Surah An-Nahl (النحل)

بِسمِ اللهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

اَتيٰٓ اَمرُ اللهِ فَلا تَستَعجِلوهُۚ سُبحٰنَهۥ وَ تَعٰليٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ1

GOD'S JUDGMENT is [bound to] come: do not, therefore, call for its speedy advent! Limitless is He in His glory and sublimely exalted above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

يُنَزِّلُ المَلٰٓئِكَةَ بِالرّوحِ مِن اَمرِهٖ عَليٰ مَن يَشآءُ‌ مِن عِبادِهٖٓ اَن اَنذِروٓا اَنَّهۥ لآ اِلٰهَ اِلّآ اَنَا فَاتَّقونِ2

He causes the angels to descend with this divine inspiration, [bestowed] at His behest upon whomever He wills of His servants: "Warn [all human beings] that there is no deity save Me: be, therefore, conscious of Me!"

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضَ بِالحَقِّۚ تَعٰليٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ3

He has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with [an inner] truth; sublimely exalted is He above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

خَلَقَ الاِنسانَ مِن نُطفَةٍ فَاِذا هُوَخَصيمٌ مُبينٌ4

He creates man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue!

وَ الاَنعامَ خَلَقَهاؗ لَكُم فيها دِفءٌ وَ مَنافِعُ وَ مِنها تَأكُلونَ5

And He creates cattle: you derive warmth from them, and [various other] uses; and from them you obtain food;

وَ لَكُم فيها جَمالٌ حينَ تُريحونَ وَ حينَ تَسرَحونَ6

and you find beauty in them when you drive them home in the evenings and when you take them out to pasture in the mornings.

وَ تَحمِلُ اَثقالَكُم اِليٰ بَلَدٍ لَم تَكونوا بالِغيهِ اِلّا بِشِقِّ الاَنفُسِۚ اِنَّ رَبَّكُم لَرَءوفٌ رَحيمٌ7

And they carry your loads to [many] a place which [otherwise] you would be unable to reach without great hardship to yourselves. Verily, your Sustainer is most compassionate, a dispenser of grace!

وَ الخَيلَ وَ البِغالَ وَ الحَميرَ لِتَركَبوها وَ زينَةًۚ وَيَخلُقُ ما لاتَعلَمونَ8

And (it is He who creates] horses and mules and asses for you to ride, as well as for [their] beauty: and He will yet create things of which [today] you have no knowledge.

وَ عَلَي اللهِ قَصدُ السَّبيلِ وَ مِنها جآئ‍ِرٌۚ وَ لَو شآءَ لَهَدیــٰكُم اَجمَعينَ9

And [because He is your Creator,] it rests with God alone to show you the right path: yet there is [many a one] who swerves from it. However, had He so willed, He would have guided you all aright.

هُوَ الَّذيٓ اَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمآءِ مآءً ؗ لَكُم مِنهُ شَرابٌ وَ مِنهُ شَجَرٌ فيهِ تُسيمونَ10

It is He who sends down water from the skies; you drink thereof, and thereof [drink] the plants upon which you pasture your beasts;

يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرعَ وَ الزَّيتونَ وَ النَّخيلَ وَ الاَعنابَ وَ مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَـ11

[and] by virtue thereof He causes crops to grow for you, and olive trees, and date palms, and grapes, and all [other] kinds of fruit: in this, behold, there is a message indeed for people who think!

وَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيلَ وَ النَّهارَ وَ الشَّمسَ وَ القَمَرَ ؗ وَ النُّجومُ مُسَخَّرٰتٌـ بِاَمرِهٖٓ ۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيٰتٍ لِقَومٍ يَعقِلونَ12

And He has made the night and the day and the sun and the moon subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you; and all the stars are subservient to His command: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who use their reason!

وَ ما ذَرَاَ لَكُم فِي الاَرضِ مُختَلِفًا اَلوانُهٓۥۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيَةً لِقَومٍ يَذَّكَّرونَ13

And all the [beauty of] many hues-which He has created for you on earth: in this, behold, there is a message for people who (are willing to] take it to heart!

وَ هُوَالَّذي سَخَّرَ البَحرَ لِتَأكـُلوا مِنهُ لَحمًا طَرِيًّا وَ تَستَخرِجوا مِنهُ حِليَةً تَلبَسونَهاؗ وَ تَ‍رَي الفُلكَ مَواخِرَ فيهِ وَ لِتَبتَغوا مِن فَضلِهٖ وَ لَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ14

And He it is who has made the sea subservient [to His laws], so that you might eat fresh meat from it, and take from it gems which you may wear. And on that [very sea] one sees ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful [to Him].

وَ اَلقيٰ فِي الاَرضِ رَواسِيَ اَن تَميدَ بِكُم وَ اَنهٰرًا وَ سُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُم تَهتَدونَ15

And he has placed firm mountains on earth, lest it sway with you, and rivers and paths, so that you might find your way,

وَ عَلٰ‍مٰتٍۚ وَ بِالنَّجمِ هُم يَهتَدونَ16

as well as [various other] means of orientation: for [it is] by the stars that men find their way.

اَفَمَن يَخلُقُـ كَمَن لايَخلُقُۚ اَفَلا تَذَكَّرونَ17

IS, THEN, HE who creates comparable to any [being] that cannot create? Will you not, then, bethink yourselves?

وَ اِن تَعُدّوا نِعمَةَ اللهِ لاتُحصوهآۚ اِنَّ اللهَ لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ18

For, should you try to count God's blessings, you could never compute them! Behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace;

وَ اللهُ يَعلَمُ ماتُسِرّونَ وَ ماتُعلِنونَ19

and God knows all that you keep secret as well as all that you bring into the open.

وَ الَّذينَ يَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللهِ لايَخلُقونَ شَيئئًا وَ هُم يُخلَقونَ20

Now those beings that some people invoke beside God cannot create anything, since they themselves are but created:

اَمواتٌ غَيرُ اَحيآءٍ ؗ وَ ما يَشعُرونَ اَيّانَ يُبعَثونَ21

they are dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead!

