of values). 
4:150 Those who deny Allah (God) and His apostles, and (those who) wish to separate Allah (God) from His apostles, saying: "We believe in some but reject others": And (those who) wish to take a course midway,- 
4:151 They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and we have prepared for unbelievers a humiliating punishment. 
4:152 To those who believe in Allah (God) and His apostles and make no distinction between any of the apostles, we shall soon give their (due) rewards: for Allah (God) is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful. 
4:153 The people of the Book ask you to cause a book to descend to them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah (God) in public," but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and lightnin g. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority. 
4:154 And for their covenant we raised over them (the towering height) of Mount (Sinai); and (on another occasion) we said: "Enter the gate with humility"; and (once again) we commanded them: "Transgress not in the matter of the sabbath." And we too k from them a solemn covenant. 
4:155 (They have incurred divine displeasure): In that they broke their covenant; that they rejected the signs of Allah (God); that they slew the Messengers in defiance of right; that they said, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah (God)'s Word; We ne ed no more)";- Nay, Allah (God) has set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy, and little is it they believe;- 
4:156 That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave false charge; 
4:157 That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Apostle of Allah (God)";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) know ledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:- 
4:158 Nay, Allah (God) raised him up unto Himself; and Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise;- 
4:159 And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them;- 
4:160 For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain (foods) good and wholesome which had been lawful for them;- in that they hindered many from Allah (God)'s Way;- 
4:161 That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that they devoured men's substance wrongfully;- we have prepared for those among them who reject faith a grievous punishment. 
4:162 But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledge, and the believers, believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you: And (especially) those who establish regular prayer and practise regular charity and beli eve in Allah (God) and in the Last Day: To them shall We soon give a great reward. 
4:163 We have sent you inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms. 
4:164 Of some apostles We have already told you the story; of others We have not;- and to Moses Allah (God) spoke direct;- 
4:165 Apostles who gave good news as well as warning, that mankind, after (the coming) of the apostles, should have no plea against Allah (God): For Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise. 
4:166 But Allah (God) beareth witness that what He has sent unto you He has sent from His (own) knowledge, and the angels bear witness: But enough is Allah (God) for a witness. 
4:167 Those who reject Faith and keep off (men) from the way of Allah (God), have verily strayed far, far away from the Path. 
4:168 Those who reject Faith and do wrong,- Allah (God) will not forgive them nor guide them to any way- 
4:169 Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever. And this to Allah (God) is easy. 
4:170 O Mankind! The Apostle has come to you in truth from Allah (God): believe in him: It is best for you. But if you reject Faith, to Allah (God) belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And Allah (God) is All-knowing, All-wise. 
4:171 O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah (God) aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah (God), and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so bel ieve in Allah (God) and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah (God) is one Allah (God): Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah (God) as a Disposer of a ffairs. 
4:172 Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship Allah (God), nor do the angels, those nearest (to Allah (God)): those who disdain His worship and are arrogant,-He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer). 
4:173 But to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards,- and more, out of His bounty: But those who are disdainful and arrogant, He will punish with a grievous penalty; Nor will they find, besides Allah (God), any to protect or help them. 
4:174 O mankind! verily there has come to you a convincing proof from your Lord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest. 
4:175 Then those who believe in Allah (God), and hold fast to Him,- soon will He admit them to mercy and grace from Himself, and guide them to Himself by a straight way. 
4:176 They ask you for a legal decision. Say: Allah (God) directs (thus) about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was) a wo man, who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the female. Thus doth Allah (God) make clear to you (His law), lest you err. And Allah (God) has knowledge of all things. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



5. THE TABLE
THE TABLE SPREAD



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

5:1 O you who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But animals of the chase are forbidden while you are in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb: for Allah (God) doth command according to His will and plan. 
5:2 O you who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah (God), nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to the sacred house, seeking of the bount y and good pleasure of their Lord. But when you are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, you may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your par t). Help you one another in righteousness and piety, but help you not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah (God): for Allah (God) is strict in punishment. 
5:3 Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which has been invoked the name of other than Allah (God); that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless you are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah (God) is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
5:4 They ask you what is lawful to them (as food). Say: lawful unto you are (all) things good and pure: and what you have taught your trained hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah (God): eat what they catch for you, but pronounce the name of Allah (God) over it: and fear Allah (God); for Allah (God) is swift in taking account. 
5:5 This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time,- when you give them their due dowers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good). 
5:6 O you who believe! when you prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or you have been in contact with women, and you find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah (God) doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that you may be grateful. 
5:7 And call in remembrance the favour of Allah (God) unto you, and His covenant, which He ratified with you, when you said: "We hear and we obey": And fear Allah (God), for Allah (God) knoweth well the secrets of your hearts. 
5:8 O you who believe! stand out firmly for Allah (God), as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah (God). For Allah (God) is well-acquainted with all that you do. 
5:9 To those who believe and do deeds of righteousness has Allah (God) promised forgiveness and a great reward. 
5:10 Those who reject faith and deny our signs will be companions of Hell-fire. 
5:11 O you who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah (God) unto you when certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against you, but (Allah (God)) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah (God). And on Allah (God) let believers put (all) their trust. 
5:12 Allah (God) did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel, and we appointed twelve captains among them. And Allah (God) said: "I am with you: if you (but) establish regular prayers, practise regular charity, believe in my apostles, honour and assist them, and loan to Allah (God) a beautiful loan, verily I will wipe out from you your evils, and admit you to gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you, after this, resisteth faith, he has truly wandered from the path or rectitude." 
5:13 But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new) deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah (God) loveth those who are kind. 
5:14 From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them: so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the other, to the day of judgment. And soon will Allah (God) show them what it is they have done. 
5:15 O people of the Book! There has come to you our Apostle, revealing to you much that you used to hide in the Book, and passing over much (that is now unnecessary): There has come to you from Allah (God) a (new) light and a perspicuous Book,- 
5:16 Wherewith Allah (God) guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways of peace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness, by His will, unto the light,- guideth them to a path that is straight. 
5:17 In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah (God) is Christ the son of Mary. Say: "Who then has the least power against Allah (God), if His will were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one that is on the earth? For to Allah (God) be longeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah (God) has power over all things." 
5:18 (Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Allah (God), and his beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, you are but men,- of the men he has created: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah (God) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and unto Him is the final goal (of all)" 
5:19 O People of the Book! Now has come unto you, making (things) clear unto you, Our Apostle, after the break in (the series of) our apostles, lest you should say: "There came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner (from evil)": But now has come unto you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (from evil). And Allah (God) has power over all things. 
5:20 Remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah (God) unto you, when He produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave you what He had not given to any other among the peoples. 
5:21 "O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah (God) has assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will you be overthrown, to your own ruin." 
5:22 They said: "O Moses! In this land are a people of exceeding strength: Never shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leave, then shall we enter." 
5:23 (But) among (their) Allah (God)-fearing men were two on whom Allah (God) had bestowed His grace: They said: "Assault them at the (proper) Gate: when once you are in, victory will be yours; But on Allah (God) put your trust if you have faith." 
5:24 They said: "O Moses! while they remain there, never shall we be able to enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight you two, while we sit here (and watch)." 
5:25 He said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother: so separate us from this rebellious people!" 
5:26 Allah (God) said: "Therefore will the land be out of their reach for forty years: In distraction will they wander through the land: But sorrow thou not over these rebellious people. 
5:27 Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam. Behold! they each presented a sacrifice (to Allah (God)): It was accepted from one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will slay you." "Surely," said the former, "Allah (God) doth accept of the sacrifice of those who are righteous. 
5:28 "If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to slay me, it is not for me to stretch my hand against you to slay you: for I do fear Allah (God), the cherisher of the worlds. 
5:29 "For me, I intend to let you draw on thyself my sin as well as thine, for thou wilt be among the companions of the fire, and that is the reward of those who do wrong." 
5:30 The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his brother: he murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones. 
5:31 Then Allah (God) sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then he became full of regrets- 
5:32 On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. 
5:33 The punishment of those who wage war against Allah (God) and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter; 
5:34 Except for those who repent before they fall into your power: in that case, know that Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
5:35 O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah (God), seek the means of approach unto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that you may prosper. 
5:36 As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth, and twice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a grievous penalty. 
5:37 Their wish will be to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures. 
5:38 As to the thief, Male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah (God), for their crime: and Allah (God) is Exalted in power. 
5:39 But if the thief repents after his crime, and amends his conduct, Allah (God) turneth to him in forgiveness; for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
5:40 Knowest thou not that to Allah (God) (alone) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He pleaseth, and He forgiveth whom He pleaseth: and Allah (God) has power over all things. 
5:41 O Apostle! let not those grieve you, who race each other into unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will listen to any lie,- will listen even to others who have never so much as come to you. They change the words from their (right) times and places: they say, "If you are given this, take it, but if not, beware!" If any one's trial is intended by Allah (God), thou hast no authority in the least for him against Allah (God). For such - it is not Allah (God)'s will to purify their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy punishment. 
5:42 (They are fond of) listening to falsehood, of devouring anything forbidden. If they do come to you, either judge between them, or decline to interfere. If thou decline, they cannot hurt you in the least. If thou judge, judge in equity between them. For Allah (God) loveth those who judge in equity. 
5:43 But why do they come to you for decision, when they have (their own) law before them?- therein is the (plain) command of Allah (God); yet even after that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) People of Faith. 
5:44 It was We who revealed the law (to Moses): therein was guidance and light. By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah (God)'s will, by the rabbis and the doctors of law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah (God)'s book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear me, and sell not my signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah (God) has revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers. 
5:45 We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose or nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if any one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah (God) has revealed, they are (No better than) wrong-doers. 
5:46 And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah (God). 
5:47 Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah (God) has revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah (God) has revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel. 
5:48 To you We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety: so judge between them by what Allah (God) has revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that has come to you. To each among you have we prescribed a law and an open way. If Allah (God) had so willed, He would have made you a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He has given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah (God); i t is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which you dispute; 
5:49 And this (He commands): Judge thou between them by what Allah (God) has revealed, and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them lest they beguile you from any of that (teaching) which Allah (God) has sent down to you. And if they turn away, be assured that for some of their crime it is Allah (God)'s purpose to punish them. And truly most men are rebellious. 
5:50 Do they then seek after a judgment of (the days of) ignorance? But who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment than Allah (God)? 
5:51 O you who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah (God) guideth not a people unjust. 
5:52 Those in whose hearts is a disease - thou seest how eagerly they run about amongst them, saying: "We do fear lest a change of fortune bring us disaster." Ah! perhaps Allah (God) will give (you) victory, or a decision according to His will. Then will they repent of the thoughts which they secretly harboured in their hearts. 
5:53 And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swore their strongest oaths by Allah (God), that they were with you?" All that they do will be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin. 
5:54 O you who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah (God) produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah (God), and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah (God), which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah (God) encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things. 
5:55 Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah (God), His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship). 
5:56 As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah (God), His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers,- it is the fellowship of Allah (God) that must certainly triumph. 
5:57 O you who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear you Allah (God), if you have faith (indeed). 
5:58 When you proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without understanding. 
5:59 Say: "O people of the Book! Do you disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah (God), and the revelation that has come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?" 
5:60 Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah (God)? those who incurred the curse of Allah (God) and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped evil;- these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!" 
5:61 When they come to you, they say: "We believe": but in fact they enter with a mind against Faith, and they go out with the same but Allah (God) knoweth fully all that they hide. 
5:62 Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and rancour, and their eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things that they do. 
5:63 Why do not the rabbis and the doctors of Law forbid them from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works. 
5:64 The Jews say: "Allah (God)'s hand is tied up." Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of His bounty) as He pleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to you from Allah (God) increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. Amongst them we have placed enmity and hatred till the Day of Judgment. Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah (God) doth extinguish it; but they (ever) strive to do mischief on earth. And Allah (God) loveth not those who do mischief. 
5:65 If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteous, We should indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted them to gardens of bliss. 
5:66 If only they had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed happiness from every side. There is from among them a party on the right course: but many of them follow a course that is evil. 
5:67 O Apostle! proclaim the (message) which has been sent to you from thy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled and proclaimed His mission. And Allah (God) will defend you from men (who mean mischief). For Allah (God) guideth not those who reject Faith. 
5:68 Say: "O People of the Book! you have no ground to stand upon unless you stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." It is the revelation that cometh to you from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) people without Faith. 
5:69 Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
5:70 We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent them apostles, every time, there came to them an apostle with what they themselves desired not - some (of these) they called impostors, and some they (go so far as to) slay. 
5:71 They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so they became blind and deaf; yet Allah (God) (in mercy) turned to them; yet again many of them became blind and deaf. But Allah (God) sees well all that they do. 
5:72 They do blaspheme who say: "Allah (God) is Christ the son of Mary." But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship Allah (God), my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other Allah (God)s with Allah (God),- Allah (God) will forbid him the garden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to help. 
5:73 They do blaspheme who say: Allah (God) is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no Allah (God) except One Allah (God). If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them. 
5:74 Why turn they not to Allah (God), and seek His forgiveness? For Allah (God) is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful. 
5:75 Christ the son of Mary was no more than an apostle; many were the apostles that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah (God) doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth! 
5:76 Say: "Will you worship, besides Allah (God), something which has no power either to harm or benefit you? But Allah (God),- He it is that heareth and knoweth all things." 
5:77 Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by,- who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way. 
5:78 Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who rejected Faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary: because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses. 
5:79 Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did. 
5:80 Thou seest many of them turning in friendship to the Unbelievers. Evil indeed are (the works) which their souls have sent forward before them (with the result), that Allah (God)'s wrath is on them, and in torment will they abide. 
5:81 If only they had believed in Allah (God), in the Apostle, and in what has been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and protectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers. 
5:82 Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. 
5:83 And when they listen to the revelation received by the Apostle, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognise the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe; write us down among the witnesses. 
5:84 "What cause can we have not to believe in Allah (God) and the truth which has come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us to the company of the righteous?" 
5:85 And for this their prayer has Allah (God) rewarded them with gardens, with rivers flowing underneath,- their eternal home. Such is the recompense of those who do good. 
5:86 But those who reject Faith and belie our Signs,- they shall be companions of Hell-fire. 
5:87 O you who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah (God) has made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah (God) loveth not those given to excess. 
5:88 Eat of the things which Allah (God) has provided for you, lawful and good; but fear Allah (God), in Whom you believe. 
5:89 Allah (God) will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths you have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah (God) make clear to you His signs, that you may be grateful. 
5:90 O you who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that you may prosper. 
5:91 Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah (God), and from prayer: will you not then abstain? 
5:92 Obey Allah (God), and obey the Apostle, and beware (of evil): if you do turn back, know you that it is Our Apostle's duty to proclaim (the message) in the clearest manner. 
5:93 On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is no blame for what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselves from evil, and believe, and do deeds of righteousness,- (or) again, guard themselves from evil and believe,- (or) again, guard themselves from evil and do good. For Allah (God) loveth those who do good. 
5:94 O you who believe! Allah (God) doth but make a trial of you in a little matter of game well within reach of game well within reach of your hands and your lances, that He may test who feareth him unseen: any who transgress thereafter, will have a grievous penalty. 
5:95 O you who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation is an offering, brought to the Ka'ba, of a domestic animal equivalent to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that he may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah (God) forgives what is past: for repetition Allah (God) will exact from him the penalty. For Allah (God) is Exalted, and Lord of Retribution. 
5:96 Lawful to you is the pursuit of water-game and its use for food,- for the benefit of yourselves and those who travel; but forbidden is the pursuit of land-game;- as long as you are in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb. And fear Allah (God), to Whom you shall be gathered back. 
5:97 Allah (God) made the Ka'ba, the Sacred House, an asylum of security for men, as also the Sacred Months, the animals for offerings, and the garlands that mark them: That you may know that Allah (God) has knowledge of what is in the heavens and on earth and that Allah (God) is well acquainted with all things. 
5:98 Know you that Allah (God) is strict in punishment and that Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
5:99 The Apostle's duty is but to proclaim (the message). But Allah (God) knoweth all that you reveal and you conceal. 
5:100 Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that are good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle you; so fear Allah (God), O you that understand; that (so) you may prosper." 
5:101 O you who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if you ask about things when the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah (God) will forgive those: for Allah (God) is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing. 
5:102 Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith. 
5:103 It was not Allah (God) who instituted (superstitions like those of) a slit-ear she- camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idol sacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed from work: It is blasphemers who invent a lie against Allah (God); but most of them lack wisdom. 
5:104 When it is said to them: "Come to what Allah (God) has revealed; come to the Apostle": They say: "Enough for us are the ways we found our fathers following." what! even though their fathers were void of knowledge and guidance? 
5:105 O you who believe! Guard your own souls: If you follow (right) guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. the goal of you all is to Allah (God): it is He that will show you the truth of all that you do. 
5:106 O you who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take) witnesses among yourselves when making bequests,- two just men of your own (brotherhood) or others from outside if you are journeying through the earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If you doubt (their truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by Allah (God): "We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the (beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence before Allah (God): if we do, th en behold! the sin be upon us!" 
5:107 But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah (God): "We affirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be upon us!" 
5:108 That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its true nature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would be taken after their oaths. But fear Allah (God), and listen (to His counsel): for Allah (God) guideth not a rebellious people: 
5:109 One day will Allah (God) gather the apostles together, and ask: "What was the response you received (from men to your teaching)?" They will say: "We have no knowledge: it is Thou Who knowest in full all that is hidden." 
5:110 Then will Allah (God) say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to you and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened you with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold ! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) you when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.' 
5:111 "And behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and Mine Apostle: they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear witness that we bow to Allah (God) as Muslims'". 
5:112 Behold! the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus: "Fear Allah (God), if you have faith." 
5:113 They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and to know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that we ourselves may be witnesses to the miracle." 
5:114 Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O Allah (God) our Lord! Send us from heaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from you; and provide for our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)." 
5:115 Allah (God) said: "I will send it down unto you: But if any of you after that resisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have not inflicted on any one among all the peoples." 
5:116 And behold! Allah (God) will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as Allah (God)s in derogation of Allah (God)'?" He will say: "Glory to you! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden. 
5:117 "Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, 'worship Allah (God), my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things. 
5:118 "If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise." 
5:119 Allah (God) will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal Home: Allah (God) well-pleased with them, and they with Allah (God): That is the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires). 
5:120 To Allah (God) doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, and it is He Who has power over all things. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



