FAMILY OF IMRAN -Ali 'Imran
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful
1. Alif,
Lam, Meem.
2. God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal.
3. He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what
came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gos-pel.
4.
Aforetime, as guidance for mankind; and He sent down
the Criterion. Those who have rejected God’s signs will have a severe
punishment. God is Mighty, Able to take revenge.
5.
Nothing is hidden from God, on earth or in the heaven.
6.
It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There
is no god except He, the Almighty, the Wise.
7.
It is He who revealed to you the Book. Some of its
verses are definitive; they are the foundation of the Book, and others are
unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation, they follow the
unspecific part, seeking descent, and seeking to derive an interpretation. But
none knows its inter-pretation except God and those firmly rooted in knowledge
say, “We believe in it; all is from our Lord.” But none
recollects except those with understanding.
8.
“Our Lord, do not cause our hearts to swerve after You
have guided us, and be-stow on us mercy from Your presence; You are the Giver.”
9.
“Our Lord, You will gather the people for a Day in
which there is no doubt.” God will never break His
promise.
10. As for those
who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them
anything against God. These will be fuel for the Fire.
11. Like the
behavior of Pharaoh’s people and those before them. They
rejected Our signs, so God seized them for their sins. God is Strict in retribution.
12.
Say to those who disbelieve, “You will be defeated,
and rounded up into Hell—an awful resting-place.”
13.
There was a sign for you in the two par-ties that met.
One party fighting in the way of God, and the other was disbeliev-ing. They saw
them with their own eyes twice their number. But God supports with His help whomever
He wills. In that is a lesson for those with insight.
14.
Adorned for the people is the love of desires, such as
women, and children, and piles upon piles of gold and silver, and branded
horses, and livestock, and fields. These are the conveniences of the worldly
life, but with God lies the finest resort.
15. Say, “Shall
I inform you of something better than that? For those who are right-eous, with
their Lord are Gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain
forever, and purified spouses, and ac-ceptance from God.” God
is Observant of the servants.
16.
Those who say, “Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive
us our sins, and save us from the suffering of the Fire.”
17.
The patient, and the truthful, and the reverent, and
the charitable, and the seek-ers of forgiveness at dawn.
18.
God bears witness that there is no god but He, as do
the angels, and those en-dowed with knowledge—upholding justice. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.
19.
Religion with God is Islam. Those to whom the
Scripture was given differed only after knowledge came to them, out of envy
among themselves. Whoever rejects the signs of God—God is quick to take
account.
20. If they
argue with you, say, “I have sur-rendered myself to God, and those who follow
me.” And say to those who were given the Scripture, and to the unlearned, “Have
you surrendered?” If they have sur-rendered, then they are guided, but if they
turn away, then your duty is to convey. God is Seeing of
the servants.
21.
As for those who defy God’s revela-tions, and kill the
prophets unjustly, and kill those who advocate justice among the people,
promise them a painful retribu-tion.
22.
They are those whose deeds will come to nothing, in
this world and in the Here-after, and they will have no saviors.
23.
Have you not considered those who were given a share
of the Scripture, as they were called to the Scripture of God to arbi-trate
between them; then some of them turned back, and declined?
24.
That is because they said, “The Fire will not touch us
except for a limited number of days.” They have been misled in their religion
by the lies they fabricated.
25.
How about when We gather them for a Day in which there
is no doubt, and each soul will be paid in full for what it has earned, and
they will not be wronged?
26. Say, “O God,
Owner of Sovereignty. You grant sovereignty to whom You will, and You strip
sovereignty from whom you will. You honor whom you will, and You humiliate whom
you will. In Your hand is all goodness. You are Capable of all things.”
27. “You merge
the night into the day, and You merge the day into the night; and you bring the
living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living; and you
provide for whom you will without meas-ure.”
28. Believers
are not to take disbelievers for friends instead of believers. Whoever does
that has nothing to do with God, unless it is to protect your own selves
against them. God warns you to beware of Him. To God is the destiny.
29. Say,
“Whether you conceal what is in your hearts, or disclose it, God knows it.” He
knows everything in the heavens and the earth. God is Powerful over
every-thing.
