Surah An-Nisaa (النساء)

بِسمِ اللهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

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

يٰٓـاَيُّ‍هَا النّاسُ اتَّقوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذي خَلَقَكُم مِن نَفسٍ واحِدَةٍ وَ خَلَقَ مِنها زَوجَها وَ بَثَّ مِنهُما رِجالًا كَثيرًا وَ نِسآءًۚ وَ اتَّقُوا اللهَ الَّذي تَسآءَلونَ بِهٖ وَ الاَرحامَۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَلَيكُم رَقيبًا1

O MANKIND! Be conscious of your Sustainer, who has created you out of one living entity, and out of it created its mate, and out of the two spread abroad a multitude of men and women. And remain conscious of God, in whose name you demand [your rights] from one another, and of these ties of kinship. Verily, God is ever watchful over you!

وَ ءاتُوا اليَتٰميٰٓ اَموالَهُم ؗ وَ لا‌تَتَبَدَّلُوا الخَبيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ ؗ وَ لاتَأكُلوٓا اَموالَهُم اِليٰٓ اَموالِكُم ؗ اِنَّهۥ كانَ حوبًا كَبيرًا2

Hence, render unto the orphans their possessions, and do not substitute bad things [of your own] for the good things [that belong to them], and do not consume their possessions together with your own: this, verily, is a great crime.

وَ اِن خِفتُم اَلّا تُقسِطوا فِي اليَتٰميٰ فَانكِحوا ما طابَ لَكُم مِنَ النِّسآءِ مَثنيٰ وَ ثُلٰثَ وَ رُبٰعَ ؗ فَاِن خِفتُم اَلّا تَعدِلوا فَواحِدَةً اَو ما مَلَكَت اَيمٰنُكُمۚ ذٰلِكَ اَدنيٰٓ اَلّا تَعولوا3

And if you have reason to fear that you might not act equitably towards orphans, then marry from among [other] women such as are lawful to you - [even] two, or three, or four: but if you have reason to fear that you might not be able to treat them with equal fairness, then [only] one - or [from among] those whom you rightfully possess. This will make it more likely that you will not deviate from the right course.

وَ ءاتُوا النِّسآءَ صَدُقٰتِهِنَّ نِحلَةًۚ فَاِن طِبنَ لَكُم عَن شَيءٍ مِنهُ نَفسًا فَكُـلوهُ هَنيٓئئًا مَريٓـئئًا4

And give unto women their marriage portions in the spirit of a gift; but if they, of their own accord, give up unto you aught thereof, then enjoy it with pleasure and good cheer.

وَ لا تُؤتُوا السُّفَهآءَ اَموالَكُمُ الَّ‍تي جَعَلَ اللهُ لَكُم قِي‍ـٰمًا وَ ارزُقوهُم فيها وَاكسوهُ‍م وَ قولوا لَهُم قَولًا مَعروفًا5

And do not entrust to those who are weak of judgment the possessions which God has placed in your charge for [their] support; but let them have their sustenance therefrom, and clothe them, and speak unto them in a kindly way.

وَ ابتَلُوا اليَتٰميٰؗ حَتّيٰٓ اِذا بَلَغُوا النِّكاحَ فَاِن ءانَستُم مِنهُم رُشدًا فَادفَعوٓا اِلَيهِم اَموالَهُم ؗ وَ لا‌تَأكُلوهآ اِسرافًا وَ بِدارًا اَن يَكبَرواۚوَ مَنكانَ غَنِيًّا فَليَستَعفِف ؗوَمَنكانَفَقيرًا فَليَأكـُل بِالمَعروفِۚ فَاِذا دَفَعتُم اِلَيهِم اَموالَهُم فَاَشهِدوا عَلَيهِمۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ حَسيبًا6

And test the orphans [in your charge] until they reach a marriageable age; then, if you find them to be mature of mind, hand over to them their possessions; and do not consume them by wasteful spending, and in haste, ere they grow up. And let him who is rich abstain entirely [from his ward's property]; and let him who is poor partake thereof in a fair manner. And when you hand over to them their possessions, let there be witnesses on their behalf - although none can take count as God does.

لِلرِّجالِ نَصيبٌ مِمّا تَرَكَ الوٰلِدانِ وَ الاَقرَبونَ وَ لِلنِّسآءِ نَصيبٌ مِمّا تَرَكَ الوٰلِدانِ وَ الاَقرَبونَ ࣕ مِمّا قَلَّ مِنهُ اَو كَثُرَۚ نَصيبًا مَفروضًا7

MEN SHALL have a share in what parents and kinsfolk leave behind, and women shall have a share in what parents and kinsfolk leave behind, whether it be little or much - a share ordained [by God].

وَ اِذا حَضَرَ القِسمَةَ اُولُوا القُربيٰ وَ اليَتٰميٰ وَ المَسٰكينُ فَارزُقوهُم مِنهُ وَ قولوا لَهُم قَولًا مَعروفًا8

And when [other] near of kin and orphans and needy persons are present at the distribution [of inheritance], give them something thereof for their sustenance, and speak unto them in a kindly way.

وَ ليَخشَ الَّذينَ لَو تَرَكوا مِن خَلفِهِم ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعٰفًا خافوا عَلَيهِمؗ فَليَتَّقُوا اللهَ وَ ليَقولوا قَولًا سَديدًا9

And let them stand in awe [of God], those [legal heirs] - who, if they [themselves] had to leave behind weak offspring, would feel fear on their account - and let them remain conscious of God, and let them speak [to the poor] in a just manner.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ يَأكُلونَ اَموالَ اليَتٰميٰ ظُلمًا اِنَّما يَأكُلونَ في بُطونِهِم نارًاؗ وَ سَيَصلَونَ سَعيرًا10

Behold, those who sinfully devour the possessions of orphans but fill their bellies with fire: for [in the life to come] they will have to endure a blazing flame!

يوصيكُمُ اللهُ فيٓ اَولادِكُمۚ لِلذَّكـَرِ مِثلُ حَظِّ الاُنثَيَينِ ؗ فَاِن كُنَّ نِسآءً فَوقَ اثنَتَينِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثا ما تَرَكَ ؗ وَ اِن كانَت واحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصفُۚ وَ لِاَبَوَيهِ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمّا تَرَكَ اِن كانَ لَهۥ وَلَدٌ ؗفَاِن لَم يَكُن لَهۥ وَلَدٌ وَ وَرِثَهٓ اَبَواهُ فَلِاُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ ؗ فَاِن كانَ لَهٓ اِخوَةٌ فَلِاُمِّهِ السُّدُسُۚ مِن بَعدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يوصي بِهآ اَو دَينٍؕ ءابآؤُكُم وَ اَبنآؤُكُم لا‌تَدرونَ اَيُّ‍هُم اَقرَبُ لَكُم نَفعًاؕ فَريضَةً مِنَ اللهِۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَليمًا حَكيمًا11

CONCERNING [the inheritance of] your children, God enjoins [this] upon you: The male shall have the equal of two females’ share; but if there are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what [their parents] leave behind; and if there is only one daughter, she shall have one-half thereof. And as for the parents [of the deceased], each of them shall have one-sixth of what he leaves behind, in the event of his having [left] a child; but if he has left no child and his parents are his [only] heirs, then his mother shall have one-third; and if he has brothers and sisters, then his mother shall have one-sixth after [the deduction of] any bequest he may have made, or any debt [he may have incurred]. As for your parents and your children - you know not which of them is more deserving of benefit from you: [therefore this] ordinance from God. Verily, God is all-knowing, wise.

وَ لَكُم نِصفُ ما تَرَكَ اَزواجُكُم اِن لَم يَكُن لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ ؗ فَاِن كانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ الرُّبُعُ مِمّا تَرَكنَۚ مِن بَعدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يوصينَ بِهآ اَو دَينٍۚ وَ لَهُنَّ الرُّبُعُ مِمّا تَرَكتُم اِن لَم يَكُن لَكُم وَلَدٌؗ فَاِن كانَ لَكُم وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ الثُّمُنُ مِمّا تَرَكتُمۚ مِن بَعدِ وَصِيَّةٍ توصونَ بِهآ اَو دَينٍؕ وَ اِن كانَ رَجُلٌ يورَثُ كَلٰلَةً اَوِ امرَاَةٌ وَ لَهٓ اَخٌ اَو اُختٌ فَلِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمَا السُّدُسُ ؗ فَاِن كانوٓا اَكثَرَ مِن ذٰلِكَ فَهُم شُرَكآءُ فِي الثُّلُثِۚ مِن بَعدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يوصيٰ بِهآ اَو دَينٍ غَيرَ مُضآرٍّۚ وَصِيَّةً مِنَ اللهِؕ وَ اللهُ عَليمٌ حَليمٌ12

And you shall inherit one-half of what your wives leave behind, provided they have left no child; but if they have left a child, then you shall have one-quarter of what they leave behind, after [the deduction of] any bequest they may have made, or any debt [they may have incurred]. And your widows shall have one-quarter of what you leave behind, provided you have left no child; but if you have left a child, then they shall have one-eighth of what you leave behind, after [the deduction of] any bequest you may have made, or any debt [you may have incurred]. And if a man or a woman has no heir in the direct line, but has a brother or a sister, then each of these two shall inherit one-sixth; but if there are more than two, then they shall share in one-third [of the inheritance], after [the deduction of] any bequest that may have been made, or any debt [that may have been incurred], neither of which having been intended to harm [the heirs]. [This is] an injunction from God: and God is all-knowing, forbearing.

تِلكَ حُدودُ اللهِۚ وَ مَن يُطِعِ اللهَ وَ رَسولَهۥ يُدخِلهُ جَنّٰتٍ تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الاَنهٰرُ خٰلِدينَ فيهاۚ وَ ذٰلِكَ الفَوزُ العَظيمُ13

These are the bounds set by God. And whoever pays heed unto God and His Apostle, him will He bring into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide: and this is a triumph supreme.

وَ مَن يَعصِ اللهَ وَ رَسولَهۥ وَ يَتَعَدَّ حُدودَهۥ يُدخِلهُ نارًا خٰلِدًا فيهاؗ وَ لَهۥ عَذابٌ مُهينٌ14

And whoever rebels against God and His Apostle and transgresses His bounds, him will He commit unto fire, therein to abide; and shameful suffering awaits him.

وَ الّٰتي يَأتينَ الفاحِشَةَ مِن نِسآئِكُم فَاستَشهِدوا عَلَيهِنَّ اَربَعَةً مِنكُمۚ فَاِن شَهِدوا فَاَمسِكوهُنَّ فِي البُيوتِ حَتّيٰ يَتَوَفّیــٰهُنَّ المَوتُ اَو يَجعَلَ اللهُ لَهُنَّ سَبيلًا15

AND AS FOR those of your women who become guilty of immoral conduct, call upon four from among you who have witnessed their guilt; and if these bear witness thereto, confine the guilty women to their houses until death takes them away or God opens for them a way [through repentance].

وَ الَّذانِ يَأتِيٰنِها مِنكُم فَئئاذوهُماۚ فَاِن تابا وَ اَصلَحا فَاَعرِضوا عَنهُمآۚاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ تَوّابًا رَحيمًا16

And punish [thus] both of the guilty parties; but if they both repent and mend their ways, leave them alone: for, behold, God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.

اِنَّمَا التَّوبَةُ عَلَي اللهِ لِلَّذينَ يَعمَلونَ السّوٓءَ بِجَهالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتوبونَ مِن قَريبٍ فَاُولئِكَ يَتوبُ اللهُ عَلَيهِمؕ وَكانَ اللهُ عَليمًا حَكيمًا17

Verily, God's acceptance of repentance relates only to those who do evil out of ignorance and then repent before their time runs out: and it is they unto whom God will turn again in His mercy - for God is all-knowing, wise;

وَ لَيسَتِ التَّوبَةُ لِلَّذينَ يَعمَلونَ السَّيِّئئاتِۙ حَتّيٰٓ اِذا حَضَرَ اَحَدَهُمُ المَوتُ قالَ اِنّي تُبتُ الئئـٰنَ ࣕ وَ لَا الَّذينَ يَموتونَ وَ هُم كُفّارٌۚ اُولئِكَ اَعتَدنا لَهُم عَذابًا اَليمًا18

whereas repentance shall not be accepted from those who do evil deeds until their dying hour and then say, "Behold, I now repent"; nor from those who die as deniers of the truth: it is these for whom We have readied grievous suffering.