6. CATTLE
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In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

6:1 Praise be Allah (God), Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal, with their Guardian-Lord. 
6:2 He it is created you from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for you). And there is in His presence another determined term; yet you doubt within yourselves! 
6:3 And He is Allah (God) in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what you hide, and what you reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which you earn (by your deeds). 
6:4 But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom. 
6:5 And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon shall they learn the reality of what they used to mock at. 
6:6 See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?- generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them). 
6:7 If We had sent unto you a written (message) on parchment, so that they could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!" 
6:8 They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them. 
6:9 If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion. 
6:10 Mocked were (many) apostles before you; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. 
6:11 Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth." 
6:12 Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth?" Say: "To Allah (God). He has inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. That He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no doubt whatever. It is they who have lost t heir own souls, that will not believe. 
6:13 To him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and the day. For he is the one who heareth and knoweth all things." 
6:14 Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah (God), the Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He it is that feedeth but is not fed." Say: "Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah (God) (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who join Allah (God)s with Allah (God)." 
6:15 Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the penalty of a Mighty Day. 
6:16 "On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is due to Allah (God)'s mercy; And that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfilment of all desire. 
6:17 "If Allah (God) touch you with affliction, none can remove it but He; if He touch you with happiness, He has power over all things. 
6:18 "He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things." 
6:19 Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "Allah (God) is witness between me and you; This Qur'an has been revealed to me by inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can you possibly bear witness that besides Allah (God) there is an other Allah (God)?" Say: "Nay! I cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one Allah (God), and I truly am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him." 
6:20 Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to believe. 
6:21 Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah (God) or rejecteth His sings? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper. 
6:22 One day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to those who ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners whom you (invented and) talked about?" 
6:23 There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By Allah (God) our Lord, we were not those who joined Allah (God)s with Allah (God)." 
6:24 Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch. 
6:25 Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to you; but We have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in them; in so much that when th ey come to you, they (but) dispute with you; the Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the ancients." 
6:26 Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not. 
6:27 If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!" 
6:28 Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before they concealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars. 
6:29 And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again." 
6:30 If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea, by our Lord!" He will say: "Taste you then the penalty, because you rejected Faith." 
6:31 Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet Allah (God),- until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: "Ah! woe unto us that we took no thought of it"; for they bear their burdens on their backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear? 
6:32 What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will you not then understand? 
6:33 We know indeed the grief which their words do cause you: It is not you they reject: it is the signs of Allah (God), which the wicked contemn. 
6:34 Rejected were the apostles before you: with patience and constancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah (God). Already hast thou received some account o f those apostles. 
6:35 If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign,- (what good?). If it were Allah (God)'s will, He could gather them together unto true guidance: so be not thou a mongst those who are swayed by ignorance (and impatience)! 
6:36 Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead, Allah (God) will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him. 
6:37 They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Allah (God) has certainly power to send down a sign: but most of them understand not. 
6:38 There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to their Lord in the end. 
6:39 Those who reject our sings are deaf and dumb,- in the midst of darkness profound: whom Allah (God) willeth, He leaveth to wander: whom He willeth, He placeth on the way that is straight. 
6:40 Say: "Think you to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of Allah (God), or the Hour (that you dread), would you then call upon other than Allah (God)?- (reply) if you are truthful! 
6:41 "Nay,- On Him would you call, and if it be His will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and you would forget (the false Allah (God)s) which you join with Him!" 
6:42 Before you We sent (apostles) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility. 
6:43 When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them. 
6:44 But when they forgot the warning they had received, We opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they were plunged in despair! 
6:45 Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah (God), the Cherisher of the worlds. 
6:46 Say: "Think ye, if Allah (God) took away your hearing and your sight, and sealed up your hearts, who - a Allah (God) other than Allah (God) - could restore them to you?" See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet they turn aside. 
6:47 Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of Allah (God) comes to you, whether suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong? 
6:48 We send the apostles only to give good news and to warn: so those who believe and mend (their lives),- upon them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 
6:49 But those who reject our signs,- them shall punishment touch, for that they ceased not from transgressing. 
6:50 Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah (God), nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to the seeing?" Will you then consider not? 
6:51 Give this warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that they will be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except for Him they will have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (against evil). 
6:52 Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His face. In naught art thou accountable for them, and in naught are they accountable for you, that thou shouldst turn them away, and thus be (one) of the unjust. 
6:53 Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, that they should say: "Is it these then that Allah (God) has favoured from amongst us?" Doth not Allah (God) know best those who are grateful? 
6:54 When those come to you who believe in Our signs, Say: "Peace be on you: Your Lord has inscribed for Himself (the rule of) mercy: verily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented, and amend (his conduct), lo! He is Oft- for giving, Most Merciful. 
6:55 Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the way of the sinners may be shown up. 
6:56 Say: "I am forbidden to worship those - others than Allah (God) - whom you call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires: If I did, I would stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who receive guidance." 
6:57 Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear sign from my Lord, but you reject Him. What you would see hastened, is not in my power. The command rests with none but Allah (God): He declares the truth, and He is the best of judges." 
6:58 Say: "If what you would see hastened were in my power, the matter would be settled at once between you and me. But Allah (God) knoweth best those who do wrong." 
6:59 With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, n or anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read). 
6:60 It is He who doth take your souls by night, and has knowledge of all that you have done by day: by day doth He raise you up again; that a term appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your return; then will He show you the truth of all that you did. 
6:61 He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in their duty. 
6:62 Then are men returned unto Allah (God), their protector, the (only) reality: Is not His the command? and He is the swiftest in taking account. 
6:63 Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land and sea, when you call upon Him in humility and silent terror: 'If He only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our gratitude'.?" 
6:64 Say "It is Allah (God) that delivereth you from these and all (other) distresses: and yet you worship false Allah (God)s!" 
6:65 Say: "He has power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); that they ma y understand. 
6:66 But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: "Not mine is the responsibility for arranging your affairs; 
6:67 For every message is a limit of time, and soon shall you know it." 
6:68 When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever makes you forget, then after recollection, sit not thou in the company of those who do wrong. 
6:69 On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous, but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah (God). 
6:70 Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it will find for itself no protec tor or intercessor except Allah (God): if it offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah (God). 
6:71 Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah (God),- things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah (God)? - like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the ear th, his friends calling, come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "Allah (God)'s guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds;- 
6:72 "To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah (God): for it is to Him that we shall be gathered together." 
6:73 It is He who created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): the day He saith, "Be," behold! it is. His word is the truth. His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He knoweth the unseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well acquainted (with all things). 
6:74 Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for Allah (God)s? For I see you and thy people in manifest error." 
6:75 So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the heavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) have certitude. 
6:76 When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those that set." 
6:77 When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said: "This is my Lord." But when the moon set, He said: "unless my Lord guide me, I shall surely be among those who go astray." 
6:78 When he saw the sun rising in splendour, he said: "This is my Lord; this is the greatest (of all)." But when the sun set, he said: "O my people! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving partners to Allah (God). 
6:79 "For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to Allah (God)." 
6:80 His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) you to dispute with me, about Allah (God), when He (Himself) has guided me? I fear not (the beings) you associate with Allah (God): Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing can happen). My Lord comprehendeth in His knowle dge all things. Will you not (yourselves) be admonished? 
6:81 "How should I fear (the beings) you associate with Allah (God), when you fear not to give partners to Allah (God) without any warrant having been given to you? Which of (us) two parties has more right to security? (tell me) if you know. 
6:82 "It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong - that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance." 
6:83 That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to use) against his people: We raise whom We will, degree after degree: for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge. 
6:84 We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before him, We guided Noah, and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good: 
6:85 And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous: 
6:86 And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and to all We gave favour above the nations: 
6:87 (To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: We chose them, and we guided them to a straight way. 
6:88 This is the guidance of Allah (God): He giveth that guidance to whom He pleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other Allah (God)s with Him, all that they did would be vain for them. 
6:89 These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authority, and prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them, Behold! We shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not. 
6:90 Those were the (prophets) who received Allah (God)'s guidance: Copy the guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of you: This is no less than a message for the nations." 
6:91 No just estimate of Allah (God) do they make when they say: "Nothing doth Allah (God) send down to man (by way of revelation)" Say: "Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought?- a light and guidance to man: But you make it into (separate) sheets for show, while you conceal much (of its contents): therein were you taught that which you knew not- neither you nor your fathers." Say: "Allah (God) (sent it down)": Then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling. 
6:92 And this is a Book which We have sent down, bringing blessings, and confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou mayest warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in this (Book), an d they are constant in guarding their prayers. 
6:93 Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah (God), or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he has received none, or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what Allah (God) has revealed"? If thou couldst but see how the wicke d (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! - the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),"Yield up your souls: this day shall you receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that you used to tell lies against Allah (God), and scornfully to reject of Hi s signs!" 
6:94 "And behold! you come to us bare and alone as We created you for the first time: you have left behind you all (the favours) which We bestowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom you thought to be partners in your affairs: so now al l relations between you have been cut off, and your (pet) fancies have left you in the lurch!" 
6:95 It is Allah (God) Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is Allah (God): then how are you deluded away from the truth? 
6:96 He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in Power, the Omniscient. 
6:97 It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that you may guide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land and sea: We detail Our signs for people who know. 
6:98 It is He Who has produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand. 
6:99 It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clus ters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe. 
6:100 Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah (God), though Allah (God) did create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they attribute to Him! 
6:101 To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He has no consort? He created all things, and He has full knowledge of all things. 
6:102 That is Allah (God), your Lord! there is no Allah (God) but He, the Creator of all things: then worship you Him: and He has power to dispose of all affairs. 
6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. 
6:104 "Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to open your eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your doings." 
6:105 Thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols): that they may say, "Thou hast taught (us) diligently," and that We may make the matter clear to those who know. 
6:106 Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord: there is no Allah (God) but He: and turn aside from those who join Allah (God)s with Allah (God). 
6:107 If it had been Allah (God)'s plan, they would not have taken false Allah (God)s: but We made you not one to watch over their doings, nor art thou set over them to dispose of their affairs. 
6:108 Revile not you those whom they call upon besides Allah (God), lest they out of spite revile Allah (God) in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We shall then tell them the trut h of all that they did. 
6:109 They swear their strongest oaths by Allah (God), that if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs are in the power of Allah (God): but what will make you (Muslims) realise that (even) if (special) signs came, they wi ll not believe."? 
6:110 We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in this in the first instance: We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction. 
6:111 Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah (God)'s plan. But most of them ignore (the truth). 
6:112 Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy,- evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception. If thy Lord had so planned, they would not have done it: so leave them and their inventions al one. 
6:113 To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may. 
6:114 Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah (God)? - when He it is Who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They know full well, to whom We have given the Book, that it has been sent down from thy Lord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt. 
6:115 The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in truth and in justice: None can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all. 
6:116 Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead you away from the way of Allah (God). They follow nothing but conjecture: they do nothing but lie. 
6:117 Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His way: He knoweth best who they are that receive His guidance. 
6:118 So eat of (meats) on which Allah (God)'s name has been pronounced, if you have faith in His signs. 
6:119 Why should you not eat of (meats) on which Allah (God)'s name has been pronounced, when He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you - except under compulsion of necessity? But many do mislead (men) by their appetites unchecked by knowl edge. Thy Lord knoweth best those who transgress. 
6:120 Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin will get due recompense for their "earnings." 
6:121 Eat not of (meats) on which Allah (God)'s name has not been pronounced: That would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspire their friends to contend with you if you were to obey them, you would indeed be Pagans. 
6:122 Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing. 
6:123 Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not. 
6:124 When there comes to them a sign (from Allah (God)), They say: "We shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received by Allah (God)'s apostles." Allah (God) knoweth best where (and how) to carry out His mission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah (God), and a severe punishment, for all their plots. 
6:125 Those whom Allah (God) (in His plan) willeth to guide,- He openeth their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,- He maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (God) (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe. 
6:126 This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailed the signs for those who receive admonition. 
6:127 For them will be a home of peace in the presence of their Lord: He will be their friend, because they practised (righteousness). 
6:128 One day will He gather them all together, (and say): "O you assembly of Jinns! Much (toll) did you take of men." Their friends amongst men will say: "Our Lord! we made profit from each other: but (alas!) we reached our term - which thou didst ap point for us." He will say: "The Fire be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein for ever, except as Allah (God) willeth." for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge. 
6:129 Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what they earn. 
6:130 "O you assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto you apostles from amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves." It was the life of t his world that deceived them. So against themselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith. 
6:131 (The apostles were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned. 
6:132 To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their deeds: for thy Lord is not unmindful of anything that they do. 
6:133 Thy Lord is self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it were His will, He could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your successors, even as He raised you up from the posterity of other people. 
6:134 All that has been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can you frustrate it (in the least bit). 
6:135 Say: "O my people! Do whatever you can: I will do (my part): soon will you know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafter: certain it is that the wrong- doers will not prosper." 
6:136 Out of what Allah (God) has produced in abundance in tilth and in cattle, they assigned Him a share: they say, according to their fancies: "This is for Allah (God), and this" - for our "partners"! but the share of their" partners "reacheth not Allah (God), whilst the share of Allah (God) reacheth their "partners" ! evil (and unjust) is their assignment! 
6:137 Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their "partners" made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah (God) had willed, they would not have done so: B ut leave alone them and their inventions. 
6:138 And they say that such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and none should eat of them except those whom - so they say - We wish; further, there are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and cattle on which, (at slaughter), the name of Allah (God) is n ot pronounced; - inventions against Allah (God)'s name: soon will He requite them for their inventions. 
6:139 They say: "What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is specially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our women; but if it is still-born, then all have share therein. For their (false) attribution (of superstitions to Allah (God)), He will soon punish them: for He is full of wisdom and knowledge. 
6:140 Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and forbid food which Allah (God) has provided for them, inventing (lies) against Allah (God). They have indeed gone astray and heeded no guidance. 
6:141 It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah (God) loveth not the wasters. 
6:142 Of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat: eat what Allah (God) has provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan: for he is to you and avowed enemy. 
6:143 (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and of goats a pair; say, has He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Tell me with knowledge if you are truthful: 
6:144 Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, has He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? - Were you present when Allah (God) ordered you such a thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah (God), to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah (God) guideth not people who do wrong. 
6:145 Say: "I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine,- for it is an abomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been invoked, other than Allah (God)'s". But (even so), if a person is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
6:146 For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense fo r their wilful disobedience: for We are true (in Our ordinances). 
6:147 If they accuse you of falsehood, say: "Your Lord is full of mercy all- embracing; but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turned back. 
6:148 Those who give partners (to Allah (God)) will say: "If Allah (God) had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have you any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. you follow nothing but conjecture: you do nothing but lie." 
6:149 Say: "With Allah (God) is the argument that reaches home: if it had been His will, He could indeed have guided you all." 
6:150 Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah (God) did forbid so and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Herea fter: for they hold others as equal with their Guardian-Lord. 
6:151 Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah (God) has (really) prohibited you from": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- come not nigh to sha meful deeds. Whether open or secret; take not life, which Allah (God) has made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that you may learn wisdom. 
6:152 And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear;- whenever you speak, speak j ustly, even if a near relative is concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah (God): thus doth He command you, that you may remember. 
6:153 Verily, this is My way, leading straight: follow it: follow not (other) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great) path: thus doth He command you. that you may be righteous. 
6:154 Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favour) to those who would do right, and explaining all things in detail,- and a guide and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord. 
6:155 And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that you may receive mercy: 
6:156 Lest you should say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study:" 
6:157 Or lest you should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then has come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who could do more wrong than o ne who rejecteth Allah (God)'s signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away. 
6:158 Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then if it believed not befor e nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting." 
6:159 As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah (God): He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did. 
6:160 He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit: He that doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil: no wrong shall be done unto (any of) them. 
6:161 Say: "Verily, my Lord has guided me to a way that is straight,- a religion of right,- the path (trod) by Abraham the true in Faith, and he (certainly) joined not Allah (God)s with Allah (God)." 
6:162 Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah (God), the Cherisher of the Worlds: 
6:163 No partner has He: this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow to His will. 
6:164 Say: "Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah (God), when He is the Cherisher of all things (that exist)? Every soul draws the meed of its acts on none but itself: no bearer of burdens can bear of burdens can bear the burden of another. Your goal in the end is towards Allah (God): He will tell you the truth of the things wherein you disputed." 
6:165 It is He Who has made you (His) agents, inheritors of the earth: He has raised you in ranks, some above others: that He may try you in the gifts He has given you: for thy Lord is quick in punishment: yet He is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Mer ciful. 







