The surah that mentions the bees—dwelling in mountains, trees, and man-made hives; eating freely of fruited plants; and giving forth variously coloured honeys that hold both healthful delight and healing qualities—as a clear sign of the wondrous bounty of God’s creation. It takes its name from the honey bee (al-naḥl) mentioned in verse 68 . This is just one of the numerous examples given in this surah of God’s grace and the many things man should be grateful for. The surah condemns the idolaters who attribute God’s bounty to other powers and worship false deities. Abraham is given at the end as an example for the Muslim community to follow. Until verse 88, the surah is directed at the polytheists; from verse go onwards it teaches the Muslims in various ways; verse 89 connects the two parts by naming the Prophet as witness to the believers and disbelievers of his community.
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أَتىٰ أَمرُ اللَّهِ فَلا تَستَعجِلوهُ ۚ سُبحانَهُ وَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ
ʾatā ʾamru llāhi fa-lā tastaʿjilūhu subḥānahū wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna
Allah’s edict is coming! So do not seek to hasten it. Immaculate is He and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].
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يُنَزِّلُ المَلائِكَةَ بِالرّوحِ مِن أَمرِهِ عَلىٰ مَن يَشاءُ مِن عِبادِهِ أَن أَنذِروا أَنَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا أَنا فَاتَّقونِ
yunazzilu l-malāʾikata bi-r-rūḥi min ʾamrihī ʿalā man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī ʾan ʾandhirū ʾannahū lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾana fa-ttaqūni
He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command1 to whomever He wishes of His servants: ‘Warn [the people] that there is no god except Me; so be wary of Me.’Or ‘Law.’
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خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ بِالحَقِّ ۚ تَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ
khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna
He created the heavens and the earth with reason. He is above having any partners that they ascribe [to Him].
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خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ مِن نُطفَةٍ فَإِذا هُوَ خَصيمٌ مُبينٌ
khalaqa l-ʾinsāna min nuṭfatin fa-ʾidhā huwa khaṣīmun mubīnun
He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid,1 and, behold, he is an open contender!2Or ‘from a drop of semen;’ cf. 18:37; 22:5; 23:13-14; 35:11; 36:77; 40:67; 53:46; 75:37; 76:2; 80:19.Or ‘a lucid debater,’ or ‘an open adversary;’ cf. 36:77.
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وَالأَنعامَ خَلَقَها ۗ لَكُم فيها دِفءٌ وَمَنافِعُ وَمِنها تَأكُلونَ
wa-l-ʾanʿāma khalaqahā lakum fīhā difʾun wa-manāfiʿu wa-minhā taʾkulūna
He created the cattle, in which there is warmth1 for you and [other] uses and some of them you eat.That is, in the garments made from wool and leather.
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وَلَكُم فيها جَمالٌ حينَ تُريحونَ وَحينَ تَسرَحونَ
wa-lakum fīhā jamālun ḥīna turīḥūna wa-ḥīna tasraḥūna
There is in them a beauty for you when you bring them home for rest and when you drive them forth to pasture.
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وَتَحمِلُ أَثقالَكُم إِلىٰ بَلَدٍ لَم تَكونوا بالِغيهِ إِلّا بِشِقِّ الأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُم لَرَءوفٌ رَحيمٌ
wa-taḥmilu ʾathqālakum ʾilā baladin lam takūnū bālighīhi ʾillā bi-shiqqi l-ʾanfusi ʾinna rabbakum la-raʾūfun raḥīmun
And they bear your burdens to towns which you could not reach except by straining yourselves. Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful.
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وَالخَيلَ وَالبِغالَ وَالحَميرَ لِتَركَبوها وَزينَةً ۚ وَيَخلُقُ ما لا تَعلَمونَ
wa-l-khayla wa-l-bighāla wa-l-ḥamīra li-tarkabūhā wa-zīnatan wa-yakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūna
And horses, mules and asses, for you to ride them, and for adornment, and He creates what you do not know.
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وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصدُ السَّبيلِ وَمِنها جائِرٌ ۚ وَلَو شاءَ لَهَداكُم أَجمَعينَ
wa-ʿalā llāhi qaṣdu s-sabīli wa-minhā jāʾirun wa-law shāʾa la-hadākum ʾajmaʿīna
With Allah rests guidance to the straight path,1 and some of them2 are devious, and had He wished He would have guided you all.Cf. 20:50; 76:3; 92:12.That is, some of the paths. Cf. 6:153.
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هُوَ الَّذي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً ۖ لَكُم مِنهُ شَرابٌ وَمِنهُ شَجَرٌ فيهِ تُسيمونَ
huwa lladhī ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan lakum minhu sharābun wa-minhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūna
It is He who sends down water from the sky: from it you get your drink and from it are [sustained] the plants wherein you pasture your herds.
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يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرعَ وَالزَّيتونَ وَالنَّخيلَ وَالأَعنابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَ
yunbitu lakum bihi z-zarʿa wa-z-zaytūna wa-n-nakhīla wa-l-ʾaʿnāba wa-min kulli th-thamarāti ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yatafakkarūna
With it He makes the crops grow for you and olives, date palms, vines, and fruits of all kinds. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who reflect.
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وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيلَ وَالنَّهارَ وَالشَّمسَ وَالقَمَرَ ۖ وَالنُّجومُ مُسَخَّراتٌ بِأَمرِهِ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِقَومٍ يَعقِلونَ
wa-sakhkhara lakumu l-layla wa-n-nahāra wa-sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara wa-n-nujūmu musakhkharātun bi-ʾamrihī ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yaʿqilūna
He disposed the night and the day for you, and the sun, the moon and the stars are disposed by His command. There are indeed signs in that for a people who apply reason.
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وَما ذَرَأَ لَكُم فِي الأَرضِ مُختَلِفًا أَلوانُهُ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَذَّكَّرونَ
wa-mā dharaʾa lakum fī l-ʾarḍi mukhtalifan ʾalwānuhū ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yadhdhakkarūna
And whatever He has created for you in the earth of diverse hues —there is indeed a sign in that for a people who take admonition.
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وَهُوَ الَّذي سَخَّرَ البَحرَ لِتَأكُلوا مِنهُ لَحمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَستَخرِجوا مِنهُ حِليَةً تَلبَسونَها وَتَرَى الفُلكَ مَواخِرَ فيهِ وَلِتَبتَغوا مِن فَضلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ
wa-huwa lladhī sakhkhara l-baḥra li-taʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyan wa-tastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā wa-tarā l-fulka mawākhira fīhi wa-li-tabtaghū min faḍlihī wa-laʿallakum tashkurūna
It is He who disposed the sea [for your benefit] that you may eat from it fresh meat, and obtain from it ornaments, which you wear —and you see the ships plowing through it— and that you may seek of His grace, and that you may give thanks.
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وَأَلقىٰ فِي الأَرضِ رَواسِيَ أَن تَميدَ بِكُم وَأَنهارًا وَسُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُم تَهتَدونَ
wa-ʾalqā fī l-ʾarḍi rawāsiya ʾan tamīda bikum wa-ʾanhāran wa-subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna
He cast in the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with you, and [made] streams and ways, so that you may be guided
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وَعَلاماتٍ ۚ وَبِالنَّجمِ هُم يَهتَدونَ
wa-ʿalāmātin wa-bi-n-najmi hum yahtadūna
—and the landmarks [as well], and by the stars they are guided.
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أَفَمَن يَخلُقُ كَمَن لا يَخلُقُ ۗ أَفَلا تَذَكَّرونَ
ʾa-fa-man yakhluqu ka-man lā yakhluqu ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna
Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take admonition?