يٰٓـاَيُّ‍هَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا لا‌يَحِلُّ لَكُم اَن تَرِثُوا النِّسآءَ كَرهًا ؗ وَ لا‌تَعضُلوهُنَّ لِتَذهَبوا بِبَعضِ مآ ءاتَيتُموهُنَّ اِلّآ اَن يَأتينَ بِفاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍۚ وَ عاشِروهُنَّ بِالمَعروفِۚ فَاِن كَرِهتُموهُنَّ فَعَسيٰٓ اَن تَكرَهوا شَيئئًا وَ يَجعَلَ اللهُ فيهِ خَيرًا كَثيرًا19

O YOU who have attained to faith! It is not lawful for you to [try to] become heirs to your wives [by holding onto them] against their will; and neither shall you keep them under constraint with a view to taking away anything of what you may have given them, unless it be that they have become guilty, in an obvious manner, of immoral conduct. And consort with your wives in a goodly manner; for if you dislike them, it may well be that you dislike something which God might yet make a source of abundant good.

وَ اِن اَرَدتُمُ استِبدالَ زَوجٍ مَكانَ زَوجٍ وَ ءاتَيتُم اِحدیــٰهُنَّ قِنطارًا فَلا تَأخُذوا مِنهُ شَيئئًاۚ اَتَأخُذونَهۥ بُهتانًا وَ اِثمًا مُبينًا20

But if you desire to give up a wife and to take another in her stead, do not take away anything of what you have given the first one, however much it may have been. Would you, perchance, take it away by slandering her and thus committing a manifest sin?

وَ كَيفَ تَأخُذونَهۥ وَ قَد اَفضيٰ بَعضُكُم اِليٰ بَعضٍ وَ اَخَذنَ مِنكُم ميثاقًا غَليظًا21

And how could you take it away after you have given yourselves to one another, and she has received a most solemn pledge from you?

وَ لا تَنكِحوا ما نَكَحَ ءابآؤُكُم مِنَ النِّسآءِ اِلّا ما قَد سَلَفَ ؗ اِنَّهۥ كانَ فاحِشَةً وَ مَقتًا وَ سآءَ سَبيلًا22

AND DO NOT marry women whom your fathers have previously married - although what is past is past: this, verily, is a shameful deed, and a hateful thing, and an evil way.

حُرِّمَت عَلَيكُم اُمَّهٰتُكُم وَ بَناتُكُم وَ اَخَوٰتُكُم وَ عَمّٰتُكُم وَ خٰلٰتُكُم وَ بَناتُ الاَخِ وَ بَناتُ الاُختِ ࣕ وَ اُمَّهٰتُكُمُ الّٰتيٓ اَرضَعنَكُم وَ اَخَوٰتُكُم مِنَ الرَّضاعَةِ ࣕ وَ اُمَّهٰتُ نِسآئِكُم وَ رَبآئِبُكُمُ الّٰتي في حُجورِكُم مِن نِسآئِكُمُ الّٰتي دَخَلتُم بِهِنَّۚ فَاِن لَم تَكونوا دَخَلتُم بِهِنَّ فَلا جُناحَ عَلَيكُمۚ وَ حَلآئِلُ اَبنآئِكُمُ الَّذينَ مِن اَصلابِكُم ؗ وَ اَن تَجمَعوا بَينَ الاُختَينِ اِلّا ما قَد سَلَفَۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ غَفورًا رَحيمًا23

Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your aunts paternal and maternal, and a brother's daughters, and a sister's daughters; and your milk-mothers, and your milk-sisters; and the mothers of your wives; and your step-daughters - who are your foster children - born of your wives with whom you have consummated your marriage; but if you have not consummated your marriage, you will incur no sin [by marrying their daughters]; and [forbidden to you are] the spouses of the sons who have sprung from your loins; and [you are forbidden] to have two sisters [as your wives] at one and the same time - but what is past is past: for, behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَ المُحصَنٰتُ مِنَ النِّسآءِ اِلّا ما مَلَكَت اَيمٰنُكُمۚ كِتٰبَ اللهِ عَلَيكُمؕ وَ اُحِلَّ لَكُم ماوَرآءَ ذٰلِكُم اَن تَبتَغوا بِاَموالِكُم مُحصِنينَ غَيرَ مُسٰفِحينَۚ فَمَا‌ استَمتَعتُم بِهٖ مِنهُنَّ فَئئاتوهُنَّ اُجورَهُنَّ فَريضَةًۚ وَ لا جُناحَ عَلَيكُم فيما تَراضَيتُم بِهٖ مِن بَعدِ الفَريضَةِۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَليمًا حَكيمًا24

And [forbidden to you are] all married women other than those whom you rightfully possess [through wedlock]: this is God's ordinance, binding upon you. But lawful to you are all [women] beyond these, for you to seek out, offering them of your possessions, taking them in honest wedlock, and not in fornication. And unto those with whom you desire to enjoy marriage, you shall give the dowers due to them; but you will incur no sin if, after [having agreed upon] this lawful due, you freely agree with one another upon anything [else]: behold, God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

وَمَن لَم يَستَطِع مِنكُم طَولًا اَن يَنكِحَ المُحصَنٰتِ المُؤمِنٰتِ فَمِن ما مَلَكَت اَيمٰنُكُم مِن فَتَيٰتِكُمُ المُؤمِنٰتِۚ وَ اللهُ اَعلَمُ بِايمانِكُم ؗ بَعضُكُم مِن بَعضٍۚ فَانكِحوهُنَّ بِ‍ـاِذنِ اَهلِهِنَّ وَ ءاتوهُنَّ اُجورَهُنَّ بِالمَعروفِ مُحصَنٰتٍ غَيرَ مُسٰفِحـٰتٍ وَلا‌مُتَّخِذٰتِ اَخدانٍۚ فَاِذآ اُحصِنَّ فَاِن اَتَينَ بِفاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيهِنَّ نِصفُ ما عَلَي المُحصَنٰتِ مِنَ العَذابِۚ ذٰلِكَ لِمَن خَشِيَ العَنَتَ مِنكُمۚ وَاَن تَصبِروا خَيرٌ لَكُمؕ وَ اللهُ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ25

And as for those of you who, owing to circumstances, are not in a position to marry free believing women, [let them marry] believing maidens from among those whom you rightfully possess. And God knows all about your faith; each one of you is an issue of the other. Marry them, then, with their people's leave, and give them their dowers in an equitable manner - they being women who give themselves in honest wedlock, not in fornication, nor as secret love-companions. And when they are married, and thereafter become guilty of immoral conduct, they shall be liable to half the penalty to which free married women are liable. This [permission to marry slave-girls applies] to those of you who fear lest they stumble into evil. But it is for your own good to persevere in patience [and to abstain from such marriages]: and God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

يُريدُ اللهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُم وَ يَهدِيَكُم سُنَنَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكُم وَ يَتوبَ عَلَيكُمؕ وَ اللهُ عَليمٌ حَكيمٌ26

God wants to make [all this] clear unto you, and to guide you onto the [righteous] ways of life of those who preceded you, and to turn unto you in His mercy: for God is all-knowing, wise.

وَ اللهُ يُريدُ اَن يَتوبَ عَلَيكُم وَ يُريدُ الَّذينَ يَتَّبِعونَ الشَّهَوٰتِ اَن تَميلوا مَيلًا عَظيمًا27

And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path.

يُريدُ اللهُ اَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمۚ وَ خُلِقَ الاِنسانُ ضَعيفًا28

God wants to lighten your burdens: for man has been created weak.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا لا تَأكُلوٓا اَموالَكُم بَينَكُم بِالباطِلِ ؗ اِلّآ اَن تَكونَ تِجارَةً عَن تَراضٍ مِنكُمۚ وَ لا‌تَقتُلوٓا اَنفُسَكُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِكُم رَحيمًا29

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not devour one another's possessions wrongfully - not even by way of trade based on mutual agreement - and do not destroy one another: for, behold, God is indeed a dispenser of grace unto you!

وَ مَن يَفعَل ذٰلِكَ عُدوانًا وَ ظُلمًا فَسَوفَ نُصليهِ نارًاۚ وَ كانَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَي اللهِ يَسيرًا30

And as for him who does this with malicious intent and a will to do wrong - him shall We, in time, cause to endure [suffering through] fire: for this is indeed easy for God.

اِن تَجتَنِبوا كَبآئِرَ ما تُنهَونَ عَنهُ نُكَفِّر عَنكُم سَيِّئئاتِكُم وَ نُدخِلكُم مُدخَلًا كَريمًا31

If you avoid the great sins, which you have been enjoined to shun, We shall efface your [minor] bad deeds, and shall cause you to enter an abode of glory.

وَ لا تَتَمَنَّوا ما فَضَّلَ اللهُ بِهٖ بَعضَكُم عَليٰ بَعضٍۚ لِلرِّجالِ نَصيبٌ مِمَّا اكتَسَبوا ؗ وَ لِلنِّسآءِ نَصيبٌ مِمَّا اكتَسَبنَۚ وَ سئئَلُوا اللهَ مِن فَضلِهٖٓؕ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عَليمًا32

Hence, do not covet the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on some of you than on others. Men shall have a benefit from what they earn, and women shall have a benefit from what they earn. Ask, therefore, God [to give you] out of His bounty: behold, God has indeed full knowledge of everything.

وَ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلنا مَوالِيَ مِمّا تَرَكَ الوٰلِدانِ وَ الاَقرَبونَ وَ الَّذينَ عَقَدَت اَيمٰنُكُم ؗ فَئئاتوهُم نَصيبَهُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَليٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدًا33

And unto everyone have We appointed heirs to what he may leave behind: parents, and near kinsfolk, and those to whom you have pledged your troth give them, therefore, their share. Behold, God is indeed a witness unto everything.

اؘلرِّجالُ قَوّٰمونَ عَلَي النِّسآءِ بِما فَضَّلَ اللهُ بَعضَهُم عَليٰ بَعضٍ وَ بِمآ اَنفَقوا مِن اَموالِهِمۚ فَالصّٰلِحـٰتُ قٰنِتٰتٌ حٰفِظٰتٌ لِلغَيبِ بِما حَفِظَ اللهُۚ وَ الّٰ‍تي تَخافونَ نُشوزَهُنَّ فَعِظوهُنَّ وَ اهجُروهُنَّ فِي المَضاجِعِ وَ اضرِبوهُنَّ ؗ فَاِن اَطَعنَكُم فَلا تَبغوا عَلَيهِنَّ سَبيلًاۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَلِيًّا كَبيرًا34

MEN SHALL take full care of women with the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on the former than on the latter, and with what they may spend out of their possessions. And the righteous women are the truly devout ones, who guard the intimacy which God has [ordained to be] guarded. And as for those women whose ill-will you have reason to fear, admonish them [first]; then leave them alone in bed; then beat them; and if thereupon they pay you heed, do not seek to harm them. Behold, God is indeed most high, great!

وَ اِن خِفتُم شِقاقَ بَينِهِما فَابعَثوا حَكَمًا مِن اَهلِهٖ وَ حَكَمًا مِن اَهلِهآ ؗ اِن يُريدآ اِصلاحًا يُوَفِّقِ اللهُ بَينَهُمآۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَليمًا خَبيرًا35

And if you have reason to fear that a breach might occur between a [married] couple, appoint an arbiter from among his people and an arbiter from among her people; if they both want to set things aright, God may bring about their reconciliation. Behold, God is indeed all-knowing, aware.