The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



7. THE HEIGHTS



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

7:1 Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad. 
7:2 A Book revealed unto you,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers). 
7:3 Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is you remember of admonition. 
7:4 How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest. 
7:5 When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong." 
7:6 Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it. 
7:7 And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place). 
7:8 The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper: 
7:9 Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs. 
7:10 It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that you give! 
7:11 It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who bow down. 
7:12 (Allah (God)) said: "What prevented you from bowing down when I commanded you?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay." 
7:13 (Allah (God)) said: "Get you down from this: it is not for you to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)." 
7:14 He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up." 
7:15 (Allah (God)) said: "Be thou among those who have respite." 
7:16 He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way: 
7:17 "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)." 
7:18 (Allah (God)) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow you,- Hell will I fill with you all. 
7:19 "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as you wish: but approach not this tree, or you run into harm and transgression." 
7:20 Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest you should become angels or such beings as live for eve r." 
7:21 And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser. 
7:22 So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?" 
7:23 They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost." 
7:24 (Allah (God)) said: "Get you down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time." 
7:25 He said: "Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die; but from it shall you be taken out (at last)." 
7:26 O you Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah (God), that they may receive admonition! 
7:27 O you Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where you cannot see them: We m ade the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith. 
7:28 When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers doing so"; and "Allah (God) commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, Allah (God) never commands what is shameful: do you say of Allah (God) what you know not?" 
7:29 Say: "My Lord has commanded justice; and that you set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall you return." 
7:30 Some He has guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah (God), for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance. 
7:31 O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah (God) loveth not the wasters. 
7:32 Say: Who has forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah (God), which He has produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He has provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) pure ly for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand. 
7:33 Say: the things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah (God), for which He has given no authority; and saying things about Allah (God) of whi ch you have no knowledge. 
7:34 To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation). 
7:35 O you Children of Adam! whenever there come to you apostles from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. 
7:36 But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,- they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever). 
7:37 Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah (God) or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where a re the things that you used to invoke besides Allah (God)?" They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah (God). 
7:38 He will say: "Enter you in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this you do not understand. 
7:39 Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have you over us; so taste you of the penalty for all that you did !" 
7:40 To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin. 
7:41 For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong. 
7:42 But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever). 
7:43 And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah (God), who has guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah (God): indeed it was the truth, that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! you have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)." 
7:44 The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them : "The curse of Allah (God) is on the wrong-doers;- 
7:45 "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah (God) and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter." 
7:46 Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "peace on you": they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof). 
7:47 When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers." 
7:48 The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways? 
7:49 "Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah (God) with His Mercy would never bless? Enter you the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve." 
7:50 The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that Allah (God) doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things has Allah (God) forbidden to those who rejected Him." 
7:51 "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs. 
7:52 For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe. 
7:53 Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The apostles of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch. 
7:54 Your Guardian-Lord is Allah (God), Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, t he moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah (God), the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! 
7:55 Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah (God) loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds. 
7:56 Do no mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah (God) is (always) near to those who do good. 
7:57 It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance you may remember. 
7:58 From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols) to t hose who are grateful. 
7:59 We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worship Allah (God)! you have no other Allah (God) but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day! 
7:60 The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see you evidently wandering (in mind)." 
7:61 He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! 
7:62 "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah (God) something that you know not. 
7:63 "Do you wonder that there has come to you a message from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that you may fear Allah (God) and haply receive His Mercy?" 
7:64 But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind people! 
7:65 To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He said: O my people! worship Allah (God)! you have no other Allah (God) but Him will you not fear (Allah (God))?" 
7:66 The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!" 
7:67 He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! 
7:68 "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser. 
7:69 "Do you wonder that there has come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah (God): that so you may prosper." 
7:70 They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah (God) alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!" 
7:71 He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute you with me over names which you have devised - you and your fathers,- without authority from Allah (God)? then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting." 
7:72 We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe. 
7:73 To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah (God): you have no other Allah (God) but Him. Now has come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of Allah (God) is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in Allah (God)'s earth, and let her come to no harm, or you shall be seized with a grievous punishment. 
7:74 "And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: you build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and care out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye hav e received) from Allah (God), and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth." 
7:75 The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know you indeed that Salih is an apostle from his Lord?" They said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hat h been sent through him." 
7:76 The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what you believe in." 
7:77 Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art an apostle (of Allah (God))!" 
7:78 So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning! 
7:79 So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but you love not good counsellors!" 
7:80 We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do you commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? 
7:81 "For you practise your lusts on men in preference to women : you are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." 
7:82 And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" 
7:83 But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind. 
7:84 And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime! 
7:85 To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah (God); you have no other Allah (God) but Him. Now has come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will be best for you, if you have Faith. 
7:86 "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah (God) those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how you were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief. 
7:87 "And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until Allah (God) doth decide between us: for He is the best to decide. 
7:88 The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: "O Shu'aib! we shall certainly drive you out of our city - (you) and those who believe with you; or else you (thou and they) shall have to return to our ways and religion." He said: "Wha t! even though we do detest (them)? 
7:89 "We should indeed invent a lie against Allah (God), if we returned to your ways after Allah (God) has rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of Allah (God), Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to th e utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In the Allah (God) is our trust. our Lord! decide Thou between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide." 
7:90 The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: "If you follow Shu'aib, be sure then you are ruined!" 
7:91 But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning! 
7:92 The men who reject Shu'aib became as if they had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected Shu'aib - it was they who were ruined! 
7:93 So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!" 
7:94 Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility. 
7:95 Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their pe ril). 
7:96 If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah (God), We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds. 
7:97 Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep? 
7:98 Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)? 
7:99 Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah (God)?- but no one can feel secure from the Plan of Allah (God), except those (doomed) to ruin! 
7:100 To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear? 
7:101 Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto you: There came indeed to them their apostles with clear (signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah (God) seal up the hearts of those who reject faith. 
7:102 Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but most of them We found rebellious and disobedient. 
7:103 Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief. 
7:104 Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds,- 
7:105 One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah (God). Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign): So let the Children of Israel depart along with me." 
7:106 (Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it forth,- if thou tellest the truth." 
7:107 Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)! 
7:108 And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders! 
7:109 Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed. 
7:110 "His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it you counsel?" 
7:111 They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect- 
7:112 And bring up to you all (our) sorcerers well-versed." 
7:113 So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!" 
7:114 He said: "Yea, (and more),- for you shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)." 
7:115 They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?" 
7:116 Said Moses: "Throw you (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic. 
7:117 We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy rod":and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake! 
7:118 Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect. 
7:119 So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small. 
7:120 But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration. 
7:121 Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,- 
7:122 "The Lord of Moses and Aaron." 
7:123 Said Pharaoh: "Believe you in Him before I give you permission? Surely this is a trick which you have planned in the city to drive out its people: but soon shall you know (the consequences). 
7:124 "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross." 
7:125 They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord: 
7:126 "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto you as Muslims (who bow to thy will)! 
7:127 Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon you and thy Allah (God)s?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible." 
7:128 Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from Allah (God), and (wait) in patience and constancy: for the earth is Allah (God)'s, to give as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the righteous. 
7:129 They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds." 
7:130 We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition. 
7:131 But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah (God)'s sight, but most of them do not understand! 
7:132 They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in you. 
7:133 So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin. 
7:134 Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to you: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in you, and we shall send away the Children of Israel w ith you." 
7:135 But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word! 
7:136 So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them. 
7:137 And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride). 
7:138 We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said: "O Moses! fashion for us a Allah (God) like unto the Allah (God)s they have." He said: "Surely you are a people without kn owledge. 
7:139 "As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise." 
7:140 He said: "Shall I seek for you a Allah (God) other than the (true) Allah (God), when it is Allah (God) Who has endowed you with gifts above the nations?" 
7:141 And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord. 
7:142 We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my peopl e: Do right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief." 
7:143 When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon you." Allah (God) said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its pla ce, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to you! to you I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe." 
7:144 (Allah (God)) said: "O Moses! I have chosen you above (other) men, by the mission I (have given you) and the words I (have spoken to you): take then the (revelation) which I give you, and be of those who give thanks." 
7:145 And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both commanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hold these with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the precepts: soon shall I show you the ho mes of the wicked,- (How they lie desolate)." 
7:146 Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right - them will I turn away from My signs: Even if they see all the signs, they will not believe in them; and if they see the way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the way; but if they see the way of error, that is the way they will adopt. For they have rejected our signs, and failed to take warning from them. 
7:147 Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,- vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought? 
7:148 The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their ornaments, the image of calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: did they not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They took it for worship and they did wrong. 
7:149 When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: "If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those who perish." 
7:150 When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that you have done in my place in my absence: did you make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin." 
7:151 Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! admit us to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!" 
7:152 Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods). 
7:153 But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believe,- verily thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
7:154 When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up the tablets: in the writing thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord. 
7:155 And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive. 
7:156 "And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto you." He said: "With My punishment I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity, and those who believe in Our signs;- 
7:157 "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper." 
7:158 day: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Apostle of Allah (God), to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no Allah (God) but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in Allah (God) and His Apostle, the Unlettered Prophe t, who believeth in Allah (God) and His words: follow him that (so) you may be guided." 
7:159 Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do justice in the light of truth. 
7:160 We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for w ater. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls. 
7:161 And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in this town and eat therein as you wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a posture of humility: We shall forgive you your faults; We shall increase (the portion of) those who do good." 
7:162 But the transgressors among them changed the word from that which had been given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed. 
7:163 Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, th ey came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression. 
7:164 When some of them said: "Why do you preach to a people whom Allah (God) will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him." 
7:165 When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression. 
7:166 When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be you apes, despised and rejected." 
7:167 Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous penalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
7:168 We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us). 
7:169 After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah (God) anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will you not understand? 
7:170 As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish. 
7:171 When We shook the Mount over them, as if it had been a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We said): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein; perchance you may fear Allah (God)." 
7:172 When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest you should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful": 
7:173 Or lest you should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false Allah (God)s, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?" 
7:174 Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us). 
7:175 Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray. 
7:176 If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (st ill) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect. 
7:177 Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls. 
7:178 Whom Allah (God) doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who perish. 
7:179 Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning). 
7:180 The most beautiful names belong to Allah (God): so call on him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do, they will soon be requited. 
7:181 Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith. 
7:182 Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit with punishment, in ways they perceive not; 
7:183 Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and unfailing). 
7:184 Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with madness: he is but a perspicuous warner. 
7:185 Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth and all that Allah (God) has created? (Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this will they then believe? 
7:186 To such as Allah (God) rejects from His guidance, there can be no guide: He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction. 
7:187 They ask you about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask you as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (God) (alone), but most men know not." 
7:188 Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah (God) willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith." 
7:189 It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah (God) their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful." 
7:190 But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: but Allah (God) is exalted high above the partners they ascribe to Him. 
7:191 Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing, but are themselves created? 
7:192 No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves! 
7:193 If you call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether you call them or you hold your peace! 
7:194 Verily those whom you call upon besides Allah (God) are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if you are (indeed) truthful! 
7:195 Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your 'Allah (God)-partners', scheme (your worst) against me, and give me no respite! 
7:196 "For my Protector is Allah (God), Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous. 
7:197 "But those you call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves." 
7:198 If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at you, but they see not. 
7:199 Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant. 
7:200 If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah (God); for He heareth and knoweth (all things). 
7:201 Those who fear Allah (God), when a thought of evil from Satan assaults them, bring Allah (God) to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)! 
7:202 But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts). 
7:203 If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and mercy, for any who have faith." 
7:204 When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that you may receive Mercy. 
7:205 And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful. 
7:206 Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



8. SPOILS OF WAR
BOOTY



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

8:1 They ask you concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say: "(such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah (God) and the Apostle: So fear Allah (God), and keep straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah (God) and His Apostle, if you do believe." 
8:2 For, Believers are those who, when Allah (God) is mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts, and when they hear His signs rehearsed, find their faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord; 
8:3 Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts We have given them for sustenance: 
8:4 Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance: 
8:5 Just as thy Lord ordered you out of thy house in truth, even though a party among the Believers disliked it, 
8:6 Disputing with you concerning the truth after it was made manifest, as if they were being driven to death and they (actually) saw it. 
8:7 Behold! Allah (God) promised you one of the two (enemy) parties, that it should be yours: you wished that the one unarmed should be yours, but Allah (God) willed to justify the Truth according to His words and to cut off the roots of the Unbelievers;- 
8:8 That He might justify Truth and prove Falsehood false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt. 
8:9 Remember you implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks." 
8:10 Allah (God) made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah (God): and Allah (God) is Exalted in Power, Wise. 
8:11 Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give you calm as from Himself, and he caused rain to descend on you from heaven, to clean you therewith, to remove from you the stain of Satan, to strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly therewith. 
8:12 Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite you above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them." 
8:13 This because they contended against Allah (God) and His Apostle: If any contend against Allah (God) and His Apostle, Allah (God) is strict in punishment. 
8:14 Thus (will it be said): "Taste you then of the (punishment): for those who resist Allah (God), is the penalty of the Fire." 
8:15 O you who believe! when you meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. 
8:16 If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah (God), and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)! 
8:17 It is not you who slew them; it was Allah (God): when thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah (God)'s: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah (God) is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things). 
8:18 That, and also because Allah (God) is He Who makes feeble the plans and stratagem of the Unbelievers. 
8:19 (O Unbelievers!) if you prayed for victory and judgment, now has the judgment come to you: if you desist (from wrong), it will be best for you: if you return (to the attack), so shall We. Not the least good will your forces be to you even if they were multiplied: for verily Allah (God) is with those who believe! 
8:20 O you who believe! Obey Allah (God) and His Apostle, and turn not away from him when you hear (him speak). 
8:21 Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not: 
8:22 For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah (God) are the deaf and the dumb,- those who understand not. 
8:23 If Allah (God) had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith). 
8:24 O you who believe! give your response to Allah (God) and His Apostle, when He calleth you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah (God) cometh in between a man and his heart, and that it is He to Whom you shall (all) be gathered. 
8:25 And fear tumult or oppression, which affecteth not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong: and know that Allah (God) is strict in punishment. 
8:26 Call to mind when you were a small (band), despised through the land, and afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you; But He provided a safe asylum for you, strengthened you with His aid, and gave you Good things for sustenance: that you migh t be grateful. 
8:27 O you that believe! betray not the trust of Allah (God) and the Apostle, nor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you. 
8:28 And know you that your possessions and your progeny are but a trial; and that it is Allah (God) with Whom lies your highest reward. 
8:29 O you who believe! if you fear Allah (God), He will grant you a criterion (to judge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that may afflict) you, and forgive you: for Allah (God) is the Lord of grace unbounded. 
8:30 Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against you, to keep you in bonds, or slay you, or get you out (of thy home). They plot and plan, and Allah (God) too plans; but the best of planners is Allah (God). 
8:31 When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients." 
8:32 Remember how they said: "O Allah (God) if this is indeed the Truth from you, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty." 
8:33 But Allah (God) was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for pardon. 
8:34 But what plea have they that Allah (God) should not punish them, when they keep out (men) from the sacred Mosque - and they are not its guardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous; but most of them do not understand. 
8:35 Their prayer at the House (of Allah (God)) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be), "Taste you the penalty because you blasphemed." 
8:36 The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (man) from the path of Allah (God), and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;- 
8:37 In order that Allah (God) may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost. 
8:38 Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them). 
8:39 And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah (God) altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily Allah (God) doth see all that they do. 
8:40 If they refuse, be sure that Allah (God) is your Protector - the best to protect and the best to help. 
8:41 And know that out of all the booty that you may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to Allah (God),- and to the Apostle, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if you do believe in Allah (God) and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing,- the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah (God) has power over all things. 
8:42 Remember you were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if you had made a mutual appointment to meet, you would certainly have failed in the appointment: But (thus you met), t hat Allah (God) might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily Allah (God) is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things). 
8:43 Remember in thy dream Allah (God) showed them to you as few: if He had shown them to you as many, you would surely have been discouraged, and you would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but Allah (God) saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts. 
8:44 And remember when you met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah (God) might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah (God) do all questions go back (for decision). 
8:45 O you who believe! When you meet a force, be firm, and call Allah (God) in remembrance much (and often); that you may prosper: 
8:46 And obey Allah (God) and His Apostle; and fall into no disputes, lest you lose heart and your power depart; and be patient and persevering: For Allah (God) is with those who patiently persevere: 
8:47 And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah (God): For Allah (God) compasseth round about all that they do. 
8:48 Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them, and said: "No one among men can overcome you this day, while I am near to you": But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he turned on his heels, and said: "Lo! I am cle ar of you; lo! I see what you see not; Lo! I fear Allah (God): for Allah (God) is strict in punishment." 
8:49 Lo! the hypocrites say, and those in whose hearts is a disease: "These people,- their religion has misled them." But if any trust in Allah (God), behold! Allah (God) is Exalted in might, Wise. 
8:50 If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire- 
8:51 "Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth; for Allah (God) is never unjust to His servants: 
8:52 "(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them: They rejected the Signs of Allah (God), and Allah (God) punished them for their crimes: for Allah (God) is Strong, and Strict in punishment: 
8:53 "Because Allah (God) will never change the grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily Allah (God) is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)." 
8:54 (Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those before them": They treated as false the Signs of their Lord: so We destroyed them for their crimes, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh: for they were all oppressors and wrong- doers. 
8:55 For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah (God) are those who reject Him: They will not believe. 
8:56 They are those with whom thou didst make a covenant, but they break their covenant every time, and they have not the fear (of Allah (God)). 
8:57 If you gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember. 
8:58 If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for Allah (God) loveth not the treacherous. 
8:59 Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the Allah (God)ly): they will never frustrate (them). 
8:60 Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah (God) and your enemies, and others besides, whom you may not know, but whom Allah (God) doth know. Whatever you shall spend in the cause of Allah (God), shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly. 
8:61 But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah (God): for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). 
8:62 Should they intend to deceive you,- verily Allah (God) sufficeth you: He it is That has strengthened you with His aid and with (the company of) the Believers; 
8:63 And (moreover) He has put affection between their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that affection, but Allah (God) has done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise. 
8:64 O Apostle! sufficient unto you is Allah (God),- (unto you) and unto those who follow you among the Believers. 
8:65 O Apostle! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers: for these are a people without understanding. 
8:66 For the present, Allah (God) has lightened your (task), for He knoweth that there is a weak spot in you: But (even so), if there are a hundred of you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and if a thousand, they will vanquish two thousand, with the leave of Allah (God): for Allah (God) is with those who patiently persevere. 
8:67 It is not fitting for an apostle that he should have prisoners of war until he has thoroughly subdued the land. you look for the temporal goods of this world; but Allah (God) looketh to the Hereafter: And Allah (God) is Exalted in might, Wise. 
8:68 Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah (God), a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that you took. 
8:69 But (now) enjoy what you took in war, lawful and good: but fear Allah (God): for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
8:70 O Apostle! say to those who are captives in your hands: "If Allah (God) findeth any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." 
8:71 But if they have treacherous designs against you, (O Apostle!), they have already been in treason against Allah (God), and so has He given (you) power over them. And Allah (God) so He Who has (full) knowledge and wisdom. 
8:72 Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the Faith, with their property and their persons, in the cause of Allah (God), as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid,- these are (all) friends and protectors, one of another. As to those w ho believed but came not into exile, you owe no duty of protection to them until they come into exile; but if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them, except against a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance. And (reme mber) Allah (God) seeth all that you do. 
8:73 The Unbelievers are protectors, one of another: Unless you do this, (protect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on earth, and great mischief. 
8:74 Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith, in the cause of Allah (God) as well as those who give (them) asylum and aid,- these are (all) in very truth the Believers: for them is the forgiveness of sins and a provision most generous. 
8:75 And those who accept Faith subsequently, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith in your company,- they are of you. But kindred by blood have prior rights against each other in the Book of Allah (God). Verily Allah (God) is well-acquainted with all things. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