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وَإِن تَعُدّوا نِعمَةَ اللَّهِ لا تُحصوها ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ
wa-ʾin taʿuddū niʿmata llāhi lā tuḥṣūhā ʾinna llāha la-ghafūrun raḥīmun
If you enumerate Allah’s blessings, you will not be able to count them. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
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وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ ما تُسِرّونَ وَما تُعلِنونَ
wa-llāhu yaʿlamu mā tusirrūna wa-mā tuʿlinūna
Allah knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose.
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وَالَّذينَ يَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ لا يَخلُقونَ شَيئًا وَهُم يُخلَقونَ
wa-lladhīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi lā yakhluqūna shayʾan wa-hum yukhlaqūna
Those whom they invoke besides Allah do not create anything and are themselves created.
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أَمواتٌ غَيرُ أَحياءٍ ۖ وَما يَشعُرونَ أَيّانَ يُبعَثونَ
ʾamwātun ghayru ʾaḥyāʾin wa-mā yashʿurūna ʾayyāna yubʿathūna
They are dead, not living, and are not aware when they will be resurrected.
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إِلٰهُكُم إِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ ۚ فَالَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ قُلوبُهُم مُنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُستَكبِرونَ
ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati qulūbuhum munkiratun wa-hum mustakbirūna
Your God is the One God. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are amiss,1 and they are arrogant.Or ‘their hearts are disbelieving.’
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لا جَرَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعلَمُ ما يُسِرّونَ وَما يُعلِنونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ المُستَكبِرينَ
lā jarama ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wa-mā yuʿlinūna ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu l-mustakbirīna
Undoubtedly, Allah knows whatever they hide and whatever they disclose. Indeed He does not like the arrogant.
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وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُم ماذا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُم ۙ قالوا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum mādhā ʾanzala rabbukum qālū ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna
When they are told, ‘What is it that your Lord has sent down?’ They say, ‘Myths of the ancients,’
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لِيَحمِلوا أَوزارَهُم كامِلَةً يَومَ القِيامَةِ ۙ وَمِن أَوزارِ الَّذينَ يُضِلّونَهُم بِغَيرِ عِلمٍ ۗ أَلا ساءَ ما يَزِرونَ
li-yaḥmilū ʾawzārahum kāmilatan yawma l-qiyāmati wa-min ʾawzāri lladhīna yuḍillūnahum bi-ghayri ʿilmin ʾa-lā sāʾa mā yazirūna
that they may bear their entire burdens on the Day of Resurrection, along with some of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without any knowledge. Look! Evil is what they bear!
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قَد مَكَرَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنيانَهُم مِنَ القَواعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيهِمُ السَّقفُ مِن فَوقِهِم وَأَتاهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لا يَشعُرونَ
qad makara lladhīna min qablihim fa-ʾatā llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʿidi fa-kharra ʿalayhimu s-saqfu min fawqihim wa-ʾatāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna
Those who were before them [had also] schemed. Then Allah razed their edifice from the foundations and the roof collapsed upon them from above and the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware.
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ثُمَّ يَومَ القِيامَةِ يُخزيهِم وَيَقولُ أَينَ شُرَكائِيَ الَّذينَ كُنتُم تُشاقّونَ فيهِم ۚ قالَ الَّذينَ أوتُوا العِلمَ إِنَّ الخِزيَ اليَومَ وَالسّوءَ عَلَى الكافِرينَ
thumma yawma l-qiyāmati yukhzīhim wa-yaqūlu ʾayna shurakāʾiya lladhīna kuntum tushāqqūna fīhim qāla lladhīna ʾūtū l-ʿilma ʾinna l-khizya l-yawma wa-s-sūʾa ʿalā l-kāfirīna
Then He will disgrace them on the Day of Resurrection, and say, ‘Where are My partners for whose sake you used to defy [Allah]?’ Those who were given knowledge will say, ‘Indeed today disgrace and distress pursue the faithless.’
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الَّذينَ تَتَوَفّاهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ ظالِمي أَنفُسِهِم ۖ فَأَلقَوُا السَّلَمَ ما كُنّا نَعمَلُ مِن سوءٍ ۚ بَلىٰ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَليمٌ بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ
alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malāʾikatu ẓālimī ʾanfusihim fa-ʾalqawu s-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sūʾin balā ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna
—Those whom the angels take away while they are wronging themselves. Thereat they submit: ‘We were not doing any evil!’ ‘Yes, indeed Allah knows best what you used to do!
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فَادخُلوا أَبوابَ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدينَ فيها ۖ فَلَبِئسَ مَثوَى المُتَكَبِّرينَ
fa-dkhulū ʾabwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā fa-la-biʾsa mathwā l-mutakabbirīna
Enter the gates of hell to remain in it [forever]. Evil is the [final] abode of the arrogant.’
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۞ وَقيلَ لِلَّذينَ اتَّقَوا ماذا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُم ۚ قالوا خَيرًا ۗ لِلَّذينَ أَحسَنوا في هٰذِهِ الدُّنيا حَسَنَةٌ ۚ وَلَدارُ الآخِرَةِ خَيرٌ ۚ وَلَنِعمَ دارُ المُتَّقينَ
wa-qīla li-lladhīna ttaqaw mādhā ʾanzala rabbukum qālū khayran li-lladhīna ʾaḥsanū fī hādhihi d-dunyā ḥasanatun wa-la-dāru l-ʾākhirati khayrun wa-la-niʿma dāru l-muttaqīna
But to those who were Godwary it will be said, ‘What is it that your Lord has sent down?’ They will say, ‘Good.’ For those who do good in this world there will be a good [reward], and the abode of the Hereafter is better, and the abode of the Godwary is surely excellent:
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جَنّاتُ عَدنٍ يَدخُلونَها تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهارُ ۖ لَهُم فيها ما يَشاءونَ ۚ كَذٰلِكَ يَجزِي اللَّهُ المُتَّقينَ
jannātu ʿadnin yadkhulūnahā tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru lahum fīhā mā yashāʾūna ka-dhālika yajzī llāhu l-muttaqīna
the Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, with streams running in them. There they will have whatever they wish, and thus does Allah reward the Godwary
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الَّذينَ تَتَوَفّاهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ طَيِّبينَ ۙ يَقولونَ سَلامٌ عَلَيكُمُ ادخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ
alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malāʾikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumu dkhulū l-jannata bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna
—those whom the angels take away while they are pure. They say [to them], ‘Peace be to you! Enter paradise because of what you used to do.’
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هَل يَنظُرونَ إِلّا أَن تَأتِيَهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ أَو يَأتِيَ أَمرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ وَما ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلٰكِن كانوا أَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ
hal yanẓurūna ʾillā ʾan taʾtiyahumu l-malāʾikatu ʾaw yaʾtiya ʾamru rabbika ka-dhālika faʿala lladhīna min qablihim wa-mā ẓalamahumu llāhu wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna
Do they await anything but that the angels should come to them, or your Lord’s edict should come? Those who were before them had acted likewise; Allah did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
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فَأَصابَهُم سَيِّئَاتُ ما عَمِلوا وَحاقَ بِهِم ما كانوا بِهِ يَستَهزِئونَ
fa-ʾaṣābahum sayyiʾātu mā ʿamilū wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
So the evils of what they had earned visited them, and they were besieged by what they used to deride.
