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"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Calendar reference · Muhammad, 632 CE", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Mahomet" }, { "title": "Christian self-description for comparison · Catechism 232–256", "url": "https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_one/article_1/paragraph_2_the_father.html" } ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 11, "title": "Covenants in everyday life", "summary": "Food, pilgrimage, purification, and testimony make faithfulness concrete. Even hostility must not defeat justice.", "reflection": "Which promise or obligation needs care in ordinary life today?" }, { "start": 12, "end": 26, "title": "A covenant and a difficult gate", "summary": "Earlier commitments and Moses' appeal to his people expose the distance between receiving gifts and accepting responsibility.", "reflection": "When does fear turn a shared responsibility into someone else's task?" }, { "start": 27, "end": 40, "title": "The weight of a human life", "summary": "The story of Adam's sons leads into the sanctity of life, public justice, repentance, and accountability.", "reflection": "How can both the protection of life and the possibility of repair remain visible?" }, { "start": 41, "end": 66, "title": "Judgment, scripture and allegiance", "summary": "The Torah, Gospel, and Quran appear within a discussion of truthful judgment, divided loyalties, and principled conduct.", "reflection": "Can a fair judgment survive pressure from people whose approval matters to us?" }, { "start": 67, "end": 86, "title": "Different responses to revelation", "summary": "The messenger conveys the entrusted message. Theological disagreements stand beside scenes of humility, recognition, and hope.", "reflection": "How can firm conviction coexist with careful understanding of another person's beliefs?" }, { "start": 87, "end": 100, "title": "Good provision and sacred restraint", "summary": "The chapter rejects invented prohibitions, addresses oaths and intoxicants, and distinguishes pilgrimage restrictions from lawful provision.", "reflection": "What helps distinguish grateful enjoyment from a habit that harms attention or relationships?" }, { "start": 101, "end": 108, "title": "Questions, witnesses and trust", "summary": "Inherited customs are tested, while detailed testimony protects a person's wishes at a vulnerable time.", "reflection": "What safeguards make trust more reliable when money, kinship, or loss create pressure?" }, { "start": 109, "end": 120, "title": "The table and truthful witness", "summary": "The disciples' request for a table appears within a final account of Jesus' message, God's gifts, and ultimate judgment.", "reflection": "How does receiving reassurance increase the responsibility to respond truthfully?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "622–632 CE · Broad Madinan period", "year": 622, "endYear": 632, "body": "A calendar frame for the chapter's Madinan classification, not a date for every verse. Quran.com describes material received on more than one occasion. The boundary years mark the migration and the end of Muhammad's life.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-maidah/info" }, { "title": "10 AH · Completion declaration at Arafah", "year": null, "body": "Quran.com's introduction places the completion declaration in 5:3 at the Farewell Pilgrimage. In Bukhari 45, Umar recalls its revelation on a Friday at Arafah. This report concerns that declaration and does not date all 120 verses.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:45" }, { "title": "Moses' people · Ancient setting undated", "year": null, "body": "Verses 20–26 recall an appeal to enter the sacred land and a forty-year consequence for refusal. They give no ancient calendar year or mapped route. The narrative is displayed in scriptural sequence, without a speculative archaeological date.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" }, { "title": "Jesus and the disciples · Setting undated here", "year": null, "body": "Verses 110–118 recall gifts granted to Jesus, the disciples' request, and his testimony. The chapter supplies no location, menu, or calendar date for the table episode; illustrations remain explicitly imagined.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "madinah", "name": "Madinah · the community's setting", "lat": 24.4672, "lon": 39.6111, "image": 0, "body": "The broad urban setting of this Madinan chapter provides context for agreements, worship, and public responsibility. The map marks the city generally; no particular house or tribunal is identified as the location of every instruction.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-maidah/info" }, { "id": "arafah", "name": "Arafah · the reported setting of 5:3", "lat": 21.3548, "lon": 39.9841, "image": 0, "body": "Umar's report places the completion declaration at Arafah during pilgrimage on a Friday. This regional marker refers to the pilgrimage plain, not a claim that an exact speaking position can be reconstructed.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:45" }, { "id": "makkah", "name": "Makkah · the Sacred House", "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262, "image": 5, "body": "The Ka'bah is named in 5:95 and 5:97 within rules about pilgrimage, offerings, and shared sacred observance. Its present coordinates locate the continuing sanctuary; the artwork is not a reconstruction of its seventh-century appearance.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" }, { "id": "sacred-land", "name": "The sacred land in Moses' narrative", "image": 1, "body": "Verses 20–26 refer to a sacred land and its inhabitants without drawing borders. No exact coordinate is assigned. The story is read as scripture, not as a map establishing modern political ownership or a verified route of wandering.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" } ], "people": [ { "id": "moses", "title": "Moses · gratitude and responsibility", "verse": 20, "body": "Moses recalls favors received and asks his people to undertake a difficult command. The episode ends with his acknowledgment of the limits of his control. The two supportive men remain unnamed in these verses; no grave or portrait is proposed." }, { "id": "brothers", "title": "Adam's two sons · rivalry and loss", "verse": 27, "body": "The Quran names their relationship but not the brothers individually. Offerings, a threat, killing, and a raven's example make up the narrative. Later names and burial traditions are kept separate from the chapter's wording." }, { "id": "jesus-mary", "title": "Jesus and Mary · honor and dependence", "verse": 75, "body": "Jesus is presented as a messenger and Mary as truthful. Their need for food and Jesus' signs by divine permission support the chapter's monotheistic argument. The reader includes no depictions of either figure and makes no claim to identify their earthly remains." }, { "id": "disciples", "title": "The disciples · reassurance and witness", "verse": 112, "body": "The disciples seek food, settled hearts, and the capacity to testify. Their request gives the chapter its title. This passage does not give their number, individual names, or the menu of the requested table." }, { "id": "umar-report", "title": "Umar · remembering the occasion of 5:3", "verse": 3, "body": "A report in Bukhari records Umar answering a Jewish interlocutor about when and where the completion declaration was revealed. This is transmitted historical context, distinct from the verse's own wording.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:45", "label": "Read the transmitted report" } ], "history": [ { "title": "A chapter revealed across occasions", "body": "The chapter is traditionally Madinan and includes late Medinan material. Quran.com's introduction stresses that it was not all revealed on one occasion. A reported setting for 5:3 therefore cannot be used as a single date for the entire chapter.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-maidah/info" }, { "title": "Legal text and public responsibility", "body": "The criminal-law passages are read within adjudication and public authority. Ibn Kathir's discussion of 5:33 includes differing legal applications and reports about violent crime. These notes explain themes and preserve repentance provisions; they do not authorize private punishment or provide individualized legal rulings.", "source": "https://quran.com/5:33/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "The chapter's own distinctions", "body": "The text condemns particular failures while recognizing exceptions, moderation, and receptive listeners. It also commands justice despite hatred. Historical and theological criticisms should not become inherited guilt, animal insults, or an assignment of scriptural adversary roles to modern religious communities.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" }, { "title": "The table is not an excavated site", "body": "The closing narrative provides theological meaning rather than a location report. No archaeological identification of the table, the brothers' burial place, or the wilderness route is established by this chapter. Images are aids to reflection and clearly remain imaginative.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/005.htm" } ], "revelationNote": "Traditionally Madinan, with material associated with more than one occasion. Bukhari 45 locates the completion declaration in 5:3 at Arafah on a Friday; Quran.com's introduction connects it with the Farewell Pilgrimage. These reports do not establish one revelation date for the whole chapter.", "translationNote": "Pickthall's 1930 translation is transcribed from Sacred Texts. Alim's Pickthall text corroborates repairs at 5:6 (your), 5:15 (a), 5:44 (barter not), 5:83 (messenger), 5:101 (known), 5:107 (then), and removal of an appended gloss at 5:111. All before-and-after changes are preserved in the audit. Archaic vocabulary and interpretive choices remain Pickthall's.", "titles": [ "Promises and provisions", "Cooperate in goodness", "Completion and necessity", "Learning and lawful food", "Food and marriage", "Purification and ease", "Remember the covenant", "Justice beyond resentment", "Forgiveness and reward", "Rejecting the signs", "Protection remembered", "A covenant with Israel", "Failure and pardon", "Forgetting a shared charge", "Light and disclosure", "Paths toward peace", "The Creator and the Messiah", "No inherited immunity", "After an interval", "Moses recalls gifts", "An invitation to enter", "Fear before the gate", "Two voices of trust", "Refusing the shared task", "The limits of a leader", "Years of wandering", "Two offerings", "Refusing the killing", "The burden of aggression", "A life destroyed", "A raven and remorse", "The weight of one life", "Violence and public justice", "A door before capture", "Seeking nearness", "No purchased escape", "The seriousness of return", "Theft and legal responsibility", "Repentance and repair", "Sovereignty and mercy", "Words without conviction", "Judge with equity", "Seeking a convenient verdict", "Custodians of revelation", "Justice and remission", "The Gospel as guidance", "Responsibility to revealed guidance", "Compete in good works", "Integrity under pressure", "Which standard governs?", "Allegiance in a divided setting", "Fear of changing fortunes", "Oaths exposed", "A community of love", "Worship and solidarity", "Where allegiance leads", "Mockery and guardianship", "The call treated lightly", "The grounds of disagreement", "Warning from earlier judgment", "Arriving and leaving unchanged", "Rivalry in wrongdoing", "The responsibility to object", "Divine generosity denied", "A renewed invitation", "Differences within communities", "Convey the entrusted message", "Scripture lived rather than claimed", "Belief and righteous action", "When messengers are unwelcome", "Mercy after refusal", "The Messiah's call to worship", "The confession of one God", "An invitation to turn", "Jesus and Mary as human", "Where worship is directed", "Beyond religious excess", "Prophetic criticism remembered", "When wrongdoing becomes normal", "Alliances and consequences", "Belief and chosen loyalties", "Humility makes room", "Recognition through tears", "Hope among the righteous", "The reward of sincerity", "The contrasting response", "Do not forbid the good", "Provision received gratefully", "Promises and repair", "Avoiding destructive practices", "What distraction costs", "The messenger's responsibility", "Past conduct and present care", "A test within reach", "Restraint and assessed repair", "Sea and land distinguished", "A sacred center", "Warning and mercy together", "What is said and hidden", "Quantity is not goodness", "Questions and their purposes", "Asking and then refusing", "Invented sacred restrictions", "Beyond inherited habit", "Responsibility begins with oneself", "Witnesses at a vulnerable time", "When testimony is challenged", "Safeguards for truthful speech", "Messengers before God", "Gifts granted to Jesus", "The disciples' response", "The request for a table", "Food and reassurance", "A prayer for provision", "A sign and responsibility", "Jesus disclaims divine worship", "The limits of human witness", "Judgment left to God", "Truthfulness vindicated", "The chapter's final horizon" ], "notes": [ "The chapter begins with obligations before it discusses exceptions. Food, pilgrimage, and restraint belong to the same moral world: receiving a gift does not erase responsibilities toward others. The detailed rules that follow unfold within this opening commitment to faithfulness.", "Past hostility does not excuse present injustice. Alongside respect for