اِلٰ‍هُكُم اِلٰهٌ واحِدٌۚ فَالَّذينَ لايُؤمِنونَ بِالأخِرَةِ قُلوبُهُم مُنكِرَةٌ وَ هُم مُستَكبِرونَ22

Your God is the One God: but because of their false pride, the hearts of those who do not believe in the life to come refuse to admit this [truth].

لاجَرَمَ اَنَّ اللهَ يَعلَمُ ما يُسِرّونَ وَ ما يُعلِنونَۚ اِنَّهۥ لايُحِبُّ المُستَكبِرينَ23

Truly, God knows all that they keep secret as well as all that they bring into the open -[and,] behold, He does not love those who are given to arrogance,

وَ اِذا قيلَ لَهُم ماذآ اَنزَلَ رَبُّكُم قالوٓا اَساطيرُ الاَوَّلينَ24

and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?"-are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"

لِيَحمِلوٓا اَوزارَهُم كامِلَةً يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ وَ مِن اَوزارِ الَّذينَ يُضِلّونَهُم بِغَيرِ عِلمٍۚ اَلا سآءَ ما يَزِرونَ25

Hence, on Resurrection Day they shall bear the full weight of their own burdens, as well as some of the burdens of those ignorant ones whom they have led astray: oh, how evil the load with which they shall be burdened!

قَد مَكَرَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم فَاَتَي اللهُ بُنيانَهُم مِنَ القَواعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيهِمُ السَّقفُ مِن فَوقِهِم وَ اَتیــٰهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لايَشعُرونَ26

Those who lived before them did, too, devise many a blasphemy -whereupon God visited with destruction all that they had ever built, [striking] at its very foundations, so that the roof fell in upon them from above and suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came.

ثُمَّ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ يُخزيهِم وَ يَقولُ اَينَ شُرَكآءِيَ الَّذينَ كُنتُم تُشآقّونَ فيهِمۚ قالَ الَّذينَ اوتُوا العِلمَ اِنَّ الخِزيَ اليَومَ وَ السّوٓءَ عَلَي الكٰفِرينَ27

And then, on Resurrection Day, He will cover them [all] with ignominy, and will say: "Where, now, are those beings to whom you ascribed a share in My divinity, [and] for whose sake you cut yourselves off [from My guidance]?" [Whereupon] those who [in their lifetime] were endowed with knowledge will say: "Verily, ignominy and misery [have fallen] this day upon those who have been denying the truth-

اؘلَّذينَ تَتَوَفّیــٰهُمُ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ ظالِميٓ اَنفُسِهِمؗ فَاَلقَوُا السَّلَمَ ما كُنّا نَعمَلُ مِن سوٓءٍۚ بَليٰٓۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَليمٌ بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ28

those whom the angels have gathered in death while they were still sinning against themselves!" Then will they [who are thus arraigned] proffer their submission, [saying:] "We did not [mean to] do any evil! [But they will be answered:] "Yea, verily, God has full knowledge of all that you were doing!

فَادخُلوٓا اَبوابَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدينَ فيهاۚ فَلَبِئسَ مَثوَي ال‍مُتَكَبِّرينَ29

Hence, enter the gates of hell, therein to abide!" And evil, indeed, shall be the state of all who are given to false pride!

وَ قيلَ لِلَّذينَ اتَّقَوا ماذآ اَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمؗ قالوا خَيرًاؕ لِلَّذينَ اَحسَنوا في هٰذِهِ الدُّنيا حَسَنَةٌ ؗ وَ لَدارُ الأخِرَةِ خَيرٌۚ وَ لَنِعمَ دارُ المُتَّقينَ30

But [when] those who are conscious of God are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" -they answer, "Goodness supreme!" Good fortune awaits, in this world, all who persevere in doing good; but their ultimate state will be far better still: for, how excellent indeed will be the state of the God-conscious [in the life to come]!

جَنّٰتُ عَدنٍ يَدخُلونَها تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الاَنهٰرُ لَهُم فيها ما يَشآءونَۚ كَذٰلِكَ يَجزِي اللهُ ال‍مُتَّقينَ31

Gardens of perpetual bliss will they enter - [gardens] through which running waters flow - having therein all that they might desire. Thus will God reward those who are conscious of Him-

اؘلَّذينَ تَتَوَفّیــٰهُمُ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبينَ يَقولونَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَيكُمُ ادخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ32

those whom the angels gather in death while they are in a state of inner purity, greeting them thus: "Peace be upon you! Enter paradise by virtue of what you were doing [in life]!"

‌ هَل يَنظُرونَ اِلّآ اَن تَأتِيَهُمُ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَو يَأتِيَ اَمرُ رَبِّكَۚ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِمؗ وَ ما ظَلَمَهُمُ اللهُ وَ لٰكِن كانوٓا اَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ33

ARE THEY [who deny the truth] but waiting for the angels to appear unto them, or for God's judgment to become manifest? Even thus did behave those [stubborn sinners] who lived before their time; and [when they were destroyed,] it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves:

فَاَصابَهُم سَيِّئئاتُ ماعَمِلوا وَ حاقَ بِهِم ما كانوا بِهٖ يَستَهزِءونَ34

for all the evil that they had done fell [back] upon them, and they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.

وَ قالَ الَّذينَ اَشرَكوا لَو شآءَ اللهُ ما عَبَدنا مِن دونِهٖ مِن شَيءٍ نَحنُ وَ لآءابآ ؤُنا وَ لاحَرَّمنا مِن دونِهٖ مِن شَيءٍۚ كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِمۚ فَهَل عَلَي الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا البَلٰغُ المُبينُ35

Now they who ascribe divinity to aught beside God say, "Had God so willed, we would not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our forefathers; nor would we have declared aught as forbidden without a commandment from Him." Even thus did speak those [sinners] who lived before their time; but, then, are the apostles bound to do more than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to them]?

وَ لَقَد بَعَثنا في كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ رَسولًا اَنِ اعبُدُوا اللهَ وَ اجتَنِبُوا الطّاغوتَ ؗ فَمِنهُم مَن هَدَي اللهُ وَ مِنهُم مَن حَقَّت عَلَيهِ الضَّلٰلَةُ ؗ فَسيروا فِي الاَرضِ فَانظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ المُكَذِّبينَ36

And indeed, within every community have We raised up an apostle [entrusted with this message]: "Worship God, and shun the powers of evil!" And among those [past generations] were people whom God graced with His guidance, just as there was among them [many a one] who inevitably fell prey to grievous error: go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth!