وَ اعبُدُوا اللهَ وَ لا‌تُشرِكوا بِهٖ شَيئئًا ؗ وَ بِالوالِدَينِ اِحسانًا وَ بِذِي القُربيٰ وَ اليَتٰميٰ وَ المَسٰكينِ وَ الجارِ ذِي القُربيٰ وَ الجارِ الجُنُبِ وَ الصّاحِبِ بِالجَنبِ وَ ابنِ السَّبيلِ وَ ما مَلَكَت اَيمٰنُكُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ مَن كانَ مُختالًا فَخورًا36

AND WORSHIP God [alone], and do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to aught beside Him. And do good unto your parents, and near of kin, and unto orphans, and the needy, and the neighbour from among your own people, and the neighbour who is a stranger, and the friend by your side, and the wayfarer, and those whom you rightfully possess. Verily, God does not love any of those who, full of self-conceit, act in a boastful manner;

اؘلَّذينَ يَبخَلونَ وَ يَأمُرونَ النّاسَ بِالبُخلِ وَ يَكتُمونَ مآ ءاتیــٰهُمُ اللهُ مِن فَضلِهٖؕ وَ اَعتَدنا لِلكٰفِرينَ عَذابًا مُهينًا37

[nor] those who are niggardly, and bid others to be niggardly, and conceal whatever God has bestowed upon them out of His bounty; and so We have readied shameful suffering for all who thus deny the truth.

وَ الَّذينَ يُنفِقونَ اَموالَهُم رِئآءَ النّاسِ وَ لايُؤمِنونَ بِاللهِ وَ لا‌بِاليَومِ الأخِرِؕ وَ مَن يَكُنِ الشَّيطٰنُ لَهۥ قَرينًا فَسآءَ‌ قَرينًا38

And [God does not love] those who spend their possessions on others [only] to be seen and praised by men, the while they believe neither in God nor in the Last Day; and he who has Satan for a soul-mate, how evil a soul-mate has he!

وَ ماذا عَلَيهِم لَو ءامَنوا بِاللهِ وَ اليَومِ الأخِرِ وَ اَنفَقوا مِمّا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ بِهِم عَليمًا39

And what would they have to fear if they would but believe in God and the Last Day, and spend [in His way] out of what God has granted them as sustenance - since God has indeed full knowledge of them?

اِنَّ اللهَ لا‌يَظلِمُ مِثقالَ ذَرَّةٍ ؗ وَ اِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضٰعِفها وَ يُؤتِ مِن لَدُنهُ اَجرًا عَظيمًا40

Verily, God does not wrong [anyone] by as much as an atom's weight; and if there be a good deed, He will multiply it, and will bestow out of His grace a mighty reward.

فَكَيفَ اِذا جِئنا مِن كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ بِشَهيدٍ وَ جِئنا بِكَ عَليٰ هٰٓؤُلآءِ شَهيدًا41

How, then, [will the sinners fare on Judgment Day,] when We shall bring forward witnesses from within every community, and bring thee [O Prophet] as witness against them?

يَومَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَ عَصَوُا الرَّسولَ لَو تُسَوّيٰ بِهِمُ الاَرضُ ؗ وَ لا يَكتُمونَ اللهَ حَديثًا42

Those who were bent on denying the truth and paid no heed to the Apostle will on that Day wish that the earth would swallow them: but they shall not [be able to] conceal from God anything that has happened.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا لا‌تَقرَبُوا الصَّلوٰةَ وَ اَنتُم سُكٰريٰ حَتّيٰ تَعلَموا ما تَقولونَ وَ لا‌جُنُبًا اِلّا عابِري سَبيلٍ حَتّيٰ تَغتَسِلواۚ وَ اِن كُنتُم مَرضيٰٓ اَو عَليٰ سَفَرٍ اَو جآءَ اَحَدٌ مِنكُم مِنَ الغآئِطِ اَو لٰمَستُمُ النِّسآءَ‌ فَلَم تَجِدوا مآءً فَتَيَمَّموا صَعيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامسَحوا بِوُجوهِكُم وَ اَيديكُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَفُوًّا غَفورًا43

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not attempt to pray while you are in a state of drunkenness, [but wait] until you know what you are saying; nor yet [while you are] in a state requiring total ablution, until you have bathed - except if you are travelling [and are unable to do so]. But if you are ill, or are travelling, or have just satisfied a want of nature, or have cohabited with a woman, and can find no water - then take resort to pure dust, passing [therewith] lightly over your face and your hands. Behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.

اَلَم تَرَ اِلَي الَّذينَ اوتوا نَصيبًا مِنَ الكِتٰبِ يَشتَرونَ الضَّلٰلَةَ وَ يُريدونَ اَن تَضِلُّوا السَّبيلَ44

ART THOU NOT aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, now barter it away for error, and want you [too] to lose your way?

وَ اللهُ اَعلَمُ بِاَعدآئِكُمۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ وَلِيًّا وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ نَصيرًا45

But God knows best who are your enemies: and none can befriend as God does, and none can give succour as God does.

مِنَ الَّذينَ هادوا يُحَرِّفونَ الكَلِمَ عَن مَواضِعِهٖ وَ يَقولونَ سَمِعنا وَ عَصَينا وَ اسمَع غَيرَ مُسمَعٍ وَ راعِنا لَيًّا بِاَلسِنَتِهِم وَ طَعنًا فِي الدّينِۚ وَ لَو اَنَّهُم قالوا سَمِعنا وَ اَطَعنا وَ اسمَع وَ انظُرنا لَكانَ خَيرًا لَهُم وَ اَقوَمَ وَ لٰكِن لَعَنَهُمُ اللهُ بِكُفرِهِم فَلا يُؤمِنونَ اِلّا قَليلًا46

Among those of the Jewish faith there are some who distort the meaning of the [revealed] words, taking them out of their context and saying, [as it were,] "We have heard, but we disobey," and, "Hear without hearkening,” and, “Hearken thou unto us, (O Muhammad)” - thus making a play with their tongues, and implying that the [true] Faith is false. And had they but said, "We have heard, and we pay heed," and "Hear [us], and have patience with us," it would indeed have been for their own good, and more upright: but God has rejected them because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth - for it is in but few things that they believe.

يٰٓـاَيـُّهَا الَّذينَ اوتُوا الكِتٰبَ ءامِنوا بِما نَ‍زَّلنا مُصَدِّقًا لِما مَعَكُم مِن قَبلِ اَن نَطمِسَ وُجوهًا فَنَرُدَّها عَليٰٓ اَدبارِهآ اَو نَلعَنَهُم كَما لَعَنّآ اَصحٰبَ السَّبتِۚ وَ كانَ اَمرُ اللهِ مَفعولًا47

O you who have been granted revelation [aforetime]! Believe in what We have [now] bestowed from on high in confirmation of whatever [of the truth] you already possess, lest We efface your hopes and bring them to an end - just as We rejected those people who broke the Sabbath: for God's will is always done.

اِنَّ اللهَ لا‌يَغفِرُ اَن يُشرَكَ بِهٖ وَ يَغفِرُ ما دونَ ذٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشآءُۚ وَ مَن يُشرِك بِاللهِ فَقَدِ افتَريٰٓ اِثمًا عَظيمًا48

VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for he who ascribes divinity to aught beside God has indeed contrived an awesome sin.

اَلَم تَرَ اِلَي الَّذينَ يُزَكّونَ اَنفُسَهُمۚ بَلِ اللهُ يُزَكّي مَن يَشآءُ وَ لا‌يُظلَمونَ فَتيلًا49

Art thou not aware of those who consider themselves pure? Nay, but it is God who causes whomever He wills to grow in purity; and none shall be wronged by as much as a hair's breadth.

اؙنظُر كَيفَ يَفتَرونَ عَلَي اللهِ الكَذِبَ ؗ وَ كَفيٰ بِهٖٓ اِثمًا مُبينًا50

Behold how they attribute their own lying inventions to God - than which there is no sin more obvious.

اَلَم تَرَ اِلَي الَّذينَ اوتوا نَصيبًا مِنَ الكِتٰبِ يُؤمِنونَ بِالجِبتِ وَ الطّاغوتِ وَ يَقولونَ لِلَّذينَ كَفَروا هٰٓؤُلآءِ اَهديٰ مِنَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا سَبيلًا51

Art thou not aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, [now] believe in baseless mysteries and in the powers of evil, and maintain that those who are bent on denying the truth are more surely guided than those who have attained to faith?

اُولئِكَ الَّذينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللهُۚ وَ مَن يَلعَنِ اللهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهۥ نَصيرًا52

It is they whom God has rejected: and he whom God rejects shall find none to succour him.

اَم لَهُم نَصيبٌ مِنَ المُلكِ فَاِذًا لا‌يُؤتونَ النّاسَ نَقيرًا53

Have they, perchance, a share in [God's] dominion? But [if they had], lo, they would not give to other people as much as [would fill] the groove of a date-stone!

اَم يَحسُدونَ النّاسَ عَليٰ مآ ءاتیــٰهُمُ اللهُ مِن فَضلِهٖؗ فَقَد ءاتَينآ ءالَ اِبرٰهيمَ الكِتٰبَ وَ الحِكمَةَ وَ ءاتَينٰهُم مُلكًا عَظيمًا54

Do they, perchance, envy other people for what God has granted them out of His bounty? But then, We did grant revelation and wisdom unto the House of Abraham, and We did bestow on them a mighty dominion:

فَمِنهُم مَن ءامَنَ بِهٖ وَ مِنهُم مَن صَدَّ عَنهُۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعيرًا55

and among them are such as [truly] believe in him, and among them are such as have turned away from him. And nothing could be as burning as [the fire of] hell:

اِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِئئايٰتِنا سَوفَ نُصليهِم نارًاؗ كُلَّما نَضِجَت جُلودُهُم بَدَّلنٰهُم جُلودًا غَيرَها لِيَذوقُوا العَذابَؕ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَزيزًا حَكيمًا56

for, verily, those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages We shall, in time, cause to endure fire: [and] every time their skins are burnt off, We shall replace them with new skins, so that they may taste suffering [in full] Verily, God is almighty, wise.

وَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ سَنُدخِلُهُم جَنّٰتٍ تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الاَنهٰرُ خٰلِدينَ فيهآ اَبَدًا ؗ لَهُم فيهآ اَزواجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ ؗ وَ نُدخِلُهُم ظِلًّا ظَليلًا57

But those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds We shall bring into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time; there shall they have spouses pure: and [thus] We shall bring them unto happiness abounding.

اِنَّ اللهَ يَأمُرُكُم اَن تُؤَدُّوا الاَمٰنٰتِ اِليٰٓ اَهلِهاࣕ وَ اِذا حَكَمتُم بَينَ النّاسِ اَن تَحكُموا بِالعَدلِۚ اِنَّ اللهَ نِعِمّا يَعِظُكُم بِهٖٓۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ سَميعًا بَصيرًا58

BEHOLD, God bids you to deliver all that you have been entrusted with unto those who are entitled thereto, and whenever you judge between people, to judge with justice. Verily, most excellent is what God exhorts you to do: verily, God is all-hearing, all-seeing!

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوٓا اَطيعُوا اللهَ وَ اَطيعُوا الرَّسولَ وَ اُولِي الاَمرِ مِنكُمۚ فَاِن تَنازَعتُم في شَيءٍ فَرُدّوهُ اِلَي اللهِ وَ الرَّسولِ اِن كُنتُم تُؤمِنونَ بِاللهِ وَ اليَومِ الأخِرِۚ ذٰلِكَ خَيرٌ وَ اَحسَنُ تَأويلًا59

O you who have attained to faith! Pay heed unto God, and pay heed unto the Apostle and unto those from among you who have been entrusted with authority; and if you are at variance over any matter, refer it unto God and the Apostle, if you [truly] believe in God and the Last Day. This is the best [for you], and best in the end.

اَلَم تَرَ اِلَي الَّذينَ يَزعُمونَ اَنَّهُم ءامَنوا بِمآ اُنزِلَ اِلَيكَ وَ مآ اُنزِلَ مِن قَبلِكَ ࣕ يُريدونَ اَن يَتَحاكَموٓا اِلَي الطّاغوتِ وَ قَد اُمِروٓا اَن يَكفُروا بِهٖ ࣕ وَ يُريدُ الشَّيطٰنُ اَن يُضِلَّهُم ضَلٰلًا بَعيدًا60

ART THOU NOT aware of those who claim that they believe in what has been bestowed from on high upon thee, [O Prophet,] as well as in what was bestowed from on high before thee, [and yet] are willing to defer to the rule of the powers of evil - although they were bidden to deny it, seeing that Satan but wants to lead them far astray?