pilgrimage and sacred times, the verse gives cooperation an ethical test: the purpose of an alliance matters. Shared effort should support care and responsibility rather than wrongdoing or retaliation.", "Dietary boundaries frame a declaration of completed religion and favor. The closing allowance for someone driven by hunger matters to the reading: necessity is acknowledged within the law. This verse combines worship, gratitude, limits, and attention to human vulnerability.", "The question about permissible food receives an answer involving good things and trained hunting animals. Human knowledge is itself treated as a gift from God. Naming God connects practical skill and daily provision with remembrance, rather than presenting technique as self-sufficient.", "Shared food and recognized marriage establish forms of connection across scriptural communities. The marriage language includes financial obligations and contrasts commitment with clandestine relationships. This is a legal passage with interpretive conditions, not a complete ruling for every modern household.", "Preparation for prayer involves bodily cleanliness, while illness, travel, and lack of water bring accommodation. The verse states that difficulty is not the purpose of these instructions. Detailed ritual applications belong to legal traditions; the passage itself connects purification with gratitude.", "Remembering divine favor includes remembering an undertaking to listen and obey. The covenant is not merely a past ceremony: it places present conduct under scrutiny. The final reference to inward knowledge joins public promises with the private intentions that sustain them.", "Fair testimony must survive dislike of the people affected by it. Justice is therefore tested precisely where anger makes partiality attractive. The verse places this discipline close to reverence for God, making impartial conduct an expression of faith rather than an optional courtesy.", "Belief and good action appear together in a promise of forgiveness and generous reward. After the demanding call to justice, this assurance gives moral effort a hopeful horizon. Human failure is not ignored, but neither is the possibility of mercy diminished.", "The warning balances the preceding promise by taking denial seriously. Its subject is rejection of divine signs, not an invitation for readers to assign eternal outcomes to neighbors. Read together, the two verses distinguish moral accountability from complacency about belief.", "The community is asked to remember a danger from which it was protected. The verse does not name the people or occasion, so its lesson need not depend on a reconstructed incident. Gratitude leads toward trust rather than a celebration of revenge.", "The remembered covenant includes worship, material generosity, support for messengers, and faithfulness. Its twelve leaders locate responsibility within a community rather than leaving it abstract. The passage presents divine assistance alongside obligations, challenging any assumption that election makes conduct irrelevant.", "Broken commitments and distorted teaching are criticized, while an exception prevents the accusation from becoming absolute. The instruction to pardon is equally part of the verse. Its account of earlier wrongdoing should not be converted into hostility toward every later Jewish person.", "The passage also addresses failures within Christian covenantal history. Division is linked to neglected obligations, and final disclosure belongs to God. This theological criticism concerns remembered commitments; it does not describe every Christian individual or authorize contempt toward present communities.", "A messenger brings disclosure while leaving other matters unexposed. The imagery of light and a clear book presents guidance as illumination rather than merely accusation. The invitation addresses readers of earlier scripture within a wider call to recognize and respond to revelation.", "Guidance is described through movement: from darkness into light and toward a straight path. Peace here accompanies response to divine approval. The image invites reflection on direction and transformation, rather than treating possession of a book as sufficient by itself.", "The verse states the Quran's distinction between God and the Messiah. Its reasoning emphasizes the dependence of every created being, including Jesus and Mary. This is a theological disagreement with Christian claims, not permission to demean Christians or their devotion.", "Claims of special closeness do not remove human accountability. The response places all people within creation and under divine judgment. The verse challenges entitlement built on communal identity, asking readers to consider whether belonging has replaced responsibility in their own thinking.", "The arrival of a messenger ends an imagined excuse that no warning or good news had reached the audience. Revelation is presented as both invitation and responsibility. The unspecified interval between messengers does not supply a precise historical chronology by itself.", "Moses begins his appeal by reminding his people of favors already received. Prophets and authority are named as gifts rather than grounds for complacency. Gratitude prepares the narrative's central test: whether a community will act faithfully when the next step requires courage.", "The command concerns the sacred land within Moses' narrative. The verse does not define present borders or settle contemporary political claims. Its immediate dramatic purpose is to contrast an offered future with the fear and refusal that the following verses describe.", "The people focus on the strength of those occupying the land and make their obedience conditional on danger disappearing. Pickthall's older wording describes formidable inhabitants; the verse is not archaeological evidence for a race of giants. Fear shapes the response to the command.", "Two unnamed men urge entry and reliance on God. Their minority position contrasts with the larger group's hesitation, showing that collective fear need not silence every alternative. The Quran does not identify them here, and this reading leaves their personal identities open.", "The reply separates the people from the responsibility placed before them, asking Moses and his Lord to act while they remain seated. Its force lies in that withdrawal. The narrative exposes a desire for promised results without participation in the difficult undertaking.", "Moses acknowledges that he cannot command the inward response of an entire community. His appeal distinguishes his own responsibility from others' refusal. Prophetic leadership is not depicted as the ability to manufacture obedience, and the narrative leaves judgment with God.", "The consequence is described as forty years of exclusion and wandering. No route, archaeological site, or ancient calendar date is supplied. The passage closes this episode by showing that refusal has communal consequences extending beyond the moment when the decision was made.", "The sons of Adam are introduced through an offering and its unequal reception, followed by a threat. The Quran does not name the brothers here. The accepted offering is connected to reverence, shifting attention from possessions offered to the moral character of the giver.", "The threatened brother refuses to answer murderous intent with the same act. His explanation centers on accountability before God. Within the story, this response exposes the aggressor's responsibility; it should not be used to demand that endangered people remain without protection.", "The threatened speaker warns that violence carries a burden before God. The scene is a moral confrontation, not a technical formula transferring guilt between people. Its emphasis falls on the seriousness of choosing murder after being reminded of divine accountability.", "The killing is narrated briefly, without spectacle. The aggressor becomes a loser even after eliminating the person he resented. The verse challenges the apparent success of violence by measuring it against a deeper loss that possession, dominance, or survival cannot repair.", "A raven becomes the means through which the killer recognizes his failure to care for his brother's body. The humble creature interrupts human arrogance. Remorse enters the story through a practical lesson, without the Quran supplying a location or identifying a particular grave.", "The principle is introduced as a prescription for the Children of Israel and includes stated legal exceptions. Its comparison magnifies the moral significance of a single human life. It cannot responsibly be reduced either to a slogan without context or to permission for private violence.", "This severe legal passage concerns violent opposition and corruption in the land. Its penalties belong to a framework of adjudication, evidence, and public authority, not private retaliation. Reading it responsibly requires the following repentance provision and the broader chapter's insistence on justice.", "Repentance before apprehension is explicitly distinguished within the preceding legal discussion. The verse brings mercy into a passage of severe warning. Questions about remaining claims and victims' rights require legal interpretation; this brief reading does not convert repentance into automatic erasure of every obligation.", "Reverence, seeking a way toward God, and sustained effort are joined in one appeal. The verse turns from punishment toward purposeful response. Its invitation asks how conduct can move a person closer to divine approval, rather than leaving attention fixed on the failures of others.", "An imagined ransom larger than all earthly wealth fails before final judgment. The scale of the comparison overturns familiar assumptions about money and influence. What can purchase advantages in society cannot replace faithfulness or remove accountability in the world the verse describes.", "The desire to escape punishment does not itself end it. The warning presses the reader to respond while moral choice remains possible. The verse describes an unseen outcome in the Quran's theological language; it is not a license for human cruelty.", "The verse states a prescribed penalty for theft within a legal order. It is not an instruction to individuals to punish suspected offenders. Evidence, qualifying conditions, and judicial responsibility are matters of jurisprudence, while the next verse explicitly returns attention to repentance and reform.", "Turning back is paired with putting conduct right. Mercy therefore appears alongside an active change in direction, not merely regret over consequences. The connection between this verse and the preceding penalty is interpreted within legal traditions; its promise of divine forgiveness remains explicit.", "The chapter pauses to place judgment and forgiveness within God's sovereignty. Human legal discussion does not exhaust the meaning of divine justice. The closing question invites recognition of dependence, reminding readers that neither punishment nor pardon belongs to unrestricted human whim.", "The messenger is consoled about people whose declarations conceal rejection and whose handling of testimony serves a desired result. The criticism concerns particular conduct, not an inherited character of a whole community. The verse distinguishes persuasive speech from an honestly receptive heart.", "Even when the surrounding conduct is corrupt, a judgment must remain fair. The permission to decline jurisdiction does not become permission to distort a case once accepted. Equity is the stated standard, making the character of litigants no excuse for judicial partiality.", "The question exposes inconsistency in seeking another tribunal while disregarding a judgment already recognized in one's own scripture. The issue is not curiosity about another tradition. It is the attempt to make religious authority serve a preferred outcome instead of accepting responsibility.", "The Torah is described as guidance and light entrusted to prophets and learned custodians. Fear and material gain must not corrupt that trust. The concluding judgment has a substantial interpretive history; readers should not turn it into a private power to declare others unbelievers.", "The passage recalls proportionate legal redress within the Torah and explicitly praises relinquishing a claim. Both parts matter: limits constrain retaliation, while mercy remains possible. This is a discussion of adjudicated rights, not an instruction for individuals to inflict equivalent injuries themselves.", "Jesus appears within a continuing history of revelation, confirming the Torah and receiving the Gospel. The repeated language of guidance and light gives earlier scripture an honored place in the chapter's argument. Reverence is linked with receiving admonition and acting upon it.", "Those addressed as people of the Gospel are called to answer to what God revealed in it. The emphasis is on fidelity rather than religious labeling alone. The verse continues the chapter's concern that acknowledged scripture should shape judgment and conduct.", "Differences in religious law are set within divine testing, while final resolution of disagreements belongs to God. The immediate practical direction is constructive: pursue good actions. This verse joins conviction about revelation with humility about the final judgment of disputed matters.", "The messenger is instructed not to let litigants' preferences displace revealed judgment. Pressure can work through selective acceptance as well as open rejection. The verse asks readers to notice how a desired result may tempt a person to abandon the inconvenient part of a principle.", "The question