30. On the Day
when every soul finds all the good it has done presented. And as for the evil
it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between them. God
cau-tions you of Himself. God is Kind towards the servants.
31. Say, “If you
love God, then follow me, and God will love you, and will forgive you your
sins.” God is Forgiving and Mer-ciful.
32.
Say, “Obey God and the Messenger.” But if they turn
away—God does not love the faithless.
33.
God chose Adam, and Noah, and the family of Abraham,
and the family of Im-ran, over all mankind.
34.
Offspring one of the other. God is Hearer and Knower.
35.
The wife of Imran said, “My Lord, I have vowed to You
what is in my womb, dedicated, so accept from me; You are the Hearer and
Knower.”
36.
And when she delivered her, she said, “My Lord, I have
delivered a female,” and God was well aware of what she has deliv-ered, “and
the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and have commended
her and her descendants to Your protection, from Satan the outcast.”
37.
Her Lord accepted her with a gracious reception, and
brought her a beautiful upbringing, and entrusted her to the care of Zechariah.
Whenever Zechariah en-tered upon her in the sanctuary, he found her with
provision. He said, “O Mary, where did you get this from?” She said, “It is
from God; God provides to whom He wills without reckoning.”
38.
Thereupon Zechariah prayed to his Lord; he said, “My
Lord, bestow on me good offspring from Your presence; You are the Hearer of
Prayers.”
39.
Then the angels called out to him, as he stood praying
in the sanctuary: “God gives you good news of John; confirming a
Word from God, and honorable, and moral, and a prophet; one of the
upright.”
40. He said, “My
Lord, how will I have a son, when old age has overtaken me, and my wife is
barren?” He said, “Even so, God does whatever He wills.”
41.
He said, “My Lord, give me a sign.” He said, “Your
sign is that you shall not speak to the people for three days, except by
ges-tures. And remember your Lord much, and praise in the evening and the
morn-ing.”
42.
The angels said, “O Mary, God has cho-sen you, and has
purified you. He has cho-sen you over all the women of the world.
43.
“O Mary, be devoted to your Lord, and bow down, and
kneel with those who kneel.”
44.
These are accounts from the Unseen, which We reveal to
you. You were not with them when they cast their lots as to which of them would
take charge of Mary; nor were you with them as they quarreled.
45.
The Angels said, “O Mary, God gives you good news of a
Word from Him. His name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, well-esteemed in
this world and the next, and one of the nearest.
46.
He will speak to the people from the crib, and in
adulthood, and will be one of the righteous.”
47. She said,
“My Lord, how can I have a child, when no man has touched me?” He
said, “It will be so. God creates whatever He wills. To have anything done, He
only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”
48.
And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and
the Torah and the Gos-pel.
49.
A messenger to the Children of Israel: “I have come to
you with a sign from your Lord. I make for you out of clay the figure of a
bird, then I breathe into it, and it be-comes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal
the blind and the leprous, and I revive the dead, by God’s leave. And I inform
you concerning what you eat, and what you store in your homes. In that is a
sign for you, if you are believers.”
50.
“And verifying what lies before me of the Torah, and
to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. I have come to you
with a sign from your Lord; so fear God, and obey me.”
51.
“God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is
a straight path.”
52.
When Jesus sensed disbelief on their part, he said,
“Who are my allies towards God?” The disciples said, “We are God’s allies; we
have believed in God, and bear witness that we submit.”
53.
“Our Lord, we have believed in what You have revealed,
and we have followed the Messenger, so count us among the witnesses.”
54.
They planned, and God planned; but God is the Best of
planners.
55.
God said, “O Jesus, I am terminating your life, and
raising you to Me, and clearing you of those who
disbelieve. And I will make those who follow you superior to those who
disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return; then I
will judge between you regarding what you were disputing.
56. As for those who disbelieve, I will pun-ish them with a
severe punishment, in this world and the next, and they will have no helpers.
57. And as for those who believe and do good works, He will give
them their re-wards in full. God does not love the un-just.”