9. REPENTANCE (Tauba)
DISPENSATION


9:1 A (declaration) of immunity from Allah (God) and His Apostle, to those of the Pagans with whom you have contracted mutual alliances:- 
9:2 Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as you will), throughout the land, but know you that you cannot frustrate Allah (God) (by your falsehood) but that Allah (God) will cover with shame those who reject Him. 
9:3 And an announcement from Allah (God) and His Apostle, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah (God) and His Apostle dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, you repent, it were best for you; but if you turn away, know you that you cannot frustrate Allah (God). And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith. 
9:4 (But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom you have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah (God) loveth the righteous. 
9:5 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever you find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise r egular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
9:6 If one amongst the Pagans ask you for asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the word of Allah (God); and then escort him to where he can be secure. That is because they are men without knowledge. 
9:7 How can there be a league, before Allah (God) and His Apostle, with the Pagans, except those with whom you made a treaty near the sacred Mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand you true to them: for Allah (God) doth love the righteous. 
9:8 How (can there be such a league), seeing that if they get an advantage over you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinship or of covenant? With (fair words from) their mouths they entice you, but their hearts are averse from you; and m ost of them are rebellious and wicked. 
9:9 The Signs of Allah (God) have they sold for a miserable price, and (many) have they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds they have done. 
9:10 In a Believer they respect not the ties either of kinship or of covenant! It is they who have transgressed all bounds. 
9:11 But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand. 
9:12 But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you for your Faith,- fight you the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to them: that thus they may be restrained. 
9:13 Will you not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Apostle, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault) you? Do you fear them? Nay, it is Allah (God) Whom you should more justly fear, if you believe! 
9:14 Fight them, and Allah (God) will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers, 
9:15 And still the indignation of their hearts. For Allah (God) will turn (in mercy) to whom He will; and Allah (God) is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 
9:16 Or think you that you shall be abandoned, as though Allah (God) did not know those among you who strive with might and main, and take none for friends and protectors except Allah (God), His Apostle, and the (community of) Believers? But Allah (God) is well- acquainted with (all) that you do. 
9:17 It is not for such as join Allah (God)s with Allah (God), to visit or maintain the mosques of Allah (God) while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell. 
9:18 The mosques of Allah (God) shall be visited and maintained by such as believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity, and fear none (at all) except Allah (God). It is they who are expected to be on true guidance. 
9:19 Do you make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance of the Sacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and strive with might and main in the cause of Allah (God)? They are not comparable in the sight of Allah (God): and Allah (God) guides not those who do wrong. 
9:20 Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might and main, in Allah (God)'s cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest rank in the sight of Allah (God): they are the people who will achieve (salvation). 
9:21 Their Lord doth give them glad tidings of a Mercy from Himself, of His good pleasure, and of gardens for them, wherein are delights that endure: 
9:22 They will dwell therein for ever. Verily in Allah (God)'s presence is a reward, the greatest (of all). 
9:23 O you who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong. 
9:24 Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that you have gained; the commerce in which you fear a decline: or the dwellings in which you delight - are dearer to you than Allah (God), or His Apostle, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah (God) brings about His decision: and Allah (God) guides not the rebellious. 
9:25 Assuredly Allah (God) did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and you turned back in retreat. 
9:26 But Allah (God) did pour His calm on the Apostle and on the Believers, and sent down forces which you saw not: He punished the Unbelievers; thus doth He reward those without Faith. 
9:27 Again will Allah (God), after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will: for Allah (God) is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful. 
9:28 O you who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if you fear poverty, soon will Allah (God) enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for Allah (God) is All-knowing, All-wise. 
9:29 Fight those who believe not in Allah (God) nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which has been forbidden by Allah (God) and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with w illing submission, and feel themselves subdued. 
9:30 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah (God), and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah (God). That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah (God)'s curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! 
9:31 They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah (God), and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah (God): there is no Allah (God) but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). 
9:32 Fain would they extinguish Allah (God)'s light with their mouths, but Allah (God) will not allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it). 
9:33 It is He Who has sent His Apostle with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it). 
9:34 O you who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of Allah (God). And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah (God): anno unce unto them a most grievous penalty- 
9:35 On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which you buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) you buried!" 
9:36 The number of months in the sight of Allah (God) is twelve (in a year)- so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred: that is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves therein, and fight the Pagans all toge ther as they fight you all together. But know that Allah (God) is with those who restrain themselves. 
9:37 Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to Unbelief: the Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah (God) and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah (God) guideth not those who reject Faith. 
9:38 O you who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when you are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah (God), you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared wit h the Hereafter. 
9:39 Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him you would not harm in the least. For Allah (God) has power over all things. 
9:40 If you help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah (God) did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, "Have no fear, for Allah (God) is with us": t hen Allah (God) sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which you saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah (God) is exalted to the heights: for Allah (God) is Exalted in might, Wise. 
9:41 Go you forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah (God). That is best for you, if you (but) knew. 
9:42 If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed you, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah (God), "If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls; for Allah (God) doth know that they are certainly lying. 
9:43 Allah (God) give you grace! why didst thou grant them until those who told the truth were seen by you in a clear light, and thou hadst proved the liars? 
9:44 Those who believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day ask you for no exemption from fighting with their goods and persons. And Allah (God) knoweth well those who do their duty. 
9:45 Only those ask you for exemption who believe not in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tossed in their doubts to and fro. 
9:46 If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have made some preparation therefor; but Allah (God) was averse to their being sent forth; so He made them lag behind, and they were told, "Sit you among those who sit (inactive)." 
9:47 If they had come out with you, they would not have added to your (strength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your midst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some among you who would have listened to them . But Allah (God) knoweth well those who do wrong. 
9:48 Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for you, until,- the Truth arrived, and the Decree of Allah (God) became manifest much to their disgust. 
9:49 Among them is (many) a man who says: "Grant me exemption and draw me not into trial." Have they not fallen into trial already? and indeed Hell surrounds the Unbelievers (on all sides). 
9:50 If good befalls you, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befalls you, they say, "We took indeed our precautions beforehand," and they turn away rejoicing. 
9:51 Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what Allah (God) has decreed for us: He is our protector": and on Allah (God) let the Believers put their trust. 
9:52 Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two glorious things- (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that Allah (God) will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait (expectant); we too will wait with you." 
9:53 Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you will it be accepted: for you are indeed a people rebellious and wicked." 
9:54 The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted are: that they reject Allah (God) and His Apostle; that they come to prayer without earnestness; and that they offer contributions unwillingly. 
9:55 Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle you: in reality Allah (God)'s plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah (God). 
9:56 They swear by Allah (God) that they are indeed of you; but they are not of you: yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colours). 
9:57 If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of concealment, they would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate rush. 
9:58 And among them are men who slander you in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms: if they are given part thereof, they are pleased, but if not, behold! they are indignant! 
9:59 If only they had been content with what Allah (God) and His Apostle gave them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is Allah (God)! Allah (God) and His Apostle will soon give us of His bounty: to Allah (God) do we turn our hopes!" (that would have been the right course). 
9:60 Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah (God); and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) orda ined by Allah (God), and Allah (God) is full of knowledge and wisdom. 
9:61 Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, "He is (all) ear." Say, "He listens to what is best for you: he believes in Allah (God), has faith in the Believers, and is a Mercy to those of you who believe." But those who molest the Apostle will h ave a grievous penalty. 
9:62 To you they swear by Allah (God). In order to please you: But it is more fitting that they should please Allah (God) and His Apostle, if they are Believers. 
9:63 Know they not that for those who oppose Allah (God) and His Apostle, is the Fire of Hell?- wherein they shall dwell. That is the supreme disgrace. 
9:64 The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about them, showing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: "Mock ye! But verily Allah (God) will bring to light all that you fear (should be revealed). 
9:65 If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We were only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at Allah (God), and His Signs, and His Apostle, that you were mocking?" 
9:66 Make you no excuses: you have rejected Faith after you had accepted it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you, for that they are in sin. 
9:67 The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each other: They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with their hands. They have forgotten Allah (God); so He has forgotten them. Verily the Hypocrites are rebellious and per verse. 
9:68 Allah (God) has promised the Hypocrites men and women, and the rejecters, of Faith, the fire of Hell: Therein shall they dwell: Sufficient is it for them: for them is the curse of Allah (God), and an enduring punishment,- 
9:69 As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in power, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their enjoyment of their portion: and you have of yours, as did those before you; and you indulge in idle talk as the y did. They!- their work are fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good). 
9:70 has not the story reached them of those before them?- the People of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of Midian, and the cities overthrown. To them came their apostles with clear signs. It is not Allah (God) Who wrongs them, b ut they wrong their own souls. 
9:71 The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practise regular charity, and obey Allah (God) and His Apostle. On them will Allah (God) pour His mercy: for Allah (God) is E xalted in power, Wise. 
9:72 Allah (God) has promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah (God): that is the supreme felicity. 
9:73 O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed. 
9:74 They swear by Allah (God) that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bou nty with which Allah (God) and His Apostle had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them; but if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah (God) will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth to protect or help them. 
9:75 Amongst them are men who made a covenant with Allah (God), that if He bestowed on them of His bounty, they would give (largely) in charity, and be truly amongst those who are righteous. 
9:76 But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetous, and turned back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfilment). 
9:77 So He has put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with Allah (God), and because they lied (again and again). 
9:78 Know they not that Allah (God) doth know their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah (God) knoweth well all things unseen? 
9:79 Those who slander such of the believers as give themselves freely to (deeds of) charity, as well as such as can find nothing to give except the fruits of their labour,- and throw ridicule on them,- Allah (God) will throw back their ridicule on them: an d they shall have a grievous penalty. 
9:80 Whether thou ask for their forgiveness, or not, (their sin is unforgivable): if thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness, Allah (God) will not forgive them: because they have rejected Allah (God) and His Apostle: and Allah (God) guideth not those who are perverse ly rebellious. 
9:81 Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Apostle of Allah (God): they hated to strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah (God): they said, "Go not forth in the hea t." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand! 
9:82 Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do. 
9:83 If, then, Allah (God) bring you back to any of them, and they ask thy permission to come out (with you), say: "Never shall you come out with me, nor fight an enemy with me: for you preferred to sit inactive on the first occasion: Then sit you (now) wit h those who lag behind." 
9:84 Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave; for they rejected Allah (God) and His Apostle, and died in a state of perverse rebellion. 
9:85 Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle you: Allah (God)'s plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah (God). 
9:86 When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in Allah (God) and to strive and fight along with His Apostle, those with wealth and influence among them ask you for exemption, and say: "Leave us (behind): we would be with those who sit (at home)." 
9:87 They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at home): their hearts are sealed and so they understand not. 
9:88 But the Apostle, and those who believe with him, strive and fight with their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things: and it is they who will prosper. 
9:89 Allah (God) has prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein: that is the supreme felicity. 
9:90 And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), men who made excuses and came to claim exemption; and those who were false to Allah (God) and His Apostle (merely) sat inactive. Soon will a grievous penalty seize the Unbelievers among them. 
9:91 There is no blame on those who are infirm, or ill, or who find no resources to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) to Allah (God) and His Apostle: no ground (of complaint) can there be against such as do right: and Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
9:92 Nor (is there blame) on those who came to you to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst, "I can find no mounts for you," they turned back, their eyes streaming with tears of grief that they had no resources wherewith to provide the exp enses. 
9:93 The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemption while they are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain behind: Allah (God) has sealed their hearts; so they know not (What they miss). 
9:94 They will present their excuses to you when you return to them. Say thou: "Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: Allah (God) has already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your actions that Allah (God) and His Apostle will observe: in the end will you be brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you the truth of all that you did." 
9:95 They will swear to you by Allah (God), when you return to them, that you may leave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination, and Hell is their dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that they did. 
9:96 They will swear unto you, that you may be pleased with them but if you are pleased with them, Allah (God) is not pleased with those who disobey. 
9:97 The Arabs of the desert are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah (God) has sent down to His Apostle: But Allah (God) is All-knowing, All-Wise. 
9:98 Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and watch for disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: for Allah (God) is He That heareth and knoweth (all things). 
9:99 But some of the desert Arabs believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day, and look on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to Allah (God) and obtaining the prayers of the Apostle. Aye, indeed they bring them nearer (to Him): soon will Allah (God) admit them to His Mercy: for Allah (God) is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
9:100 The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook (their homes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them in (all) good deeds,- well- pleased is Allah (God) with them, as are they with Him: for them has He prepared gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity. 
9:101 Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites, as well as (desert Arabs) among the Medina folk: they are obstinate in hypocrisy: thou knowest them not: We know them: twice shall We punish them: and in addition shall they be sent to a grievous penalty. 
9:102 Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings: they have mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps Allah (God) will turn unto them (in Mercy): for Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
9:103 Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and sanctify them; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of security for them: And Allah (God) is One Who heareth and knoweth. 
9:104 Know they not that Allah (God) doth accept repentance from His votaries and receives their gifts of charity, and that Allah (God) is verily He, the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful? 
9:105 And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will Allah (God) observe your work, and His Apostle, and the Believers: Soon will you be brought back to the knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you the truth of all that you did." 
9:106 There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of Allah (God), whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Allah (God) is All-Knowing, Wise. 
9:107 And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and infidelity - to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who warred against Allah (God) and His Apostle aforetime. They will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good ; But Allah (God) doth declare that they are certainly liars. 
9:108 Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and Allah (God) loveth those who make themsel ves pure. 
9:109 Which then is best? - he that layeth his foundation on piety to Allah (God) and His good pleasure? - or he that layeth his foundation on an undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble to pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And Allah (God) guideth not people that do wrong. 
9:110 The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. And Allah (God) is All-Knowing, Wise. 
9:111 Allah (God) has purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur 'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah (God)? then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded: that is the achievement supreme. 
9:112 Those that turn (to Allah (God)) in repentance; that serve Him, and praise Him; that wander in devotion to the cause of Allah (God),: that bow down and prostrate themselves in prayer; that enjoin good and forbid evil; and observe the limit set by Allah (God);- (These do rejoice). So proclaim the glad tidings to the Believers. 
9:113 It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they should pray for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin, after it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire. 
9:114 And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah (God), he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing. 
9:115 And Allah (God) will not mislead a people after He has guided them, in order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for Allah (God) has knowledge of all things. 
9:116 Unto Allah (God) belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He giveth life and He taketh it. Except for Him you have no protector nor helper. 
9:117 Allah (God) turned with favour to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the Ansar,- who followed him in a time of distress, after that the hearts of a part of them had nearly swerved (from duty); but He turned to them (also): for He is unto them Most Kind, M ost Merciful. 
9:118 (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that th ere is no fleeing from Allah (God) (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah (God) is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful. 
9:119 O you who believe! Fear Allah (God) and be with those who are true (in word and deed). 
9:120 It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah (God)'s Apostle, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah (God), or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah (God) suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;- 
9:121 Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or great- nor cut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that Allah (God) may requite their deed with the best (possible reward). 
9:122 Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,- that thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil). 
9:123 O you who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah (God) is with those who fear Him. 
9:124 Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say: "Which of you has had His faith increased by it?" Yea, those who believe,- their faith is increased and they do rejoice. 
9:125 But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt to their doubt, and they will die in a state of Unbelief. 
9:126 See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet they turn not in repentance, and they take no heed. 
9:127 Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah (God) has turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not. 
9:128 Now has come unto you an Apostle from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that you should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful. 
9:129 But if they turn away, Say: "Allah (God) sufficeth me: there is no Allah (God) but He: On Him is my trust,- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme!" 











The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



10. JONAH



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

10:1 A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom. 
10:2 Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration to a man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of their danger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before their Lord the lofty rank of tr uth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!" 
10:3 Verily your Lord is Allah (God), who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obta ined). This is Allah (God) your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will you not receive admonition? 
10:4 To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of Allah (God) is true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and repeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness; but those who reject Hi m will have draughts of boiling fluids, and a penalty grievous, because they did reject Him. 
10:5 It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that you might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah (God) create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand. 
10:6 Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that Allah (God) has created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those who fear Him. 
10:7 Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not Our Signs,- 
10:8 Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned. 
10:9 Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide them because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of bliss. 
10:10 (This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to you, O Allah (God)!" And "Peace" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be: "Praise be to Allah (God), the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!" 
10:11 If Allah (God) were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at once. But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro. 
10:12 When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)- lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a trouble that touched him! thus d o the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes! 
10:13 Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their apostles came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe! thus do We requite those who sin! 
10:14 Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how you would behave! 
10:15 But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but wha t is revealed unto me: if I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to come)." 
10:16 Say: "If Allah (God) had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst you: will you not then understand?" 
10:17 Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah (God), or deny His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin. 
10:18 They serve, besides Allah (God), things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah (God)." Say: "Do you indeed inform Allah (God) of something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above th e partners they ascribe (to Him)!" 
10:19 Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them. 
10:20 They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The Unseen is only for Allah (God) (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with you." 
10:21 When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity has touched them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say: "Swifter to plan is Allah (God)!" Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that you make! 
10:22 He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that you even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they cry unto Allah (God), sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!" 
10:23 But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end, to Us is your return, and We shal l show you the truth of all that you did. 
10:24 The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus d o We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect. 
10:25 But Allah (God) doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He pleaseth to a way that is straight. 
10:26 To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)! 
10:27 But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil: ignominy will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the wrath of) Allah (God): Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the depth of the darkness of night : they are companions of the Fire: they will abide therein (for aye)! 
10:28 One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those who joined Allah (God)s (with Us): "To your place! you and those you joined as 'partners' We shall separate them, and their "Partners" shall say: "It was not us that you worshipped! 
10:29 "Enough is Allah (God) for a witness between us and you: we certainly knew nothing of your worship of us!" 
10:30 There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before: they will be brought back to Allah (God) their rightful Lord, and their invented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch. 
10:31 Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the earth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living? and who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?" They will soon say, "Allah (God)". Say, "will you not then show piety (to Him)?" 
10:32 Such is Allah (God), your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth, what (remains) but error? How then are you turned away? 
10:33 Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel: Verily they will not believe. 
10:34 Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is Allah (God) Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are you deluded away (from the truth)?" 
10:35 Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah (God) Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter with you? How judge ye?" 
10:36 But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah (God) is well aware of all that they do. 
10:37 This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah (God); on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds. 
10:38 Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah (God), if it be you speak the truth!" 
10:39 Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof has reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong! 
10:40 Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do not: and thy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief. 
10:41 If they charge you with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you! you are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what you do!" 
10:42 Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to you: But canst thou make the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding? 
10:43 And among them are some who look at you: but canst thou guide the blind,- even though they will not see? 
10:44 Verily Allah (God) will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is man that wrongs his own soul. 
10:45 One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had tarried but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly those will be lost who denied the meeting with Allah (God) and refused to receive true guidance. 
10:46 Whether We show you (realised in thy life-time) some part of what We promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),- in any case, to Us is their return: ultimately Allah (God) is witness, to all that they do. 
10:47 To every people (was sent) an apostle: when their apostle comes (before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged. 
10:48 They say: "When will this promise come to pass,- if you speak the truth?" 
10:49 Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except as Allah (God) willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation)." 
10:50 Say: "Do you see,- if His punishment should come to you by night or by day,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten? 
10:51 "Would you then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to pass? (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and you wanted (aforetime) to hasten it on!' 
10:52 "At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste you the enduring punishment! you get but the recompense of what you earned!'" 
10:53 They seek to be informed by you: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! by my Lord! it is the very truth! and you cannot frustrate it!" 
10:54 Every soul that has sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth, would fain give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when they see the penalty: but the judgment between them will be with justice, and no wrong will be done unt o them. 
10:55 Is it not (the case) that to Allah (God) belongeth whatever is in the heavens and on earth? Is it not (the case) that Allah (God)'s promise is assuredly true? Yet most of them understand not. 
10:56 It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall you all be brought back. 
10:57 O mankind! there has come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a guidance and a Mercy. 
10:58 Say: "In the bounty of Allah (God). And in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice": that is better than the (wealth) they hoard. 
10:59 Say: "See you what things Allah (God) has sent down to you for sustenance? Yet you hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful." Say: "Hath Allah (God) indeed permitted you, or do you invent (things) to attribute to Allah (God)?" 
10:60 And what think those who invent lies against Allah (God), of the Day of Judgment? Verily Allah (God) is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful. 
10:61 In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed you (mankind) may be doing,- We are witnesses thereof when you are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so mu ch as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear record. 
10:62 Behold! verily on the friends of Allah (God) there is no fear, nor shall they grieve; 
10:63 Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;- 
10:64 For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; no change can there be in the words of Allah (God). This is indeed the supreme felicity. 
10:65 Let not their speech grieve you: for all power and honour belong to Allah (God): It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things). 
10:66 Behold! verily to Allah (God) belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah (God)? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie. 
10:67 He it is That has made you the night that you may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for those who listen (to His Message). 
10:68 They say: "Allah (God) has begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is self- sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant have you for this! say you about Allah (God) what you know not? 
10:69 Say: "Those who invent a lie against Allah (God) will never prosper." 
10:70 A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be their return, then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their blasphemies. 
10:71 Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people: "O my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you) and commemorate the signs of Allah (God),- yet I put my trust in Allah (God). Get you then an agreement about your plan a nd among your partners, so your plan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and give me no respite. 
10:72 "But if you turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of you: my reward is only due from Allah (God), and I have been commanded to be of those who submit to Allah (God)'s will (in Islam)." 
10:73 They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those who were warned (but heeded not)! 
10:74 Then after him We sent (many) apostles to their peoples: they brought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had already rejected beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors. 
10:75 Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin. 
10:76 When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This is indeed evident sorcery!" 
10:77 Said Moses: "Say you (this) about the truth when it has (actually) reached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper." 
10:78 They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!" 
10:79 Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well versed." 
10:80 When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw you what you (wish) to throw!" 
10:81 When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What you have brought is sorcery: Allah (God) will surely make it of no effect: for Allah (God) prospereth not the work of those who make mischief. 
10:82 "And Allah (God) by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however much the sinners may hate it!" 
10:83 But none believed in Moses except some children of his people, because of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed all bounds. 
10:84 Moses said: "O my people! If you do (really) believe in Allah (God), then in Him put your trust if you submit (your will to His)." 
10:85 They said: "In Allah (God) do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a trial for those who practise oppression; 
10:86 "And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (you)." 
10:87 We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: "Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of worship, and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those who believe!" 
10:88 Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievous penalty." 
10:89 Allah (God) said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand you straight, and follow not the path of those who know not." 
10:90 We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no Allah (God) except Him Whom the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah (God) in Islam)." 
10:91 (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)! 
10:92 "This day shall We save you in the body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after you! but verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!" 
10:93 We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily Allah (God) will judge between them as to the schisms am ongst them, on the Day of Judgment. 
10:94 If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto you, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before you: the Truth has indeed come to you from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt. 
10:95 Nor be of those who reject the signs of Allah (God), or thou shalt be of those who perish. 
10:96 Those against whom the word of thy Lord has been verified would not believe- 
10:97 Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see (for themselves) the penalty grievous. 
10:98 Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present, and p ermitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while. 
10:99 If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe! 
10:100 No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah (God), and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand. 
10:101 Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth"; but neither Signs nor Warners profit those who believe not. 
10:102 Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait you then: for I, too, will wait with you." 
10:103 In the end We deliver Our apostles and those who believe: Thus is it fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe! 
10:104 Say: "O you men! If you are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I worship not what you worship, other than Allah (God)! But I worship Allah (God) - Who will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of the Believers, 
10:105 "And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion with true piety, and never in any wise be of the Unbelievers; 
10:106 "'Nor call on any, other than Allah (God);- Such will neither profit you nor hurt you: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong.'" 
10:107 If Allah (God) do touch you with hurt, there is none can remove it but He: if He do design some benefit for you, there is none can keep back His favour: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
10:108 Say: "O you men! Now Truth has reached you from your Lord! those who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs." 
10:109 Follow thou the inspiration sent unto you, and be patient and constant, till Allah (God) do decide: for He is the best to decide. 