اِن تَحرِص عَليٰ هُدیــٰهُم فَاِنَّ اللهَ لايَهدي مَن يُضِلُّ ؗ وَ مالَهُم مِن نٰ‍ـصِرينَ37

[As for those who are bent on denying the truth-] though thou be ever so eager to show them the right way, [know that,] verily, God does not bestow His guidance upon any whom He judges to have gone astray; and such shall have none to succour them [on Resurrection Day].

وَ اَقسَموا بِاللهِ جَهدَ اَي‍مٰنِ‍هِم ۙ لايَبعَثُ اللهُ مَن يَموتُۚ بَليٰ وَعدًا عَلَيهِ حَقًّا وَلٰكِنَّ اَكثَرَ النّاسِ لايَعلَمونَ38

As it is, they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, "Never will God raise from the dead anyone who has died!" Yea indeed! [This very thing has God promised] by a promise which He has willed upon Himself; but most people know it not.

لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذي يَختَلِفونَ فيهِ وَ لِيَعلَمَ الَّذينَ كَفَروٓا اَنَّهُم كانوا كٰذِبينَ39

[He will resurrect them] to the end that He might make clear unto them all whereon they [now] hold divergent views, and that they who are bent on denying the truth [of resurrection] might come to know that they were liars.

اِنَّما قَولُنا لِشَيءٍ اِذآ اَرَدنٰهُ اَن نَقولَ لَهۥ كُن فَيَكونُ40

Whenever We will anything to be, We but say unto it Our word "Be" -and it is.

وَ الَّذينَ هاجَروا فِي اللهِ مِن بَعدِ ما ظُلِموا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم فِي الدُّنيا حَسَنَةً ؗ وَ لَاَجرُ الأخِرَةِ اَكبَرُؗ لَوكانوا يَعلَمونَ41

NOW as for those who forsake the domain of evil in the cause of God, after having suffered wrong [on account of their faith] - We shall most certainly grant them a station of good fortune in this world: but their reward in the life to come will be far greater yet. If they [who deny the truth] could but understand

اؘلَّذينَ صَبَروا وَ عَليٰ رَبِّهِم يَتَوَكَّلونَ42

those who, having attained to patience in adversity, in their Sustainer place their trust!

وَ مآ اَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ اِلّا رِجالًا نوحيٓ اِلَيهِمؗ فَسئئَلوٓا اَهلَ الذِّكرِ اِن كُنتُم لاتَعلَمونَ43

AND [even] before thy time, [O Muhammad,] We never sent [as Our apostles] any but [mortal] men, whom We inspired: and if you have not [yet] realized this, ask the followers of [earlier] revelation,"

بِالبَيِّنٰتِ وَ ال‍زُّبُ‍رِؕ وَ اَنزَلنآ اِلَيكَ الذِّكرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنّاسِ ما نُ‍زِّلَ اِلَيهِم وَ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَفَكَّرونَ44

[and they will tell you that their prophets, too, were but mortal men whom We had endowed] with all evidence of the truth and with books of divine wisdom. And upon thee [too] have We bestowed from on high this reminder, so that thou might make clear unto mankind all that has ever been thus bestowed upon them, and that they might take thought.

اَفَاَمِنَ الَّذينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئئاتِ اَن يَخسِفَ اللهُ بِهِمُ الاَرضَ اَو يَأتِيَهُمُ العَذابُ مِن حَيثُ لايَشعُرونَ45

Can, then, they who devise evil schemes ever feel sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that suffering will not befall them without their perceiving whence [it came]? -

اَو يَأخُذَهُم في تَقَلُّبِهِم فَما هُم بِمُعجِزينَ46

or that He will not take them to task [suddenly] in the midst of their comings and goings, without their being able to elude [Him],

اَو يَأخُذَهُم عَليٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكُم لَرَءوفٌ رَحيمٌ47

or take them to task through slow decay? And yet, behold, your Sustainer is most compassionate, a dispenser of grace!

اَوَلَم يَرَوا اِليٰ ما خَلَقَ اللهُ مِن شَيءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا ظِلٰلُهۥ عَنِ اليَمينِ وَ الشَّمآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِله وَ هُم دٰخِرونَ48

HAVE, THEN, they [who deny the truth] never considered any of the things that God has created _ (how] their shadows turn right and left, prostrating themselves before God and utterly submissive [to His will]?

وَ لِله يَسجُدُ ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِ مِن دآبَّةٍ وَ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَ هُم لايَستَكبِرونَ49

For, before God prostrates itself all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth - every beast that moves, and the angels: [even] these do not bear themselves with false pride:

يَخافونَ رَبَّهُم مِن فَوقِهِم وَ يَفعَلونَ ما يُؤمَرونَ50

they fear their Sustainer high above them, and do whatever they are bidden to do.

وَ قالَ اللهُ لاتَتَّخِذوٓا اِلٰهَينِ اثنَينِۚ اِنَّما هُوَ اِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ ؗ فَاِيّايَ فَارهَبونِ51

And God has said: "Do not take to worshipping two [or more] deities. He is the One and Only God: hence, of Me, of Me alone stand in awe!"

وَ لَهۥ ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِ وَ لَهُ الدّينُ واصِبًاۚ اَفَغَيرَ اللهِ تَتَّقونَ52

And His is all that is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him [alone] obedience is always due: will you, then, pay reverence to aught but Him?

وَ ما بِكُم مِن نِعمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللهِ ؗ ثُمَّ اِذا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَاِلَيهِ تَجـئئَرونَ53

For, whatever good thing comes to you, comes from God; and whenever harm befalls you, it is unto Him that you cry for help

ثُمَّ اِذا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنكُم اِذا فَريقٌ مِنكُم بِرَبِّهِم يُشرِكونَ54

yet as soon as He has removed the harm from you, lo! some of you [begin to] ascribe to other powers a share 'in their Sustainer's divinity

لِيَكفُروا بِمآ ءاتَينٰهُمۚ فَتَمَتَّعوا فَسَوفَ تَعلَمونَ55

[as if] to prove their ingratitude for all that We have granted them! Enjoy, then, your [brief] life: but in time you will come to know [the truth]!