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وَقالَ الَّذينَ أَشرَكوا لَو شاءَ اللَّهُ ما عَبَدنا مِن دونِهِ مِن شَيءٍ نَحنُ وَلا آباؤُنا وَلا حَرَّمنا مِن دونِهِ مِن شَيءٍ ۚ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم ۚ فَهَل عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلَّا البَلاغُ المُبينُ
wa-qāla lladhīna ʾashrakū law shāʾa llāhu mā ʿabadnā min dūnihī min shayʾin naḥnu wa-lā ʾābāʾunā wa-lā ḥarramnā min dūnihī min shayʾin ka-dhālika faʿala lladhīna min qablihim fa-hal ʿalā r-rusuli ʾillā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
The polytheists say, ‘Had Allah wished, we would not have worshiped anything besides Him —neither we, nor our fathers— nor would we have held anything holy besides Him.’1 Those who were before them had acted likewise. Is the apostles’ duty anything but to communicate in clear terms?Or ‘nor we would have forbidden anything without Him (that is, without His permission).’ Cf. 6:148.
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وَلَقَد بَعَثنا في كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسولًا أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجتَنِبُوا الطّاغوتَ ۖ فَمِنهُم مَن هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنهُم مَن حَقَّت عَلَيهِ الضَّلالَةُ ۚ فَسيروا فِي الأَرضِ فَانظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ المُكَذِّبينَ
wa-la-qad baʿathnā fī kulli ʾummatin rasūlan ʾani ʿbudū llāha wa-jtanibū ṭ-ṭāghūta fa-minhum man hadā llāhu wa-minhum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhi ḍ-ḍalālatu fa-sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-nẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhdhibīna
Certainly We raised an apostle in every nation [to preach:] ‘Worship Allah, and keep away from the Rebels.’ Then among them were some whom Allah guided, and among them were some who deserved to be in error. So travel over the land and then observe how was the fate of the deniers.
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إِن تَحرِص عَلىٰ هُداهُم فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدي مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَما لَهُم مِن ناصِرينَ
ʾin taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fa-ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man yuḍillu wa-mā lahum min nāṣirīna
If you are eager for them to be guided, indeed Allah does not guide those who mislead [others], and they will have no helpers.
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وَأَقسَموا بِاللَّهِ جَهدَ أَيمانِهِم ۙ لا يَبعَثُ اللَّهُ مَن يَموتُ ۚ بَلىٰ وَعدًا عَلَيهِ حَقًّا وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَ النّاسِ لا يَعلَمونَ
wa-ʾaqsamū bi-llāhi jahda ʾaymānihim lā yabʿathu llāhu man yamūtu balā waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqan wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
They swear by Allah with solemn oaths that Allah will not resurrect those who die. Yes indeed, it is a promise binding upon Him, but most people do not know.
39
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذي يَختَلِفونَ فيهِ وَلِيَعلَمَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا أَنَّهُم كانوا كاذِبينَ
li-yubayyina lahumu lladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi wa-li-yaʿlama lladhīna kafarū ʾannahum kānū kādhibīna
That He may clarify for them what they differ about, and that the faithless may know that they were liars.
40
إِنَّما قَولُنا لِشَيءٍ إِذا أَرَدناهُ أَن نَقولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ
ʾinnamā qawlunā li-shayʾin ʾidhā ʾaradnāhu ʾan naqūla lahū kun fa-yakūnu
All that We say to a thing, when We will it, is to say to it ‘Be!’ and it is.
41
وَالَّذينَ هاجَروا فِي اللَّهِ مِن بَعدِ ما ظُلِموا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم فِي الدُّنيا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجرُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَ
wa-lladhīna hājarū fī llāhi min baʿdi mā ẓulimū la-nubawwiʾannahum fī d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-la-ʾajru l-ʾākhirati ʾakbaru law kānū yaʿlamūna
Those who migrate for the sake of Allah after they have been wronged, We will surely settle them in a good place in the world, and the reward of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.
42
الَّذينَ صَبَروا وَعَلىٰ رَبِّهِم يَتَوَكَّلونَ
alladhīna ṣabarū wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna
—Those who are patient and put their trust in their Lord.
43
وَما أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ إِلّا رِجالًا نوحي إِلَيهِم ۚ فَاسأَلوا أَهلَ الذِّكرِ إِن كُنتُم لا تَعلَمونَ
wa-mā ʾarsalnā min qablika ʾillā rijālan nūḥī ʾilayhim fa-sʾalū ʾahla dh-dhikri ʾin kuntum lā taʿlamūna
We did not send [any apostles] before you except as men to whom We revealed —ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know—
44
بِالبَيِّناتِ وَالزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلنا إِلَيكَ الذِّكرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنّاسِ ما نُزِّلَ إِلَيهِم وَلَعَلَّهُم يَتَفَكَّرونَ
bi-l-bayyināti wa-z-zuburi wa-ʾanzalnā ʾilayka dh-dhikra li-tubayyina li-n-nāsi mā nuzzila ʾilayhim wa-laʿallahum yatafakkarūna
[and sent them] with manifest proofs and scriptures. We have sent down the reminder to you so that you may clarify for the people that which has been sent down to them, so that they may reflect.
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أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَخسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الأَرضَ أَو يَأتِيَهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لا يَشعُرونَ
ʾa-fa-ʾamina lladhīna makarū s-sayyiʾāti ʾan yakhsifa llāhu bihimu l-ʾarḍa ʾaw yaʾtiyahumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna
Do those who make evil schemes feel secure that Allah will not make the earth swallow them, or the punishment will not overtake them whence they are not aware?
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أَو يَأخُذَهُم في تَقَلُّبِهِم فَما هُم بِمُعجِزينَ
ʾaw yaʾkhudhahum fī taqallubihim fa-mā hum bi-muʿjizīna
Or that He will not seize them in the midst of their bustle, whereupon they will not be able to thwart [Him]?
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أَو يَأخُذَهُم عَلىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُم لَرَءوفٌ رَحيمٌ
ʾaw yaʾkhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa-ʾinna rabbakum la-raʾūfun raḥīmun
Or that He will not visit them with attrition?1 Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful.Or ‘that He will not seize them amid panic.’
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أَوَلَم يَرَوا إِلىٰ ما خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلالُهُ عَنِ اليَمينِ وَالشَّمائِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلَّهِ وَهُم داخِرونَ
ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾilā mā khalaqa llāhu min shayʾin yatafayyaʾu ẓilāluhū ʿani l-yamīni wa-sh-shamāʾili sujjadan li-llāhi wa-hum dākhirūna
Have they not regarded that whatever thing Allah has created casts its shadow to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah in utter humility?
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وَلِلَّهِ يَسجُدُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَما فِي الأَرضِ مِن دابَّةٍ وَالمَلائِكَةُ وَهُم لا يَستَكبِرونَ
wa-li-llāhi yasjudu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi min dābbatin wa-l-malāʾikatu wa-hum lā yastakbirūna
To Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, including animals and angels, and they are not arrogant.
50
يَخافونَ رَبَّهُم مِن فَوقِهِم وَيَفعَلونَ ما يُؤمَرونَ ۩
yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wa-yafʿalūna mā yuʾmarūna
They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.
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۞ وَقالَ اللَّهُ لا تَتَّخِذوا إِلٰهَينِ اثنَينِ ۖ إِنَّما هُوَ إِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيّايَ فَارهَبونِ
wa-qāla llāhu lā tattakhidhū ʾilāhayni thnayni ʾinnamā huwa ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-ʾiyyāya fa-rhabūni
And Allah has said, ‘Do not worship two gods. Indeed He is the One God, so be in awe of Me [alone].’