58. This is what We recite to you of the Verses and the Wise
Reminder.
59. The likeness of Jesus in God’s sight is that of Adam: He
created him from dust, then said to him, “Be,” and he was.
60. The truth is from your Lord, so do not be of those who
doubt.
61. And if anyone disputes with you about him, after the
knowledge that has come to you, say, “Come, let us call our children and your
children, and our women and your women, and ourselves and your-selves, and let
us invoke God’s curse on the liars.”
62. This is the narrative of truth: there is no god but God. God
is the Mighty, the Wise.
63. But if they turn away—God knows the corrupt.
64. Say, “O People of the Book, come to terms common between us
and you: that we worship none but God, and that we associate nothing with
Him, and that none of us takes others as lords besides God.” And if they turn
away, say, “Bear witness that we have submitted.”
65. O People of the Book! Why do you ar-gue about Abraham, when
the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Will you not
reason?
66. Here you are—you argue about things you know, but why do you
argue about things you do not know? God knows, and you do not know.
67. Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a
Monotheist, a Muslim. And he was not of the Polythe-ists.
68. The people most deserving of Abraham are those who followed
him, and this prophet, and those who believe. God is the Guardian of the
believers.
69. A party of the People of the Book would love to lead you
astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they do not realize it.
70. O People of the Book! Why do you re-ject the revelations of
God, even as you witness?
71. O People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with
falsehood, and knowingly conceal the truth?
72. Some of the People of the Book say, “Believe in what was
revealed to the be-lievers at the beginning of the day, and
73. And trust none except those who follow your religion.” Say,
“Guidance is God’s guidance. If someone is given the like of what you were
given, or they argue with you before your Lord, say, “All grace is in God’s
hand; He gives it to whomever He wills.” God is Bounteous and Knowing.
74. He specifies His mercy for whomever He wills. God is
Possessor of Sublime Grace.
75. Among the People of the Book is he, who, if you entrust him
with a heap of gold, he will give it back to you. And among them is he, who, if
you entrust him with a single coin, he will not give it back to you, unless you
keep after him. That is because they say, “We are under no obli-gation towards
the gentiles.” They tell lies about God, and they know it.
76. Indeed, whoever fulfills his commit-ments and maintains
piety—God loves the pious.
77. Those who exchange the covenant of God, and their vows, for
a small price, will have no share in the Hereafter; and God will not speak to
them, nor will He look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify
them. They will have a painful punishment.
78. And among them are those who twist the Scripture with their
tongues, that you may think it from the Scripture, when it is not from the
Scripture. And they say, “It is from God,” when it is not from God. They tell lies and
attribute them to God, know-ingly.
79. No person to whom God has given the Scripture, and wisdom,
and prophethood would ever say to the people, “Be my wor-shipers rather than
God’s.” Rather, “Be people of the Lord, according to the Scrip-ture you teach,
and the teachings you learn.”
80. Nor would he command you to take the angels and the prophets
as lords. Would he command you to infidelity after you have submitted?
81. God received the covenant of the prophets, “Inasmuch as I
have given you of Scripture and wisdom, should a mes-senger come to you
verifying what you have; you shall believe in him, and support him.” He said,
“Do you affirm My cove-nant and take it upon yourselves?” They said, “We affirm
it.” He said, “Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.”
82. Whoever turns away after that—these are the deceitful.
83. Do they desire other than the religion of God, when to Him
has submitted every-thing in the heavens and the earth, will-ingly or
unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned?
84. Say, “We believe in God, and in what was revealed to us, and
in what was re-vealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the
Patriarchs; and in what was given to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from
their Lord. We make no
85. Whoever seeks other than Islam as a religion, it will not be
accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.
86. How will God guide a people who dis-believed after having
believed, and had witnessed that the Messenger is true, and the clear proofs
had come to them? God does not guide the unjust people.
87. Those—their penalty is that upon them falls the curse of
God, and of the angels, and of all mankind.
88. Remaining in it eternally, without their punishment being
eased from them, and without being reprieved.
89. Except those who repent afterwards, and reform; for God is
Forgiving and Merciful.