وَ يَجعَلونَ لِما لايَعلَمونَ نَصيبًا مِمّا رَزَقنٰهُمؕ تَاللهِ لَتُسئئَلُنَّ عَمّا كُنتُم تَفتَرونَ56

As it is, they ascribe - out of what We provide for them as sustenance - a share unto things of which they know nothing. By God, you shall most certainly be called to account for all your false imagery!

وَ يَجعَلونَ لِله البَنٰتِ سُبحٰنَهۥ وَ لَهُم ما يَشتَهونَ57

And [thus, too,] they ascribe daughters unto God, who is limitless in His glory - whereas for themselves [they would choose, if they could, only] what they desire:

وَ اِذا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُم بِالاُنثيٰ ظَلَّ وَجهُهۥ مُسوَدًّا وَ هُوَكَظيمٌ58

for, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] a girl, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger,

يَتَواريٰ مِنَ القَومِ مِن سوٓءِ ما بُشِّرَ بِهٖٓۚ اَيُمسِكُهۥ عَليٰ هونٍ اَم يَدُسُّهۥ فِي التُّرابِؕ اَلاسآءَ ما يَحكُمونَ59

avoiding all people because of the [alleged] evil of the glad tiding which he has received, [and debating within himself:] Shall he keep this [child] despite the contempt [which he feels for it]-or shall he bury it in the dust? Old, evil indeed is whatever they decide!

لِلَّذينَ لايُؤمِنونَ بِالأخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوءِ ؗوَ لِله المَثَلُ الاَعليٰ وَ هُوَالعَزيزُ الحَكيمُ60

[Thus it is that] the attribute of evil applies to all who do not believe in the life to come -whereas unto God applies the attribute of all that is most sublime: for He alone is almighty, truly wise!

وَ لَو يُؤاخِذُ اللهُ النّاسَ بِظُلمِهِم ماتَرَكَ عَلَيها مِن دآبَّةٍ وَ لٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُم اِليٰٓ اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّي ؗ فَاِذا جآءَ اَجَلُهُم لايَستَأخِرونَ ساعَةً وَ لايَستَقدِمونَ61

Now if God were to take men [immediately] to task for all the evil that they do [on earth], He would not leave a single living creature upon its face. However, He grants them respite until a term set [by Him]: but when the end of their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.

وَ يَجعَلونَ لِله مايَكرَهونَؗ وَ تَصِفُ اَلسِنَتُهُمُ الكَذِبَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ الحُسنيٰۚ لاجَرَمَ اَنَّ لَهُمُ النّارَ وَ اَنَّهُم مُفرَطونَ62

As it is, they ascribe to God something that they [themselves] dislike -and [all the while] their tongues utter the lie that [by doing so] they earn supreme merit! Truly, they earn but the fire, and will be left out [of God's grace]!

تَاللهِ لَقَد اَرسَلنآ اِليٰٓ اُمَمٍ مِن قَبلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيطٰنُ اَعمالَهُم فَهُوَوَلِيُّهُمُ اليَومَ وَ لَهُم عَذابٌ اَليمٌ63

By God, [O Prophet,] even before thy time have We sent apostles unto [various] communities: but [those who were bent on denying the truth have always refused to listen to Our messages because] Satan has made all their own doings seem goodly to them: and he is [as] close to them today [as he was to the sinners of yore]; hence, grievous suffering awaits them.

وَ مآ اَنزَلنا عَلَيكَ الكِتٰبَ اِلّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اختَلَفوا فيهِ وَ هُدًي وَ رَحمَةً لِقَومٍ يُؤمِنونَ64

And upon thee [too] have We bestowed from on' high this divine writ for no other reason than that thou might make clear unto them all [questions of faith] on which they have come to hold divergent views, and [thus offer] guidance and grace unto people who will believe.

وَ اللهُ اَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمآءِ‌ مآءً فَاَحيا بِهِ الاَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِهآۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيَةً لِقَومٍ يَسمَعونَ65

AND GOD sends down water from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless: in this, behold, there is a message indeed for people who [are willing to] listen.

وَ اِنَّ لَكُم فِي الاَنعامِ لَعِبرَةً ؗ نُسقيكُم مِمّا في بُطونِهٖ مِن بَينِ فَرثٍ وَ دَمٍ لَبَنًا خالِصًا سآئِغًا لِلشّٰرِبينَ66

And, behold, in the cattle [too] there is indeed a lesson for you: We give you to drink of that [fluid] which is [secreted from] within their bellies between that which is to be eliminated [from the animal's body] and [its] life-blood: milk pure and pleasant to those who drink it.

وَ مِن ثَمَرٰتِ النَّخيلِ وَ الاَعنابِ تَتَّخِذونَ مِنهُ سَكَرًا وَ رِزقًا حَسَنًاۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيَةً لِقَومٍ يَعقِلونَ67

And [We grant you nourishment] from the fruit of date-palms and vines: from it you derive intoxicants as well as wholesome sustenance -in this, behold, there is a message indeed for people who use their reason!

وَ اَوحيٰ رَبُّكَ اِلَي النَّحلِ اَنِ اتَّخِذي مِنَ الجِبالِ بُيوتًا وَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَ مِمّا يَعرِشونَ68

And [consider how] thy Sustainer has inspired the bee: "Prepare for thyself dwellings in mountains and in trees, and in what [men] may build [for thee by way of hives];

ثُمَّ كُلي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِ فَاسلُكي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًاۚ يَخرُجُ مِن بُطونِها شَرابٌ مُختَلِفٌ اَلوانُهۥ فيهِ شِفآءٌ لِلنّاسِۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَ69

and then eat of all manner of fruit, and follow humbly the paths ordained for thee by thy Sustainer." [And lo!] there issues from within these [bees] a fluid of many hues, wherein there is health for man. In all this, behold, there is a message indeed for people who think!