وَ اِذا قيلَ لَهُم تَعالَوا اِليٰ مآ اَنزَلَ اللهُ وَ اِلَي الرَّسولِ رَاَيتَ المُنٰفِقينَ يَصُدّونَ عَنكَ صُدودًا61

And so, whenever they are told, "Come unto that which God has bestowed from on high, and unto the Apostle," thou canst see these hypocrites turn away from thee with aversion.

فَكَيفَ اِذآ اَصابَتهُم مُصيبَةٌ بِما قَدَّمَت اَيديهِم ثُمَّ جآءوكَ يَحلِفونَ بِاللهِ اِن اَرَدنآ اِلّآ اِحسانًا وَ تَوفيقًا62

But how [will they fare] when calamity befalls them [on the Day of Judgment] because of what they have wrought in this world - whereupon they will come to thee, swearing by God, "Our aim was but to do good, and to bring about harmony"?

اُولئِكَ الَّذينَ يَعلَمُ اللهُ ما في قُلوبِهِم فَاَعرِض عَنهُم وَ عِظهُم وَ قُل لَهُم فيٓ اَنفُسِهِم قَولًا بَليغًا63

As for them - God knows all that is in their hearts; so leave them alone, and admonish them, and speak unto them about themselves in a gravely searching manner:

وَ مآ اَرسَلنا مِن رَسولٍ اِلّا لِيُطاعَ بِ‍ـاِذنِ اللهِۚ وَ لَو اَنَّهُم اِذ ظَلَموٓا اَنفُسَهُم جآءوكَ فَاستَغفَرُوا اللهَ وَ استَغفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللهَ تَوّابًا رَحيمًا64

for We have never sent any apostle save that he should be heeded by God's leave. If, then, after having sinned against themselves, they would but come round to thee and ask God to forgive them - with the Apostle, too, praying that they be forgiven - they would assuredly find that God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.

فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا‌يُؤمِنونَ حَتّيٰ يُحَكِّموكَ فيما شَجَرَ بَينَهُم ثُمَّ لايَجِدوا فيٓ اَنفُسِهِم حَرَجًا مِمّا قَضَيتَ وَ يُسَلِّموا تَسليمًا65

But nay, by thy Sustainer! They do not [really] believe unless they make thee [O Prophet] a judge of all on which they disagree among themselves, and then find in their hearts no bar to an acceptance of thy decision and give themselves up [to it] in utter self-surrender.

وَ لَو اَنّا كَتَبنا عَلَيهِم اَنِ اقتُلوٓا اَنفُسَكُم اَوِ اخرُجوا مِن دِيارِكُم ما فَعَلوهُ اِلّا قَليلٌ مِنهُمۚ وَ لَو اَنَّهُم فَعَلوا ما يوعَظونَ بِهٖ لَكانَ خَيرًا لَهُم وَ اَشَدَّ تَثبيتًا66

Yet if We were to ordain for them, "Lay down your lives," or, "Forsake your homelands," only a very few of them would do it - although, if they did what they are admonished to do, it would indeed be for their own good and apt to strengthen them greatly [in faith],

وَ اِذًا لَأتَينٰهُم مِن لَدُنّ‍ــآ اَجرًا عَظيمًا67

whereupon We should indeed grant them, out of Our grace, a mighty reward,

وَ لَهَدَينٰهُم صِراطًا مُستَقيمًا68

and indeed guide them onto a straight way.

وَ مَن يُطِعِ اللهَ وَ الرَّسولَ فَاُولئِكَ مَعَ الَّذينَ اَنعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيهِم مِنَ النَّبِيّينَ وَ الصِّدّيقينَ وَ الشُّهَدآءِ وَ الصّٰلِحينَۚ وَ حَسُنَ اُولئِكَ رَفيقًا69

For, all who pay heed unto God and the Apostle shall be among those upon whom God has bestowed His blessings: the prophets, and those who never deviated from the truth, and those who [with their lives] bore witness to the truth, and the righteous ones: and how goodly a company are these!

ذٰلِكَ الفَضلُ مِنَ اللهِۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ عَليمًا70

Such is the bounty of God - and none has the knowledge which God has.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا خُذوا حِذرَكُم فَانفِروا ثُباتٍ اَوِ انفِروا جَميعًا71

O YOU who have attained to faith! Be fully prepared against danger, whether you go to war in small groups or all together.

وَ اِنَّ مِنكُم لَمَن لَيُبَطِّئَنَّ ؗ فَاِن اَصابَتكُم مُصيبَةٌ قالَ قَد اَنعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيَّ اِذ لَم اَكُن مَعَهُم شَهيدًا72

And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "God has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."

وَ لَئِن اَصابَكُم فَضلٌ مِنَ اللهِ لَيَقولَنَّ كَاَن لَم تَكُن بَينَكُم وَ بَينَهۥ مَوَدَّةٌ يٰلَيتَني كُنتُ مَعَهُم فَاَفوزَ فَوزًا عَظيمًا73

But if good fortune comes to you from God, such a person is sure to say - just as if there had never been any question of love between you and him -: "Oh, would that I had been with them, and thus had a [share in their] mighty triumph!"

فَليُقاتِل في سَبيلِ اللهِ الَّذينَ يَشرونَ الحَيوٰةَ الدُّنيا بِالأخِرَةِۚ وَ مَن يُقاتِل في سَبيلِ اللهِ فَيُقتَل اَو يَغلِب فَسَوفَ نُؤتيهِ اَجرًا عَظيمًا74

Hence, let them fight in God's cause - all who are willing to barter the life of this world for the life to come: for unto him who fights in God's cause, whether he be slain or be victorious, We shall in time grant a mighty reward.

وَ ما لَكُم لا تُقاتِلونَ في سَبيلِ اللهِ وَ المُستَضعَفينَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَ النِّسآءِ وَ الوِلدانِ الَّذينَ يَقولونَ رَبَّنآ اَخرِجنا مِن هٰذِهِ القَريَةِ الظّالِمِ اَهلُها ࣕ وَ اجعَل لَنا مِن لَدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَ اجعَل لَنا مِن لَدُنكَ نَصيرًا75

And how could you refuse to fight in the cause of God and of the utterly helpless men and women and children who are crying, "O our Sustainer! Lead us forth [to freedom] out of this land whose people are oppressors, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, a protector, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, one who will bring us succour!"

اؘلَّذينَ ءامَنوا يُقاتِلونَ في سَبيلِ اللهِ ؗ وَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا يُقاتِلونَ في سَبيلِ الطّاغوتِۚ فَقاتِلوٓا اَولِيآءَ الشَّيطٰنِ ؗ اِنَّ كَيدَ الشَّيطٰنِ كانَ ضَعيفًا76

Those who have attained to faith fight in the cause of God, whereas those who are bent on denying the truth fight in the cause of the powers of evil. Fight, then, against those friends of Satan: verily, Satan's guile is weak indeed!

اَلَم تَرَ اِلَي الَّذينَ قيلَ لَهُم كُفّوٓا اَيدِيَكُم وَ اَقيمُوا الصَّلوٰةَ وَ ءاتُوا الزَّكوٰةَ ؗ فَلَمّا كُتِبَ عَلَيهِمُ القِتالُ اِذا فَريقٌ مِنهُم يَخشَونَ النّاسَ كَخَشيَةِ اللهِ اَو اَشَدَّ خَشيَةًۚ وَ قالوا رَبَّنا لِمَ كَتَبتَ عَلَينَا القِتالَ لَو لآ اَخَّرتَنآ اِليٰٓ اَجَلٍ قَريبٍۚ قُل مَتاعُ الدُّنيا قَليلٌ وَ الأخِرَةُ خَيرٌ لِمَنِ اتَّقيٰ وَ لا‌تُظلَمونَ فَتيلًا77

ART THOU NOT aware of those who have been told, "Curb your hands, and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues"? But as soon as fighting [in God's cause] is ordained for them, lo, some of them stand in awe of men as one should stand in awe of God - or in even greater awe - and say, "O our Sustainer! Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us? If only Thou hadst granted us a delay for a little while!" Say: "Brief is the enjoyment of this world, whereas the life to come is the best for all who are conscious of God - since none of you shall be wronged by as much as a hair's breadth.

اَينَما تَكونوا يُدرِككُمُ المَوتُ وَ لَو كُنتُم في بُروجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍؕ وَ اِن تُصِبهُم حَسَنَةٌ يَقولوا هٰذِهٖ مِن عِندِ اللهِ ؗ وَ اِن تُصِبهُم سَيِّئَةٌ يَقولوا هٰذِهٖ مِن عِندِكَۚ قُل كُلٌّ مِن عِندِ اللهِۚ فَمالِ هٰٓؤُلآءِ القَومِ لا‌يَكادونَ يَفقَهونَ حَديثًا78

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you - even though you be in towers raised high. "Yet, when a good thing happens to them, some [people] say, "This is from God," whereas when evil befalls them, they say, "This is from thee [O fellowman]!” Say: "All is from God." What, then, is amiss with these people that they are in no wise near to grasping the truth of what they are told?

مآ اَصابَكَ مِن حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللهِ ؗ وَ مآ اَصابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَفسِكَۚ وَ اَرسَلنٰكَ لِلنّاسِ رَسولًاۚ وَكَفيٰ بِاللهِ شَهيدًا79

Whatever good happens to thee is from God; and whatever evil befalls thee is from thyself. AND WE have sent thee [O Muhammad] as an apostle unto all mankind: and none can bear witness [thereto] as God does.

مَن يُطِعِ الرَّسولَ فَقَد اَطاعَ اللهَ ؗ وَ مَن تَوَلّيٰ فَمآ اَرسَلنٰكَ عَلَيهِم حَفيظًا80

Whoever pays heed unto the Apostle pays heed unto God thereby; and as for those who turn away - We have not sent thee to be their keeper.

وَ يَقولونَ طاعَةٌ فَاِذا بَرَزوا مِن عِندِكَ بَيَّتَ طآئِفَةٌ مِنهُم غَيرَ الَّذي تَقولُ ؗ وَ اللهُ يَكتُبُ ما يُبَيِّتونَ ؗ فَاَعرِض عَنهُم وَ تَوَكَّل عَلَي اللهِۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ وَكيلًا81

And they say, "We do pay heed unto thee'' - but when they leave thy presence, some of them devise, in the dark of night, [beliefs] other than thou art voicing; and all the while God records what they thus devise in the dark of night. Leave them, then, alone, and place thy trust in God: for none is as worthy of trust as God.

اَفَلا يَتَدَبَّرونَ القُرءانَۚ وَ لَو كانَ مِن عِندِ غَيرِ اللهِ لَوَجَدوا فيهِ اختِلافًا كَثيرًا82

Will they not, then, try to understand this Qur’an? Had it issued from any but God, they would surely have found in it many an inner contradiction!

وَ اِذا جآءَهُم اَمرٌ مِنَ الاَمنِ اَوِ الخَوفِ اَذاعوا بِهٖ ؗ وَ لَو رَدّوهُ اِلَي الرَّسولِ وَ اِليٰٓ اُولِي الاَمرِ مِنهُم لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذينَ يَستَنبِطونَهۥ مِنهُمؕ وَ لَولا فَضلُ اللهِ عَلَيكُم وَ رَحمَتُهۥ لَاتَّبَعتُمُ الشَّيطٰنَ اِلّا قَليلًا83

AND IF any [secret] matter pertaining to peace or war comes within their ken, they spread it abroad - whereas, if they would but refer it unto the Apostle and unto those from among the believers who have been entrusted with authority, such of them as are engaged in obtaining intelligence would indeed know [what to do with] it And but for God's bounty towards you, and His grace, all but a few of you would certainly have followed Satan.