90. As for those who disbelieve after having believed, then
plunge deeper into disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted; these are
the lost.
91. As for those who disbelieve and die disbelievers, even the
earth full of gold would not be accepted from any of them, were he to offer it
for ransom. These will have a painful torment, and will have no saviors.
92. You will not attain virtuous conduct until you give of what
you cherish. What-ever you give away, God is aware of it.
93. All food was permissible to the Chil-dren of Israel, except
what Israel forbade for itself before the Torah was revealed. Say, “Bring the
Torah, and read it, if you are truthful.”
94. Whoever forges lies about God after that—these are the
unjust.
95. Say, “God has spoken the truth, so fol-low the religion of
Abraham, the mono-theist; he was not a Pagan.”
96. The first house established for mankind is the one at Bekka,
blessed, and guidance for all people.
97. In it are evident signs; the Station of Abraham. Whoever
enters it attains secu-rity. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty to God for all
who can make the journey. But as for those who refuse—God is Inde-pendent of
the worlds.
98. Say, “O People of the Scripture, why do you reject the
Revelations of God, when God witnesses what you do?”
99. Say, “O People of the Scripture, why do you hinder from
God’s path those who believe, seeking to distort it, even though you are
witnesses? God is not unaware of what you do.”
100. O you who believe! If you obey a party of those who were
given the Scripture, they will turn you, after your belief, into disbelievers.
101. And how could you disbelieve, when God’s revelations are
being recited to you, and among you is His Messenger? Whoever cleaves to God
has been guided to a straight path.
102. O you who believe! Revere God with due reverence, and do not
die except as Muslims.
103. And hold fast to the rope of God, alto-gether, and do not
become divided. And remember God’s blessings upon you; how you were enemies,
and He reconciled your hearts, and by His grace you became brethren. And you
were on the brink of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it. God thus
clarifies His revelations for you, so that you may be guided.
104. And let there be among you a commu-nity calling to virtue,
and advocating righteousness, and deterring from evil. These are the
successful.
105. And do not be like those who separat-ed and disputed after
the clear proofs came to them; for them is a great punish-ment.
106. On the Day when some faces will be whitened, and some faces
will be black-ened. As for those whose faces are black-ened: “Did you
disbelieve after your be-lief?” Then taste the punishment for hav-ing
disbelieved.
107. But as for those whose faces are whit-ened, they are in
God’s mercy, remaining in it forever.
108. These are the revelations of God. We recite them to you in
truth. God desires no injustice for mankind.
109. To God belongs everything in the heavens and everything on
earth, and to God all events are referred.
110. You are the best community that ever emerged for humanity:
you advocate what is moral, and forbid what is immoral, and believe in God. Had
the People of the Scripture believed, it would have been bet-ter for them.
Among them are the believ-ers, but most of them are sinners.
111. They will do you no harm, beyond insulting you. And if they
fight you, they will turn around and flee, then they will not be helped.
112. They shall be humiliated wherever they are encountered,
except through a rope from God, and a rope from the peo-ple; and they incurred
wrath from God, and were stricken with misery. That is because they rejected
God’s revelations, and killed the prophets unjustly. That is because they
rebelled and committed ag-gression.
113. They are not alike. Among the People of the Scripture is a
community that is upright; they recite God’s revelations throughout the night,
and they prostrate themselves.
114. They believe in God and the Last Day, and advocate
righteousness and forbid evil, and are quick to do good deeds. These are among
the righteous.
115. Whatever good they do, they will not be denied it. God knows
the righteous.
116. As for those who disbelieve, neither their possessions nor
their children will avail them anything against God. These are the inhabitants
of the Fire, abiding therein forever.
117. The parable of what they spend in this worldly life is that
of a frosty wind that strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged their
souls, and destroys it. God did not wrong them, but they wronged their own
selves.
118. O you who believe! Do not befriend outsiders who never cease
to wish you harm. They love to see you suffer. Hatred has already appeared from
their mouths, but what their hearts conceal is worse. We have made the messages
clear for you, if you understand.