وَ اللهُ خَلَقَكُم ثُمَّ يَتَوَفّیــٰكُمۚ وَ مِنكُم مَن يُ‍رَدُّ اِليٰٓ اَرذَلِ العُمُرِ لِكَي لايَعلَمَ بَعدَ عِلمٍ شَيئئًاۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَليمٌ قَديرٌ70

AND GOD has created you, and in time will cause you to die; and many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well. Verily, God is all-knowing, infinite in His power!

وَ اللهُ فَضَّلَ بَعضَكُمـ عَليٰ بَعضٍ فِي الرِّزقِؗ فَمَا الَّذينَ فُضِّلوا بِرآدّي رِزقِهِم عَليٰ ما مَلَكَت اَيمٰنُهُم فَهُم فيهِ سَوآءٌۚ اَفَبِنِعمَةِ اللهِ يَجحَدونَ71

And on some of you God has bestowed more abundant means of sustenance than on others: and yet, they who are more abundantly favoured are [often] unwilling to share their sustenance with those whom their right hands possess, so that they [all] might be equal in this respect. Will they, then, God's blessings [thus] deny?

وَ اللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن اَنفُسِكُم اَزواجًا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن اَزواجِكُم بَنينَ وَ حَفَدَةً وَ رَزَقَكُم مِنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِۚ اَفَبِالباطِلِ يُؤمِنونَ وَ بِنِعمَتِ اللهِ هُم يَكفُرونَ72

And God has given you mates of your own kinds and has given you, through your mates, children and children's children, and has provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life. Will men, then, [continue to] believe in things false and vain, and thus blaspheme against God's blessings? -

وَ يَعبُدونَ مِن دونِ اللهِ ما لايَملِكُ لَهُم رِزقًا مِنَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِ شَيئئًا وَ لايَستَطيعونَ73

and will they [continue to] worship, instead of God, something that has it not within its power to provide for them any sustenance whatever from the heavens or the earth, and can do nothing at all?

فَلا تَضرِبوا لِله الاَمثالَۚ اِنَّ اللهَ يَعلَمُ وَ اَنتُم لاتَعلَمونَ74

Hence, do not coin any similitudes for Gods Verily, God knows [all], whereas you have no [real] knowledge.

ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا عَبدًا مَملوكًا لايَقدِرُ عَليٰ شَيءٍ وَ مَن رَزَقنٰهُ مِنّا رِزقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَيُنفِقُ مِنهُ سِرًّا وَ جَهرًاؗ هَل يَستَو ۥنَۚ اؘلحَمدُلِلهۚ بَل اَكثَرُهُم لايَعلَمونَ75

God propounds [to you] the parable of [two men-] a man enslaved, unable to do anything of his own accord, and a [free] man upon whom We have bestowed goodly sustenance [as a gift] from Ourselves, so that he can spend thereof [at will, both] secretly and openly. Can these [two] be deemed equal? All praise is due to God [alone]: but most of them do not understand it.

وَ ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلَينِ اَحَدُهُمآ اَبكَمُ لايَقدِرُ عَليٰ شَيءٍ وَ هُوَكَلٌّ عَليٰ مَول‍یــٰهُ اَينَما يُوَجِّههُ لا يَأتِ بِخَيرٍؗ هَل يَستَوي هُوَوَمَن يَأمُرُ بِالعَدلِ وَ هُوَعَليٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ76

And God propounds [to you] the parable of two [other] men -one of them dumb, unable to do anything of his own accord, and a sheer burden on his master: to whichever task the latter directs him, he accomplishes no good. Can such a one be considered the equal of [a wise man] who enjoins the doing of what is right and himself follows a straight way?

وَ لِله غَيبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِۚ وَ مآ اَمرُ السّاعَةِ اِلّا كَلَمحِ البَصَرِ اَو هُوَاَقرَبُۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَليٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ77

And, God's [alone] is the knowledge of the hidden reality of the heavens and the earth. And so, the advent of the Last Hour will but manifest itself [in a single moment,] like the twinkling of an eye, or closer still: for, behold, God has the power to will anything.

وَ اللهُ اَخرَجَكُم مِن بُطونِ اُمَّهٰتِكُم لاتَعلَمونَ شَيئئًا ࣕ وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمعَ وَ الاَبصارَ وَ الاَفئئِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ78

And God has brought you forth from your mothers' wombs knowing nothing-but He has endowed you with hearing, and sight, and minds, so that you might have cause to be grateful.

اَلَم يَرَوا اِلَي الطَّيرِ مُسَخَّرٰتٍ في جَوِّ السَّمآءِ‌ ما يُمسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا اللهُۚ اِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَأيٰتٍ لِقَومٍ يُؤمِنونَ79

Have, then, they [who deny the truth] never considered the birds, enabled [by God] to fly in mid-air, with none but God holding them aloft? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who will believe!

وَ اللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن بُيوتِكُم سَكَنًا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن جُلودِ الاَنعامِ بُيوتًا تَستَخِفّونَها يَومَ ظَعنِكُم وَ يَومَ اِقامَتِكُمࣕ وَ مِن اَصوافِها وَ اَوبارِها وَ اَشعارِهآ اَثاثًا وَ مَتاعًا اِليٰ حينٍ80

And God has given you [the ability to build] your houses as places of rest, and has endowed you with [the skill to make] dwellings out of the skins of animals - easy for you to handle when you travel and when you camp -and [to make] furnishings and goods for temporary use of their [rough] wool and their soft, furry wool and their hair.

وَ اللهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِمّا خَلَقَ ظِلـٰلًا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِنَ الجِبالِ اَكنانًا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم سَرابيلَ تَقيكُمُ الحَرَّ وَ سَرابيلَ تَقيكُم بَأسَكُمۚ كَذٰلِكَ يُ‍ـتِ‍مُّ نِعمَتَهۥ عَلَيكُم لَعَلَّكُم تُسلِمونَ81

And among the many objects of His creation, God has appointed for you [various] means of protection: thus, He has given you in the mountains places of shelter, and has endowed you with [the ability to make] garments to protect you from heat [and cold], as well as such garments as might protect you from your [mutual] violence. In this way does He bestow the full measure of His blessings on you, so that you might surrender yourselves unto Him.