The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



11. HUD



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

11:1 A. L. R. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning), further explained in detail,- from One Who is Wise and Well-acquainted (with all things): 
11:2 (It teacheth) that you should worship none but Allah (God). (Say): "Verily I am (sent) unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings: 
11:3 "(And to preach thus), 'Seek you the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who abound in merit! But if you turn away , then I fear for you the penalty of a great day: 
11:4 'To Allah (God) is your return, and He has power over all things.'" 
11:5 Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him! Ah even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost secrets) of the hearts. 
11:6 There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on Allah (God): He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its temporary deposit: All is in a clear Record. 
11:7 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was over the waters - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed be raised up after death", the Unbelieve rs would be sure to say, "This is nothing but obvious sorcery!" 
11:8 If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at! 
11:9 If We give man a taste of Mercy from Ourselves, and then withdraw it from him, behold! he is in despair and (falls into) blasphemy. 
11:10 But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me:" Behold! he falls into exultation and pride. 
11:11 Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward. 
11:12 Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of what is revealed unto you, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel come down with him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah (God) that arrangeth all affairs! 
11:13 Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring you then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever you can, other than Allah (God)!- If you speak the truth! 
11:14 "If then they (your false Allah (God)s) answer not your (call), know you that this revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah (God), and that there is no Allah (God) but He! will you even then submit (to Islam)?" 
11:15 Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter,- to them we shall pay (the price of) their deeds therein,- without diminution. 
11:16 They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire: vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect and the deeds that they do! 
11:17 Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord, and whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Book of Moses before it,- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of the Sects that reject it,- the Fire wi ll be their promised meeting-place. Be not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet many among men do not believe! 
11:18 Who doth more wrong than those who invent a life against Allah (God)? They will be turned back to the presence of their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord! Behold! the Curse of Allah (God) is on those who do wron g!- 
11:19 "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah (God) and would seek in it something crooked: these were they who denied the Hereafter!" 
11:20 They will in no wise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allah (God)! Their penalty will be doubled! They lost the power to hear, and they did not see! 
11:21 They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and the (fancies) they invented have left them in the lurch! 
11:22 Without a doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in the Hereafter! 
11:23 But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord,- They will be companions of the gardens, to dwell therein for aye! 
11:24 These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal when compared? Will you not then take heed? 
11:25 We sent Noah to his people (with a mission): "I have come to you with a Clear Warning: 
11:26 "That you serve none but Allah (God): Verily I do fear for you the penalty of a grievous day." 
11:27 But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "We see (in) you nothing but a man like ourselves: Nor do we see that any follow you but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in you (all) any merit above us: in fact we thing you are liars!" 
11:28 He said: "O my people! See you if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign from my Lord, and that He has sent Mercy unto me from His own presence, but that the Mercy has been obscured from your sight? shall we compel you to accept it when you are aver se to it? 
11:29 "And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is from none but Allah (God): But I will not drive away (in contempt) those who believe: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and you I see are the ignorant ones! 
11:30 "And O my people! who would help me against Allah (God) if I drove them away? Will you not then take heed? 
11:31 "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah (God), nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah (God) will not grant them (all) that is good: Allah (God) knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer." 
11:32 They said: "O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) hast thou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what thou threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!?" 
11:33 He said: "Truly, Allah (God) will bring it on you if He wills,- and then, you will not be able to frustrate it! 
11:34 "Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you (good) counsel, if it be that Allah (God) willeth to leave you astray: He is your Lord! and to Him will you return!" 
11:35 Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "If I had forged it, on me were my sin! and I am free of the sins of which you are guilty! 
11:36 It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe except those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil) deeds. 
11:37 "But construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and address Me no (further) on behalf of those who are in sin: for they are about to be overwhelmed (in the Flood)." 
11:38 Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If you ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule likewise! 
11:39 "But soon will you know who it is on whom will descend a penalty that will cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty lasting:" 
11:40 At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has already gone forth,- and the Believer s." but only a few believed with him. 
11:41 So he said: "Embark you on the Ark, In the name of Allah (God), whether it move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!" 
11:42 So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!" 
11:43 The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah (God), any but those on whom He has mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was am ong those overwhelmed in the Flood. 
11:44 Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!" 
11:45 And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely my son is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of Judges!" 
11:46 He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I give you counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!" 
11:47 Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with you, lest I ask you for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!" 
11:48 The word came: "O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) with peace from Us, and blessing on you and on some of the peoples (who will spring) from those with you: but (there will be other) peoples to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will a grievous penalty reach them from Us." 
11:49 Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have revealed unto you: before this, neither thou nor thy people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous. 
11:50 To the 'Ad People (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! worship Allah (God)! you have no other Allah (God) but Him. (Your other Allah (God)s) you do nothing but invent! 
11:51 "O my people! I ask of you no reward for this (Message). My reward is from none but Him who created me: Will you not then understand? 
11:52 "And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and add strength to your strength: so turn you not back in sin!" 
11:53 They said: "O Hud! No Clear (Sign) that hast thou brought us, and we are not the ones to desert our Allah (God)s on thy word! Nor shall we believe in you! 
11:54 "We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our Allah (God)s may have seized you with imbecility." He said: "I call Allah (God) to witness, and do you bear witness, that I am free from the sin of ascribing, to Him, 
11:55 "Other Allah (God)s as partners! so scheme (your worst) against me, all of you, and give me no respite. 
11:56 "I put my trust in Allah (God), My Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He has grasp of its fore-lock. Verily, it is my Lord that is on a straight Path. 
11:57 "If you turn away,- I (at least) have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people to succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. For my Lord has care and watch over all things." 
11:58 So when Our decree issued, We saved Hud and those who believed with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves: We saved them from a severe penalty. 
11:59 Such were the 'Ad People: they rejected the Signs of their Lord and Cherisher; disobeyed His apostles; And followed the command of every powerful, obstinate transgressor. 
11:60 And they were pursued by a Curse in this life,- and on the Day of Judgment. Ah! Behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad the people of Hud! 
11:61 To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah (God): you have no other Allah (God) but Him. It is He Who has produced you from the earth and settled you therein: then ask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him (in repentance): for my Lord is (always) near, ready to answer." 
11:62 They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which thou invitest us." 
11:63 He said: "O my people! do you see? if I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord and He has sent Mercy unto me from Himself,- who then can help me against Allah (God) if I were to disobey Him? What then would you add to my (portion) but perdition? 
11:64 "And O my people! This she-camel of Allah (God) is a symbol to you: leave her to feed on Allah (God)'s (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, or a swift penalty will seize you!" 
11:65 But they did ham-string her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a promise not to be belied!" 
11:66 When Our Decree issued, We saved Salih and those who believed with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves - and from the Ignominy of that day. For thy Lord - He is the Strong One, and able to enforce His Will. 
11:67 The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning,- 
11:68 As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! Behold! for the Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were the Thamud! 
11:69 There came Our messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" and hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. 
11:70 But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear not: We have been sent against the people of Lut." 
11:71 And his wife was standing (there), and she laughed: But we gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob. 
11:72 She said: "Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!" 
11:73 They said: "Dost thou wonder at Allah (God)'s decree? The grace of Allah (God) and His blessings on you, o you people of the house! for He is indeed worthy of all praise, full of all glory!" 
11:74 When fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with us for Lut's people. 
11:75 For Abraham was, without doubt, forbearing (of faults), compassionate, and given to look to Allah (God). 
11:76 O Abraham! Seek not this. The decree of thy Lord has gone forth: for them there cometh a penalty that cannot be turned back! 
11:77 When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a distressful day." 
11:78 And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if you marry)! Now fear Allah (God), and cover me not with shame about my gue sts! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?" 
11:79 They said: "Well dost thou know we have no need of thy daughters: indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!" 
11:80 He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support." 
11:81 (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach you! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her w ill happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?" 
11:82 When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,- 
11:83 Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong! 
11:84 To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah (God): you have no other Allah (God) but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear for you the penalty of a day that wi ll compass (you) all round. 
11:85 "And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due: commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief. 
11:86 "That which is left you by Allah (God) is best for you, if you (but) believed! but I am not set over you to keep watch!" 
11:87 They said: "O Shu'aib! Does thy (religion of) prayer command you that we leave off the worship which our fathers practised, or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one that forbeareth with faults and is r ight- minded!" 
11:88 He said: "O my people! see you whether I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord, and He has given me sustenance (pure and) good as from Himself? I wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to do. I only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; and my success (in my task) can only come from Allah (God). In Him I trust, and unto Him I look. 
11:89 "And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to sin, lest you suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud or of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you! 
11:90 "But ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him (in repentance): For my Lord is indeed full of mercy and loving-kindness." 
11:91 They said: "O Shu'aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand! In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned you! for thou hast among us no great position!" 
11:92 He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideration with you than Allah (God)? For you cast Him away behind your backs (with contempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that you do! 
11:93 "And O my people! Do whatever you can: I will do (my part): Soon will you know who it is on whom descends the penalty of ignominy; and who is a liar! and watch ye! for I too am watching with you!" 
11:94 When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him, by (special) mercy from Ourselves: But the (mighty) blast did seize the wrong- doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning,- 
11:95 As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud! 
11:96 And we sent Moses, with Our Clear (Signs) and an authority manifest, 
11:97 Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs: but they followed the command of Pharaoh and the command of Pharaoh was no right (guide). 
11:98 He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead them into the Fire (as cattle are led to water): But woeful indeed will be the place to which they are led! 
11:99 And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of Judgment: and woeful is the gift which shall be given (unto them)! 
11:100 These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto you: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time). 
11:101 It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: the deities, other than Allah (God), whom they invoked, profited them no whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (to their lot) but perdition! 
11:102 Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises communities in the midst of their wrong: grievous, indeed, and severe is His chastisement. 
11:103 In that is a Sign for those who fear the penalty of the Hereafter: that is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will be a Day of Testimony. 
11:104 Nor shall We delay it but for a term appointed. 
11:105 The day it arrives, no soul shall speak except by His leave: of those (gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed. 
11:106 Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs: 
11:107 They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth. 
11:108 And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break. 
11:109 Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least) abatement. 
11:110 We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it. 
11:111 And, of a surety, to all will your Lord pay back (in full the recompense) of their deeds: for He knoweth well all that they do. 
11:112 Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded,- thou and those who with you turn (unto Allah (God)); and transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that you do. 
11:113 And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you; and you have no protectors other than Allah (God), nor shall you be helped. 
11:114 And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (their Lord): 
11:115 And be steadfast in patience; for verily Allah (God) will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish. 
11:116 Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin. 
11:117 Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single wrong- doing, if its members were likely to mend. 
11:118 If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people: but they will not cease to dispute. 
11:119 Except those on whom thy Lord has bestowed His Mercy: and for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together." 
11:120 All that we relate to you of the stories of the apostles,- with it We make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to you the Truth, as well as an exhortation and a message of remembrance to those who believe. 
11:121 Say to those who do not believe: "Do what ever you can: We shall do our part; 
11:122 "And wait ye! We too shall wait." 
11:123 To Allah (God) do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth, and to Him goeth back every affair (for decision): then worship Him, and put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not unmindful of aught that you do. 












The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



12. JOSEPH



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

12:1 A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book. 
12:2 We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that you may learn wisdom. 
12:3 We do relate unto you the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to you this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not. 
12:4 Behold! Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" 
12:5 Said (the father): "My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to thy brothers, lest they concoct a plot against you: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy! 
12:6 "Thus will thy Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of stories (and events) and perfect His favour to you and to the posterity of Jacob - even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaac aforetime! for Allah (God) is full of know ledge and wisdom." 
12:7 Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth). 
12:8 They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father than we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously wandering (in his mind)! 
12:9 "Slay you Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the favour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time enough) for you to be righteous after that!" 
12:10 Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers." 
12:11 They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers? 
12:12 "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we shall take every care of him." 
12:13 (Jacob) said: "Really it saddens me that you should take him away: I fear lest the wolf should devour him while you attend not to him." 
12:14 They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!" 
12:15 So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him down to the bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this Message): 'Of a surety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of this their affair while they know (you) not' 
12:16 Then they came to their father in the early part of the night, weeping. 
12:17 They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, and left Joseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him.... But thou wilt never believe us even though we tell the truth." 
12:18 They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is most fitting: Against that which you assert, it is Allah (God) (alone) Whose help can be sought".. 
12:19 Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their water-carrier (for water), and he let down his bucket (into the well)...He said: "Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man!" So they concealed him as a treasure! But Allah (God) knoweth w ell all that they do! 
12:20 The (Brethren) sold him for a miserable price, for a few dirhams counted out: in such low estimation did they hold him! 
12:21 The man in Egypt who bought him, said to his wife: "Make his stay (among us) honourable: may be he will bring us much good, or we shall adopt him as a son." Thus did We establish Joseph in the land, that We might teach him the interpretation of stories (and events). And Allah (God) has full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not. 
12:22 When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and knowledge: thus do We reward those who do right. 
12:23 But she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from his (true) self: she fastened the doors, and said: "Now come, thou (dear one)!" He said: "Allah (God) forbid! truly (thy husband) is my lord! he made my sojourn agreeable! truly to no good come those who do wrong!" 
12:24 And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and pur ified. 
12:25 So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: "What is the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil design against thy wife, but prison or a grievous c hastisement?" 
12:26 He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar! 
12:27 "But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!" 
12:28 So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly, mighty is your snare! 
12:29 "O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy sin, for truly thou hast been at fault!" 
12:30 Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly has he inspired her with violent love: we see she is evidently going astray." 
12:31 When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she said (to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, they did extol him, and (in their amazement) cut th eir hands: they said, "Allah (God) preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!" 
12:32 She said: "There before you is the man about whom you did blame me! I did seek to seduce him from his (true) self but he did firmly save himself guiltless!....and now, if he doth not my bidding, he shall certainly be cast into prison, and (what is more) be of the company of the vilest!" 
12:33 He said: "O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that to which they invite me: Unless Thou turn away their snare from me, I should (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join the ranks of the ignorant." 
12:34 So his Lord hearkened to him (in his prayer), and turned away from him their snare: Verily He heareth and knoweth (all things). 
12:35 Then it occurred to the men, after they had seen the signs, (that it was best) to imprison him for a time. 
12:36 Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." said the other: "I see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating, thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "The truth and meaning thereof: for we see thou art one that doth good (to all)." 
12:37 He said: "Before any food comes (in due course) to feed either of you, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this ere it befall you: that is part of the (duty) which my Lord has taught me. I have (I assure you) abandoned the way s of a people that believe not in Allah (God) and that (even) deny the Hereafter. 
12:38 "And I follow the ways of my fathers,- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and never could we attribute any partners whatever to Allah (God): that (comes) of the grace of Allah (God) to us and to mankind: yet most men are not grateful. 
12:39 "O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords differing among themselves better, or the One Allah (God), Supreme and Irresistible? 
12:40 "If not Him, you worship nothing but names which you have named,- you and your fathers,- for which Allah (God) has sent down no authority: the command is for none but Allah (God): He has commanded that you worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not... 
12:41 "O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he will pour out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang from the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (so) has been decreed that matter whereof you twain do enquire"... 
12:42 And of the two, to that one whom he consider about to be saved, he said: "Mention me to thy lord." But Satan made him forget to mention him to his lord: and (Joseph) lingered in prison a few (more) years. 
12:43 The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine, whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) withered. O you chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that you can interpret visions." 
12:44 They said: "A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams." 
12:45 But the man who had been released, one of the two (who had been in prison) and who now bethought him after (so long) a space of time, said: "I will tell you the truth of its interpretation: send you me (therefore)." 
12:46 "O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! Expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the people, and that they may understand." 
12:47 (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall you diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that you reap, you shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which you shall eat. 
12:48 "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour what you shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all) except a little which you shall have (specially) guarded. 
12:49 "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)." 
12:50 So the king said: "Bring you him unto me." But when the messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is certainly well aware of their sn are." 
12:51 (The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when you did seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Allah (God) preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous). 
12:52 "This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been false to him in his absence, and that Allah (God) will never guide the snare of the false ones. 
12:53 "Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful." 
12:54 So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to serve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken to him, he said: "Be assured this day, thou art, before our own presence, with rank firmly established, and fidelity fu lly proved! 
12:55 (Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance)." 
12:56 Thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land, to take possession therein as, when, or where he pleased. We bestow of our Mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, to be lost, the reward of those who do good. 
12:57 But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for those who believe, and are constant in righteousness. 
12:58 Then came Joseph's brethren: they entered his presence, and he knew them, but they knew him not. 
12:59 And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable) for them, he said: "Bring unto me a brother you have, of the same father as yourselves, (but a different mother): see you not that I pay out full measure, and that I do provide the b est hospitality? 
12:60 "Now if you bring him not to me, you shall have no measure (of corn) from me, nor shall you (even) come near me." 
12:61 They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from his father: Indeed we shall do it." 
12:62 And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock-in-trade (with which they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come back. 
12:63 Now when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father! No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother): So send our brother with us, that we may get our measure; and we will indeed take every care of him." 
12:64 He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah (God) is the best to take care (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!" 
12:65 Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more) can we desire? this our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we shall get (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; and add (at the same time) a full camel's load (of grain to our provisions). This is but a small quantity. 
12:66 (Jacob) said: "Never will I send him with you until you swear a solemn oath to me, in Allah (God)'s name, that you will be sure to bring him back to me unless you are yourselves hemmed in (and made powerless). And when they had sworn their solemn oath, h e said: "Over all that we say, be Allah (God) the witness and guardian!" 
12:67 Further he said: "O my sons! enter not all by one gate: enter you by different gates. Not that I can profit you aught against Allah (God) (with my advice): None can command except Allah (God): On Him do I put my trust: and let all that trust put their trust o n Him." 
12:68 And when they entered in the manner their father had enjoined, it did not profit them in the least against (the plan of) Allah (God): It was but a necessity of Jacob's soul, which he discharged. For he was, by our instruction, full of knowledge (and e xperience): but most men know not. 
12:69 Now when they came into Joseph's presence, he received his (full) brother to stay with him. He said (to him): "Behold! I am thy (own) brother; so grieve not at aught of their doings." 
12:70 At length when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable) for them, he put the drinking cup into his brother's saddle-bag. Then shouted out a crier: "O you (in) the caravan! behold! you are thieves, without doubt!" 
12:71 They said, turning towards them: "What is it that you miss?" 
12:72 They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who produces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it." 
12:73 (The brothers) said: "By Allah (God)! well you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!" 
12:74 (The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if you are (proved) to have lied?" 
12:75 They said: "The penalty should be that he in whose saddle-bag it is found, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thus it is we punish the wrong- doers!" 
12:76 So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he came to) the baggage of his brother: at length he brought it out of his brother's baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by the law of the king except that Go d willed it (so). We raise to degrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all endued with knowledge is one, the All-Knowing. 
12:77 They said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal before (him)." But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heart, revealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): "Ye are the worse situated; and Allah (God) knowet h best the truth of what you assert!" 
12:78 They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged and venerable, (who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place; for we see that thou art (gracious) in doing good." 
12:79 He said: "Allah (God) forbid that we take other than him with whom we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully. 
12:80 Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held a conference in private. The leader among them said: "Know you not that your father did take an oath from you in Allah (God)'s name, and how, before this, you did fail in your duty with Joseph? Ther efore will I not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah (God) commands me; and He is the best to command. 
12:81 "Turn you back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen! 
12:82 "'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'" 
12:83 Jacob said: "Nay, but you have yourselves contrived a story (good enough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe Allah (God) will bring them (back) all to me (in the end). For He is indeed full of knowledge and wisdom." 
12:84 And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grief for Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent melancholy. 
12:85 They said: "By Allah (God)! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!" 
12:86 He said: "I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah (God), and I know from Allah (God) that which you know not... 
12:87 "O my sons! go you and enquire about Joseph and his brother, and never give up hope of Allah (God)'s Soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of Allah (God)'s Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith." 
12:88 Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph's) presence they said: "O exalted one! distress has seized us and our family: we have (now) brought but scanty capital: so pay us full measure, (we pray you), and treat it as charity to us: for Allah (God) doth reward the charitable." 
12:89 He said: "Know you how you dealt with Joseph and his brother, not knowing (what you were doing)?" 
12:90 They said: "Art thou indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother: Allah (God) has indeed been gracious to us (all): behold, he that is righteous and patient,- never will Allah (God) suffer the reward to be lost, of those who do right." 
12:91 They said: "By Allah (God)! indeed has Allah (God) preferred you above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!" 
12:92 He said: "This day let no reproach be (cast) on you: Allah (God) will forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy! 
12:93 "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he will come to see (clearly). Then come you (here) to me together with all your family." 
12:94 When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard." 
12:95 They said: "By Allah (God)! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind." 
12:96 Then when the bearer of the good news came, He cast (the shirt) over his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not say to you, 'I know from Allah (God) that which you know not?'" 
12:97 They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault." 
12:98 He said: "Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you: for he is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." 
12:99 Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided a home for his parents with himself, and said: "Enter you Egypt (all) in safety if it please Allah (God)." 
12:100 And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity), and they fell down in prostration, (all) before him. He said: "O my father! this is the fulfilment of my vision of old! Allah (God) has made it come true! He was indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you (all here) out of the desert, (even) after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandeth best the mysteries of all that He planneth to do, for verily He is full of knowledge and wisdom . 
12:101 "O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events,- O Thou Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Take Thou my so ul (at death) as one submitting to Thy will (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous." 
12:102 Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We reveal by inspiration unto you; nor wast thou (present) with them then when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their plots. 
12:103 Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however ardently thou dost desire it. 
12:104 And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less than a message for all creatures. 
12:105 And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them! 
12:106 And most of them believe not in Allah (God) without associating (other as partners) with Him! 
12:107 Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering veil of the wrath of Allah (God),- or of the coming against them of the (final) Hour all of a sudden while they perceive not? 
12:108 Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah (God),- on evidence clear as the seeing with one's eyes,- I and whoever follows me. Glory to Allah (God)! and never will I join Allah (God)s with Allah (God)!" 
12:109 Nor did We send before you (as apostles) any but men, whom we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home of the hereafter is best, for th ose who do right. Will you not then understand? 
12:110 (Respite will be granted) until, when the apostles give up hope (of their people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liars, there reaches them Our help, and those whom We will are delivered into safety. But never will be warded off our punishment from those who are in sin. 
12:111 There is, in their stories, instruction for men endued with understanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what went before it,- a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide and a mercy to any such as believe. 