119. There you are, you love them, but they do not love you, and
you believe in the entire Scripture. And when they meet you, they say, “We
believe,” but when they are alone, they bite their fingers in rage at you. Say,
“Die in your rage; God knows what is within the hearts.”
120. If something good happens to you, it upsets them; but if
something bad befalls you, they rejoice at it. But if you persevere and
maintain righteousness, their schemes will not harm you at all. God
compre-hends what they do.
121. Remember when you left your home in the morning, to assign
battle-positions for the believers. God is Hearing and Knowing.
122. When two groups among you almost faltered, but God was their
Protector. So in God let the believers put their trust.
123. God had given you victory at Badr, when you were weak. So
fear God, that you may be thankful.
124. When you said to the believers, “Is it not enough for you
that your Lord has reinforced you with three thousand angels, sent down?”
125. It is, but if you persevere and remain cautious, and they
attack you suddenly, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels,
well trained.
126. God made it but a message of hope for you, and to reassure
your hearts thereby. Victory comes only from God the Al-mighty, the Wise.
127. He thus cuts off a section of those who disbelieved, or
subdues them, so they re-treat disappointed.
128. It is no concern of yours whether He redeems them or
punishes them. They are wrongdoers.
129. To God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. He
forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. God is Most Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
130. O you who believe! Do not feed on usury, compounded over and
over, and fear God, so that you may prosper.
131. And guard yourselves against the Fire that is prepared for
the disbelievers.
132.
And obey God and the Messenger, that you may obtain
mercy.
133.
And race towards forgiveness from your Lord, and a
Garden as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous.
134. Those who
give in prosperity and ad-versity, and those who restrain anger, and those who
forgive people. God loves the doers of good.
135.
And those who, when they commit an indecency or wrong
themselves, remem-ber God and ask forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives
sins except God? And they do not persist in their wrongdo-ing while they know.
136. Those—their
reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow,
abiding therein forever. How excellent is the reward of the
work-ers.
137.
Many societies have passed away be-fore you. So travel
the earth and note the fate of the deniers.
138.
This is a proclamation to humanity, and guidance, and
advice for the right-eous.
139.
And do not waver, nor feel remorse. You are the
superior ones, if you are be-lievers.
140.
If a wound afflicts you, a similar wound has afflicted
the others. Such days We alternate between the people, that God may know those
who believe, and take
martyrs from among you. God does not love the evildoers.
141.
So that God may prove those who be-lieve, and
eliminate the disbelievers.
142.
Or do you expect to enter Paradise, before God has
distinguished those among you who strive, and before He has distin-guished the
steadfast?
143.
You used to wish for death before you have faced it.
Now you have seen it before your own eyes.
144. Muhammad is
no more than a mes-senger. Messengers have passed on before him. If he dies or
gets killed, will you turn on your heels? He who turns on his heels will not
harm God in any way. And God will reward the
appreciative.
145.
No soul can die except by God’s leave, at a
predetermined time. Whoever desires the reward of the world, We will give him
some of it; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We will give him
some of it; and We will reward the appreciative.
146. How many a
prophet fought alongside him numerous godly people? They did not waver for what
afflicted them in the cause of God, nor did they weaken, nor did they give in. God
loves those who endure.
147.
Their only words were, “Our Lord, forgive us our
offences, and our excesses in our conduct, and strengthen our foot-hold, and
help us against the disbelieving people.”
148. So God gave
them the reward of this world, and the excellent reward of the Hereafter. God
loves the doers of good.
149. O you who
believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your
heels, and you end up losers.
150. God is your
Master, and He is the Best of Helpers.
151. We will
throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they attrib-ute
to God partners for which He revealed no sanction. Their lodging is the Fire.
Miserable is the lodging of the evildoers.
152. God has
fulfilled His promise to you, and you defeated them by His leave; until when
you faltered, and disputed the command, and disobeyed after He had shown you
what you like. Some of you want this world, and some of you want the next. Then
He turned you away from them, to test you, but He pardoned you. God
is Gracious towards the believers.