فَاِن تَوَلَّوا فَاِنَّما عَلَيكَ البَلٰغُ المُبينُ82

BUT IF they turn away [from thee, O Prophet, remember that] thy only duty is a clear delivery of the message [entrusted to thee].

يَعرِفونَ نِعمَتَ اللهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرونَها وَ اَكثَرُهُمُ الكٰفِرونَ83

They [who turn away from it] are fully aware of God's blessings, but none the less they refuse to acknowledge them [as such], since most of them are given to denying the truth.

وَ يَومَ نَبعَثُ مِن كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا ثُمَّ لايُؤذَنُ لِلَّذينَ كَفَروا وَ لا هُم يُستَعتَبونَ84

But one Day We shall raise up a witness out of every community, whereupon they who were bent on denying the truth will not be allowed to plead [ignorance], and neither will they be allowed to make amends.

وَ اِذا رَءَا الَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا العَذابَ فَلا يُخَفَّفُ عَنهُم وَ لا هُم يُنظَرونَ85

And when they who were bent on evildoing behold the suffering [that awaits them, they will realize that] it will not be lightened for them [by virtue of their pleading]; and neither will they be granted respite.

وَ اِذا رَءَا الَّذينَ اَشرَكوا شُرَكآءَهُم قالوا رَبَّنا هٰٓؤُلآءِ شُرَكآؤُنَا الَّذينَ كُنّا نَدعوا مِن دونِكَؗ فَاَلقَوا اِلَيهِمُ القَولَ اِنَّكُم لَكٰذِبونَ86

And when they who were wont to ascribe divinity to beings other than God behold [on Judgment Day] those beings to whom they were wont to ascribe a share in His divinity, they will exclaim: "O our Sustainer! These are the beings to whom we ascribed a share in Thy divinity, and whom we were wont to invoke instead of Thee!" -whereupon [those beings] will fling at them the retort: "Behold, you have indeed been lying [to yourselves]!"

وَ اَلقَوا اِلَي اللهِ يَومَئِذِ ࣙ السَّلَمَ ؗ وَ ضَلَّ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَ87

And on that Day will they [who had thus been sinning, belatedly] proffer their surrender to God; and all their false imagery will have forsaken them.

اؘلَّذينَ كَفَروا وَ صَدّوا عَن سَبيلِ اللهِ زِدنٰهُم عَذابًا فَوقَ العَذابِ بِما كانوا يُفسِدونَ88

Upon all who were bent on denying the truth and who turned others away from the path of God will We heap suffering upon suffering in return for all the corruption that they wrought:

وَ يَومَ نَبعَثُ في كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ شَهيدًا عَلَيهِم مِن اَنفُسِهِم وَ جِئنا بِكَ شَهيدًا عَليٰ هٰٓؤُلآءِۚ وَ نَزَّلنا عَلَيكَ الكِتٰبَ تِبيانًا لِكُلِّ شَيءٍ وَ هُدًي وَ رَحمَةً وَ بُشريٰ لِلمُسلِمينَ89

for one Day We shall raise up within every community a witness against them from among themselves. And thee [too, O Prophet,] have We brought forth to bear witness regarding those [whom thy message may have reached], inasmuch as We have bestowed from on high upon thee, step by step, this divine writ, to make everything clear, and to provide guidance and grace and a glad tiding unto all who have surrendered themselves to God.

اِنَّ اللهَ يَأمُرُ بِالعَدلِ وَ الاِحسانِ وَ ايتآئِ ذِي القُربيٰ وَ يَنهيٰ عَنِ الفَحشآءِ وَ المُنكَرِ وَ البَغيِؗ يَعِظُكُم لَعَلَّكُم تَذَكَّرونَ90

BEHOLD, God enjoins justice, and the doing of good, and generosity towards [one's] fellow-men; and He forbids all that is shameful and all that runs counter to reason, as well as envy; [and] He exhorts you [repeatedly] so that you might bear [all this] in mind.

وَ اَوفوا بِعَهدِ اللهِ اِذا عاهَدتُم وَ لاتَنقُضُوا الاَيمٰنَ بَعدَ تَوكيدِها وَ قَد جَعَلتُ‍مُ اللهَ عَلَيكُم كَفيلًاۚ اِنَّ اللهَ يَعلَمُ ما تَفعَلونَ91

And be true to your bond with God whenever you bind yourselves by a pledge, and do not break [your] oaths after having [freely] confirmed them and having called upon God to be witness to your good faith: behold, God knows all that you do.

وَ لاتَكونوا كَالَّ‍تي نَقَضَت غَزلَها مِن بَعدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنكاثًا تَتَّخِذونَ اَيمٰنَكُم دَخَلًا بَينَكُم اَن تَكونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَربيٰ مِن اُمَّةٍۚ اِنَّما يَبلوكُمُ اللهُ بِهٖۚ وَ لَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ ما كُنتُم فيهِ تَختَلِفونَ92

Hence, be not like her who breaks and completely untwists the yarn which she [herself] has spun and made strong-[be not like this by] using your oaths as a means of deceiving one another, simply because some of you may be more powerful than others." By all this, God but puts you to a test-and [He does it] so that on Resurrection Day He might make clear unto you all that on which you were wont to differ.

وَ لَو شآءَ‌ اللهُ لَجَعَلَكُم اُمَّةً واحِدَةً وَلٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشآءُ وَ يَهدي مَن يَشآءُۚ وَلَتُسئئَلُنَّ عَمّا كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ93

For, had God so willed, He could surely have made you all one single community; however, He lets go astray him that wills [to go astray], and guides aright him that wills [to be guided]; and you will surely be called to account for all that you ever did!

وَ لاتَتَّخِذوٓا اَيمٰنَكُم دَخَلًا بَينَكُم فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعدَ ثُبوتِها وَ تَذوقُوا السّوٓءَ بِما صَدَدتُم عَن سَبيلِ اللهِ ؗ وَ لَكُم عَذابٌ عَظيمٌ94

And do not use your oaths as a means of deceiving one another-or else [your] foot will slip after having been firm, and then you will have to taste the evil [consequences] of your having turned away from the path of God, with tremendous suffering awaiting you [in the life to come].