The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



13. THE THUNDER



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

13:1 A.L.M.R. These are the signs (or verses) of the Book: that which has been revealed unto you from thy Lord is the Truth; but most men believe not. 
13:2 Allah (God) is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that you can see; is firmly established on the throne (of authority); He has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law)! Each one runs (its course) for a term appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the signs in detail, that you may believe with certainty in the meeting with your Lord. 
13:3 And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains standing firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the Day. Behold, verily in these things there are si gns for those who consider! 
13:4 And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighbouring, and gardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some of them We make more excellent than oth ers to eat. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who understand! 
13:5 If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their saying: "When we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are those round whose necks will be yokes (of servitud e): they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for aye)! 
13:6 They ask you to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: Yet have come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their wrong-doing, and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment. 
13:7 And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide. 
13:8 Allah (God) doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every single thing is before His sight, in (due) proportion. 
13:9 He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the Most High. 
13:10 It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day. 
13:11 For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, before and behind him: They guard him by command of Allah (God). Verily never will Allah (God) change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls). But when (once) Go d willeth a people's punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect. 
13:12 It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising) rain! 
13:13 Nay, thunder repeateth His praises, and so do the angels, with awe: He flingeth the loud-voiced thunder-bolts, and therewith He striketh whomsoever He will..yet these (are the men) who (dare to) dispute about Allah (God), with the strength of His powe r (supreme)! 
13:14 For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouths but it reaches them not: for the prayer of those without Faith is n othing but (futile) wandering (in the mind). 
13:15 Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah (God) (Acknowledging subjection),- with good-will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning and evenings. 
13:16 Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah (God)." Say: "Do you then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal wi th those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah (God) partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "Allah (God) is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supr eme and Irresistible." 
13:17 He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each according to its measure: But the torrent bears away to foam that mounts up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which they heat in the fire, to make ornaments or utensils the rewith, there is a scum likewise. Thus doth Allah (God) (by parables) show forth Truth and Vanity. For the scum disappears like forth cast out; while that which is for the good of mankind remains on the earth. Thus doth Allah (God) set forth parables. 
13:18 For those who respond to their Lord, are (all) good things. But those who respond not to Him,- Even if they had all that is in the heavens and on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom. For them will the reckoning be terrible: their abode will be Hell,- what a bed of misery! 
13:19 Is then one who doth know that that which has been revealed unto you from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition;- 
13:20 Those who fulfil the covenant of Allah (God) and fail not in their plighted word; 
13:21 Those who join together those things which Allah (God) has commanded to be joined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible reckoning; 
13:22 Those who patiently persevere, seeking the countenance of their Lord; Establish regular prayers; spend, out of (the gifts) We have bestowed for their sustenance, secretly and openly; and turn off Evil with good: for such there is the final att ainment of the (eternal) home,- 
13:23 Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring: and angels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation): 
13:24 "Peace unto you for that you persevered in patience! Now how excellent is the final home!" 
13:25 But those who break the Covenant of Allah (God), after having plighted their word thereto, and cut asunder those things which Allah (God) has commanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land;- on them is the curse; for them is the terrible home! 
13:26 Allah (God) doth enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure, the sustenance (which He giveth) to whomso He pleaseth. (The wordly) rejoice in the life of this world: But the life of this world is but little comfort in the Hereafter. 
13:27 The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Truly Allah (God) leaveth, to stray, whom He will; But He guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,- 
13:28 "Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah (God): for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah (God) do hearts find satisfaction. 
13:29 "For those who believe and work righteousness, is (every) blessedness, and a beautiful place of (final) return." 
13:30 Thus have we sent you amongst a People before whom (long since) have (other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order that thou mightest rehearse unto them what We send down unto you by inspiration; yet do they reject (Him), the Most Graciou s! Say: "He is my Lord! There is no Allah (God) but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do I turn!" 
13:31 If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!) But, truly, the command is with Allah (God) in all things! Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (God) (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah (God) come to pass, for, verily, Allah (God) will not fail in Hi s promise. 
13:32 Mocked were (many) apostles before you: but I granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was my requital! 
13:33 Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it doth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah (God). Say: "But name them! is it that you will inform Him of something he knoweth not on earth, or is it (just) a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby) from the path. And those whom Allah (God) leaves to stray, no one can guide. 
13:34 For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is the penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against Allah (God). 
13:35 The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!- beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein: such is the end of the Righteous; and the end of Unbelievers in the Fire. 
13:36 Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what has been revealed unto you: but there are among the clans those who reject a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah (God), and not to join partners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and u nto Him is my return." 
13:37 Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic. Wert thou to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which has reached you, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor defender against Allah (God). 
13:38 We did send apostles before you, and appointed for them wives and children: and it was never the part of an apostle to bring a sign except as Allah (God) permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book (revealed). 
13:39 Allah (God) doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the Mother of the Book. 
13:40 Whether We shall show you (within thy life-time) part of what we promised them or take to ourselves thy soul (before it is all accomplished),- thy duty is to make (the Message) reach them: it is our part to call them to account. 
13:41 See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? (Where) Allah (God) commands, there is none to put back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account. 
13:42 Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the master- planning is Allah (God)'s He knoweth the doings of every soul: and soon will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the end. 
13:43 The Unbelievers say: "No apostle art thou." Say: "Enough for a witness between me and you is Allah (God), and such as have knowledge of the Book." 












The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



14. ABRAHAM



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

14:1 A. L. R. A Book which We have revealed unto you, in order that thou mightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light - by the leave of their Lord - to the Way of (Him) the Exalted in power, worthy of all praise!- 
14:2 Of Allah (God), to Whom do belong all things in the heavens and on earth! But alas for the Unbelievers for a terrible penalty (their Unfaith will bring them)!- 
14:3 Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, who hinder (men) from the Path of Allah (God) and seek therein something crooked: they are astray by a long distance. 
14:4 We sent not an apostle except (to teach) in the language of his (own) people, in order to make (things) clear to them. Now Allah (God) leaves straying those whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases: and He is Exalted in power, full of Wisdom. 
14:5 We sent Moses with Our signs (and the command). "Bring out thy people from the depths of darkness into light, and teach them to remember the Days of Allah (God)." Verily in this there are Signs for such as are firmly patient and constant,- grateful and appreciative. 
14:6 Remember! Moses said to his people: "Call to mind the favour of Allah (God) to you when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: they set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons, and let your women-folk live: therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord." 
14:7 And remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): "If you are grateful, I will add more (favours) unto you; But if you show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed." 
14:8 And Moses said: "If you show ingratitude, you and all on earth together, yet is Allah (God) free of all wants, worthy of all praise. 
14:9 Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went) before you? - of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud? - And of those who (came) after them? None knows them but Allah (God). To them came apostles with Clear (Signs); but they put the ir hands up to their mouths, and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which you have been sent, and we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which you invite us." 
14:10 Their apostles said: "Is there a doubt about Allah (God), The Creator of the heavens and the earth? It is He Who invites you, in order that He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a term appointed!" They said: "Ah! you are no more than hu man, like ourselves! you wish to turn us away from the (Allah (God)s) our fathers used to worship: then bring us some clear authority." 
14:11 Their apostles said to them: "True, we are human like yourselves, but Allah (God) doth grant His grace to such of his servants as He pleases. It is not for us to bring you an authority except as Allah (God) permits. And on Allah (God) let all men of faith put their tr ust. 
14:12 "No reason have we why we should not put our trust on Allah (God). Indeed He Has guided us to the Ways we (follow). We shall certainly bear with patience all the hurt you may cause us. For those who put their trust should put their trust on Allah (God)." 
14:13 And the Unbelievers said to their apostles: "Be sure we shall drive you out of our land, or you shall return to our religion." But their Lord inspired (this Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause the wrong-doers to perish! 
14:14 "And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land, and succeed them. This for such as fear the Time when they shall stand before My tribunal,- such as fear the punishment denounced." 
14:15 But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor. 
14:16 In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water. 
14:17 In gulps will he sip it, but never will he be near swallowing it down his throat: death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he not die: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting. 
14:18 The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are as ashes, on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous day: No power have they over aught that they have earned: that is the straying far, far (from the goal). 
14:19 Seest thou not that Allah (God) created the heavens and the earth in Truth? If He so will, He can remove you and put (in your place) a new creation? 
14:20 Nor is that for Allah (God) any great matter. 
14:21 They will all be marshalled before Allah (God) together: then will the weak say to those who were arrogant, "For us, we but followed you; can you then avail us to all against the wrath of Allah (God)?" They will reply, "If we had received the Guidance of Allah (God), we should have given it to you: to us it makes no difference (now) whether we rage, or bear (these torments) with patience: for ourselves there is no way of escape." 
14:22 And Satan will say when the matter is decided: "It was Allah (God) Who gave you a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promise to you. I had no authority over you except to call you but you listened to me: then reproach not me, but repro ach your own souls. I cannot listen to your cries, nor can you listen to mine. I reject your former act in associating me with Allah (God). For wrong-doers there must be a grievous penalty." 
14:23 But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow,- to dwell therein for aye with the leave of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: "Peace!" 
14:24 Seest thou not how Allah (God) sets forth a parable? - A goodly word like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah (God) sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition. 
14:25 It brings forth its fruit at all times, by the leave of its Lord. So Allah (God) sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition. 
14:26 And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn up by the root from the surface of the earth: it has no stability. 
14:27 Allah (God) will establish in strength those who believe, with the word that stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah (God) will leave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah (God) doeth what He willeth. 
14:28 Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have changed the favour of Allah (God). Into blasphemy and caused their people to descend to the House of Perdition?- 
14:29 Into Hell? They will burn therein,- an evil place to stay in! 
14:30 And they set up (idols) as equal to Allah (God), to mislead (men) from the Path! Say: "Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily you are making straightway for Hell!" 
14:31 Speak to my servants who have believed, that they may establish regular prayers, and spend (in charity) out of the sustenance we have given them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day in which there will be neither mutual bargaining nor befriending. 
14:32 It is Allah (God) Who has created the heavens and the earth and sendeth down rain from the skies, and with it bringeth out fruits wherewith to feed you; it is He Who has made the ships subject to you, that they may sail through the sea by His comman d; and the rivers (also) has He made subject to you. 
14:33 And He has made subject to you the sun and the moon, both diligently pursuing their courses; and the night and the day has he (also) made subject to you. 
14:34 And He giveth you of all that you ask for. But if you count the favours of Allah (God), never will you be able to number them. Verily, man is given up to injustice and ingratitude. 
14:35 Remember Abraham said: "O my Lord! make this city one of peace and security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols. 
14:36 "O my Lord! they have indeed led astray many among mankind; He then who follows my (ways) is of me, and he that disobeys me,- but Thou art indeed Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful. 
14:37 "O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord, that they may establish regular Prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men with love towards them, and feed th em with fruits: so that they may give thanks. 
14:38 "O our Lord! truly Thou dost know what we conceal and what we reveal: for nothing whatever is hidden from Allah (God), whether on earth or in heaven. 
14:39 "Praise be to Allah (God), Who has granted unto me in old age Isma'il and Isaac: for truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer! 
14:40 O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, and also (raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my Prayer. 
14:41 "O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness - me, my parents, and (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established! 
14:42 Think not that Allah (God) doth not heed the deeds of those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will fixedly stare in horror,- 
14:43 They running forward with necks outstretched, their heads uplifted, their gaze returning not towards them, and their hearts a (gaping) void! 
14:44 So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them: then will the wrong-doers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short term: we will answer Thy call, and follow the apostles!" "What! were you not wont to swear aforetime that you should suffer no decline? 
14:45 "And you dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged their own souls; you were clearly shown how We dealt with them; and We put forth (many) parables in your behoof!" 
14:46 Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their plots were (well) within the sight of Allah (God), even though they were such as to shake the hills! 
14:47 Never think that Allah (God) would fail his apostles in His promise: for Allah (God) is Exalted in power, - the Lord of Retribution. 
14:48 One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will be the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before Allah (God), the One, the Irresistible; 
14:49 And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;- 
14:50 Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire; 
14:51 That Allah (God) may requite each soul according to its deserts; and verily Allah (God) is swift in calling to account. 
14:52 Here is a Message for mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than) One Allah (God): let men of understanding take heed. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



15. AL-HIJR
STONELAND, ROCK CITY



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

15:1 A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear. 
15:2 Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah (God)'s will) in Islam. 
15:3 Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them). 
15:4 Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand. 
15:5 Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it. 
15:6 They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)! 
15:7 "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?" 
15:8 We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the unAllah (God)ly), behold! no respite would they have! 
15:9 We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption). 
15:10 We did send apostles before you amongst the religious sects of old: 
15:11 But never came an apostle to them but they mocked him. 
15:12 Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners - 
15:13 That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away. 
15:14 Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein, 
15:15 They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery." 
15:16 It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders; 
15:17 And (moreover) We have guarded them from every evil spirit accursed: 
15:18 But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see). 
15:19 And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance. 
15:20 And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance you are not responsible. 
15:21 And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures. 
15:22 And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though you are not the guardians of its stores. 
15:23 And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away). 
15:24 To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind. 
15:25 Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge. 
15:26 We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape; 
15:27 And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind. 
15:28 Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape; 
15:29 "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down in obeisance unto him." 
15:30 So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together: 
15:31 Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves. 
15:32 (Allah (God)) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?" 
15:33 (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape." 
15:34 (Allah (God)) said: "Then get you out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed. 
15:35 "And the curse shall be on you till the day of Judgment." 
15:36 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised." 
15:37 (Allah (God)) said: "Respite is granted you 
15:38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed." 
15:39 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,- 
15:40 "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)." 
15:41 (Allah (God)) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me. 
15:42 "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow you." 
15:43 And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all! 
15:44 To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned. 
15:45 The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water). 
15:46 (Their greeting will be): "Enter you here in peace and security." 
15:47 And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity). 
15:48 There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave. 
15:49 Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful; 
15:50 And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty. 
15:51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham. 
15:52 When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!" 
15:53 They said: "Fear not! We give you glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom." 
15:54 He said: "Do you give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?" 
15:55 They said: "We give you glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!" 
15:56 He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?" 
15:57 Abraham said: "What then is the business on which you (have come), O you messengers (of Allah (God))?" 
15:58 They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin, 
15:59 "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All - 
15:60 "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind." 
15:61 At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut, 
15:62 He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk." 
15:63 They said: "Yea, we have come to you to accomplish that of which they doubt. 
15:64 "We have brought to you that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth. 
15:65 "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither you are ordered." 
15:66 And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning. 
15:67 The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men). 
15:68 Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not: 
15:69 "But fear Allah (God), and shame me not." 
15:70 They said: "Did we not forbid you (to speak) for all and sundry?" 
15:71 He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if you must act (so)." 
15:72 Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro. 
15:73 But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning, 
15:74 And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay. 
15:75 Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand. 
15:76 And the (cities were) right on the high-road. 
15:77 Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed. 
15:78 And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers; 
15:79 So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see. 
15:80 The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the apostles: 
15:81 We sent them Our Sings, but they persisted in turning away from them. 
15:82 Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure. 
15:83 But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning, 
15:84 And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)! 
15:85 We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness. 
15:86 For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master-Creator, knowing all things. 
15:87 And We have bestowed upon you the Seven Oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an. 
15:88 Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers. 
15:89 And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity,"- 
15:90 (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),- 
15:91 (So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please). 
15:92 Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account, 
15:93 For all their deeds. 
15:94 Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false Allah (God)s with Allah (God). 
15:95 For sufficient are We unto you against those who scoff,- 
15:96 Those who adopt, with Allah (God), another Allah (God): but soon will they come to know. 
15:97 We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say. 
15:98 But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration. 
15:99 And serve thy Lord until there come unto you the Hour that is Certain. 