153. Remember
when you fled, not caring for anyone, even though the Messenger was calling you
from your rear. Then He repaid you with sorrow upon sorrow, so that you would
not grieve over what you missed, or for what afflicted you. God
is Informed of what you do.
154. Then after
the setback, He sent down security upon you. Slumber overcame some of you,
while others cared only for themselves, thinking of God thoughts that were
untrue—thoughts of ignorance— saying, “Is anything up to us?” Say,
“Eve-rything is up to God.” They conceal within themselves
what they do not reveal to you. They say, “If it was up to us, none of us would
have been killed here.” Say, “Even if you Had stayed in your homes, those
des-tined to be killed would have marched into their death beds.” God thus
tests what is in your minds, and purifies what is in your hearts. God
knows what the hearts contain.
155.
Those of you who turned back on the day when the two
armies clashed—it was Satan who caused them to backslide, on account of some of
what they have earned. But God has forgiven them. God is Forgiv-ing and
Prudent.
156.
O you who believe! Do not be like those who
disbelieved, and said of their brethren who marched in the land, or went on the
offensive, “Had they stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed.”
So that God may make it a cause of regret in their hearts. God gives life and causes
death. God is Seeing of what you do.
157.
If you are killed in the cause of God, or
die—forgiveness and mercy from God are better than what they hoard.
158.
If you die, or are killed—to God you will be gathered
up.
159. It is by of
grace from God that you were gentle with them. Had you been harsh, hardhearted,
they would have dis-persed from around you. So pardon them, and ask forgiveness
for them, and consult them in the conduct of affairs. And
when
160. If God
supports you, there is none who can overcome you. But if He fails you, who is
there to help you after Him? So in God let the believers put
their trust.
161.
It is not for a prophet to act dishonest-ly. Whoever
acts dishonestly will bring his dishonesty on the Day of Resurrection. Then
every soul will be paid in full for what it has earned, and they will not be
wronged.
162.
Is someone who pursues God's ap-proval the same as
someone who incurs God's wrath, and his refuge is Hell—the miserable
destination?
163.
They have different ranks with God, and God is Seeing
of what they do.
164.
God has blessed the believers, as He raised up among
them a messenger from among themselves, who recites to them His revelations,
and purifies them, and teaches them the Scripture and wisdom; although before
that they were in evident error.
165.
And when a calamity befell you, even after you had
inflicted twice as much, you said, “How is this?” Say, “It is from your own
selves.” God is Able to do all things.
166.
What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was
with God’s permission; that He may know the believers.
167. And that He
may know the hypocrites. And it was said to them, “Come, fight in the cause of
God, or contribute.” They
said, “If we
knew how to fight, we would have followed you.” On that day they were closer to
infidelity than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in
their hearts; but God knows what they hide.
168.
Those who said of their brethren, as they stayed
behind, “Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.” Say, “Then avert
death from yourselves, if you are truthful.”
169.
Do not consider those killed in the cause of God as dead.
In fact, they are alive, at their Lord, well provided for.
170.
Delighting in what God has given them out of His
grace, and happy for those who have not yet joined them; that they have nothing
to fear, nor will they grieve.
171.
They rejoice in grace from God, and bounty, and that
God will not waste the reward of the faithful.
172.
Those who responded to God and the Messenger, despite
the persecution they had suffered. For the virtuous and the pi-ous among them
is a great reward.
173.
Those to whom the people have said, “The people have
mobilized against you, so fear them.” But this only increased them in faith,
and they said, “God is enough for us; He is the Excellent Protec-tor.”
174. So they came
back with grace from God, and bounty, and no harm having touched them. They
pursued what pleases God. God possesses immense grace.
175. That is only Satan frightening his
par- We will say, “Taste the torment of
the tisans; so do not fear them, but fear Me, if you are
believers.
176. And do not
be saddened by those who rush into disbelief. They will not harm God in the
least. God desires to give them no share in the Hereafter. A
terrible tor-ment awaits them.
177. Those who exchange
blasphemy for faith will not harm God in the least. A
painful torment awaits them.