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وَلَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ وَلَهُ الدّينُ واصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيرَ اللَّهِ تَتَّقونَ
wa-lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-lahu d-dīnu wāṣiban ʾa-fa-ghayra llāhi tattaqūna
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him belongs the enduring religion. Will you, then, be wary of other than Allah?
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وَما بِكُم مِن نِعمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَإِلَيهِ تَجأَرونَ
wa-mā bikum min niʿmatin fa-mina llāhi thumma ʾidhā massakumu ḍ-ḍurru fa-ʾilayhi tajʾarūna
Whatever blessing you have is from Allah, then when a distress befalls you, you make entreaties to Him.
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ثُمَّ إِذا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنكُم إِذا فَريقٌ مِنكُم بِرَبِّهِم يُشرِكونَ
thumma ʾidhā kashafa ḍ-ḍurra ʿankum ʾidhā farīqun minkum bi-rabbihim yushrikūna
Then when He removes the distress from you, behold, a part of them ascribe partners to their Lord,
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لِيَكفُروا بِما آتَيناهُم ۚ فَتَمَتَّعوا ۖ فَسَوفَ تَعلَمونَ
li-yakfurū bi-mā ʾātaynāhum fa-tamattaʿū fa-sawfa taʿlamūna
being unthankful for what We have given them. So let them enjoy. Soon they shall know!
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وَيَجعَلونَ لِما لا يَعلَمونَ نَصيبًا مِمّا رَزَقناهُم ۗ تَاللَّهِ لَتُسأَلُنَّ عَمّا كُنتُم تَفتَرونَ
wa-yajʿalūna li-mā lā yaʿlamūna naṣīban mimmā razaqnāhum ta-llāhi la-tusʾalunna ʿammā kuntum taftarūna
To what they do not know, they attribute a share of what We have provided them. By Allah, you will surely be questioned concerning what you used to fabricate.
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وَيَجعَلونَ لِلَّهِ البَناتِ سُبحانَهُ ۙ وَلَهُم ما يَشتَهونَ
wa-yajʿalūna li-llāhi l-banāti subḥānahū wa-lahum mā yashtahūna
And they attribute daughters to Allah —immaculate is He— while they will have what they desire!
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وَإِذا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالأُنثىٰ ظَلَّ وَجهُهُ مُسوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظيمٌ
wa-ʾidhā bushshira ʾaḥaduhum bi-l-ʾunthā ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddan wa-huwa kaẓīmun
When one of them is brought the news of a female [newborn], his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed agony.
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يَتَوارىٰ مِنَ القَومِ مِن سوءِ ما بُشِّرَ بِهِ ۚ أَيُمسِكُهُ عَلىٰ هونٍ أَم يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرابِ ۗ أَلا ساءَ ما يَحكُمونَ
yatawārā mina l-qawmi min sūʾi mā bushshira bihī ʾa-yumsikuhū ʿalā hūnin ʾam yadussuhū fī t-turābi ʾa-lā sāʾa mā yaḥkumūna
He hides from the people out of distress at the news he has been brought: shall he retain it in humiliation, or bury it in the ground!1 Look! Evil is the judgement that they make.This refers to the practice of pre-Islamic Arabs of burying their newborn daughters alive.
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لِلَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ المَثَلُ الأَعلىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ العَزيزُ الحَكيمُ
li-lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati mathalu s-sawʾi wa-li-llāhi l-mathalu l-ʾaʿlā wa-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
For those who do not believe in the Hereafter there is an evil description, and the loftiest description belongs to Allah, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.
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وَلَو يُؤاخِذُ اللَّهُ النّاسَ بِظُلمِهِم ما تَرَكَ عَلَيها مِن دابَّةٍ وَلٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُم إِلىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذا جاءَ أَجَلُهُم لا يَستَأخِرونَ ساعَةً ۖ وَلا يَستَقدِمونَ
wa-law yuʾākhidhu llāhu n-nāsa bi-ẓulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatin wa-lākin yuʾakhkhiruhum ʾilā ʾajalin musamman fa-ʾidhā jāʾa ʾajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿatan wa-lā yastaqdimūna
Were Allah to take mankind to task for their wrongdoing, He would not leave any living being upon it.1 But He respites them until a specified time; so when their time comes they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.That is, on the surface of the earth.
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وَيَجعَلونَ لِلَّهِ ما يَكرَهونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلسِنَتُهُمُ الكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الحُسنىٰ ۖ لا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُفرَطونَ
wa-yajʿalūna li-llāhi mā yakrahūna wa-taṣifu ʾalsinatuhumu l-kadhiba ʾanna lahumu l-ḥusnā lā jarama ʾanna lahumu n-nāra wa-ʾannahum mufraṭūna
They attribute to Allah what they dislike [for themselves], and their tongues assert the lie that the best reward will be theirs. Undoubtedly, the Fire shall be their lot and they will be foremost [in entering it].1Or ‘they will be left to languish in it.’
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تَاللَّهِ لَقَد أَرسَلنا إِلىٰ أُمَمٍ مِن قَبلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيطانُ أَعمالَهُم فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ اليَومَ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ
ta-llāhi la-qad ʾarsalnā ʾilā ʾumamin min qablika fa-zayyana lahumu sh-shayṭānu ʾaʿmālahum fa-huwa waliyyuhumu l-yawma wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
By Allah, We have certainly sent [apostles] to nations before you. But Satan made their deeds seem decorous to them. So he is their master1 today and there is a painful punishment for them.Or ‘guardian,’ ‘patron,’ or ‘friend.’
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وَما أَنزَلنا عَلَيكَ الكِتابَ إِلّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اختَلَفوا فيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحمَةً لِقَومٍ يُؤمِنونَ
wa-mā ʾanzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba ʾillā li-tubayyina lahumu lladhī khtalafū fīhi wa-hudan wa-raḥmatan li-qawmin yuʾminūna
We did not send down the Book to you except [for the purpose] that you may clarify for them what they differ about, and as a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.
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وَاللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً فَأَحيا بِهِ الأَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِها ۚ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَسمَعونَ
wa-llāhu ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-ʾaḥyā bihi l-ʾarḍa baʿda mawtihā ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yasmaʿūna
Allah sends down water from the sky with which He revives the earth after its death. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who listen.
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وَإِنَّ لَكُم فِي الأَنعامِ لَعِبرَةً ۖ نُسقيكُم مِمّا في بُطونِهِ مِن بَينِ فَرثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خالِصًا سائِغًا لِلشّارِبينَ
wa-ʾinna lakum fī l-ʾanʿāmi la-ʿibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihī min bayni farthin wa-damin labanan khāliṣan sāʾighan li-sh-shāribīna
There is indeed a moral for you in the cattle: We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies from between [intestinal] waste and blood, as pure milk, pleasant to those who drink.
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وَمِن ثَمَراتِ النَّخيلِ وَالأَعنابِ تَتَّخِذونَ مِنهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَعقِلونَ
wa-min thamarāti n-nakhīli wa-l-ʾaʿnābi tattakhidhūna minhu sakaran wa-rizqan ḥasanan ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yaʿqilūna
And of the fruits of date palms and vines, from which you draw wine and goodly provision. There are indeed signs in that for a people who apply reason.
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وَأَوحىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذي مِنَ الجِبالِ بُيوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمّا يَعرِشونَ
wa-ʾawḥā rabbuka ʾilā n-naḥli ʾani ttakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtan wa-mina sh-shajari wa-mimmā yaʿrishūna
And your Lord inspired the bee [saying]: ‘Make your home in the mountains, and on the trees and the trellises that they erect.