وَ لاتَشتَروا بِعَهدِ اللهِ ثَمَنًا قَليلًاۚ اِنَّما عِندَ اللهِ هُوَخَيرٌ لَكُم اِن كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ95

Hence, do not barter away your bond with God for a trifling gain! Verily, that which is with God is by far the best for you, if you but knew it:

ما عِندَكُم يَنفَدُ وَ ما عِندَ اللهِ باقٍؕ وَ لَنَجزِيَنَّ الَّذينَ صَبَروٓا اَجرَهُم بِاَحسَنِ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ96

all that is with you is bound to come to an end, whereas that which is with God is everlasting. And most certainly shall We grant unto those who are patient in adversity their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did.

مَن عَمِلَ صٰلِحًا مِن ذَكَرٍ اَو اُنثيٰ وَ هُوَ مُؤمِنٌ فَلَنُحيِيَنَّهۥ حَيوٰةً طَيِّبَةً ؗ وَ لَنَجزِيَنَّهُم اَجرَهُم بِاَحسَنِ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ97

As for anyone - be it man or woman - who does righteous deeds, and is a believer withal - him shall We most certainly cause to live a good life. and most certainly shall We grant unto such as these their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did.

فَاِذا قَرَأتَ القُرءانَ فَاستَعِذ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيطٰنِ الرَّجيمِ98

NOW whenever thou happen to read this Qur'an, seek refuge with God from Satan, the accursed.

اِنَّهۥ لَيسَ لَهۥ سُلطٰنٌ عَلَي الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ عَليٰ رَبِّهِم يَتَوَكَّلونَ99

Behold, he has no power over those who have attained to faith and in their Sustainer place their tray trust:

اِنَّما سُلطٰنُهۥ عَلَي الَّذينَ يَتَوَلَّونَهۥ وَ الَّذينَ هُم بِهٖ مُشرِكونَ100

he has power only over those who are willing to follow him, and who [thus] ascribe to him a share in God's divinity.

وَ اِذا بَدَّلنآ ءايَةً مَكانَ ءايَةٍ وَ اللهُ اَعلَمُ بِما يُنَزِّلُ قالوٓا اِنَّمآ اَنتَ مُفتَرٍۚ بَل اَكثَرُهُم لايَعلَمونَ101

And now that We replace one message by another -since God is fully aware of what He bestows from on high, step by step - they [who deny the truth] are wont to say, "Thou but inventest it!" Nay, but most of them do not understand it!

قُل نَزَّلَهۥ روحُ القُدُسِ مِن رَبِّكَ بِالحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ هُدًي وَ بُشريٰ لِلمُسلِمينَ102

Say: "Holy inspiration has brought it down from thy Sustainer by stages, setting forth the truth, so that it might give firmness unto those who have attained to faith, and provide guidance and a glad tiding unto all who have surrendered themselves to God."

وَ لَقَد نَعلَمُ اَنَّهُم يَقولونَ اِنَّما يُعَلِّمُهۥ بَشَرٌۚ لِسانُ الَّذي يُلحِدونَ اِلَيهِ اَعجَمِيٌّ وَ هٰذا لِسانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبينٌ103

And, indeed, full well do We know that they say, "It is but a human being that imparts [all] this to him! -[notwithstanding that] the tongue of him to whom they so maliciously point is wholly outlandish, whereas this is Arabic speech, clear [in itself] and clearly showing the truth [of its source].

اِنَّ الَّذينَ لايُؤمِنونَ بِئئايٰتِ اللهِ لايَهديهِمُ اللهُ وَ لَهُم عَذابٌ اَليمٌ104

Verily, as for those who will not believe in God's messages, God does not guide them aright; and grievous suffering will be their lot [in the life to come].

اِنَّما يَفتَرِي الكَذِبَ الَّذينَ لايُؤمِنونَ بِئئايٰتِ اللهِ ؗ وَ اُولئِكَ هُمُ الكٰذِبونَ105

It is but they who will not believe in God's messages that invent this falsehood; and it is they, they who are lying!

مَن كَفَرَ بِاللهِ مِن بَعدِ ايمانِهٖٓ اِلّا مَن اُكـرِهَ وَ قَلبُهۥ مُطمَئِنٌّ بِالايمانِ ࣕ وَلٰكِن مَن شَرَحَ بِالكُفرِ صَدرًا فَعَلَيهِم غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللهِ وَ لَهُم عَذابٌ عَظيمٌ106

As for anyone who denies God after having once attained to faith-and this, to be sure, does not apply to one who does it under duress, the while his heart remains true to his faith, but [only, to] him who willingly opens up his heart to a denial of the truth-: upon all such [falls] God's condemnation, and tremendous suffering awaits them:

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ استَحَبُّوا الحَيوٰةَ الدُّنيا عَلَي الأخِرَةِ وَ اَنَّ اللهَ لايَهدِي القَومَ الكٰفِرينَ107

all this, because they hold this world's life in greater esteem than the life to come, and because God does not bestow His guidance upon people who deny the truth.

اُولئِكَ الَّذينَ طَبَعَ اللهُ عَليٰ قُلوبِهِم وَ سَمعِهِم وَ اَبصارِهِمؗ وَ اُولئِكَ هُمُ الغـٰفِلونَ108

They whose hearts and whose hearing and whose sight God has sealed -it is they, they who are heedless!

لاجَرَمَ اَنَّهُم فِي الأخِرَةِ هُمُ الخٰسِرونَ109

Truly it is they, they who in the life to come shall be the losers!

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذينَ هاجَروا مِن بَعدِ ما فُتِنوا ثُمَّ جٰهَدوا وَ صَبَروٓا اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعدِها لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ110

And yet, behold, thy Sustainer [grants His forgiveness] unto those who forsake the domain of evil after having succumbed to its temptation, and who thenceforth strive hard [in God's cause] and are patient in adversity: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

يَومَ تَأتي كُلُّ نَفسٍ تُجادِلُ عَن نَفسِها وَ تُوَفّيٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ ما عَمِلَت وَ هُم لايُظلَمونَ111

[Be conscious, then, of] the Day when every human being shall come to plead for himself [alone], and every human being shall be repaid in full for whatever he has done, and none shall be wronged.