The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



16. THE BEE



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

16:1 (Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah (God): seek you not then to hasten it: Glory to Him, and far is He above having the partners they ascribe unto Him! 
16:2 He doth send down His angels with inspiration of His Command, to such of His servants as He pleaseth, (saying): "Warn (Man) that there is no Allah (God) but I: so do your duty unto Me." 
16:3 He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: Far is He above having the partners they ascribe to Him! 
16:4 He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer! 
16:5 And cattle He has created for you (men): from them you derive warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) you eat. 
16:6 And you have a sense of pride and beauty in them as you drive them home in the evening, and as you lead them forth to pasture in the morning. 
16:7 And they carry your heavy loads to lands that you could not (otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful, 
16:8 And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which you have no knowledge. 
16:9 And unto Allah (God) leads straight the Way, but there are ways that turn aside: if Allah (God) had willed, He could have guided all of you. 
16:10 It is He who sends down rain from the sky: from it you drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which you feed your cattle. 
16:11 With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes and every kind of fruit: verily in this is a sign for those who give thought. 
16:12 He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the sun and the moon; and the stars are in subjection by His Command: verily in this are Signs for men who are wise. 
16:13 And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varying colours (and qualities): verily in this is a sign for men who celebrate the praises of Allah (God) (in gratitude). 
16:14 It is He Who has made the sea subject, that you may eat thereof flesh that is fresh and tender, and that you may extract therefrom ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that you may seek (thus) of the bounty of Allah (God) and that you may be grateful. 
16:15 And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that you may guide yourselves; 
16:16 And marks and sign-posts; and by the stars (men) guide themselves. 
16:17 Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will you not receive admonition? 
16:18 If you would count up the favours of Allah (God), never would you be able to number them: for Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
16:19 And Allah (God) doth know what you conceal, and what you reveal. 
16:20 Those whom they invoke besides Allah (God) create nothing and are themselves created. 
16:21 (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up. 
16:22 Your Allah (God) is one Allah (God): as to those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts refuse to know, and they are arrogant. 
16:23 Undoubtedly Allah (God) doth know what they conceal, and what they reveal: verily He loveth not the arrogant. 
16:24 When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "Tales of the ancients!" 
16:25 Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in full, and also (something) of the burdens of those without knowledge, whom they misled. Alas, how grievous the burdens they will bear! 
16:26 Those before them did also plot (against Allah (God)'s Way): but Allah (God) took their structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down on them from above; and the Wrath seized them from directions they did not perceive. 
16:27 Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them with shame, and say: "Where are My 'partners' concerning whom you used to dispute (with the Allah (God)ly)?" Those endued with knowledge will say: "This Day, indeed, are the Unbelievers covered with sham e and misery,- 
16:28 "(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing to their own souls." Then would they offer submission (with the pretence), "We did no evil (knowingly)." (The angels will reply), "Nay, but verily Allah (God) knoweth all that you di d; 
16:29 "So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is the abode of the arrogant." 
16:30 To the righteous (when) it is said, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "All that is good." To those who do good, there is good in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better and excellent indeed is the Home of the righteous,- 
16:31 Gardens of Eternity which they will enter: beneath them flow (pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish: thus doth Allah (God) reward the righteous,- 
16:32 (Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of purity, saying (to them), "Peace be on you; enter you the Garden, because of (the good) which you did (in the world)." 
16:33 Do the (unAllah (God)ly) wait until the angels come to them, or there comes the Command of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went before them. But Allah (God) wronged them not: nay, they wronged their own souls. 
16:34 But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very (Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in. 
16:35 The worshippers of false Allah (God)s say: "If Allah (God) had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of apostles but to preach the Clear Message? 
16:36 For We assuredly sent amongst every People an apostle, (with the Command), "Serve Allah (God), and eschew Evil": of the People were some whom Allah (God) guided, and some on whom error became inevitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who denied (the Truth). 
16:37 If thou art anxious for their guidance, yet Allah (God) guideth not such as He leaves to stray, and there is none to help them. 
16:38 They swear their strongest oaths by Allah (God), that Allah (God) will not raise up those who die: Nay, but it is a promise (binding) on Him in truth: but most among mankind realise it not. 
16:39 (They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to them the truth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth may realise that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood. 
16:40 For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "Be", and it is. 
16:41 To those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah (God), after suffering oppression,- We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world; but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater. If they only realised (this)! 
16:42 (They are) those who persevere in patience, and put their trust on their Lord. 
16:43 And before you also the apostles We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if you realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message. 
16:44 (We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies; and We have sent down unto you (also) the Message; that thou mayest explain clearly to men what is sent for them, and that they may give thought. 
16:45 Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah (God) will not cause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seize them from directions they little perceive?- 
16:46 Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their goings to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him?- 
16:47 Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage - for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy. 
16:48 Do they not look at Allah (God)'s creation, (even) among (inanimate) things,- How their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the left, prostrating themselves to Allah (God), and that in the humblest manner? 
16:49 And to Allah (God) doth obeisance all that is in the heavens and on earth, whether moving (living) creatures or the angels: for none are arrogant (before their Lord). 
16:50 They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all that they are commanded. 
16:51 Allah (God) has said: "Take not (for worship) two Allah (God)s: for He is just One Allah (God): then fear Me (and Me alone)." 
16:52 To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him is duty due always: then will you fear other than Allah (God)? 
16:53 And you have no good thing but is from Allah (God): and moreover, when you are touched by distress, unto Him you cry with groans; 
16:54 Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some of you turn to other Allah (God)s to join with their Lord- 
16:55 (As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed on them! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will you know (your folly)! 
16:56 And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out of that which We have bestowed for their sustenance! By Allah (God), you shall certainly be called to account for your false inventions. 
16:57 And they assign daughters for Allah (God)! - Glory be to Him! - and for themselves (sons,- the issue) they desire! 
16:58 When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female (child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief! 
16:59 With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on? 
16:60 To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of evil: to Allah (God) applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom. 
16:61 If Allah (God) were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be able to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would not be able to anticipate it (for a single hour). 
16:62 They attribute to Allah (God) what they hate (for themselves), and their tongues assert the falsehood that all good things are for themselves: without doubt for them is the Fire, and they will be the first to be hastened on into it! 
16:63 By Allah (God), We (also) sent (Our apostles) to Peoples before you; but Satan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring: He is also their patron today, but they shall have a most grievous penalty. 
16:64 And We sent down the Book to you for the express purpose, that thou shouldst make clear to them those things in which they differ, and that it should be a guide and a mercy to those who believe. 
16:65 And Allah (God) sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith life to the earth after its death: verily in this is a Sign for those who listen. 
16:66 And verily in cattle (too) will you find an instructive sign. From what is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it. 
16:67 And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, you get out wholesome drink and food: behold, in this also is a sign for those who are wise. 
16:68 And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations; 
16:69 Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign for those who give thought . 
16:70 It is Allah (God) who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah (God) is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. 
16:71 Allah (God) has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on some of you than on others: those more favoured are not going to throw back their gifts to those whom their right hands possess, so as to be equal in that respect. Will they then deny the favours of Allah (God)? 
16:72 And Allah (God) has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah (God)'s favours?- 
16:73 And worship others than Allah (God),- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power? 
16:74 Invent not similitudes for Allah (God): for Allah (God) knoweth, and you know not. 
16:75 Allah (God) sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and public ly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah (God). But most of them understand not. 
16:76 Allah (God) sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dumb, with no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master; whichever way be directs him, he brings no good: is such a man equal with one who commands Justice, and is on a S traight Way? 
16:77 To Allah (God) belongeth the Mystery of the heavens and the earth. And the Decision of the Hour (of Judgment) is as the twingkling of an eye, or even quicker: for Allah (God) has power over all things. 
16:78 It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that you may give thanks (to Allah (God)). 
16:79 Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah (God). Verily in this are signs for those who believe. 
16:80 It is Allah (God) Who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet for you; and made for you, out of the skins of animals, (tents for) dwellings, which you find so light (and handy) when you travel and when you stop (in your travels); and out of their w ool, and their soft fibres (between wool and hair), and their hair, rich stuff and articles of convenience (to serve you) for a time. 
16:81 It is Allah (God) Who made out of the things He created, some things to give you shade; of the hills He made some for your shelter; He made you garments to protect you from heat, and coats of mail to protect you from your (mutual) violence. Thus does He complete His favours on you, that you may bow to His Will (in Islam). 
16:82 But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clear Message. 
16:83 They recognise the favours of Allah (God); then they deny them; and most of them are (creatures) ungrateful. 
16:84 One Day We shall raise from all Peoples a Witness: then will no excuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor will they receive any favours. 
16:85 When the wrong-doers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in no way be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite. 
16:86 When those who gave partners to Allah (God) will see their "partners", they will say: "Our Lord! these are our 'partners,' those whom we used to invoke besides you." But they will throw back their word at them (and say): "Indeed you are liars!" 
16:87 That Day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to Allah (God); and all their inventions shall leave them in the lurch. 
16:88 Those who reject Allah (God) and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah (God) - for them will We add Penalty to Penalty; for that they used to spread mischief. 
16:89 One day We shall raise from all Peoples a witness against them, from amongst themselves: and We shall bring you as a witness against these (thy people): and We have sent down to you the Book explaining all things, a Guide, a Mercy, and Glad Tidings to Muslims. 
16:90 Allah (God) commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that you may receive admonition. 
16:91 Fulfil the Covenant of Allah (God) when you have entered into it, and break not your oaths after you have confirmed them; indeed you have made Allah (God) your surety; for Allah (God) knoweth all that you do. 
16:92 And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the yarn which she has spun, after it has become strong. Nor take your oaths to practise deception between yourselves, lest one party should be more numerous than another: for Allah (God) will test you by this; and on the Day of Judgment He will certainly make clear to you (the truth of) that wherein you disagree. 
16:93 If Allah (God) so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves straying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases: but you shall certainly be called to account for all your actions. 
16:94 And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly planted, and you may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having hindered (men) from the Path of Allah (God), and a Mighty Wrath descend on you. 
16:95 Nor sell the covenant of Allah (God) for a miserable price: for with Allah (God) is (a prize) far better for you, if you only knew. 
16:96 What is with you must vanish: what is with Allah (God) will endure. And We will certainly bestow, on those who patiently persevere, their reward according to the best of their actions. 
16:97 Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to him will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions. 
16:98 When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek Allah (God)'s protection from Satan the rejected one. 
16:99 No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord. 
16:100 His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join partners with Allah (God). 
16:101 When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah (God) knows best what He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger": but most of them understand not. 
16:102 Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in Truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and Glad Tidings to Muslims. 
16:103 We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear. 
16:104 Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah (God),- Allah (God) will not guide them, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty. 
16:105 It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah (God), that forge falsehood: it is they who lie! 
16:106 Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah (God), utters Unbelief,- except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah (God), and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty. 
16:107 This because they love the life of this world better than the Hereafter: and Allah (God) will not guide those who reject Faith. 
16:108 Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah (God) has sealed up, and they take no heed. 
16:109 Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish. 
16:110 But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials and persecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and patiently persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 
16:111 One Day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every soul will be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be unjustly dealt with. 
16:112 Allah (God) sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours of Allah (God): so Allah (God) made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought. 
16:113 And there came to them an Apostle from among themselves, but they falsely rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst of their iniquities. 
16:114 So eat of the sustenance which Allah (God) has provided for you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favours of Allah (God), if it is He Whom you serve. 
16:115 He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah (God) has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then Allah (God) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
16:116 But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put forth,- "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah (God). For those who ascribe false things to Allah (God), will never prosper. 
16:117 (In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a most grievous Penalty. 
16:118 To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to you before: We did them no wrong, but they were used to doing wrong to themselves. 
16:119 But verily thy Lord,- to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who thereafter repent and make amends,- thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 
16:120 Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allah (God), (and) true in Faith, and he joined not Allah (God)s with Allah (God): 
16:121 He showed his gratitude for the favours of Allah (God), who chose him, and guided him to a Straight Way. 
16:122 And We gave him Good in this world, and he will be, in the Hereafter, in the ranks of the Righteous. 
16:123 So We have taught you the inspired (Message), "Follow the ways of Abraham the True in Faith, and he joined not Allah (God)s with Allah (God)." 
16:124 The Sabbath was only made (strict) for those who disagreed (as to its observance); But Allah (God) will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, as to their differences. 
16:125 Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. 
16:126 And if you do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they catch you out: But if you show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for those who are patient. 
16:127 And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah (God); nor grieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots. 
16:128 For Allah (God) is with those who restrain themselves, and those who do good. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



17. ISRA'
THE NIGHT JOURNEY, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

17:1 Glory to (Allah (God)) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things ). 
17:2 We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your) affairs." 
17:3 O you that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful. 
17:4 And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)! 
17:5 When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you Our servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled. 
17:6 Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you increase in resources and sons, and made you the more numerous in man-power. 
17:7 If you did well, you did well for yourselves; if you did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had entered it b efore, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power. 
17:8 It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if you revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we have made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith). 
17:9 Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward; 
17:10 And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed). 
17:11 The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds). 
17:12 We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you; that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail. 
17:13 Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open. 
17:14 (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against you." 
17:15 Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth astray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent an apostle (to give warning). 
17:16 When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly. 
17:17 How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants. 
17:18 If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readily grant them - such things as We will, to such person as We will: in the end have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced and rejected. 
17:19 Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive therefor with all due striving, and have Faith,- they are the ones whose striving is acceptable (to Allah (God)). 
17:20 Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well as those: The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone). 
17:21 See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence. 
17:22 Take not with Allah (God) another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution. 
17:23 Thy Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. 
17:24 And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: "My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood." 
17:25 Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: If you do deeds of righteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him again and again (in true penitence). 
17:26 And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift. 
17:27 Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful. 
17:28 And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of the Mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of easy kindness. 
17:29 Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and destitute. 
17:30 Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom He pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth know and regard all His servants. 
17:31 Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin. 
17:32 Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils). 
17:33 Nor take life - which Allah (God) has made sacred - except for just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him nor exceed bounds in the matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law). 
17:34 Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it, until he attains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every) engagement, for (every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning). 
17:35 Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the final determination. 
17:36 And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning). 
17:37 Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height. 
17:38 Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord. 
17:39 These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has revealed to you. Take not, with Allah (God), another object of worship, lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected. 
17:40 Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly you utter a most dreadful saying! 
17:41 We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this Qur'an, in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight (from the Truth)! 
17:42 Say: If there had been (other) Allah (God)s with Him, as they say,- behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne! 
17:43 Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)! 
17:44 The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare His glory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And yet you understand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most Forgiving! 
17:45 When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between you and those who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible: 
17:46 And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest they should understand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: when thou dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur'an, they turn on their backs, fleeing (from the Truth). 
17:47 We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to you; and when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!" 
17:48 See what similes they strike for you: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way. 
17:49 They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?" 
17:50 Say: "(Nay!) be you stones or iron, 
17:51 "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raised up),- (Yet shall you be raised up)!" then will they say: "Who will cause us to return?" Say: "He who created you first!" Then will they wag their heads towards you, and say, "Whe n will that be?" Say, "May be it will be quite soon! 
17:52 "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and you will answer (His call) with (words of) His praise, and you will think that you tarried but a little while!" 
17:53 Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to man an avowed enemy. 
17:54 It is your Lord that knoweth you best: If He please, He granteth you mercy, or if He please, punishment: We have not sent you to be a disposer of their affairs for them. 
17:55 And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in the heavens and on earth: We did bestow on some prophets more (and other) gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms. 
17:56 Say: "Call on those - besides Him - whom you fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them." 
17:57 Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord, - even those who are nearest: they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of. 
17:58 There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record. 
17:59 And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warn ing from evil). 
17:60 Behold! We told you that thy Lord doth encompass mankind round about: We granted the vision which We showed you, but as a trial for men,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate transgression! 
17:61 Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": They bowed down except Iblis: He said, "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?" 
17:62 He said: "Seest Thou? this is the one whom Thou hast honoured above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I will surely bring his descendants under my sway - all but a few!" 
17:63 (Allah (God)) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow you, verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense. 
17:64 "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make promises to them." But Satan promises them nothi ng but deceit. 
17:65 "As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:" Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs. 
17:66 Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the sea, in order that you may seek of his Bounty. For he is unto you most Merciful. 
17:67 When distress seizes you at sea, those that you call upon - besides Himself - leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back safe to land, you turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man! 
17:68 Do you then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowed up beneath the earth when you are on land, or that He will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that you shall find no one to carry out your affairs for you? 
17:69 Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to sea and send against you a heavy gale to drown you because of your ingratitude, so that you find no helper. Therein against Us? 
17:70 We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation. 
17:71 One day We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their right hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least. 
17:72 But those who were blind in this world, will be blind in the hereafter, and most astray from the Path. 
17:73 And their purpose was to tempt you away from that which We had revealed unto you, to substitute in our name something quite different; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made you (their) friend! 
17:74 And had We not given you strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them a little. 
17:75 In that case We should have made you taste an equal portion (of punishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreover thou wouldst have found none to help you against Us! 
17:76 Their purpose was to scare you off the land, in order to expel you; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after you, except for a little while. 
17:77 (This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before you: thou wilt find no change in Our ways. 
17:78 Establish regular prayers - at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony. 
17:79 And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for you: soon will thy Lord raise you to a Station of Praise and Glory! 
17:80 Say: "O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honour, and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honour; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)." 
17:81 And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish." 
17:82 We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss. 
17:83 Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair! 
17:84 Say: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition: But your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way." 
17:85 They ask you concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only a little that is communicated to you, (O men!)" 
17:86 If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent you by inspiration:then wouldst thou find none to plead thy affair in that matter as against Us,- 
17:87 Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is to you (indeed) great. 
17:88 Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support. 
17:89 And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude! 
17:90 They say: "We shall not believe in you, until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth, 
17:91 "Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water; 
17:92 "Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen), against us; or thou bring Allah (God) and the angels before (us) face to face: 
17:93 "Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man,- an apostl e?" 
17:94 What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah (God) sent a man (like us) to be (His) Apostle?" 
17:95 Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel for an apostle." 
17:96 Say: "Enough is Allah (God) for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things). 
17:97 It is he whom Allah (God) guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire. 
17:98 That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new Creation?" 
17:99 See they not that Allah (God), Who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude. 
17:100 Say: "If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, you would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is (every) niggardly!" 
17:101 To Moses We did give Nine Clear Sings: As the Children of Israel: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I consider you, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery! 
17:102 Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-opening evidence: and I consider you indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one doomed to destruction!" 
17:103 So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him. 
17:104 And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land (of promise)": but when the second of the warnings came to pass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd. 
17:105 We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended: and We sent you but to give Glad Tidings and to warn (sinners). 
17:106 (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages. 
17:107 Say: "Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration, 
17:108 "And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'" 
17:109 They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility. 
17:110 Say: "Call upon Allah (God), or call upon Rahman: by whatever name you call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between." 
17:111 Say: "Praise be to Allah (God), who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!" 









The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



18. THE CAVE
CHAPTER NO. 018Y



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

18:1 Praise be to Allah (God), Who has sent to His Servant the Book, and has allowed therein no Crookedness: 
18:2 (He has made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn (the Allah (God)less) of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He may give Glad Tidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have a goodly Reward, 
18:3 Wherein they shall remain for ever: 
18:4 Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "Allah (God) has begotten a son": 
18:5 No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they say is nothing but falsehood! 
18:6 Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message. 
18:7 That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in conduct. 
18:8 Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage). 
18:9 Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign? 
18:10 Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!" 
18:11 Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not): 
18:12 Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried! 
18:13 We relate to you their story in truth: they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance: 
18:14 We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any Allah (God) other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity! 
18:15 "These our people have taken for worship Allah (God)s other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against Allah (God)? 
18:16 "When you turn away from them and the things they worship other than Allah (God), betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease." 
18:17 Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are among the Signs of Allah (God): He whom Allah (God), guides is rightly guided; but he whom Allah (God) leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him to the Right Way. 
18:18 Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certain ly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them. 
18:19 Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have you stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "Allah (God) (alone) knows best how long you have stayed here.... Now send you then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him b ehave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you. 
18:20 "For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force you to return to their cult, and in that case you would never attain prosperity." 
18:21 Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of Allah (God) is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building over them": Their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them." 
18:22 (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully guessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord knoweth best their number; It is but few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, into controversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers. 
18:23 Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"- 
18:24 Without adding, "So please Allah (God)!" and call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest, and say, "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." 
18:25 So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some) add nine (more) 
18:26 Say: "Allah (God) knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command wit h any person whatsoever. 
18:27 And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to you of the Book of thy Lord: none can change His Words, and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him. 
18:28 And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any whose heart We have permitted to neglect the rem embrance of Us, one who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds. 
18:29 Say, "The truth is from your Lord": Let him who will believe, and let him who will, reject (it): for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in: if they implore relief t hey will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces, how dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on! 
18:30 As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We shall not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed. 
18:31 For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline therein on raised thrones. How good t he recompense! How beautiful a couch to recline on! 
18:32 Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them We provided two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date palms; in between the two We placed corn-fields. 
18:33 Each of those gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least therein: in the midst of them We caused a river to flow. 
18:34 (Abundant) was the produce this man had : he said to his companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than you, and more honour and power in (my following of) men." 
18:35 He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: He said, "I deem not that this will ever perish, 
18:36 "Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) come: Even if I am brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find (there) something better in exchange." 
18:37 His companion said to him, in the course of the argument with him: "Dost thou deny Him Who created you out of dust, then out of a sperm-drop, then fashioned you into a man? 
18:38 "But (I think) for my part that He is Allah (God), My Lord, and none shall I associate with my Lord. 
18:39 "Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say: 'Allah (God)'s will (be done)! There is no power but with Allah (God)!' If thou dost see me less than you in wealth and sons, 
18:40 "It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy garden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way of reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!- 
18:41 "Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it." 
18:42 So his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and he could only say, "Woe is me! Wo uld I had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!" 
18:43 Nor had he numbers to help him against Allah (God), nor was he able to deliver himself. 
18:44 There, the (only) protection comes from Allah (God), the True One. He is the Best to reward, and the Best to give success. 
18:45 Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah (God) who prevails ove r all things. 
18:46 Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes. 
18:47 One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor shall We leave out any one of them. 
18:48 And they will be marshalled before thy Lord in ranks, (with the announcement), "Now have you come to Us (bare) as We created you first: aye, you thought We shall not fulfil the appointment made to you to meet (Us)!": 
18:49 And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein; they will say, "Ah! woe to us! what a Book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great, but takes account thereof!" They will find all that they did, placed before them: And not one will thy Lord treat with injustice. 
18:50 Behold! We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam": They bowed down except Iblis. He was one of the Jinns, and he broke the Command of his Lord. Will you then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than Me? And they are enemies to you! Ev il would be the exchange for the wrong-doers! 
18:51 I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor (even) their own creation: nor is it for helpers such as Me to take as lead (men) astray! 
18:52 One Day He will say, "Call on those whom you thought to be My partners," and they will call on them, but they will not listen to them; and We shall make for them a place of common perdition. 
18:53 And the Sinful shall see the fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein: no means will they find to turn away therefrom. 
18:54 We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious. 
18:55 And what is there to keep back men from believing, now that Guidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord, but that (they ask that) the ways of the ancients be repeated with them, or the Wrath be brought to them f ace to face? 
18:56 We only send the apostles to give Glad Tidings and to give warnings: But the unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned! 
18:57 And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance. 
18:58 But your Lord is Most forgiving, full of Mercy. If He were to call them (at once) to account for what they have earned, then surely He would have earned, then surely He would have hastened their punishment: but they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no refuge. 
18:59 Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction. 
18:60 Behold, Moses said to his attendant, "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travel." 
18:61 But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) their Fish, which took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel. 
18:62 When they had passed on (some distance), Moses said to his attendant: "Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered much fatigue at this (stage of) our journey." 
18:63 He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the sea in a marvellous way!" 
18:64 Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come). 
18:65 So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught knowledge from Our own Presence. 
18:66 Moses said to him: "May I follow you, on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?" 
18:67 (The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me!" 
18:68 "And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy understanding is not complete?" 
18:69 Moses said: "Thou wilt find me, if Allah (God) so will, (truly) patient: nor shall I disobey you in aught." 
18:70 The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to you concerning it." 
18:71 So they both proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, he scuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!" 
18:72 He answered: "Did I not tell you that thou canst have no patience with me?" 
18:73 Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case." 
18:74 Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!" 
18:75 He answered: "Did I not tell you that thou canst have no patience with me?" 
18:76 (Moses) said: "If ever I ask you about anything after this, keep me not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side." 
18:77 Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!" 
18:78 He answered: "This is the parting between me and you: now will I tell you the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience. 
18:79 "As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force. 
18:80 "As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah (God) and man). 
18:81 "So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection. 
18:82 "As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town; there was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled: their father had been a righteous man: So thy Lord desired that they should attain their age of full stren gth and get out their treasure - a mercy (and favour) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such is the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience." 
18:83 They ask you concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story." 
18:84 Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends. 
18:85 One (such) way he followed, 
18:86 Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness." 
18:87 He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before). 
18:88 "But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our Command." 
18:89 Then followed he (another) way, 
18:90 Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun. 
18:91 (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him. 
18:92 Then followed he (another) way, 
18:93 Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word. 
18:94 They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth: shall we then render you tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them? 
18:95 He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them: 
18:96 "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead." 
18:97 Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it. 
18:98 He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true." 
18:99 On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together. 
18:100 And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all spread out,- 
18:101 (Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear. 
18:102 Do the Unbelievers think that they can take My servants as protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for (their) entertainment. 
18:103 Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?- 
18:104 "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?" 
18:105 They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight. 
18:106 That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest. 
18:107 As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise, 
18:108 Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them. 
18:109 Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid." 
18:110 Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah (God) is one Allah (God): whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner. 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