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ثُمَّ كُلي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ فَاسلُكي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخرُجُ مِن بُطونِها شَرابٌ مُختَلِفٌ أَلوانُهُ فيهِ شِفاءٌ لِلنّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَ
thumma kulī min kulli th-thamarāti fa-slukī subula rabbiki dhululan yakhruju min buṭūnihā sharābun mukhtalifun ʾalwānuhū fīhi shifāʾun li-n-nāsi ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-qawmin yatafakkarūna
Then eat from every [kind of] fruit and follow meekly the ways of your Lord.’ There issues from its belly a juice of diverse hues in which there is a cure for the people. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who reflect.
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وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم ثُمَّ يَتَوَفّاكُم ۚ وَمِنكُم مَن يُرَدُّ إِلىٰ أَرذَلِ العُمُرِ لِكَي لا يَعلَمَ بَعدَ عِلمٍ شَيئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَليمٌ قَديرٌ
wa-llāhu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum wa-minkum man yuraddu ʾilā ʾardhali l-ʿumuri li-kay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shayʾan ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun qadīrun
Allah has created you, then He takes you away, and there are some among you who are relegated to the nethermost age so that he knows nothing after [having possessed] some knowledge. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-powerful.
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وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعضَكُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ فِي الرِّزقِ ۚ فَمَا الَّذينَ فُضِّلوا بِرادّي رِزقِهِم عَلىٰ ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُم فَهُم فيهِ سَواءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعمَةِ اللَّهِ يَجحَدونَ
wa-llāhu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fī r-rizqi fa-mā lladhīna fuḍḍilū bi-rāddī rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat ʾaymānuhum fa-hum fīhi sawāʾun ʾa-fa-bi-niʿmati llāhi yajḥadūna
Allah has granted some of you an advantage over others in [respect of] provision. Those who have been granted an advantage do not give over their provision to their slaves so that they become equal in its respect. What, will they dispute the blessing of Allah?
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وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن أَنفُسِكُم أَزواجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِن أَزواجِكُم بَنينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ ۚ أَفَبِالباطِلِ يُؤمِنونَ وَبِنِعمَتِ اللَّهِ هُم يَكفُرونَ
wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum min ʾanfusikum ʾazwājan wa-jaʿala lakum min ʾazwājikum banīna wa-ḥafadatan wa-razaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti ʾa-fa-bi-l-bāṭili yuʾminūna wa-bi-niʿmati llāhi hum yakfurūna
Allah made for you mates from your own selves and appointed for you, from your mates, children and grandchildren, and We provided you with all the good things. What, will they believe in falsehood while they deny the blessing of Allah?
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وَيَعبُدونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ما لا يَملِكُ لَهُم رِزقًا مِنَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ شَيئًا وَلا يَستَطيعونَ
wa-yaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yamliku lahum rizqan mina s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi shayʾan wa-lā yastaṭīʿūna
They worship besides Allah what has no power to provide them with anything from the heavens and the earth, nor are they capable [of doing that].
74
فَلا تَضرِبوا لِلَّهِ الأَمثالَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعلَمُ وَأَنتُم لا تَعلَمونَ
fa-lā taḍribū li-llāhi l-ʾamthāla ʾinna llāha yaʿlamu wa-ʾantum lā taʿlamūna
So do not draw comparisons for Allah: indeed Allah knows and you do not know.
75
۞ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبدًا مَملوكًا لا يَقدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيءٍ وَمَن رَزَقناهُ مِنّا رِزقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنهُ سِرًّا وَجَهرًا ۖ هَل يَستَوونَ ۚ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَل أَكثَرُهُم لا يَعلَمونَ
ḍaraba llāhu mathalan ʿabdan mamlūkan lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾin wa-man razaqnāhu minnā rizqan ḥasanan fa-huwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wa-jahran hal yastawūna l-ḥamdu li-llāhi bal ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna
Allah draws a parable: a chattel who has no power over anything, and one whom We have provided a goodly provision and who spends out of it secretly and openly. Are they equal? All praise belongs to Allah. But most of them do not know.
76
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلَينِ أَحَدُهُما أَبكَمُ لا يَقدِرُ عَلىٰ شَيءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلىٰ مَولاهُ أَينَما يُوَجِّههُ لا يَأتِ بِخَيرٍ ۖ هَل يَستَوي هُوَ وَمَن يَأمُرُ بِالعَدلِ ۙ وَهُوَ عَلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ
wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan rajulayni ʾaḥaduhumā ʾabkamu lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾin wa-huwa kallun ʿalā mawlāhu ʾaynamā yuwajjihhu lā yaʾti bi-khayrin hal yastawī huwa wa-man yaʾmuru bi-l-ʿadli wa-huwa ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Allah draws [another] parable: Two men, one of whom is dumb, having no power over anything and who is a liability to his master: wherever he directs him he does not bring any good. Is he equal to someone who enjoins justice and is [steady] on a straight path?
77
وَلِلَّهِ غَيبُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ وَما أَمرُ السّاعَةِ إِلّا كَلَمحِ البَصَرِ أَو هُوَ أَقرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ
wa-li-llāhi ghaybu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā ʾamru s-sāʿati ʾillā ka-lamḥi l-baṣari ʾaw huwa ʾaqrabu ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
To Allah belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. The matter of the Hour1 is just like the twinkling of an eye, or [even] swifter. Indeed Allah has power over all things.Or ‘The command of the Hour.’
78
وَاللَّهُ أَخرَجَكُم مِن بُطونِ أُمَّهاتِكُم لا تَعلَمونَ شَيئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمعَ وَالأَبصارَ وَالأَفئِدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ
wa-llāhu ʾakhrajakum min buṭūni ʾummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shayʾan wa-jaʿala lakumu s-samʿa wa-l-ʾabṣāra wa-l-ʾafʾidata laʿallakum tashkurūna
Allah has brought you forth from the bellies of your mothers while you did not know anything. He made for you hearing, eyesight, and hearts so that you may give thanks.
79
أَلَم يَرَوا إِلَى الطَّيرِ مُسَخَّراتٍ في جَوِّ السَّماءِ ما يُمسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِقَومٍ يُؤمِنونَ
ʾa-lam yaraw ʾilā ṭ-ṭayri musakhkharātin fī jawwi s-samāʾi mā yumsikuhunna ʾillā llāhu ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yuʾminūna
Have they not regarded the birds disposed in the air of the sky: no one sustains them except Allah. There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith.
80
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن بُيوتِكُم سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِن جُلودِ الأَنعامِ بُيوتًا تَستَخِفّونَها يَومَ ظَعنِكُم وَيَومَ إِقامَتِكُم ۙ وَمِن أَصوافِها وَأَوبارِها وَأَشعارِها أَثاثًا وَمَتاعًا إِلىٰ حينٍ
wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum min buyūtikum sakanan wa-jaʿala lakum min julūdi l-ʾanʿāmi buyūtan tastakhiffūnahā yawma ẓaʿnikum wa-yawma ʾiqāmatikum wa-min ʾaṣwāfihā wa-ʾawbārihā wa-ʾashʿārihā ʾathāthan wa-matāʿan ʾilā ḥīnin
It is Allah who has made for you your homes as a place of rest and He made for you homes out of the skins of the cattle which you find portable on the day of your shifting and on the day of your halt, and out of their wool, their fur and hair furniture and wares [enduring] for a while.
81
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِمّا خَلَقَ ظِلالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِنَ الجِبالِ أَكنانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم سَرابيلَ تَقيكُمُ الحَرَّ وَسَرابيلَ تَقيكُم بَأسَكُم ۚ كَذٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعمَتَهُ عَلَيكُم لَعَلَّكُم تُسلِمونَ
wa-llāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālan wa-jaʿala lakum mina l-jibāli ʾaknānan wa-jaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥarra wa-sarābīla taqīkum baʾsakum ka-dhālika yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūna
It is Allah who has made for you shade from what He created, and made for you retreats in the mountains, and made for you garments that protect you from heat and garments that protect you from your [mutual] violence. That is how He completes His blessing upon you so that you may submit [to Him].
82
فَإِن تَوَلَّوا فَإِنَّما عَلَيكَ البَلاغُ المُبينُ
fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāghu l-mubīnu
But if they turn their backs [on you], your duty is only to communicate in clear terms.
83
يَعرِفونَ نِعمَتَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرونَها وَأَكثَرُهُمُ الكافِرونَ
yaʿrifūna niʿmata llāhi thumma yunkirūnahā wa-ʾaktharuhumu l-kāfirūna
They recognize the blessing of Allah and then deny it, and most of them are faithless.
84
وَيَومَ نَبعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا ثُمَّ لا يُؤذَنُ لِلَّذينَ كَفَروا وَلا هُم يُستَعتَبونَ
wa-yawma nabʿathu min kulli ʾummatin shahīdan thumma lā yuʾdhanu li-lladhīna kafarū wa-lā hum yustaʿtabūna
The day We shall raise a witness from every nation, then the faithless will not be permitted [to speak],1 nor will they be asked to propitiate [Allah].Cf. 11:105; 23:108; 36:65; 78:38.
85
وَإِذا رَأَى الَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا العَذابَ فَلا يُخَفَّفُ عَنهُم وَلا هُم يُنظَرونَ
wa-ʾidhā raʾā lladhīna ẓalamū l-ʿadhāba fa-lā yukhaffafu ʿanhum wa-lā hum yunẓarūna
And when the wrongdoers sight the punishment, it shall not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted any respite.
86
وَإِذا رَأَى الَّذينَ أَشرَكوا شُرَكاءَهُم قالوا رَبَّنا هٰؤُلاءِ شُرَكاؤُنَا الَّذينَ كُنّا نَدعو مِن دونِكَ ۖ فَأَلقَوا إِلَيهِمُ القَولَ إِنَّكُم لَكاذِبونَ
wa-ʾidhā raʾā lladhīna ʾashrakū shurakāʾahum qālū rabbanā hāʾulāʾi shurakāʾunā lladhīna kunnā nadʿū min dūnika fa-ʾalqaw ʾilayhimu l-qawla ʾinnakum la-kādhibūna
When the polytheists sight their partners, they will say, ‘Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to invoke besides You.’ But they will retort to them, ‘You are indeed liars!’
87
وَأَلقَوا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَومَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَ
wa-ʾalqaw ʾilā llāhi yawmaʾidhin-i s-salama wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
They will submit to Allah on that day, and what they used to fabricate will forsake them.
88
الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَصَدّوا عَن سَبيلِ اللَّهِ زِدناهُم عَذابًا فَوقَ العَذابِ بِما كانوا يُفسِدونَ
alladhīna kafarū wa-ṣaddū ʿan sabīli llāhi zidnāhum ʿadhāban fawqa l-ʿadhābi bi-mā kānū yufsidūna
Those who are faithless and bar from the way of Allah —We shall add punishment to their punishment because of the corruption they used to cause.
89
وَيَومَ نَبعَثُ في كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا عَلَيهِم مِن أَنفُسِهِم ۖ وَجِئنا بِكَ شَهيدًا عَلىٰ هٰؤُلاءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلنا عَلَيكَ الكِتابَ تِبيانًا لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحمَةً وَبُشرىٰ لِلمُسلِمينَ
wa-yawma nabʿathu fī kulli ʾummatin shahīdan ʿalayhim min ʾanfusihim wa-jiʾnā bika shahīdan ʿalā hāʾulāʾi wa-nazzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba tibyānan li-kulli shayʾin wa-hudan wa-raḥmatan wa-bushrā li-l-muslimīna
The day We raise in every nation a witness against them from among themselves, We shall bring you as a witness against these. We have sent down the Book to you as a clarification of all things and as a guidance and mercy and good news for the muslims.
90
۞ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأمُرُ بِالعَدلِ وَالإِحسانِ وَإيتاءِ ذِي القُربىٰ وَيَنهىٰ عَنِ الفَحشاءِ وَالمُنكَرِ وَالبَغيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُم لَعَلَّكُم تَذَكَّرونَ
ʾinna llāha yaʾmuru bi-l-ʿadli wa-l-ʾiḥsāni wa-ʾītāʾi dhī l-qurbā wa-yanhā ʿani l-faḥshāʾi wa-l-munkari wa-l-baghyi yaʿiẓukum laʿallakum tadhakkarūna
Indeed Allah enjoins justice and kindness and generosity towards relatives, and He forbids indecency, wrong, and aggression. He advises you, so that you may take admonition.
91
وَأَوفوا بِعَهدِ اللَّهِ إِذا عاهَدتُم وَلا تَنقُضُوا الأَيمانَ بَعدَ تَوكيدِها وَقَد جَعَلتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَيكُم كَفيلًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعلَمُ ما تَفعَلونَ
wa-ʾawfū bi-ʿahdi llāhi ʾidhā ʿāhadtum wa-lā tanquḍū l-ʾaymāna baʿda tawkīdihā wa-qad jaʿaltumu llāha ʿalaykum kafīlan ʾinna llāha yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūna
Fulfill Allah’s covenant when you pledge, and do not break [your] oaths after pledging them solemnly and having made Allah a witness over yourselves. Indeed Allah knows what you do.
92
وَلا تَكونوا كَالَّتي نَقَضَت غَزلَها مِن بَعدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكاثًا تَتَّخِذونَ أَيمانَكُم دَخَلًا بَينَكُم أَن تَكونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَربىٰ مِن أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّما يَبلوكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ ۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ ما كُنتُم فيهِ تَختَلِفونَ
wa-lā takūnū ka-llatī naqaḍat ghazlahā min baʿdi quwwatin ʾankāthan tattakhidhūna ʾaymānakum dakhalan baynakum ʾan takūna ʾummatun hiya ʾarbā min ʾummatin ʾinnamā yablūkumu llāhu bihī wa-la-yubayyinanna lakum yawma l-qiyāmati mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūna
Do not be like her who would undo her yarn, breaking it up after [spinning it to] strength, by making your oaths a means of [mutual] deceit among yourselves, so that one community may become more affluent than another community.1 Allah only tests you thereby, and He will surely clarify for you on the Day of Resurrection what you used to differ about.Or ‘for one community may be more numerous (or more affluent) than another community.’
93
وَلَو شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُم أُمَّةً واحِدَةً وَلٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشاءُ وَيَهدي مَن يَشاءُ ۚ وَلَتُسأَلُنَّ عَمّا كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ
wa-law-shāʾa llāhu la-jaʿalakum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-lākin yuḍillu man yashāʾu wa-yahdī man yashāʾu wa-la-tusʾalunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmalūna
Had Allah wished, He would have made you one community, but He leads astray whomever He wishes and guides whomever He wishes, and you will surely be questioned concerning what you used to do.