فَقاتِل في سَبيلِ اللهِ لاتُ‍ـكَـلَّفُ اِلّا نَفسَكَ وَ حَرِّضِ ال‍مُؤمِنينَ ؗ عَسَي اللهُ اَن يَكُفَّ بَأسَ الَّذينَ كَفَرواۚ وَ اللهُ اَشَدُّ بَأسًا وَ اَشَدُّ تَنكيلًا84

Fight thou, then, in God's cause - since thou art but responsible for thine own self - and inspire the believers to overcome all fear of death. God may well curb the might of those who are bent on denying the truth: for God is stronger in might, and stronger in ability to deter.

مَن يَشفَع شَفاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَهۥ نَصيبٌ مِنهاؗ وَمَن يَشفَع شَفاعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَهۥ كِفلٌ مِنهاۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَليٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ مُقيتًا85

Whoever rallies to a good cause shall have a share in its blessings; and whoever rallies to an evil cause shall be answerable for his part in it: for, indeed, God watches over everything.

وَ اِذا حُي‍ـّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيّوا بِاَحسَنَ مِنهآ اَو رُدّوهآۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَليٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَسيبًا86

But when you are greeted with a greeting [of peace], answer with an even better greeting, or [at least] with the like thereof. Verily, God keeps count indeed of all things.

اؘللهُ لآ اِلٰهَ اِلّا هُوَۚ لَيَجمَعَنَّكُم اِليٰ يَومِ القِيٰمَةِ لارَيبَ فيهِۚ وَ مَن اَصدَقُ مِنَ اللهِ حَديثًا87

God - save whom there is no deity - will surely gather you all together on the Day of Resurrection, [the coming of] which is beyond all doubt: and whose word could be truer than God's?

فَما لَكُم فِي المُنٰفِقينَ فِئَتَينِ وَ اللهُ اَركَسَهُم بِما كَسَبوٓاۚ اَتُريدونَ اَن تَهدوا مَن اَضَلَّ اللهُ ؗ وَ مَن يُضلِلِ اللهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهۥ سَبيلًا88

How, then, could you be of two minds about the hypocrites, seeing that God [Himself] has disowned them because of their guilt? Do you, perchance, seek to guide those whom God has let go astray - when for him whom God lets go astray thou canst never find any way?

وَدّوا لَو تَكفُرونَ كَما كَفَروا فَتَكونونَ سَوآءً ؗ فَلا تَتَّخِذوا مِنهُم اَولِيآءَ حَتّيٰ يُهاجِروا في سَبيلِ اللهِۚ فَاِن تَوَلَّوا فَخُذوهُم وَ اقتُلوهُم حَيثُ وَجَدتُموهُم ؗ وَ لا‌تَتَّخِذوا مِنهُم وَلِيًّا وَ لا‌نَصيرًا89

They would love to see you deny the truth even as they have denied it, so that you should be like them. Do not, therefore, take them for your allies until they forsake the domain of evil for the sake of God; and if they revert to [open] enmity, seize them and slay them wherever you may find them. And do not take any of them for your ally or giver of succour,

اِلَّا الَّذينَ يَصِلونَ اِليٰ قَومٍ بَينَكُم وَ بَينَهُم ميثاقٌ اَو جآءوكُم حَصِرَت صُدورُهُم اَن يُقاتِلوكُم اَويُقاتِلوا قَومَهُمۚ وَ لَوشآءَ اللهُ لَسَلَّطَهُم عَلَيكُم فَلَقٰتَلوكُمۚ فَاِنِ اعتَزَلوكُم فَلَم يُقاتِلوكُم وَ اَلقَوا اِلَيكُمُ السَّلَمَ فَما جَعَلَ اللهُ لَكُم عَلَيهِم سَبيلًا90

unless it be such [of them] as have ties with people to whom you yourselves are bound by a covenant, or such as come unto you because their hearts shrink from [the thought of] making war either on you or on their own folk - although, if God had willed to make them stronger than you, they would certainly have made war on you. Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does not allow you to harm them.

سَتَجِدونَ ءاخَرينَ يُريدونَ اَن يَأمَنوكُم وَ يَأمَنوا قَومَهُم ؗ كُلَّما رُدّوٓا اِلَي الفِتنَةِ اُركِسوا فيهاۚ فَاِن لَم يَعتَزِلوكُم وَ يُلقوٓا اِلَيكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَ يَكُفّوٓا اَيدِيَهُم فَخُذوهُم وَ اقتُلوهُم حَيثُ ثَقِفتُموهُمۚ وَ اُولٰٓ‍ئِكُم جَعَلنا لَكُم عَلَيهِم سُلطٰنًا مُبينًا91

You will find [that there are] others who would like to be safe from you as well as safe from their own folk, [but who,] whenever they are faced anew with temptation to evil, plunge into it headlong. Hence, if they do not let you be, and do not offer you peace, and do not stay their hands, seize them and slay them whenever you come upon them: for it is against these that We have clearly empowered you [to make war].

وَ ما كانَ لِمُؤمِنٍ اَن يَقتُلَ مُؤمِنًا اِلّا خَطَئئًاۚ وَ مَن قَتَلَ مُؤمِنًا خَطَئئًا فَتَحريرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤمِنَةٍ وَ دِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِليٰٓ اَهلِهٖٓ اِلّآ اَن يَصَّدَّقوا ؗ فَاِن كانَ مِن قَومٍ عَدُوٍّ لَكُم وَ هُوَمُؤمِنٌ فَتَحريرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤمِنَةٍ ؗ وَ اِن كانَ مِن قَومٍ بَينَكُم وَ بَينَهُم ميثاقٌ فَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِليٰٓ اَهلِهٖ وَ تَحريرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤمِنَةٍۚ فَمَن لَم يَجِد فَصِيامُ شَهرَينِ مُتَتابِعَينِ تَوبَةً مِنَ اللهِؕ وَكانَ اللهُ عَليمًا حَكيمًا92

AND IT IS not conceivable that a believer should slay another believer, unless it be by mistake. And upon him who has slain a believer by mistake there is the duty of freeing a believing soul from bondage and paying an indemnity to the victim's relations, unless they forgo it by way of charity. Now if the slain, while himself a believer, belonged to a people who are at war with you, [the penance shall be confined to] the freeing of a believing soul from bondage; whereas, if he belonged to a people to whom you are bound by a covenant, [it shall consist of] an indemnity to be paid to his relations in addition to the freeing of a believing soul from bondage. And he who does not have the wherewithal shall fast [instead] for two consecutive months. (This is) the atonement ordained by God: and God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

وَ مَن يَقتُل مُؤمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزآؤُهۥ جَهَنَّمُ خٰلِدًا فيها وَ غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ لَعَنَهۥ وَ اَعَدَّ لَهۥ عَذابًا عَظيمًا93

But whoever deliberately slays another believer, his requital shall be hell, therein to abide; and God will condemn him, and will reject him, and will prepare for him awesome suffering.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوٓا اِذا ضَرَبتُم في سَبيلِ اللهِ فَتَبَيَّنوا وَ لاتَقولوا لِمَن اَلقيٰٓ اِلَيكُمُ السَّلٰمَ لَستَ مُؤمِنًا تَبتَغونَ عَرَضَ الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا ࣕ فَعِندَ اللهِ مَغانِمُ كَثيرَةٌۚ كَذٰلِكَ كُنتُم مِن قَبلُ فَمَنَّ اللهُ عَلَيكُم فَتَبَيَّنوٓاۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِما تَعمَلونَ خَبيرًا94

[Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, when you go forth [to war] in God's cause, use your discernment, and do not - out of a desire for the fleeting gains of this worldly life - say unto anyone who offers you the greeting of peace, "Thou art not a believer" for with God there are gains abundant. You, too, were once in the same condition - but God has been gracious unto you. Use, therefore, your discernment: verily, God is always aware of what you do.

لايَستَوِي القٰعِدونَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ غَيرُ اُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَ المُ‍جٰهِدونَ في سَبيلِ اللهِ بِاَموالِهِم وَ اَنفُسِهِمۚ فَضَّلَ اللهُ المُ‍جٰهِدينَ بِاَموالِهِم وَ اَنفُسِهِم عَلَي القٰعِدينَ دَرَجَةًۚ وَ كُلًّا وَعَدَ اللهُ الحُسنيٰۚ وَ فَضَّلَ اللهُ المُجٰهِدينَ عَلَي القٰعِدينَ اَجرًا عَظيمًا95

SUCH of the believers as remain passive - other than the disabled - cannot be deemed equal to those who strive hard in God's cause with their possessions and their lives: God has exalted those who strive hard with their possessions and their lives far above those who remain passive. Although God has promised the ultimate good unto all [believers], yet has God exalted those who strive hard above those who remain passive by [promising them] a mighty reward -

دَرَجٰتٍ مِنهُ وَ مَغفِرَةً وَ رَحمَةًۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ غَفورًا رَحيمًا96

[many] degrees thereof - and forgiveness of sins, and His grace; for God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ تَوَفّیــٰهُمُ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ ظالِميٓ اَنفُسِهِم قالوا فيمَ كُنتُم ؗ قالوا كُنّا مُستَضعَفينَ فِي الاَرضِۚ قالوٓا اَلَم تَكُن اَرضُ اللهِ واسِعَةً فَتُهاجِروا فيهاۚ فَاُولئِكَ مَأویــٰهُم جَهَنَّمُ ؗ وَ سآءَت مَصيرًا97

Behold, those whom the angels gather in death while they are still sinning against themselves, [the angels] will ask, "What was wrong with you?'' They will answer: "We were too weak on earth." [The angels] will say: "Was, then, God's earth not wide enough for you to forsake the domain of evil?" For such, then, the goal is hell - and how evil a journey's end!

اِلَّا المُستَضعَفينَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَ النِّسآءِ وَ الوِلدانِ لا‌يَستَطيعونَ حيلَةً وَ لا‌‌يَهتَدونَ سَبيلًا98

But excepted shall be the truly helpless - be they men or women or children - who cannot bring forth any strength and have not been shown the right way:

فَاُولئِكَ عَسَي اللهُ اَن يَعفُوَعَنهُمۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَفُوًّا غَفورًا99

as for them, God may well efface their sin - for God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.

وَ مَن يُهاجِر في سَبيلِ اللهِ يَجِد فِي الاَرضِ مُرٰغَمًا كَثيرًا وَسَعَةًۚ وَ مَن يَخرُج مِن بَيتِهٖ مُهاجِرًا اِلَي اللهِ وَ رَسولِهٖ ثُمَّ يُدرِكهُ المَوتُ فَقَد وَقَعَ اَجرُهۥ عَلَي اللهِؕ وَ كانَ اللهُ غَفورًا رَحيمًا100

And he who forsakes the domain of evil for the sake of God shall find on earth many a lonely road, as well as life abundant. And if anyone leaves his home, fleeing from evil unto God and His Apostle, and then death overtakes him - his reward is ready with God: for God iss indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَ اِذا ضَرَبتُم فِي الاَرضِ فَلَيسَ عَلَيكُم جُناحٌ اَن تَقصُروا مِنَ الصَّلوٰةِ اِن خِفتُم اَن يَفتِنَكُمُ الَّذينَ كَفَروٓاۚ اِنَّ الكٰفِرينَ كانوا لَكُم عَدُوًّا مُبينًا101

AND WHEN you go forth [to war] on earth, you will incur no sin by shortening your prayers if you have reason to fear that those who are bent on denying the truth might suddenly fall upon you: for, verily, those who deny the truth are your open foes.