178. Those who
disbelieve should not as-sume that We respite them for their own good. We only
respite them so that they may increase in sinfulness. A
humiliating torment awaits them.
179. God will not
leave the believers as you are, without distinguishing the wicked from the
sincere. Nor will God inform you of the future, but God elects from among His
messengers whom He wills. So believe in God and His messengers. If you believe
and practice piety, you will have a splen-did reward.
180. Those who
withhold what God has given them of his bounty should not as-sume that is good
for them. In fact, it is bad for them. They will be encircled by their
hoardings on the Day of Resurrec-tion. To God belongs the inheritance of the
heavens and the earth, and God is well acquainted with what you do.
181. God has
heard the statement of those who said, “God is poor, and we are rich.” We will
write down what they said, and their wrongful killing of the prophets; and burning.”
182.
“This is on account of what your hands have forwarded,
and because God is not unjust towards the creatures.”
183.
Those who said, “God has made a cov-enant with us,
that we shall not believe in any messenger unless he brings us an of-fering to
be consumed by fire.” Say, “Mes-sengers have come to you before me with proofs,
and with what you asked for; so why did you assassinate them, if you are
truthful?”
184.
If they accuse you of lying, messengers before you
were accused of lying. They came with the proofs, and the Psalms, and the
Illuminating Scripture.
185.
Every soul will have a taste of death, and you will
receive your recompense on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is swayed from the
Fire, and admitted to Paradise, has won. The life of this world is merely
enjoyment of delusion.
186.
You will be tested through your pos-sessions and your
persons, and you will hear from those who received the Scrip-ture before you,
and from the idol wor-shipers, much abuse. But if you persevere and lead a righteous
life—that indeed is a mark of great determination.
187. God received
a pledge from those who were given the Scripture: “You shall pro-claim it to
the people, and not conceal it.” But they disregarded it behind their backs,
and exchanged it for a small price. What a miserable
exchange they made.
188. Do not think
that those who rejoice in what they have done, and love to be praised for what
they have not done—do not think they can evade the punishment. They
will have a painful punishment.
189.
To God belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth. God has power over all things.
190.
In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in
the alternation of night and day, are signs for people of understanding.
191.
Those who remember God while standing, and sitting,
and on their sides, and they reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the
earth: “Our Lord, You did not create this in vain. Glory to You! So protect us
from the punishment of the Fire.”
192.
“Our Lord, whomever You commit to the Fire, You have
disgraced. The wrong-doers will have no helpers.”
193.
“Our Lord, we have heard a caller call-ing to the
faith: `Believe in your Lord,' and we believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins,
and remit our misdeeds, and make us die in the company of the virtuous.”
194. “Our Lord,
and give us what You have promised us through Your messengers, and do not
disgrace us on the Day of Res-urrection. Surely You never
break a prom-ise.”
195. And so their
Lord answered them: “I will not waste the work of any worker among you, whether
male or female. You are one of another. For those
who emigrated, and
were expelled from their homes, and were persecuted because of Me, and fought
and were killed—I will remit for them their sins, and will admit them into
gardens beneath which rivers flow—a reward from God. With
God is the ultimate reward.”
196.
Do not be impressed by the disbeliev-ers’ movements in
the land.
197. A brief
enjoyment, then their abode is Hell. What a miserable
resort.
198. As for those
who feared their Lord, for them will be gardens beneath which rivers flow,
wherein they will abide forever— hospitality from God. What
God possesses is best for the just.
199.
Among the People of the Scripture are those who
believe in God, and in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed to
them. They are humble before God, and they do not sell God’s revelations for a
cheap price. These will have their reward with their Lord. God is swift in
reckoning.
200.
O you who believe! Be patient, and advocate patience,
and be united, and re-vere God, so that you may thrive.
Translated to English by
TALAL ITANI
About the Translator:
Talal Itani is an Electronics Engineer. He first read the
Quran 1992, in order to discredit it. Since then, Talal has
been studying the Quran, researching it, and teaching it to
others. Talal decided to translate the Quran when he gave
up all hope of finding an English Translation that is at the
same time highly accurate, and very easy to read.
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