94
وَلا تَتَّخِذوا أَيمانَكُم دَخَلًا بَينَكُم فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعدَ ثُبوتِها وَتَذوقُوا السّوءَ بِما صَدَدتُم عَن سَبيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُم عَذابٌ عَظيمٌ
wa-lā tattakhidhū ʾaymānakum dakhalan baynakum fa-tazilla qadamun baʿda thubūtihā wa-tadhūqū s-sūʾa bi-mā ṣadadtum ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-lakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Do not make your oaths a means of [mutual] deceit among yourselves lest feet should stumble after being steady and [lest] you suffer ill for barring from the way of Allah and there be a great punishment for you.
95
وَلا تَشتَروا بِعَهدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَليلًا ۚ إِنَّما عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيرٌ لَكُم إِن كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
wa-lā tashtarū bi-ʿahdi llāhi thamanan qalīlan ʾinnamā ʿinda llāhi huwa khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna
Do not sell Allah’s covenant for a paltry gain. Indeed what is with Allah is better for you, should you know.
96
ما عِندَكُم يَنفَدُ ۖ وَما عِندَ اللَّهِ باقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجزِيَنَّ الَّذينَ صَبَروا أَجرَهُم بِأَحسَنِ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ
mā ʿindakum yanfadu wa-mā ʿinda llāhi bāqin wa-la-najziyanna lladhīna ṣabarū ʾajrahum bi-ʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna
That which is with you will be spent but what is with Allah shall last, and We will surely pay the patient their reward by the best of what they used to do.
97
مَن عَمِلَ صالِحًا مِن ذَكَرٍ أَو أُنثىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤمِنٌ فَلَنُحيِيَنَّهُ حَياةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجزِيَنَّهُم أَجرَهُم بِأَحسَنِ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ
man ʿamila ṣāliḥan min dhakarin ʾaw ʾunthā wa-huwa muʾminun fa-la-nuḥyiyannahū ḥayātan ṭayyibatan wa-la-najziyannahum ʾajrahum bi-ʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Whoever acts righteously, [whether] male or female, should he be faithful, —We shall revive him with a good life and pay them their reward by the best of what they used to do.
98
فَإِذا قَرَأتَ القُرآنَ فَاستَعِذ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطانِ الرَّجيمِ
fa-ʾidhā qaraʾta l-qurʿāna fa-staʿidh bi-llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīmi
When you recite the Qurʾān, seek the protection of Allah against the outcast Satan.
99
إِنَّهُ لَيسَ لَهُ سُلطانٌ عَلَى الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَلىٰ رَبِّهِم يَتَوَكَّلونَ
ʾinnahū laysa lahū sulṭānun ʿalā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna
Indeed he does not have any authority over those who have faith and put their trust in their Lord.
100
إِنَّما سُلطانُهُ عَلَى الَّذينَ يَتَوَلَّونَهُ وَالَّذينَ هُم بِهِ مُشرِكونَ
ʾinnamā sulṭānuhū ʿalā lladhīna yatawallawnahū wa-lladhīna hum bihī mushrikūna
His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who make him a partner [of Allah].
101
وَإِذا بَدَّلنا آيَةً مَكانَ آيَةٍ ۙ وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما يُنَزِّلُ قالوا إِنَّما أَنتَ مُفتَرٍ ۚ بَل أَكثَرُهُم لا يَعلَمونَ
wa-ʾidhā baddalnā ʾāyatan makāna ʾāyatin wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yunazzilu qālū ʾinnamā ʾanta muftarin bal ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna
When We change a sign with another in its place —and Allah knows best what He sends down— they say, ‘You are just a fabricator.’ Rather most of them do not know.
102
قُل نَزَّلَهُ روحُ القُدُسِ مِن رَبِّكَ بِالحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَهُدًى وَبُشرىٰ لِلمُسلِمينَ
qul nazzalahū rūḥu l-qudusi min rabbika bi-l-ḥaqqi li-yuthabbita lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-hudan wa-bushrā li-l-muslimīna
Say, the Holy Spirit has brought it down duly from your Lord to fortify those who have faith and as a guidance and good news for the muslims.
103
وَلَقَد نَعلَمُ أَنَّهُم يَقولونَ إِنَّما يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِسانُ الَّذي يُلحِدونَ إِلَيهِ أَعجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذا لِسانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبينٌ
wa-la-qad naʿlamu ʾannahum yaqūlūna ʾinnamā yuʿallimuhū basharun lisānu lladhī yulḥidūna ʾilayhi ʾaʿjamiyyun wa-hādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyun mubīnun
We certainly know that they say, ‘It is only a human that instructs him.’ The language of him to whom they refer is non-Arabic, while this is a clear Arabic language.
104
إِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ لا يَهديهِمُ اللَّهُ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ
ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi lā yahdīhimu llāhu wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
Indeed those who do not believe in the signs of Allah —Allah shall not guide them and there is a painful punishment for them.
105
إِنَّما يَفتَرِي الكَذِبَ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الكاذِبونَ
ʾinnamā yaftarī l-kadhiba lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-kādhibūna
Only those fabricate lies who do not believe in the signs of Allah, and it is they who are the liars.
106
مَن كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِن بَعدِ إيمانِهِ إِلّا مَن أُكرِهَ وَقَلبُهُ مُطمَئِنٌّ بِالإيمانِ وَلٰكِن مَن شَرَحَ بِالكُفرِ صَدرًا فَعَلَيهِم غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ عَظيمٌ
man kafara bi-llāhi min baʿdi ʾīmānihī ʾillā man ʾukriha wa-qalbuhū muṭmaʾinnun bi-l-ʾīmāni wa-lākin man sharaḥa bi-l-kufri ṣadran fa-ʿalayhim ghaḍabun mina llāhi wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Whoever renounces faith in Allah after [affirming] his faith —barring someone who is compelled while his heart is at rest in faith— but those who open up their breasts to unfaith, upon such shall be Allah’s wrath, and there is a great punishment for them.
107
ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ استَحَبُّوا الحَياةَ الدُّنيا عَلَى الآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدِي القَومَ الكافِرينَ
dhālika bi-ʾannahumu staḥabbū l-ḥayāta d-dunyā ʿalā l-ʾākhirati wa-ʾanna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna
That, because they preferred the life of the world to the Hereafter and that Allah does not guide the faithless lot.
108
أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلىٰ قُلوبِهِم وَسَمعِهِم وَأَبصارِهِم ۖ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الغافِلونَ
ʾulāʾika lladhīna ṭabaʿa llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wa-samʿihim wa-ʾabṣārihim wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-ghāfilūna
They are the ones on whose hearts Allah has set a seal, and on their hearing and their sight [as well], and it is they who are the heedless.
109
لا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُم فِي الآخِرَةِ هُمُ الخاسِرونَ
lā jarama ʾannahum fī l-ʾākhirati humu l-khāsirūna
Undoubtedly, they are the ones who will be the losers in the Hereafter.
110
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذينَ هاجَروا مِن بَعدِ ما فُتِنوا ثُمَّ جاهَدوا وَصَبَروا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعدِها لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ
thumma ʾinna rabbaka li-lladhīna hājarū min baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū wa-ṣabarū ʾinna rabbaka min baʿdihā la-ghafūrun raḥīmun
Then indeed your Lord, to those who migrated, after they were persecuted, and waged jihād and were patient —indeed, after that, your Lord will surely be all-forgiving, all-merciful.
111
۞ يَومَ تَأتي كُلُّ نَفسٍ تُجادِلُ عَن نَفسِها وَتُوَفّىٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ ما عَمِلَت وَهُم لا يُظلَمونَ
yawma taʾtī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā wa-tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna
The day when every soul will come pleading for itself and every soul will be recompensed fully for what it has done, and they will not be wronged.
