{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq062.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq062.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq062.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. Whatever is\n In the heavens and\n On earth, doth declare\n The Praises and Glory\n Of God,\u2014the Sovereign,\n The Holy One, the Exalted\n In Might, the Wise.\n2. It is He Who has sent\n Amongst the Unlettered\n An apostle from among\n Themselves, to rehearse\n To them His Signs,\n To sanctify them, and\n To instruct them in Scripture\n And Wisdom,\u2014although\nThey had been, before,\n In manifest error;\u2014\n3. As well as (to confer\n All these benefits upon)\n Others of them, who\n Have not already joined them:\n And He is Exalted\n In Might, Wise.\n4. Such is the Bounty of God,\n Which He bestows\n On whom He will:\n And God is the Lord\n Of the highest bounty.\n5. The similitude of those\n Who were charged\n With the (obligations\n Of the) Mosaic Law,\n But who subsequently failed\n In those (obligations), is\n That of a donkey\n Which carries huge tomes\n (But understands them not).\n Evil is the similitude\n Of people who falsify\n The Signs of God:\n And God guides not\n People who do wrong.\n6. Say: \"O ye that\n Stand on Judaism!\nIf ye think that ye\n Are friends to God,\n To the exclusion of\n (Other) men, then express\n Your desire for Death,\n If ye are truthful!\"\n7. But never will they\n Express their desire\n (For Death), because of\n The (deeds) their hands\n Have sent on before them!\n And God knows well\n Those that do wrong!\n8. Say: \"The Death from which\n Ye flee will truly\n Overtake you: then will\n Ye be sent back\n To the Knower of things\n Secret and open: and He\n Will tell you (the truth\n Of) the things that ye did!\"\n9. O ye who believe!\n When the call is proclaimed\n To prayer on Friday\n (The Day of Assembly),\nHasten earnestly to the\n Remembrance\n Of God, and leave off\n Business (and traffic):\n That is best for you\n If ye but knew!\n10. And when the Prayer\n Is finished, then may ye\n Disperse through the land,\n And seek of the Bounty\n Of God: and celebrate\n The Praises of God\n Often (and without stint):\n That ye may prosper.\n11. But when they see\n Some bargain or some\n Amusement, they disperse\n Headlong to it, and leave\n Thee standing. Say:\n \"The (blessing) from the Presence\n Of God is better than\n Any amusement or bargain!\n And God is the Best\n To provide (for all needs).\"","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra LXII. Jumu\u2018a, or the Asse...","type":"page"}