وَ ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا قَريَةً كانَت ءامِنَةً مُطمَئِنَّةً يَأتيها رِزقُها رَغَدًا مِن كُلِّ مَكانٍ فَكَفَرَت بِاَنعُمِ اللهِ فَاَذاقَهَا اللهُ لِباسَ الجوعِ وَ الخَوفِ بِما كانوا يَصنَعونَ112

AND GOD propounds [to you] a parable: [Imagine] a town which was [once] secure and at ease, with its sustenance coming to it abundantly from all quarters, and which thereupon blasphemously refused to show gratitude for God's blessings: and therefore God caused it to taste the all-embracing misery of hunger and fear in result of all [the evil] that its people had so persistently wrought.

وَ لَقَد جآءَهُم رَسولٌ مِنهُم فَكَذَّبوهُ فَاَخَذَهُمُ العَذابُ وَ هُم ظٰلِمونَ113

And indeed, there had come unto them an apostle from among themselves -but they gave him the lie; and therefore suffering overwhelmed them while they were thus doing wrong [to themselves].

فَكُلوا مِمّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللهُ حَلٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَ اشكُروا نِعمَتَ اللهِ اِن كُنتُم اِيّاهُ تَعبُدونَ114

AND SO, partake of all the lawful, good things which God has provided for you as sustenance, and render thanks unto God for His blessings, if it is [truly] Him that you worship.

اِنَّما حَرَّمَ عَلَيكُمُ المَيتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ وَ لَحمَ الخِنزيرِ وَ مآ اُهِلَّ لِغَيرِ اللهِ بِهٖؗ فَمَنِ اضطُرَّ غَيرَ باغٍ وَ لاعادٍ فَاِنَّ اللهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ115

He has forbidden to you only carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any name other than God's has been invoked; but if one is driven [to it] by necessity - neither coveting it nor exceeding his immediate need -verily, God is much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَ لاتَقولوا لِما تَصِفُ اَلسِنَتُكُمُ الكَذِبَ هٰذا حَلٰلٌ وَ هٰذا حَرامٌ لِتَفتَروا عَلَي اللهِ الكَذِبَۚ اِنَّ الَّذينَ يَفتَرونَ عَلَي اللهِ الكَذِبَ لا يُفلِحونَ116

Hence, do not utter falsehoods by letting your tongues determine [at your own discretion], "This is lawful and that is forbidden", thus attributing your own lying inventions to God: for, behold, they who attribute their own lying inventions to God will never attain to a happy state!

مَتاعٌ قَليلٌ وَ لَهُم عَذابٌ اَليمٌ117

A brief enjoyment [may be theirs in this world] -but grievous suffering awaits them [in the life to come]!

وَ عَلَي الَّذينَ هادوا حَرَّمنا ما قَصَصنا عَلَيكَ مِن قَبلُ ؗ وَ ما ظَلَمنٰهُم وَ لٰكِن كانوٓا اَنفُسَهُم يَظلِمونَ118

And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this; and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

ثُمَّ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذينَ عَمِلُوا السّوٓءَ بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ تابوا مِن بَعدِ ذٰلِكَ وَ اَصلَحوٓا اِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعدِها لَغَفورٌ رَحيمٌ119

And once again: Behold, thy Sustainer [shows mercy] to those who do evil out of ignorance and afterwards repent and live righteously: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

اِنَّ اِبرٰهيمَ كانَ اُمَّةً قانِتًا لِله حَنيفًا وَ لَم يَكُ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ120

VERILY, Abraham was a man who combined within himself all virtues, devoutly obeying God's will, turning away from all that is false, and not being of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God:

شاكِرًا لِاَنعُمِهِۚ اؚجتَباهُ وَ هَدیــٰهُ اِليٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ121

[for he was always] grateful for the blessings granted by Him who had elected him and guided him onto a straight way.

وَ ءاتَينٰهُ فِي الدُّنيا حَسَنَةً ؗ وَ اِنَّهۥ فِي الأخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصّٰلِحينَ122

And so We vouchsafed him good in this world; and, verily, in the life to come [too] he shall find himself among the righteous.

ثُمَّ اَوحَينآ اِلَيكَ اَنِ اتَّبِع مِلَّةَ اِبرٰهيمَ حَنيفًا ؗ وَ ما كانَ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ123

And lastly, We have inspired thee, [O Muhammad, with this message:] "Follow the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false, and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God;

اِنَّما جُعِلَ السَّبتُ عَلَي الَّذينَ اختَلَفوا فيهِۚ وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحكُمُ بَينَهُم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ فيما كانوا فيهِ يَختَلِفونَ124

[and know that the observance of] the Sabbath was ordained only for those who came to hold divergent views about him; but, verily, God will judge between them on Resurrection Day with regard to all on which they were wont to differ.

اؙدعُ اِليٰ سَبيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالحِكمَةِ وَ المَوعِظَةِ الحَسَنَةِ ؗ وَ جادِلهُم بِالَّ‍تي هِيَ اَحسَنُ ۚ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَاَعلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبيلِهٖ وَ هُوَاَعلَمُ بِالمُهتَدينَ125

CALL THOU (all mankind] unto thy Sustainer's path with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the most kindly manner- for, behold, thy Sustainer knows best as to who strays from His path, and best knows He as to who are the right-guided.

وَ اِن عاقَبتُم فَعاقِبوا بِمِثلِ ما عوقِبتُم بِهٖؗ وَ لَئِن صَبَرتُم لَهُوَخَيرٌ لِلصّٰبِرينَ126

Hence, if you have to respond to an attack (in argument], respond only to the extent of the attack levelled against you; but to bear yourselves with patience is indeed far better for (you, since God is with] those who are patient in adversity.

وَ اصبِر وَ ما صَبرُكَ اِلّا بِاللهِؗ وَ لاتَحزَن عَلَيهِم وَ لاتَكُ في ضَيقٍ مِمّا يَمكُرونَ127

Endure, then, with patience (all that they who deny the truth may say] -always remembering that it is none but God who gives thee the strength to endure adversity -and do not grieve over them, and neither be distressed by the false arguments which they devise:

اِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الَّذينَ اتَّقَوا وَ الَّذينَ هُم مُحسِنونَ128

for, verily, God is with those who are conscious of Him and are doers of good withal!

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