contrasts revealed justice with an order shaped by ignorance. In context, it challenges the pursuit of convenient verdicts. It should not become a shortcut for labeling unfamiliar people or societies; the searching question concerns what actually governs one's judgment.", "Pickthall's word friends translates awliya, a term involving allegiance and protection. The following verses discuss insecurity and mockery, so ordinary kindness cannot be dismissed from this line alone. Interpretive scope is debated; the chapter also requires justice and recognizes shared food and marriage.", "A claim of practical necessity conceals a divided allegiance. The speakers fear political reversal and seek protection accordingly. The verse examines how anxiety about status can shape loyalty, while the outcome it anticipates exposes motives that remained hidden behind public explanations.", "Strong declarations are contrasted with the failure of the commitment they claimed to express. The verse presents a moment of recognition when outward assurances no longer persuade. Its moral focus is the gap between sworn belonging and conduct that makes the promise empty.", "The possibility of replacement challenges any community's sense of indispensability. The qualities praised include reciprocal love, humility among believers, perseverance, and freedom from paralyzing public blame. Firmness in this historical setting should not be converted into permission to mistreat peaceful people.", "Protection and allegiance are described through a community marked by prayer and material responsibility. The verse ties belonging to recognizable practices rather than ancestry alone. Interpretive traditions discuss its particular application, while its stated qualities keep worship and care for others closely connected.", "The assurance of victory is attached to allegiance to God, the messenger, and believers. In the surrounding passage, loyalty is being tested by fear and opportunism. The verse offers confidence without making every worldly success proof of righteousness or every setback proof of rejection.", "This verse explicitly identifies people who treat religion as entertainment or ridicule. The concern is the choice of guardians and allies within that setting. It should be read alongside the chapter's demands for fairness, rather than used to justify hostility toward all religious difference.", "The summons to prayer becomes an occasion for mockery among those described. Their response fails to recognize what the practice means to worshippers. The verse invites seriousness about another person's sacred commitments even where disagreement remains, without requiring the reader to answer ridicule with abuse.", "The question identifies belief in God and successive revelation as the issue under dispute. It exposes an opposition that cannot be explained simply by a lack of religious continuity. The verse speaks within an argument with interlocutors, not a portrait of every scriptural community member.", "The verse invokes severe accounts of divine punishment in its polemical exchange. It does not give permission to call living Jewish or Christian people animals. Its references belong to particular scriptural judgments, and should never become a vocabulary for dehumanizing present communities.", "A declaration of belief may conceal an unchanged inward position. The verse locates final knowledge of that concealment with God. Readers can reflect on the possibility of performing agreement without becoming receptive, while avoiding the assumption that they can read other people's hearts.", "Competition, usually associated with achievement, is turned toward transgression and unlawful gain. That reversal makes the criticism especially sharp. The verse asks what a community rewards and imitates, since harmful conduct becomes harder to resist when people treat it as a measure of success.", "Religious learning brings a responsibility to challenge corrupt speech and unlawful enrichment. Silence is not presented as neutral when it enables abuse. The verse directs attention to leaders' actions and omissions, rather than allowing authority or scholarship to function as automatic proof of integrity.", "The allegation of divine stinginess is answered with language of abundant generosity. References to hands belong to the verse's theological expression and are not illustrated as a divine body. Its criticism addresses the hostile speech and conduct described, not every later Jewish person.", "After sharp criticism, the passage again opens toward forgiveness and the garden. The invitation matters to its overall movement: rebuke has not closed the possibility of response. Belief and reverence are presented as a changed relationship with God, not as inherited entitlement.", "The verse explicitly recognizes a moderate group among the people being addressed. That distinction prevents a responsible reading from flattening the whole community into one accusation. Faithfulness to revelation is connected with provision, while actual conduct remains the measure under discussion.", "The messenger's task is to communicate what has been revealed, despite the pressures surrounding that responsibility. Protection is promised alongside the command. The verse emphasizes trustworthiness in transmission; it does not require the reader to invent an unmentioned occasion to grasp its central demand.", "Possessing a scriptural identity is contrasted with actually upholding revealed guidance. The messenger is also told not to be overcome by rejection. The verse therefore joins a challenge to the audience with reassurance to the one responsible for communicating the message.", "Several communities are named before the verse turns to belief in God, the Last Day, and good conduct. Interpretations of its relationship to other salvation passages differ. Its wording nevertheless directs attention beyond labels toward faith and the actions through which responsibility is expressed.", "The covenant is tested when a messenger brings something contrary to established desires. The passage recalls rejection and killing among earlier responses. This is a warning about resisting correction, not inherited guilt assigned to later generations or an accusation against every member of a community.", "The movement between disregard, mercy, and renewed refusal shows that a favorable past turn does not guarantee future faithfulness. The verse qualifies its criticism with many rather than all. Its imagery concerns moral inattentiveness, not the worth or character of people with sensory disabilities.", "The Quran presents Jesus as directing worship toward God, whom he identifies as his Lord and his people's Lord. The verse states an Islamic theological position and its consequences. Respectful reading can acknowledge this disagreement without misrepresenting the beliefs or dignity of Christian neighbors.", "The verse rejects a formula it associates with dividing divine unity. Its central affirmation is uncompromising monotheism. Christian accounts of the Trinity should be understood in their own terms when compared with this passage, rather than replaced by a claim that Christians worship three gods.", "The challenge immediately becomes a question about repentance and forgiveness. Mercy is not an afterthought detached from the preceding theological disagreement. The verse directs attention toward a possible response, showing that correction can aim at return rather than merely at winning an argument.", "Jesus is honored as a messenger and Mary as truthful, while their need for food emphasizes creaturely dependence. The reasoning belongs to the Quran's account of their status. Their reverence in the text does not depend on portraying them as divine or self-sufficient.", "The question contrasts powerless objects of worship with the God who hears and knows. It continues the argument about dependence rather than introducing a new narrative. Readers are invited to consider whether what receives their ultimate devotion can truly bear that trust.", "The warning concerns exceeding truth in religious devotion and following inherited error. Reverence itself can become distorted when desire displaces understanding. The verse encourages scrutiny of what is being affirmed, while comparison with another tradition should avoid attributing beliefs it does not hold.", "David and Jesus are cited in a condemnation of particular transgressors among the Children of Israel. The reason given is conduct, not ancestry. This distinction is essential: the verse cannot responsibly become a claim that all later Jewish people share a curse.", "The failure to restrain one another allows harmful conduct to settle into communal habit. Accountability therefore includes the social response to wrongdoing, not just the initial act. The verse invites reflection on constructive correction, without turning moral concern into harassment or private punishment.", "The passage criticizes alignments connected with rejection and divine displeasure. In this sequence, loyalty is evaluated through moral and religious commitments. It is not a complete guide to every modern friendship or political relationship, and must remain connected with the chapter's insistence on equitable conduct.", "The verse connects professed belief with the alliances being criticized in the preceding discussion. Its concern is inconsistency between commitment and conduct. The qualifying reference to many again resists a total judgment about every person belonging to a named religious community.", "The verse contrasts responses encountered by the believers and praises humility among certain Christians. Its explanation matters more than a permanent ranking of peoples: receptive priests and monks are noticed. The historical contrast should not become an essential claim about every Jew, Christian, or polytheist.", "Listening produces an emotional response because the hearers recognize truth in the revelation. Tears are joined to a request to be counted as witnesses. The scene presents understanding and feeling together, without making a visible emotional display the required measure of sincere faith.", "The speakers ask why they should withhold belief when truth has reached them. Their hope is to join righteous people, not merely to acquire a new designation. The verse portrays faith as a response that opens toward companionship and a transformed future.", "The garden is promised in response to the commitment voiced by these receptive listeners. Speech matters here because it expresses recognition and trust. The verse's generosity should not be detached from the chapter's repeated connection between truthful profession and good conduct.", "Denial provides the contrast to the preceding welcome and reward. The brief warning closes a sequence about different responses to revelation. Final judgment belongs to God; the reader is invited to consider the seriousness of response rather than pronounce another person's unseen destination.", "Religious seriousness is distinguished from inventing prohibitions against what God permits. Restraint has limits in both directions: indulgence can transgress, but so can unnecessary self-denial. The verse encourages disciplined gratitude rather than a competition to make ordinary life as burdensome as possible.", "Lawfulness and goodness accompany the permission to eat. Material enjoyment is therefore not treated as inherently opposed to faith. The verse joins receiving sustenance with reverence, inviting attention to the source and manner of provision as well as the pleasure it brings.", "Unintended speech is distinguished from deliberate oaths, and broken commitments require specified repair. Feeding, clothing, emancipation, and fasting appear within the historical legal framework. The emphasis on ordinary household standards gives material care a concrete place in restoring responsibility for one's words.", "Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and divining arrows are grouped as practices to avoid. The verse makes a clear religious demand; the following line explains harms involving relationships and remembrance. Its purpose is not served by humiliating people who are seeking recovery from addiction.", "Hostility and the neglect of remembrance explain the danger of the practices just named. The rhetorical question calls for a decisive response. The passage asks readers to notice not only immediate pleasure or gain, but also the relationships and attention that harmful habits consume.", "Obedience is urged, but the messenger's duty is defined as clear communication. This distinction separates conveying guidance from controlling every response. The verse keeps responsibility with the hearer while limiting the messenger's task, a pattern repeated elsewhere in the chapter.", "The verse addresses what had already been consumed and turns attention toward continuing faith, reverence, and good action. Its repeated language emphasizes a sustained pattern rather than a single declaration. The new instruction is not presented as a reason to despair over the past.", "Game that can easily be caught becomes a test of restraint during pilgrimage. Accessibility is not the same as permission. The reference to reverence in private asks whether a limit still matters when an opportunity is convenient and no human observer is present.", "Deliberate violation of the pilgrimage hunting restriction brings a prescribed compensation assessed by just people. The alternatives include provision for the needy and fasting. This is a specialized ritual law, whose practical application requires its full legal context rather than an improvised individual calculation.", "The permission concerning