وَ اِذا كُنتَ فيهِم فَاَقَمتَ لَهُمُ الصَّلوٰةَ فَلتَقُم طآئِفَةٌ مِنهُم مَعَكَ وَ ليَأخُذوٓا اَسلِحَتَهُم ؗ فَاِذا سَجَدوا فَليَكونوا مِن وَرآئِكُم وَ لتَأتِ طآئِفَةٌ اُخريٰ لَم يُصَلّوا فَليُصَلّوا مَعَكَ وَ ليَأخُذوا حِذرَهُم وَ اَسلِحَتَهُمۚ وَدَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لَو تَغفُلونَ عَن اَسلِحَتِكُم وَ اَمتِعَتِكُم فَيَميلونَ عَلَيكُم مَيلَةً واحِدَةًۚ وَ لا جُناحَ عَلَيكُم اِن كانَ بِكُم اَذًي مِن مَطَرٍ اَو كُنتُم مَرضيٰٓ اَن تَضَعوٓا اَسلِحَتَكُم ؗ وَ خُذوا حِذرَكُمؕ اِنَّ اللهَ اَعَدَّ لِلكٰفِرينَ عَذابًا مُهينًا102

Thus, when thou art among the believers and about to lead them in prayer, let [only] part of them stand up with thee, retaining their arms. Then, after they have finished their prayer, let them provide you cover while another group, who have not yet prayed, shall come forward and pray with thee, being fully prepared against danger and retaining their arms: (for) those who are bent on denying the truth would love to see you oblivious of your arms and your equipment, so that they might fall upon you in a surprise attack. But it shall not be wrong for you to lay down your arms [while you pray] if you are troubled by rain or if you are ill; but [always] be fully prepared against danger. Verily, God has readied shameful suffering for all who deny the truth!

فَاِذا قَضَيتُمُ الصَّلوٰةَ فَاذكُرُوا اللهَ قِيامًا وَ قُعودًا وَ عَليٰ جُنوبِكُمۚ فَاِذَا اطمَأنَنتُم فَاَقيمُوا الصَّلوٰةَۚ اِنَّ الصَّلوٰةَ كانَت عَلَي المُؤمِنينَ كِتٰبًا مَوقوتًا103

And when you have finished your prayer, remember God - standing and sitting and lying down; and when you are once again secure, observe your prayers [fully]. Verily, for all believers prayer is indeed a sacred duty linked to particular times [of day].

وَ لا‌تَهِنوا فِي ابتِغآءِ القَومِ ؗ اِن تَكونوا تَألَمونَ فَاِنَّهُم يَألَمونَ كَما تَألَمونَ ؗ وَ تَرجونَ مِنَ اللهِ ما لا‌يَرجونَؕ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَليمًا حَكيمًا104

And be not faint of heart when you seek out the [enemy] host. If you happen to suffer pain, behold, they suffer pain even as you suffer it: but you are hoping [to receive] from God what they cannot hope for. And God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

اِنّآ اَنزَلنآ اِلَيكَ الكِتٰبَ بِالحَقِّ لِتَحكُمَ بَينَ النّاسِ بِمآ اَریــٰكَ اللهُۚ وَ لا‌تَكُن لِلخآئِنينَ خَصيمًا105

BEHOLD, We have bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, setting forth the truth, so that thou may judge between people in accordance with what God has taught thee. Hence, do not contend with those who are false to their trust,

وَ استَغفِرِاللهَۚ اِنَّ اللهَ كانَ غَفورًا رَحيمًا106

but pray God to forgive [them]: behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَ لاتُجادِل عَنِ الَّذينَ يَختانونَ اَنفُسَهُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ لايُحِبُّ مَن كانَ خَوّانًا اَثيمًا107

Yet do not argue in behalf of those who are false to their own selves: verily, God does not love those who betray their trust and persist in sinful ways.

يَستَخفونَ مِنَ النّاسِ وَ لايَستَخفونَ مِنَ اللهِ وَ هُوَمَعَهُم اِذ يُبَيِّتونَ ما لا يَرضيٰ مِنَ القَولِۚ وَكانَ اللهُ بِما يَعمَلونَ مُحيطًا108

They would conceal their doings from men; but from God they cannot conceal them - for He is with them whenever they devise, in the dark of night, all manner of beliefs which He does not approve. And God indeed encompasses [with His knowledge] whatever they do.

هٰٓـاَنتُم هٰٓؤُلآءِ جادَلتُم عَنهُم فِي الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا فَمَن يُجادِلُ اللهَ عَنهُم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ اَم مَن يَكونُ عَلَيهِم وَكيلًا109

Oh, you might well argue in their behalf in the life of this world: but who will argue in their behalf with God on the Day of Resurrection, or who will be their defender?

وَ مَن يَعمَل سوٓءًا اَو يَظلِم نَفسَهۥ ثُمَّ يَستَغفِرِ اللهَ يَجِدِ اللهَ غَفورًا رَحيمًا110

Yet he who does evil or [otherwise] sins against himself, and thereafter prays God to forgive him, shall find God much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace:

وَ مَن يَكسِب اِثمًا فَاِنَّما يَكسِبُهۥ عَليٰ نَفسِهٖؕ وَكانَ اللهُ عَليمًا حَكيمًا111

for he who commits a sin, commits it only to his own hurt; and God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

وَ مَن يَكسِب خَطيـٓـئئَةً اَو اِثمًا ثُمَّ يَرمِ بِهٖ بَريٓـئئًا فَقَدِ احتَمَلَ بُهتانًا وَ اِثمًا مُبينًا112

But he who commits a fault or a sin and then throws the blame therefore on an innocent person, burdens himself with the guilt of calumny and [yet another] flagrant sin.

وَ لَولا فَضلُ اللهِ عَلَيكَ وَ رَحمَتُهۥ لَهَمَّت طآئِفَةٌ مِنهُم اَن يُضِلّوكَ وَ ما يُضِلّونَ اِلّآ اَنفُسَهُم وَ ما يَضُرّونَكَ مِن شَيءٍۚ وَ اَنزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيكَ الكِتٰبَ وَ الحِكمَةَ وَ عَلَّمَكَ مالَم تَكُن تَعلَمُۚ وَ كانَ فَضلُ اللهِ عَلَيكَ عَظيمًا113

And but for God's favour upon thee and His grace, some of those [who are false to themselves] would indeed endeavour to lead thee astray; yet none but themselves do they lead astray. Nor can they harm thee in any way, since God has bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ and [given thee] wisdom, and has imparted unto thee the knowledge of what thou didst not know. And God's favour upon thee is tremendous indeed.

لاخَيرَ في كَثيرٍ مِن نَجویــٰهُم اِلّا مَن اَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ اَو مَعروفٍ اَو اِصلاحٍ بَينَ النّاسِۚ وَ مَن يَفعَل ذٰلِكَ ابتِغآءَ مَرضاتِ اللهِ فَسَوفَ نُؤتيهِ اَجرًا عَظيمًا114

NO GOOD comes, as a rule, out of secret confabulations - saving such as are devoted to enjoining charity, or equitable dealings, or setting things to rights between people: and unto him who does this out of a longing for God's goodly acceptance We shall in time grant a mighty reward.

وَ مَن يُشاقِقِ الرَّسولَ مِن بَعدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الهُديٰ وَ يَتَّبِع غَيرَ سَبيلِ المُؤمِنينَ نُوَلِّهٖ ما تَوَلّيٰ وَ نُصلِهٖ جَهَنَّمَ ؗ وَ سآءَت مَصيرًا115

But as for him who, after guidance has been vouchsafed to him, cuts himself off from the Apostle and follows a path other than that of the believers - him shall We leave unto that which he himself has chosen, and shall cause him to endure hell: and how evil a journey’s end!

اِنَّ اللهَ لايَغفِرُ اَن يُشرَكَ بِهٖ وَ يَغفِرُ ما دونَ ذٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشآءُۚ وَ مَن يُشرِك بِاللهِ فَقَد ضَلَّ ضَلٰلًا بَعيدًا116

VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God have indeed gone far astray.

اِن يَدعونَ مِن دونِهٖٓ اِلّآ اِنٰثًا وَ اِن يَدعونَ اِلّا شَيطٰنًا مَريدًا117

In His stead, they invoke only lifeless symbols - thus invoking none but a rebellious Satan

لَعَنَهُ اللهُۘ وَقالَ لَاَتَّخِذَنَّ مِن عِبادِكَ نَصيبًا مَفروضًا118

whom God has rejected for having said, "Verily, of Thy servants I shall most certainly take my due share,

وَ لَاُضِلَّنَّهُم وَ لَاُمَنِّيَنَّهُم وَ لَأمُرَنَّهُم فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءاذانَ الاَنعامِ وَ لَأمُرَنَّهُم فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلقَ اللهِۚ وَ مَن يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيطٰنَ وَلِيًّا مِن دونِ اللهِ فَقَد خَسِرَ خُسرانًا مُبينًا119

and shall lead them astray, and fill them with vain desires; and I shall command them - and they will cut off the ears of cattle [in idolatrous sacrifice]; and I shall command them - and they will corrupt God's creation!" But all who take Satan rather than God for their master do indeed, most clearly, lose all:

يَعِدُهُم وَ يُمَنّيهِم ؗ وَ ما يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيطٰنُ اِلّا غُرورًا120

he holds out promises to them, and fills them with vain desires: yet whatever Satan promises them is but meant to delude the mind.

اُولئِكَ مَأویــٰهُم جَهَنَّمُ وَ لايَجِدونَ عَنها مَحيصًا121

Such as these have hell for their goal: and they shall find no way to escape therefrom.

وَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحـٰتِ سَنُدخِلُهُم جَنّٰتٍ تَجري مِن تَحتِهَا الاَنهٰرُ خٰلِدينَ فيهآ اَبَدًا ؗ وَعدَ اللهِ حَقًّاۚ وَ مَن اَصدَقُ مِنَ اللهِ قيلًا122

Yet those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds We shall bring into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time: this is, in truth, God's promise - and whose word could be truer than God's?

لَيسَ بِاَمانِيِّكُم وَ لآ اَمانِيِّ اَهلِ الكِتٰبِۚ مَن يَعمَل سوٓءًا يُجزَ بِهٖ وَ لايَجِد لَهۥ مِن دونِ اللهِ وَلِيًّا وَ لانَصيرًا123

It may not accord with your wishful thinking - nor with the wishful thinking of the followers of earlier revelation - [that] he who does evil shall be requited for it, and shall find none to protect him from God, and none to bring him succour,

وَ مَن يَعمَل مِنَ الصّٰلِحـٰتِ مِن ذَكَرٍ اَو اُنثيٰ وَ هُوَمُؤمِنٌ فَاُولئِكَ يَدخُلونَ الجَنَّةَ وَ لايُظلَمونَ نَقيرًا124

whereas anyone - be it man or woman - who does [whatever he can] of good deeds and is a believer withal, shall enter paradise, and shall not be wronged by as much as [would fill] the groove of a date-stone.

وَ مَن اَحسَنُ دينًا مِمَّن اَسلَمَ وَجهَهۥ لِله وَ هُوَمُحسِنٌ وَ اتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ اِبرٰهيمَ حَنيفًاؕ وَ اتَّخَذَ اللهُ اِبرٰهيمَ خَليلًا125

And who could be of better faith than he who surrenders his whole being unto God and is a doer of good withal, and follows the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false - seeing that God exalted Abraham with His love?

وَ لِله ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ مُحيطًا126

For, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and, indeed, God encompasses everything.

وَ يَستَفتونَكَ فِي النِّسآءِ ؗ‌ قُلِ اللهُ يُفتيكُم فيهِنَّ ؗ وَ ما يُتليٰ عَلَيكُم فِي الكِتٰبِ في يَتٰمَي النِّسآءِ الّٰ‍تي لا تُؤتونَهُنَّ ما كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَ تَرغَبونَ اَن تَنكِحوهُنَّ وَ المُستَضعَفينَ مِنَ الوِلدانِ ؗ وَ اَن تَقوموا لِليَتٰميٰ بِالقِسطِۚ وَ ما تَفعَلوا مِن خَيرٍ فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِهٖ عَليمًا127

AND THEY will ask thee to enlighten them about the laws concerning women. Say: "God [Himself] enlightens you about the laws concerning them"- for [His will is shown] in what is being conveyed unto you through this divine writ about orphan women [in your charge], to whom - because you yourselves may be desirous of marrying them - you do not give that which has been ordained for them; and about helpless children; and about your duty to treat orphans with equity. And whatever good you may do - behold, God has indeed full knowledge thereof.