112
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَريَةً كانَت آمِنَةً مُطمَئِنَّةً يَأتيها رِزقُها رَغَدًا مِن كُلِّ مَكانٍ فَكَفَرَت بِأَنعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِباسَ الجوعِ وَالخَوفِ بِما كانوا يَصنَعونَ
wa-ḍaraba llāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat ʾāminatan muṭmaʾinnatan yaʾtīhā rizquhā raghadan min kulli makānin fa-kafarat bi-ʾanʿumi llāhi fa-ʾadhāqahā llāhu libāsa l-jūʿi wa-l-khawfi bi-mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna
Allah draws a parable: A town secure and peaceful. Its provision came abundantly from every place. But it was ungrateful toward Allah’s blessings. So Allah made it taste hunger and fear because of what they used to do.
113
وَلَقَد جاءَهُم رَسولٌ مِنهُم فَكَذَّبوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ العَذابُ وَهُم ظالِمونَ
wa-la-qad jāʾahum rasūlun minhum fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾakhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu wa-hum ẓālimūna
There had certainly come to them an apostle from among themselves, but they impugned him, so the punishment seized them while they were wrongdoers.
114
فَكُلوا مِمّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ حَلالًا طَيِّبًا وَاشكُروا نِعمَتَ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُم إِيّاهُ تَعبُدونَ
fa-kulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu ḥalālan ṭayyiban wa-shkurū niʿmata llāhi ʾin kuntum ʾiyyāhu taʿbudūna
So eat out of what Allah has provided you as lawful and good, and give thanks for Allah’s blessing, if it is Him that you worship.
115
إِنَّما حَرَّمَ عَلَيكُمُ المَيتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحمَ الخِنزيرِ وَما أُهِلَّ لِغَيرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۖ فَمَنِ اضطُرَّ غَيرَ باغٍ وَلا عادٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ
ʾinnamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wa-d-dama wa-laḥma l-khinzīri wa-mā ʾuhilla li-ghayri llāhi bihī fa-mani ḍṭurra ghayra bāghin wa-lā ʿādin fa-ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun
He has forbidden you only carrion, blood, the flesh of the swine, and that which has been offered to other than Allah. But should someone be compelled, without being rebellious or aggressive, indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.1Cf. 2:173; 5:3; 6:145.
116
وَلا تَقولوا لِما تَصِفُ أَلسِنَتُكُمُ الكَذِبَ هٰذا حَلالٌ وَهٰذا حَرامٌ لِتَفتَروا عَلَى اللَّهِ الكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَفتَرونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الكَذِبَ لا يُفلِحونَ
wa-lā taqūlū li-mā taṣifu ʾalsinatukumu l-kadhiba hādhā ḥalālun wa-hādhā ḥarāmun li-taftarū ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba ʾinna lladhīna yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba lā yufliḥūna
Do not say, asserting falsely with your tongues, ‘This is lawful, and this is unlawful,’ to fabricate lies against Allah. Indeed those who fabricate lies against Allah will not be felicitous.
117
مَتاعٌ قَليلٌ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ
matāʿun qalīlun wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun
A trifling enjoyment, and there will be a painful punishment for them.
118
وَعَلَى الَّذينَ هادوا حَرَّمنا ما قَصَصنا عَلَيكَ مِن قَبلُ ۖ وَما ظَلَمناهُم وَلٰكِن كانوا أَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ
wa-ʿalā lladhīna hādū ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qablu wa-mā ẓalamnāhum wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna
We forbade to the Jews what We have recounted to you earlier, and We did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
119
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذينَ عَمِلُوا السّوءَ بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ تابوا مِن بَعدِ ذٰلِكَ وَأَصلَحوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعدِها لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ
thumma ʾinna rabbaka li-lladhīna ʿamilū s-sūʾa bi-jahālatin thumma tābū min baʿdi dhālika wa-ʾaṣlaḥū ʾinna rabbaka min baʿdihā la-ghafūrun raḥīmun
Then indeed your Lord, to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent after that, and reform —indeed, after that, your Lord will surely be all-forgiving, all-merciful.
120
إِنَّ إِبراهيمَ كانَ أُمَّةً قانِتًا لِلَّهِ حَنيفًا وَلَم يَكُ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ
ʾinna ʾibrāhīma kāna ʾummatan qānitan li-llāhi ḥanīfan wa-lam yaku mina l-mushrikīna
Indeed Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, a ḥanīf, and he was not one of the polytheists.
121
شاكِرًا لِأَنعُمِهِ ۚ اجتَباهُ وَهَداهُ إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ
shākiran li-ʾanʿumihi jtabāhu wa-hadāhu ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Grateful [as he was] for His blessings, He chose him and guided him to a straight path.
122
وَآتَيناهُ فِي الدُّنيا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَإِنَّهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصّالِحينَ
wa-ʾātaynāhu fī d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-ʾinnahū fī l-ʾākhirati la-mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna
We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter he will indeed be among the Righteous.
123
ثُمَّ أَوحَينا إِلَيكَ أَنِ اتَّبِع مِلَّةَ إِبراهيمَ حَنيفًا ۖ وَما كانَ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ
thumma ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka ʾani ttabiʿ millata ʾibrāhīma ḥanīfan wa-mā kāna mina l-mushrikīna
Then We revealed to you [saying], ‘Follow the creed of Abraham, a ḥanīf, and he was not one of the polytheists.’
124
إِنَّما جُعِلَ السَّبتُ عَلَى الَّذينَ اختَلَفوا فيهِ ۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحكُمُ بَينَهُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ فيما كانوا فيهِ يَختَلِفونَ
ʾinnamā juʿila s-sabtu ʿalā lladhīna khtalafū fīhi wa-ʾinna rabbaka la-yaḥkumu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fī-mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna
The Sabbath was only prescribed for those who differed about it. Your Lord will indeed judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.
125
ادعُ إِلىٰ سَبيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالحِكمَةِ وَالمَوعِظَةِ الحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجادِلهُم بِالَّتي هِيَ أَحسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعلَمُ بِالمُهتَدينَ
udʿu ʾilā sabīli rabbika bi-l-ḥikmati wa-l-mawʿiẓati l-ḥasanati wa-jādilhum bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu ʾinna rabbaka huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-man ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa-huwa ʾaʿlamu bi-l-muhtadīna
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.
126
وَإِن عاقَبتُم فَعاقِبوا بِمِثلِ ما عوقِبتُم بِهِ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرتُم لَهُوَ خَيرٌ لِلصّابِرينَ
wa-ʾin ʿāqabtum fa-ʿāqibū bi-mithli mā ʿūqibtum bihī wa-la-ʾin ṣabartum la-huwa khayrun li-ṣ-ṣābirīna
And if you retaliate, retaliate with the like of what you have been made to suffer, but if you are patient that is surely better for the patient.
127
وَاصبِر وَما صَبرُكَ إِلّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ وَلا تَحزَن عَلَيهِم وَلا تَكُ في ضَيقٍ مِمّا يَمكُرونَ
wa-ṣbir wa-mā ṣabruka ʾillā bi-llāhi wa-lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-lā taku fī ḍayqin mimmā yamkurūna
So be patient, and you cannot be patient except with Allah[’s help]. And do not grieve for them, nor be upset by their guile.
128
إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذينَ اتَّقَوا وَالَّذينَ هُم مُحسِنونَ
ʾinna llāha maʿa lladhīna ttaqaw wa-lladhīna hum muḥsinūna
Indeed Allah is with those who are Godwary and those who are virtuous.