marine food is set beside a temporary restriction on land hunting during pilgrimage. The distinction shows that the rules are particular rather than a blanket rejection of using natural resources. Provision, travel, sacred observance, and final accountability are held together.", "The Ka'bah, sacred time, and marked offerings serve as shared institutions within the community's life. Their significance extends beyond isolated private devotion. The verse links visible practices with recognition of divine knowledge, inviting reflection on how common observances support order and responsibility.", "Severity and forgiveness appear within the same short reminder. Neither should be removed to simplify the chapter's picture of accountability. The balance asks readers to take wrongdoing seriously while preserving a real possibility of mercy, rather than assuming either automatic safety or inevitable rejection.", "The messenger conveys the message, while God knows both outward declarations and concealed intentions. This allocation of knowledge matters: communication is a human responsibility, but complete knowledge of hearts is not. The verse discourages confusing persuasive appearances with final spiritual truth.", "Abundance can make something harmful attractive without changing its moral character. The verse calls on understanding to resist that confusion. Its question applies beyond possessions: popularity, repeated claims, and widespread habits also require judgment rather than automatic acceptance because many people embrace them.", "The warning concerns questions that seek disclosures bringing unnecessary difficulty during revelation. It does not erase the chapter's many sincere questions about practice. Readers can distinguish inquiry that seeks understanding from insistence driven by provocation, curiosity without responsibility, or a desire to multiply burdens.", "Earlier people are recalled as seeking disclosures and then rejecting what followed. The problem is a response that fails its own request. The verse asks whether the desire for more information is accompanied by readiness to accept responsibility when an answer becomes clear.", "Named categories of animals reflect practices the verse rejects as falsely attributed to God. Their historical terminology should not distract from the central criticism: custom can claim divine authority without warrant. Religious familiarity is therefore not sufficient evidence that a restriction belongs to revelation.", "Ancestral practice is offered as a reason to refuse revealed guidance. The response asks whether inheritance remains persuasive when knowledge and guidance are absent. Respect for predecessors need not prevent examination; the verse challenges unthinking repetition rather than the existence of family memory itself.", "The command directs believers to attend to their own moral condition. It does not cancel the chapter's calls to justice or responsible correction. The final return to God places both self and others under judgment, limiting the temptation to control everyone else's response.", "A dying person's bequest is protected through testimony and solemn accountability, including circumstances of travel. The verse anticipates conflicts of interest, kinship pressure, and concealed evidence. Its detailed procedure shows that trust can require safeguards when the person most affected can no longer speak.", "The procedure allows a suspected wrong in testimony to be addressed by further oaths from those concerned. Accountability is not exhausted by an initial declaration. This legal setting illustrates the importance of correction and evidence, while practical inheritance disputes require qualified, case-specific adjudication.", "The stated purpose of the procedure is more reliable testimony and awareness that an oath can be challenged. Reverence supports the legal safeguard rather than replacing it. The verse joins listening, conscience, and public accountability in the protection of another person's rights.", "The final scene gathers the messengers and asks about the response they received. Their answer acknowledges the limits of creaturely knowledge before the One who knows what is hidden. The scene is theological narration, not an invitation to draw or reconstruct the unseen assembly.", "Jesus is reminded of gifts involving revelation, healing, and other signs, repeatedly described as occurring by God's permission. That refrain is central to the passage's theology. The Quran honors the messenger while locating the source of power beyond him, with Mary included in remembered favor.", "The disciples answer an invitation to believe in God and the messenger with a declaration of submission. The emphasis is on response rather than individual biographies. This verse does not supply their names or later lives, so readers should not assume those details are present.", "The disciples ask Jesus about a heavenly table, and he answers by recalling their responsibility before God. Their motives are clarified in the next verse. The episode gives the chapter its familiar title, but supplies no precise location for the requested sign.", "The disciples explain that they seek nourishment, settled hearts, confirmation, and the ability to testify. Their request therefore has several dimensions. The narrative invites reflection on the relationship between evidence and trust, without making extraordinary signs a condition that every believer may demand.", "Jesus' prayer joins sustenance with celebration and a sign for the community. The final appeal recognizes God as the giver of provision. The imagined table illustration is only an aid to reading; it cannot establish the food, setting, or appearance of the event.", "The promised response comes with an intensified warning against subsequent denial. Greater evidence is accompanied by greater accountability within the narrative. The passage does not describe the table's materials or menu, and later elaborations should remain distinct from what these verses actually state.", "The Quran depicts Jesus denying that he instructed people to worship him and Mary alongside God. This scene rejects misdirected worship; it is not an accurate summary of the mainstream Christian definition of the Trinity. The response emphasizes God's complete knowledge of Jesus' own testimony.", "Jesus identifies his message as worship of God and distinguishes his presence among his people from God's continuing watchfulness. The passage keeps prophetic testimony within human limits. Its wording about being taken is interpreted within wider Muslim discussion of Jesus' departure and return.", "Jesus leaves the people's fate to divine authority, acknowledging both judgment and forgiveness. The verse does not portray him as possessing independent control over salvation. Its appeal brings humility into a scene of profound theological disagreement, with wisdom belonging finally to God.", "The final reward is described as security, gardens, and mutual pleasure between God and the truthful. Truthfulness is not merely successful argument here; it is a quality beneficial when appearances no longer conceal reality. The verse gives the chapter's demanding obligations a hopeful horizon.", "The closing declaration returns everything in heaven and earth to God's sovereignty and power. Food, covenants, judgment, and prophetic testimony have all unfolded within that larger relation. The ending gathers the chapter's many practical details into a final acknowledgment of dependence." ], "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚ أُحِلَّتْ لَكُم بَهِيمَةُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَ مُحِلِّى ٱلصَّيْدِ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures. The beast of cattle is made lawful unto you (for food) except that which is announced unto you (herein), game being unlawful when ye are on the pilgrimage. Lo! Allah ordaineth that which pleaseth Him." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُحِلُّوا۟ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا ٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَلَا ٱلْهَدْىَ وَلَا ٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَ وَلَآ ءَآمِّينَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَٰنًۭا ۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَٱصْطَادُوا۟ ۚ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ أَن تَعْتَدُوا۟ ۘ وَتَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Profane not Allah's monuments nor the Sacred Month nor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred House, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have left the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not your hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable place of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَٰمَ دِينًۭا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍۢ لِّإِثْمٍۢ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This is an abomination. This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever harming) your religion; so fear them not, fear Me! This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam. Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّآ أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "They ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful for them. Say: (all) good things are made lawful for you. And those beasts and birds of prey which ye have trained as hounds are trained, ye teach them that which Allah taught you; so eat of that which they catch for you and mention Allah's name upon it, and observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is swift to take account." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "ٱلْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ حِلٌّۭ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّۭ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ", "translation": "This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًۭا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌۭ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءًۭ فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًۭا طَيِّبًۭا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍۢ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمِيثَٰقَهُ ٱلَّذِى وَاثَقَكُم بِهِۦٓ إِذْ قُلْتُمْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ", "translation": "Remember Allah's grace upon you and His covenant by which He bound you when ye said: We hear and we obey; And keep your duty to Allah. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men)." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ۙ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Allah hath promised those who believe and do good works: Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ", "translation": "And they who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, such are rightful owners of hell." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ هَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَن يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how a people were minded to stretch out their hands against you but He withheld their hands from you; and keep your duty to Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "۞ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ ٱثْنَىْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًۭا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ أَقَمْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَيْتُمُ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَءَامَنتُم بِرُسُلِى وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ", "translation": "Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road." }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَٰقَهُمْ لَعَنَّٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَٰسِيَةًۭ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ ۙ وَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّۭا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَىٰ خَآئِنَةٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَٱصْفَحْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ", "translation": "And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّۭا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ", "translation": "And with those who say: \"Lo! we are Christians,\" We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًۭا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍۢ ۚ قَدْ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٌۭ وَكِتَٰبٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ", "translation": "O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah and a plain Scripture," }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ", "translation": "Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path." }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُهْلِكَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ", "translation": "They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth ? Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖ بَلْ أَنتُم بَشَرٌۭ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "translation": "The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins ? Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍۢ وَلَا نَذِيرٍۢ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌۭ وَنَذِيرٌۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ", "translation": "O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you. Allah is Able to do all things." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنۢبِيَآءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًۭا وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of (His) creatures." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "يَٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ", "translation": "O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:" }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًۭا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ", "translation": "They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then)." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "قَالَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَٰلِبُونَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوٓا۟ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers." }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَآ أَبَدًۭا مَّا دَامُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ فَٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَٰتِلَآ إِنَّا هَٰهُنَا قَٰعِدُونَ", "translation": "They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى ۖ فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ", "translation": "He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ ۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ", "translation": "(Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So grieve not over the wrongdoing folk." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "۞ وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱبْنَىْ ءَادَمَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِذْ قَرَّبَا قُرْبَانًۭا فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُتَقَبَّلْ مِنَ ٱلْءَاخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ", "translation": "But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who ward off (evil)." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَىَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِى مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٍۢ يَدِىَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "Even if thou stretch out thy hand against me to kill me, I shall not stretch out my hand against thee to kill thee, lo! I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثْمِى وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ", "translation": "Lo! I would rather thou shouldst bear the punishment of the sin against me and thine own sin and become one of the owners of the fire. That is the reward of evil-doers." }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ", "translation": "But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers." }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًۭا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ", "translation": "Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse ? And he became repentant." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ", "translation": "For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth." }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ", "translation": "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;" }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Save those who repent before ye overpower them. For know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَٰهِدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah, and seek the way of approach unto Him, and strive in His way in order that ye may succeed." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لِيَفْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is in the earth were theirs, and as much again therewith, to ransom them from the doom on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them. Theirs will be a painful doom." }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّقِيمٌۭ", "translation": "They will wish to come forth from the Fire, but they will not come forth from it. Theirs will be a lasting doom." }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌۭ", "translation": "As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ", "translation": "But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and amendeth, lo! Allah will relent toward him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ", "translation": "Knowest thou not that unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth ? He punisheth whom He will, and forgiveth whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ ۛ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦ ۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌۭ ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "O Messenger! Let not them grieve thee who vie one with another in the race to disbelief, of such as say with their mouths: \"We believe,\" but their hearts believe not, and of the Jews: listeners for the sake of falsehood, listeners on behalf of other folk who come not unto thee, changing words from their context and saying: If this be given unto you, receive it, but if this be not given unto you, then beware! He whom Allah doometh unto sin, thou (by thine efforts) wilt avail him naught against Allah. Those are they for whom the Will of Allah is that He cleanse not their hearts. Theirs in the world will be ignominy, and in the Hereafter an awful doom;" }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ أَكَّٰلُونَ لِلسُّحْتِ ۚ فَإِن جَآءُوكَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ فَلَن يَضُرُّوكَ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَإِنْ حَكَمْتَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ", "translation": "Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for illicit gain! If then they have recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between them or disclaim jurisdiction. If thou disclaimest jurisdiction, then they cannot harm thee at all. But if thou judgest, judge between them with equity. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah, wherein Allah hath delivered judgment (for them) ? Yet even after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not believers." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدًۭى وَنُورٌۭ ۚ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ بِمَا ٱسْتُحْفِظُوا۟ مِن كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَلَا تَخْشَوُا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱخْشَوْنِ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِى ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ", "translation": "Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah's Scripture as they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not mankind, but fear Me. And barter not My revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌۭ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌۭ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ", "translation": "And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "وَقَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ فِيهِ هُدًۭى وَنُورٌۭ وَمُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَهُدًۭى وَمَوْعِظَةًۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ", "translation": "And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil)." }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ لِكُلٍّۢ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةًۭ وَمِنْهَاجًۭا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًۭا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ", "translation": "And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires away from the truth which hath come unto thee. For each We have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed He could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He hath given you (He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with another in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then inform you of that wherein ye differ." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "وَأَنِ ٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَٱحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنۢ بَعْضِ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَفَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers." }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "أَفَحُكْمَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكْمًۭا لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُوقِنُونَ", "translation": "Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan) ignorance that they are seeking ? Who is better than Allah for judgment to a people who have certainty (in their belief) ?" }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌۭ ۚ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَٰدِمِينَ", "translation": "And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them, saying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen that Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment from His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَعَكُمْ ۚ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ", "translation": "Then will the believers say (unto the people of the Scripture): are these they who swore by Allah their most binding oaths that they were surely with you ? Their works have failed, and they have become the losers." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِى ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍۢ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ يُجَٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَآئِمٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Whoso of you becometh a renegade from his religion, (know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people whom He loveth and who love Him, humble toward believers, stern toward disbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and fearing not the blame of any blamer. Such is the grace of Allah which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing." }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمْ رَٰكِعُونَ", "translation": "Your guardian can be only Allah; and His messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poordue, and bow down (in prayer)." }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ", "translation": "And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and those who believe for guardian (will know that), lo! the party of Allah, they are the victorious." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَكُمْ هُزُوًۭا وَلَعِبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such of those who received the Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as make a jest and sport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true believers." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًۭا وَلَعِبًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is because they are a folk who understand not." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "Say: O People of the Scripture! Do ye blame us for aught else than that we believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed aforetime, and because most of you are evil-livers ?" }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّۢ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْقِرَدَةَ وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ", "translation": "Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with Allah ? (Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom His wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to apes and swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further astray from the plain road." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَقَد دَّخَلُوا۟ بِٱلْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْتُمُونَ", "translation": "When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they came in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best what they were hiding." }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and transgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what they do." }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ", "translation": "Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain ? Verily evil is their handiwork." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ ۘ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا ۚ وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ كُلَّمَآ أَوْقَدُوا۟ نَارًۭا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًۭا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ", "translation": "The Jews say: Allah's hand is fettered. Their hands are fettered and they are accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His hands are spread out wide in bounty. He bestoweth as He will. That which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire for war, Allah extinguisheth it. Their effort is for corruption in the land, and Allah loveth not corrupters." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ", "translation": "If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them into Gardens of Delight." }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا۟ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم ۚ مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌۭ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌۭ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been nourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there are people who are moderate, but many of them are of evil conduct." }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk." }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَسْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰ تُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا ۖ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord. That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk." }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلصَّٰبِـُٔونَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ", "translation": "Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Sabaeans, and Christians - Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve." }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًۭا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًۭا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًۭا يَقْتُلُونَ", "translation": "We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent unto them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that which their souls desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them) they denied and some they slew." }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌۭ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "They thought no harm would come of it, so they were wilfully blind and deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward them. Now (even after that) are many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is Seer of what they do." }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "لَقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍۢ", "translation": "They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍۢ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ", "translation": "They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve." }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him ? For Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٌۭ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ", "translation": "The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!" }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًۭا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ", "translation": "Say: Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth for you neither hurt nor use ? Allah it is Who is the Hearer, the Knower." }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍۢ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ", "translation": "Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُۥدَ وَعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ", "translation": "Those of the Children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to transgress." }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ", "translation": "They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!" }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "تَرَىٰ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لَهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ أَن سَخِطَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَفِى ٱلْعَذَابِ هُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ", "translation": "Thou seest many of them making friends with those who disbelieve. Surely ill for them is that which they themselves send on before them: that Allah will be wroth with them and in the doom they will abide." }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ", "translation": "If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed unto him, they would not choose them for their friends. But many of them are of evil conduct." }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "۞ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ ٱلنَّاسِ عَدَٰوَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۖ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًۭا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ", "translation": "Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who believe (to be) the Jews and the idolaters. And thou wilt find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe (to be) those who say: Lo! We are Christians. That is because there are among them priests and monks, and because they are not proud." }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰٓ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ", "translation": "When they listen to that which hath been revealed unto the messenger, thou seest their eyes overflow with tears because of their recognition of the Truth. They say: Our Lord, we believe. Inscribe us as among the witnesses." }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ", "translation": "How should we not believe in Allah and that which hath come unto us of the Truth. And (how should we not) hope that our Lord will bring us in along with righteous folk ?" }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ", "translation": "Allah hath rewarded them for that their saying - Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of the good." }, { "n": 86, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ", "translation": "But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of hell- fire." }, { "n": 87, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُحَرِّمُوا۟ طَيِّبَٰتِ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Forbid not the good things which Allah hath made lawful for you, and transgress not, Lo! Allah loveth not transgressors." }, { "n": 88, "arabic": "وَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًۭا طَيِّبًۭا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers." }, { "n": 89, "arabic": "لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ ٱلْأَيْمَٰنَ ۖ فَكَفَّٰرَتُهُۥٓ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَٰكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍۢ ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَٰثَةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّٰرَةُ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ وَٱحْفَظُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ", "translation": "Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks." }, { "n": 90, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُ رِجْسٌۭ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed." }, { "n": 91, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ", "translation": "Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done ?" }, { "n": 92, "arabic": "وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away, then know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of the message)." }, { "n": 93, "arabic": "لَيْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جُنَاحٌۭ فِيمَا طَعِمُوٓا۟ إِذَا مَا ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ", "translation": "There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your duty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful of your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and do right. Allah loveth the good." }, { "n": 94, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُۥٓ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَاحُكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَخَافُهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the game which ye take with your hands and your spears, that Allah may know him who feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth after this, for him there is a painful doom." }, { "n": 95, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌۭ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًۭا فَجَزَآءٌۭ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدْلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ هَدْيًۢا بَٰلِغَ ٱلْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّٰرَةٌۭ طَعَامُ مَسَٰكِينَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامًۭا لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِۦ ۗ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ۚ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌۭ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are on the pilgrimage. Whoso of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its forfeit in the equivalent of that which he hath killed, of domestic animals, the judge to be two men among you known for justice, (the forfeit) to be brought as an offering to the Ka'bah; or, for expiation, he shall feed poor persons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind) may have happened in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take retribution from him. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)." }, { "n": 96, "arabic": "أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًۭا ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ", "translation": "To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered." }, { "n": 97, "arabic": "۞ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَٰمًۭا لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْىَ وَٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ", "translation": "Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things." }, { "n": 98, "arabic": "ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but that Allah (also) is Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "n": 99, "arabic": "مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ", "translation": "The duty of the messenger is only to convey (the message). Allah knoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide." }, { "n": 100, "arabic": "قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ", "translation": "Say: The evil and the good are not alike even though the plenty of the evil attract thee. So be mindful of your duty to Allah, O men of understanding, that ye may succeed." }, { "n": 101, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if they were made known unto you, would trouble you; but if ye ask of them when the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made known unto you. Allah pardoneth this, for Allah is Forgiving, Clement." }, { "n": 102, "arabic": "قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "A folk before you asked (for such disclosures) and then disbelieved therein." }, { "n": 103, "arabic": "مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍۢ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍۢ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍۢ وَلَا حَامٍۢ ۙ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature of a Bahirah or a Sa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve invent a lie against Allah. Most of them have no sense." }, { "n": 104, "arabic": "وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ", "translation": "And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, they say: Enough for us is that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers had no knowledge whatsoever, and no guidance ?" }, { "n": 105, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا ٱهْتَدَيْتُمْ ۚ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًۭا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth cannot injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye will all return; and then He will inform you of what ye used to do." }, { "n": 106, "arabic": "يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ شَهَٰدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ حِينَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَرِى بِهِۦ ثَمَنًۭا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۙ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلْءَاثِمِينَ", "translation": "O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death draweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses, just men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye are campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye shall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall be made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even though it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful." }, { "n": 107, "arabic": "فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًۭا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ", "translation": "But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit (the suspicion of) sin, let two others take their place of those nearly concerned, and let them swear by Allah, (saying): Verily our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed (the bounds of duty), for then indeed we should be of the evil-doers." }, { "n": 108, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهَآ أَوْ يَخَافُوٓا۟ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيْمَٰنٌۢ بَعْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ", "translation": "Thus it is more likely that they will bear true witness or fear that after their oaths the oaths (of others) will be taken. So be mindful of your duty (to Allah) and hearken. Allah guideth not the froward folk." }, { "n": 109, "arabic": "۞ يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ", "translation": "In the day when Allah gathereth together the messengers, and saith: What was your response (from mankind) ? they say: We have no knowledge. Lo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden," }, { "n": 110, "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًۭا ۖ وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ ۖ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِى فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَتُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ", "translation": "When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;" }, { "n": 111, "arabic": "وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى ٱلْحَوَارِيِّۦنَ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِى وَبِرَسُولِى قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَٱشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ", "translation": "And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered (unto Thee)." }, { "n": 112, "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "When the disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Is thy Lord able to send down for us a table spread with food from heaven ? He said: Observe your duty to Allah, if ye are true believers." }, { "n": 113, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ", "translation": "(They said:) We wish to eat thereof, that we may satisfy our hearts and know that thou hast spoken truth to us, and that thereof we may be witnesses." }, { "n": 114, "arabic": "قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًۭا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةًۭ مِّنكَ ۖ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ", "translation": "Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a table spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us sustenance, for Thou art the Best of Sustainers." }, { "n": 115, "arabic": "قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنكُمْ فَإِنِّىٓ أُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًۭا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ أَحَدًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "Allah said: Lo! I send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment wherewith I have not punished any of (My) creatures." }, { "n": 116, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ", "translation": "And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah ? he saith: Be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower of Things Hidden ?" }, { "n": 117, "arabic": "مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًۭا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ", "translation": "I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying): Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over them. Thou art Witness over all things." }, { "n": 118, "arabic": "إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "translation": "If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise." }, { "n": 119, "arabic": "قَالَ ٱللَّهُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًۭا ۚ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ", "translation": "Allah saith: This is a day in which their truthfulness profiteth the truthful, for theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they are secure for ever, Allah taking pleasure in them and they in Him. That is the great triumph." }, { "n": 120, "arabic": "لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۢ", "translation": "Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is therein, and He is Able to do all things." } ], "glosses": [ [ "O", "you (who)", "believe!", "Fulfil", "the contracts.", "Are made lawful", "for you", "the quadruped", "(of) the grazing livestock", "except", "what", "is recited", "on you,", "not", "being permitted", "(to) hunt", "while you", "(are in) Ihram.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "decrees", "what", "He wills." ], [ "O", "you (who)", "believe!", "(Do) not", "violate", "(the) rites", "(of) Allah,", "and not", "the month,", "the sacred,", "and not", "the sacrificial animals", "and not", "the garlanded", "and not", "(those) coming", "(to) the House,", "the Sacred,", "seeking", "Bounty", "of", "their Lord", "and good pleasure.", "And when", "you come out of Ihram", "then (you may) hunt.", "And 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"every", "thing", "All-Powerful." ], [ "And said,", "the Jews", "and the Christians", "\"We (are)", "(the) children", "(of) Allah", "and His beloved.\"", "Say,", "\"Then why", "(does He) punish you", "for your sins?\"", "Nay,", "you (are)", "human beings", "from among (those)", "He created.", "He forgives", "[for] whom", "He wills", "and punishes", "whom", "He wills.", "And for Allah", "(is the) dominion", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth", "and whatever", "(is) between them,", "and to Him", "(is) the final return." ], [ "O People", "(of) the Book!", "Surely", "has come to you", "Our Messenger,", "he makes clear", "to you", "[on]", "(after) an interval (of cessation)", "of", "the Messengers,", "lest", "you say", "\"Not", "(has) come to us", "any", "bearer of glad tidings", "and not", "a warner.\"", "But surely", "has come to you", "a bearer of glad tidings", "and a warner.", "And Allah", "(is) on", "every", "thing", "All-Powerful." ], [ "And when", "said", "Musa", "to his people,", "\"O my people,", "remember", "(the) Favor", "(of) Allah", "upon you", "when", "He placed", "among you", "Prophets", "and made you", "kings", "and He gave you", "what", "not", "He (had) given", "(to) anyone", "from", "the worlds." ], [ "\"O my people!", "Enter", "the land,", "the Holy,", "which", "(has been) ordained", "(by) Allah", "for you", "and (do) not", "turn", "on", "your backs,", "then you will turn back", "(as) losers.\"" ], [ "They said,", "\"O Musa!", "Indeed,", "in it", "(are) people", "(of) tyrannical strength", "and indeed, we", "never", "will enter it", "until", "they leave", "from it,", "and if", "they leave", "[from] it", "then certainly we (will)", "enter (it).\"" ], [ "Said", "two men", "from", "those who", "feared (Allah),", "(had) favored", "Allah", "[on] both of them,", "\"Enter", "upon them", "(through) the gate", "then when", "you have entered it", "then indeed, you (will be)", "victorious.", "And upon", "Allah", "then put your trust", "if", "you are", "believers." ], [ "They said,", "O Musa!", "Indeed, we", "never", "will enter it,", "ever,", "for", "as long as they are", "in it.", "So go", "you", "and your Lord", "and you both fight.", "Indeed, we", "are [here]", "sitting.\"" ], [ "He said", "\"O my Lord!", "Indeed, I", "(do) not", "(have) power", "except", "(over) myself", "and my brother,", "so (make a) separation", "between us", "and between", "the people,", "(the) defiantly disobedient.\"" ], [ "(Allah) said,", "\"Then indeed it", "(will be) forbidden", "to them", "(for) forty", "years,", "they will wander", "in", "the earth.", "So (do) not", "grieve", "over", "the people,", "the defiantly disobedient.\"" ], [ "And recite", "to them", "the story", "(of) two sons", "(of) Adam,", "in truth,", "when", "both offered", "a sacrifice,", "and it was accepted", "from", "one of them", "and not", "was accepted", "from", "the other.", "Said (the latter),", "\"Surely I will kill you.\"", "Said (the former),", "\"Only", "accepts", "(does) Allah", "from", "the God fearing." ], [ "If", "you stretch", "towards me", "your hand", "to kill me,", "not", "will I", "stretch", "my hand", "towards you", "to kill you,", "indeed I", "fear", "Allah", "(the) Lord", "(of) the worlds.\"" ], [ "\"Indeed, I", "wish", "that", "you be laden", "with my sin", "and your sin", "so you will be", "among", "(the) companions", "(of) the Fire,", "and that", "(is the) recompense", "(of) the wrong-doers.\"" ], [ "Then prompted", "to him", "his soul", "(to) kill", "his brother,", "so he killed him", "and became", "of", "the losers." ], [ "Then (was) sent", "(by) Allah", "a crow,", "it (was) scratching", "in", "the earth", "to show him", "how", "to hide", "(the) dead body", "(of) his brother.", "He said,", "\"Woe to me!", "Am I unable", "that", "I can be", "like", "this", "[the] crow", "and hide", "(the) dead body", "(of) my brother?\"", "Then he became", "of", "the regretful." ], [ "From", "time", "that,", "We ordained", "on", "(the) Children", "(of) Israel", "that he", "who", "kills", "a soul", "other than", "(for) a soul", "or", "(for) spreading corruption", "in", "the earth", "then (it) is as if", "he has killed", "mankind,", "all,", "and whoever", "saves it", "then (it) is as if", "he has saved", "mankind.", "all.", "And surely", "came to them", "Our Messengers", "with clear Signs", "yet,", "indeed,", "many", "of them", "after", "that", "in", "the earth", "(are) surely those who commit excesses." ], [ "Only", "(the) recompense", "(for) those who", "wage war", "(against) Allah", "and His Messenger", "and strive", "in", "the earth", "spreading corruption", "(is) that", "they be killed", "or", "they be crucified", "or", "be cut off", "their hands", "and their feet", "of", "opposite sides", "or", "they be exiled", "from", "the land.", "That", "(is) for them", "disgrace", "in", "the world", "and for them", "in", "the Hereafter", "(is) a punishment", "great." ], [ "Except", "those who", "repent", "from", "before", "that", "you overpower", "[over] them,", "then know", "that", "Allah", "(is) Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "Fear", "Allah", "and seek", "towards Him", "the means", "and strive hard", "in", "His way,", "so that you may", "succeed." ], [ "Indeed,", "those who", "disbelieve,", "if", "that", "for them", "(is) what", "(is) in", "the earth", "all", "and the like of it", "with it,", "to ransom themselves", "with it,", "from", "(the) punishment", "(of the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection,", "not", "will be accepted", "from them,", "and for them", "(is) a punishment", "painful." ], [ "They will wish", "that", "they come out", "of", "the Fire", "but not", "they", "will come out", "of it.", "And for them", "(is) a punishment", "lasting." ], [ "And (for) the male thief", "and the female thief", "[then] cut off", "their hands", "(as) a recompense", "for what", "they earned", "(as) an exemplary (punishment)", "from", "Allah.", "And Allah", "(is) All-Mighty,", "All-Wise." ], [ "But whoever", "repented", "from", "after", "his wrongdoing", "and reforms,", "then indeed,", "Allah", "will turn in forgiveness", "to him.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(is) Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "Do not", "you know", "that", "Allah,", "to Him (belongs)", "(the) dominion", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth?", "He punishes", "whom", "He wills", "and He forgives", "[to] whom", "He wills.", "And Allah", "(is) on", "every", "thing", "All-Powerful." ], [ "O", "Messenger!", "Let not", "grieve you", "those who", "hasten", "in (to)", "[the] disbelief", "of", "those who", "said,", "\"We believe\"", "with their mouths", "and not", "believe", "their hearts,", "and from", "those who", "(are) Jews.", "They (are) listeners", "to falsehood,", "(and) listeners", "for people,", "other,", "(who have) not", "come to you.", "They distort", "the words", "from", "after", "their context,", "saying,", "\"If", "you are given", "this", "[so] take it", "but if", "not", "you are given it", "then beware.\"", "And (for) whom", "intends", "Allah", "his trial,", "then never", "will you have power", "for him", "against", "Allah", "anything.", "Those", "(are) the ones", "never", "will intend", "Allah", "that", "He purifies", "their hearts.", "For them", "in", "the world", "(is) disgrace", "and for them", "in", "the Hereafter", "(is) a punishment", "great." ], [ "Listeners", "to [the] falsehood,", "devourers", "of the forbidden.", "So if", "they come to you", "then judge", "between them", "or", "turn away", "from them.", "And if", "you turn away", "from them,", "then never", "will they harm you", "(in) anything.", "And if", "you judge,", "then judge", "between them", "with [the] justice.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "loves", "the ones who are just." ], [ "But how can", "they appoint you a judge", "while they (have) with them", "the Taurat,", "in it", "(is the) Command", "(of) Allah?", "Then", "they turn away", "from", "after", "that,", "and not", "those", "(are) the believers." ], [ "Indeed,", "We revealed", "the Taurat", "in it", "(was) Guidance", "and light;", "judged", "by it", "the Prophets,", "those who", "had submitted (to Allah)", "for those who", "were Jews,", "and the Rabbis,", "and the scholars,", "with what", "they were entrusted", "of", "(the) Book", "(of) Allah", "and they were", "to it", "witnesses.", "So (do) not", "fear", "the people", "but fear Me,", "and (do) not", "sell", "My Verses", "(for) a price,", "little.", "And whoever", "(does) not", "judge", "by what", "has revealed", "Allah,", "then those", "[they]", "(are) the disbelievers." ], [ "And We ordained", "for them", "in it", "that", "the life", "for the life,", "and the eye", "for the eye,", "and the nose", "for the nose,", "and the ear", "for the ear,", "and the tooth", "for the tooth,", "and (for) wounds", "(is) retribution.", "But whoever", "gives charity", "with it,", "then it is", "an expiation", "for him.", "And whoever", "(does) not", "judge", "by what", "has revealed", "Allah,", "then those", "[they]", "(are) the wrongdoers." ], [ "And We sent", "on", "their footsteps", "Isa,", "son", "(of) Maryam,", "confirming", "what", "(was) between", "his hands", "of", "the Taurat,", "and We gave him", "the Injeel,", "in it", "(was) Guidance", "and light", "and confirming", "what", "(was) between", "his hands", "of", "the Taurat", "and a Guidance", "and an admonition", "for the God conscious." ], [ "And let judge", "(the) People", "(of) the Injeel", "by what", "has revealed", "Allah", "in it.", "And whoever", "(does) not", "judge", "by what", "has revealed", "Allah", "then those", "[they] (are)", "the defiantly disobedient." ], [ "And We revealed", "to you", "the Book", "in [the] truth,", "confirming", "what", "(was) before", "his hands", "of", "the Book", "and a guardian", "over it.", "So judge", "between them", "by what", "has revealed", "Allah", "and (do) not", "follow", "their vain desires", "when", "has come to you", "of", "the truth.", "For each", "We have made", "for you", "a law", "and a clear way.", "And if", "(had) willed", "Allah", "He (would have) made you", "a community,", "one,", "[and] but", "to test you", "in", "what", "He (has) given you,", "so race", "(to) the good.", "To", "Allah", "you will return,", "all,", "then He will inform you", "of what", "you were", "concerning it", "differing." ], [ "And that", "you judge", "between them", "by what", "(has) revealed", "Allah", "and (do) not", "follow", "their vain desires", "and beware of them", "lest", "they tempt you away", "from", "some", "(of) what", "has revealed", "Allah", "to you.", "And if", "they turn away", "then know that", "only", "intends", "Allah", "to", "afflict them", "for some", "(of) their sins.", "And indeed,", "many", "of", "the people", "(are) defiantly disobedient." ], [ "Is it then the judgment", "(of the time of) ignorance", "they seek?", "And who (is)", "better", "than", "Allah", "(in) judgment", "for a people", "(who) firmly believe." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "(Do) not", "take", "the Jews", "and the Christians", "(as) allies.", "Some of them", "(are) allies", "(to) others.", "And whoever", "takes them as allies", "among you,", "then indeed, he", "(is) of them.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(does) not", "guide", "the people,", "the wrongdoing." ], [ "And you see", "those", "in", "their hearts", "(is) a disease", "they hasten", "to them", "saying,", "\"We fear", "that", "(may) strike us", "a misfortune.\"", "But perhaps", "Allah", "[that]", "will bring", "the victory", "or", "a decision", "from", "(of) Him.", "Then they will become", "for", "what", "they had concealed", "within", "themselves,", "regretful." ], [ "And will say", "those who", "believe,", "\"Are these", "those who", "swore", "by Allah", "strongest,", "(of) their oaths,", "indeed, they", "(were) with you?\"", "Became worthless", "their deeds,", "and they became", "(the) losers." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "Whoever", "turns back", "among you", "from", "his religion,", "then soon", "(will be) brought", "(by) Allah", "a people", "whom He loves", "and they love Him,", "humble", "towards", "the believers", "(and) stern", "towards", "the disbelievers;", "striving", "in", "(the) way", "(of) Allah", "and not", "fearing", "the blame", "(of) a critic.", "That", "(is the) Grace", "(of) Allah,", "He grants", "whom", "He wills.", "And Allah", "(is) All-Encompassing,", "All-Knowing." ], [ "Only", "your ally", "(is) Allah", "and His Messenger,", "and those who", "believe,", "and those who", "establish", "the prayer", "and give", "zakah", "and they", "(are) those who bow down." ], [ "And whoever", "takes as an ally", "Allah", "and His Messenger", "and those who", "believe,", "then indeed.", "(the) party", "(of) Allah", "they", "(are) the victorious." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "(Do) not", "take", "those who", "take", "your religion", "(in) ridicule", "and fun", "from", "those who", "are given", "the Book", "from", "before you", "and the disbelievers", "(as) allies.", "And fear", "Allah,", "if", "you are", "believers." ], [ "And when", "you make a call", "for", "the prayer,", "they take it", "(in) ridicule", "and fun.", "That", "(is) because they", "(are) a people", "(who do) not", "understand." ], [ "Say,", "\"O People", "(of) the Book!", "Do", "you resent", "[of] us", "except", "that", "we believe", "in Allah", "and what", "has been revealed", "to us", "and what", "was revealed", "from", "before,", "and that", "most of you", "(are) defiantly disobedient.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Shall", "I inform you", "(of) worse", "than", "that", "(as) recompense", "from", "Allah?", "Whom", "has (been) cursed", "(by) Allah", "and He became angry", "with him", "and made", "of them", "[the] apes", "and [the] swines,", "and (who) worshipped", "the false deities.", "Those", "(are) worse", "(in) position", "and farthest astray", "from", "(the) even", "way.\"" ], [ "And when", "they come to you", "they say,", "\"We believe.\"", "But certainly", "they entered", "with disbelief", "and they", "certainly", "went out", "with it.", "And Allah", "knows best", "[of] what", "they were", "hiding." ], [ "And you see", "many", "of them", "hastening", "into", "[the] sin", "and [the] transgression", "and eating", "the forbidden.", "Surely evil", "(is) what", "they were", "doing." ], [ "Why (do) not", "forbid them,", "the Rabbis", "and the religious scholars", "from", "their saying", "the sinful", "and their eating", "(of) the forbidden?", "Surely, evil", "(is) what", "they used to", "do." ], [ "And said", "the Jews,", "\"The Hand", "(of) Allah", "(is) chained.\"", "Are chained", "their hands,", "and they have been cursed", "for what", "they said.", "Nay,", "His Hands", "(are) stretched out", "He spends", "how", "He wills.", "And surely increase", "many", "of them,", "what", "has been revealed", "to you", "from", "your Lord,", "(in) rebellion", "and disbelief.", "And We have cast", "among them", "[the] enmity", "and [the] hatred", "till", "(the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection.", "Every time", "they kindled", "(the) fire", "of [the] war,", "it (was) extinguished", "(by) Allah.", "And they strive", "in", "the earth", "spreading corruption.", "And Allah", "(does) not", "love", "the corrupters." ], [ "And if", "that", "(the) People", "(of) the Book", "(had) believed", "and feared (Allah),", "surely We (would have) removed", "from them", "their evil (deeds)", "and surely We (would have) admitted them", "(to) Gardens", "(of) Bliss." ], [ "And if", "that they", "had stood firmly", "(by) the Taurat", "and the Injeel", "and what", "was revealed", "to them", "from", "their Lord,", "surely they (would have) eaten", "from", "above them", "and from", "beneath", "their feet.", "Among them", "(is) a community", "moderate,", "but many", "of them", "evil", "(is) what", "they do." ], [ "O", "Messenger!", "Convey", "what", "has been revealed", "to you", "from", "your Lord,", "and if", "not", "you do", "then not", "you (have) conveyed", "His Message.", "And Allah", "will protect you", "from", "the people.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(does) not", "guide", "the people,", "the disbelieving." ], [ "Say,", "\"O People", "(of) the Book!", "You are not", "on", "anything", "until", "you stand firmly", "(by) the Taurat", "and the Injeel", "and what", "has been revealed", "to you", "from", "your Lord.", "And surely increase", "many", "of them,", "what", "has been revealed", "to you", "from", "your Lord,", "(in) rebellion", "and disbelief.", "So (do) not", "grieve", "over", "the people,", "the disbelieving." ], [ "Indeed,", "those who", "believed", "and those who", "became Jews", "and the Sabians", "and the Christians,", "whoever", "believed", "in Allah", "and the Day,", "the Last", "and did", "good deeds,", "then no", "fear", "on them", "and not", "they", "will grieve." ], [ "Certainly", "We took", "a Covenant", "(from the) Children", "(of) Israel", "and We sent", "to them", "Messengers.", "Whenever", "came to them", "any Messenger", "with what", "not", "desired", "their souls,", "a group", "they denied", "and a group", "they kill." ], [ "And they thought", "that not", "will be (for them)", "a trial,", "so they became blind", "and they became deaf.", "Then", "turned", "Allah", "to them,", "then (again)", "they became blind", "and they became deaf,", "many", "of them.", "And Allah", "(is) All-Seer", "of what", "they do." ], [ "Certainly", "disbelieved", "those who", "say,", "\"Indeed", "Allah", "He", "(is) the Messiah,", "son", "(of) Maryam.\"", "While said", "the Messiah,", "\"O Children", "(of) Israel!", "Worship", "Allah,", "my Lord", "and your Lord.\"", "Indeed, he", "who", "associates partners", "with Allah,", "then surely", "(has) forbidden", "Allah", "for him", "Paradise", "and his abode", "(will be) the Fire.", "And not", "for the wrongdoers", "any", "helpers." ], [ "Certainly", "disbelieved", "those who", "say,", "\"Indeed", "Allah", "(is the) third", "(of) three.\"", "And (there is) no", "[of]", "god", "except", "(the) God,", "(the) One.", "And if", "not", "they desist", "from what", "they are saying", "surely will afflict", "those who", "disbelieved", "among them,", "a punishment", "painful." ], [ "So will not", "they turn in repentance", "to", "Allah", "and seek His forgiveness?", "And Allah", "(is) Oft-Forgiving,", "Most Merciful." ], [ "Not", "(is) the Messiah,", "son", "(of) Maryam", "but", "a Messenger,", "certainly", "had passed", "from", "before him", "the Messengers.", "And his mother", "(was) truthful.", "They both used to", "eat", "[the] food.", "See", "how", "We make clear", "to them", "the Signs,", "then", "see", "how", "they are deluded." ], [ "Say,", "\"Do you worship", "from", "besides", "Allah", "what", "not", "has power", "to (cause) you", "any harm", "and not", "any benefit,", "while Allah,", "He", "(is) the All-Hearing,", "the All-Knowing?" ], [ "Say,", "\"O People", "(of) the Book!", "(Do) not", "exceed", "in", "your religion", "other than", "the truth,", "and (do) not", "follow", "(vain) desires", "(of) a people", "certainly", "who went astray", "from", "before,", "and they misled", "many,", "and they have strayed", "from", "(the) right", "[the] way." ], [ "Were cursed", "those who", "disbelieved", "from", "(the) Children", "(of) Israel", "by", "(the) tongue", "(of) Dawood", "and Isa,", "son", "(of) Maryam,", "that (was)", "because", "they disobeyed", "and they were", "transgressing." ], [ "They had been", "not", "forbidding each other", "from", "wrongdoing", "they did [it].", "Surely, evil", "(was) what", "they were", "doing." ], [ "You see", "many", "of them", "taking as allies", "those who", "disbelieved.", "Surely evil", "(is) what", "sent forth", "for them", "their souls,", "that", "became angry", "Allah", "with them", "and in", "the punishment", "they", "(will) abide forever." ], [ "And if", "they had", "believed", "in Allah", "and the Prophet", "and what", "has been revealed", "to him,", "not", "they (would have) taken them", "(as) allies;", "[and] but", "many", "of them", "(are) defiantly disobedient." ], [ "Surely you will find", "strongest", "(of) the people", "(in) enmity", "to those who", "believe,", "the Jews", "and those who", "(are) polytheists;", "and surely you will find", "nearest of them", "(in) affection", "to those who", "believe,", "those who", "say,", "\"We", "(are) Christians.\"", "That (is)", "because", "among them", "(are) priests", "and monks,", "and that they", "(are) not", "arrogant." ], [ "And when", "they listen", "(to) what", "has been revealed", "to", "the Messenger,", "you see", "their eyes", "overflowing", "with", "the tears,", "for what", "they recognized", "of", "the truth.", "They say,", "\"Our Lord,", "we have believed", "so write us", "with", "the witnesses." ], [ "And what", "for us (that)", "not", "we believe", "in Allah", "and what", "came (to) us", "from", "the truth?", "And we hope", "that", "will admit us", "our Lord", "with", "the people,", "the righteous.\"" ], [ "So rewarded them", "Allah", "for what", "they said", "(with) Gardens", "flows", "from", "underneath them", "the rivers,", "will abide forever", "in it.", "And that", "(is the) reward", "(of) the good-doers." ], [ "And those who", "disbelieved", "and denied", "Our Signs,", "those", "(are the) companions", "(of) the Hellfire." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "(Do) not", "make unlawful", "(the) good things", "(of) what", "has (been) made lawful", "(by) Allah", "for you,", "and (do) not", "transgress.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(does) not", "love", "the transgressors." ], [ "And eat", "of what", "has provided you", "Allah", "lawful", "good.", "And fear", "Allah,", "the One", "you (are)", "in Him", "believers." ], [ "Not", "will call you to account", "Allah", "for the thoughtless utterances", "in", "your oaths", "but", "He will call you to account", "for what", "you contracted", "(of) the oath.", "So its expiation", "(is) feeding", "(of) ten", "needy people", "of", "average", "(of) what", "you feed", "your families", "or", "clothing them", "or", "freeing", "a slave.", "But whoever", "(does) not", "find", "(that), then fasting", "(for) three", "days.", "That", "(is the) expiation", "(of) your oaths", "when", "you have sworn.", "And guard", "your oaths.", "Thus", "makes clear", "Allah", "to you", "His Verses", "so that you may", "(be) grateful." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "Verily", "the intoxicants", "and [the] games of chance", "and (sacrifices at) altars", "and divining arrows", "(are an) abomination", "from", "(the) work", "(of) the Shaitaan,", "so avoid it", "so that you may", "(be) successful." ], [ "Only", "intends", "the Shaitaan", "to", "cause", "between you", "[the] enmity", "and [the] hatred", "through", "intoxicants", "and gambling,", "and hinders you", "from", "(the) remembrance", "(of) Allah", "and from", "the prayer.", "So will", "you", "(be) the ones who abstain?" ], [ "And obey", "Allah", "and obey", "the Messenger", "and beware.", "And if", "you turn away,", "then know", "only", "upon", "Our Messenger", "(is to) convey (the Message)", "clearly." ], [ "Not", "on", "those who", "believe", "and do", "the good deeds", "any sin", "for what", "they ate", "when", "that", "they fear (Allah)", "and they believe", "and they do", "[the] good deeds", "then", "they fear (Allah)", "and believe,", "then", "they fear (Allah)", "and do good,", "and Allah", "loves", "the good-doers." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "Surely will test you", "Allah", "through something", "of", "the game", "can reach it", "your hands", "and your spears", "that may make evident", "Allah", "who", "fears Him", "in the unseen.", "And whoever", "transgressed", "after", "that,", "then for him", "(is) a punishment", "painful." ], [ "O you", "who", "believe!", "(Do) not", "kill", "the game", "while you", "(are in) Ihram.", "And whoever", "killed it", "among you", "intentionally,", "then penalty", "(is) similar", "(to) what", "he killed", "of", "the cattle,", "judging", "it", "two men,", 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"will abide", "in it", "forever.\"", "is pleased", "Allah", "with them", "and they are pleased", "with Him.", "That", "(is) the success,", "(the) great." ], [ "To Allah (belongs)", "the dominion", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth", "and what", "(is) in them.", "And He", "(is) on", "every", "thing", "All-Powerful." ] ], "glossNote": "English word hints follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. 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