وَ اِنِ امرَاَةٌ خافَت مِن بَعلِها نُشوزًا اَو اِعراضًا فَلا جُناحَ عَلَيهِمآ اَن يُصلِحا بَينَهُما صُلحًاۚ وَ الصُّلحُ خَيرٌۚ وَاُحضِرَتِ الاَنفُسُ الشُّحَّۚ وَ اِن تُحسِنوا وَ تَتَّقوا فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِما تَعمَلونَ خَبيرًا128

And if a woman has reason to fear ill-treatment from her husband, or that he might turn away from her, it shall not be wrong for the two to set things peacefully to rights between themselves: for peace is best, and selfishness is ever-present in human souls. But if you do good and are conscious of Him - behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do.

وَ لَن تَستَطيعوٓا اَن تَعدِلوا بَينَ النِّسآءِ وَ لَو حَرَصتُم ؗ فَلا تَميلوا كُلَّ المَيلِ فَتَذَروها كَالمُعَلَّقَةِۚ وَ اِن تُصلِحوا وَ تَتَّقوا فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ غَفورًا رَحيمًا129

And it will not be within your power to treat your wives with equal fairness, however much you may desire it; and so, do not allow yourselves to incline towards one to the exclusion of the other, leaving her in a state, as it were, of having and not having a husband. But if you put things to rights and are conscious of Him - behold, God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَ اِن يَتَفَرَّقا يُغنِ اللهُ كُلًّا مِن سَعَتِهٖۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ واسِعًا حَكيمًا130

And if husband and wife do separate, God shall provide for each of them out of His abundance: for God is indeed infinite, wise,

وَ لِله ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِؕ وَلَقَد وَصَّينَا الَّذينَ اوتُوا الكِتٰبَ مِن قَبلِكُم وَ اِيّاكُم اَنِ اتَّقُوا اللهَۚ وَ اِن تَكفُروا فَاِنَّ لِله ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِۚ وَكانَ اللهُ غَنِيًّا حَميدًا131

and unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. AND, INDEED, We have enjoined upon those who were granted revelation before your time, as well as upon yourselves, to remain conscious of God. And if you deny Him - behold, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and God is indeed self-sufficient, ever to be praised.

وَ لِله ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ وَكيلًا132

And unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God.

اِن يَشَأ يُذهِبكُم اَيُّهَا النّاسُ وَ يَأتِ بِئئاخَرينَۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَليٰ ذٰلِكَ قَديرًا133

If He so wills, He can cause you, O mankind, to disappear, and bring forth other beings [in your stead]: for God has indeed the power to do this.

مَن كانَ يُريدُ ثَوابَ الدُّنيا فَعِندَ اللهِ ثَوابُ الدُّنيا وَ الأخِرَةِۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ سَميعًا بَصيرًا134

If one desires the rewards of this world, [let him remember that] with God are the rewards of [both] this world and the life to come: and God is indeed all-hearing, all-seeing.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا كونوا قَوّٰمينَ بِالقِسطِ شُهَدآءَ لِله وَ لَو عَليٰٓ اَنفُسِكُم اَوِ الوالِدَينِ وَ الاَقرَبينَۚ اِن يَكُن غَنِيًّا اَو فَقيرًا فَاللهُ اَوليٰ بِهِما ؗ فَلا تَتَّبِعُوا الهَويٰٓ اَن تَعدِلواۚ وَ اِن تَلو·ا اَو تُعرِضوا فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِما تَعمَلونَ خَبيرًا135

O YOU who have attained to faith! Be ever steadfast in upholding equity, bearing witness to the truth for the sake of God, even though it be against your own selves or your parents and kinsfolk. Whether the person concerned be rich or poor, God's claim takes precedence over [the claims of] either of them. Do not, then, follow your own desires, lest you swerve from justice: for if you distort [the truth], behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do!

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوٓا ءامِنوا بِاللهِ وَ رَسولِهٖ وَ الكِتٰبِ الَّذي نَزَّلَ عَليٰ رَسولِهٖ وَ الكِتٰبِ الَّذيٓ اَنزَلَ مِن قَبلُۚ وَ مَن يَكفُر بِاللهِ وَ مَلٰٓئِكَتِهٖ وَ كُتُبِهٖ وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَ اليَومِ الأخِرِ فَقَد ضَلَّ ضَلٰلًا بَعيدًا136

O you who have attained to faith! Hold fast unto your belief in God and His Apostle, and in the divine writ which He has bestowed from on high upon His Apostle, step by step, as well as in the revelation which He sent down aforetime: for he who denies God, and His angels, and His revelations, and His apostles, and the Last Day, has indeed gone far astray.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا ثُمَّ كَفَروا ثُمَّ ءامَنوا ثُمَّ كَفَروا ثُمَّ ازدادوا كُفرًا لَم يَكُنِ اللهُ لِيَغفِرَ لَهُم وَ لا لِيَهدِيَهُم سَبيلًا137

Behold, as for those who come to believe, and then deny the truth, and again come to believe, and again deny the truth, and thereafter grow stubborn in their denial of the truth - God will not forgive them, nor will He guide them in any way.

بَشِّرِ المُنٰفِقينَ بِاَنَّ لَهُم عَذابًا اَليمًا138

Announce thou to such hypocrites that grievous suffering awaits them.

اؘلَّذينَ يَتَّخِذونَ الكٰفِرينَ اَولِيآءَ مِن دونِ المُؤمِنينَۚ اَيَبتَغونَ عِندَهُمُ العِزَّةَ فَاِنَّ العِزَّةَ لِله جَميعًا139

As for those who take the deniers of the truth for their allies in preference to the believers - do they hope to be honoured by them when, behold, all honour belongs to God [alone]?

وَ قَد نَزَّلَ عَلَيكُم فِي الكِتٰبِ اَن اِذا سَمِعتُم ءايٰتِ اللهِ يُكفَرُ بِها وَ يُستَهزَاُ بِها فَلا تَقعُدوا مَعَهُم حَتّيٰ يَخوضوا في حَديثٍ غَيرِهٖٓ ؗ اِنَّكُم اِذًا مِثلُهُمۚ اِنَّ اللهَ جامِعُ المُنٰفِقينَ وَ الكٰفِرينَ في جَهَنَّمَ جَميعًا140

And, indeed, He has enjoined upon you in this divine writ that whenever you hear people deny the truth of God's messages and mock at them, you shall avoid their company until they begin to talk of other things - or else, verily, you will become like them. Behold, together with those who deny the truth God will gather in hell the hypocrites,

اؘلَّذينَ يَتَرَبَّصونَ بِكُم ؗ فَاِن كانَ لَكُم فَتحٌ مِنَ اللهِ قالوٓا اَلَم نَكُن مَعَكُم ࣕ وَ اِن كانَ لِلكٰفِرينَ نَصيبٌ قالوٓا اَلَم نَستَحوِذ عَلَيكُم وَ نَمنَعكُم مِنَ المُؤمِنينَۚ فَاللهُ يَحكُمُ بَينَكُم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ ؗ وَ لَن يَجعَلَ اللهُ لِلكٰفِرينَ عَلَي المُؤمِنينَ سَبيلًا141

who but wait to see what betides you: thus, if triumph comes to you from God, they say, "Were we not on your side?"- whereas if those who deny the truth are in luck, they say [to them], "Have we not earned your affection by defending you against those believers?'' But God will judge between you all on the Day of Resurrection; and never will God allow those who deny the truth to harm the believers.

اِنَّ المُنٰفِقينَ يُخٰدِعونَ اللهَ وَ هُوَخادِعُهُم وَ اِذا قاموٓا اِلَي الصَّلوٰةِ قاموا كُساليٰ يُرآءونَ النّاسَ وَ لايَذكُرونَ اللهَ اِلّا قَليلًا142

Behold, the hypocrites seek to deceive God - the while it is He who causes them to be deceived [by themselves] And when they rise to pray, they rise reluctantly, only to be seen and praised by men, remembering God but seldom,

مُذَبذَبينَ بَينَ ذٰلِكَ لآ اِليٰ هٰٓؤُلآءِ وَ لآ اِليٰ هٰٓؤُلآءِۚ وَمَن يُضلِلِ اللهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهۥ سَبيلًا143

wavering between this and that, [true] neither to these nor those. But for him whom God lets go astray thou canst never find any way.

يٰٓـاَيـُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا لاتَتَّخِذُوا الكٰفِرينَ اَولِيآءَ مِن دونِ ال‍مُؤمِنينَۚ اَتُريدونَ اَن تَجعَلوا لِله عَلَيكُم سُلطٰنًا مُبينًا144

O you who have attained to faith! Do not take the deniers of the truth for your allies in preference to the believers! Do you want to place before God a manifest proof of your guilt?

اِنَّ ال‍مُنٰفِقينَ فِي الدَّركِ الاَسفَلِ مِنَ النّارِ وَ لَن تَجِدَ لَهُم نَصيرًا145

Verily, the hypocrites shall be in the lowest depth of the fire, and thou wilt find none who could succour them.

اِلَّا الَّذينَ تابوا وَ اَصلَحوا وَ اعتَصَموا بِاللهِ وَ اَخلَصوا دينَهُم لِله فَاُولئِكَ مَعَ ال‍مُؤمِنينَۚ وَ سَوفَ يُؤتِ اللهُ ال‍مُؤمِنينَ اَجرًا عَظيمًا146

But excepted shall be they who repent, and live righteously, and hold fast unto God, and grow sincere in their faith in God alone: for these shall be one with the believers - and in time God will grant to all believers a mighty reward.

ما يَفعَلُ اللهُ بِعَذابِكُم اِن شَكَرتُم وَ ءامَنتُمۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ شاكِرًا عَليمًا147

Why would God cause you to suffer [for your past sins] if you are grateful and attain to belief - seeing that God is always responsive to gratitude, all-knowing?

لايُحِبُّ اللهُ الجَهرَ بِالسّوٓءِ مِنَ القَولِ اِلّا مَن ظُلِمَۚ وَكانَ اللهُ سَميعًا عَليمًا148

God does not like any evil to be mentioned openly, unless it be by him who has been wronged (thereby) And God is indeed all-hearing, all-knowing,

اِن تُبدوا خَيرًا اَو تُخفوهُ اَو تَعفوا عَن سوٓءٍ فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ عَفُوًّا قَديرًا149

whether you do good openly or in secret, or pardon others for evil [done unto you]: for, behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, infinite in His power.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ يَكفُرونَ بِاللهِ وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَ يُريدونَ اَن يُفَرِّقوا بَينَ اللهِ وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَ يَقولونَ نُؤمِنُ بِبَعضٍ وَ نَكفُرُ بِبَعضٍ وَ يُريدونَ اَن يَتَّخِذوا بَينَ ذٰلِكَ سَبيلًا150

VERILY, those who deny God and His apostles by endeavouring to make a distinction between [belief in] God and [belief in] His apostles, and who say, "We believe in the one but we deny the other," and want to pursue a path in-between -

اُولئِكَ هُمُ الكٰفِرونَ حَقًّاۚ وَ اَعتَدنا لِلكٰفِرينَ عَذابًا مُهينًا151

it is they, they who are truly denying the truth: and for those who deny the truth We have readied shameful suffering.

وَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا بِاللهِ وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَ لَم يُفَرِّقوا بَينَ اَحَدٍ مِنهُم اُولئِكَ سَوفَ يُؤتيهِم اُجورَهُمؕ وَ كانَ اللهُ غَفورًا رَحيمًا152

But as for those who believe in God and His apostles and make no distinction between any of them - unto them, in time, will He grant their rewards [in full]. And God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

يَسئئَلُكَ اَهلُ الكِتٰبِ اَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيهِم كِتٰبًا مِنَ السَّمآءِ ؗ فَقَد سَاَلوا موسيٰٓ اَكبَرَ مِن ذٰلِكَ فَقالوٓا اَرِنَا اللهَ جَهرَةً فَاَخَذَتهُمُ الصّاعِقَةُ بِظُلمِهِمۚ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا العِجلَ مِن بَعدِ ما جآءَتهُمُ البَيِّنٰتُ فَعَفَونا عَن ذٰلِكَۚ وَ ءاتَينا موسيٰ سُلطٰنًا مُبينًا153

THE FOLLOWERS of the Old Testament demand of thee [O Prophet] that thou cause a revelation to be sent down to them from heaven. And an even greater thing than this did they demand of Moses when they said, "Make us see God face to face" - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook them for this their wickedness. After that, they took to worshipping the [golden] calf - and this after all evidence of the truth had come unto them! None the less, We effaced this [sin of theirs], and vouchsafed unto Moses a clear proof [of the truth],

وَ رَفَعنا فَوقَهُمُ الطّورَ بِميثاقِهِم وَ قُلنا لَهُمُ ادخُلُوا البابَ سُجَّدًا وَ قُلنا لَهُم لاتَعدوا فِي السَّبتِ وَ اَخَذنا مِنهُم ميثاقًا غَليظًا154

raising Mount Sinai high above them in witness of their solemn pledge. And We said unto them, “Enter the gate humbly”; and We told them, "Do not break the Sabbath-law"; and We accepted from them a most solemn pledge.