19. MARY



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

19:1 Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad. 
19:2 (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya. 
19:3 Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret, 
19:4 Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to you! 
19:5 "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,- 
19:6 "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!" 
19:7 (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give you good news of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction before." 
19:8 He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?" 
19:9 He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed create you before, when thou hadst been nothing!'" 
19:10 (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb." 
19:11 So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by signs to celebrate Allah (God)'s praises in the morning and in the evening. 
19:12 (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth, 
19:13 And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout, 
19:14 And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious. 
19:15 So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the day that he will be raised up to life (again)! 
19:16 Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East. 
19:17 She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects. 
19:18 She said: "I seek refuge from you to (Allah (God)) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah (God)." 
19:19 He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a holy son. 
19:20 She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?" 
19:21 He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed." 
19:22 So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place. 
19:23 And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!" 
19:24 But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord has provided a rivulet beneath you; 
19:25 "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon you. 
19:26 "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah (God)) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'" 
19:27 At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought! 
19:28 "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!" 
19:29 But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?" 
19:30 He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah (God): He has given me revelation and made me a prophet; 
19:31 "And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; 
19:32 "(He) has made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable; 
19:33 "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"! 
19:34 Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute. 
19:35 It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah (God) that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is. 
19:36 Verily Allah (God) is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is straight. 
19:37 But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day! 
19:38 How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear before Us! but the unjust today are in error manifest! 
19:39 But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be determined: for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe! 
19:40 It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us will they all be returned. 
19:41 (Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man of Truth, a prophet. 
19:42 Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit you nothing? 
19:43 "O my father! to me has come knowledge which has not reached you: so follow me: I will guide you to a way that is even and straight. 
19:44 "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (Allah (God)) Most Gracious. 
19:45 "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict you from (Allah (God)) Most Gracious, so that thou become to Satan a friend." 
19:46 (The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my Allah (God)s, O Abraham? If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone you: Now get away from me for a good long while!" 
19:47 Abraham said: "Peace be on you: I will pray to my Lord for thy forgiveness: for He is to me Most Gracious. 
19:48 "And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom you invoke besides Allah (God): I will call on my Lord: perhaps, by my prayer to my Lord, I shall be not unblest." 
19:49 When he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped besides Allah (God), We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each one of them We made a prophet. 
19:50 And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them lofty honour on the tongue of truth. 
19:51 Also mention in the Book (the story of) Moses: for he was specially chosen, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet. 
19:52 And we called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), and made him draw near to Us, for mystic (converse). 
19:53 And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a prophet. 
19:54 Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly) true to what he promised, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet. 
19:55 He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was most acceptable in the sight of his Lord. 
19:56 Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: He was a man of truth (and sincerity), (and) a prophet: 
19:57 And We raised him to a lofty station. 
19:58 Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah (God) did bestow His Grace,- of the posterity of Adam, and of those who We carried (in the Ark) with Noah, and of the posterity of Abraham and Israel of those whom We guided and chose. Whenever the Signs o f (Allah (God)) Most Gracious were rehearsed to them, they would fall down in prostrate adoration and in tears. 
19:59 But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,- 
19:60 Except those who repent and believe, and work righteousness: for these will enter the Garden and will not be wronged in the least,- 
19:61 Gardens of Eternity, those which (Allah (God)) Most Gracious has promised to His servants in the Unseen: for His promise must (necessarily) come to pass. 
19:62 They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations of Peace: And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and evening. 
19:63 Such is the Garden which We give as an inheritance to those of Our servants who guard against Evil. 
19:64 (The angels say:) "We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between: and thy Lord never doth forget,- 
19:65 "Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them; so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship: knowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?" 
19:66 Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?" 
19:67 But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing? 
19:68 So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and (also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on their knees round about Hell; 
19:69 Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst in obstinate rebellion against (Allah (God)) Most Gracious. 
19:70 And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned therein. 
19:71 Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a Decree which must be accomplished. 
19:72 But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall leave the wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees. 
19:73 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position? Which makes the best show in council?" 
19:74 But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye? 
19:75 Say: "If any men go astray, (Allah (God)) Most Gracious extends (the rope) to them, until, when they see the warning of Allah (God) (being fulfilled) - either in punishment or in (the approach of) the Hour,- they will at length realise who is worst in position , and (who) weakest in forces! 
19:76 "And Allah (God) doth advance in guidance those who seek guidance: and the things that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best in respect of (their) eventual return." 
19:77 Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, yet says: "I shall certainly be given wealth and children?" 
19:78 Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract with (Allah (God)) Most Gracious? 
19:79 Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall add and add to his punishment. 
19:80 To Us shall return all that he talks of and he shall appear before Us bare and alone. 
19:81 And they have taken (for worship) Allah (God)s other than Allah (God), to give them power and glory! 
19:82 Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries against them. 
19:83 Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against the unbelievers, to incite them with fury? 
19:84 So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a (limited) number (of days). 
19:85 The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah (God)) Most Gracious, like a band presented before a king for honours, 
19:86 And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle driven down to water,- 
19:87 None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission (or promise) from (Allah (God)) Most Gracious. 
19:88 They say: "(Allah (God)) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" 
19:89 Indeed you have put forth a thing most monstrous! 
19:90 At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, 
19:91 That they should invoke a son for (Allah (God)) Most Gracious. 
19:92 For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah (God)) Most Gracious that He should beget a son. 
19:93 Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (Allah (God)) Most Gracious as a servant. 
19:94 He does take an account of them (all), and has numbered them (all) exactly. 
19:95 And everyone of them will come to Him singly on the Day of Judgment. 
19:96 On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (Allah (God)) Most Gracious bestow love. 
19:97 So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, that with it thou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to people given to contention. 
19:98 But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them? 










The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



20. TA-HA



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

20:1 Ta-Ha. 
20:2 We have not sent down the Qur'an to you to be (an occasion) for thy distress, 
20:3 But only as an admonition to those who fear (Allah (God)),- 
20:4 A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on high. 
20:5 (Allah (God)) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of authority). 
20:6 To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between them, and all beneath the soil. 
20:7 If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He knoweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden. 
20:8 Allah (God)! there is no Allah (God) but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names. 
20:9 Has the story of Moses reached you? 
20:10 Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the fire." 
20:11 But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses! 
20:12 "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore (in My presence) put off thy shoes: thou art in the sacred valley Tuwa. 
20:13 "I have chosen you: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to you). 
20:14 "Verily, I am Allah (God): There is no Allah (God) but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise. 
20:15 "Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour. 
20:16 "Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert you therefrom, lest thou perish!".. 
20:17 "And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?" 
20:18 He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and in it I find other uses." 
20:19 (Allah (God)) said, "Throw it, O Moses!" 
20:20 He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion. 
20:21 (Allah (God)) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition".. 
20:22 "Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white (and shining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,- 
20:23 "In order that We may show you (two) of our Greater Signs. 
20:24 "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds." 
20:25 (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast; 
20:26 "Ease my task for me; 
20:27 "And remove the impediment from my speech, 
20:28 "So they may understand what I say: 
20:29 "And give me a Minister from my family, 
20:30 "Aaron, my brother; 
20:31 "Add to my strength through him, 
20:32 "And make him share my task: 
20:33 "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint, 
20:34 "And remember you without stint: 
20:35 "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us." 
20:36 (Allah (God)) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!" 
20:37 "And indeed We conferred a favour on you another time (before). 
20:38 "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message: 
20:39 "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the garment of) love over you from Me: and (this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye. 
20:40 "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'shall I show you one who will nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought you back to thy mother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. Then thou didst slay a man, but We saved you from trouble, and We tried you in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses! 
20:41 "And I have prepared you for Myself (for service)".. 
20:42 "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in keeping Me in remembrance. 
20:43 "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds; 
20:44 "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah (God))." 
20:45 They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds." 
20:46 He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything). 
20:47 "So go you both to him, and say, 'Verily we are apostles sent by thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance! 
20:48 "'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject and turn away.'" 
20:49 (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?" 
20:50 He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance." 
20:51 (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?" 
20:52 He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,- 
20:53 "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others. 
20:54 Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding. 
20:55 From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again. 
20:56 And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse. 
20:57 He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses? 
20:58 "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and you, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances." 
20:59 Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up." 
20:60 So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back). 
20:61 Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not you a lie against Allah (God), lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!" 
20:62 So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret. 
20:63 They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions. 
20:64 "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand." 
20:65 They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?" 
20:66 He said, "Nay, throw you first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion! 
20:67 So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear. 
20:68 We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand: 
20:69 "Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes." 
20:70 So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses". 
20:71 (Pharaoh) said: "Believe you in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall you know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment!" 
20:72 They said: "Never shall we regard you as more than the Clear Sings that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world. 
20:73 "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah (God) is Best and Most Abiding." 
20:74 Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live. 
20:75 But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,- 
20:76 Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil). 
20:77 We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with My servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear." 
20:78 Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed them and covered them up. 
20:79 Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright. 
20:80 O you Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We sent down to you Manna and quails: 
20:81 (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed! 
20:82 "But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again, to those who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to receive true guidance." 
20:83 (When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah (God) said:) "What made you hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?" 
20:84 He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to you, O my Lord, to please you." 
20:85 (Allah (God)) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray." 
20:86 So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did you desire that Wrath should descend from y our Lord on you, and so you broke your promise to me?" 
20:87 They said: "We broke not the promise to you, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested. 
20:88 "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your Allah (God), and the Allah (God) of Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!" 
20:89 Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good? 
20:90 Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! you are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah (God)) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command." 
20:91 They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us." 
20:92 (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept you back, when thou sawest them going wrong, 
20:93 "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?" 
20:94 (Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word!'" 
20:95 (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?" 
20:96 He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Apostle, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me." 
20:97 (Moses) said: "Get you gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy Allah (God), of whom thou hast become a devoted wor shipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!" 
20:98 But the Allah (God) of you all is the One Allah (God): there is no Allah (God) but He: all things He comprehends in His knowledge. 
20:99 Thus do We relate to you some stories of what happened before: for We have sent you a Message from Our own Presence. 
20:100 If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on the Day of judgment; 
20:101 They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be to them on that Day,- 
20:102 The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather the sinful, blear-eyed (with terror). 
20:103 In whispers will they consult each other: "Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days); 
20:104 We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!" 
20:105 They ask you concerning the Mountains: say, "My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust; 
20:106 "He will leave them as plains smooth and level; 
20:107 "Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place." 
20:108 On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (Allah (God)) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march). 
20:109 On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (Allah (God)) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him. 
20:110 He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge. 
20:111 (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back). 
20:112 But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due). 
20:113 Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur'an - and explained therein in detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear Allah (God), or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him). 
20:114 High above all is Allah (God), the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to you is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge." 
20:115 We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve. 
20:116 When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused. 
20:117 Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to you and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery. 
20:118 "There is therein (enough provision) for you not to go hungry nor to go naked, 
20:119 "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat." 
20:120 But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?" 
20:121 In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced. 
20:122 But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance. 
20:123 He said: "Get you down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery. 
20:124 "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment." 
20:125 He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?" 
20:126 (Allah (God)) will say: "Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto you, disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded." 
20:127 And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds and believes not in the Sings of his Lord: and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring. 
20:128 Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding. 
20:129 Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite). 
20:130 Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at the sides of the day: that thou ma yest have (spiritual) joy. 
20:131 Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring. 
20:132 Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask you not to provide sustenance: We provide it for you. But the (fruit of) the Hereafter is for righteousness. 
20:133 They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation? 
20:134 And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us an apostle, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame." 
20:135 Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon shall you know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received Guidance." 







The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



21. THE PROPHETS



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

21:1 Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away. 
21:2 Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,- 
21:3 Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will you go to witchcraft with your eyes open?" 
21:4 Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)." 
21:5 "Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged it! - Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent to (Prophets) of old!" 
21:6 (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe? 
21:7 Before you, also, the apostles We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: If you realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message. 
21:8 Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death. 
21:9 In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds. 
21:10 We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will you not then understand? 
21:11 How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples? 
21:12 Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it. 
21:13 Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that you may be called to account. 
21:14 They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!" 
21:15 And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched. 
21:16 Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between! 
21:17 If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)! 
21:18 Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things you ascribe (to Us). 
21:19 To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service): 
21:20 They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit. 
21:21 Or have they taken (for worship) Allah (God)s from the earth who can raise (the dead)? 
21:22 If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other Allah (God)s besides Allah (God), there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah (God), the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him! 
21:23 He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for theirs). 
21:24 Or have they taken for worship (other) Allah (God)s besides him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away. 
21:25 Not an apostle did We send before you without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no Allah (God) but I; therefore worship and serve Me. 
21:26 And they say: "(Allah (God)) Most Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour. 
21:27 They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His Command. 
21:28 He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory). 
21:29 If any of them should say, "I am a Allah (God) besides Him", such a one We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong. 
21:30 Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? 
21:31 And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance. 
21:32 And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)! 
21:33 It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course. 
21:34 We granted not to any man before you permanent life (here): if then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently? 
21:35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good by way of trial. to Us must you return. 
21:36 When the Unbelievers see you, they treat you not except with ridicule. "Is this," (they say), "the one who talks of your Allah (God)s?" and they blaspheme at the mention of (Allah (God)) Most Gracious! 
21:37 Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My Signs; then you will not ask Me to hasten them! 
21:38 They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if you are telling the truth?" 
21:39 If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and (when) no help can reach them! 
21:40 Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite. 
21:41 Mocked were (many) apostle before you; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. 
21:42 Say: "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (the Wrath of) (Allah (God)) Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from the mention of their Lord. 
21:43 Or have they Allah (God)s that can guard them from Us? They have no power to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us. 
21:44 Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win? 
21:45 Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": But the deaf will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned! 
21:46 If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!" 
21:47 We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take accoun t. 
21:48 In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for judgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right,- 
21:49 Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and who hold the Hour (of Judgment) in awe. 
21:50 And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will you then reject it? 
21:51 We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him. 
21:52 Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which you are (so assiduously) devoted?" 
21:53 They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them." 
21:54 He said, "Indeed you have been in manifest error - you and your fathers." 
21:55 They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?" 
21:56 He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth). 
21:57 "And by Allah (God), I have a plan for your idols - after you go away and turn your backs".. 
21:58 So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it. 
21:59 They said, "Who has done this to our Allah (God)s? He must indeed be some man of impiety!" 
21:60 They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham." 
21:61 They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness." 
21:62 They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our Allah (God)s, O Abraham?" 
21:63 He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!" 
21:64 So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely you are the ones in the wrong!" 
21:65 Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!" 
21:66 (Abraham) said, "Do you then worship, besides Allah (God), things that can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm? 
21:67 "Fie upon you, and upon the things that you worship besides Allah (God)! Have you no sense?".. 
21:68 They said, "Burn him and protect your Allah (God)s, If you do (anything at all)!" 
21:69 We said, "O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!" 
21:70 Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made them the ones that lost most! 
21:71 But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them) to the land which We have blessed for the nations. 
21:72 And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them). 
21:73 And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only). 
21:74 And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a rebellious people. 
21:75 And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the Righteous. 
21:76 (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress. 
21:77 We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly they were a people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) all together. 
21:78 And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did witness their judgment. 
21:79 To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We Who did (all these things). 
21:80 It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will you then be grateful? 
21:81 (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do know all things. 
21:82 And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work besides; and it was We Who guarded them. 
21:83 And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress has seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful." 
21:84 So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us. 
21:85 And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of constancy and patience; 
21:86 We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous ones. 
21:87 And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him! But he cried through the deptHs of darkness, "There is no Allah (God) but thou: glory to you: I was indeed wrong!" 
21:88 So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We deliver those who have faith. 
21:89 And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O my Lord! leave me not without offspring, though thou art the best of inheritors." 
21:90 So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us. 
21:91 And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples. 
21:92 Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other). 
21:93 But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from another: (yet) will they all return to Us. 
21:94 Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith,- His endeavour will not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour. 
21:95 But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that they shall not return, 
21:96 Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier), and they swiftly swarm from every hill. 
21:97 Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!" 
21:98 Verily ye, (unbelievers), and the (false) Allah (God)s that you worship besides Allah (God), are (but) fuel for Hell! to it will you (surely) come! 
21:99 If these had been Allah (God)s, they would not have got there! but each one will abide therein. 
21:100 There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aught else). 
21:101 Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will be removed far therefrom. 
21:102 Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls desired, in that will they dwell. 
21:103 The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will meet them (with mutual greetings): "This is your Day,- (the Day) that you were promised." 
21:104 The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it. 
21:105 Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth." 
21:106 Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly) worship Allah (God). 
21:107 We sent you not, but as a Mercy for all creatures. 
21:108 Say: "What has come to me by inspiration is that your Allah (God) is One Allah (God): will you therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?" 
21:109 But if they turn back, Say: "I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike and in truth; but I know not whether that which you are promised is near or far. 
21:110 "It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what you hide (in your hearts). 
21:111 "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time." 
21:112 Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!" "Our Lord Most Gracious is the One Whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies you utter!" 











The Holy Quran
Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali



22. THE PILGRIMAGE



In the name of Allah (God),
Most Gracious, Most Merciful

22:1 O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible! 
22:2 The Day you shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling- babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah (God). 
22:3 And yet among men there are such as dispute about Allah (God), without knowledge, and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion! 
22:4 About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him for friendship, him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to the Penalty of the Fire. 
22:5 O mankind! if you have a doubt about the Resurrection, (consider) that We created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a leech-like clot, then out of a morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed, in order that We may manifest (our power) to you; and We cause whom We will to rest in the wombs for an appointed term, then do We bring you out as babes, then (foster you) that you may reach your age of full strength; and some of you are called to die, and some are sent back to th e feeblest old age, so that they know nothing after having known (much), and (further), thou seest the earth barren and lifeless, but when We pour down rain on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells, and it puts forth every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs). 
22:6 This is so, because Allah (God) is the Reality: it is He Who gives life to the dead, and it is He Who has power over all things. 
22:7 And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, or about (the fact) that Allah (God) will raise up all who are in the graves. 
22:8 Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah (God), without Knowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment,- 
22:9 (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from the Path of Allah (God): for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire). 
22:10 (It will be said): "This is because of the deeds which thy hands sent forth, for verily Allah (God) is not unjust to His servants. 
22:11 There are among men some who serve Allah (God), as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see! 
22:12 They call on such deities, besides Allah (God), as can neither hurt nor profit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)! 
22:13 (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)! 
22:14 Verily Allah (God) will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to Gardens, beneath which rivers flow: for Allah (God) carries out all that He plans. 
22:15 If any think that Allah (God) will not help him (His Apostle) in this world and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut (himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will remove that which enrages (him)! 
22:16 Thus have We sent down Clear Sings; and verily Allah (God) doth guide whom He will! 
22:17 Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,- Allah (God) will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for Allah (God) is witness of all things. 
22:18 Seest thou not that to Allah (God) bow down in worship all things that are in the heavens and on earth,- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills, the trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind? But a great number are (also) such as are fit fo r Punishment: and such as Allah (God) shall disgrace,- None