فَبِما نَقضِهِم ميثاقَهُم وَ كُفرِهِم بِئئايٰتِ اللهِ وَ قَتلِهِمُ الاَنبِيآءَ بِغَيرِ حَقٍّ وَ قَولِهِم قُلوبُنا غُلفٌۚ بَل طَبَعَ اللهُ عَلَيها بِكُفرِهِم فَلا يُؤمِنونَ اِلّا قَليلًا155

And so, [We punished them] for the breaking of their pledge, and their refusal to acknowledge God's messages, and their slaying of prophets against all right, and their boast, "Our hearts are already full of knowledge"- nay, but God has sealed their hearts in result of their denial of the truth, and [now] they believe in but few things -;

وَ بِكُفرِهِم وَ قَولِهِم عَليٰ مَريَمَ بُهتانًا عَظيمًا156

and for their refusal to acknowledge the truth, and the awesome calumny which they utter against Mary,

وَ قَولِهِم اِنّا قَتَلنَا المَسيحَ عيسَي ابنَ مَريَمَ رَسولَ اللهِ وَ ما قَتَلوهُ وَ ما صَلَبوهُ وَ لٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمۚ وَ اِنَّ الَّذينَ اختَلَفوا فيهِ لَفي شَكٍّ مِنهُ ؗ مالَهُم بِهٖ مِن عِلمٍ اِلَّا اتِّباعَ الظَّنِّۚ وَ ما قَتَلوهُ يَقينًا157

and their boast, "Behold, we have slain the Christ Jesus, son of Mary, [who claimed to be] an apostle of God!" However, they did not slay him, and neither did they crucify him, but it only seemed to them [as if it had been] so; and, verily, those who hold conflicting views thereon are indeed confused, having no [real] knowledge thereof, and following mere conjecture. For, of a certainty, they did not slay him:

بَل رَفَعَهُ اللهُ اِلَيهِۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَزيزًا حَكيمًا158

nay, God exalted him unto Himself - and God is indeed almighty, wise.

وَ اِن مِن اَهلِ الكِتٰبِ اِلّا لَيُؤمِنَنَّ بِهٖ قَبلَ مَوتِهٖؗ وَ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ يَكونُ عَلَيهِم شَهيدًا159

Yet there is not one of the followers of earlier revelation who does not, at the moment of his death, grasp the truth about Jesus; and on the Day of Resurrection he [himself] shall bear witness to the truth against them.

فَبِظُلمٍ مِنَ الَّذينَ هادوا حَرَّمنا عَلَيهِم طَيِّبٰتٍ اُحِلَّت لَهُم وَ بِصَدِّهِم عَن سَبيلِ اللهِ كَثيرًا160

So, then, for the wickedness committed by those who followed the Jewish faith did We deny unto them certain of the good things of life which [aforetime] had been allowed to them; and [We did this] for their having so often turned away from the path of God,

وَ اَخذِهِمُ الرِّبوٰا وَ قَد نُهوا عَنهُ وَ اَكلِهِم اَموالَ النّاسِ بِالباطِلِۚ وَ اَعتَدنا لِلكٰفِرينَ مِنهُم عَذابًا اَليمًا161

and [for] their taking usury although it had been forbidden to them, and their wrongful devouring of other people's possessions. And for those from among them who [continue to] deny the truth We have readied grievous suffering.

لٰكِنِ الرّٰسِ‍خونَ فِي العِلمِ مِنهُم وَ المُؤمِنونَ يُؤمِنونَ بِمآ اُنزِلَ اِلَيكَ وَ مآ اُنزِلَ مِن قَبلِكَ ؗ وَ المُقيمينَ الصَّلوٰةَ ؗ وَ المُؤتونَ الزَّكوٰةَ وَ المُؤمِنونَ بِاللهِ وَ اليَومِ الأخِرِۚ اُولئِكَ سَنُؤتيهِم اَجرًا عَظيمًا162

But as for those from among them who are deeply rooted in knowledge, and the believers who believe in that which has been bestowed upon thee from on high as well as that which was bestowed from on high before thee, and those who are [especially] constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and all who believe in God and the Last Day - these it is unto whom We shall grant a mighty reward.

اِنّآ اَوحَينآ اِلَيكَ كَمآ اَوحَينآ اِليٰ نوحٍ وَ النَّبِيّينَ مِن بَعدِهٖؗ وَاَوحَينآ اِليٰٓ اِبرٰهيمَ وَ اِسمٰعيلَ وَ اِسحٰقَ وَ يَعقوبَ وَ الاَسباطِ وَ عيسيٰ وَ اَيّوبَ وَ يونُسَ وَ هٰرونَ وَ سُلَيمٰنَۚ وَ ءاتَينا داوۥدَ زَبورًا163

BEHOLD, We have inspired thee [O Prophet] just as We inspired Noah and all the prophets after him - as We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and their descendants, including Jesus and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and as We vouchsafed unto David a book of divine wisdom;

وَ رُسُلًا قَد قَصَصنٰهُم عَلَيكَ مِن قَبلُ وَ رُسُلًا لَم نَقصُصهُم عَلَيكَۚ وَ كَلَّمَ اللهُ موسيٰ تَكليمًا164

and as [We inspired other] apostles whom We have mentioned to thee ere this, as well as apostles whom We have not mentioned to thee; and as God spoke His word unto Moses:

رُسُلًا مُبَشِّرينَ وَ مُنذِرينَ لِئَلّا يَكونَ لِلنّاسِ عَلَي اللهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعدَ الرُّسُلِۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَزيزًا حَكيمًا165

[We sent all these] apostles as heralds of glad tidings and as warners, so that men might have no excuse before God after [the coming of] these apostles: and God is indeed almighty, wise.

لٰكِنِ اللهُ يَشهَدُ بِمآ اَنزَلَ اِلَيكَ ؗ اَنزَلَهۥ بِعِلمِهٖؗ وَ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ يَشهَدونَۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ شَهيدًا166

However it be, God [Himself] bears witness to the truth of what He has bestowed from on high upon thee: out of His own wisdom has He bestowed it from on high, with the angels bearing witness thereto - although none can bear witness as God does.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَ صَدّوا عَن سَبيلِ اللهِ قَد ضَلّوا ضَلٰلًا بَعيدًا167

Behold, those who are bent on denying the truth and on turning others away from the path of God have indeed gone far astray.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَ ظَلَموا لَم يَكُنِ اللهُ لِيَغفِرَ لَهُم وَ لا لِيَهدِيَهُم طَريقًا168

Behold, those who are bent on denying the truth and on evildoing - God will indeed not forgive them, nor will He guide them onto any road

اِلّا طَريقَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدينَ فيهآ اَبَدًاۚ وَ كانَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَي اللهِ يَسيرًا169

but the road that leads to hell, therein to abide beyond the count of time: and this is indeed easy for God.

يٰٓـاَ‌يـُّهَا النّاسُ قَد جآءَكُمُ الرَّسولُ بِالحَقِّ مِن رَبِّكُم فَئئامِنوا خَيرًا لَكُمۚ وَ اِن تَكفُروا فَاِنَّ لِله ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِۚ وَ كانَ اللهُ عَليمًا حَكيمًا170

O mankind! The Apostle has now come unto you with the truth from your Sustainer: believe, then, for your own good! And if you deny the truth - behold, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and God is indeed all-knowing, wise!

يٰٓـاَهلَ الكِتٰبِ لاتَغلوا في دينِكُم وَ لاتَقولوا عَلَي اللهِ اِلَّا الحَقَّۚ اِنَّمَا المَسيحُ عيسَي ابنُ مَريَمَ رَسولُ اللهِ وَ كَلِمَتُهٓۥ اَلقیــٰهآ اِليٰ مَريَمَ وَ روحٌ مِنهُ ؗ فَئئامِنوا بِاللهِ وَ رُسُلِهٖؗ وَ لاتَقولوا ثَلٰ‍ثَةٌۚ اؚنتَهوا خَيرًا لَكُمۚ اِنَّمَا اللهُ اِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ ؗ سُبحٰنَهٓۥ اَن يَكونَ لَهۥ وَلَدٌۘ لَهۥ ما فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ما فِي الاَرضِۚ وَ كَفيٰ بِاللهِ وَكيلًا171

O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God.

لَن يَستَنكِفَ المَسيحُ اَن يَكونَ عَبدًا لِله وَ لَا المَلٰٓئِكَةُ المُقَرَّبونَۚ وَ مَن يَستَنكِف عَن عِبادَتِهٖ وَ يَستَكبِر فَسَيَحشُرُهُم اِلَيهِ جَميعًا172

Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself:

فَاَمَّا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحـٰتِ فَيُوَفّيهِم اُجورَهُم وَ يَزيدُهُم مِن فَضلِهٖؗ وَ اَمَّا الَّذينَ استَنكَفوا وَ استَكبَروا فَيُعَذِّبُهُم عَذابًا اَليمًا وَ لا يَجِدونَ لَهُم مِن دونِ اللهِ وَلِيًّا وَ لانَصيرًا173

whereupon unto those who attained to faith and did good deeds He will grant their just rewards, and give them yet more out of His bounty; whereas those who felt too proud and gloried in their arrogance He will chastise with grievous suffering: and they shall find none to protect them from God, and none to bring them succour.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا النّاسُ قَد جآءَكُم بُرهانٌ مِن رَبِّكُم وَ اَنزَلنآ اِلَيكُم نورًا مُبينًا174

O MANKIND! A manifestation of the truth has now come unto you from your Sustainer, and We have sent down unto you a clear light.

فَاَمَّا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا بِاللهِ وَ اعتَصَموا بِهٖ فَسَيُدخِلُهُم في رَحمَةٍ مِنهُ وَ فَضلٍ وَ يَهديهِم اِلَيهِ صِراطًا مُستَقيمًا175

And as for those who have attained to faith in God and hold fast unto Him - He will enfold them within His grace and bounty, and guide them unto Himself by a straight way.

يَستَفتونَكَؗ قُلِ اللهُ يُفتيكُم فِي الکَلـٰ‍لَةِۚ اِنِ امرُؤٌا هَلَكَ لَيسَ لَهۥ وَلَدٌ وَ لَهٓۥ‌ اُختٌ فَلَها نِصفُ ما تَرَكَۚ وَ هُوَيَرِثُهآ اِن لَم يَكُن لَها وَلَدٌۚ فَاِن كانَتَا اثنَتَينِ فَلَهُمَا الثُّلُثانِ مِمّا تَرَكَۚ وَ اِن كانوٓا اِخوَةً رِجالًا وَ نِسآءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثلُ حَظِّ الاُنثَيَينِؕ يُبَيِّنُ اللهُ لَكُم اَن تَضِلّواؕ وَ اللهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عَليمٌ176

THEY WILL ASK thee to enlighten them. Say: "God enlightens you [thus] about the laws concerning [inheritance from] those who leave no heir in the direct line: If a man dies childless and has a sister, she shall inherit one-half of what he has left, just as he shall inherit from her if she dies childless. But if there are two sisters, both [together] shall have two-thirds of what he has left; and if there are brothers and sisters, then the male shall have the equal of two females' share." God makes [all this] clear unto you, lest you go astray; and God knows everything.

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